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Am I turning to the darkside?

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I was one of those disgruntled fans that swore for months I would not be buying these DVDs. I even fired off an angry letter to Lucasfilm proclaiming that very sentiment. But I have to admit - I DID want to see them. I just refused to give [expletive] Lucas anymore of my money.

So I had the trilogy waiting for me in my Netflix queue. I timed the return of my movies from last week so Netflix would get them on Tuesday and ship out Star Wars that same day. Well - isn't it funny that it suddenly took an extra day for Netflix to receive my return this week? Yes, very funny indeed. And now the trilogy is showing up in my queue as "Very Long Wait."

Well - this could be the event that triggers my journey towards the darkside. I can see Emperor Palpatine sitting in Circuit City right now, holding up all three and saying, "You want these, don't you? Take them. They cost less than $40. Take them home and your journey towards the darkside will be complete."

It's very tempting, and I'm afraid I might cave. I pride myself on being a man of my word, and now I feel weak and pathetic. If I buy them, I'll have to shamefully hide them and never show them to anyone. I might even have to change my username on several forums.

What should I do?
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Originally posted by: rennervision
I was one of those disgruntled fans that swore for months I would not be buying these DVDs. I even fired off an angry letter to Lucasfilm proclaiming that very sentiment. But I have to admit - I DID want to see them. I just refused to give [expletive] Lucas anymore of my money.

So I had the trilogy waiting for me in my Netflix queue. I timed the return of my movies from last week so Netflix would get them on Tuesday and ship out Star Wars that same day. Well - isn't it funny that it suddenly took an extra day for Netflix to receive my return this week? Yes, very funny indeed. And now the trilogy is showing up in my queue as "Very Long Wait."

Well - this could be the event that triggers my journey towards the darkside. I can see Emperor Palpatine sitting in Circuit City right now, holding up all three and saying, "You want these, don't you? Take them. They cost less than $40. Take them home and your journey towards the darkside will be complete."

It's very tempting, and I'm afraid I might cave. I pride myself on being a man of my word, and now I feel weak and pathetic. If I buy them, I'll have to shamefully hide them and never show them to anyone. I might even have to change my username on several forums.

What should I do?

rennervision, maybe this thread will help. I too am very upset at Lucas over this whole thing, but I am sort of looking at the bright side now: at least we got something and a non-anamorphic DVD is much better than nothing IMO.

If it's any consellation, I wouldn't think less of you because I know how you feel. And if it would help, maybe fire off another letter to LFL telling them why you bought it? That might help you feel better...
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Hold to the lightside. Don't give in to hate. Have patience.
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Originally posted by: lordjedi
Hold to the lightside. Don't give in to hate. Have patience.


Screw patience! Buy them and enjoy them. Life is too short.

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"Take it easy, kid. It's only a movie."

-Ham Salad from Hardware Wars
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Originally posted by: Sluggo
"Take it easy, kid. It's only a movie."

-Ham Salad from Hardware Wars


LOL

long time since I've seen that!
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Well I caved. And I'm giving my 2004 DVD's, minus the bonus discs to my parents for their Hanukah presents. So I spent more now, but then I will spend less during holiday shopping season.
George Lucas was seduced by the dark side. The OOT ceased to exist in his mind and became the Special Editions...." "They're more maching now than movies. Twisted and evil."
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Originally posted by: rennervision
I was one of those disgruntled fans that swore for months I would not be buying these DVDs. I even fired off an angry letter to Lucasfilm proclaiming that very sentiment. But I have to admit - I DID want to see them. I just refused to give [expletive] Lucas anymore of my money.

So I had the trilogy waiting for me in my Netflix queue. I timed the return of my movies from last week so Netflix would get them on Tuesday and ship out Star Wars that same day. Well - isn't it funny that it suddenly took an extra day for Netflix to receive my return this week? Yes, very funny indeed. And now the trilogy is showing up in my queue as "Very Long Wait."


I did the exact same thing(timing the return of my movies to Netflix which were in fact received by them on Monday) and still got the trilogy showing up as "Very Long Wait". I sent an angry e-mail to Netflix customer service and I'm awaiting their response. We'll see what their excuse is for this one.

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On a bit of a side note...

is netflix worth it, or is there problems? ie long waits?
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Well, everyone can start calling me by my new Sith name - Darth Lucasboy - because I caved on my lunch hour. To add insult to injury, the DVDs were $14.99 each at Circuit City even though I thought they were going to be $12.99. Like a Jar Jar-loving punk I paid the extra without raising any objection. If I could've thrown in some condoms and porn to make my purchase less shameful I would have. I hope Pimp Lucas enjoyed my contribution to either his new yacht or private jet, and now I'll just go home and get my fix on his low-quality THX brand of crack.
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I actually felt like I was turning to the dark side last night when I watched the new DVDs of SW and ESB and....actually enjoyed them! I enjoyed them so much, in fact, that in a moment of weakness, I thought I'd write George a 'thank you' note for releasing the OOT on DVD.....someone......stop........me!!!!!!!

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I'm sorry to hear you caved. I personally have 0% interest in this set. I'm not exactly a videoaphobe, so I'll watch my VHS copies (should I ever need a fix of the OOT) and be content. Isn't it odd, I have 0% interest? I love SW but I already own the DVD set...I just don't see the need. There's nothing new on these dvds that I don't already own.

Next year's set may be another story though.
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Originally posted by: casualimp
Here's some catnip instead. RUN!



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Originally posted by: Mielr
I actually felt like I was turning to the dark side last night when I watched the new DVDs of SW and ESB and....actually enjoyed them! I enjoyed them so much, in fact, that in a moment of weakness, I thought I'd write George a 'thank you' note for releasing the OOT on DVD.....someone......stop........me!!!!!!!


Hey, I've been enjoying them, but I still have no desire to thank him for this. Is anybody else sending the DVDs back? If so, what address are you using? Because I'm so sending the '04 discs back.

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I almost caved when they first came out two years ago, but I kept reminding myself of all the sound errors for SW which Lucasfilm claimed were "artistic decisions." Selling a poor quality product like that and then excusing it was enough to make me avoid it. I did borrow them to see what they looked like, but never watched them in their entirety. I just kept forwarding to different spots on the discs and cringing: Obi-Wan's new scream that scares the sandpeople. John Williams' score fading down during the Death Star battle. That screwed up dialogue between the Emperor and Vader in ESB. And the final bitter pill in ROTJ - a guest appearance by Hayden Christensen.

This time I caved because I admit I would've bought bootlegs that looked as good as these, and probably would've paid more for them. So I have to just keep reminding myself that I've bought high-quality bootlegs and be happy about it.
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Pfft, I spent so much time analyzing the picture quality and picking apart the opening crawl for signs of fakery, checking the film grain constantly, wanting to do visual comparisons to my laserdiscs ... basically all the things instigated by posts on this message board ... that I barely enjoyed watching Star Wars at all.


I think I'm gonna wait a few weeks till all the nitpicking furor dies down, before I watch it again.
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It's really easy to get caught up in all that and forget to watch the movie. That's why I resisted the urge to get out my laserdiscs last night and do comparisons. I just put the movie in, sat down and watched. It was great.

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Originally posted by: Mielr
I actually felt like I was turning to the dark side last night when I watched the new DVDs of SW and ESB and....actually enjoyed them! I enjoyed them so much, in fact, that in a moment of weakness, I thought I'd write George a 'thank you' note for releasing the OOT on DVD.....someone......stop........me!!!!!!!


Hey, I've been enjoying them, but I still have no desire to thank him for this.
Don't worry, he's not getting a thank-you note from me.