Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 12592437)

Besides, unless they've cut a deal with FOX, Disney can't do anything with A NEW HOPE.

Originally Posted by joltman (Post 12592575)

Doesn't FOX still have the distribution rights to all of them, meaning they'll release whatever Lucasfilm/Disney tell them to?

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138 (Post 12592258)

I bet no one noticed I was gone.

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138 (Post 12592258)

I bet no one noticed I was gone.

Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12592746)

You disappeared during the summer months, when many people temporarily fall off from the forum for other things.

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138 (Post 12592258)

Well, there's still the color-timing, the garbage mattes, the sound mix, and lots of other things they could potentially fuck up.

I bet no one noticed I was gone.

Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 12592676)

Once 2020 rolls around, Disney would have to strike a distribution deal with Fox to release a combined boxset that includes the first Star Wars film. It seems very likely to happen though.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12593137)

Fox would seemingly be at a disadvantage just having the first film to release on its own (although I'm sure it'd still sell some copies) but they also seem pretty against the idea of playing nice with Disney as far as the Marvel properties they own. Plus Disney isn't helping matters either really by sabotaging the X-Men and Fantastic Four so I'm really curious if they'll work something out or not.

Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 12593205)

The Star Wars and Marvel properties are two entirely different scenarios. With Star Wars, Fox only has distribution rights, period. They can't make more Star Wars films, they can only distribute the ones they already have, and they soon will only have the rights to one.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12593227)

Either way though it's no secret that there's no love lost between the two companies. I could see Fox holding out on letting Disney use the original film to spite them. I'm sure it pisses Fox off to no end to lose one of the biggest franchises they previously held the rights to.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12593227)

Marvel cancelled the Fantastic Four comic...

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 12593227)

Plus there's rumors that Marvel is trying to replace the X-Men with the Inhumans.

Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 12593259)

These are film companies, not 12 year olds. Even if someone at Fox wanted to be so petty, by the time 2020 rolls around there will have been so much turnover it'll be effectively a different company, one that puts profit above all else.


I'm not sure that really sabotaged the movie though, and the head of Fox didn't think so either:
http://comicbook.com/2014/11/15/fant...e-movie-accor/

Originally Posted by Josh-da-man (Post 12593320)

...much like how they replaced the comic book Nick Fury with one that resembles Sam Jackson.

Originally Posted by PhantomStranger (Post 12593367)

It's pretty clear a corporate agenda at Disney has been developed to de-emphasize Marvel properties they don't have complete control over (Fantastic Four, X-Men, the Hulk) for characters they own lock, stock and barrel on film/television. Marvel/Disney have basically abandoned merchandising those characters for ones they don't share any profits with.

Originally Posted by Jay G. (Post 12593259)

These are film companies, not 12 year olds.

Originally Posted by milo bloom (Post 12593560)

While I'm usually the first to accept a claim of corporate malfeasance, I'm fairly sure Star Wars will be handled differently. No matter how popular comic book movies have become with the general populace, the vast majority of them are still not going to pick up a comic book. There will be people who were already on the edge of getting into comics, but most people simply won't.

Star Wars is different, it crosses over into all walks of life. Disney has massive pockets, and as others have noted, Fox may be looking for cash.

*Something* will happen. We can't guess at all the details, but people who keep throwing out that Fox distribution deal like it's some kind of immovable stone blocking the gates of heaven really need to take a reality check.

Originally Posted by Trevor (Post 12592775)

I once left for about six months with nary a peep.

I think this forum is big and varied enough that no one would be missed, except maybe Chad come mid-September.

Originally Posted by rocket1312 (Post 12593121)

Originally Posted by Josh Z (Post 12567521)

As an analog format, Laserdisc picture quality varied widely based on the quality of the player used. There could be a significant difference in what you saw between an entry-level and a high-end model. Much more than anything you'd ever see between two different DVD players. Further, those screencap comparisons are highly misleading. The disc used was in CLV format, which did not offer true still frame capability. When paused, you got a half-resolution interlaced field, not the whole frame. Also, the "1995 PAL Laserdisc" was an NTSC-to-PAL conversion, which was not done very well back in the day and typically resulted in a worse image despite the higher resolution of the PAL format. Laserdisc did not have any significant market penetration in Europe, and most PAL LDs were inferior to their NTSC counterparts. Screencapping Laserdiscs is highly problematic under even the best circumstances. The example posted is not the best circumstance. I'm not saying this to suggest that the Star Wars Laserdisc was great quality. Just that, in this specific instance, any difference between the LD and the DVD is negligible.

The Definitive Collection box set had all the discs in CAV format, a half-hour of video per side. The 1995 re-releases were CLV format, an hour per side. The 1995 discs also had no bonus features. Other than that, they used the same video transfers.

Originally Posted by Josh Z (Post 12566431)

No, it's not, because neither one of them knew they were related at the time.

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138 (Post 12597691)

Doesn't make it any less uncomfortable when the viewer knows -eek-.

Originally Posted by hanshotfirst1138 (Post 12597690)

What really burned me about the whole thing was the "bonus material" BS. I may not have liked Lucas' stance that "the originals are dead," but prior to the 2008 releases, he had at least stuck by his guns for the past decade. I hated his view, but he stood by it. I'd rather be continued to than do a half-assed laserdisc port, it was utter crock. I was so elated to hear that they were coming out and then crushed to heard about what they'd be. The "bonus material" crap was insulting. If you can't do something correctly, then don't bother doing it at all. It was the ultimate act of hypocrisy.

Originally Posted by Alan Smithee (Post 12598646)

I'd bet anything that George Lucas has Asperger's (and I say this as someone with it!)