Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
He is only against people other than the creator's altering the 3 Stooges.
If they were around and wanted to colorize it themselves, he wouldn't have any problem with it.
Oh, you mean just like we're against Lucas for altering the originals just because he produced them and directed one of them? Your argument is null anyway, Gomer, and here's why. Whenever someone works on a movie in any capacity, they expect to be recognized for their work that ends up on screen. When Lucas in his infinite wisdom replaced Latpi Nek with Jedi Rocks, he also removed Annie Arbogast from the credits because her work had now been erased. In an even sloppier move, he deleted Clive Revill from The Empire Strikes Back and neglected to alter the end credits to reflect this. At least he had the sense to stamp "1997" and "2004" on the special edition and dvd releases, respectively. That way, people watching it in the future will know that it is not the original movies they are watching, but an alteration of the originals. This is why it's more important than ever that we get a truly archival release with both the original and altered versions both in good quality.
I really hope those rumors about Lucas altering the movies just so his ex-wife wouldn't get any more royalties aren't true, because if they are it means George really is the bad guy a lot of us have made him out to be.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
He’s speaking out against the movie COMPANY posthumously altering the 3 Stooges material… last I checked Luca$ isn’t dead (contrary to some fans wishes) and Fox isn’t inserting Jar Jar into the cantina scene.
COLOSSAL difference…if the 3 stooges were alive and wanted to reshoot a scene, I'm betting GL wouldn't give a shit....
That's the difference you can't seem to grasp.
He is only against people other than the creator's altering the 3 Stooges.
If they were around and wanted to colorize it themselves, he wouldn't have any problem with it.
Oh, you mean just like we're against Lucas for altering the originals just because he produced them and directed one of them? Your argument is null anyway, Gomer, and here's why. Whenever someone works on a movie in any capacity, they expect to be recognized for their work that ends up on screen. When Lucas in his infinite wisdom replaced Latpi Nek with Jedi Rocks, he also removed Annie Arbogast from the credits because her work had now been erased. In an even sloppier move, he deleted Clive Revill from The Empire Strikes Back and neglected to alter the end credits to reflect this. At least he had the sense to stamp "1997" and "2004" on the special edition and dvd releases, respectively. That way, people watching it in the future will know that it is not the original movies they are watching, but an alteration of the originals. This is why it's more important than ever that we get a truly archival release with both the original and altered versions both in good quality.
I really hope those rumors about Lucas altering the movies just so his ex-wife wouldn't get any more royalties aren't true, because if they are it means George really is the bad guy a lot of us have made him out to be.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
He’s speaking out against the movie COMPANY posthumously altering the 3 Stooges material… last I checked Luca$ isn’t dead (contrary to some fans wishes) and Fox isn’t inserting Jar Jar into the cantina scene.
COLOSSAL difference…if the 3 stooges were alive and wanted to reshoot a scene, I'm betting GL wouldn't give a shit....
That's the difference you can't seem to grasp.
The difference you can't seem to grasp is that, first of all, the three stooges would want their work to be remembered, oh I dunno, as it actually was when they made it and everyone saw it and fell in love with it!!!! They would be self-respecting and not stoop to the level that GL has. How is GL not posthumously altering, for example, Richard Marquand's work? Did he just sit down and make the entire trilogy all by himself? He is the COMPANY!