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Originally posted by: dexters
The focus if on CHARACTER and not on EFFECTS. That's *my* reason the OT is better than the SE (or PT).
So Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi won oscars for effects and is hated by many non Star Wars fans for ruining hollywood because its focus is on CHARACTER?
Much amusement will come from you dexters... much amusement.
Never did I say that the OT had either NO effects nor POOR effects. Any awards that the films won were well earned. Odd though that as a film scholar I wasn't aware of any sort of 'hatred' by 'non Star Wars fans' for 'ruining Hollywood'. Though the 'Star Wars' was *one* of the first 'blockbuster' films that set the stage for a shift in production studio mentality, if you really want to blame a film rewind to 'Jaws' which most people who study film consider the first summer 'blockbuster'.
And please do remember that the point of THIS thread was to compare/contrast the SW SE to the OOT, not to put the SW franchise up against any other film or film series. Please think out your comments before posting next time. There is a time, place and willingness for all discussions at these forums.
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Maybe being 6, 7 or 10 year old little kiddies watching Star Wars for the first time and getting blown away have something to do with this distorted version of reality. Nostalgia can do a lot of things, and I actually appreciate the choice at least to see the OT in their original form, which Lucas should give fans sometime soon, maybe when HD-DVD or Blue-Ray technology kicks in allowing for truly massive storage and multiple versions of a film to be stored in one disk. That said, I really don't mind the changes at all.
Again I'll refer to your signature line- this being another post in which your diplomacy suffers against your claims of being 'kind and courteous.