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- #37311
- Topic
- BOYCOTT (the 2004 OT SE DVD release)
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/37311/action/topic#37311
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CartoonBeaver
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- 11-Feb-2004
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- 21-May-2004
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- #33486
- Topic
- NEW SECTION ON SITE: MAP OF USA
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33486/action/topic#33486
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- #33247
- Topic
- NEW SECTION ON SITE: MAP OF USA
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33247/action/topic#33247
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Let's also have a section where we list REAL, LIGITAMTE, NON-DEGRADING reasons why the ORIGINAL trilogy should be released.
Let's also try to get a list of all the famous people/movie studio unions and anyone involved in the ORIGINAL trilogy to sign on AGAINST the plans to never release the original!! Having a list like this would help greatly in convincing people not to buy the DVD set!
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- #33246
- Topic
- SE Trilogy on DVD coming this Fall
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33246/action/topic#33246
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WE HAVE TO AT LEAST TRY!
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- #33245
- Topic
- George Lucas' explanation why the OT is obsolete to him
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33245/action/topic#33245
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- #33237
- Topic
- It's official! the 2004 OT DVD release will be the Special Editions :(
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33237/action/topic#33237
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CartoonBeaver gets to his local Best Buy right when the open on September 21st, since he figured there would be a line in the morning he left much earlier so he would be first in line at the store. Before he left his house he grabbed some printed documents and other information that he will use to persuade people not to buy Star Wars on DVD.
CartoonBeaver arrives at Best Buy and as people come up to wait outside of Best Buy he introduces himself politely and begins to ask if they are here for the Star Wars DVDs. If so CartoonBeaver hands them a piece of paper and starts to explain how if we the consumers do not take a stand now we will never see the ORIGINAL trilogy ever again. We will also say that (no matter how you personally feel) that Lucas's choice to make the Special Editions the "definitive" story (even though we know he's got an "archive" edition coming) we still would like to preserve this CLASSIC movie for others to watch for the first time.
From there the person has two choices, ignore you or say okay. If they say okay ask them if they would mind staying there with you to inform others or if they would like to come to the store later in the day and help ask people not to buy the DVDs.
WE CAN DO THIS, IT'S GOING TO REQUIRE ORGANIZATION THAT SHOULD START ON THIS SITE, A MAP OF THE COUNTRY WITH PEOPLE VOULUNTEERING THEIR TIME AND WHAT STORE THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO TO! WE HAVE LITTLE TIME!!!
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- #33236
- Topic
- NEW PETITION!!
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33236/action/topic#33236
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- #33234
- Topic
- what happens to originaltrilogy.com???
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/33234/action/topic#33234
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NO NO WE WON'T BUY!
and of course we're not going to be violent, just informative to consumers who don't know any better!
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- #32856
- Topic
- It's official! the 2004 OT DVD release will be the Special Editions :(
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/32856/action/topic#32856
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WE WON'T BUY ANY STAR WARS DVD SET UNLESS IT INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL DVDS!!!!
Let's get 100,000 people to sign it!!! Tell all your friends! Tell every news website! Make their "artistic vision" change!!!!
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- #32855
- Topic
- NEW PETITION!!
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- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/32855/action/topic#32855
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WE WON'T BUY ANY STAR WARS SET UNLESS IT INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL DVDS!!!!
We get a few ohhh I don't know a few 50,000 signatures to that and we'll see how their "artistic vision" changes!
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- #32854
- Topic
- SE Trilogy on DVD coming this Fall
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/32854/action/topic#32854
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We'll get more signatures for the current petition but now
It's time to start a new petition!!!
WE WON'T BUY ANY STAR WARS SET UNLESS IT INCLUDES THE ORIGINAL DVDS!!!!
We get a few ohhh I don't know a few 50,000 signatures to that and we'll see how their "artistic vision" changes!
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- #32852
- Topic
- what happens to originaltrilogy.com???
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/32852/action/topic#32852
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Time to go into OVERDRIVE!
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- #32851
- Topic
- It's official! the 2004 OT DVD release will be the Special Editions :(
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/32851/action/topic#32851
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This worries me even more because now I'm more than positive that they're going to "double dip" the Episodes 4, 5, and 6 DVDs. So what does that mean for us fans? Shelling out $50-$70 dollars in September and then again whenever they decide to release the "super archive versions" and then even more money when and if they release the originals. That's a lot of money for one movie series especially when there is only one real version of it that anyone wants! So do we just put up with it and complain on forum boards and write emails? Yes! but we also start to get organized and start to complain even louder! The original films might not exist in Lucas's eyes but they do to people who won Oscars for those original special effects, they matter in the history of film, that's fine if Lucas wants to add more or take out whatever he wants because after all they are HIS films. However to destroy CLASSIC films to the point that even in a years time no one will ever be able to experience is just STUPID! So what we do is we go to the Best Buys, and Wal-Marts on September 21 and we protest outside the store or right next to the display of Star Wars DVDs telling people not to buy them and to wait since these versions are inferior. If we ALL stand together and get others to stand with us, enough to where it HURTS 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm's pocket books then you better believe they'll take this 4 disc set off the store shelves, re-master the ORIGINAL TRILOGY and have it back in stores by Christmas of this year! (Which we've all waited this long so another few months wouldn't hurt) However if we all fail and these copies sell out in the first few weeks and get touted as the fastest selling trilogy ever then we're going to have to wait a RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRrreally long time before we see the originals if at all. In fact if they do break any sell through records then you can pretty much bet the Originals will never see the light of day again.
Let's use this website to organize around the country to get people ready to go to any big places where DVDs are sold where they live and talk to customers as they reach to buy a Star Wars DVD and give them information that most normal consumers don't have. We can use the forums on this site to come up with a list of reasons and explanations to give to customers that will be quick and to the point and quickly convince them that it's not worth the money right now.
If we organize correctly now and Lucasfilm and more importantly 20th Century Fox see that across the country their going to potentially have hundreds (hopefully thousands) of "angry Star Wars fans" at major retailers around the country trying to get people NOT to buy the Star Wars DVDs they might start working on re-mastering the ORIGINALS now so that they can be released on September 21.
I work at a video store myself and I promise you that no one will be buying the Star Wars DVDs from where I work!