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#256637
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256637/action/topic#256637
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Tiptup, in matters of taste, I don't think anyone's crazy.

What I was talking about were certain things people tend to pick on. For example a lot of times people will say Lucas is "too reliant" on the latest special effects to the point of "showcasing" the effects as a priority.

You could say the same thing about the nifty new effects Lucas pumped into the classic trilogy back in the day.

Now if you want to say aside from that, that you personally feel the prequels lacked any substance beyond being a technical demo (not that you are saying this), that is a matter of preference, of artistic taste. The only thing I can say in return is that I happen to feel they had just as much substance as the stuff that held the classic trilogy's SFX together.

To me artistic preference is an opinion, not right or wrong.
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#256562
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Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256562/action/topic#256562
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I don't know. It satisfied me, although I still would hope we can get an anamorphic release.

Maybe he just wanted to test the waters before sinking a whole lot of money into the endeavor. To see just how much demand the older versions really had.

Maybe the numbers on this release determine whether or not he does more with it for the next release.

What better way to celebrate 30 years of Star Wars than by releasing newly restored versions of the original trilogy?
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#256549
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Where do I go from here as a SW fan?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256549/action/topic#256549
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Do you really think that's how they see us?

I think they were just trying to say that while the UOT release wasn't anamorphic, that it was still pretty good and not the worst transfer to ever hit DVD.

I know Lucas has a great deal of respect for us, saying that we tend to think out of the box and are very creative in our own right to disagree with his artistic taste.
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#256310
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Opinion Poll on Go-Mer-Tonic
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256310/action/topic#256310
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Originally posted by: vote_for_palpatine
Go-Mer, due to his enormous volume of posts and singular style, makes himself a special case. He is a skilled debator who writes well and thus is hard to refute. He has the same failing we all do - ignoring those arguments we have no answer for. That is particularly grating coming from Go-Mer since he seems to respond to every last point.
Thank you for saying so. I think you are also well spoken and unique.
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#256276
Topic
The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256276/action/topic#256276
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I certainly know what you are talking about, I'm just suggesting that in a debate such as this, where I clearly represent a minority view, the idea that "most" fans disagree with me is a moot point anyway.

I guess I was more just trying to underscore my opinion as mine alone. If you guys feel better presenting your own opinions as what a lot of other people think too, that's fine I guess. I just don't want to come off as a minority view trying to pass his opinions off as some kind of majority.

I'm just talking about this stuff from my own perspective.

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#256205
Topic
The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256205/action/topic#256205
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I really don't mean to imply anyone who disagrees with me is wrong, and I'm sorry if I have come off like that.

Of course I'm a minority view. I realize that.

This isn't even about me trying to tell everyone else they are wrong.

I just think there are certain perceptions that aren't entirely reliable whenever we get into the discussion of what "most fans" think.

Are we really talking about "most fans"? Or just the really loud ones?

Now I'm not flip flopping here, I'm still not denying I'm in the minority. But I think that there is this perception that most fans hated or severely disliked TPM. I think it's a little more towards the middle. I'm not going to say 50 50, but closer to that than most.

We could go back and forth saying is so, is not, but there is nothing we can really point to concretely to detemine where perception ends and reality begins.

So my suggestion is all of us drop the "most fans think" intro to arguments (I don't mean to point this at anyone in particular).

I really do strive to present -my- point of view, and I try not to convey that I am speaking for anyone else but me.
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#256170
Topic
The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256170/action/topic#256170
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Honestly that's a fair assumption as well. I knew going in that unless the movies reached out and stabbed me in the face with a broken bottle, I was pretty much going to be okay with them.

I just think that there is really no use in being objective. No matter how "objective" either of us try to be, it ends up being futile right?

I think the best we can do is present each of our points of view, without acting like we represent "most" fans or people.

I'll be the first to tell you that it's certainly not a majority of people who think like I do.
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#256142
Topic
The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256142/action/topic#256142
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Vast majority?

If you can actually give me some way of gauging just how many people thought these things "sucked" then maybe we can treat it like anything more than one of many opinions from the multitudes of people who paid to see TPM over and over again until it chimed in at 2nd highest world wide gross ever (at the time).

I'll grant you there were a lot of people who didn't like them. But I don't see how that makes them a "mistake" on Lucas' part.

I'm just saying that no matter what Lucas did, there would have been some fans that didn't like it. I'm not being unreasonable in that assumption am I?