Originally posted by: bgx90
Interesting, but I wonder if he is bating us to see if there is a market or if it's for some other reason. I saw this in a story linked in the interview:
I'm probably being a little paranoid when I say this but it could be that this is part of his plan to eradicate all traces of the OOT. After all, these DVD's will only be sold for three months, so there won't be as many copies of them as there are of old tapes and LD's.
But I would like to believe that Lucas is being sincere when he says he is trying to bate us to see how many people want these films on DVD instead of trying to appease us. It could be that he would re-release a better version later if these sell well. However, it could mean that he's just trying to bate us into buy the SE versions by packaging them with OOT. The fact remains that this is a consumer-provider relationship in a capitalist society which means the provider gets paid for producing a good product, not for testing the water with a low quality product and then deciding based on sales whether or not to give consumers the privilege of paying for a better version of the same product.
After reading that, I am cautiously optimistic that a better version may follow, but I am still discouraged by the fact that LFL is using the "ONE LAST TIME" ploy.
Interesting, but I wonder if he is bating us to see if there is a market or if it's for some other reason. I saw this in a story linked in the interview:
The original, unedited films will appear in stores on September 12 and, Disney-like, will return to Lucas' "vault" three months later. The startling news of the films' pending release will undoubtedly have diehard fans busting out in Ewok celebration dances and tossing their overtaxed VHS tapes into the trash.
I'm probably being a little paranoid when I say this but it could be that this is part of his plan to eradicate all traces of the OOT. After all, these DVD's will only be sold for three months, so there won't be as many copies of them as there are of old tapes and LD's.
But I would like to believe that Lucas is being sincere when he says he is trying to bate us to see how many people want these films on DVD instead of trying to appease us. It could be that he would re-release a better version later if these sell well. However, it could mean that he's just trying to bate us into buy the SE versions by packaging them with OOT. The fact remains that this is a consumer-provider relationship in a capitalist society which means the provider gets paid for producing a good product, not for testing the water with a low quality product and then deciding based on sales whether or not to give consumers the privilege of paying for a better version of the same product.
After reading that, I am cautiously optimistic that a better version may follow, but I am still discouraged by the fact that LFL is using the "ONE LAST TIME" ploy.
Yes, but you are applying logical think to George Lucas, which he has not utilized for decades
. Lucas seems to take people's preference of the OOT over the SE as a deeply personal attack on his ego for some reason or another. With the 30th anniversary coming up, I wonder what he is testing the waters for... He knows that many people here would pay through the nose for a remastered OOT in a boxed set no matter what it was packaged with. If laymen will buy the OOT (and it seems to be general consensus that these will sell well), then what will diehards pay? They used the "one last time ploy" back in 1995. It wasn't true then, and I highly doubt that it's true now. Robert A. Harris has offered several times to restore the originals. The saga is over. LFL is running out of proucts to milk DVD buyers with. The "vault" comment came before the "baiting" one. Lucas is stubborn, but not stupid. He can only run from reason for so long before it comes back and hits him in the face. He wants to see if OOT fans will put their money where their mouths are. As we know, many will.