Fantastic news that you’ve been recovering well adywan.
Good to see your latest update, and your re-grading continues to look terrific as always.
My local cinema started showing a few re-releases this month (Original Trilogy, Prequel Trilogy, and Rogue One), so I braved taking a couple of my younger family members to see the current version of A NEW HOPE on the big screen for their first time viewing last week.
They should be sued under the Trades Description Act for using ‘1977’ in their advertising, but I knew going in that it would just be the latest ‘Special Edition’ version - so I had to suffer the likes of the Ronto’s butt…the jawa swinging from a Ronto…Greedo’s “Maclunkey!”…and Han standing on Jabba’s tail etc. as best I could. 😃
I hadn’t actually seen the latest ‘Disney’ version before, so the new silver ‘Lucasfilm’ logo at the beginning set my teeth on edge a little - while it suits the more ‘sombre’ mood of The Empire Strikes Back quite well, I’ll always prefer the colouful previous version to kick off Star Wars and Return Of The Jedi, due to it’s more ‘optimistic’ visually-interesting look. Just a minor thing in the scheme of things, however. The likes of the Mos Eisley scenes also looked quite washed out, compared to the more vibrant colour of the previous ‘Special Edition’ releases I noted.
The kids thoroughly enjoyed the movie however, and I was glad that they got to see and hear it on the big screen for maximum impact. The score and sound effects sounded terrific of course (If I ever happen to be watching a movie on my own, I like to listen through headphones for a similar ‘cinematic sound’, so as not to annoy my neighbours!), and now they are looking forward to seeing The Empire Strikes Back and Return Of The Jedi on the big screen next week also. They are in for a treat, but I’ll just have to suck up ‘Jedi Rocks’ too, I guess… 😃