OOT release not in anyone's plans... — Page 2

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

This is actually interesting though. He may not think the OOT is coming out, doesn’t mean he likes the constant revision: https://mobile.twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/777605840891064320

This is refreshing to see.

You would’ve never heard an LFL employee saying anything negative about the revisions while George was still in charge.

What we have to remember is that George still left one of his good friends in charge of his company. She probably feels a certain obligation to honor his wishes. Didn’t someone ask her about the possibility of a restored OOT at a convention two or three years ago? I seem to recall reading that she gave a very calculated response of neither “yes” nor “no.”

Fang Zei said:

What we have to remember is that George still left one of his good friends in charge of his company. She probably feels a certain obligation to honor his wishes. Didn’t someone ask her about the possibility of a restored OOT at a convention two or three years ago? I seem to recall reading that she gave a very calculated response of neither “yes” nor “no.”

In that case, I wonder why George’s “good friend” threw out his treatments.

I may never see the originals legally again in my lifetime. This is beyond unfair; it’s unthinkable that the REAL versions of the OT have been gone for twenty years.

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

George Lucas knew what he was doing when he sold SW down the river to Disney.

generalfrevious said:

I may never see the originals legally again in my lifetime. This is beyond unfair; it’s unthinkable that the REAL versions of the OT have been gone for twenty years.

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

George Lucas knew what he was doing when he sold SW down the river to Disney.

Since I was posting about this very subject in the theatrical vs special edition subforum just yesterday…

We really have no idea.

They could release it next year, or the year after, or five years from now.

It honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Disney simply decides to wait out the expiration of Fox’s rights to the five non-ANH films in order to maximize their profits.

generalfrevious said:

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

You keep saying this even though you know it’s not true.

Please stop posting until you have something new to say.

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

You keep saying this even though you know it’s not true.

Please stop posting until you have something new to say.

What if I’m right ten years down the road, and we’re stuck with substandard non anamorphic dvds that are 35 years out of date?

We should have gotten the originals as they deserve to be presented back in 2004, but no, Lucas had to act sadistically and add more bullshit changes with every video release, making the films nothing more than counterfeit direct-to-video knockoffs. We have been mistreated for 20 years for no reason at all.

You aren’t even right now so you can’t be right ten years from now.

ray_afraid said:

generalfrevious said:

TV’s Frink said:

generalfrevious said:

In this age of 4K & widescreen TVs, laserdisc quality is the best we will ever get for decades to come.

You keep saying this even though you know it’s not true.

Please stop posting until you have something new to say.

What if I’m right ten years down the road, and we’re stuck with substandard non anamorphic dvds that are 35 years out of date?

We already have better options available right now. In 10 years, even without an official release, we will have even better options.

Like what? A bootleg is a bootleg.

We deserve better than this. No other film company in the world has refused for DECADES to release the films in their original, true versions.

njvc’s Blu Ray set of Despecialized is likely to be better than any official release would be. Even if they don’t screw up the quality of the movies themselves, there’s no way they would match the extras. And even though a properly done official release would be better quality than Despecialized, it doesn’t mean Despecialized isn’t very good quality and worth your time. Go get it and stop whining.

You may be right, but we still deserve better from Lucasfilm.

The most important film trilogy of all time deserves better.

You may be right, but we still deserve better from Lucasfilm.

The most important film trilogy of all time deserves better.

CatBus said:

I’mma let you finish, but Toy Story had one of the best trilogies of all time! One of the best trilogies of all time!

No one tell Dek unless he’s cleaned up after the cat first.

(Not you, CatBus. A different cat.)

In my experience, once you start cleaning up after the cat, you’re cleaning up after the cat for life.

Dek Rollins said:

I cleaned up after the cat months ago.

“Then you are lost.”

I would love for there to be an official release, not only so I could enjoy it myself, but also because it would introduce so many newcomers to the original theatrical versions.

With that being said, I’m not as bummed out over the lack of such a release as I would be had I not discovered this site. I mean, there are some amazing projects being done here like Despecialized, which is continuing to improve with each version and actually takes feedback into consideration. On the other hand, the various official releases of the special editions retained many technical issues even when they had 7 years between them (like the lightsabers losing their white cores). So I guess my point is that even though the situation isn’t ideal, it’s still not so bad. It might even be…pretty good.