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Post #244927

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CO
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POLL: So Who Bought Them & Who Didn't? (the 2006 GOUT DVD release)
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16-Sep-2006, 2:47 PM
ESHBG, I 100% agree with what you are saying, but what Lucas has failed to realize with this release, is that he may have won the battle but has lost the war amongst us diehard OT fans, and here is what I mean:

I have been a diehard SW fans since 1977, and have bought anything with SW plastered on it. I went to each prequel movie in the theaters, bought every VHS set, etc. But what has changed about SW in the past 10 years is that SW isn't a given to me anymore, and I have become a 'picky' fan when buying my SW stuff. For George Lucas, that is a bad sign, cause I was never a picky fan before.

Sure I bought this release, cause it was the O-OT in any better quality than I have, but what has happened is now if every future release, (2007 Saga Boxset, HD-DVD Saga Boxset, 3-D movies in the theater, etc.) If they don't contain the O-OT versions fully remastered, he aint gettin a dime for me.

So as I said, he won this battle as I bought this DVD set, but if he keeps trotting out the OT/SE in his future boxsets without the O-OT in it, no way am I buying it, and that is what has changed in 10 years from this diehard SW fan. If Lucas would have kept the OT as just the OT pre 1997, he could have released saga boxsets with the PT movies, and I would have bought them til I die, that is how much I love SW. But there is no way in hell, I am going to buy the PT & SE movies in the future, cause I don't love them.

I still like that the O-OT is out there now, cause the fact that so many people are willing to buy and watch something that they already know is inferior video quality to the SE, is a huge smack in the face to Lucas. I will say it again, what if this set sells better than 2004? If it does, than Lucas would have to finally reconsider his stance on the O-OT and come to terms that there are 2 OT fanbases for future releases.