Trilogy on Blu-Ray

Here's what I want:

- In Raiders: Interactive wedding dress tent scene where you can 'be' Belloq and do what he was itching to do.
- In Doom: Interactive button where you can punch Willie in the face whenever you like
- In Crusade: Interactive section where you can put some actual exciting stunts into the film, plus a 'production' section where you can fire Douglas Slocombe
- In KOCS: Interactive clifftop scene where you can push Marian and Mutt off the edge. Complete with blood splatter and agonising scream effects.

Its not much to ask for, but I expect to be disappointed, as always.
 

Supernatural

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E.T. announced for October and here's what he had to say.
He's the opposite of Lucas and Star Wars
Just Google E.T. blu ray, it's everywhere.
 

Supernatural

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Steven Spielberg Won?t Change ?E.T.? and ?Raiders of the Lost Ark? For Blu-ray

Steven Spielberg was in attendance at last night?s Los Angeles Times Hero Complex 30th anniversary screening of his seminal adventure epic Raiders of the Lost Ark, the film that introduced Indiana Jones to the world and cemented Harrison Ford?s movie star status, and at a post-screening Q&A the Academy Award-winning filmmaker took time to address a topic that has been on film fans? minds over the past few weeks.

During the Q&A session, in which Harrison Ford made a surprise guest appearance, Spielberg fielded questions about the status of the E.T. and the Indiana Jones movies on Blu-ray. The director hinted that both releases were in the works, but then he polled the audience to see if they would have a problem with only the 1982 theatrical release version of E.T. being released on Blu-ray. The answer from the crowd was a loud and resounding ?NO!? Spielberg also revealed that he has no intentions of tinkering with Raiders of the Lost Ark for its eventual Blu-ray either.



For myself, I tried this once and lived to regret it. Not because of fan outrage, but because I was disappointed in myself. I got overly sensitive to [some of the reaction] to E.T., and I thought if technology evolved, [I might go in and change some things]?it was OK for a while, but I realized what I had done was I had robbed people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T.

The questions as to whether Spielberg would doctor up his previous films for Blu-ray were at the forefront of everyone?s minds, thanks to the recent controversy over the revelation that his pal George Lucas made even more changes to the Star Wars films in preparation for their upcoming Blu-ray release, which we first reported on HERE. This has further angered fans of the movies who have been unforgivably steamed since Lucas started revising the movies with the 1997 theatrical release of the Special Edition versions of the original trilogy.

Spielberg is no stranger to the trend of reediting his own films; he actually beat Lucas to the punch by nearly two decades when he shot new footage and deleted several scenes for a 1980 theatrical re-release of his science fiction drama Close Encounters of the Third Kind, including an elaborate visual effects sequence depicting the inside of an alien spacecraft that became the main selling point of the new edition. Spielberg later regretted making those changes, but in 1997 he went back to Close Encounters once again for a new 20th anniversary VHS and laserdisc release of the film and finally created his definitive edit. All three cuts of the film were released on DVD and Blu-ray in 2007, the first of Spielberg?s films to be released on Blu-ray.

In 2002, Spielberg decided to revisit another of his beloved classic blockbusters when E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial was re-released in theaters and on DVD for its 20th anniversary. He took out several uses of derogatory language and made several digital alterations including some CGI additions to E.T. and the replacement of guns with walkie-talkies. This move by the filmmaker was motivated in part by pressure from parents? group to remove the more objectionable content of the movie. Both the 1982 theatrical and 2002 re-release versions of E.T. were later released together on one DVD set, which at least shows generosity on Steven Spielberg?s part
 

Montana Smith

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digitalfreaknyc said:

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"The Complete Adventures"

Yep, that's all folks!



That's the standard 30th Anniversary Indy, with the inaccurate holster.
 

indyclone25

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Montana Smith said:
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"The Complete Adventures"

Yep, that's all folks!



That's the standard 30th Anniversary Indy, with the inaccurate holster.
well that's a little better than i expected , still not the best cover out , but different! ign.com says we should here more in the upcoming days about the specs , it is suppose to be a five disc set. so 4 movies and bonus features.....(y)
hopefully it will contain stuff not put on the dvd sets and all the making of's like they did with the star wars blu rays!
 

Indy's brother

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A very concerted effort not to have any two characters from the same film next to each other. Kind of neat, but kind of "Meh", too. I don't know what I was expecting, but this manages to go just one step past "understated" and into the realm of "dull".
 

Montana Smith

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I expected holster accuracy.

It was bad enough that the 30th Anniversary SDCC figure box depicted an Indy cos-player still awaiting his final delivery from Todds! :p
 

Attila the Professor

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Staff member
Montana Smith said:
Spalko used the might of the Soviet Union to expunge him from history.

Perhaps he and Denholm Elliot will be grinning at us from the discs themselves, as compensation for offering, along with Connery and Allen 1.0, the finest supporting performances in the series.
 

indyclone25

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well ign.com says it should have more info on the blurays ina few days ! ooooh , i'm like a little boy waiting for fricking christmas !!!:p
 

russds

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indyclone25 said:
well ign.com says it should have more info on the blurays ina few days ! ooooh , i'm like a little boy waiting for fricking christmas !!!:p
Yeah me too. I actually don't have a blue ray player, but if this set contains new behind the scenes footage, or anything really cool like that, i'm going to get one. :)
 

Stoo

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Indy's brother said:
I don't know what I was expecting, but this manages to go just one step past "understated" and into the realm of "dull".
While I agree that it's not very exciting, I was expecting a lot worse. What is disappointing is the fact that the box isn't brown or beige. (The 2003 boxed set & the Young Indy volumes look great sitting together on the shelf because of their colour.)

On the positive side, at least it has new illustrations and not a montage of photos.
Attila the Professor said:
Forget the holster; where's Paul Freeman?
Poor Paul was put aside in preference to Toht. As an observation (rather than a complaint) the artwork is also missing a villain from "Crusade". To me, Elsa is in the 'love interest' category.
indyclone25 said:
well ign.com says it should have more info on the blurays ina few days ! ooooh , i'm like a little boy waiting for fricking christmas !!!:p
Yeah! Post 'em when you got 'em, Clone!:D
 

michael

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Still want to know about extras & deleted scenes before I pre-order this.

If there's not much new, I won't be buying it right away.

That's not make a stand or anything, it's just not a HUGE priority to me right now.
 

IndyForever

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Lucasfilm reused old HD transfers on the Star Wars OT trilogy last year (then lied about how much restoration work was actually done!!).

I hope Indy gets better treatment!
 

mikieson

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IndyForever said:
Lucasfilm reused old HD transfers on the Star Wars OT trilogy last year (then lied about how much restoration work was actually done!!).

I hope Indy gets better treatment!
how do you know all of that? not doubting you just wondering??
 
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