Originally posted by: Guy Caballero
It's just tough to get a read on Lucasfilm, and if they are really being diabolically calculating about all this, or just lame. The "we only present George's vision" thing seemed absolute for awhile, and was understandable, if frustrating. But now, they ARE available everywhere, and in the most unflattering presentation possible at that. So all that went out the window.
It WOULD be so simple to put individual BluRay versions out now, acknowlegde that the original versions are now a separate thing and then be done with them forever. They would just be three more basic Bluray discs of 80s movies, sitting next to Dune and Lethal Weapon in the store. Why does everything have to be such a fucking "event"? (And then "ultimate Saga sets" starting in 09 for the rest of time). Just have your cake an eat it too, LFL!
It's just tough to get a read on Lucasfilm, and if they are really being diabolically calculating about all this, or just lame. The "we only present George's vision" thing seemed absolute for awhile, and was understandable, if frustrating. But now, they ARE available everywhere, and in the most unflattering presentation possible at that. So all that went out the window.
It WOULD be so simple to put individual BluRay versions out now, acknowlegde that the original versions are now a separate thing and then be done with them forever. They would just be three more basic Bluray discs of 80s movies, sitting next to Dune and Lethal Weapon in the store. Why does everything have to be such a fucking "event"? (And then "ultimate Saga sets" starting in 09 for the rest of time). Just have your cake an eat it too, LFL!
See, that's where this whole thing becomes a clusterfuck, pardon my language. It was George's vision and he wasn't going to yield. That sucked, but he did stand by it...for about three years. Now they exist, but "it will all come out in the end." Of course, there's now the unfortunately probably correct conspiracy theory about this being done to justify not ever releasing them again. Yet, simultaneously, LFL know that the OOT DID sell, and if it wasn't as well as they wanted it to, they also know why, even if they won't admit it. As I've said again and again, the whole situation is now totally fucked up because LFL could release a high-priced boxed-set and get a lot of money and know that money can come from the OOT, but also want to bury. The whole thing is just screwed up in the extreme and makes no sense whatsoever.