Harmy said:

I'm afraid there is indeed something wrong with those screens none, they seem to have increased brightness (this is clearly visible on the black bars), which I'm sure isn't the case with the HDTV captures.

It's also not a very good source for discerning video quality vs. BluRay, since they've had JPEG compression added to them.

Marty.McFly said:

Just imagine what it would have been like if Twitter (and overall number of people using the internet) existed back in May 1999 or in 97 - I imagine the backlash against Lucas would have been even worse than it is now.

Weren't all of the CGI changes one of the biggest things hyped for the '97 release? I seem to remember lots of commercials/specials on the new CGI X-wings and stuff like that.

Plus, they were calling them the "Special Editions", as opposed to now, where they've literally replaced the original editions in more ways than one.