Sure. I’d buy 'em if I could - even though I have no way to play them because to date I have refused to spend a penny on BluRay anything.
There is no “I can” with these three movies, because everyone involved has spent the last 20 years trying to bury them. That’s why piracy happens. But let’s not kid ourselves - “ethical” piracy, so much as one can define such a thing, is piracy. (I’m preaching to the choir, I know.)
I can only hope that what we (I’ve been involved in this kind of matter for over a decade now myself) have been doing will result in the RIGHT thing happening, which is something similar to what we’re aiming for being released, not by fans, but by Fox and/or the Rat.
I just read this and am still totally confused about the entire matter at hand. Molly’s post says what we all know to be true.
What has been going on here has been based on physical products that have changed in content, yet been purchased over time, and they all came with the same “piracy” warning. This community has been a HUGE supporter of wanting the ORIGINAL Trilogy release, hence the sites name, since day one. The petition alone spurred a long line of “preservations” so that us fans could have what George Lucas did not want to provide. Fan efforts have been left alone apparently due to his feelings on not wanting the “originals” to exist in the public arena.
Now that publicity is knocking on the door a little more loudly than ever before we toss some folks to the wolves and lock the door behind them? The petition begged for attention to our cause. The petition lost steam when Mr. Lucas released the Bonus DVD’s of a Laserdisc transfer of the Trilogy but work continued due to the flaws in that and the Blu-ray releases because they were considered a slap in the face to the community of fans that have championed the release of the ORIGINAL Trilogy for so long. All those people who worked on the original films (and their work) are still championed due to their groundbreaking results even though Mr. Lucas seemed intent on wiping them from the planet’s history by rewriting and reinventing his “reasons” for doing so on countless occasions across the timeline (Frink, plz don’t ask for proof because there are countless threads here with publicly quoted material from Mr. Lucas himself, too many for me to search out. Just a little humorous sarcasm, don’t sass me. LOL) but we all know the deal.
In the end, as a member here, I am not interested in arguing the moral implications of the issue. The problem I find with the dilemma, is that we as members and fans, are actually part of said dilemma because of our passion and love for what made us love the Original Star Wars Trilogy so much. Maybe, before passing judgement on TN1, we re-evaluate our own reasons for being here and our passion, and decide if we might belong in the same shoes they have been made to wear now for having the same passions.
This post is just me giving an opinion. It is not meant as an attack on anyone or as a way to justify a position on the matter. I have supported the efforts of the X-0 Project, PuggoGrande, TR-47, TN1, Harmy, TeamBlu and countless others just to name a few, and would most definitely do it again for the same reasons … for the preservation of the historical breakthroughs made by people with little money to make something the world could love and advance the envelope for future film-makers. Maybe what the site needs now is to close the door and reinvent itself so that it and us may all continue to come together in a noble cause which is greater than ourselves but stronger as a whole.
Just my two cents on the matter … even if no-one agrees or wants to hear it.
Peace and Love to ALL of you.
Thanks for listening anyways.