negative1 said:besides, most people don't retroactively criticize something after the point,
like we're doing now... you said it yourself, most people didn't mind the changes
then, but only now they don't seem to be needed..
Correction, I believe I said "I" didn't mind the changes, LOTS of people talked about how pointless and stupid they were from the very beginning. And again, get it into your thick little head, this isn't just a bunch of people bitching because they can, you seem to continually say silly and close minded things like "... but only now they don't seem to be needed..." Sure, we think they were not needed, but the BIG DEAL is that BECAUSE of the SE, the OT is thrown away. Name one other movie this has been done to? Just one?
The SE isn't only a director's cut, but now we have a 30 year old movie with 4 year old effects. From a historical standpoint, the situation is a pile of crap. Star Wars was a record breaking history making film, and now we are not even allowed to see it as it was when it made history. Why is this not a problem?
I dunno man, I honestly don't think you can really be this dense. I am pretty sure you are just playing devil's advocate, or that you are just enjoying carrying on these conversations forever just for kicks. Nobody can be told the same things and have the same things explained to them over and over and over and over and over, and still not get it. Nobody is complaining about the SE because the changes were not necessary, the problem lies in the fact that the originals for all practically purposes is not on DVD (unless you count the slightly above youtube quality GOUT, which isn't even watchable let alone enjoyable to watch on most modern TVs. If we had the originals on DVD in some kind of viable quality, then I'd be right there beside you telling the complainers to get over it and just not watch the version they don't like.
@Gaffer, I still have not watched the 2004 SEs, but I have been exposed to the worst of them. I have seen stills of the new Jabba, Luke's color changing blade, Hayden's face pasted over Shaw's, and I think I saw a clip on youtube or somewhere of the new ending sequence to Jedi, and the dub of Boba's voice. But I have yet to actually see all these things in the context of the entire film, or to discover what other fun little surprises lurk between the cracks. And I intend to keep it that way. I am kind of interested in the commentary tracks though, my one and only temptation to watch them...