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Post #257337

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lordjedi
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Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
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Date created
17-Nov-2006, 10:34 PM
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I just remember the day I got my laserdiscs of the O-OT, thinking that it would never get any better than that.

Now I'm hearing people say it's bad to the point of being torturous.

It just seems to me that to a certain extent, Lucas isn't the only one who is pretending the O-OT doesn't exist anymore.


It's bad because the industry has moved on. We've gone from VHS to Laserdisc to DVD. Slapping a laserdisc quality movie on a DVD doesn't make it any better.

It's bad because a lot of us have HDTVs and like to watch the movies we love in the best quality possible. Laserdisc quality is not the best possible, not by a long shot. We have better technology and better formats now. Lucas used a better medium (DVD) but he left the quality looking like crap (LD). Yes, LD was excellent and the best it could be 10+ years ago. Today, it's crap.

The industry has moved on, but Lucas hasn't.

EDIT: BTW, I choose to watch Moth3r's DVDs when I want to watch SW. I've seen the comparisons with the GOUT and other fan preservations and Moth3r's look the best to me. I use to watch Dr. Gonzo's, but Moth3r's are clearly superior.