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Originally posted by: Darth ChaltabQuote
Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
I see you updated the pic, Hal. Wow, that balcony shot looks worse than I remember. I agree with you whole heartedly. I don't want these discs. I'm in the process of getting some, "5-inch Laserdiscs".
What? What is wrong with the balcony shot. It is one of the few changes that isnt obvious.
Again, why get so bent out of shape over FIVE SECONDS of footage? Why does it matter?
The balcony shot was painfully obvious that it had been recolored. If you can't figure out how much 5 seconds can change a film, then we can't tell you fully. Look at the difference between directors cuts. The Extended LOTR trilogy has a completely different feel to it as it focuses more on character building. Granted those scenes are longer than five seconds, but the length isn't as important. In the SE, it's different. While the addittions aren't long, they're more than a simple longer scene. They're complete reworkings. They change the centre of a scene. Instead of seeing Leia, Lando and Chewie running to stop Boba Fett, I see a balcony that wasn't there before. I know it wasn't there, so it's hard to ignore. Even if I could, the look and feel is changed. When I saw Star Wars on the bigscreen in 97, I didn't go to see the changes. I wasn't looking for them, I just wanted to see one of my favorite films on the big screen. The first showing however, the changes were so noticable and blatent, that I lost track of what was happening. My eye was drawn to the changes, forcing me to acknowledge them.
What he's done has changed the look, focus, and feel of these movies. Instead of the character and story driven films of the OT, the SE feels like a special effects film. Chalk it up to just not liking change, but the SE isn't Star Wars to me. That's my opinion.