Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
That's all fine and dandy, but think about it this way: pre-dinner snacks (or appetizers) are generally much less expensive than dinner (or the main course). So why should we have been expected to pay full price for something that was just to tide us over for the real thing?
I never said LucasFilm was full of altruistic saints. It is only natural that they cash in whenever they can. All corporations do that. Does any fan really expect Lucas to pull back the prices like Wal-Mart? People follow a pattern of behavior, and Lucas' pattern is to take advantage of the market. He is only human.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Um, wasn't the negative scanned in and cleaned for the SE? Wait, don't tell me. They scanned it, cleaned it, and then modified it before making a backup copy, right?
That's all fine and dandy, but think about it this way: pre-dinner snacks (or appetizers) are generally much less expensive than dinner (or the main course). So why should we have been expected to pay full price for something that was just to tide us over for the real thing?
I never said LucasFilm was full of altruistic saints. It is only natural that they cash in whenever they can. All corporations do that. Does any fan really expect Lucas to pull back the prices like Wal-Mart? People follow a pattern of behavior, and Lucas' pattern is to take advantage of the market. He is only human.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
Um, wasn't the negative scanned in and cleaned for the SE? Wait, don't tell me. They scanned it, cleaned it, and then modified it before making a backup copy, right?
They started going back to do the SE around 1996, possibly very late 1995. That is my guess. If anyone can correct me on this, that is fine.
Following my theory of what LucasFilm is doing, let's be safe and say that if the original negatives were brought out again sometime early this year of 2006. That is a solid 9+ years that the o-negative has been dormant somewhere. During nine years, many things can happen. More grime can stick itself to the film, (nothing is perfect, even the most safest things get damaged,) and the restored scenes they did for the SE could've been lost inside of the computers. Why not go back and start fresh? That has to be what the plan is.