Posts by richiek

I liked Captain America, but the pacing of the film seemed off, especially the second half. The ending was too abrupt, and the whole thing seemed more like a prelude to the Avengers than as a stand alone film.

Quote: Originally Posted by sb1 Finally got around to watching part of Jedi last night. Seemed like the quality was all over the place. Jedi for the most part looked really good. The Endor scenes were the only dodgy parts. The matte...

Quote: Originally Posted by DavidHir I watched the first half of A New Hope last night. I'll finish it tonight as it was getting very late last night. As far as the PQ, I think it's a bit disappointing. It has too much of the 'look'...

Quote: Originally Posted by serialmike It is most definatly not. They shoot at the same time. there is a very big difference. Here's the comparison from the DVD and the Blu-ray: Greedo still shoots first. Sorry.

Quote: Originally Posted by serialmike WOW big change for the better. Greedo does not shoot first anymore. Han and Greedo shoot at the same time now. Awesome. I watched it 4 times to make sure. Woot. Cant believe such star...

Quote: Originally Posted by sb1 I'd take a green tinted Star Wars without Lucas' changes over a non-tinted Special Edition. It could be argued that a color change that pervades an entire 3 hour film has more impact than a few changes...

Regarding ROTS' audio. I thought that the bass in TPM and AOTC was way over the top, the humming of the lightsabers was way too much. OTOH, the OT lightsabers did not have that much LFE. I would say that ROTS conforms more with the OT...

I also have to agree that the dialogue in Thor is mixed too low, as opposed to X-Men first class. In Thor, I had to turn the volume up when hearing quiet conversations, and then quickly turn it back down when the fight scenes and...

The Best Buy in Union Square in NYC is having a midnight sale tonight for the SW Blu-ray. I'm gonna be having a viewing marathon this weekend and gonna be viewing them 1-6 like I always have.

Call me crazy but IMHO, Spielberg disavowing the SE of ET shows less integrity as an artist and more like a salesman, willing to kowtow to his consumers whims if they disapprove of his filmmaking decisions.