When George Lucas Attacks: A Poll

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1777869]

Comments

[pigwotflies.livejournal.com]

To be fair, I haven't seen episode 3 at all and only bits of episode 2 by being in the room when someone else was watching it. I don't like what I did see much.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

yeah same here, not seen 2 or 3

[steer.livejournal.com]

I never did get round to seeing episode 3.

[errolwi.livejournal.com]

I did a few months ago, but only to fully appreciate http://www.darthsanddroids.net/
Tragically, I couldn't get drunk enough to avoid spotting plot holes.

[i_kender]

Although the fact that I don't have Blu Ray makes the decision for me, really. If I did? Hmm. Nah. Might download some of the deleted scenes though, when they appear online. But not from Episodes 1-3 ;)

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Am waiting for the "George Lucas is dead, we can finally release a decent version" edit to come out.

[strawberryfrog.livejournal.com]

I saw Star Wars (all of it). First 3 original trilogy movies were fantastic.

But I've been there and done that. It's in the past. Can we move on now?

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

How the fuck has he changed them this time?

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

FUCK FUCK SHIT SHIT DARTH SCREAMS "NO!" WHAT KIND OF BULLSHIT IS THAT THAT!

FUCK ME! I'M NOT EVEN READING THE REST OF THE ARTICLE ABOUT THE CHANGES BECAUSE I'M WORRIED THAT HAN WON'T SHOOT AT ALL.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

[poisonduk.livejournal.com]

Return of the Jedi has Hayden Christiansen edited in as the ghost of Anakin!

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

That's some serious bullshit.

[andrewducker]

Been that way since the DVD release. Things get changed every time a new edition comes out.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

I had asssumed that after the Han Shot First anger that he would have learned and left well enough alone. At least on DVD I had the option of the original versions.

[andrewducker]

Ahahahahahaha:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_changes_in_Star_Wars_re-releases

[alitheapipkin.livejournal.com]

I still haven't seen episode 3.

I'm kind of past caring what he does to the originals these days, they will always be the grainey recorded-off-TV versions I watched a child to me.

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

For about ten years, the only copy of Star Wars I had was recorded from TV in the 80s and had awesomely dated adverts that I remember by heart because I watched it so much. Really bad 80s ready meals, weird adverts for beer, the Spectrum +2 and that sort of thing.

[skington.livejournal.com]

To me, episode four is a bit like Citizen Kane: OK, it might be really influential, but it's not actually that good a film.

[andrewducker]

It's a fun family adventure story in the spirit of the old serials. And in that, it succeeds brilliantly.

But that doesn't make it a masterpiece outside of that.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

You're right, it's not that good a film. But when I first saw it (at the age of 8) it was the most incredible thing I'd ever seen. The space battles were just amazing to watch (and listen to) and on top of that, it had light-sabres which were just the coolest thing ever.

[spacelem.livejournal.com]

I loved the original Star Wars trilogy. I don't know what changes George Lucas has added in the Blue Ray version (feel free to enlighten me), but I don't trust his judgement: I think his motivations now are different to what they used to be, and evidence from past suggests that I am not his target audience any more.

The only thing I'd be interested in is higher definition video and audio, and quality control tidying up any obvious errors (errors, not creative differences). I really dislike watching CGI characters and CGI space ships, and I think they are inferior to puppets and models: this was sufficient to reduce my enjoyment of the prequel trilogy, especially 2 and 3 when Yoda was CGI. I can't think of any changes he could make to the story/graphics of the originals that would interest me; it's always possible (but like I said, I doubt it).

That said, I don't own a Blue Ray drive, so I won't be buying it -- at least for the foreseeable future.

[tysolna]

Yep. Next, Tolkien will come back from the dead to re-write Lord of the Rings.
Still, like with Highlander, there can be only one.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

Sadly with Highlander there was more than one (two sequels & a TV series).

[tysolna]

I refuse to acknowledge those. ;)

[princealbert.livejournal.com]

...and next year the theatrical release of the 3D versions!
George Lucas; personally going around killing all horses to beat them afterwards.

[princealbert.livejournal.com]

http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-i/3dannouncedate

in case you thought i was making this shit up

[andrewducker]

I read a bunch of SF sites, I knew about that a year ago :->

And he'll stop beating the horse when people stop paying to listen to the sound. Looking at the Amazon top sellers for Film, that doesn't seem to be happening just yet :->

[princealbert.livejournal.com]

[ipslore.livejournal.com]

Including a hilarious new scene where Vader trips and fumbles a bag of popcorn straight into the screen!

[cheekbones3.livejournal.com]

Hmph, where are the options for not seen?

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Here is a list of the most awesome things about the Star Wars films:

1] Harrison Ford
2] Carrie Fisher
3] Lando Calrissian

Case closed.

I saw episode 1 at the cinema and it was boring. I saw half of episode 2 on dvd and didn't watch the rest. I'll watch the extended version of the Two Towers before I watch episode 3 ie never

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

Counterpoint: Bladerunner Final Cut is actually really good.