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Originally posted by: jimbo
I personally disagree. The name Special Editions was the name given to the 1997 theatrical movies. If these DVDs are not as they were in 1997 then they are not Special Editions and labling them that would be false. Labling them as originals would be more false but I think the best way is to just call them what it is. The Star Wars trilogy. These are the same movies.
Not the exact same movies, but since GL is only releasing one it's not like in the world of mainstream consumer video that there are multiple versions practically anyway.
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Originally posted by: Samatar
Okay, so maybe he shouldn't call them "Star Wars" or "Star Wars SE". He can call them "Star Wars 2004 edition" or "Star Wars pre ultimate edition" or "Star Wars version 2.4A" or whatever... but it should be made clear that they are not the original movies. You say they are the same, but they aren't. That's a bit like saying, for example, that the old version of "Pscho" and the new one are the same. Or saying that the original "Blade Runner" and the Directors cut are the same. I understand that they only released the directors cut on DVD, but they clearly labelled it as such; they didn't try to hide it And the differences between those two versions are much more subtle.
Lucas is supposedly proud of the differences he's made so why isn't he promoting them? If anything he should have large print on the box advertising the fact that these aren't the crappy OT's but the vastly superior new editions...
Well, considering the Faces release was not even the "true" original releases, but the closest we will probably have, if we get into semantics, none of the DVDs will be the OT or the SE. They will (or would in the case of the OT) just be very close.
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Originally posted by: Samatar
Well, personally, I can't say that I have "researched" every DVD or video I have ever bought. If I see something I like in a shop and it is a movie I want, I might just pick it up off the shelf, read the blurb on the back, and buy it. Star Wars is different for me, but many people may just see it and think"Hey, Star Wars is out on DVD, I might just get it..." Or they may buy it as a gift...
Thank you, that was the exact point I was trying to make and I think you summed it up best here.