I Finally Changed My Mind

I first came to this site a while ago. I was - as one member put it - like a boorish drunk gatecrashing a party, making lewd remarks at other peoples' girlfriends and throwing up in the pot plants (or something like that). Basically, I was very dimissive of the movement to get the original films released in their original format - which makes my registering on this site pretty stupid, really.

Anyway, that was a while ago and in the interim I've mellowed. I've considered the overall stance of this site and, in light of the recent news about a third trilogy, I returned in the hope that I wouldn't throw up in so many pot plants. Since coming back, I've softened even more to the idea of the OT being released in its original format. No, I don't feel my childhood has been raped, no I don't think George Lucas is the antichrist and yes, I love the prequels. But if folk want something, and it's not harming anyone, why not give it to them? For me, I think the original iteration of the OT has an archival appeal and I think it's very interesting to see how the films have been altered over the years. I even have a vague curiosity about the various fan edits of the prequels.

I don't want a medal for this. I don't want plaudits and I certainly don't want a slap on the back accompanied by a "Now you're one of us" (because I'm not; I'm simply one of me) but I see no shame in changing one's mind and there's nothing wrong with admitting it either. So, there we are. Sorry about the pot plants.

Even at my most SE-loving period, I never understood why someone would want the oh-riginals to be suppressed. Apart from that, a lot of the technical info in the various threads around will pretty much spell out the technical superiority of the OUT vs. other editions.

The thing to remember is that the prequels will never match up with the original trilogy, continuity-wise. Trying to force them together is doomed to failure. So I just accept that they don't completely match up with each other and forget about it.

I agree.

You_Too said:

BmB said:

That in itself is one of the better strokes of genius in the PT.

Turning it into science?

Remember these lines from SW:

- Don't try to frighten us with your sorcerer's ways, Lord Vader. Your sad devotion to that ancient religion has not helped you conjure up the stolen data tapes or given you clairvoyance enough to find the rebels' hidden fortr...
- I find your lack of faith disturbing.

How come that they called Vader a sorcerer and the Force an ancient religion, if it was already proved by science many years before? That's not a stroke of genius, that's a major continuity error which the PT added.

Oh?

"The Force is strong in my family. My father had it. I have it. And my sister has it."

Explain.

thecolorsblend said:

Oh?

"The Force is strong in my family. My father had it. I have it. And my sister has it."

Explain.

You see, Darth Vader (aka Anakin Skywalker) had sex with Padme. About 90 minutes after he found out, she gave birth to a boy (Luke), and a girl (Leia).

Therefore, the 'force' (that was strong in Anakin) was passed down to his children.

Presumably, Luke and Leia's children will also inherit the 'force' to some degree.

Now I have a question: Why are we discussing the force/medi-chlorine in this threat?

Davnes007 said:

thecolorsblend said:

Oh?

"The Force is strong in my family. My father had it. I have it. And my sister has it."

Explain.

You see, Darth Vader (aka Anakin Skywalker) had sex with Padme. About 90 minutes after he found out, she gave birth to a boy (Luke), and a girl (Leia).

Therefore, the 'force' (that was strong in Anakin) was passed down to his children.

Presumably, Luke and Leia's children will also inherit the 'force' to some degree.

Hm. So you're saying the concept of the Force being a hereditary/genetic trait was set up before TPM? Very interesting.

thecolorsblend said:

Davnes007 said:

thecolorsblend said:

Oh?

"The Force is strong in my family. My father had it. I have it. And my sister has it."

Explain.

You see, Darth Vader (aka Anakin Skywalker) had sex with Padme. About 90 minutes after he found out, she gave birth to a boy (Luke), and a girl (Leia).

Therefore, the 'force' (that was strong in Anakin) was passed down to his children.

Presumably, Luke and Leia's children will also inherit the 'force' to some degree.

Hm. So you're saying the concept of the Force being a hereditary/genetic trait was set up before TPM? Very interesting.

.....Or was it set-up after? ;)

Everything was set-up by the OT - The PT fucked-up everything.

And I thought the first thing people would pick up on was the way I left the "Luke and Leia's children" part purposely vague, and open to interpretation.

I always thought that line in A New Hope was there simply to illustrate the ignorance of the person saying it, nothing more.

Easterhay said:

Basically, I was very dimissive of the movement to get the original films released in their original format - which makes my registering on this site pretty stupid, really.

Can you tell me where the hell such dismissiveness for film preservation came from in the first place?! A view like that is so out there and so completely foreign to me that I feel that I need to ask.

Basically reading posts from people like you.

I finally added someone to my Ignore list.

Bully for you.

Easterhay said:

Basically reading posts from people like you.

Oh, how sweet. I didn't know film preservation was seen as something controversial outside this forum. If you tell the others that this preservation thing isn't so dangerous it might become something big.

msycamore said:

Can you tell me where the hell such dismissiveness for film preservation came from in the first place?! A view like that is so out there and so completely foreign to me that I feel that I need to ask.