Originally posted by: Kurgan
Well the beauty of fan edits is that you can make the movie any way you won't. You don't to make any money off of it and nobody has to "buy" your vision of what the movie ought to be.
The only problem with Lucas doing it is that he does indeed want others to buy only his vision of the story, or nothing. That's why he's letting the originals go to rot (supposedly, though I'm sure he has the full movies digitally preserved in his vaults just in case, via hints from Lowry Digital interviews where they made a "complete digital master" of the classic trilogy) and saying "they no longer exist for me."
At least the fan guys are preserving the originals, and also making their own edits. It's sort of like having a colorized movie. You don't have to accept it as the real deal, so long as you can still get yourself a copy of the black and white that's going to last.
Well the beauty of fan edits is that you can make the movie any way you won't. You don't to make any money off of it and nobody has to "buy" your vision of what the movie ought to be.
The only problem with Lucas doing it is that he does indeed want others to buy only his vision of the story, or nothing. That's why he's letting the originals go to rot (supposedly, though I'm sure he has the full movies digitally preserved in his vaults just in case, via hints from Lowry Digital interviews where they made a "complete digital master" of the classic trilogy) and saying "they no longer exist for me."
At least the fan guys are preserving the originals, and also making their own edits. It's sort of like having a colorized movie. You don't have to accept it as the real deal, so long as you can still get yourself a copy of the black and white that's going to last.
I read that article too. Were Lowary was talking about digitizing nearly 30 year masters. And if my maths corret the SE's aren't 30 years old
