Baronlando said:
Sure, but I was thinking less of history awareness and more of the douchey sentiment from cardboard-saber guy (whether he's literal about the cardboard or not) that an old movie ought to just simply be upgraded, and how that's considered an actual legitimate thing to do now, an idea cultivated almost entirely by Star Wars '97.
Except that's not what he said. He mentions cardboard lightsabers (just the prop with no rotoscoped blades) and no effects in general. That would suggest he thought Wolfman wanted to see the movie without special effects. In other words he has no idea there are different versions of the films. Let alone that the originals have been suppressed.