Behind The Blue Escape Pod Door

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Behind The Blue Escape Pod Door

Postby Deke » September 25th 2004 12:40 am

Watching A New Hope, I noticed a very odd looking thing...Look at the door of the escape pod in the background...

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Find it at about 8:50...

Unfinished Effect? Or is the door meant to look like a blue-screen screwup...

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Postby Hade » September 25th 2004 12:43 am

It is so obvious that I'm starting to think it was meant to be there.
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Postby Projbalance » September 25th 2004 12:57 am

I noticed it was there in the scene with the stormtroopes and dewbacks as well. So was it always there, or was one scene adjusted to match the other?
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Postby Deke » September 25th 2004 1:04 am

It's not there in the LD Divx rips I have of the special edition, so I dont think it was always there...
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Postby Faid » September 25th 2004 5:24 am

Noticed it too, and it's also in the Dewback scene. Very peculiar.
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Postby red_lifesavers » September 25th 2004 4:33 pm

I noticed this too . . . reviewing the VHS copies, it's blue, but not as noticable. The cleanup restoration must have really made the blue pop.

But why would it be blue? did they use this prop (the one buried in the sand) for the scene where R2 and 3PO escape the Tantive IV? That seems odd.
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Postby Deke » September 25th 2004 7:32 pm

My guess as to why the blue got picked up so strongly is that if you compare the blue on R2-D2 to the older versions, he has been digitally enhanced quite a bit, his blue dome is really sharp and shiny now, where it wasnt before. I guess the process that picked up the blue of his dome did the same to the door....

But the question still remains, why was the door blue in the first place???
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Postby TheSessler » September 25th 2004 9:54 pm

Here is a screen grab from Empire of Dreams that shows the on-set location, just thought I'd post this to show that the door was blue:

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Postby Faid » September 25th 2004 11:15 pm

TheSessler wrote:Here is a screen grab from Empire of Dreams that shows the on-set location, just thought I'd post this to show that the door was blue:

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Media Player Classic :heavymetal:
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Postby Projbalance » September 26th 2004 12:07 am

I think Deke is right. Good call.
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Postby Deke » September 26th 2004 5:23 pm

Screenshot please?
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Postby TheSessler » September 26th 2004 8:12 pm

Uhh...I just posted one...
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Postby Deke » September 26th 2004 8:22 pm

Not from you TheSessler, from Tom Skywalker, whose DVD has not the blue door...wanna see what it was meant to look like...
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Postby ratmankey » September 27th 2004 8:30 pm

It was always there, just not as bright. Stop bitching.
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Postby STE » September 30th 2004 12:16 pm

I just found this screenshot on a website:

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So it was blue, it's just got brighter on the DVD
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Postby Mentasm » October 8th 2004 3:44 am

It's definitely blue. I compared the new DVDs to my boots of the original and SE releases. People are correct when they say it's just been made more apparent by the restoration.

To the guy who says the door is not blue on his release, you do realise that DVD is a digital medium? Why would your copy be any different to the millions of other units out there? Perhaps you just missed it...
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Postby Chainsaw_Ash » October 12th 2004 7:33 pm

It was always blue. Screens I took:

OFFICIAL LUCAS DVD:

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DR. GONZO ANAMORPHIC BOOTLEG DVD:

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Postby mebejedi » November 6th 2004 10:48 pm

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Just wanted to show that there's another scene with the blue door. I'm sure the DVD version looks better, but I don't have it.
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