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Post #364081

Author
ChainsawAsh
Parent topic
2006 DVD OOT
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Date created
7-Jun-2009, 3:16 PM

I'm of two minds about LFL's decision to release Star Wars without the "Episode IV" tag on the GOUT.

On the one hand, I'm very glad, as it means the video side is exactly what was seen in theaters in 1977 instead of more of GL's revisionist BS.

On the other hand, it pisses me off to no end that they clearly have a good-quality print of the original but didn't use it - after all, it's VERY clear that the entire first shot is a brand-new transfer from the original elements, and it looks pretty damn good.  That alone was as much an insult to the fans as the decision to release the 1993 letterbox LD masters was - "Yeah, we *said* this is all we have, but we're gonna show you just a little bit of what we *really* have, just to show you that we *could* do what you ask, but we're not going to."  Ugh.