Originally posted by: Ingo Sucks
My 15-year old cousin grew up with the Special Edition of the OT and the Prequels. Now, he is a beloved fan of the OOT. And it's all thanks to me. For his birthday, even though he had all six movies on official DVD, I burned him a copy of my Dark Jedi's Widescreen "FACES" set. When he took them home and watched them that night, his eyes were immediately opened. He realised all the terrific modelwork and puppetry and all the hand-made effort and perfect acting that went into the OOT that was nearly lost in the SE, that he now sees the OT as a much better story, as he doesn't think much of the prequels anymore. His favorite movie used to be Revenge of the Sith. Now it is Return of the Jedi, the Original Version, because even though it was the weakest of the three original movies, he decided it was ultimately better than the tedious acting and the over-the-top CG effects of Sith. And I was the one who got him down this path. Now he is here, on the originaltrilogy.com forums, ready to join the ranks of the true Star Wars fans......
My 15-year old cousin grew up with the Special Edition of the OT and the Prequels. Now, he is a beloved fan of the OOT. And it's all thanks to me. For his birthday, even though he had all six movies on official DVD, I burned him a copy of my Dark Jedi's Widescreen "FACES" set. When he took them home and watched them that night, his eyes were immediately opened. He realised all the terrific modelwork and puppetry and all the hand-made effort and perfect acting that went into the OOT that was nearly lost in the SE, that he now sees the OT as a much better story, as he doesn't think much of the prequels anymore. His favorite movie used to be Revenge of the Sith. Now it is Return of the Jedi, the Original Version, because even though it was the weakest of the three original movies, he decided it was ultimately better than the tedious acting and the over-the-top CG effects of Sith. And I was the one who got him down this path. Now he is here, on the originaltrilogy.com forums, ready to join the ranks of the true Star Wars fans......
That sounds a lot like my often told story. I grew up with the SE, and then I got some bootlegs off eBay because of all the hype. It was love at first sight.
And as weird as it may sound, coming from Darth Evil, the guy who constantly bashes the PT in all its forms, I did love the PT a year and a half ago. Just a simple year and a half. I thought it was the greatest thing since sliced bread. I was young and foolish you could say. But then I watched them again and started noticing all the flaws. Then I pulled out my DVD's of the OT (SE; still hadn't seen it unaltured; didn't know the differance) and I saw the differance between the two trilogies and just how bad the PT was. When I finally saw the OOT, I truly hated the prequels. I grew up. Lots of my friends still haven't seen the light, but in a few years they'll have grown up too and truly appriciate the OT and see how silly the PT is.
And welcome to the forums Darth Cold!