Originally posted by: CO
How would you feel if Coppola changed The Godfather scene and had the cop shoot Michael Corleone first and miss and Pacino shoots him out of self defense, to connect his character more like Godfather III where he tries to redeem himself?
I mean it is only a few seconds, yet it is one of the most powerful scenes in movie history. But then again, why should I complain if Coppola changed it, it's not my movie right?
Originally posted by: JediRandy
Dude, I'll even give you the Greedo shoots first thing... and maybe the jabba scene.... it all amounts to a few minutes of new stuff... nothing is erased.... especially your memories. If you let a big nothing erase the fun these flicks gave you then you're really stretching and just wasting something that could be and was a lot of fun... it's a shame people flip out over this shit.
Stop acting like these movies are yours and maybe you'll enjoy them again.
Dude, I'll even give you the Greedo shoots first thing... and maybe the jabba scene.... it all amounts to a few minutes of new stuff... nothing is erased.... especially your memories. If you let a big nothing erase the fun these flicks gave you then you're really stretching and just wasting something that could be and was a lot of fun... it's a shame people flip out over this shit.
Stop acting like these movies are yours and maybe you'll enjoy them again.
How would you feel if Coppola changed The Godfather scene and had the cop shoot Michael Corleone first and miss and Pacino shoots him out of self defense, to connect his character more like Godfather III where he tries to redeem himself?
I mean it is only a few seconds, yet it is one of the most powerful scenes in movie history. But then again, why should I complain if Coppola changed it, it's not my movie right?
You're stretching.
Han, no matter how "cool", is secondary character.... his job is to move the main character (Luke) along though his journey.
So to compare Han, a character that they could've and should've killed in ESB (and left it wide open to do so) to the main character of a 3-part epic (Michael) makes no sense.
Han's character arc starts and finishes all in ANH and that includes the “shoots 2nd Han”.
He starts off not giving a shit about the Rebellion… (“I’m not in it for your revolution, sister.”) hence his desire to be paid for rescuing Leia, to leaving before the Death Star attack.
As soon as Han saves Luke during the Trench Run his character has redeemed himself and his character arc is complete. He has once again helped the main character along his (more important) story. And throughout the rest of the trilogy, Han didn’t change while the other main characters did.
His not shooting first doesn't change that. It in no way makes him sympathize with the plights of Luke, Obi and Leia, which is what’s really important to his character, not his shooting a bad guy in a cantina Sergio-Leone-style.