Originally posted by: Anchorhead
I don't give him a pass. In E.T., he edited out the police officers' guns and replaced them with walkie-talkies. That's as bad as some of Lucas' changes. It's also not nearly as realistic as it used to be. If there's ever a time when a being from another planet is messing around with our children - the cops will be armed with guns - not talking to each other on two-way radios. It weakened that scene.
Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
But how can we give Steven Spielberg a pass when we want to hang George Lucas in efigy?
But how can we give Steven Spielberg a pass when we want to hang George Lucas in efigy?
I don't give him a pass. In E.T., he edited out the police officers' guns and replaced them with walkie-talkies. That's as bad as some of Lucas' changes. It's also not nearly as realistic as it used to be. If there's ever a time when a being from another planet is messing around with our children - the cops will be armed with guns - not talking to each other on two-way radios. It weakened that scene.
Yes, but Spielberg allowed people to watch a high-quality version of the original. That's the difference. Hypocritial, though, after having made Saving Private Ryan.