angbandadmin Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 i think 50/50. some of the clean up was great, but return of the jedi got ruined even more. and the scene where geedo shoots first is horrible. its an old question but im wondering how people feel now.
Boba Rhett Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 I hate the rereleased version. Han shot first. Han shot first, dangit! He did! *runs away crying* And that digital Jabba.... GAH.
edlib Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 When they finally come out with the DVDs of the OT, I hope they do something like Spielberg did with the release of the E.T. DVD, which is to include a disk of the original cut, as well as the digitally updated one in the same case.
Tesla Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 It was alright but since i never saw the originals maybe on the dvd they may have it??? And plus lucas said it was needed to be done since the negative was eroding and if it had not been done we might not be getting this future dvd release
angbandadmin Posted April 9, 2003 Author Posted April 9, 2003 see this poor guy has never seen the originals. very sad.
Darth Homer Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 I dunno, I was able to see them in the theatres, that's good Greedo shooting first & digital Jabba, bad I really hate that they made Greedo shoot first...before he was more of a bad-ass, after he's just protecting himself, which makes him not as cool
pbguy1211 Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 i started a thread like this in the OT forums and some people flamed the sh!t out of me! I HATED some of the stuff they did in RotJ. The dance scene was awful and the end was worse.
Treacherous Mercenary Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 The only rerelease I have even seen is ANH, otherwise I've seen them before the rerelease. I've even had an all nighter years ago one night watching all of them in 95 when laser discs weren't so obsolete.
Taos Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 I do think it was a good thing. I was excited to see all of them in theaters......just the funest time! I also think that GL's reasoning for doing it was to stir up excitement for SW again - just in time for the prequals to come out into theaters. He's a smart man like that! One thing I would love is if some local theater just played all 6 movies all day like on a Saturday or something. That would be one way I'd love to waste a day.
Treacherous Mercenary Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 Originally posted by Leemu Taos I do think it was a good thing. I was excited to see all of them in theaters......just the funest time! I also think that GL's reasoning for doing it was to stir up excitement for SW again - just in time for the prequals to come out into theaters. He's a smart man like that! One thing I would love is if some local theater just played all 6 movies all day like on a Saturday or something. That would be one way I'd love to waste a day. Say why don't the majority of us plan to meet at Havoc's house and and watch nothing but SW all day when the DVDs finally come out? Havoc does afterall have an HDTV and such.
JediMasterEd Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 The new dance scene in RotJ had no purpose what-so-ever. I have seen the oigionals so many times that I can tell what was changed and what wasn't. My father still has the origionals on VHS. Some of the new scenes were O.K. ANH, showing all the ships over Yavin 4 and the new lift-off scene was good. ESB, the scenery was nice. It was no longer boring, now it's a city. I loved the Besbin fly-by. I though Han shot first, but Greedo... It would be nice if the OT was added into the Enhanced version DVD, if George plans to make the first trilogy into DVD's.
darthfergie Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 I personally love the Special Edition stuff. I'd seen the originals a zillion times before and when I went to see these on the big screen...fun time had appeared. SW got a gigantic boost in fanbase and I had a ton of people to preach the gospel of EU to. I loved the new effects added and new scenes...the only thing I didn't like was that they DIDN'T PLAY THE ORIGINAL EWOK CELEBRATION! (yub yub, eech-ap, yub yub, toe la toepitikee, da loop ta day new waaa!*) ____________________________ *translated into English sounds of course
another_trooper Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 Yeah, definetly a good thing, at least for me:D
Sivy Posted April 9, 2003 Posted April 9, 2003 i think overall it was good. the clean-up was good, including the new explosions. the extra background effects on tatooine & bespin was good. the scene where han runs into a hanger filled with stormtroopers on the death star in ANH was excellent. the finale of ROTJ was ok.. it was cool seeing coruscant. greedo shooting first suck big time and the jabba scene in ANH was just plan bad. i hope for the dvd they'll redo the jabba scene. i don't think they'll change the greedo scene back, although i really wish they would.
angbandadmin Posted April 10, 2003 Author Posted April 10, 2003 i think the best is the widescreen vhs tapes out there that were kinda limited of the original trilogy. i have the regular trilogy on tape and i watch them from time to time. i hope when he puts out the DVD he puts the original cut and the rerelease or a box of six.
Darth Groovy Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 I love all the special effects remakes, but the Solo and Greedo scene was rediculous, I think Han was more interesting when you didn't reall know what his intentions were. They should not have done that.
Crazy_dog no.3 Posted April 10, 2003 Posted April 10, 2003 I have not seen the originals. This is what usually happens with me. If something has come out I buy it, but AS SOON AS AN UPGRADE comes out I don't use it becuase I know a better version is coming out. Why am I using this crap?! Also if something has come out and I don't buy it, if I hear an upgrade is coming out I decide to buy that instead, so I my first-time will be one with more features. When LOTR came out on DVD I bought it. When LOTR: Extended Edition came out I panicked and sold my old version, then waited for about 2 months.
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