Originally posted by: Fang Zei
Here's my ultimate point with all of this: The fact that there are - even today - lots of kids who are into Star Wars doesn't help people (including Lucas) to take it seriously as a movie. Lucas hasn't shown it the proper respect because HE DOESN'T NEED TO. He has yet another generation of kids to make money off of before he worries about film fans, and no, I don't think that's being harsh of the guy. Not when we're carrying sets from The Force Unleashed and The Clone Wars many months in advance of their actual release and yet the best quality you can get the ACTUAL MOVIE in is 1993 am I being too harsh.
Here's my ultimate point with all of this: The fact that there are - even today - lots of kids who are into Star Wars doesn't help people (including Lucas) to take it seriously as a movie. Lucas hasn't shown it the proper respect because HE DOESN'T NEED TO. He has yet another generation of kids to make money off of before he worries about film fans, and no, I don't think that's being harsh of the guy. Not when we're carrying sets from The Force Unleashed and The Clone Wars many months in advance of their actual release and yet the best quality you can get the ACTUAL MOVIE in is 1993 am I being too harsh.
I think it comes down to Lucas being an insecure dick. Spielberg didn't have to release the original E.T. or Close Encounters, he was in the position to call the shots and even though people would protest the voices of dissent are comparitively low compared to Star Wars, so your average viewer would probably never even realise there was a controversy. But when Spielberg found out people were upset the original E.T. was not being included, he included it (with only a month to go before the release date, mind you). When he realised people wanted to see the original Close Encounters he let them. Its not just that Lucas can call the shots and get away with being a dick to us, its that he actually is being a dick to us.