skyjedi2005 said:
If Lucas releases the true unmolested versions of his movies restored on blu ray that will be the last of anything i ever by from Lucasfilm.
Here is a list of them:
THX 1138
American Graffiti
Star Wars
The Empire Strikes Back
Return of the Jedi
Raiders of the Lost Ark
The Temple of Doom
The Last Crusade
The indy trilogy already got an acceptable dvd release but as for the rest it is a joke, they no longer exist unless you own the laserdiscs long out of print from before the cgi changes.
Even though Indiana Jones trilogy did have too much dvnr and was not the theatrical colors or it was missing the stereo mix of the three films it was still a far sight better than those botched star wars releases.
He tried slipping a cgi altered shot into Graffiti and hoped no one would notice, just like he did with the HD broadcast of Raiders. People like me who have seen these historic films dozens of times will spot such a jarring addition even though the image moves by at whatever the frame rate on dvd and TV is. I know it is not 24fps until blu ray only cinemas could do that.
At this point these other films getting a DVD release would just be a bonus as far as i'm concerned if they are not restored to be viable to strike new 35mm cinema prints or restored on the highest quality home media currently blu ray, then not only does lucasfilm miss out but the original negatives are left to time and age in Lucas vaults. He thinks 1080p video versions are archival and permanent, which is incredibly laughable because 1080 does not even cover the resolving power of a 35mm release print much less what is on the camera negative.
I will not be buying the incredibly unspecial edition with the new special defects of star wars on blu ray, anymore than i will buy the special edition of e.t. on blu ray, theatrical versions from lucas and spielberg or no sale. The star wars Prequels and kingdom of the crystal numbskull can rot in Lucas vaults for all eternity as far as I'm concerned as i never want to see them again, ever. I will forever and ever hate that phantom plot movie, attack of the wooden dialogue romance, and revenge of the shit.
The 1997 special edition of star wars will always be preferably to the 2004 despite its defects. Its on film with actual film grain and true colors, and Hayden does not ruin return of the jedi and the entire saga by his creepy looking almost mug shot face staring back at the audience, at least in 1997,lol.
Boba Fetts voice is still boba fett and not that bad prequels actor. Yeah Greedo stills shoots, but that and luke's scream are the worst changes in that version,imho.
Next thing Lucas will have Ewan Mcgregor redub guiness in star wars telling luke about the midiclorians and the end of the film wil have kenobis ghost saying, "the midichlorians will be with you always!"
I wouldn't buy the SE on blu-ray either. I didn't buy the 2004 box set. I'm not interested in buying the mutilated versions of the films. Well, not unless I can get the real thing too -having the screwed up editions around can be useful for studyng how Star wars got fucked up. But if the real thing is not being made available I'm not buying the fake version. Which is why I didn't even consider buying that 2004 box set.
I wouldn't be surprised if Lucas someday replaces the Yoda and even Jabba puppets in the OOT with cgi versions. I've heard they want to replace the Phantom Menace Yoda puppet with cgi. That puppet was awful, but so was the cgi version of Yoda. There was an idea of replacing ROTJ's Ackbar with something presumably for the 2004 dvd release, I read.
I'm not as against TPM and Numbskull as you are, though they aren't very genuine film experiences. I would prefer if Lucas didn't fuck with TPM any further. I'm not all worked up about the original TPM dvd changes, but enough's enough. As for the other two prequels, in some ways I couldn't give a fuck what happens to them, but I also want what happened to Star Wars to be accurately recorded and represented. So if people have to be watching ROTS I want them to see how Lucas fucked it up in 2005, not how he fucks it up in whenever he comes back to fiddle with it.