Originally posted by: CO I can always watch that movie in reference to how it was presented in 1977, and don't think about the stuff after it, and the stuff before it. I can say because I saw it in 1977, I am not tainted by the constant story changes by Lucas
I'm with you, man. Although, for me I’m not bothered by the stuff before it because there isn’t anything before it. Everything else came after - and feels it. Some of it much more so. I'm not tainted by the changes he made to it either because I've not seen any of them. I'd read ahead of time about the SE changes to the story and the characters, the added scenes, the CGI characters, etc and knew it wasn't for me. I didn't want to have to be bothered with trying to unsee that stuff.
In fact, that led to how I discovered you guys in the first place. Several years after the SEs came out, I decided it was time to secure a non-tape copy of Star Wars, something more durable than what I’d been watching. I posted in the off-topic areas of the other boards I'm on (all motorcycle related) and someone in the same state had the LDs from 1994. We decided on a price and a meeting place - I didn’t want anything to happen to them using UPS or FEDEX.
We met at the arranged place (a restaurant), we ate, drank and talked Star Wars and motorcycles for about an hour and then went our separate ways. After I got home, I started looking on the internet for someone that could transfer Star Wars from LD to DVD. After a few dead ends, I stumbled onto this site and was relieved to see I wasn’t the only person who still preferred the original version.
Anyway, it was the SEs, even though I’ve never seen them, that led me here. There’s some good people here – smart, articulate, quick witted, and some very interesting reading. Links to interviews, articles, etc. Good stuff.
Besides, I may be one of the few people old enough to get Gaffer Tape's screen name.
(She was amazingly beautiful when she was young)