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   From: rhandley@optonline.net   
      
   The Merry Piper  said:   
   >On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 14:37:58 -0500, Rich Handley   
   > wrote:   
   >>The Merry Piper  said:   
   >>>On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 03:56:28 -0600, girlsgonemild@tempur.nul wrote:   
   >>>>I'd just like a DVD of the original SW trilogy like it was shown in   
   >>>>the theaters the first time.   
   >>>If you don't mind my asking -- why?  This is not a challenge or   
   >>>flame-bait, by the way.  I've heard this sentiment expressed before   
   >>>and I'm curious as to why you feel that way.   
   >>Because a lot of the changes made for the Special Edition weren't very   
   >>good.   
   >Okay, I spewed soda through my nose when I read this.  I was angling   
   >for something a little more explicit but appreciate the input anyway.   
      
   Heh heh.  Well, see, here's the thing - -over here at the Star Wars .misc   
   group, that's a subject we've been discussing on and off since they aired   
   in theaters, and at this point, I didn't have it in me to rehash all the   
   many things people dislike about the so-called Special Editions.  Suffice   
   to say that a lot of us felt that changing the film was kind of like   
   updating the Mona Lisa's hairstyle to match Rachel's hairdo on Friends.   
   Yeah, she'd look hotter...but what was wrong with her before?  And worse   
   than that, she looks damn strange with a modern look when we all know she's   
   not a modern woman.   
      
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