Last I heard, Disney has launched a streaming platform for 4K movies titled Disney+.
I saw yesterday a video on Youtube about a guy reviewing the original trilogy that Disney is offering in 4K with Dolby Atmos and HDR.
Here's the video:
It seems like Disney is planning on releasing a 4K Blu-Ray boxset, sometime over the next year.
But very little is said about the source for these new scans.
Bet $1 that they will probably just rely on the
bastardized scans we already saw/have, upscale them to 4K, add some DNR, pump up the black levels and just stack them on a plastic case and call it a day.
But, yeah. I don't see any valid reason why they couldn't offer the original unaltered versions of the movies on Blu-Ray.
I don't think that the original prints got destroyed or lost, during all these years.
But, either way, with Disney acquiring Fox, we will probably see many shitty things and cheap knockoffs and cash-grabs, along the way (i'm looking at you Daniel Craig Bond 4K set
).
I'm still hyped for the new ALIEN movie. Hope they will leave Ridley Scott do his job and not ruining the franchise, with a last-minute PG-13 cut/edit.
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Originally Posted by Cadeauxxx
The despecialized editions are great and are pretty much what fans wished Disney would've given us when when they did the DVD and Blu Ray box sets to the prequels and original trilogy.
Fans are so divided on Disney, but that is one of the few things I believe ALL Star Wars fans would be happy with. The original, non-altered films.
Back in the 2000s I swear there was a time when the movies got a DVD release with a bonus disc that had the original theatrical versions that were unaltered. I can't remember the year for sure or if they were in wide screen, but I remember watching the original Empire Strikes Back years ago from that DVD set. That's what I was hoping Disney would re-release. You get the special edition and original version together. Everyone would be happy with that!
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