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Post #665890

Author
Klasodeth
Parent topic
Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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Date created
18-Oct-2013, 2:53 AM

No, because the menu is not actually part of the movie itself. If anything, I consider the "Despecialized Edition" label to be something of a quality assurance seal, where I can be assured that Greedo won't shoot first, Jabba was nowhere near Docking Bay 94, and gratuitous CG won't smack me in the face. As it is, there are a number of official movie releases that contain their special edition titles in the menus. For instance, the T2 Extreme Edition DVD shows that title twice before getting to a point where it's possible to play the movie, and the first of the two appearances has an elaborate animation where the title forms from liquid metal.

If Harmy pasted it into the opening crawl or something, you'd have a case. But he's long since earned the right to apply his stamp to any menus. Just as I'm perfectly ok with not having all the correct 1977-era movie trailers playing before the movie starts, I'm perfectly ok with a subtitle that reminds me of Harmy's tireless efforts to give us the version of Star Wars George Lucas doesn't want us to have. There's no such thing as theatrical accuracy anyway when it comes to a DVD or Blu-ray menu.