DarkFather said:
C3PX said:
Stop trying to psycho analyze us to prove your point.
Sorry about that. I think the little guy learned it from me.
I doubt it. He is fully capable of it on his own. Either way, at least when you play doctor your analzes are semi-applicable. He just does it to undermine.
TheBoost said:It's odd to me how many people prefer "Sad Flautists" to "Yub Yub."
Without commenting on their musical worth, does that mean the Special Editions really aren't disliked philisophically. I mean, is it fine for Lucas to frak with his films, as long as we like the results?
Not at all. It is really important to make that point. Not at all!
I mentioned before I didn't mind the SE, I thought it was kind of cool when it first came out, mostly because it was awesome to see SW on the big screen again.
I have no problem with director's cuts or special editions. What I do have a problem with are when the DC or SE makes an attempt to erase the original and not only become the definitive, but become the only one. Which is what GL did with SW. This happened with Blade Runner before too. For the longest time the DC was the only one available. While I felt the DC was an improvement over the original, several of the changes I did not like. Since the original was on LD and the only DVD of the director's cut was a very poor transfer that came out at the dawn of DVD, it bother me a bit, but not too much. Obviously that whole BR issue has been remedied in a fantastic way by now.
I also prefer the theatrical versions of Alien and Alien 3, but the existence of the DC of both of those doesn't bother me in the least.
In the same way, I was not in the least bothered by the SEs, back in the days of VHS, when both versions had equal grounding. Today that is not the case, and it bothers me.
My opinion that the new music is an improvement over Yub Nub (not so much because I love the new music, but because Yub Nub was awful) is just that. An opinion. If GL said he was going to release the originals in perfect Blu-ray stardards, but was going to keep the lone SE change of the ROTJ ending music (sans the other planets), I might actual enjoy that version of the film personally. But I would be here crying foul with everyone else, because I want the original preserved.
So no! It is not okay when we approve of the change, it is still just as wrong as when we disprove. I think you will find my attitude on this to be shared by many of the other members here as well. We are about preservation, not about only wanted the changes WE want. That would be extremely hypocritical.