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#77028
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ROTJ is worse than I remember.
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Originally posted by: Starboy
As for bootlegging, it appears we have some legal counsel on the forum. Digitalman, am I right in stating that you are allowed to own backup copies of media which you have paid for? i.e. I can rip mp3's of songs when I own the album? So if I own the VHS version of the "faces" release, isn't it legal for me to obtain that same material in a different format? I have paid for the rights for personal use of the movie. Honest question, not a challenge.


The answer to the first question is yes, to a degree. Depending on which jurisdiction you live in, you can make 'fair use' copies of material you own. As to the question about obtaining the 'faces' release in a different format, you could make copies of these to DVD-r, if you really wanted to, but they'll look atrocious. If you want to obtain copies made from a laserdisc master though, that's a different kettle of fish.

Personally, I live in Canada where (for the time being) downloading and copying is legal, thanks to a generous copyright law and levies placed on all recordable media are redirected to the artists to compensate for this behaviour, so I could theoretically get my hands on the Ultimate Collection LDs, convert them to MPEG-2 and burn them to DVD-r with no fear of reprisals.
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#77027
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ROTJ is worse than I remember.
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I'll admit that I'm dangerously close to the fence on the new 'official' releases, but I haven't caved yet. I will also admit that Empire has always been my favourite SW movie and ROTJ the least favourite. I used to think that I was disappointed because I had read the novelisation before seeing the film, but later came to the conclusion that it was the story arc (or lack thereof) of the film that led me to like it less.
Think about it; Luke is dressing all in black and has constructed his own lightsaber, which would lead us to believe that he is in a fragile state and could fall to the dark side at any time (Yoda said as much @ the end of Empire), but there's no payoff: he remains a goody-two-shoes to the bitter end. If there had been ANY indication of this in the rest of the film, the big lightsaber battle @ the end of ROTJ would have been more rewarding, since Luke would not only have saved his father, but himself as well. As it stands, we pretty much know that Luke will triumph, so his 'victory' over the dark side is hollow.
This is just one aspect. I must concur with Jay's comments as to the flatness of Han and Leia in this film, not to mention the rest of the characters. I think Kevin Smith said it best when he referred to ROTJ in Clerks as "just bunch of f$%kin' Muppets."
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#77024
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Episode III Teaser Trailer
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Maybe; maybe not. I work as a projectionist and screen literally hundreds of trailers, and after seeing as many as I have, you get a pretty good idea for what movies will suck, and which ones won't. I'm almost willing to go out on a limb and say that the Ep III trailer was uninspiring, but not quite; it just paled in comparison to its immediate company (Pixar's Cars trailer, which looks gorgeous AND funny).