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Are you gonna buy 'em?

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Let's see where you stand as of now. In 2 or 3 months, we will do this again and see if anything differs.

I am undecided.
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I technically am undecided, but my vote is going towards yes. I'm basically just waiting for the reviews to pile in.

I did see at FYE yesterday a sign at the doors that said "Star Wars! Unaltered! September 12! The wait is finally over!" All official Lucasfilm material, too.
"I am altering the movies. Pray I don't alter them any further." -Darth Lucas
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Undecided. I've paid for official VHS releases of the OT about 4 times. I have my laserdisc rips, and by all accounts these won't be much better - Do I really need them? By the looks of it Lucasfilm has really dropped the ball in the shoddiness stakes on this one.

Last week I was definitely buying. Now I'm waiting to see.

War does not make one great.

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Yeah, I'll buy them.

Anamorphic widescreen would be nice... hell, I'd love a fully restored new transfer with all the love and dedication the OOT deserves as much as the next guy. But I'm happy (not satisfied, mind you, but happy nonetheless) with the fact that the damn thing is being made available in the first place.
For as much as some people claim to hate what Star Wars has become, they sure seem incapable of shutting up about it.
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I voted yes for right now because I still plan to buy them. If I'm able to see a screencap of the release, and it looks really shoddy, then I might just change my mind.

There is no lingerie in space…

C3PX said: Gaffer is like that hot girl in high school that you think you have a chance with even though she is way out of your league because she is sweet and not a stuck up bitch who pretends you don’t exist… then one day you spot her making out with some skinny twerp, only on second glance you realize it is the goth girl who always sits in the back of class; at that moment it dawns on you why she is never seen hanging off the arm of any of the jocks… and you realize, damn, she really is unobtainable after all. Not that that is going to stop you from dreaming… Only in this case, Gaffer is actually a guy.

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I agree with gaffer. I fully plan on buying all three but if I find out ahead of time that they are crappy, I may bail.
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I'm selling my 2004 set while I can still get my investment out of it and buying this set. Ownership of the product gives me the right to complain about it.
I am fluent in over six million forms of procrastination.
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Meh. No. I almost want to, but money's tight. Maybe Santa will bring them but ... if all the rumors remain true ... I will not buy them. Maybe I'll send Lucas a symbolic copy of the SE.
"It's the stoned movie you don't have to be stoned for." -- Tom Shales on Star Wars
Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.
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Of course I will. I wanna own every legal stuff!
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When this was first announced I was planning on buying it the very first day it came out, now with each bit of incoming news I feel less and less certian. The cover art kind of broke the camels back for me, so I voted no. After it is released, if I read a lot of positive reviews I may change my mind.

"Every time Warb sighs, an angel falls into a vat of mapel syrup." - Gaffer Tape

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Yeah, I'll probably buy, but, like Gaffer, if it really does look shoddy, I'll turn away and go back to my VHS tapes. At this point, I'd buy just to legitimize all the bootlegs I have.

EDIT: On a related note, I still have the Faces VHS set in mint condition. While this isn't much, I bought it when I was 12 because I wanted to keep it forever. Wehn I heard that the OUT was coming to DVD, I almost cracked it open to watch them, but with the non-anamorphic news, I'm glad I didn't
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Yep I'll buy it, and look forward to all the pigheaded members of this forum waiting for their HD versions in 2007 (dream on)
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Originally posted by: eros
Yep I'll buy it, and look forward to all the pigheaded members of this forum waiting for their HD versions in 2007 (dream on)


Trollin' trollin' trollin'!! Keep them insults rollin'!! Eroooos!! HEEYAAAHHH!!!
For as much as some people claim to hate what Star Wars has become, they sure seem incapable of shutting up about it.
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I will buy them just to show GL that there is a demand for them, but I'm pleased with how it is being handled.
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I most likely will get them. I'm not happy with what we are apparently getting, but if they are moderately better than the LD rips we have now, then so be it.
40,000 million notches away
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I'll probably get them. But I'll feel dirty about it. They should sell them in a plain brown bag like porno to complete the experience.
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Undecided.

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: Sadly, I believe the prequels are beyond repair.
<span class=“Bold”>JediRandy: They’re certainly beyond any repair you’re capable of making.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>MeBeJedi: You aren’t one of us.
<span class=“Bold”>Go-Mer-Tonic: I can’t say I find that very disappointing.</span></span>

<span class=“Italics”>JediRandy: I won’t suck as much as a fan edit.</span>

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I'm going to say yes for now. But for sure I'm sending the 04 DVDs in them back to LFL. But I may also change my mind if early reviews say that they are crap copies and to hold on to the fan edits and LDs.
There's good in the Original Trilogy, and it's worth fighting for.
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Anamorphic Widescreen = Yes

Non Anamorphic Widescreen = NO F***in Way

I am still hoping our letters and emails that have flooded Lucasfilm the last few days make a difference, but if they are not anamorphic, there is no way I am buying this, cause it will look like total crap, and I am not goint to pay 60 bucks for something I already have.

Lucas had me buying this opening day with the original specs: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.0 Dolby Surround, and I was there the minute Best Buy opened. But if this rumor is true, he is pissing on the fans, and it shows me he doesn't want them to be good quality so the next generation will never want to watch these over the SE. Plus it is a nice jab at us to say, "You want em, you got em, you just were never specific."

If these are non-anamorphic, F-U George, I will be retiring from giving a crap about SW anymore. This is the final straw of a bitter divorce with his OT fans going on 10 years now. Sept. 12th, the divorce may be finalized. But as always, there is a chance at a reconcilization..............
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Absolutely NOT.
Unless something changes because of all the backlash I'll stick with my LD rips. I can't believe that so many people in this thread are ready to cave in. Don't succumb to the Dark Side
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Where's the "Hell no" option?

Neil

Well at least the reversed surround channels have been addressed.

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I want to buy them because my burned bootleg copy is kind of iffy. I mean, it looks wonderful and I love it, but will start to skip and freeze on my player. I can always correct it by hitting the RR or FF button on my player for a split second which seems to "stablize" it for 15 minutes, but on other players it just freezes, and I shouldn't have to worry about it not working on other people's players.

With an official release I know it would work. Period. But I may be sacrificing quality for reliability. I just don't know. I'm tempted by the dark side and it seems that Lucas has just found out that the OOT is really my...twin sister.
"I am altering the movies. Pray I don't alter them any further." -Darth Lucas
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I'm buying 'em for two reasons:
1) they will be the best available version of the OUT on DVD;
2) to encourage future releases of the OUT on future formats.