hairy_hen said:

I saw the SE's in the theatre when they came out. I was only 12, and I thought they were really great at the time. I had seen the original trilogy on vhs many times before that, and was already very familiar with the films, so the changes were kind of startling, but they didn't bother me. I had no conception that they were ever meant to replace the originals--they were an interesting alternate, which for a while I actually preferred.

My story about the SE is similar, though I was 13. I liked the idea and didn't mind any of the changes except Luke's pansy scream and Greedo if I really thought about it. What's funny is I spent most of the time admiring the edges of the screen since it was my first time seeing it letterboxed! For a while I even considered the SEs a worthy replacement for the originals (if you see my Faces boxed VHS set, say "hi" for me). Time and this board pointed out that the were going to be a total replacement, and a shoddy one at that thanks to the DVDs.