Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Dot crawl is a whole 'nother beast.
"I hope and pray that the X0 version doesn't have it in its crawl..."
Sorry...
BTW, excellent post from TF.n:
Dot crawl is a whole 'nother beast.
"I hope and pray that the X0 version doesn't have it in its crawl..."
Sorry...
BTW, excellent post from TF.n:
Um, are people so naive to think that this is done out of anything other than profit-reasons? The reasons for this release were very clearly explained to us by various representatives of Lucasfilm. To sum up the points of the history of this release, per the marketing department of Lucasfilm:
-the initial idea was to release the 2004 OT-SE yet again, but this time the draw would be that you could buy them individually
-probably because they realised that nobody in their right mind would buy this--and encouraged by the failure of the 2005 re-release--Jim Ward thought it best to present to Lucas the concept of finally releasing the OOT, as it is something that Ward had been wanting to release on DVD for some time; the profits lost to LD bootlegs was also a strong selling point in their pitch
-inevitably, a new transfer was not done and Ward was forced to salvage the 1993 laserdisk tapes, undoubtedly implying that Lucas agreed that they should take back the profit lost to bootleggers but refused to spend a dime on the new product; the laserdisk master would inevitably nullify the bootleg market since it is equivalent to an "Official bootleg" and so this was deemed acceptable for release
-because the quality of the OOT was so poor, the sales tactic was inevitably shifted to the OOT as "bonus" feature; Steve Sansweet then reported something to the effect that this release was not for the die hard fans but for those who don't care about which version they own
so to sum it up: this release started as yet another way to sell the same product, and the OOT was initially attached to give extra marketing leverage and eliminate lost profit due to bootlegs. It is also not for die hards but for those who "dont care about which version they get" (who assumingly don't really care for the OOT and already have the OT-SE from 2004 and 2005--which actually makes this entire release quite illogical). So no, it was never about "caring" about "fans" about customer satisfaction, or anything like that--it was about money. Thats all it is. Lucas doesn't actually care about OOT fans. If anything, you should honestly thank Jim Ward for this because it was he who spearheaded this release and "had been begging Lucas for years" to release it--but Lucas inevitably trumped him and forced him to release a 1993 laserdisk transfer.
-the initial idea was to release the 2004 OT-SE yet again, but this time the draw would be that you could buy them individually
-probably because they realised that nobody in their right mind would buy this--and encouraged by the failure of the 2005 re-release--Jim Ward thought it best to present to Lucas the concept of finally releasing the OOT, as it is something that Ward had been wanting to release on DVD for some time; the profits lost to LD bootlegs was also a strong selling point in their pitch
-inevitably, a new transfer was not done and Ward was forced to salvage the 1993 laserdisk tapes, undoubtedly implying that Lucas agreed that they should take back the profit lost to bootleggers but refused to spend a dime on the new product; the laserdisk master would inevitably nullify the bootleg market since it is equivalent to an "Official bootleg" and so this was deemed acceptable for release
-because the quality of the OOT was so poor, the sales tactic was inevitably shifted to the OOT as "bonus" feature; Steve Sansweet then reported something to the effect that this release was not for the die hard fans but for those who don't care about which version they own
so to sum it up: this release started as yet another way to sell the same product, and the OOT was initially attached to give extra marketing leverage and eliminate lost profit due to bootlegs. It is also not for die hards but for those who "dont care about which version they get" (who assumingly don't really care for the OOT and already have the OT-SE from 2004 and 2005--which actually makes this entire release quite illogical). So no, it was never about "caring" about "fans" about customer satisfaction, or anything like that--it was about money. Thats all it is. Lucas doesn't actually care about OOT fans. If anything, you should honestly thank Jim Ward for this because it was he who spearheaded this release and "had been begging Lucas for years" to release it--but Lucas inevitably trumped him and forced him to release a 1993 laserdisk transfer.
That is an excellent post! Just goes to show that some people in Lucas' camp are getting sick of his antics. Maybe, just maybe, they will be able to put the pressure on him even more and a proper restoration will happen....some day....