Jeebus said:
Anjohan said:
I love how everyone makes up their own stories and reasons as to why the ANH saber fight doesn’t look like shit - when it does, and the only reason is because they were limited to the extent they had to do slow movements close to eachother to not destroy the props and/or the glowing effect.
People try to justify it because the answer you’re giving just isn’t satisfying. Out-of-universe answers in general aren’t satisfying.
But that’s not the issue here is it… You could make up an in universe explanation and make justification for every fault this movie has and there would be no need for a project like this…
Why do colors look weird in the Deathstar? - Faulty wiring in the lighting system.
Why do colors look weird in Tattoine then? - Because the sun in that system is about to go supernova, in fact any day now.
Why does R2-D2 appear in front on Ben Kenobi and Luke Skywalker when it was way behind them in the previous shot? - Well, because it had teleportation capability all along, it just wasn’t using it since it didn’t want to show off, duh!
Why does Obi-Wan Kenobi turns into a dummy/puppet of himself just when Vader is about to kill him? - It is an old Jedi trick, it is the old Ben Kenobi to dummy switcheroo, here we go.
These projects exists to solve these issues, so it is no use to cover for them. I am not saying we should go with the Lucas route and make many pointless and mostly ridiculous changes to this movie, I am just saying there are issues, mostly do to technical limitations at the time these movies made like @Anjohan said and there are issues do to piss poor editing. (and I am not saying editing is always piss poor, it is just piss poor here) If you want to watch the original trilogy unaltered, the way you remember as a child, then you are in the wrong place. That’s what Harmy’s despecilized editions are for. Here is the place those issues get fixed, so you don’t have to make up a ridiculous in universe explanation that conflicts with the universe in the first place.
Valheru_84 said:
Definitely an improvement Sanduni on the original and interesting that they did it by removing bits and pieces. All the same, I never have and never will have an issue with the original since that’s what I grew up watching and remembering and I think people need to remember and respect the time and age this movie was made in. Hindsight is 20/20 as they say but watching this for the first time as a kid, you never knew any better, you were sucked into the movie and seeing your first lightsaber battle was freaking awesome!
That aside, being Ady’s edit and essentially what the actual SEs should have been I wouldn’t mind seeing an upgraded fight just like you linked included in this version since I know I’m not watching the original theatrical. I’ll watch Harmys DSE for that ;D
.Val
Yeah, but it is no use to look at this issue with nostalgia googles. Like you have said, it was probably fine when we were watching as a child, when we didn’t know any better, but this is not a movie for kids.
So I am glad you agree to some degree. There were lots of issues with the original trilogy and Ady’s project is to fix them. (Though its still his project and he decides what to fix and what to leave alone, so it is entirely up to him. But still, I wholly hope he sees things the way we see and fixes these issues when it comes the time to make ANHR HD. We can hope.)
Anjohan said:
I love how everyone makes up their own stories and reasons as to why the ANH saber fight doesn’t look like shit - when it does, and the only reason is because they were limited to the extent they had to do slow movements close to eachother to not destroy the props and/or the glowing effect.
It had nothing to do with “Vader is being restricted because his last fight didn’t go so well”. Or “Vader is testing his ground”. They were simply restricted; end of story.
I agree fully. Some people just can’t get rid of their nostalgia googles and see it for what it is. Issued caused by limitations, technical issues and bad editing. They just make up a in universe explanation for it and ignore how ridiculous it actually is. I honestly don’t get it.