nionlights

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Join date: 20-Sep-2004
Last activity: 24-Sep-2004
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Post: #66532
Topic: Why wasn't Hamill on the commentary? (2004 DVD)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/66532/action/topic#66532
Time: 22-Sep-2004 2:14 PM

Haha, I'm kind of surprised everyone expected good commentary out of these things. Seriously, TRY staying awake for longer than five minutes on the Phantom Menace commentary (i'm pretty sure that Attack of the Clones got the same treatment). George Lucas is not only uninspired nowadays, he's also a bore to listen to. Harrison Ford not being involved in commentary doesn't surprise me - isn't he a little more adverse to the whole Star Wars thing than his castmates?

Post: #65831
Topic: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE LUCAS (on Fox News)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65831/action/topic#65831
Time: 20-Sep-2004 9:03 PM

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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
Doesn't the theatrical version of ET on the DVD have the terrorist line changed as well?

Yes, the NEW theatrical version from 200x (i think 2002?). But the original, unedited version is included in the DVD, which of course contains the terrorist line.

Post: #65814
Topic: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE LUCAS (on Fox News)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65814/action/topic#65814
Time: 20-Sep-2004 8:04 PM

I totally agree with you, man. Seriously, fans of the "Special Editions" really need to be asked the following question: at what point, at what degree of "change" in a film, do you consider the changed film to BE the original film only in name? In other words (this is hypothetical to make a point), if Lucas went in and replaced Obi-Wan a few years from now with Ewan McGregor in all 3 original films, completely changed Darth Vader's voice for some reason, and completely re-filmed entire portions of the movies, like the dogfights, to "update them" with newer technology, would they still consider the films to be Star Wars, ESB, and RoTJ? At what point, I'm asking, will one consider a changed movie to NOT be the original? For many, particularly film "purists," the slightest change denotes a new film.

For example, and this is also an example of a director LISTENING to his fanbase, anyone remember the re-release of E.T. a year or 2 ago? That's right, where they replaced the guns with walkie-talkies, added ass-bad CGI E.T., and took out "insensitive" lines? Many, MANY folks considered the revamped version to NOT be the original film, for good reason. My other point is that, originally, Spielberg planned to release ONLY the new version of E.T. in DVD form, but after much protest from the movie-going public, particularly fans, he changed his mind and released both versions in one set.

Post: #65790
Topic: I've Got A Bad Feeling About This.....Again
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65790/action/topic#65790
Time: 20-Sep-2004 5:23 PM

I don't doubt that there will be some kind of boxed set a year or two after Episode III makes its way onto DVD - note: AFTER it comes out on DVD. Lucas will try to milk as much money out of consumers as possible; I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a 6-disc set, a 12-disc set, an HD-DVD set, a set for the "prequels", another set or two for the "originals," and then perhaps, after that, a sale of each one individually, as "extra special director's editions." I'll wait for the latter to come out 15 years from now so I won't have to buy these horrendous recent endeavors in film making.

Post: #65788
Topic: INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE LUCAS (on Fox News)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/65788/action/topic#65788
Time: 20-Sep-2004 5:18 PM

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Originally posted by: Kam
Whats Wrong with Fox?
They're the only news station that reports both sides of the issues and leave sit up to the people to draw conclusions. Stupid NBC, ABC and CBS only report the damn liberals.

If he'd gone on the Factor Bill would have shown him a clip of the interview where he denounced colorizing and torn him to shreds because he'd dodge the questions and stagger in the face of being challenged.

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Hah, George Lucas on The Factor would certainly be a sight for sore eyes, though I'm pretty sure that O'reilly couldn't make a solid segment out of harassing him on that one quote. I don't think any amount of rattling would convince Lucas to put the originals on DVD, anyway - at this point he's probably very well aware of all the well-deserved negativity he's receiving from the fans.

Oh, and dude, "Fox News" is hardly that. It's a convoluted form of news, yes, but not actual news as a journalist would define it. "The Factor," "Hannity and Colmes," etc. etc. are NOT news shows, just as Hardball is not a news show. It is an hour, or a half hour, of commentary, which the Fox News "anchors" also give while they report the day's headlines. So, if you watch it to watch commentary ABOUT what's going on in the world, that's fine, but it's not real news.