Chewy72 said:negative1 said:
i doubt that if he just restored the films, and released them
without any changes, there would barely have been any interest..
or maybe not as much..
later
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Are you telling me that if Lucas never released the SE in 1997, a whole generation of fans would have missed the boat on what was great about the OT?
i'm not telling you anything..
i'm speculating that the renewed interest in the Star Wars trilogy is DUE to the fact
the SE versions came out with great success in revitalizing the interest that had almost
completely died out before that.... are you saying all star wars fans kept up their
interest until 1997?????????????????????????????????? if so, why, when there was
nothing new to look forward to..
I don't think you understand what the world 'classics' mean when it comes to a movie sense. Classics live on years and years later, as new generations fall in love with them. The Wizard of Oz was all weekened on TBS/TNT, as it has been since I was growing up, and my nephews and friends kids all love the movie. Did they need to update that movie for it to find a new audience?
The OT would have been just as beloved whether it were released in 1997 or not. Sure it was a great marketing tool to get people talking about SW again, but trust me, kids would have found the movies on.....Home video......Cable TV......and now DVD.
how many people would have gone to see a 'restored' version of the movie in the theater,
it would have been an even more limited run, and maybe just an arthouse showing, who
knows? it was already out on VHS/CED/LASERDISC, so its not like it wasn't available..
and how many people would have bought it just on DVD, if they hadn't seen it in the theaters?
we won't know will we... but apparently there was a HUGE demand after it was shown (SE
versions) in the theaters.... good marketing of course...
I think you need to re-read your original statement, "Without any changes, there would have barely have been any interest." Sorry, but that is as moronic as a statement that I have read on any SW boards, as idiots from TFN say stupid s*** like that.
Or maybe youre a troll, and you've done your job by getting me to respond.....
i'll bite.... yeah, sure there would have been the tiny amount of hardcore fans
here, and maybe from the star wars sites... but that's about it.....
what do you think, if miraculously Lucas decides to allow the GOUT, or OOT to be
shown in the theaters again... how many records at the box office would they break?
absolutely none.......................
now show the same movies again in 3-D and at least you can renew the interest
again, and maybe NOT set a box office record, but introduce yet ANOTHER GENERATION
of fans to the movies..
it's all about marketing, and not about art.....sad to say..
later
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