Dane

On what grounds does Paramount base this rule upon? Why 10 days and not twenty days?

digitalfreaknyc

GUYS!!!

GUYS!!!

IT'S REALLY REALLY REAL!

I'm holding it in my hands.

and it only cost $10 more for 2 weeks early.

Wow...

I'm not gloating..

i think i'm just in a serious state of shock...

stinkeye

get out the defibrillator and snap to it, we need a review!

digitalfreaknyc

I just went on my lunch break (aka the time from 3-4 when I knew they'd get it in stock). I'm going home right after work and watching Raiders and the extras. Temple and LC tomorrow

Anything to look for? Besides the reflection?

I'll notice any updated effects immediately.

Dane

Do it quickly, will you? Can wait to hear your thoughts.

digitalfreaknyc

I'm in the middle of Raiders...i'll post my thoughts later.

The layer break is when Indy throws the staff down into the map room...around 50 minutes.

but more importantly...

THE REFLECTION IS GONE. YOU NO LONGER SEE THE SNAKE.

Haven't seen any other changes. More to come...

danwiz

Jeez, we been waiting for how many years for this?! Does another 2 weeks really make much of a difference?!?! Big deal, we been waiting since April of 1997 and you get it 2 weeks early, Oh - yeah, I see that would want to make a person gloat and brag and RUN to the store on their coffee break to pay an additional $10. I'd rather wait the additional 2 weeks and pay $10 LESS for it, maybe you're one of those guys who has money to burn, who knows?!

In a nutshell - who the f*** cares!

DavidH

danwiz,

Do you know what a threadcrap is? If not, you need learn. If so, you need to stop.

digitalfreaknyc,

What is your impression of the audio and video?

talemyn

Whoa!!! Easy big fella . . . I think that the people who "f***"ing care would be the multiple people, over the last 3 pages of this thread, asking for information on the DVD. digitalfreak was just using his rare position as someone who actually owns the DVD's to share some of the information that people are curious about.

Why would you come to a forum that discusses DVD's if you don't want people to discuss DVD's?

MasterofDVD

I kinda agree with danwiz but nobody tell DavidH, ok?

I agree that holding off on reviews is dumb but how many people are really on the fence about this? I'm honestly curious. Are some people not going to get it if the snake reflection is still there or are the going to boycott the release because it's been touched up.

I don't care much for people who get their copies early and run in the brag but I do appreciate people who have it and answer questions about the set.

danwiz

Sorry! I should have kept my mouth shut, just irritated me for some reason! The way he said:

GUYS!!!

GUYS!!!

IT'S REALLY REALLY REAL!

I'm holding it in my hands.

and it only cost $10 more for 2 weeks early.

Wow...

I'm not gloating..


sure sounds like gloating to me! Maybe if he would have just said "ha, ha, I'm gloating" then it would have been laughable?!?!

Anyway - sorry!

digitalfreaknyc

Good.

Then I assume you won't want to read my review of Raiders here:
http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthr...hreadid=322531

But for those who do, i hope you enjoy it.

And fyi...i'm completely NOT gloating. If i could, I'd invite every talk member in the tri-state area over to watch them. i'm sure it would've been better than watching myself. I just absolutely love these movies and it is really surreal to know that they're finally here for me to own..on DVD.

talemyn

If you ask that question, obviously haven't been following the Lion King threads. Sentiments like that have been flowing fairly freely due to two minor animation updates. Check this thread out.Hmmm . . . you guys must have read it differently than I did . . . digitalfreak just seemed, to me, excited and wanting to share it with someone. Just wait until the first person on this forum manages to get an early version of Star Wars Eps. 4-6!

TomOpus

I thought he was excited and wanted to share also. I know I'd be.

Since this thread is all about a review of the trilogy and he seems to be one of the lucky ones to have it early, let the guy have some fun.

Grizzly

my copy shipped today. droooooool.

digitalfreaknyc

Added a review of the extras to my review.

Shannon Nutt

Wow...I STRONGLY disagree with digitalfreak's assessment of the extras - I thought the "Making The Trilogy" documentary was fantastic. In fact, I think it's the highlight of the entire boxed set.

It will be interesting to see others' reactions as they come in...

digitalfreaknyc

Shannon,

Have you seen any of the other documentaries on the films?

Dane

digitalfreaknyc...could you tell me if the Indy Trilogy has "real" english subtitles ot just Closed Captioned one?

digitalfreaknyc

I don't think I understand what you mean

Shannon Nutt

I've seen both "Great Movie Stunts: Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "The Making of Raiders of the Lost Ark", but haven't seen the documentaries for the other two films. I think the best stuff from those two documentaries is re-told in this new "Making the Trilogy" version (for example - the under the truck stunt where the stuntman goes underneath the truck and then Harrison is dragged from behind it). Basically what they've done with "Making the Trilogy" is still used the old footage from the set (much of which was shown in those original documentaries), but updated the interviews.

Once again, it will be interesting to see other's reactions. But if you liked what Lucas did with "The Beginning" documentary on PHANTOM MENACE, you're going to love what they've done here...in my opinion, of course.

digitalfreaknyc

Shannon,

I beg to differ.
VERY LITTLE of the footage from the other two documentaries was used in these new documentaries. That section had some of the same footage. But otherwise...no.

And I loved the Beginning. This doesn't even touch it. It's very shallow and barely touches on much. How could it? There are three movies and the documentary is only 2 hours. They didn't devote all that much time to the sequels either.

Dane

"Real" english subtitles are just plain subtitles.

Closed Caption subtitles includes text like: Music plays, a door closes, the car idles... and so on.

Shannon Nutt

Well, you're forgetting that the other featurettes add up to almost an hour and are designed the same way the documenatry is...so there's almost three hours worth of documentary on the bonus DVD. I'm kind of wondering what else they could have possibly covered without boring the viewer - they seemed to touch on all the important parts of the making of each movie, from pre-production to shooting to stunts to stories from the set.

Well, we'll agree to disagree on this one. I stand by my opinon that the documentary is fantastic.

digitalfreaknyc

Again...it's not a great deal of time spent on each movie. Considering how many clips were used from the films as filler during the actual documentaries...

I would have hoped for 2 hour documentaries on EACH movie. They deserve it. But again...wishful thinking. And again, i'm coming from the POV of someone who has seen the other Making Of specials probably about 50 times each. I used to watch them all the time when I was younger.

There's just a lot more to expect. For the casual viewer who doesn't know much about the making of the films, I think they're fine.