Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
What really sucks is trying to explain the whole thing to anyone in the outside world. Come September, it's going to be hard to come off as anything but bitter nerds. "No, this IS the version I want, but anamorphic blah blah". It just sounds so lame. We're going to be easy to dismiss.
I constantly hear that. Go over to the non-anamorrphic announcement at Ain't It Cool News. The bashing OOT fans get for complaining is unbelieveable. In a few years, when 16X9 T.V.s become the norm, this issue will come into sharper focus (no pun intended). It's just that people look and go "whiny fanboys." I'm very glad that the OOT is coming out on DVD, but if Hillside Cannibals and the other obscure B-movie rentals at Blockbuster can contain anamorphic widescreen and crisp 5.1 and 2.0 sound, why can't what are arguably the three most popular movies ever made in the version that many people seem to prefer?
Yes, and I am glad that it is being released, but I still think that there is vailidity to comlaining here.
Possibly the best way to frame the argument is to ask how they would feel if another movie they loved was treated so badly. Imagine the outcry if the only version of Gone With the Wind the public could ever see again was this!
What really sucks is trying to explain the whole thing to anyone in the outside world. Come September, it's going to be hard to come off as anything but bitter nerds. "No, this IS the version I want, but anamorphic blah blah". It just sounds so lame. We're going to be easy to dismiss.
I constantly hear that. Go over to the non-anamorrphic announcement at Ain't It Cool News. The bashing OOT fans get for complaining is unbelieveable. In a few years, when 16X9 T.V.s become the norm, this issue will come into sharper focus (no pun intended). It's just that people look and go "whiny fanboys." I'm very glad that the OOT is coming out on DVD, but if Hillside Cannibals and the other obscure B-movie rentals at Blockbuster can contain anamorphic widescreen and crisp 5.1 and 2.0 sound, why can't what are arguably the three most popular movies ever made in the version that many people seem to prefer?
The negatives of the OOT were destroyed, so the Laserdisc master is the only high quality source left to make a DVD.
Didn't Lucas attempt to destroy all of the original prints of the OOT to ensure that it "doesn't exist" and that the SEs are the only version available?
Now. But who knows? 16X9 T.V.s could become the norm in the future.
We should be grateful that Lucas is doing his fans a favour and release the OOT, no matter what quality comes out. The Goodwill counts.
Didn't Lucas attempt to destroy all of the original prints of the OOT to ensure that it "doesn't exist" and that the SEs are the only version available?
It would cost a fortune to make a new transfer from surviving film elements.
Lucasfilm Limited is a multi-billion dollar company which owns on the most popular and lucrative marketing franches in the world. Robert A. Harris, the noted film restorationist who restored Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, and Sparticus has volunteered his services. Quite frankly, there are a lot of people, like myself, who would pay quite a bit for a properly restored version of the OOT. It just seems like viable business to me. But I'm not in charge of a multi-billion dollar company, so I could be wrong.
But in the end, it is just about them being non-anamorphic. Luckily, as a 4:3 TV user, the non anamorphic issue does not bother me.
Lucasfilm Limited is a multi-billion dollar company which owns on the most popular and lucrative marketing franches in the world. Robert A. Harris, the noted film restorationist who restored Lawrence of Arabia, Vertigo, and Sparticus has volunteered his services. Quite frankly, there are a lot of people, like myself, who would pay quite a bit for a properly restored version of the OOT. It just seems like viable business to me. But I'm not in charge of a multi-billion dollar company, so I could be wrong.
But in the end, it is just about them being non-anamorphic. Luckily, as a 4:3 TV user, the non anamorphic issue does not bother me.
Now. But who knows? 16X9 T.V.s could become the norm in the future.
We should be grateful that Lucas is doing his fans a favour and release the OOT, no matter what quality comes out. The Goodwill counts.
Yes, and I am glad that it is being released, but I still think that there is vailidity to comlaining here.
Possibly the best way to frame the argument is to ask how they would feel if another movie they loved was treated so badly. Imagine the outcry if the only version of Gone With the Wind the public could ever see again was this!
Yes, but unfortunately, The Star Wars DVD situation is unlike any other because of the "The SEs are the movies. Period." side of the argument.