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Molly

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#79411
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Censorship of the original films
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As I said, personally, the version I grew up with was the OOT, in the 1985 audio mix, pan and scan. THIS is the version I like best because it's the one I grew up with! Is it any less the OOT than the 1995 Faces widescreen laser (with a different sound mix)? You could argue that no it's not, or yes it is (since it's cropped for TV).

It is this version I would most like to see again, I think, since on a tiny screen (13") it's easier to see 4:3 stuff than 2.35:1.

Moll.
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#79351
Topic
Censorship of the original films
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One could argue for one's own perception of what the movie should seem to be to oneself, for one, when I saw the OOT, it was always in 4:3 pan/scan (except for the opening rollup and credits of ANH, which were letterboxed). I actually never saw Star Wars in any other format until the SE (and then, only once, until I downloaded Dr. Gonzo's caps). The OOT I remember is in 4:3, not 2.35:1. We may not all remember the same OOT, but the differences are minimal - unlike the differences from the 1997 and 2004 versions.

To me, fixing existing effect shots is well and good - making new effect shots is bad. And I don't care so much if I can only see Star Wars in 4:3, because until a few months ago, I had only seen ANHSE once, and ROTJSE once, in any other format.

Moll.
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#76943
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STAR WARS: The Torrents thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/76943/action/topic#76943
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Woo. More fodder for the restorationists XD because while it does have some ad-fuxoring, it's not as much as the 2004 version; and it does have cleanup work, though again not as much as the 2004 version.

The 1997 version is the happy medium, imho. I can LIVE with most of the 1997 changes. This includes the 1997 version's ROTJ ending. At least it doesn't have some half-ass hack to put someone else in place of Sebastian Shaw >.<;;;;;

Moll.