[Matt D]

http://uk.bluray.ign.com/articles/121/1219703p1.html

At last!

[NinjyBear]

Glad to hear it

[Andy Birkenhead]

So the ropey CGI (balsa wood boats in Last Crusade etc) will look even worse in High Def.
It's not going to improve probably the worst performance ever by Sean Connery, is it ?
I wonder if the "heart behing pulled out of the mans' chest in Temple Of Doom" will be re-instated ?

[MissDexter]

Originally Posted by Andy Birkenhead

So the ropey CGI (balsa wood boats in Last Crusade etc) will look even worse in High Def.It's not going to improve probably the worst performance ever by Sean Connery, is it ?
I wonder if the "heart behing pulled out of the mans' chest in Temple Of Doom" will be re-instated ?

Since when has balsa wood been CGI?

[Andy Birkenhead]

Originally Posted by MissDexter

Since when has balsa wood been CGI?

Okay then - ropey CGI AND Balsa wood boats !

[mirrorimage]

I'll buy this for completeness, but Raiders and Temple of Doom are the only two worth the money.

[deano0501]

Hold your excitement 'til all the details have been announced.

Empire magazine tweeted this earlier today.

So expect CGI snakes looking not unlike Jar Jar Binks!

[MissDexter]

Originally Posted by deano0501

Hold your excitement 'til all the details have been announced.

Empire magazine tweeted this earlier today.

So expect CGI snakes looking not unlike Jar Jar Binks!

Hmmm, can't follow the link from work but i presume it's hinting at changes to the films. I believe the press release mentions expect new surprises.
Considering that Spielberg has gone back on his E.T. changes will he really dabble with the Raiders films? I doubt it- even if Lucas wanted to, this would have to be a mutual agreement.

[Alrightmate]

Originally Posted by Andy Birkenhead

Okay then - ropey CGI AND Balsa wood boats !

But what CGI?
Where was there CGI in the film?

This was 1989. The special effects were done more with your traditional type effects, mattes, miniatures, and blue screen.

The only scene I can think of where CGI might have been used was in the path across the canyon scene where Indiana Jones had to take 'a leap of faith'.
But I thought that scene looked great however it was done.

Edit: No. Just checked, even the 'leap of faith' scene wasn't CGI and instead was done the traditional way with mattes and miniatures. Which is quite an achievement if you think about it and consider that it was 1989.
Link: Making of http://www.indianajones.de/indy3/texte/making_05.php

[ASIFZED]

Really disappointed that Crystal Skull will come as part of the package. Reluctantly already have this; would prefer just the classic three.

Won't be the complete collection either, if the threat of Indy 5 materializes.

[genesis76]

Is this the last of the major series of films awaiting a blu-ray release?

[porkpie]

Originally Posted by MissDexter

Hmmm, can't follow the link from work but i presume it's hinting at changes to the films. I believe the press release mentions expect new surprises.
Considering that Spielberg has gone back on his E.T. changes will he really dabble with the Raiders films? I doubt it- even if Lucas wanted to, this would have to be a mutual agreement.

Spielberg has gone on record saying that all the Bluray releases of his movies will be the original versions as seen in the cinema with the original soundtrack (JAWS) and anything that was changed previously will be restored although I expect as with Close Encounters the ET Blu will include the 2002 bodge job too.

Assuming Paramount won't want to press discs for exclusive UK consumption this should be the time when they get Temple of Doom classified for its UK premier uncut after 28 years.
That way their non use of Bluray region coding makes sense as they can continue to use the same discs worldwide

[Fizzbin]

Originally Posted by Alrightmate

But what CGI?
Where was there CGI in the film?

This was 1989. The special effects were done more with your traditional type effects, mattes, miniatures, and blue screen.

The only scene I can think of where CGI might have been used was in the path across the canyon scene where Indiana Jones had to take 'a leap of faith'.
But I thought that scene looked great however it was done.

Edit: No. Just checked, even the 'leap of faith' scene wasn't CGI and instead was done the traditional way with mattes and miniatures. Which is quite an achievement if you think about it and consider that it was 1989.
Link: Making of http://www.indianajones.de/indy3/texte/making_05.php

The rapid ageing scene at the end used morphing to some extent, so CGI was actually used in the film.

[porkpie]

Originally Posted by Fizzbin

The rapid ageing scene at the end used morphing to some extent, so CGI was actually used in the film.

Indeed.
When Pixar was still part of Industrial Light and Magic their first attempt at CGI was the stained glass soldier in Spielberg production Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985 so there was bound to be some of it in a film like that in 1989 even though by that time Apple owned it

[Fizzbin]

Originally Posted by porkpie

Indeed.
When Pixar was still part of Industrial Light and Magic their first attempt at CGI was the stained glass soldier in Spielberg production Young Sherlock Holmes in 1985 so there was bound to be some of it in a film like that in 1989 even though by that time Apple owned it

Before that indeed, with the Genesis effect sequence in the Wrath of Khan 1982

[Scubamonkey]

i love indiana jones..... all four of them.....(yes, that includes crystal skull!)

[porkpie]

Originally Posted by Fizzbin

Before that indeed, with the Genesis effect sequence in the Wrath of Khan 1982

I think YSH is more accepted as their first true CGI action sequence in the sense that it mixes in with live action rather than WOK which was simply some fancy computer graphics that were not integrated in with the live actors

[Fizzbin]

Originally Posted by porkpie

I think YSH is more accepted as their first true CGI action sequence in the sense that it mixes in with live action rather than WOK which was simply some fancy computer graphics that were not integrated in with the live actors

YSH was the first fully CGI character rendered directly onto the film stock. There were some before (in Tron) but they weren't done direct (optically copied from very high res. computer monitors).

There was also the little CGI computer fighter plane game integrated with the live actors in the bar scene in Search For Spock 1984.

[performingmonk]

Some parts of the trilogy (we won't mention Skull...) ARE going to look ropey in HD but that's the fun of it. Okay...if there are moments that look truly awful (e.g. wires visible) then smoothing them out with CGI would be acceptable.

So I have no problem with them messing with the effects or doing new edits to the films as long as the originals are there too. This is why Spielberg shouldn't be berated so much for the E.T. 20th anniversary changes - he had the original cut on that DVD set too. So everyone always had a choice. Lucas should have followed this line too.

[Matt D]

The IGN article in my original post has a link to another article, about HD versions of the trilogy which the IGN writer saw a couple of years ago, courtesy of a friend of his who'd obtained restored, remastered, HD versions broadcast on a satellite channel in Japan.

http://uk.bluray.ign.com/articles/119/1193995p1.html

He thought that they were awesome, and likely to be the versions eventually used for BD.

[Markynotts]

Originally Posted by Matt D

The IGN article in my original post has a link to another article, about HD versions of the trilogy which the IGN writer saw a couple of years ago, courtesy of a friend of his who'd obtained restored, remastered, HD versions broadcast on a satellite channel in Japan.

http://uk.bluray.ign.com/articles/119/1193995p1.html

He thought that they were awesome, and likely to be the versions eventually used for BD.

These HD versions of the Indiana Jones films do look amazing - available from the usual sources

[porkpie]

Originally Posted by Markynotts

These HD versions of the Indiana Jones films do look amazing - available from the usual sources

And shown by the BBC in the last year or two (except TOD IIRC) which seems more than coincidence .

[NinjyBear]

American release date - The Complete Indiana Jones Blu-ray Collection, will hit shelves September 18, 2012!

[MrGiles2]

The box set of the first three Indiana Jones movies I bought a couple of years back is pretty good. Picture quality and sound on SD are fine for me, so I am not sure if the extra investment would be worth it if I went for the blu-ray reissue.

I have the fourth episode The Crystal Skull on blu-ray anyway, and it is good, but not THAT good.

[loonattic]

Originally Posted by genesis76

Is this the last of the major series of films awaiting a blu-ray release?

carry ons? my faves anyway.