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Just pre ordered the Star Wars Blu-Ray set
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edro
Lifer
Damnit! I came in here to typo nazi him!the 'r' is on the other side of the 't' from the 'y'
DaveSimmons
Elite Member
Luke screaming as he falls after Vader de-hands him is another Lucas nod to his second childhood. In the real version of Empire Luke intentionally lets go and doesn't scream.
Homerboy
Lifer
People GROSSLY overlook the musical scene in Jabba's Sail Barge. Watch that and tell me the Enhanced are "fine"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShRgJTHewxE&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShRgJTHewxE&feature=related
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Nintendesert
Diamond Member
Had he included the original theatrical releases I would have gotten it. But now, hell, I won't even download it!
This. I am not ok with the changes made in the "enhanced" editions. Theatricals or nothing.
Jeeebus
Diamond Member
In other news, Uhohs is now camped out in front of Best Buy waiting to be the first to purchase the set.
zinfamous
No Lifer
the entirety of Jedi is a fucking travesty.
the Jabba bit in the first one is completely pointless. I remember seeing those scenes with the stand-in long before the special editions were released, and then upon seeing it, I realized that it was simply useless.
Empire turned out really well, thank god, but those special editions are somewhat criminal.
🙁
zinfamous
No Lifer
eh...stop right there, and get over yourself.
I grew up with this stuff. I loved the fuck out of Star Wars as a kid. I worshiped the skunk-haired Lucas for many years.
but Star Wars is not culture. it is purely from the mind of Lucas. it is his own fantasy. it is his fun time. All of the toys, all of the merch, all of the "literature" and chaff blown from the ass of Star Wars is just "stuff." It does nothing to improve us, it does nothing to represent us, (one would hope), it simply distracts. fine.
And as annoyed as I am that his special editions suck ass, the new movies are even worse....I kind of dig it all, in a sick way.
I honestly think I would have a blast ruining the fuck out of these beloved franchises in just the same way he has. Why? Just to remind all the dweebs out there that this is my baby, not yours! You are the ones that bought into all of my BS! Suck it, losers!
MUWAHAHAHAHAHA
and good for him. 🙂
that isn't hypocrisy on his part. Star Wars is his. He can do whatever the fuck he wants with. That is simply the shrewdness of his rather unprecedented, and extremely fortunate contract with Fox.
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GTaudiophile
Lifer
Pretty much this. As explained in plinket's review of Episode 1, what made the original movies so great was how the characters were all different and complex. It's interesting to watch them interact with each other. When the differences between the characters are blurred over and they have the same goals for the same reasons and they have the same moral code, it makes it harder to relate to the characters because none of them have any real identity. It also makes the story less believable because real life is nothing like that; you will almost never find yourself in a situation where the people you work with are exactly like you.
zinfamous
No Lifer
what was the point of showing Han talk to Jaba in the first Star Wars movie?
It went along fine for 20 years and no one complained...
plus, due to the way it was filmed--Ford walking behind the stand-in--they had to somehow compensate for where Jabba's tail would have been (the image of Jabba in the first film was nothing like what Jabba became when they finally created him). So, they throw in the current Lucas dumbassery by having Solo step on his tale, goof on Jabba's face, and to fix the fact that we actually need to see Solo step on his tail for the gag to work, for it to appear natural, they digitally bump Solo up a bit, and it looks fucking awful.
and it seems like you thought I was talking about Jabba in Jedi? no, I'm talking about the scene they originally filmed with Jabba in the original Star Wars, but never included it.
that's what bothers me enough to not be interested. id take a set with the originals and the multiply-redone special editions. maybe
/spent enough money on star wars
soulcougher73
Lifer
Yeah i hate that money grab BS. I will wait till the extended edition LoTR on BD is released. Im not going to buy the theatrical release only to rebuy it in a year when the extended version comes out. Must be a lot of suckers in this world that allow this to actually happen.
SphinxnihpS
Diamond Member
Just added you to my incorrigible nerd with no taste list. Sorry, worst six movies more than 10 people like ever made.
It sort of encourages piracy. You download the blu ray retard edition then buy the original theatrical when it comes out. If it never comes out, well I guess you never need to buy it now do you.
SphinxnihpS
Diamond Member
Original Jabba the Hut
It's George Lucas's new spelling.
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IndyColtsFan
Lifer
You're right -- the new "musical" scene in Jabba's Palace is the most embarrassing piece of trash in the entire series. Han could shoot first at an entire army of Greedos for all I care -- the original number from the Rebo Band was 10 bazillion times better.
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This. I made sure I got the DVDs that included the theatricals before they were all gone (to make way for the box sets that didn't have the theatricals, the schmucks).
I will say I did get a chuckle out of this image, from the set of some unreleased movie that was supposed to look like a sequel to the final Indiana Jones movie, "The Last Crusade" of Lucas wearing a Han shot first shirt.
IndyColtsFan
Lifer
Aaaahhhhh, yeah....I'm going to go ahead and sort of disagree with you there. Yeah.
Star Wars IS culture and a work of art. In a few thousand years, when they dig us up, that will be viewed as one of the defining movies of our time. What Lucas said in Destiny's quote is most certainly hypocritical -- or to be more accurate, what he said is correct and he obviously changed his mind when he thought he could make a few more bucks by ruining classics.
Mark my words, the geezer will come out with the original theatrical releases on blu ray at some point. He claimed he would never bring them out on DVD and we saw that he eventually did to milk the cow more. I think George Lucas would get a portrait of Jar Jar tattoed to his ass if he thought he could make a few bucks from it.
shortylickens
No Lifer
For reference the special edition DVD's also include the original movie, but letterbox. Not widescreen.
When you zoom in it looks like hammered dog shit.
IndyColtsFan
Lifer
Correction -- the last special edition DVD set included the original theatrical release (and as you say, in letterbox). The first special edition DVD set (which I'd wager most of us bought) did not and that's what pisses us off.
IndyColtsFan
Lifer
I also seem to recall he was working to "convert" all the movies to 3D. Guess what that means? If you said "a 3D blu ray set," you're correct!
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