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All this fanboy 'this film vs that film' crap really bugs me. I like BOTH LOTR and Star Wars (and old-school Star Trek!) - always will!!! Why chosse one over the other if you like them all?!? I'll tell you this though, Jackson is a professional film-maker who loves COLLABORATING with his team to get the best possible results for his films. Lucas has turned into a fat ignornat business man who loves screwing the public for every last $ they have - he's quite happy to accept our money - and yet refuses to listen to what we really want! Have you seen teh prequal documentaries?!? You call THIS a filmmaker? He dishes out orders, or sits back in a comfy chair slurping away on a Coke while his minions display their creations in front of him, and he justs says, "yeah.. nah...nah... but this tit on this guys head!!". The guy has let fame and money gradually go to his head, and nobody has the balls to stand up to him these days! Bring back Gary Kurtz!
Amen, seventiesfilmnut. I too won't bother comparing LOTR and SW (pointless) but suffice to say, as an adult filmgoer who was way into SW as a child, the LOTR trilogy definitely hits home on so many more levels that SW. BUT, that's just my opinion, and I still love watching the OT (I have the 1995 "Faces" edition) from time to time. Leaving any differences between the two franchises aside and looking at the DVD releases from a purely objective viewpoint, P. Jackson has done it right and Lucasfilm hasn't. The LOTR EE DVDs truly take you inside the movie-making process. I learn so much by watching the Appendices of these sets, which are as enjoyable to watch as the films themself. I haven't seen the 4th "bonus" disc from the SW set yet (which I'll rent, not buy), but if it's anything like the Indiana Jones bonus disc I just watched (rented from Netflix), I wouldn't expect much. Yeah, you get to watch Spielberg, Ben Burt, Harrison Ford et al. talk alot about the films, but you don't get to see exactly HOW alot of the cool fx were shot. I have seen a clip from the "Lightsaber" featurette (from the new DVDs) online, and the whole thing is Lucas talking about his vision of lightsabers (over clips of the movies which we're all familiar with) and how they work in the story. NOTHING about how the sound was created, what the actors used on set.....although I can't be too critical b/c it was only a clip. But I figure most of the so-called documentaries and featurettes will be dominated by Lucas patting himself on the back about his vision for the films, with not many intereviews with supporting crew and creative team.