The Official Boycott Star Wars Bluray thread

[dualedge]

There are a couple of sites of course... they sometimes refer to it as the GOUT - George's, Original, Unaltered Theatrical version.

But I don't think any of them have really gone viral yet or have big followings. I like the info on Welcome to Save Star Wars dot com!

I just can't imagine how upset people would be if we were talking about The Godfather, The Wizard of Oz, Citizen Kane or some other classic.

 

[Solo4114]

You didn't hear? There's gonna be a big song-and-dance routine inserted into The Godfather for the blu-ray. It takes place right after Sonny beats up Carlo on the street. He and all of the neighbors start singing about it. According to Coppola, he "Always intended that Sonny be less of a brute. I wanted to show that he had a real softer side but I didn't have the technology to fully realize my vision then."

Scorcese's also modifying bits of Taxi Driver for its blu-ray release. Altered scenes include adding a voiceover to the scene where Travis Bickle is watching American Bandstand while Jackson Browne's Late for the Sky plays in the background which says "Right this second, I'm feeling so lonely." Also, the "You talkin' to me?" scene has been modified via CGI to give DeNiro googly eyes. Scorcese apparently felt that he never quite conveyed DeNiro's insanity there. Lastly, the biggest change includes an entirely new character of a wisecracking anthropomorphic cartoon dog who accompanies Travis Bickle through the entire film. He'll be voiced by Chris Tucker.

 

[dualedge]

:behave

Yeah, I imagine if anybody ever did that to the Godfather or, heaven forbid, Scarface, they'd have to go into federal protective custody. :lol

 

[Solo4114]

Scarface, definitely. The hip-hop community alone would lose its mind.

 

[Darth Crucius]

Oooooh new changes for the BluRay release? SWEET! I can wait to see..... Wait.... I mean NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I will not buy it, I will not view it and if someone ever puts it on while I'm there, I will honestly leave the room in protest. Vader's "no" and ObiWan's krayt call do not enhance the story or clarify anything. There was honestly no reason for them. And if what I hear about blinking ewoks is true..... WHY GEORGE? WHY???? He's just changing stuff for the sake of changing it. He has gone over to the dark side. I sense there is no good left in him. *sigh*

 

[OldKen]

I think if we all band together...

We could seriously stop this BR release from EVER comming out!













































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[gizmo]

:behave :lol

 

[Nwerke]

OK, that was funny.

I have not bought them yet, i don't even have any of the original trilogy on any format, i gave them away some time ago.

Still got 'em on tape, widescreen and standard for some reason. And one or two fan edits on the 'puter.

i still for some strange reason still have the prequels on dvd.

For shame, sir. For shame.

i put AOTC on the other night, what a pile of crap. seriously major league garbage

I saw it once all the way through. HATED the godawful POS. Have seen the first fifteen minutes about four, maybe five times, but have never been able to give it a proper second chance - my cringe tolerance burns out and I literally cannot get to the off switch fast enough.

I have a general problem with anything cringe-inducing, whether through incompetence, gruesomeness, embarrassing content, etc. The OT qualifies on all fronts and AOTC is by far the worst.

 

[Solo4114]

I used to use the Geonosis battle to demonstrate my surround sound system. It's pretty impressive for that. But the rest of the movie was ultimately forgettable. I think I watched TPM once on DVD and now it just collects dust. I couldn't even get through a fan edit of it. ROTS I may have watched once or twice. I remember seeing it in the theaters and just sort of feeling...I dunno...done with it all after the credits rolled.

 

[Jeyl]

I visited a friends house the other day and noticed they had the Bluray set of all six movies. I decided to give them a quick glance and already I could tell this was a cheaply made set. The menus are so generic and bland. It's barely a step up from those horrendous Star Trek movie BluRay menues. I LOVED the original DVD menues that were made for the Star Wars movies. It was like three unique menues for every movie which I found added a lot to setting the mood.

 

[clancampbell]

OK...not bashing, but BD related....watched the first 10 mins of TPM the other night....the thing i didn't get.....on the bridge of the Neimoidian (sp) ship, when Amidala is about to come on the view screen...why do the Neimoi-whatevers say...

.."It's queen Amidala HERSELF!"...."At last..we are getting REsults..."


" One of them then says..."AGAIN you come before us, your highness..."

EH? Then how come they were surprised it was her AND that they were finally getting results????

I know...i know....crappy script writing...

Just pees me off....

Rich

 

[NAZGÛL]

OK...not bashing, but BD related....watched the first 10 mins of TPM the other night....the thing i didn't get.....on the bridge of the Neimoidian (sp) ship, when Amidala is about to come on the view screen...why do the Neimoi-whatevers say...

.."It's queen Amidala HERSELF!"...."At last..we are getting REsults..."


" One of them then says..."AGAIN you come before us, your highness..."

EH? Then how come they were surprised it was her AND that they were finally getting results????

I know...i know....crappy script writing...

Just pees me off....

Rich

I take that as the first time she talks after since the blocade started.

 

[Jeyl]

I take that as the first time she talks after since the blocade started.

Really? A fleet of Federation warships blocks all trade to a planet, word gets out, Jedi are dispatched, and only after the Trade Federation tries to murder the Jedi does the Queen decide to contact the Viceroy for the first time? I don't know about you, but if someone was blockading my house, I'd want to know who was responsible the moment it happens.

 

[gonk27]

Really? A fleet of Federation warships blocks all trade to a planet, word gets out, Jedi are dispatched, and only after the Trade Federation tries to murder the Jedi does the Queen decide to contact the Viceroy for the first time? I don't know about you, but if someone was blockading my house, I'd want to know who was responsible the moment it happens.

Yeah but up until this point the Neimoidians blockading the planet have probably been dealing directly with Palpatine (who they obviously don't realise is also Sidious). The cheeky little sod's playing both sides off against each other to manipulate a problem, that he can then step into and solve.

This was probably the first time Amidala rolled her sleeves up and got to address the Neimodians directly. I don't think this was part of Palpatine's gameplan as later on he gets a bit nervous when Amidala/Padme decides to take charge of the problem.


...It's been a while since I watched TPM so I'm a bit rusty on the sociopolitical backdrop :sleep. Think that's it though.

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Yeah but up until this point the Neimoidians blockading the planet have probably been dealing directly with Palpatine (who they obviously don't realise is also Sidious). The cheeky little sod's playing both sides off against each other to manipulate a problem, that he can then step into and solve.

This was probably the first time Amidala rolled her sleeves up and got to address the Neimodians directly. I don't think this was part of Palpatine's gameplan as later on he gets a bit nervous when Amidala/Padme decides to take charge of the problem.


...It's been a while since I watched TPM so I'm a bit rusty on the sociopolitical backdrop :sleep. Think that's it though.

The movies are defended from us critical middle-aged miserable gits with the argument that the films are for kids and not meant for us, but heaven knows how an 8-year-old is supposed to get their head round all this labyrinthine pseudo-Machiavellian gobbledegook if it has grown men throwing their hands in the air in confusion...

 

[Solo4114]

I think they're supposed to just be pleased by goofy Jamaican-duck-lizards, silly robots, and flashing lightsabres.

 

[MFP 2020]

The movies are defended from us critical middle-aged miserable gits with the argument that the films are for kids and not meant for us, but heaven knows how an 8-year-old is supposed to get their head round all this labyrinthine pseudo-Machiavellian gobbledegook if it has grown men throwing their hands in the air in confusion...

EXACTLY. Particularly when the grown man who wrote it probably has an 8-year-old's understanding of how that stuff works in real life.

Which reminds me...this CMAMG still hasn't cracked his copy of "The Prince"...

 

[darth_myeek]

How come George, how come?

So if these movies really aren't for 30-40 year olds, why is it my 8 year old can't see out of this movie standee? She was literally 6" too short on her tippy toes, and yet the tallest girl for her age in her school.

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[Jeyl]

Hey Darth, that standee is a perfect metaphor for the characters in the film.

 

[hemrie]

Hey darth_myeek, approximately how tall is that standee?