I’ve been putting up with that mindset since at least the early 2000’s. Gave up on a Trek forum, (one with a general SF discussion board) and the Home Theater Forum because I was just plain weary of the Groundhog Day/temporal loop those discussions always seemed to end up in. Thank goodness I found OT, and for the life of me, I don’t even recall how I found it.
I don’t even want to imagine the pro Maclunkey arguments now. 😉
HTF folks are hostile to the OUT? I’ve never talked Star Wars there, mostly just like to read catalog BD reviews and might use it for some hardware advice in the future, but I find it hard to believe that such a place wouldn’t as a general rule support SW77 on disc…
It might have been just a few people making more noise than others. Not so much hostility as not understanding why anyone would want the original versions. There also was some sneering at SW nerds who wear costumes or have SW collectibles on display in their homes, as opposed to normal stuff like sports memorabilia. The climate may have changed in the years since I left.