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#STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE DVD MENU TV#
Without wishing to cause offence to anyone else who has reviewed or commented on the disc, I`d like to jovially suggest that people who consider the video to be the best ever seen, or warrant a 10/10 score should perhaps be taking a trip to their local branch of SpecSavers, or perhaps cleaning the lard off their TV screen… The truth is that the video quality on Star Wars: The Phantom Menace is very good, but it is certainly not 10/10, there is too much edge enhancement in evidence, which leads to some absolutely shocking jagged lines on the edges. I also watched some key scenes via my Sharp projector on a 60" screen. Before I elaborate on this, I`d like to point out that I replayed the disc on a Pioneer DV525 via a very high quality S-video lead into a 32" Sony Wega television. Video The video comes in THX approved 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and has been the subject of praise and debate ever since the disc was released. If you`re that bothered about hearing someone swear during the making-of, buy the R1 version, but personally, I`d rather the 100 extra lines of picture resolution instead. In this case, it is clearly commercially prudent to cut the extras down to a PG level to ensure that anyone can buy the disc. The main feature itself is rated U, but the package has to be rated PG because of the bonus disc. The R2 version is rated PG, which is because of material in the bonus features - these were edited to get a PG certificate by removing 13 seconds of dialogue, otherwise a 15 certificate would have been issued. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, made 20 years after the original part four, is the first book, and where the story begins… Incidentally, there have been grumbles about the differences between the R1 and R2 versions of this disc.
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The story should need little introduction, unless you`ve been living in a cave for the last 24 years, you`ll know that George Lucas` amazingly successful Star Wars trilogy (Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back and Star Wars: Return of the Jedi) are in fact parts four, five and six of a series of six books. I`ve also interviewed the executive producer of the disc, so have an insight into what Lucasfilm were trying to achieve with their release of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace. This will be the 191st review that I`ve posted to the pages of DVD Reviewer, and my collection contains many of the "big" titles and reference discs, so I feel that I`ve seen enough on the format to be able to give a balanced judgement about what is going to be the most commercially successful release to date.
#STAR WARS EPISODE I THE PHANTOM MENACE DVD MENU PROFESSIONAL#
Introduction Before we get into the review, I`d like to point out that I`m a huge Star Wars fan, but I`m also a professional film reviewer who writes about and watches DVDs on a daily basis.