SW Phantom Menace on DVD 16th Oct !

[Ono]

The following was taken from http://www.homecinemachoice.com



March 30, 2001
Region 1 DVD news : Star Wars Episode 1, R1
Brace yourselves, people: The first Star Wars DVD has a semi-official release date at last - although you've still got a bit of a wait on your hands, with that date being mooted as October 16.

A few likely details on the release have emerged from Fox as well. The film will be in a 2-disc, THX-certified package, with DTS 6.1 ES and Dolby Digital EX soundtracks, and will carry two versions of the film, one bizarrely stripped of special effects (I'm sure it'll make sense when we see it!). Details on the oodles of other extra features that will doubtless find their way onto the final release, the only ones we can talk about with any reasonable degree of certainty are previously unseen extra footage, and a featurette on the making of Episode II.

Fans of the other three movies in the series shouldn't expect the release of Phantom Menace to open the Star Wars floodgates, however; it seems unlikely that the DVD of the original Star Wars will appear until October 2002 at the earliest, with the other two movies not appearing until considerably after that.


I am a huge Star Wars fan an have been waiting for the films to come to DVD for yonks. (coz me has a very expensive home cinema system )

Please Fox don't fucking change your minds.

 

[Embattle]

Don't think I'll bother with them on DVD.

 

[xenon2000]

expect to see people queing for 2 miles outside DVD shops for weeks.......... to see the advertising poster, that is

 

[luap]

(coz me has a very expensive home cinema system )

Please Fox don't fucking change your minds.
[/B]

Me too.

I heard ages ago that George Lucas was never going to release any of them on DVD.

Money talks I hope.

 

[Embattle]

Its another revenue stream and a cheap one at that, so DVD was always gonna happen.

 

[Guest]

Originally he was only going to release the DVDs once ep.2 and 3 were done, as a 6 film set. Now im sure were gonna have countless gold, platinum and collector editions for the next decade.

 

[Ono]

I've already got DVD silver versions of Episode 1 and Episode 4. They are both in Dolby Digital and not bad for 9 quid each. They were both sourced off the laserdiscs.

http://www.dvdsilvers.co.uk


Oh, I assure you I will be buying the originals when they come out too

 

[old.Hoff_MisTer]

I tought the last Star Wars effort was a pile of shite, only good bit was the pod racing.
Thought The Empire Strikes Back was the best one, especially the you're who, my daddy bit. Hehehe.

Hey Ono, I used to work with a guy who talked the talk and walked the walk, every day - Dolby, Pro logic, THX this and that. He used to love the big Car adverts such as BMW, compressed sound and all that. Let me play u the opening title sequence from Voyager, the one where it goes - WOOOSSHHH......
OK, not again already.


I'm only jealous m8.

 

[Ono]

LOL Hoffy

Well, I DO show off my system to mates who visit but I tend to show stuff like the battle sequences from Saving Private Ryan and the fight scenes from Crouching Tiger.


Lots of em have actually gone and bought dedicated DVD players now and upgrading to Dobly Digital or DTS sound.

Thing is, I am way too busy to go to the flicks so I have to watch most films at home

Aint go a BMW tho

 

[Wij]

I didn't greatly like episode 1. I agree that empire was the best one. Han Solo gets the coolest line...

"I know"

 

[old.charliealpha]

phantom menace isnt real star wars

 

[old.[CS]Sentinel]

Yes it is.

I liked it. It was better than bloody Return of the Jedi!

But, Empire is the coolest.

However the next Episode (na na na! Its the one and only D-oh-double-gee!) is looking like beating that.

Its seriously fucking cool - I've seen the storyboards to two of the major action sequences and all im gonna say is:-

Lightsaber fight in the rain Lightsaber fight between 200 Jedi and 4000 droids in an arena Starship Troopers-style dropships

oh and....

YODA IN ACTION.
(its sounds corny, but its pulled off superbly)

Sent

 

[nath]

Phantom Menace was shit.

Episode II will probably be shit too, but if we think about the first trilogy...Episode 4 wasnt that great, it didnt have too much on the story, more just light entertainment to bring in the punters. Ep 5 was the best, and 6 was good to. If it follows the same pattern then II could be good, but i have my doubts.

Nath

p.s. sent phantom menace was rubbish, when will you wake up to this fact!?

 

[old.[CS]Sentinel]

Ehehe

"I'll never join you!"



/me looks at storyboards for Episode II

There is no way this film will suck! You just gotta see the awesomeness of these two sequences...

Sent

 

[Durzel]

Three words: Jar Jar Binks

 

[old.[CS]Sentinel]

...is not a major character in it....

He's a Senator for the Gungans in the Galactic Senate. Hes in the beginning of the film but thats about it. He's also more mature, except for the part when he addresses the Senate:-

"My Dellow Felagates"

*Groan*

But thats about it.

Sent

 

[Wij]

The characters in episode 1 were really dull. No humour at all in them. Can't see a few big action sequences changing that.

 

[old.[CS]Sentinel]

Obi-Wan, Anakin, Mace Windu and Jango Fett are gonna absolutely rule in this film.

Loads of saber fights and stuff.

Plus Lucas actually did a good thing and hired a guy to help him write more convincing dialogue (like in Empire and Jedi).

It will be cooL!

Sent

 

[Wij]

No Han Solo type wise-crackin sumbitch tho. Everyone is too serious.

 

[Ono]

Darth Maul was soooo cooooll.


Shame Obi Wan chopped him in half really.


Oh well, at least Natalie Portman is still in it

 

[Nibbler]

Originally posted by [CS]Sentinel
...and Jango Fett

Jango Fett?

 

[Wij]

I'm looking forward to seeing Cribbly Bonga.

(I can make names up too)

 

[old.[CS]Sentinel]

Yah Jango Fett.

You remember Boba Fett from Empire and Return of the Jedi? The bounty hunter who catches Han(Empire) and then goes flying into the Sarlacc (Jedi).

Well....Jango Fett is his dad (sort of ). He wears identical armour, except its Blue with Silver bits (as opposed to Grey with Green bits).

And no he's not a Mandalorian, that was a load of made up shit by some fanboy.

Anyway Jango Fett is very, very, very pivotal in the next film. He seems to be in more than one place at a time...

Sent

Hehe.

 

[old.xBaboon]

sod them, bring on Bib Fortuna

 

[Wij]

and Chingy Bangbong !

 

[*Kornholio*]

And Lickmah Hadkok

 

[Wij]

Oh that's just crude !

/me farts up Kornholio's nostril...

 

[Testin da Cable]

there was a page up somewhere...you had to enter your name and it would calculate what your Starwarsian name would be

 

[Wij]

Wij ?

 

[Ono]

Ono wan Kenobi?