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Post #165371

Author
olzen
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Which did you prefer, the SE or the 2004 DVD edition?
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Date created
24-Dec-2005, 8:13 AM
Well, I've been lurking around at millenniumfalcon.com for a while. Weeks before the DVDs were released, people shared DivX videos that were at the very least very close to DVD-quality, judging from the screenshots I've seen. So technically, you didn't even need to buy the box. Just to buy a few DVD-Rs! Back then, people were discussing how these videos could be nothing more than work-in-progress versions, since the colours and new effects looked quite shoddy. I'll admit that I have downloaded some various file myself before the DVDs were released, but nothing more than a clip of the new ROTJ-ending and an mp3 of the new Emperor-dialogue in ESB as far as I remember. And I deleted those promptly after having played them.

However, as we all know, it was the versions that these people so happily shared on BitTorrent, IRC and God knows what else that ended up on the DVDs. After that, the complaints were endless; "teh sabers greeeen", "omg vader is gay - pink sabre!!!111", "hayden sux0rz" etc. It angered me because several weeks before the release date, they had happily shared what turned out to be the final products, oblivious to the fact that such piracy obviously hurts the people who are putting so much energy into it.

Had the release date been delayed for just a few weeks, the discs could have been perfect. No miscoloured lightsabers, no surround-channel switching, no unbalanced mixing and perhaps even a proper ROTJ-ending where Hayden knew he was to be in the movie! But because the final products were already shared at this point, it's obvious that Lucas' decision was to get it out earlier in order to lose as little money as possible. Of course, that severely hurt the final product.

Everytime I see somebody on MF.com complain about the quality of the DVDs, I get a sudden urge to register and just post a big "FUCK YOU!" to all those greedy bastards out there. Because they just had to leak what was probably not supposed to be the final versions, every SW fan now has to wait till 2007 at least and spend even more money to get a flawless copy of these films. Of course I can understand that people were eager to see how their favourite films would fare on DVD, but they've not just pissed at the people who made them this time. They've pissed on themselves and their fellow fans. Bravo. May the Force be with you...