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George Lucas Making Changes to Star Wars Saga... Again
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Gary Whitta
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I mean the OT. I don't know what Revenge of the Sith is, is that fan fiction?DeadTrees said:
KittenMaster
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Yeah, it's fan fictionGary Whitta said:
of Juno.
Gary Whitta
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OG editions of Episodes IV, V and VI ACQUIRED! Ripping them to AppleTV this afternoon, then I plan to watch the trilogy the way I remember it! Fuck Lucas and his vandalized Blu-rays. He's turned us all into scavengers, scraping around in the trash cans of the internet for our childhoods.
Marty Chinn
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Gary Whitta said:
Too bad there isn't a good legal widescreen version. You gotta get a fan edit for one of those.
Jack Scofield
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Gary Whitta said:
Your insane obsession with watching the "correct" version of the movies makes you like a faux-George Lucas. Like him, you seem to consider your subjective opinion of which version is better as fact.
funkystudent
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wait......... cant Lucas just release the real versions in a few years?
Is there anything stopping that?
Is there anything stopping that?
Gary Whitta
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To clarify, I don't think there's any objectively "proper" version. Some people prefer the Special Editions and like many of the changes. That's fine. Others, like me, prefer the originals. I just wish Lucas had served both groups by doing a Blade Runner-style definitive set instead of freezing so many of us out by refusing to include the original versions. All I want is the movies I grew up with.Jack Scofield said:
Jack Scofield
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JB1981 said:
How is it not similar? Lucas is obsessed with adding new things into the films. Some crazy Luddite fans are obsessed with keeping everything exactly the same, because, damn it, that's how they originally saw them! Nevermind the millions of fans who actually like these changes, they don't, so obviously it shouldn't happen at all.
It's like two sides of a same coin. Neither side respects the other.
EDIT: Gary Whitta's above post helps clarify matters. At least he understands where I was coming from.
Gary Whitta
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Yeah that's really an amazing set from top to bottom.Veidt said:
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Gary Whitta
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Again, I don't think anyone is saying the updated editions shouldn't exist (well maybe a few of us are). All we want is the CHOICE of watching the fancied-up versions or the originals we remember. Put both on the discs and all this goes away.Jack Scofield said:
DrForester
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Jack Scofield said:
Said it before, but updates are fine when done well, and don't try to forget the existence of the originals. See Paramount's perfect job on the original Star Trek remasters.
Christopher
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Gary Whitta said:
Gary your not going to buy the films, get your laser discs, and be gone from this thread.
I think I'm going to get both trilogy separate I hate the artwork for the big one :\
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
I will say this for Lucas: he warned us.
The 1995 release of the VHS versions (the ones with the big Vader, Stormtrooper and Yoda faces) were marketed as "See the original Star Wars Trilogy... ONE. LAST. TIME!"
And at the time were were thinking "surely this isn't the final time they release these classic films....?"
But YES... Yes it was.
The 1995 release of the VHS versions (the ones with the big Vader, Stormtrooper and Yoda faces) were marketed as "See the original Star Wars Trilogy... ONE. LAST. TIME!"
And at the time were were thinking "surely this isn't the final time they release these classic films....?"
But YES... Yes it was.
Gary Whitta
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Some interesting stills on that Facebook fan edit page showing deleted footage of Han and the rebels assaulting the interior of the shield bunker on Endor. Anyone know if that's on the new set? Will definitely watch on YouTube.
https://www.facebook.com/swrevisited?sk=wall
https://www.facebook.com/swrevisited?sk=wall
Gary Whitta
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FUCK YEAH just watched Han shoot Greedo in cold blood. That's the shit right there.
Gary Whitta
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Actually what I really wish I still had is the VHS copy of Star Wars I taped from British TV when I was a kid in about 1980 and watched about a million times. It had great retro commercials for the Atari 2600 and the first Sony Walkman.
PhoncipleBone
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Is it not the Dangerous Days doc from the blu set?Veidt said:
Wait, BBC documentary? I watched 'Dangerous Days', included with Final Cut. I didn't think that was BBC? And yes, despite being nearly four hours, that shit was incredible. Didn't check my watch once. Was completely transfixed. The dude who made it was a long-time Ridley documentarian. He paced the whole thing like a proper film-maker, so despite being a bunch of talking heads for over three hours the thing had energy and driving force.Veidt said:
Of course, I hear that the book, 'Future Noir', is even more in-depth and fucking awesome, so I'm tracking down a copy.
I want to, but Ridley is making his Alien prequel AS WE SPEAK. Will wait for the Anthology+1 set.Veidt said:
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Also you require a TV with a "zoom" option or you're in a world of letterbox/windowbox hurt.androvsky said:
Most TVs do... but watching on some PC monitors and such, there is no "zoom".
Barberetti
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I see that ILM have done a stunning job of sorting out the lightsabre effects in A New Hope.
BocoDragon said:
Yeah, that part bites. For people that are ripping them anyway, the fix is a simple crop away.
We're in a thread mainly discussing the blu-ray versions, so yes, somewhat.
It's still better than the pan-and-scan versions, which is what I thought the post I was quoting was talking about with the lack of widescreen.
Gary Whitta
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Looking at the 2006 DVD rip now and honestly it's not that bad. It's pretty much how I remember watching them. I'm a big nerd for PQ and honestly I'd rather have this than the Blu-rays as they currently are.
Artie Fissio
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I bought it, and am I glad I am supporting the upcoming release. And I will buy the other film separately.Suairyu said:
The quality and quantity won't be enhanced much further ( I honestly don't think that's even possible any more!). And honestly, I couldn't ignore the £18 price tag on the whole collection.
It's pretty much the only recent blu-ray set I don't regret purchasing.
Buckethead
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So that "NOOOOO" shit is actually real?
Wow.
Did not think Lucas was THAT dumb.
Wow.
Did not think Lucas was THAT dumb.
BocoDragon
or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Realize This Assgrab is Delicious
Oh.. is there an easy way to rip it and have it be basically anamorphic widescreen?androvsky said:
Straw man ahoy!Jack Scofield said:
I don't think anyone cares about the updated special effects. Those are great.
The problem is that Lucas keeps making terrible changes to the content of the films. No one would care if he just made everything look better. Like DrForester pointed out, everybody seems to like the updated CGI stuff Paramount put into the Star Trek Remastered sets.
Greedo shooting first is a bad content change. The stupid singing number in Jabba's palace is a bad content change. Vader screaming "no" twice at the end of Return of the Jedi is a bad content change.
And not only does Lucas continue to make the movies worse with these changes, he continues to fail to fix the ACTUAL TECHNICAL PROBLEMS that still exist in these movies. There is lightsaber stuff, for example, that STILL hasn't been fixed.
Nobody would care if Lucas was making good or even decent changes to these movies. As it is, every revision since the original Special Edition release has made these films worse, though they look slightly better.
Gary Whitta
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ROFLArtie Fissio said:
Adam Scott Aukerman
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Don't worry, he'll be shouting "YEEESSSSSSSS" in the 3D versions.Buckethead said:
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