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"They're His Movies And he can do what he wants with them!"
I'm sure anyone who is into Star Wars and dislikes the various altered "Special Editions" of the movies will have heard this arguement probably thousands of times. The general premise behind this arguement is that we're not allowed to complain about the Star Wars Special Editions, because George Lucas created Star Wars and thus can do what he wants with it.
But I wonder if any of the people who actually use that arguement ever once stop to think about how fundamentally stupid it is?
Think about it: George Lucas created Star Wars so we're not allowed to complain about what he does with it. By that logic, you can't criticize any work of fiction ever made.
"God, Wheel of Time's prose is so over-descriptive!"
"Well, it's Robert Jordan's book. He can write whatever he wants!"
"God, 2001: A Space Oddysey is so drawn-out!"
"Well, it's Kubrick and Clarke's movie, they can make it however they want!"
"God, the iron age Superman comics make Superman so out-of-character!"
"Well, it's DC Comics' character, they can write Superman however they want!"
"God, there's too much sin!"
"Well, it's Satan's sin! He can make however much of it he wants!"
I hope I made my point clear enough by now. If anyone ever uses the "They're his movies" defense again, please show them this article. Hopefully it will kick some sense into them.
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