Indiana Jones Blu-ray Collection

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Kazenji
Arrives this fall and yes Crystal Skull is part of it...

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=87591

Sadako of Girth
Well its a solid buy, in anybody's book.

The trilogy looks substantially better in this render.

queeq
I'll buy it. Add some dough to George Lucas' retirement fund. wink

queeq
Hmmm... KOTC doesn't look as good as the original films... painful.

Sadako of Girth
But of course. Those originals are masterpieces.

queeq
Same director though.

Sadako of Girth
But different DP probably, and all that CGI too..

queeq
Kaminski... but he did some awesome work.
It's mostly the CGI and blue screen stuff that stands out.

Sadako of Girth
All ugly...and bluescreeny...

queeq
Especially when seen in one clip with the other three.

roughrider
Questions remain, though - about when The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles will make it's debut....

If you want to call it a complete collection...

queeq
Debut as what? Blu Ray?

I only have series 1 on DVD... the decided not to release the other sets in my country.

roughrider
I didn't even know it made it to DVD. Last time I watched it several years ago, someone loaned me a VHS tape (I noticed the scenes with Crazy Old Indy George Hall forcing his life story on strangers, had been removed.)

Kazenji
Originally posted by queeq
Debut as what? Blu Ray?

I only have series 1 on DVD... the decided not to release the other sets in my country.

Got Volumes 1-3 in my country.

queeq
Yes, they are around.

Sadako of Girth
Cause asquare ones wouldn't fit in the DVD player right?

the ninjak
I've always been iffy about BluRay releases because they sometimes look like behind the scenes footage. Kinda like homemade cinema. Too crisp and devoid of the original film stock that originally evoked the atmosphere that anchored the original vision.

Though the films are so old that I doubt that this will be so much a problem. I wonder what a comparison to the DVD releases and this version would make.

queeq
I don't get it. If you see movies like 2001, The Godfather or Cleopatra, heck even the old B&W Metropolis... these movies look so crisp as if they were developed yesterday and we get to see first print. It really is beautiful when the transfer is done well.

the ninjak
Hence why I said there wouldn't be much of a problem, what the difference between DVD and BluRay would be.

BluRay discs can hold more data 25 GB compared to DVDs 4.7GB.
The reality is in the resolution on modern day screens. Which is definitely noticeable.
My argument is with modern day films. Like Sherlock Holmes for instance. On BluRay the film lost its texture and vibe due to the fact the whole film looked like behind the scenes footage. Compared to cinematic release visuals it lost its original vibrancy.

But yeah with films like the Indiana Jones Original Trilogy it should look nice. The recent film I don't know. Could make the film worse.

queeq
The faster films or combination with digital make filming look very different from say 20 years ago anyway.

the ninjak
You saw the early Jones' in the cinema? How old are you??

One of my earliest memories in cinema was watching Temple of Doom. Captivating.
And during my projectionist years I found out it was shown in 70mm.

Didn't surprise me.

Kazenji
I'm not that old myself

i've never seen the 3 Indiana Jones movies at the cinema.

queeq
I did. All of tem.

And ToD was not shot in 70mm... Must have been a blow up. it was rather popular in those days to have 70mm blow ups.

Sadako of Girth
I saw Temple of Doom and Last Crusade, but didnt see Raiders...My 1st time seeing that was on TV one christmas or something..

the ninjak
Originally posted by queeq
I did. All of tem.

And ToD was not shot in 70mm... Must have been a blow up. it was rather popular in those days to have 70mm blow ups.

I was a kid at the time I watched it in the cinema. I just remember it being amongst my fondest cinema memories along with Terminator 2 and Batman.

queeq
Those were good days...

Sadako of Girth
Yeah...that period seemed like it was the last throes of multiplex free society...

queeq
Hehehe... true enough that.

Sadako of Girth
91 was the 1st time I'd been to one.
Saw two that year there:

T2 and ST: The undiscovered country.

It was a novel experience but I always preferred the atmosphere of my small local theater..had great memories of that place.
Gone. Boarded up. A memory now. But a good one, none the less..

queeq
Nice.

Sadako of Girth
It was the peak of 16-bit era video gaming too and the music was awesome. Great days..

queeq
We're getting old.

Sadako of Girth
Seems that way. stick out tongue

well we'd best get those zimmers cracking...

queeq
I have the oil to prevent creaking. Too bad it doesn't work for my bones.

Sadako of Girth
OhmLXHtT1A8

queeq
Yup, that's us.

Sadako of Girth
Yup.

queeq
Damn.

Sadako of Girth
*applies WD40*

queeq
WD40?

Sadako of Girth
http://www.wd40.com/

Spray oil/cleaner

queeq
OMG

Sadako of Girth
Yep its great stuff.

queeq
I bet.

Sadako of Girth
You guys dont have it out there?

queeq
Nope. Not that brand anyway.

Sadako of Girth
Ah. I see. Yeah you probably have an equivalent...

queeq
Most likely.

Sadako of Girth
It'll be that really handy thing that solves all mechanical matters when sprayed.

(Not whipped cream)

queeq
That solves all female matters when sprayed.

Sadako of Girth
Indeed...! "Right tools for the right job...." etc

queeq
Chop chop, I say...

roughrider
So just when the four film Blu-ray set gets released, who thinks there will be an announcement of a start date for the fifth film? shifty

queeq
Hmmm... I think there might be... THey're never shy of being opportunistic.

the ninjak
They'll make a fifth. And it better be an alliance with the Miskatonic University against Cthulhu!

Wife and kid get tentacled to death and Indy pulls off a spectacular win, closing the invading portal with Connery and goes home to screw some babes.
In the process becoming acute in alien occultism and taking the war to the alien threat.

queeq
Yes, that sounds like something Lucas can come up with.

Sadako of Girth
Is it gonna be a magnetically shielded trash compactor it hangs around in again..?

queeq
But bigger this time, they way 'it was always meant to be'...

Sadako of Girth
big grin

queeq
And woth lost of CGI droids hovering around, and and and we get to see the WHOLE dianoga... not just the eye. He always wanted to show it completely but technology and money weren't sufficient to complete his true vision.

Sadako of Girth
big grin

roughrider
On Steven Spielberg's IMDB page, Indiana Jones 5 is 'announced.' shifty

queeq
Oops....


For what it's worth though.

Sadako of Girth
I'll go see it. Hopefully this will be awesomeness in movie form.
I wait with an open mind.

Kazenji
This time Spielberg better stand his ground and tell Lucas i'm doing it this way not yours.

Sadako of Girth
smile

queeq
I second that.

He can show Lucas Tintin: look, this is what Indy could be like... if Harrison was younger.

roughrider
Get ready for Shia Leboeuf to take over the series with the next one... big grin

Kazenji
The whole son idea could still work if they did it like the last one with him working together with his father

just needs a better story to work with it.

roughrider
Did George Lucas delete all the scenes of George Hall as Crazy Old Indy after TV broadcast, because he decided he wants the freedom to kill Indy off at some point?

Kazenji
Wonder if its the same with Han Solo if he decided to do episodes 7,8,9.

Sadako of Girth
Solo'll make it, Im sure..!!

Calrissian was good in the Falcon... but would Han and Chewie have ripped off that Radar dish...?? stick out tongue

queeq
Nasty Lando.

Sadako of Girth
It was like he was joyriding!

Might as well have been an imperial mail box smashing run..

queeq
Now, that would have been cool.

THat weird fellow riding shotgun sure didn't help. What was he smoking?

Sadako of Girth
Something really effective judging by those eyes!

Kazenji
Shia Labeouf song

http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/everythingcomicbookrelated/news/?a=58179

Sadako of Girth
laughing out loud

Kazenji
INDIANA JONES: THE COMPLETE ADVENTURES & Trailer

Kazenji
Comic Con photo

queeq
I want it and I want it now.

Kazenji
Minus the snakes i hope.

queeq
Yeah, they can keep those.

Sadako of Girth
Those....why did it have to be Those??!!

queeq
Yup

Kazenji
The Engineers of Industrial Light and Magic describe the technology in refining the film originals for the Blu-Ray release

http://www.hitfix.com/videos/indiana-jones-ilm-at-skywalker-ranch-sizzle

Sadako of Girth
Sound design wise, at least..

Kazenji
4BTE5UGaU3I

queeq
That was from the old making of in the eighties. We all know the story but still: classic.

Sadako of Girth
Indeed it is.

queeq
Got the blu ray sitting on mys helf... but... NO TIME TO WATCH! BOOHOOO...

Sadako of Girth
The very definition of torment.

queeq
You have no idea.

Sadako of Girth
I can always watch em if you mail 'em to me, and I can then tell you how good they are.... stick out tongue

queeq
You wish...

Sadako of Girth
stick out tongue

queeq
Started watching. The On the Set old making of is great to see. So nicely laid back kind of filming, very different from nowadays.

Sadako of Girth
And magic was yielded back then.

Looking forward to getting that set in.

queeq
Yup.

There's still quite a bit of visible compression on Raiders though. They don't seem to have given it the full Star Wars/Jaws treatment.

Sadako of Girth
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
ooo.

(Deducts points)

queeq
Watched Doom... looks nice.

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