Lord Haseo said:
Harmy said:
Well, again, you take one bit of a good post and ignore the rest - he compared Ady's work to modernising a classic work of art like Mona Lisa to today's standards of beauty, which I think is a perfect analogy - it could be a fun little experiment but it sure as hell shouldn't be considered the new definitive version of Mona Lisa.
I didn't respond because I agree with him for the most part. And plus this argument is rendered null and void because we all know the OUT will come to blu-ray eventually. Still doesn't detract from the fact that SW:R is better. Your argument is simply for historical and sentimental value. Let me put this in a more real world context. In 30-50 years cybernetics will advance to the point in which we can enhance our bodies and perhaps later on our actual brains. Many scientists believe that if there is other life in the cosmos that is advanced it could very well be a species of machines; The next step in evolution. Should we limit ourselves in achieving more just because this is the original body we were born with even though cybernetics can enhance our physical boundaries? I would fucking hope not.
The parameters by we which we judge Ady's work with Lucas are completely different.
As an example SW:R uses components of FX shots from other parts of the same film(and the subsequent films too)
Now the original film did this too(The Falcon approaching the death star and then later yavin being the best example).
In the context of a fan edit we can laud Ady for his ingenuity and imagination to re-use a component of a frame and insert it and combine it with other source elements.
Now if Lucas did the same thing and did it well......we would complain that he was still re-using stock footage(done during the original trench fly through several times).....he is a rich filmaker with the best FX company on the planet at his disposal......right?.....re-using stock footage or elements of stock footage is unacceptable.
And if Lucas re-uses stock footage and does it badly then we would complain anyway!
If Ady re-uses stock footage ......well we just we praise him for his imagination.....he is just a fan with humble tools at his disposal....right?
If he does it badly(which to be fair...he hasn't) then we may complain....but hey...it's just a fan edit.
You can't compare a fan edit with a theatrical presentation.
It is not so much that they are different beasts......it is the way we judge them.