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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
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    David Given  wrote:   
      
   > Dan Clore wrote:   
   > [...]   
   > > I found it totally enthralling throughout, with highlights including the   
   > > Cantino scene, the trash compactor, and the final attack on the Death   
   > > Star, which must rank as the most suspenseful sequence in movie history.   
   >   
   > I have a genuine set of copied pirated bootleg copies of the original Star   
   > Wars laserdiscs --- i.e., Star Wars, as it was meant to be seen, on DVD. No   
   > CGI, no remastering, no special editioning, just the original films in a   
      
   It says EPISODE IV A NEW HOPE though.  It's not the 1977 release.  It's   
   the first retcon.   
      
   > clear, crisp DVD edition; and it's *still* looks superb. The special effects   
   > are smooth and mostly seamless, the model shots are detailed and lovingly   
   > done, it's all got that very slight graininess that's so much more convincing   
   > than perfect CGI...   
   >   
   > Oh, yeah, and that first shot of the Star Destroyer passing over looks damned   
   > good on a 16:9 TV. Nothing like the overwhelming looming presence you get in   
   a   
   > real cinema, but every time I watch it I get struck by the sheer size of the   
   > thing.   
      
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