nickytea
Master Member
Fixed.
Star Wars blu ray in September
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Fixed.
Satxer
Sr Member
How about Obi's Krayt change?
Obi-Wan's Krayt Dragon Call from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Supposed Blu-Ray Clip) - YouTube
Obi-Wan's Krayt Dragon Call from Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (Supposed Blu-Ray Clip) - YouTube
Mola Rob
Sr Member
I never had any intention of buying these. Unlike true "fanboys" who love everything Star Wars with the undying loyalty of a puppy and would buy anything with the name Star Wars on it.
George Lucas knows these will sell. He changes just enough so people will buy it. He is a good businessman and he knows his fans will snatch it up. He will continue to make these changes as long as the uber-fans stand in line waiting for the latest release of whatever the hell they are tinkering with.
Just don't buy it.
George Lucas knows these will sell. He changes just enough so people will buy it. He is a good businessman and he knows his fans will snatch it up. He will continue to make these changes as long as the uber-fans stand in line waiting for the latest release of whatever the hell they are tinkering with.
Just don't buy it.
Solo4114
Master Member
That is indeed better.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
Yeah, that's special, thanks for missing the point in such a spectacular way, and yeah, I must be the most evil human ever; I used hyperbole in an internet forum discussing Star Wars, I'm worse than HITLER boogaboogabooga :rolleyes The point which you've utterly failed to recognize is that your stance is "yes it's terrible, but hey! It could always have been worse, right, right?! Couldn't it have been?!" and you'll slap another hundred bucks into Lucas's hands for the privallege of not having been screwed with in some unnamed even more horrible way. Yet. THAT is mindless fanatiscim. THAT is a complete inability to control your attachment to something which is, at the end of the day, trivial. And THAT is the whole SW fans as battered wife meme which has been voiced since 1997 on teh interwebz. As for me, I'm pissed off because I was looking forward to enjoying the whole saga with my eldest son, who is now the age I was when I first saw SW in the theaters, and was hoping against hope that this release would actually address the absolute garbage presentation of the DVDs, but no, they STILL look like crap; they STILL have a distractingly narrow contrast ratio, and they are STILL an utterly half-assed product. That's before we even start talking about the new changes, which are in one of two camps a)Horrible or b)inane and irrellevant. I mean I expect some exageration from marketing, but to say that this BS took them three years of work is just baffling. As a result I am not buying this, and have cancelled my pre-order. See? That's how you deal with a BS product, not by purchasing it anyways.
Well that's the real trick, isn't it? He couldn't just let it go and be finished?
Lucas might as well just remake the original trilogy at this point. Plus, I'll bet that with the exception of a digital Yoda in The Phantom Menace, he hasn't changed a frame of the prequels.
If Lucas was in touch with reality and or actually cared about his fan base, he would give the public what they want. The original theatrical trilogy, properly restored to Bluray. Would it be nice if the few bad effects, flubs, and audio issues were fixed? Sure, who wouldn't want that? But it's clear that the only thing that would be a viable option would be for them to release the version I'm talking about, because it's clear that Lucas can't leave well enough alone.
Lucas might as well just remake the original trilogy at this point. Plus, I'll bet that with the exception of a digital Yoda in The Phantom Menace, he hasn't changed a frame of the prequels.
If Lucas was in touch with reality and or actually cared about his fan base, he would give the public what they want. The original theatrical trilogy, properly restored to Bluray. Would it be nice if the few bad effects, flubs, and audio issues were fixed? Sure, who wouldn't want that? But it's clear that the only thing that would be a viable option would be for them to release the version I'm talking about, because it's clear that Lucas can't leave well enough alone.
JD
Master Member
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I missed the point? *You compared *it domestic abuse. *You compared to breaking a jaw and going back to an abusive spouse. *You compared a creator who opted to alter his property - which he owns - to violent abusive behavior.
You don't have a frakking clue do you? *How skewed is your perspective to even attempt to rationalize that logic? *Your opinion is worthless to me after that comparison and it's a shame you're allowed post here after that comment.
Get a grip, they're just movies.
ave4uevoli
Sr Member
Lucas simply doesn't agree with what we feel is a good movie. It's a matter of opinion. He doesn't tweak the prequels because they're what he wants. He's trying to change the OT as best he can to fit the PT rather than the other way around (what most people on this board would want).
I respect that other people have different opinions as to what a good movie is. I simply don't agree with Lucas' opinion and will therefore not buy the Blu rays as I feel they shift the OT in the wrong direction.
I respect that other people have different opinions as to what a good movie is. I simply don't agree with Lucas' opinion and will therefore not buy the Blu rays as I feel they shift the OT in the wrong direction.
Timmythekid
Sr Member
*****, again, you fail in the point-taking department. Here, I'll help you, and then I think we move on to other things because I'm not interested in pursuing an endless round and round over this, as I'm sure neither are you - it's not about the 14 year-old recycled meme. No! Bad poster, leave it! No treat! And honestly, if you can't get past the (STATED) hyperbole to understand that the equation is "Bad thing happens repeatedly, yet each time you say "Well, I hated that, and it was very unpleasant, but at least it wasn't even worse, so I'm inviting bad thing back into my life!" then I have no idea how you manage to deal with the internet as a whole and nerd franchise discussions in specific. I'm honestly sorry you are so offended, never was that my intention, but ****, it's an internet thread about a divisive franchise which has been compared to molesting children for 14 years, I can't believe that this is the first time you've come across an objectionable metaphor, but if it somehow is, hi, it's 2011, welcome to the internet. Let's just change that metaphor here as it's obviously distracting you - What if someone came over and gouged out your right eye with a spoon. Would your immediate reaction be "Whew! At least he didn't lop my right arm off too! We should have him over for dinner soon."? It IS about your blinkered fanboi assertion that "hey it could have been worse!" justifies this half-assed product. It's about you being so bound by this franchise that, despite what is clearly a BS release, you're going to buy it anyways, aren't you, even though YOU think the changes are nonsense and you already own other versions. What I find odd is that given this, you accuse me of being too tightly tied to this franchise and needing to step away from the movies. Dude, I'm THERE, watch me stepping now, I've had enough and I can say "no". Sadly I think that pretty much what is going to happen though is that people are going to buy it DESPITE their better judgement. Just to have it, becuase it's Star Wars on Blu Ray! That's just akin to a horder mentality - "I don't want it, but I'm going to collect it anyways". What I'm realizing is that I'm sorely dissapointed in what is yet again being shovelled out the door at LFL and the obvious lack of care and hubris on display, and finally after 30 years of being a fan, I've reached my breaking point with this crap, I've had enough, and the choice to NOT CONSUME is always there, and frankly it feels GREAT. K, all done now.
rodneyfaile
Sr Member
Someone compared the release of Star Wars to the Final Cut of Blade Runner, wishing they could get a release of Star Wars with every version. Well up to that point, I dont think all those versions of Blade Runner were available, only the Directors Cut was around. That release was very necessary.
Star Wars is very different. While it seems most Blade Runner fans like all versions of Blade Runner, but have one they prefer the most, and adamantly support, Star Wars fans however, seem to like only one version, and HATE all other versions and wish they didn't exist.
Also, all the different versions of Star Wars ARE available. Just go with the one you like and ignore the others.
Star Wars is very different. While it seems most Blade Runner fans like all versions of Blade Runner, but have one they prefer the most, and adamantly support, Star Wars fans however, seem to like only one version, and HATE all other versions and wish they didn't exist.
Also, all the different versions of Star Wars ARE available. Just go with the one you like and ignore the others.
Lucasfilm confirmed the change.
Lucasfilm Confirms Change to Blu-ray Release of 'Return of the Jedi' - NYTimes.com
Lucasfilm Confirms Change to Blu-ray Release of 'Return of the Jedi' - NYTimes.com
I like how putting the OT on Blu-ray is somehow restoring it.
You do realize any "Clean-up" is altering the original trilogy too.
You're better off with the Laserdisc transfers.
They are truly un****ed with. But you still get the ANH label. Which is wrong as well.
Unless you own a film print and unless it's an IB TEch print, it's going to change.
Plus of course if you don't watch it on a forty foot screen with 6-channel sound, you're not getting it the way it was intended either.
You do realize any "Clean-up" is altering the original trilogy too.
You're better off with the Laserdisc transfers.
They are truly un****ed with. But you still get the ANH label. Which is wrong as well.
Unless you own a film print and unless it's an IB TEch print, it's going to change.
Plus of course if you don't watch it on a forty foot screen with 6-channel sound, you're not getting it the way it was intended either.
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tubachris85x
Master Member
This is the final straw for me with lucas. I just don't even...
Solo4114
Master Member
Not quite true. You had VHS copies of the theatrical release, the international release, and later the Director's Cut. I don't know what the laserdisc versions were, but I'd assume the theatrical release and Director's Cut. There was also a VHS copy of the 15th Anniversary release, as I recall. You didn't have the "Final Cut" (because it hadn't been made yet) nor the workprint, however, and Scott disowned the 15th Anniversary version. However, they "existed" the same way that the OT does -- in another media format.
Instead of "raging against the machine", why don't you guys lean on one of these rich guys that have a print to have it scanned, cleaned-up then bootlegged.
You're never going to get GL to do it.
"...you're my only hope."
Ah yes, that would require more work than bitching on the internet and "signing" an ONLINE petition with a few keystrokes.
You're never going to get GL to do it.
"...you're my only hope."
Ah yes, that would require more work than bitching on the internet and "signing" an ONLINE petition with a few keystrokes.
SVTStingRay
Sr Member
are you a idiot, a cleaned-up version isnt altered, just cleaned up. i went to a theater in 1977 that had crappy sound, and the roof leaked and the floors were all wet. that doesnt mean when i watch the movies, if theres no water in the floor, then they are "altered".
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Anyone else see the irony in Mic's constant berating of anyone in these two Star Wars threads that don't share his vision with the above statement. Back on ignore...
SVTStingRay
Sr Member
well, hes not gonna get another penny from me.
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