Originally posted by: lord3vil
Which is all good and well, but what about the other people who worked on the movies?
I WONDER HOW LUCAS WOULD FEEL IF SOMEONE COLORIZED HIS FAVORITE FLASH GORDON SERIALS BECAUSE OF HIS "ORIGINAL VISION."
He never liked the movies most everyone else liked.
Originally posted by: Seiji
Q: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
LUCAS: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it. ...
I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore. It's like this is the movie I wanted it to be, and I'm sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be.
Thanks for posting this, Seiji! It's interesting to see a quote of Lucas stating his opinion on this matter as openly and explicitly as this. It's my opinion that we'll probably see the OOT again at some point, since the article illustrates pretty well that Lucas will change his mind and set plans if he can be convinced that doing so will make an investment worth it, or worth more, in terms of sales. I do wonder though, what is the source of this information?
That's an older article. And Lucas states very explicitly in it that his reason for releasing the OT was a changing market and demand (people paying for bootlegs of the version they want), so there's no reason to think that he won't do it again. Remember his MTV comments: "Now we'll find out wherer people really wanted the originals or whether they wanted the improved versions. It will all come out in the end." I think that this is very much about marketing.
It wouldn't cost that much. There's got to be something else going on here. The MTV interview also makes it seem like Lucas is extremely bitter about the reaction to the SEs.
Which is fine, except I'm making the movies, so I should have it my way.
Q: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?
LUCAS: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it. ...
I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore. It's like this is the movie I wanted it to be, and I'm sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be.
Thanks for posting this, Seiji! It's interesting to see a quote of Lucas stating his opinion on this matter as openly and explicitly as this. It's my opinion that we'll probably see the OOT again at some point, since the article illustrates pretty well that Lucas will change his mind and set plans if he can be convinced that doing so will make an investment worth it, or worth more, in terms of sales. I do wonder though, what is the source of this information?
That's an older article. And Lucas states very explicitly in it that his reason for releasing the OT was a changing market and demand (people paying for bootlegs of the version they want), so there's no reason to think that he won't do it again. Remember his MTV comments: "Now we'll find out wherer people really wanted the originals or whether they wanted the improved versions. It will all come out in the end." I think that this is very much about marketing.
I'm not going to spend the, we're talking millions of dollars here, the money and the time to refurbish that, because to me, it doesn't really exist anymore
It wouldn't cost that much. There's got to be something else going on here. The MTV interview also makes it seem like Lucas is extremely bitter about the reaction to the SEs.
Which is fine, except I'm making the movies, so I should have it my way.
Which is all good and well, but what about the other people who worked on the movies?
I WONDER HOW LUCAS WOULD FEEL IF SOMEONE COLORIZED HIS FAVORITE FLASH GORDON SERIALS BECAUSE OF HIS "ORIGINAL VISION."
He never liked the movies most everyone else liked.
Which may well ahve been becasue they were not entirely what he wanted. He didn't direct two and had many concessions forced upon him (evidently) for the original, and I think that he wanted the saga to be all his, as opposed to a collaboration.
Of course, I initially became angry reading that article, but I do sort of see Lucas's point. What I have a problem with is him being such a stubborn fellow about what does, and insulting his fans. Still, this release shows that things are changing, so maybe he is too.