The majority of SW fans like the PT, and love the OT, and I am one of them. I know there are many vocal fans who love and hate the PT, but I don't buy it, I think that is a product of the internet. Most people I know, who don't post on any SW website, love the OT more than anything in the world, and like the PT, or enjoy the PT with a grain of salt. They will never love it, but it is SW, so it is better than half of the crappola movies out there. I know I start many PT bashing threads, but I can still enjoy the movies, cause I dont' hate them, I just think if Lucas delegated more than they would have been better.
But everything we are doing to get the O-OT in good quality is because Lucas is not catering to us anymore, and he is catering to fans on TFn. When I say the fans at TFn, I don't mean them specifically, but that type of fan who just eats up everything Lucas does, and doesn't mind more changes. We are getting the O-OT in non-anamorphic quality because Lucas doesn't feel it is worthy as the SE, but if no one liked the SE, he wouldn't have a leg to stand on. He is all about $$$, and to him, the SE DVD release was a success, and the PT was a success, no matter what we say.
It scares me over there that they want major changes to Star Wars '77, they want more tieins, and you start to wonder, is Lucas going to go to that level? They all love the Hayden insertion in ROTJ, and that came out of nowhere in Lucas updates in 2004. Where does this stop, if Lucas has a faithful following that eat up anything new he does.
To me it is all about needing fans, and Lucas could give a rats ass about anyone who posts here and wants the O-OT. It isn't about the PT, but it is a symbol of how the new fans think, and to me that correlates to how Lucas thinks. The fact that the O-OT is bonus material, non-anamorphic, sold with the SE, tells me Lucas's mindset now that I couldn't put a handle on why he was doing this a couple of years ago, the TFn fans have opened my eyes to who Lucas is catering to.
I know alot of fans here want to come and not hear the PT crapola that alot of TFN members posted in the bashers sanctuary, and I somewhat agree. But this is all relevant in the fight we have in getting the O-OT in good quality, and thier mindset over there is actually who we are fighting against.
I am going to back off in my PT threads, and take a little break in posting here for a while, cause I do understand fans don't want this to be the bashers sanctuary part 2, and that was never my intention. I think I may have irritated alot of you guys in my harshness about what the TFN mindset is doing to SW fandom overall, and I respect this site too much cause it has always been about the O-OT.
But I will say that the O-OT is under assault over there, and their views reflect the EXACT crap Lucas spews. To me they are the greatest window into Lucas's mind, and right now Lucas is like fans at the TFN, "OK you guys have the O-OT on DVD, now stop bitching and moaning, and move on." That only motivates me more never to stop the fight.
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