POLL: Are you buying the Star Wars DVDs released on September 12, 2006?

Author: Cable-X1
Date: 31-Jul-2006, 5:41 PM

Author: Cable-X1
Time: 31-Jul-2006 5:41 PM
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Let's get an accurate look at who's going to buy this and who won't...

Don't post.....just vote.

Author: Mielr
Time: 31-Jul-2006 5:45 PM
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I know you don't want us to post here but....

You should put "POLL" in the thread title so people know. Otherwise, they're just going to think it's yet another thread about the OOT DVDs.

Author: Cable-X1
Time: 31-Jul-2006 5:48 PM
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First poll for me.....already done.

Author: generalfrevious
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:13 PM
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I may buy this because I am certain this will be the final release of the OOT, but Ill wait until a week after the release.

Author: Mike O
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:20 PM
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This will NOT be the final release of the OOT.

“What Orwell feared were those who would ban books. What Huxley feared was that there would be no reason to ban a book, for there would be no one who wanted to read one.”

Neil Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death

Author: Krycek87
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:26 PM
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I am buying it.
Might as well, we do not know if this will be the final release, but this would suffice for now.

Author: zombie84
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:36 PM
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I am still undecided. My vote currently is no, but I will wait and see when it is released if it is worth buying. In the unlikely event that i do it will most likely be only Star Wars.

Author: Blackjack
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:38 PM
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I can't vote for either since I'm not getting all of them, just return of the Jedi.

Author: Scruffy
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:39 PM
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No thanks, I'll pass on this one.

"It's the stoned movie you don't have to be stoned for." -- Tom Shales on Star Wars
Scruffy's gonna die the way he lived.

Author: dark_jedi
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:50 PM
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I sure am buying them,damn straight
DJ

Author: Mr Bungle
Time: 31-Jul-2006 6:52 PM
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I dont mind spending my money on old Georges products but with these ones I have voted no, primarily because I have a 16/9 widescreen TV and am sure I will suffer video quality loss(which wont be perfect to start with) when I zoom in, I assume, and having to buy the 2004 edition again for me at full price just for these non ano lasderdisc transfers just isnt worth it for me at the moment unless the picture is good, I agree with Zombie if do buy it one it would be Star Wars.

Author: THX
Time: 31-Jul-2006 8:02 PM
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See this thread.

You might also be interested in this.

Author: CO
Time: 31-Jul-2006 8:20 PM
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I will buy these versions, and I do have a 52" HD Widescreen TV, so it is effecting fans like me the most. I have become frustrated with bootlegs, as they are always freezing up, and both of my ROTJ versions freeze up right before the Ewok Celebration! It is almost like Lucas is sitting behind me laughing as the one scene I truly hate in the SE doesn't work on my bootlegs!

I have stated before that I have several non-anamorphic DVD's and I do have to zoom them to 16/9, but they are still pretty good quality, and to many fans out there without a trained eye, I believe they wouldn't be able to tell the difference if they have two TV's showing non-anamorphic and anamorphic movies right next to each other. It is a difference, but to me not that big of a difference, where it wont detract me from not loving the movie.

Lucas is a jerk, but what can I do, he has a monopoly over us, and they are my three favorite movies of all-time, and I hate the SE! So I will buy them and watch them and I believe I will enjoy them very much but be bitter as a SW fan for a long time.

And someday, whether it is DVD saga boxset or HD-DVD, Lucas will release a remastered O-OT, and I will be done with my beloved movies. I still say everyone buy them even though Lucas is a jerk, why spoil individual enjoyment just to make a point when Lucas has all the money in the world, and doesn't have to cater to his fans anymore.

Author: generalfrevious
Time: 31-Jul-2006 8:24 PM
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Mike O, Lucas will make sure this is the final release of the OOT with whatever power he has. He slipped this time to stop bootleggers. And The OOT will never be released in HD in good quality, and we probably wont see the substandard blu-rays until 2015.

Author: dark_jedi
Time: 31-Jul-2006 8:25 PM
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and if they are letterbox,oh well,laserdiscs are LB also,just rip to your hard drive and make them anamorphic yourself,not to difficult,and i bet it will still look better than the friggin LD's.
just my opinion,cant friggin wait for sept. 12th to get here so all this damn speculating and bashing can fu__ing end.
DJ

hell you will probably find at your favorite torrent sites,someone already has done this for you,made them anamorphic and then releasing.

Author: Darth Richard
Time: 31-Jul-2006 8:29 PM
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I'm still not sure.

Author: Mentasm
Time: 31-Jul-2006 9:05 PM
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I voted no, but then again I’m getting them for free.

"Whatever! I digitally put Jabba the Hutt back into the original Star Wars movie! I'll do what I want!"

Author: Blackjack
Time: 31-Jul-2006 10:14 PM
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Author: Marvolo
Time: 31-Jul-2006 11:27 PM
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I am only getting ESB. I can do without ROTJ because it was the least specialized, and I don't watch Star Wars as much as ESB.

Author: Windexed
Time: 31-Jul-2006 11:44 PM
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While I'm not sure, I voted 'yes' because in all likelihood I will be buying them. Probably 60-70% chance. Once I get them, however, I don't know what I will do with them.

40,000 million notches away

Author: Hal 9000
Time: 1-Aug-2006 12:17 AM
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It depends, I'm very much undecided.

If they look "good enough", then I will.

My stance on revising fan edits.

Author: Bissrok
Time: 1-Aug-2006 12:29 AM
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I'll stick with my fan edits until they decide to get their s**t together.

Author: Mielr
Time: 1-Aug-2006 12:42 AM
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They're limited editions- I'm gonna get 'em while I can.

I can't wait to do an A/B comparison with the laserdiscs.

Author: JediFlyer06
Time: 1-Aug-2006 1:04 AM
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Originally posted by: CO
I will buy these versions, and I do have a 52" HD Widescreen TV, so it is effecting fans like me the most.

You think you have it bad? Try a 100" projection screen with an HD projector. To Hell with that fat bastard! No way I'm buying them. I'd just get pissed off every time I watched them over how bad they look, not because of the technology of the day when they were made, but because Lucas REFUSES to make them look as good as they can, and should.

Author: none
Time: 1-Aug-2006 8:16 AM
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I believed Lucas and LFL when they said this would be the last time to own/see the original SW. That was 96 or so, and the changes have proved them right. I've got a VHS of "Star Wars The Ultimate Experience" (pre-SE widescreen presentation on sci-fi channel) and that's satisfactory for my passive viewing. It's more fun to see these movies with fans in a theater, and it seems that LFL will make that happen every few years for the next decade or so. So these DVDs are not something i'll be seeking out, but i'll see you in a 3D configured theater.
none