jzilli said:
This is what's known as a "slippery slope". If Team Blu and Harmy are restoring the original versions of the film and they decide to change anything, then that opens the door for other changes or fixes.
I understand what you're saying and I see where you're coming from, but for the sake of argument I could just as easily say that what you're saying is known as a "false dichotomy"; in other words, claiming that we either have to allow no change from what was theatrically shown in 1977 OR ELSE any change all the way up to the current blu-ray release would have to be allowed on the table of discussion. This is also a relativist point of view that treats the words "Episode IV A New Hope" as though they are in the same category as every change made since 1997, so if we listen to the guy who wants those words in the crawl then we supposedly also have to listen to the guy who wants Luke to reunite with Biggs before the attack on the Death Star.
Don't get me wrong, I can understand and appreciate this perspective. My intention here is not to be antagonistic. But with all friendly intentions I must say I strongly disagree with this viewpoint. We all essentially want the same thing here: the original movie preserved the way it was before Lucas started noticeably changing it from the movie we grew up with. I can like the New Hope word crawl and still be part of this club, instead of the club that allows infinite fan edits and versions.
Please forgive my tendency to be long winded. You can actually ignore all of the above but please consider this last thing: if anyone who knows how to work on these preservations wouldn't mind making a version with the exact picture and sound quality of Team Blu's or Harmy's except with the New Hope crawl, I would appreciate having that available as an alternative preservation. Obviously it would have to be a convincing approximation of existing versions of the word crawl and not a new version that looks nothing like what's come before; it's not like just anything that says "New Hope" would be acceptable. I'm just throwing this out there as a humble request, not trying to irritate anyone, I'm just hoping someone who knows how to do a good job with my request won't mind indulging me.
I have chosen to put this request on dark_jedi's and Harmy's threads since I essentially just want their versions with this one change, so I figured asking for a whole new fan project in a brand new thread would be overkill. I can't thank you guys enough for what you do, and I appreciate your time.