Well it means it was quality to more people than most movies can claim.
It means that more people saw it and it was more popular. There are movies which made less money than the prequels which are better films. I'm not saying the prequels are bad films, I'm just saying that the fact that they made money does not make them good or bad.
I'm not. Lucas doesn't care. You keep talking like he knows that we exist or does things for us. He wants money. That's it. Again, is that a bad thing? No, it's not like he's hurting anyone but himself. Is he the first or the last? No.
Gee really? I hadn't noticed. I'm sorry, I didn't know that the Star Wars fanbase was really only made up of the people who post here.
It means that more people saw it and it was more popular. There are movies which made less money than the prequels which are better films. I'm not saying the prequels are bad films, I'm just saying that the fact that they made money does not make them good or bad.
Has it ever occured to you that the people who buy into the SW label might actually think his productions are worth their money?
Go to Amazon.com where TPM and AOTC have a 3.5 and ROTS has a 4.5, the OOT release have 2.5s and 2.0s because of their quality, and the trilogy boxed set has 3.5 because of the SEs. Sure, it's occured to me. But how long will people think that the productions are worth their money if he keeps putting out things like this?
Not in 2006, and not for the most popular and influential films ever made.
Then you don't have to buy it now do you? I'm sure Lucas won't mind if only the people who think this is good buy it.
Go to Amazon.com where TPM and AOTC have a 3.5 and ROTS has a 4.5, the OOT release have 2.5s and 2.0s because of their quality, and the trilogy boxed set has 3.5 because of the SEs. Sure, it's occured to me. But how long will people think that the productions are worth their money if he keeps putting out things like this?
He cares about other opinions, just not the ridiculously negative ones from a certain portion of his fanbase. And I ask you, why should he give a crap about people most of whom have made it a priority to demonize him every chance they get since he released ROTJ? Do you see some sort of inequity here than I cannot?
Why would the fans make those comments? Lucas cares about nobody's opinion but his own. That's not a bad thing, but people have not "demonized" him. Since ROTJ, he's been insulting the fansbase by his treatment of the OOT. Perhaps if he put out a high quality product, the ridiculous negativity would stop.
In his opinion? How about the opinions of others? The September release? How do I explain it? Lucas wanted to make money, that's how I explain it.
Yeah and sometimes they use a laserdisc transfer for a DVD release. Lucas isn't the first one to do it.
Why would the fans make those comments? Lucas cares about nobody's opinion but his own. That's not a bad thing, but people have not "demonized" him. Since ROTJ, he's been insulting the fansbase by his treatment of the OOT. Perhaps if he put out a high quality product, the ridiculous negativity would stop.
People who only wanted one or two of the movies, and people who didn't get the box sets when those run out of stock. It's not like there will ever be a point where Star Wars on home video -isn't- selling.
How many of those people do you think that there are? Sooner or later, the cash cow will run dry.
He changed his mind because he couldn't sell the rest of the stock of the 2004 SEs to prep for his 2007 versions. Again, I ask, how many more people would have bought the SEs if the OOT had not been the selling point? Certainly not enought to make the sales as high as they are now.
I held my breath this long, and I'll keep holding it.
If it doesn't exist, then how do you explain this September release? To Lucas the updated versions are his way of making the end result of all those artisian's contributions as good as he can (in his opinion). Should he have left the bad matte lines in from the optical compositing? After all that was the blood and sweat of real aritistic professionals.
How many of those people do you think that there are? Sooner or later, the cash cow will run dry.
Only for the sake of people who kept asking him to. He didn't want to release it at all.
Then he wouldn't have. He did so only for the sake of making money. Pleasing his fans had nothing to do with this. Lucas does have to do anything he doesn't want to do.
No one I know.
He didn't need to release the O-OT at all to sell Star Wars DVD's. He didn't want to release it at all, and changed his mind because of pettitions like this. It's not like he just now realized he could make more money by releasing 2 versions of each of his movies. He fought this for a long time.
Then he wouldn't have. He did so only for the sake of making money. Pleasing his fans had nothing to do with this. Lucas does have to do anything he doesn't want to do.
A lot of people asked him for a laserdisc transfer at the very least.
No one I know.
He didn't need to release the O-OT at all to sell Star Wars DVD's. He didn't want to release it at all, and changed his mind because of pettitions like this. It's not like he just now realized he could make more money by releasing 2 versions of each of his movies. He fought this for a long time.
He changed his mind because he couldn't sell the rest of the stock of the 2004 SEs to prep for his 2007 versions. Again, I ask, how many more people would have bought the SEs if the OOT had not been the selling point? Certainly not enought to make the sales as high as they are now.
I held my breath this long, and I'll keep holding it.
If it doesn't exist, then how do you explain this September release? To Lucas the updated versions are his way of making the end result of all those artisian's contributions as good as he can (in his opinion). Should he have left the bad matte lines in from the optical compositing? After all that was the blood and sweat of real aritistic professionals.
In his opinion? How about the opinions of others? The September release? How do I explain it? Lucas wanted to make money, that's how I explain it.
Yeah and sometimes they use a laserdisc transfer for a DVD release. Lucas isn't the first one to do it.
Not in 2006, and not for the most popular and influential films ever made.
Then you don't have to buy it now do you? I'm sure Lucas won't mind if only the people who think this is good buy it.
I'm not. Lucas doesn't care. You keep talking like he knows that we exist or does things for us. He wants money. That's it. Again, is that a bad thing? No, it's not like he's hurting anyone but himself. Is he the first or the last? No.
Gee really? I hadn't noticed. I'm sorry, I didn't know that the Star Wars fanbase was really only made up of the people who post here.
That was a little uncalled for. I'm trying to be polite. You're right, nor does it consist only of the people at TFN.
Here's the bottom line: The 2006 DVD release of the OOT is not acceptable by the stards of the DVD industry, which Lucas himself helped to set. That can be spun any number of ways, but Lucas's not wanting to release this is not an excuse.