Part 1: After purchasing the “Star Wars Saga” over multiple formats and special editions, the crew debates whether or not to buy the new, nine-disc Blu-ray set and discusses the changes in the new versions. Part 2: With school starting this week, the crew shares some tips on how to show up Goth on your first day without looking like a poser.
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I wish I knew more about Blu-ray; I haven’t upgraded my TV to an HD, and generally I watch everything on my computer. I guess if I really wanted a movie and it wasn’t available for legal HD download I’d consider getting all the necessary hardware, but it would have to be something I really wanted badly to spend that much money.
Speaking of Blu-ray and sci-fi franchises, I read that they’re planning to bring Star Trek: The Next Generation to Blu-ray. Normally I wouldn’t find that interesting by itself, but apparently they have a dilemma in that all they have stored on master 35mm film is the live action sans computer effects. I guess since it was a ’90s TV show they only used videotape to store the combined live action and effects, whereas in a movie of course you have to combine both on film in order to project it on the screen. The bottom line is that in order to produce a quality Blu-ray transfer they’ll have to redo all the computer effects and recombine them with the 35mm master.