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I think the Empire of dreams doc has a clip of JEDI '97 with the subtitles.

It sounds like maybe it's tails out and that's the end?

HewittYoda said:

I watched the film get broken down at the end of the night and re-canned as I talked with the projectionist.  It disappeared out of the theatre before I could blink.  Lucas' goons never did come after the print. :)

Very cool, thanks for sharing. (I like to picture the print going from town to town, doing a good deed and moving on, one step ahead of the authorities, like The Hulk.)

Yikes. It's definitely the same guy. Ironically he's probably good for us, we look pretty reasonable next to that. He sure ain't doing his side any favors.

Hah, long ago Cryogenic flipped OUT on me over who knows what, complete with hysterical, rambling PM messages. It was probably right about the time he became aware I was here too, and hence UNMUTUAL to the church. (on a surprisingly related note, go see THE MASTER). So to answer the question in the topic, we are seen as really, really bad people.  

bilditup1 said"the OOT tea partiers at originaltrilogy.com"

link: http://acertainpointofview.net/?p=635

That guy cracks me up. He patrols the internet for wrong-thinking articles and comments, fighting the Good Fight. But he never says shit to the actual people. He just goes back to his room/blog and screams into his pillow. And yet to hear him tell it, he's essentially Spartacus.

You can't even suggest to these guys that you can buy LONE WOLF MCQUADE for 12 bucks, so the OT isn't a big deal, they flip right out even while having no real response. So what do they want, with all this shrieking? Oh nothing major, just for everyone, everywhere to accept the good news of Sebulba Christ into our lives, or suffer damnation when all people and their google searches don't genuflect with the proper respect. 

We want to buy 3 old movies. So, clearly, we're the nutty ones.

 

obi-rob-kenobi4 (theforce.net) said:

In reality George Lucas gave the OOOT obsessors exactly what it was that they wanted in 2004. He gave the smug, obnoxious little punks and hipsters and criminals the exact thing that they were illegally selling and shearing and downloading and bootlegging and he gave it to them on a convenient dvd. And no matter what you try to say YES it was the best quality possible. For THAT particular version of the films it is the only way to watch them. That particular version was not ever restored/changed to be able to properly watch on a 50'' flat screen. It was/is only watchable on a tube tv. Thats the whole point Lucas was trying to make when he released it in 2004. You wanna see it so bad? Ok tell ya what ill do Ill make it so you dont have to be forced to watch it on vhs anymore and you dont even have to be forced to watch it on a computer screen anymore. You can watch it on a dvd on a big screen tube tv. Flat screen, HD tvs did not even exist when this w

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I love it, feels like real time-travel. Like Neg-1 is the cool guy down the street in 1978 that has all the latest stuff and just lets the neighborhood hang out. Just need one of those big tvs with the three lights, some shag carpet, faux wood paneling. I plan on having a small group come watch it, possibly with an episode of Buck Rogers as the undercard. Or maybe just trailers for BLACK HOLE, TREK 1, MOONRAKER etc.

It's really good. (the JEDI credits are temporary?)

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It's always looked more golden/warm theatrically than the modern laserdisc and DVD look. Dunno if this much difference was always there, but it doesn't look crazy wrong to me.

In particular those first shots of the X-wings approaching the death star look really great and film-like. Considering those iconic shots haven't been seen by almost anybody since some theatrical showings in the 80s, (videotapey crap aside) it's pretty awesome.

Except having a preferred version for me to personally watch at home is only one aspect.  (It's a big thing obviously but not everything.) If I had my private screening room and a flawless 70mm print that would be awesome for me and I would share it any way I could. But, separately from that, this other issue still exists where, if you are rich enough, you can alter what kids think the 70s and 80s looked like. (and  a lot of adults too). Ponder that for a second, it's just...creepy.

She's actually very sharp. I have faith in her to do good things, if she's allowed.

That's amazing. Lorne Greene salutes you.

Darth Bizarro said:\

And you know Sean Connery riding a dinosaur would be awesome.

Hasn't the guy been through enough embarrassment??

Except none of those new things are directly connected to the old thing disappearing. This will always be different. If the new James Bond directly caused GOLDFINGER to live on only with digital Judi Dench and 90s dinosaurs , there might be some resentment there when the new Bond comes out. CLONE WARS might be the greatest thing ever, but I'll never really know with this shit going on. 

danaan said:This about a set of very beautiful ideas in the form of a fairytale that has now been completely sidelined by Yoda doing computer-game shit. It's like seeing something I loved dearly die. Of course it hurts. 

 

It's good to be passionate and all that, but I think you're letting the mere existence of the new stuff get mixed in with the actual problem which is the OT. Understandable since this is a uniquely stupid situation, so the proper reaction to it is not always going to be obvious.But if the original 3 movies are ever available to you as they were opening day, you'd be surprised how easy it is to forget anything else happened after. I didn't think of Mario Van Peebles even once during JAWS the other day. Also, even in 1978, Chewbacca's father jacked off to Dianne Carroll. So, you know, there's that. 

Sure, but I was thinking less of history awareness and more of the douchey sentiment from cardboard-saber guy (whether he's literal about the cardboard or not) that an old movie ought to just simply be upgraded, and how that's considered an actual legitimate thing to do now, an idea cultivated almost entirely by Star Wars '97. 

Tobar said: It just seems to me that he, like many, aren't aware of what's happened to Star Wars. Which is a sad state of affairs that should compel us to enlighten the uninformed, not berate them.

Well, we're not talking about a child, these guys I'm talking about are plenty educated. This situation has existed for 16 years now, with the educated people being mostly just fine with it. I think the high road is pretty useless at this point.

Wolfman said:

The original versions of the original trilogy before George altered them, says I.

"Wha ? You mean you want to see them with cardboard lightsabers and no effects"?

Ha, the cartoonishly hacky sales douche. This is a good thing, at this point only the types of guys with the really shitty personalities that nobody likes are out there actively in favor of this revisionist bullshit.

Oh it's real. With the blinking ewoks, "nooo", hi-def Anakin head, JEDI is more haphazard than ever. In honor of Tony Scott I will quote DAYS OF THUNDER and say it all looks like a monkey fucking a football.

Spectacular, looks like really beautiful work.

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So they're all going to be available separately too. Now I have no idea what I'm going to do. Get the box? Get them gradually? Get only my favorites? What are my favorites anyway? Get all of the box but use World is Not Enough to snort coke off? Wait for reviews?