Dude you're entering lawyer-like territory. Context is inherent to communication in general. It's usually only questioned when people are confused or lawyers are trying to get some loophole in a contract. People aren't drawing up contracts here needing to specify the meaning of every word.MaximRecoil said:
Saying that something is "terrible" or "horrible" has no context, thus I couldn't have possibly removed the context. If you add context such as: "The GOUT is horrible compared to such and such", then that is something else entirely.
People were gushing over the Cowclops/TR47 v.2 release (<a href="http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Cowclops-Transfers-a-k-a-the-PCM-audio-DVDs-Row47-set-Info-and-Feedback-Thread/topic/1364/" target="_blank" title="originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Cowclops-Transfers-a-k-a-the-PCM-audio-DVDs-Row47-set-Info-and-Feedback-Thread/topic/1364/">link</a>), and that was right around the time of the release of the GOUT (see post <a href="http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Cowclops-Transfers-a-k-a-the-PCM-audio-DVDs-Row47-set-Info-and-Feedback-Thread/post/206268/#TopicPost206268" target="_blank" title="originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Cowclops-Transfers-a-k-a-the-PCM-audio-DVDs-Row47-set-Info-and-Feedback-Thread/post/206268/#TopicPost206268">706</a>). People don't gush over things they think are simply "horrible" or "terrible", no matter who released it. With the GOUT (way better than the things people were gushing over), people are confusing their disappointment with an objective assessment of quality.
George Lucas could've kept the originals in great condition and released them to current High Definition home video standards. He didn't simply because he didn't want to. It's not for lack of resources or money he just didn't want to. He wanted to alter films, two of which weren't directed by him, and release his preferred versions in the highest quality. Leaving the theatrical versions in some non-anamorphic laserdisc master state. The other situations you're talking about are entirely different. The context matters.
