XPost: alt.fan.starwars   
   From: mr@sandman.net   
      
   In article <4cddcb87$0$1604$742ec2ed@news.sonic.net>,   
    sgordon@changethisparttohardbat.com wrote:   
      
   > I really don't care if George Lucas is greedy.  I would be too in   
   > his position.  And I don't care if he releases 25 versions of each   
   > film.  I wouldn't even care if he made a version with JarJar dubbed   
   > in over R2D2.  My only gripe is that he won't release the theatrical   
   > versions of the original trilogy in decent quality.  If he did that,   
   > I can guarantee you that all complaints would cease immediately.   
      
   I can understand the kind of sheer work that would have to go into   
   restoring the originals and why he would focus on the versions he   
   actually prefers himself as a director.   
      
   It's like demanding that the original cut of Brazil should be released   
   in Bluray (which it might have been, I don't keep up) even though   
   Terry Gilliam hated it.   
      
   You may not like the SE, and I can understand why, but apart from a   
   few key moments, the SE add to the originals, and you can just close   
   your eyes when SE stuff happens.   
      
   I'm trying to think of what I disliked about the SE's... I think it's   
   the obvious with the Greedo scene of course, and also the slapstick   
   droid shenanigans when Luke is coming in to Mos Eisley.   
      
   I like that the Emperor is Ian McDiarmid in ESB, and I'm ok with   
   Hayden Christensen taking the place of Sebastian Shaw in the ghostly   
   trio.   
      
   I love the attack of the death star one with the souped up SFX and the   
   Falcon taking off from the docking bay in Mos Eisley is orgasmic.   
      
   The Jabba scenes in ANH were cheesy in 1996 but they remade it for the   
   DVD release so it looked a lot better, even though the scene was kind   
   of unneeded.   
      
   I'm not sure I can think of anything in the SE I really hated. A lot   
   of the touch up was fixing matte problems and such, which is really   
   nice. I have an old original VHS copy of the movies and well, they   
   kind of suck quality-wise, and not only due to the VHS format :)   
      
      
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