Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) — Page 286

Right now....thats everybody settled again.....peace......

Why not update this thread to 'It's Star Wars....on Blu-Ray'

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Tyrphanax said:

I feel as though D_J's random capital words are channeling ol' Twooffour.

Whoever the hell that is, and who are you? and what does that have to do with anything?

Pass me the gun and ask him again.

zombie84 said:

CO: Same for me. Feels weird, eh? Even the guy who wrote a 600-page university-endorsed textbook on the 6-part saga is boycotting this!

Who?

Soooooooooooo... I'm getting the impression that there are a few folks here who don't wanna purchase the Blu-Ray's.

Could be wrong.

; )

Please don't kill me.

Captain Spock says :

I would accept that as an axiom.

To no one in particular:

"Double dumb-ass on you!"

"Yes, there will be a new CGI Yoda to replace the animatronic one in Episode I, and yes, there is a small dialogue change in a pivotal scene involving Darth Vader, but at the end of the day, it's still Star Wars, and it's still awesome, right? On Friday of this week, you'll be able to purchase either The Complete Saga or separate Trilogy collections on Blu-ray, and you can rest assured that they come with a ton of extras. There is so much bonus material, in fact, that we don't even know where to begin; click the link above to see its Amazon listing and read through all the extras they're offering with the collection. In short, if you're a Star Wars fan (and really, who isn't, right?), you need to pick this up, and that's all we're going to say about that."

-Rotten Tomatoes ( http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thor/news/1923554/rt_on_dvd__blu-ray_thor_and_star_wars_the_complete_saga/ )

There's so much non sequitur goin' on 'round these parts right now!

To some people the OUT is yesterday's enterprise but it's nice to be amongst people who want the best of both worlds.

The originals are not there. That's the key point. Why would anyone say this is a must-buy? I'm glad I avoided this, and not contribute to blatant corporate greed. It is nothing more than a combination of brand recognition and shameless PR.

BUT IT'S STAR WARS!!!!

ON BLU RAY!!!!

lmfao

dark_jedi said:

I just can't wait to walk into the Store tomorrow and see people boycotting and telling potential buyers not to buy, and handing out stickers and flyers and such, I bet there will be NONE of this LMAO! it is all just people on a few forums with a large dose of keyboard courage ranting and raving.

George Lucas has NOT swayed in his decision for how many years? and you think it is going to magically change now from ALL the Fans? how hard is it to just accept reality and move on?

 Uh, Mr. Lucas said the OOT would never be released again in the 1995 Video release, and said in an interview in 2003 that the OOT didn't exist anymore. 

Then in 2006, he put out the OOT on DVD, albeit non-anamorphic versions, but he still put out something on DVD that he said 'didn't exist.' 

And do you even think that set would have been released if fans like us didn't write Lucasfilm or other ways that showed there was a demand for the set?   How come he didn't release the 97 Versions on DVD?  Because there is no demand and no one is crying for them. 

The OOT fully restored is just like the OT deleted scenes, they are used in different releases to create demand for the essentially the same product.  Lucas could have put out the OT deleted scenes in the 2004 DVD Set, but he knew that would be a major selling point in future releases.  I know many people who don't care about the movies, and just want the deleted scenes, and the only way to get that is buying the boxset.

So please don't say that Lucasfilm doesn't hear the fans and what they want.  Remember, he is still a businessman.

Yup.

That's pretty awful.

Pennsylvania Jones said:

Promus said:

Well, I've never really been a part of any Star Wars release, so this new blu-ray stuff doesn't really make me feel left-out at all. I actually don't own any of the movies on DVD (I just have the VHS copies) and I torrented the 2006 version of the OUT (the laserdisc transfers) so I wouldn't have to buy the whole set with the bastardized films in them and give any money to the powers-that-be.

I also torrented the GOUT, but for editing purposes only.  That's the only reason I torrent ANY movie: so I can use them in video edits.  My dad, apparently, is fine with that.  I own the VHS Faces set for the OOT as well.  I also have the Prequels and ROTJ FS SE on DVD.  I'm hoping to obtain some OOT Fan Preservation someday.

This makes zero sense.

Your dad is okay with you torrenting moves for editing purposes, which pretty much everyone agrees is piracy.  But he won't let you download a preservation of the GOUT even if you buy the GOUT because he says that is piracy?

Head asplode.