George secretly works for The Onion and/or is discreetly filming a reality show about jerking the fans' chains...
(Uh-oh, can't stop getting caught up in this now)
(Uh-oh, can't stop getting caught up in this now)
Ugh, what an ass. At this point, I honestly think Lucas is just so bitter and fed up with everyone hating him for the new trilogy and the "revisions" to the original trilogy, that he's decided to focus on being the biggest troll he can be.
Or he's just gone completely bonkers.
Also, WHERE is micdavis on this?! I figured he would have jumped in at some point. I do enjoy is comments towards these Star Wars debates. (And I'm sincere about that, not being sarcastic.)
But how long will be before he says that didn't happen.She only edited part of it. There were 3 editors, plus Lucas himself who edited one of the best-edited sequences: the TIE attack on the Falcon.
As for Lucas' comments, I have no idea what he thinks he's going to accomplish. Those of us who have repeatedly seen the original theatrical releases of the Original Trilogy movies know what we saw; no amount of revisionism is going to change that no matter how often he repeats himself.
Most of his ideas for what "Return of the Jedi" should have been like are pretty bizzare, and IMO would have resulted in a worse film.
Yes, Ridley Scott gave us ALL versions, so not really the best example to pull out as a defense for altering movies. :facepalmI don't usually step in to these quagmires but...
I would love to take his citing of Blade Runner having multiple cuts and changes so why are folks balking line, and turn it on him. Yes George but, the original cut of BR is still there preserved remastered and in hi def. <This is all I ask! If you do this George, you can add product placements, new absurd characters, give Luke a digital hair cut or bastardize it however you want and I won't say boo.
Doug
YES... where IS that man? Was he taken over by an evil clone or what? He's most definitely lost his way... so... where's his son to redeem him???
The National Film Registry and The American Film Institute should seriously consider removing 'Star Wars' from their listings, because the original film (warts and all) doesn't exist anymore.
The Arab swordsman shot first. The original cut just made Indy out to be a coldblooded, remorseless killer.
Actually, Indy shooting the swordsman was Harrison adlibbing. There was supposed to be a big fight scene, but Harrison was sick. The change went over so well with the cast and crew (except the swordsman who was supposed to get his 15 seconds of fame), that it got put into the final cut.
I'm not going to that 3D mumbojumbo.
Not to him.
See, he considers his movies (namely ANH) to go down in history as a "classic" alongside The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, etc. (maybe it is, maybe it isn't, not really my point). His vision is to catch it early (relitively speaking) and change it so that in, oh, say 50 years from now, the ONLY version of the movie anyone will know is the final one he's released. We we be sitting on the porch telling our grandkids how Greedo never shot. They will of course look at us and think, "riiiiiiiiiiight...the old man's lost it!"
That's GL's goal. To sweep the original version under the carpet and wipe it from history...which he's pretty much done. Now he has to work on our memories, cloud our minds so that we start second guessing ourselves. Once THAT's accomplished, he's met his goal. This is why he will never release an "original" version as this goes against everything he's working towards.
My recommendation? Get the original version from a laser disc rip. Keep it forever and keep the original alive before everybody forgets. :confused
Wow...that came off as a bit dramatic, didn't it? :lol
I'm pretty sure he was kidding. :lol