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I only plan on picking up the OT. I would like a montage of all the prequel lightsaber duels cut together though. That's really all I need to see of them ever again.
#1480
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I must be in the minority because I can handle the first two prequels, but ROTS is the hard one to sit through for me. Mainly because of the juvenile humor that Lucas uses.
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#1482
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Though they are indefensible as films, I do find them enjoyable on a very basic level. The hard part will be watching them first before getting to 4-6. I also want the extras (underwhelming as they appear to be).
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I don't even own a blu-ray player but if the original originals were included I would get one. I am honestly shocked that Lucas hasn't thought of releasing the original versions of the first three with that $35,000 dollar TV as an exclusive.
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You just know that Lucas has the original versions of the movie in perfect quality. He's said that the original elements don't exist anymore. But wouldn't he have had to restore the movie first BEFORE he added all the nonsense to them to make the "Special Editions"? I don't see why he doesn't just put the original versions out. That's all I want, really. I'm not going to waste any more money on Star Wars until we get the real versions of the movies. I like Return Of The Jedi. It's my favourite one. And, except for JarJar, I liked Phantom Menace. Well, JarJar and Anakin. And the one part of Clone Wars that I didn't like was that they used CGI for all the troopers. It just didn't look right. I understand that all the troopers are supposed to look exactly the same and the Lucas used CGI to save the money of hiring a bunch of guys, but they could have done what they did for the Christopher Lee fighting scenes and superimpose the man's face on actual people. They would have looked more real.
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You just know that Lucas has the original versions of the movie in perfect quality. He's said that the original elements don't exist anymore. But wouldn't he have had to restore the movie first BEFORE he added all the nonsense to them to make the "Special Editions"? I don't see why he doesn't just put the original versions out. That's all I want, really. I'm not going to waste any more money on Star Wars until we get the real versions of the movies. I like Return Of The Jedi. It's my favourite one. And, except for JarJar, I liked Phantom Menace. Well, JarJar and Anakin. And the one part of Clone Wars that I didn't like was that they used CGI for all the troopers. It just didn't look right. I understand that all the troopers are supposed to look exactly the same and the Lucas used CGI to save the money of hiring a bunch of guys, but they could have done what they did for the Christopher Lee fighting scenes and superimpose the man's face on actual people. They would have looked more real.
#1487
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As an old geek, I am not buying the OT on blu-ray until the original versions are released.
As a sensible geek, I am not buying the prequels on blu-ray until the MagnoliaFan edits are released.
As a sensible geek, I am not buying the prequels on blu-ray until the MagnoliaFan edits are released.
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So in the end, I'm fine grabbing the complete set, even though I will concede that it could have been done better.
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I don't hate the prequels either but since I've watched each one once on DVD since launch, it's hard to justify the cost.
TPM Is easily the weakest but the podrace will be spectacular in HD.
TPM Is easily the weakest but the podrace will be spectacular in HD.
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I love the misguided self-righteousness you see when people proudly talk about not buying the set or certain configurations of it, as if Lucas is going immediately kill himself the moment he gets some report stating that the PT box sold 7 copies less than the OT box.
One thing's for sure: fanboycotts have done nothing to stop the Luca$ empire from raking in a large fortune in the 14+ years since old George started raping childhoods and I doubt anyone who stands to benefit from these sets selling well has anything to worry about.
The only people who have anything to fear are the Lucas-haters who might get caught secretly owning the very product they protested so vocally online.
One thing's for sure: fanboycotts have done nothing to stop the Luca$ empire from raking in a large fortune in the 14+ years since old George started raping childhoods and I doubt anyone who stands to benefit from these sets selling well has anything to worry about.
The only people who have anything to fear are the Lucas-haters who might get caught secretly owning the very product they protested so vocally online.
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You just know that Lucas has the original versions of the movie in perfect quality. He's said that the original elements don't exist anymore. But wouldn't he have had to restore the movie first BEFORE he added all the nonsense to them to make the "Special Editions"? I don't see why he doesn't just put the original versions out. That's all I want, really. I'm not going to waste any more money on Star Wars until we get the real versions of the movies. I like Return Of The Jedi. It's my favourite one. And, except for JarJar, I liked Phantom Menace. Well, JarJar and Anakin. And the one part of Clone Wars that I didn't like was that they used CGI for all the troopers. It just didn't look right. I understand that all the troopers are supposed to look exactly the same and the Lucas used CGI to save the money of hiring a bunch of guys, but they could have done what they did for the Christopher Lee fighting scenes and superimpose the man's face on actual people. They would have looked more real.
#1493
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Exactly, since I still haven't opened ep 3 I won't be jumping on these upgrades
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"It's shopped. I can tell by the pixels."
From the article you quoted...
Then later in the article...
You can see photos of the prop here:
http://web.archive.org/web/200608221...htsabers_.html
More info on the prop:
http://www.originalprop.com/blog/200...ca/#more-14305
So the article you linked to arrives at the conclusion that the full scene was shot, including the interior of the cave.
From the article you quoted...
Then later in the article...
You can see photos of the prop here:
http://web.archive.org/web/200608221...htsabers_.html
More info on the prop:
http://www.originalprop.com/blog/200...ca/#more-14305
So the article you linked to arrives at the conclusion that the full scene was shot, including the interior of the cave.
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I love the misguided self-righteousness you see when people proudly talk about not buying the set or certain configurations of it, as if Lucas is going immediately kill himself the moment he gets some report stating that the PT box sold 7 copies less than the OT box.
One thing's for sure: fanboycotts have done nothing to stop the Luca$ empire from raking in a large fortune in the 14+ years since old George started raping childhoods and I doubt anyone who stands to benefit from these sets selling well has anything to worry about.
The only people who have anything to fear are the Lucas-haters who might get caught secretly owning the very product they protested so vocally online.
One thing's for sure: fanboycotts have done nothing to stop the Luca$ empire from raking in a large fortune in the 14+ years since old George started raping childhoods and I doubt anyone who stands to benefit from these sets selling well has anything to worry about.
The only people who have anything to fear are the Lucas-haters who might get caught secretly owning the very product they protested so vocally online.
#1496
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I think that the biggest failing of the prequels is that we all went into them knowing what would happen, we just didn't know why it would happen. Everyone knew that Anakin was going to become Darth Vader, we just didn't know why.
And I've watched the prequels multiple times, and I really don't know why Anakin fell to the dark side other than the simple fact that he was just an asshole.
That's what we waited three decades to see?
And I've watched the prequels multiple times, and I really don't know why Anakin fell to the dark side other than the simple fact that he was just an asshole.
That's what we waited three decades to see?
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I think that the biggest failing of the prequels is that we all went into them knowing what would happen, we just didn't know why it would happen. Everyone knew that Anakin was going to become Darth Vader, we just didn't know why.
And I've watched the prequels multiple times, and I really don't know why Anakin fell to the dark side other than the simple fact that he was just an asshole.
That's what we waited three decades to see?
And I've watched the prequels multiple times, and I really don't know why Anakin fell to the dark side other than the simple fact that he was just an asshole.
That's what we waited three decades to see?
That's just one scenario that I think might've been cool.
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Bingo. There's no establishing shot, either -- just ... all of a sudden, here's this unidentifiable shadowy-looking dude (who isn't Mark Hamill), in a cave ... somewhere ... with R2-D2 and a badly composited C-3PO. And a lightsaber. That the shadowy dude is going to use to ... what? Chop off R2-D2's head? Where's the rest of the scene? He just waves the blade at R2 and then (if it were dropped into the film as is) the scene inexplicably jumps to the two droids traveling to Jabba's palace.
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Bingo. There's no establishing shot, either -- just ... all of a sudden, here's this unidentifiable shadowy-looking dude (who isn't Mark Hamill), in a cave ... somewhere ... with R2-D2 and a badly composited C-3PO. And a lightsaber. That the shadowy dude is going to use to ... what? Chop off R2-D2's head? Where's the rest of the scene? He just waves the blade at R2 and then (if it were dropped into the film as is) the scene inexplicably jumps to the two droids traveling to Jabba's palace.