GL can make 10 special editions for all I care, more power to him. But by saying the Original versions aren't real and don;t exist is like taking pictures of your old girlfriends and photoshopping your wifes face over top so you can pretend that you've always been together. Its arrogant and kind of pathetic.
For someone who claims to love SW, idiot basher your quick to let a big piece of it be cast aside. Because essientially you're arguing that the SW trilogy didn;'t really exist until 1997, inwhich case i think GL owes us a lot of our money back from that 20 years of test screening rough cuts and market research he did with all those video releases and theatrical rereleases he did with his unfinished comprimised work.
Who benefits from a piece of film history being erased? How about we give the mona lisa some bigger tits and burn the original, she'll look better anyways so stop your whining.
And the 1997 version is not the definitive version either, its just another rough cut, the supposedly finished version is coming in 2007 for the 30th anniversary, so these SE dvds you crave, thats not the real SW, so when the new ones come out, I think you should snap your 1997 rough cuts in half because thats not Lucas' vision.
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What I care about is that George has achieved his ultimate goal and I praise him for it.
Which is?
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He gave his reasons why he wasn't able to release them that way back then because it wasn't possible.
Yes its great that the technology to make Luke scream as he fell in cloud city was finally created in the 90s, as well as the getting over the technical hurdle of how to make Greedo shoot first, or giving Luke that great line "You were lucky to get out of there" inplace of the technically inferior line "You're luck you don;'t taste very good". The wonders of technology have finally allowed these special moments to be brought to life as GL originally intended.
ANd you know what?
What GL intended is completely irrenlevant, what he achieved is. Once you release something into theatres the audience becomes an active participant in the expirence. What directors intend has no baring at all. Every bad movie ever made was somebodies vision, it doesn't mean they didn't suck crap. Maybe the directors feels were hurt but you know what? Too bad. Risk is part of the game, and if you can't handle the fact that some people will not like your movie, then tough balls, you shouldn't be a director.
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Wether your complaining about the added effects, or the narrative changes, they really don't effect the overall story that much.
'that much' is such a relative term and it only proves the point further. In filmmaking every frame must be scrutinized (and from interviews GL agrees) and nothing is done without purpose. Why should I have to overlook something while watching a movie, why should i have to put blinders on?