The "High-Def" Saga Continues
Oct. 31st, 2011 07:00 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krpalmerIt almost feels like an afterthought now to mention that, after watching the Blu-Rays of the old Star Wars movies one weekend, I got around to watching the new movies from the same set the next. The "challenge" seemed to be facing whatever changes had been made to the old movies (and it didn't seem like a challenge at all after I was done with it), but thinking back on it I do wonder a little if the complaints just about "change" itch at me even a little viewing the old movies where the obviously ridiculous accusations of "no redeeming features whatsoever" don't bother me at all viewing the new ones. While I've long had the personal suspicion the holy grail of some, "Vintage Editions" made from film prints, might have just as obvious "matte lines" as the old videotapes and laserdisc transfers, the new movies have also entered the realm of "change"...
However, one can't say there wasn't sufficient chance to become acquainted with the idea of Yoda being replaced in The Phantom Menace, and in the end I got through just fine. I suppose I might have wondered a bit if I was somehow becoming more used to the high-definition picture and it wasn't standing out as much, but I rallied past that on getting to some of the very fine details of Revenge of the Sith. I still have most of the bonus discs to watch as well, but I'm perhaps not as driven as before with that.
However, one can't say there wasn't sufficient chance to become acquainted with the idea of Yoda being replaced in The Phantom Menace, and in the end I got through just fine. I suppose I might have wondered a bit if I was somehow becoming more used to the high-definition picture and it wasn't standing out as much, but I rallied past that on getting to some of the very fine details of Revenge of the Sith. I still have most of the bonus discs to watch as well, but I'm perhaps not as driven as before with that.