SilverWook said:
Crygor64 said:
I'm not an OT purist and I think the idea is foolish, especially if you know the history of the production of the first three films.
I just want film history to be preserved for future generations. When people walked into to see Star Wars in 1977, they didn't watch the Special Edition. That's not the film that started it all.
I didn't care if George wanted to tweak his films. They're his movies. I just wanted him to care about preserving film history.
Would this forum even exist if George had followed Spielberg's lead and released both the original theatrical trilogy and special editions at the same time? (And I'm talking about good releases, not the GOUT.)
But alas all of this discussion is pointless and this very forum has proven that George was right when he wanted to destroy his own history. The most popular topic on this site is about a fan project that is nothing more than another "special edition." It's tampering with film history far exceeds the damage done by Lucas.
Seriously, a wise man once said, "you'll strain at a fly in you swallow a camel." So criticize the prequel films all you want, but most of you are just as bad as the guy who created those cinematic disasters.
With all due respect, a fanedit never pretends to be something it's not, the originals. How could they possibly be worse than what Lucas has done to them? Whether you like them or not, I fail to see how they harm film history in any way.
Lucasfilm has been playing a shell game with the post 1997 versions, banking on people forgetting the originals. What was done with THX 1138 is even worse in some respects. The changes were never hyped or credited, and masquerades as a "director's cut" any fan worth his salt knows Lucas got to do in 1978.
Nobody on this site took the original negatives physically apart.
Nobody on this site squelches most attempts at a proper theatrical screening of the good prints that survive.
Nobody on this site just flushed millions on 3D conversions that aren't coming out any time soon, (if at all), while telling the fans who still remember the originals they are too expensive to restore.
Well said, SilverWook.