Originally posted by: Mike O
Originally posted by: darkhelmet
Honestly, I'd love to have an official, professionally crafted Lucasfilm DVD set, but, if the anamorphic thing doesn't happen, Lucas isn't going to get my money. Why reward him for treating these movies in a sub-industry-standard way?
About the idea of sending the SE discs back to Lucas, I don't mean to sound like a pessimistic curmudgeon, but how effective do you think this would really be? A huge number of people would have to get behind this, and Lucas has already demonstrated that he will do what he wants with little regard for his original fans. It's a very dramatic and poignant gesture, but by the time you send the discs back, he's already got your money.
But the money isn't the point of all this- the point is to show him WHY we're buying the DVDs (for the OT, NOT the SE), to show him that there IS a demand for the OOT, and that we resent being forced into buying the SE again in order to obtain them.Originally posted by: Tiptup
The disk return should get a degree of official focus on this website if possible.
I've hardly seen Jay at all lately. I wonder what he'd think. I wonder how the petioners would feel. 75,000+ people X 3-6
discs per person is quite a few. I wonder if LFL would get/open the package and Lucas would get the message. I have never ever joined a forum before, but following the non-anamorphic announcement, I felt inclined to support this one and join up. I have a great deal of respect for George Lucas, but I also very much want the OOT on DVD. I just wanted to thank Jay and eveyone involved wit this site. The OOT means a lot to me, and I hope that we can save it. I just don't ever want to come across as some forum jerk either. I wonder, if we work hard enough, if we cann get a restored version of the OOT onto the 30th anniversary boxed set.
I actually suggested having Jay be the leader of this a while back, but somebody said that Jay might not approve of buying the DVDs in the first place. I'd still really like to hear what Jay thinks about this sendback idea, though. The purpose of this site now could be to organize a mass-sendback movement, instead of the petition site that it once was. The disk return should get a degree of official focus on this website if possible.
I've hardly seen Jay at all lately. I wonder what he'd think. I wonder how the petioners would feel. 75,000+ people X 3-6
discs per person is quite a few. I wonder if LFL would get/open the package and Lucas would get the message. I have never ever joined a forum before, but following the non-anamorphic announcement, I felt inclined to support this one and join up. I have a great deal of respect for George Lucas, but I also very much want the OOT on DVD. I just wanted to thank Jay and eveyone involved wit this site. The OOT means a lot to me, and I hope that we can save it. I just don't ever want to come across as some forum jerk either. I wonder, if we work hard enough, if we cann get a restored version of the OOT onto the 30th anniversary boxed set.
Originally posted by: darkhelmet
Honestly, I'd love to have an official, professionally crafted Lucasfilm DVD set, but, if the anamorphic thing doesn't happen, Lucas isn't going to get my money. Why reward him for treating these movies in a sub-industry-standard way?
About the idea of sending the SE discs back to Lucas, I don't mean to sound like a pessimistic curmudgeon, but how effective do you think this would really be? A huge number of people would have to get behind this, and Lucas has already demonstrated that he will do what he wants with little regard for his original fans. It's a very dramatic and poignant gesture, but by the time you send the discs back, he's already got your money.