skyjedi2005 said:Using Thx as a metaphor for small films is a joke considering he went back and ruined the movie by adding crappy cgi. He also never even bothered releasing the original cut on dvd, thats right not even a non anamorphic version.
Would it have killed him to include the original cuts of his films in anamorphic on dvd?
Like every other sane director.
Hey you can use the excuse well THX 1138 made no money so it does not deserve the gold standard dvd treatment. But the original star wars trilogy the highest grossing films and most popular of the seventies and eighties, does not fit the same.
The film that gave america a modern mythology gets treated like the bastard child Lucas wished had never been born.
Even a greedy corporation like Paramount gave trek fans the original versions in good quality dvds.
NON anamorphic gout in 2006 is the biggest joke and insult in cinema history.
That the asshole who made that decision can still be regarded as a filmic god is well beyond my comprehension.
The lucas who directed Graffiti and Star wars is long gone. He did those films at the pinnacle of his powers as a film maker. Similarily with Raiders, empire strikes back being executive produced by him.
Return of the Jedi was not as good as the first 2 films but at least it completed the trilogy and had some good moments. Willow was a fun picture even though a flop.
I can even enjoy more american graffiti as much as it sucks. Hell i even enjoyed moments of the Holiday Special of star wars, howard the duck and the young indiana jones chronicles.
But i cannot abide the absolute shit prequels and special editions.
I could enjoy the originals and forgot the dross if Lucas only released the real movies from 1977-1983 in acceptable quality for the new millenium.
Not an obsolete video format from 1993 dumped on a second disc as bonus material. Might as well take out a blank dvdr and take a shit on it that is the amount of Work Lucas put into that release.
Besides the fact that a laserdisc video master, without the real theatrical sound mixes and digital video noise reduction ruination of the image. That is supposed to approximate a film series that was released in six track magnetic sound and 70mm.
Lets take out the episode IV title and pretend it is the theatrical version when the movie was already updated several times. The original technicolor colors had faded and remixes were done in 1985 and 1992-93 on the sound track.
Still nothing is as bad as releasing the 2004 set as the original star wars trilogy falsely advertised without the special edition title on the box.
he at one time almost decided to just let the movies slide completely the way they were in the original cut. then cgi came along and he took advantage of it. btw, how he used politics in the prequel trilogy, gives u a good idea of what goverment in the star wars universe is like and how it relates to ours. best thing he did with the prequels!