Dvd "holy Grail" To Be Released
<div class="IPBDescription">STAR WARS</div> <!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Star Wars" fans will finally get the Force-feeding they've been asking for. The original three "Star Wars" films — among the most anticipated on DVD — will be released in the digital format Sept. 21 in North America, LucasFilm Ltd. and 20th Century Fox announced Tuesday. A price for the package and international release dates were to be revealed later.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
The link to the complete story can be found <a href='http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040211/ap_en_mo/dvd_star_wars_8' target='_blank'>here</a>.
IGN ran an article about it <a href='http://dvd.ign.com/articles/491/491246p1.html' target='_blank'>here</a>.
It looks to span four discs and follow the same format of the "Indiana Jones DVD" released last year. What seems to be the only gripe is that only the 1997 Special Edition of the film will be released while the original will left "to history". In my opinion, the original stands leaps and bounds superior, and commits grave errors such as the Greedo-Han conspiracy. Nontheless, for DVD fans, the moment of truth and the apex of the DVD culture has finally come.
Bow to the original STAR WARS.
The link to the complete story can be found <a href='http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040211/ap_en_mo/dvd_star_wars_8' target='_blank'>here</a>.
IGN ran an article about it <a href='http://dvd.ign.com/articles/491/491246p1.html' target='_blank'>here</a>.
It looks to span four discs and follow the same format of the "Indiana Jones DVD" released last year. What seems to be the only gripe is that only the 1997 Special Edition of the film will be released while the original will left "to history". In my opinion, the original stands leaps and bounds superior, and commits grave errors such as the Greedo-Han conspiracy. Nontheless, for DVD fans, the moment of truth and the apex of the DVD culture has finally come.
Bow to the original STAR WARS.
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Death to Special Edition
Long live the Originals.
Death to Special Edition
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You sound just like Monse, lacking ofcourse the trademark hatred of all teenagers.
The special edition makes me sad.
Damnit, the biggest problem with Star Wars is George Lucus.
Damn Straight. I don't think its possible to adaquitly express my hatred for what gorge lucas has done to Star Wars in words. Needless to say that I will *NEVER* purchase any version of star wars that is not the 'Original'. Supposedly you can get good VCD rips of the LaserDisc versions of the original trillogy. I have yet to run accrossed them, but I don't trust E-Bay and haven't been to china recently so...
A friend of mine (you may know him as Euoplocephalus, he visited these forums long ago) once had a good idea for dealing with the problem: Kill Lucas, then 'persuade' whoever inherits rights to the films to release a version that people will actually want to see.
So do these DVDs actually have anything new on them, or are they basically the exact contents of the special edition video set regurgitated onto DVDs?
Why are you talking about how he ruined it? He thought of it, wrote it, then made it...
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1 word baby.
Midiclorians.
Stuff like 'always finish leaving them begging for more' but off he goes making 1-3 (Badly) and making 'special editions'. He would've been better off just making a new set of films in a new universe leaving Starwars to go out while it was still on a high =/
The Force, the all powerful mystical force of the universe = sperm count.
Yeah totally ruined the mythos the first 3 films held. I never read any of the books, but yeah... absolute total cop out.
And I seem to recall a quote where George Lucas says he doesn't care about the Star Wars universe and it's "just some movies"
Well, he added lots of stuff that the fans didn't want, thereby borking the very franchise that he made. Let's take the midi-whatever for example. In episode 1, midchlorians were written into the film to explain how some people are stronger in the force than others (having loads of em in your blood for example). What George basically did was ruin the whole mysticism of the force thing with that crap.
Another <a href='http://www.fecundity.com/pmagnus/greedo.html' target='_blank'>example</a>, is the scene where we're introduced to Han Solo. Greedo is trying to capture Han for Jabba in the scene. In the original Han shoots Greedo just cause he could and just walks away. In the special edition, Greedo shoots Han first, and Han shoots back in self defense, which takes away from Han's rougeish character in the originals.
And the worst travesty of all: Jar Jar Binks. 'nuff said.
its not about anything but G's....
if he can make some bare dollar on it.. he will...
The Force, the all powerful mystical force of the universe = sperm count.
Yeah totally ruined the mythos the first 3 films held. I never read any of the books, but yeah... absolute total cop out.
And I seem to recall a quote where George Lucas says he doesn't care about the Star Wars universe and it's "just some movies" <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
OMG! How can he not care about the Star Wars Universe? Just some movies? As much work he goes through to make those movies or a single scene even, he should care, mmm maybe the money has gotten to his head? LUDICROUS!
Lucas: "<b>DO OVER!!!!</b>"
Are you sure the DVD's are the Special Edition?? The couple places I looked didn't state which it was going to be, they just said "remastered." Which they did back in 1995 and released on VHS, then Lucas decided to be a punk and release the SE in 1997 (I have a copy of both).
And anyone who thinks he made the prequels purely for the money probably doesn't know about the immense effort that he and the rest of Lucasfilm/ILM had to go through to make them.
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He may have written the script, but there are a whole lot of people who work on a movie. Hell, IIRC George didn't even direct the first two.
In 20 years, when all thats left of Star Wars is the captasical special edition and the really bad episodes 1-3 and 7-9, all those people who worked on Star Wars, who made it great, will no longer be able to show it to their grandkids and say "Yeah, I helped make that" with pride.
But more than that, he has ruined it for the fans. Terrible sequils and prequils are one thing, real fans will still have the originals to cherish, but when you erase your gratest work from history you insult the very people who got you where you are. I won't stand for it, and I know alot of other Star Wars fans who won't either.
<!--QuoteBegin--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Like it or not people, the Special Edition is the closest we're are going to get to George Lucas' original vision.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
In case you haven't guessed, no one wants his 'vision', we want the movies we saw when we were kids, the ones that didn't suck. And if the damnable Special Editions are the closest we're going to get, then we'll just have our memories.
Lucas, you suck, Jar-Jar sucks, your newer Star Wars films suck, and your Special Editions suck. Rot in hell.
Bah. Just like a game developer, once you release your creation to the world it must be frozen forever and never changed or you risk the wrath of the FanSith.
Personaly, I don't like the SE films, simply b/c they removed certain sceans that I liked, and put in soem that just were not good.
If the SE's had put in extra stuff that was GOOD then I would be all for em, but meh.
Still Glad I got my brother those copies of all three original films (admitidely on vhs... <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html//emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->)
Hmmmm, need to find a place that will copy those VHS into digital media so they don't melt.....
He's <i>nothing</i> compared to midichlorians.
I'll be buying this, as well as watching ep III. Sod you lot of old farts, Star wars rules.
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Did you feel that?
That was your credibility taking a flying leap out a window.
After episodes I and II, I really dont hold much hope for Episode III.
DAMN YOU GEORGE LUCAS FOR CRUSHING MY SPIRIT!