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Post #325833

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CO
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Did anyone follow through on sending GL back the '04 DVD with the GOUT set?
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3-Aug-2008, 8:27 AM
Johnboy3434 said:

You see the OOT as the perfect version of the Star Wars trilogy, despite several (mostly unavoidable) flaws that were fixed in the SE's. Your ability to look past these technical flaws parallels the gushers' ability to look past GL's flaws as a storyteller. Hence, you are fanboys, and there'e nothing wrong with that.

As I have always said, if you like or enjoy the SE, I have no beef with you, as they don't bother me as much as others here except that insertion of Hayden in ROTJ, that is a ridiculous change.

But in saying that, I totally disagree of someones ability to look past the technical flaws that you say were fixed in the SE.  I grew up seeing the movies in 77,80, and 83, and EVERYONE I know never said anything like, "God, if they would just redo some of that end battle on the deathstar with better effects, I would love this movie!"  or "Man if Cloud City looked cooler outside the windows, ESB would be the shit!"  My whole point is that this conversation of fixing the OOT was not an issue before 1997, as no one I know ever complained about effects, etc.   Sure people talked about the Ewoks and Luke/Leia kissing in ESB, and being siblings later on, but they were plot points not effects. 

So please don't say there were flaws in the OOT when it comes to effects because there wasn't one complaint from fans from 1977-1996.  Sure you have a fanbase who grew up on the SE, and now a fanbase that wants the OT redone to fit the PT, but that is all a frame of reference BECAUSE Lucas keeps updating them everytime he releases them on Home Video/DVD (1997 and 2004) and I guarantee if Lucas never updated the films, the films would be just as beloved as they were in 1977.  

Just check how many generations still love Wizard of Oz and its '1939-like' sets that I am sure could have been updated sometime in the last 60 years to make up for its flaws as you would describe.  The movie has stayed the same for 60 years, and it is one of the most beloved movies of all-time, the same way Star Wars from 1977 would be if everyone saw the 1977 version today.