Gunslinger
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Yeah the music during that scene was amazing. I think one of John Williams best work.
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens video release date, editions announced
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brandonh83
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None of them. Studios don't give a shit about visual continuity apparently.
Synless
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I'm using that case for all 9 films as the come out as there are nine spots in the case. It works out perfect.
Fox Mulder
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At the whims of some marketing exec.
I got the OT steelbooks, and it's a shame this won't match. I also got season 1 and 2 of game of thrones in steelbooks, but the following seasons seem delayed or cancelled.
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Yup, this right here is my favorite moment perhaps in any SW movie. The music and emotions it elicits are amazing...goosebumps every time.
DoctorFling
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I think it would be neat if they cap the Episodes at X. Seems a cool number to end it at rather than stretching it for another trilogy.
Now you guys are making me think of just waiting until then to buy the older ones on Blu-ray. The missus has the previous 6 on DVD but I wanted them on Blu-ray and in a more complete package with extras but maybe now I should wait.
Ken K in the Fresh!!!
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I don't care for bonus content so vanilla blu Ray version for me
Bobby Roberts
Banned
HOW YOU HAVE THESE GIFS
Good stuff. Although I did think, in the theater, that the original teaser footage of the X-wings skimming the surface looked better than what they chose for the final cut.
Pretty sure they're from the leaked Oscars SFX reel (which I've admittedly watched repeatedly lol)
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Oh yeah, that makes sense.
More coffee it is, then.
More coffee it is, then.
Made gifs from that VFX reel that the Oscars YouTube accidentally put online a couple months ago, cropping to just the finished shots. Seems like Lucasfilm did a pretty good job of scrubbing it from the web though as I can't find it now.
Soapbox Killer
Grand Nagus
I thought about this as well. Not a bad idea.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Score/Sound Effects/Dialog. You could put the movie on with no display attached to the player and it'd still be beautiful.
And yeah, using the old blu-ray "complete saga" set to actually house the complete saga when Episode 9 comes out is a pretty decent idea. I repurposed the LOTR EE books from DVD to house the blu-ray extendeds, the theatrical, and the theatrical bonus disc (used the theatrical bd cases to hold the EE bonus discs)
Demoncarnotaur
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Was hoping that the IMAX poster would make one of the designs somehow
Ah well, maybe save it for the 9 film collection
Damn you for putting the idea in my head
Now I want it to be real
Bobby Roberts
Banned
It'll be real. Someone will mock it up and make it downloadable/printable.
Hmm, this is a pretty strong argument for just getting the standard Blu-ray with the standard case actually. There's gonna be so many custom Blu-ray covers/inserts it'll be easy to find one you like and print it off yourself. Probably are already.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Eh it's not unheard of
I saw Boyhood on an Air Canada list on the way to London just 2 months after release
If you're referring to the individually sold Steelbooks, none really. The Best Buy TFA Steelbook is the closest. It matches the "layout" (close up of a face with the logo in a bottom corner, no episode # on the spine) but some of the formatting is way off. I posted about it a couple pages back.
Darryl M R
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This might be the first movie I ever buy, digitally. I'm looking at PSN to get it but should I turn elsewhere? Maybe Amazon movies?
Worth noting that if you buy it on PSN, you only have it on PSN. If you buy it on Amazon or iTunes, you can link it to your Disney Movies Anywhere account and it will also unlock it for iTunes, Amazon, VUDU, Google Play and Microsoft if you have accounts for those services.
And considering the Blu-ray comes with the digital code and is going for the same price as the digital only version at $19.99, it frankly makes the most since to just get the Blu-ray. That way you'll have the Blu-ray, the DVD, the bonus features, AND the digital version on 5 services plus Disney's website for streaming.
TheChewyWaffles
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So stoked to get a release date!!!! Bring on the Bluray!
TheChewyWaffles
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I can just feel the turn on the Falcon when it corners in the sand. Amazing shot.
Oops - sorry for the DP.
Yeah that looks awesome. Better than any real cover.
On the downside, I would have no idea how to pull off a group marathon to newcomers anymore.
Darryl M R
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Thanks for providing me all that detail. Makes sense, like you said, to get the physical disc.
Release order is still the proper order, but it does seem like 7 be viewed right after 6 don't it?
GAFmeansLIFE
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Good catch. I actually quite like the black plastic case with the theatrical poster.
Grover Cleveland
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7 will be the last watched in any marathon at least until 8 comes out.
Proper watch order is sequential. Including 1-3 (I'm never going to tell newcomers to not watch the prequels regardless of how I or any other fans may feel about them, let them make their own mind up)
Proper watch order is sequential. Including 1-3 (I'm never going to tell newcomers to not watch the prequels regardless of how I or any other fans may feel about them, let them make their own mind up)
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Wait a week post release (if that) and you probably will.
Well, except the steelbook part.
Nah.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Proper watch order is order of release.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
YUP
WadiumArcadium
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I still think release order would be the best way to go. TFA isn't an immediate sequel and shouldn't feel like one.
PhoncipleBone
Banned
Also, the prequels are made with the thought that you have foreknowledge of things such as Jedi.
ANH is designed as if you know nothing, which is why it is the best start point.
ANH is designed as if you know nothing, which is why it is the best start point.
Airlines often get movie releases before the dvd/Bluray.
Not necessarily an issue of order, but rather endurance, especially with 8 and 9 coming but...
This is also true. Thing is, I think the prequels still have some sort of place in terms of a marathon.
For example, I did a group marathon from morning to midnight prior to TFA. We started in chronological order and it was still a blast mainly because the right pieces came into play. So in the morning to afternoon, it was generally comprised of Star Wars veterans and no newcomers yet. Given that it was Saturday and we were all drunk the day prior, the prequels were actually a great way to laugh our hangovers off and have breakfast.
When the newcomers arrived, they came in the middle of Ep. III end fight which is surprisingly a nice prologue to the OT apparently. (Would've left it there for them but because they were so curious, I had to show them this pretty well edited 10 minute recap of 1 -3.)
If someone were new to Star Wars I would show them 7 tbh. It's a good sequel to ROTJ, but an even better jumping-on point for newcomers. Everything about it was designed with accessibility in mind. The protagonist herself is an outsider to Star Wars. Old characters are straight up mythological. The movie requires zero background knowledge besides only the vaguest awareness of pop culture in the last forty years. "Oh yeah, Luke Skywalker, I've heard of him. That Darth Vader fella, he's really scary, right?" That's all you need.
Bobby Roberts
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Exactly. There is nothing in Episode 7 that necessitates anything other than even the most basic of cultural osmosis to "get," and even then, you don't need it. That was essentially the basis of an article I wrote pre-release, mostly in response to every entertainment outlet issuing about a month's worth of "Here's how you watch Star Wars THE RIGHT WAY so you don't get lost during The Force Awakens" which were mostly horseshit.
Anyway, I called it "Star Wars is for Everyone" because it is, and you don't need to be a Star Wars fan at all to watch and enjoy Force Awakens.
At that point you just break your marathons up into weekends. 3 weekends, three movies per weekend. Done and done.
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