Harmy said:
Lord Haseo said:
Harmy said:
Yes and what I've been saying is, that I strongly disagree with the statement, that we have a better version. We have an alternate version - whether or not it's better is definitely not empirical - I would definitely enjoy watching the original version more than any other possible version, so I don't have a better version and I don't even have the normal version. And I'm sure a lot of people here would agree.
In what ways do you consider the OUT better? Why would it be so worth your time? And saying "because it's the original version" is not a suitable response.
Well, for one, it has no electric thingy on the interrogation droid's needle ;-)
But aside from that, the OOT has great, oscar-winning visual effects, which, unlike modern CGI, have great historical value, so they are more fun to watch - for me anyway, so for me personally, the movie loses like half of its entertainment value just by having the original effects replaced by mundane CGI, but I already said that before. And of course, if you just watch it for the story, this argument gets weaker and some people would say that the CGI effect are more realistic and therfore better, but film-making is an art-form and in art, the technique used is just as important as the content - like, take an oil painting of a horse and a color photograph of a horse - they both show a horse and the photograph shows the horse more realistically, but does that mean, that the photo is better art?
And then you also have the more invasive changes, like the addition of prequel music (I don't want to be reminded of the prequels, when I watch the OT - same reason I hate the changes like Anakin being replaced and Boba Fett being re-dubbed in the official SEs), the Ben's hut scene being re-cut (which is fun as an alternate version but it's at least disputable, which version is better in serving the story and pacing), then you have Ben igniting his lightsaber first, which to me is on the same level as Greedo shooting first. There were other things I didn't particularly like, which I don't remember - it's been years since I last saw Revisited.EDIT: I remebered a few: The shot of Tarkin removed before the DS explosion (which also doesn't look too great IMO) and then some of the bad official SE additions left over in ANH:R, like super-fake CGI dinosaurs and stormtroopers on Tatooine.
Oh, and with a proper restoration, the OOT of course has the potential to be of much higher picture and audio quality than the current Blu-Rays (not to mention DVDs, if we're comparing to Revisited specifically - since you said that in Revisited we already have a better version and the only version of Revisited we already have is standard def. DVD of course).
1. The torture droid is a bad idea when you have someone who is as intimidating as Darth Vader in the room.
2. Ben igniting his light sabre is a bad thing? More like a nitpick. It didn;t change the way the audience would see the character. Han shooting first was a part of his story arch.
3. The CGI dinosaurs are far better than the werewolf mask in the Cantina scene (in ANH:R it is in the background, but still not very noticeable)
4. So what the Tarkin shot was removed?? We still know he was blown the fuck up.
All your reasons seem to be based on your personal connection with the OUT. Which is understandable.
ESB:R will have a 720p MKV which doesn't differ a lot if any from a 1080p MKV. Also ANH:R HD will be released after ROTJ:R