Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
This is the best statement of all. Lucasfilm is singlehandedly responsible for creating all of the audio-videophiles, thanks to THX's brilliant marketing in the 90s. If DVD was the technology that got your Average Joe into Widescreen presentation and surround sound, it was preceded by that good ol' THX trailer blowing anybody away the first time they saw it.
Lucasfilm created this monster. Now they're seeing how angry the monster gets when you poke it in the eye.
This is the best statement of all. Lucasfilm is singlehandedly responsible for creating all of the audio-videophiles, thanks to THX's brilliant marketing in the 90s. If DVD was the technology that got your Average Joe into Widescreen presentation and surround sound, it was preceded by that good ol' THX trailer blowing anybody away the first time they saw it.
Lucasfilm created this monster. Now they're seeing how angry the monster gets when you poke it in the eye.
So true. Same goes with home computer video editing which has allowed for fan edits and LD/vhs transfers.
I didn't grow up on Star Wars and I had only seen parts of the movies when they were on tv. I didn't know anything about the history, struggle and ultimate success of the films until I watched Empire of Dreams. When I learned how significant Star Wars was in film history as well as revolutionizing technology, I really wanted to see that movie, the one Empire of Dreams devoted an hour to, not the one included with the dvd set.