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lord3vil
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First Impressions of the OOT ...
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21-Sep-2006, 2:58 PM
Originally posted by: Cable-X1
I think tolerance will only happen once the OOT gets the love it deserves and is made avaiable.

Well, I'm not so sure better home releases will cause the fighting to cease. Even though I never plan to purchase the PT there was certainly potential in those films, though I just happen to think it went to waste for the most part.

On the other hand, there are a lot of differences between the OT and the PT I don't mind at all. I don't mind the very different style of the PT as compared to the OT for example. Somebody pointed out that this could be seen as a way of illustrating that life in the days of the Republic was very different from that in the days of the Empire, and I actually quite like that take on it. As for the CGI, I actually don't mind that much either. It's not perfect by any means and could've been improved on for sure, but the OT has its share of poor compositing, garbage mattes and other imperfections resulting from the limited technology available to the SFX makers at the time. Personally I really don't prefer the artifacts of either kind of effects over the other.

To me it's ultimately all about how the movies make me feel, and to me the PT unfortunately just feels like a dull and turgid marketing ploy. The timeless qualities of the story of the OT which cause the movies by and large not to feel dated even after 30 years has puzzled and amazed me from when I was quite young, and to me this is gone in the PT. I was hoping to relish in a little more of that same timeless and epic fairy-tale experience with the PT films, but alas, I was wrong. Others found what they were looking for in the new films, and that's good for them. I just moved on, because in the end, life really is just a short blip, and it's too precious to be wasted by spending time and energy on fighting the artistic preferences of others (not to mention a lot of other things which can make for a very long list really quickly).

Speaking of artistic preferences, my personal ideal Star Wars reflect quite specific tastes in terms of art too I'd say. My preferred version of the OT would be a cross-breed between the OOT and the SE. The movies would have the updated SFX of the SE, but a few of the biggest changes would be removed plus there would be some quite minor tweaks, so as to make them feel and flow more like the ultimate epic fantasy in a way that works for me. If we ever get some great releases of the OOT and the SE, I'll certainly try to put together this version of one of the greatest stories ever told in moving pictures.