originally posted by zombie84: I don't think anyone disagreed these "flaws" existed--clearly, the matte lines are visible. Its not a question of opinion; they are there. No one ever pretended these technological limitations didn't exist, there simply is no need to update it in the first place. Its like people who can't watch any film made before 1990, or anything in black and white--its not "up to date". No shit. Movies are products of their time.
That's why I think GL had no business messing with the films 20+ years to begin with. I think one thing about movies that is cool is seeing them as a product of their time. I would much rather see a movie as it was during the time of its initial release in theaters with all the dated effects and all than to see it changed and updated years later. It is one of the beauties about cinema. From the sound of it, we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg of what GL wants to do to the SW films. I remember rumors passing all over the boards saying that GL is in the works of not only updating the SFX more, but also the technology used in the film as part of the props to meet modern standards. It sounds like he wants to have the films continually updated to modern technological standards forever and attemp to destroy the previous versions from existence. GL doesn't even seem to be that pationate about SW anymore, I mean, for god sakes, he couldn't even recognize the iconic cloud city music theme in ESB in a recent interview! I don't know why he neglects fans of a franchise he is not even that fond of.
Even if GL does eventually give us the OOT how we want it, I will still think he is a moron for changing the films and continue to criticise him on forums, unless he apologizes (fat chance in hell). I think he is lucky he didn't get lawsuits on his hands for altering the films without consent from all the creators of the movies. I'm sure he violated some people's rights doing what he did, but it sounds like the people's work he changed, either they're dead now or didn't care enough to retaliate against GL. Plus in the '04 DVD commentary of the films, I don't recall GL ever acknowleding the shameless changes he made.