Mielr said:negative1 said:nohandluke said:Nothing about the 1980 version of Empire Strikes Back sucked. It was a seminal moment in film history where everything came together in the end in complete narrative and aesthetic synergy. There are only a handful of films that can boast such perfection (e.g. Lawrence of Arabia) At the end of the day, were there a proper anamorphic DVD transfer of this original 1980 version, there would be no need for Adywan to even work on this film. As it is however, sadly, there is no proper DVD and hence Adywan must take a not-so-special edition and make it special so we can have something that is presentable on a modern home theater.
i'm sorry, but ESB was a let down for me when i saw it, i wanted to know what happened right after star wars, and it jumped ahead without filling in all the gaps... i also felt let down that it was the middle third part [i wasn't too fanatical to read that there was a plan for the third film], and didn't feel conclusive at all.... what if 'jedi' had never been made? then what? there were narrative leaps, and plot subpoints that didn't click for me ...
The lack of a satisfying conclusion was exactly what I loved most about ESB- it was daring, edgy and unconventional and was very "UN-Hollywood".
I never doubted there would be a third film. I didn't see it until the re-release in 1982, so by then we knew they were already filming Jedi, but even in 1980, the huge success of ESB made 'part 3' a given.
all of you must have been more movie-savvy, and knowledgable than myself as young
teenager... i never saw a trailer for star wars, i saw 1 preview for ESB, with the re-release
of 'star wars'... (this was in Canada, way back in the early 80's)....... i didn't pay attention
to box-office figures, i didn't read star wars magazines, watch news reports, or reflect on
future box-office predictions...
i bought the collectors cards, i had the bedsheets, and a couple of action figures...
heck, by the time Empire Strikes Back came out, i was visitting London, England,
and saw it in 70mm at the Odeon there...... i knew the movie was out, only because i
looked in the newspaper and saw an ad for it..... yeah, of course at the end, i was
wondering what happened ? and was this it? i hadn't seen to many sequels, and
i can't even remember if there were movies with a 'third part'..
i think i saw a 'time' magazine article about 'return of the jedi', and once again,
having never seen a trailer...went to see 'jedi' in the theater.... i actually felt
better that it was much better at filling in the gaps, and having a storyline
that seemed more linear...and of course the ending rocked....
later
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