XPost: rec.arts.movies.past-films, alt.fan.starwars, rec.arts.sf.movies   
   XPost: rec.arts.sf.written   
   From: brionl@lienhart.name   
      
   Sea Wasp wrote:   
   > David McMillan wrote:   
   >> Sea Wasp wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> 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   
   >>>> clear, crisp DVD edition;   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>     I have that too, except I didn't have to pirate it. Lucas   
   >>> released the original versions on DVD last year. Right down to   
   >>> neither "A New Hope" or "Episode IV" on the opening crawl.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>     You mean the "Han shot first" version?!?  I thought Lucas was   
   >> *never* going to release that on DVD, b/c the 'improved' version was   
   >> "his original vision, now possible due to better F/X tech."  Where can   
   >> you get those?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >     Amazon.com. They come as a "special" with the messed-up versions.   
   >   
      
   Well, too bad. I'm never buying another version of Star Wars again.   
   Lucas pissed me off too much with his fiddling around and repeated   
   re-releases.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)