Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<It's a cash grab, and I for one am not buying them.>> I am going to throw some fat on the fire and disagree with you. There will always be new generations of SW fans, or at least viewers. It's no different than with the toys... how many times do they need to keep making SW action figures? Well, kids keep being born, and people keep buying 'em. Also, not everyone jumps when movies are released on tape, dvd, whatever. I personally don't own any of the films on DVD. So I welcome them (but I probably won't buy these either, and will wait for the uber-box set.)
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb These are limited release, they'll be gone after the holidays with no guarantee the theatrical versions will ever be available again.
Originally Posted By ecdc I have no problem with Lucas releasing the films multiple times. I do have a serious problem with the quality. To release them in non-anamorphic widescreen is unacceptable. Anamorphic has become the standard in DVD - by not releasing them that way you are, by definition, releasing something that is sub-standard. The best information is here: <a href="http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa120.html" target="_blank">http://www.thedigitalbits.com/ mytwocentsa120.html</a> (read the first post on the page) and here: <a href="http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa121.html" target="_blank">http://www.thedigitalbits.com/ mytwocentsa121.html</a> (read the last post at the bottom of the page, the 5/19/06 post).
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Slightly off-topic, but... Has anyone been playing the new Lego Star Wars II game? Such fun! I won't spoil it, but the cut scene where Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker that he is Luke's father is priceless...
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Don't have it yet, because I have a sneaking suspition a certain 10 year old boy in our house will be getting it for Christmas. I'm just psychic that way.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF ^^^ Well, I can tell you, it's an improvement over the first volume. The vehicle levels are great fun.
Originally Posted By hightp I got Lego II for my son and he loved it. I watched it for a while, and thought the games looked pretty fun. Check out the 'Beach Trooper'. He's wearing a Stormtrooper helmet, and a Speedo.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <Does anyone know if it's truly the original -- with the old special effects et al [Han Solo doesn't shoot first etc.]> <I admit, I fell for purchasing the origional Star Wars (it is NOT A New Hope, at least not to me) just so I can have a version where Han shoots first... Now I have the theatrical release of SW, I don't think I'll EVER watch the Greedo shoots first version again> What's the deal with all this "Hans shoots first/Greedo shoots first" stuff? It sounds very silly to an outsider, lol.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA In the original 'Star Wars' -- there's a scene in a bar where Han Solo [Harrison Ford's character] is confronted by an alien character named Greedo. Greedo is there to collect money that Han Solo owes Jabba the Hut. Unseen to Greedo, Han has his gun in his hand, and quickly kills Greedo with one shot. For the more PC world, they changed the scene -- with magical special effects, to make it appear that Greedo took a shot at Han Solo first, which misses, and then Han Solo kills him. It looks weird, and doesn't really work anyway.
Originally Posted By mawnck More interesting than you realize. Greedo is a professional bounty hunter, he's sitting across a table like two feet from lead character Han Solo, shoots directly at his face, and MISSES. So this isn't just fanboy ranting. It's an alteration of monumental stupidity, and would have been considered ludicrous in any movie, let alone a flick with a following like Star Wars.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy LOL...*very* interesting... And hey, I'm not one to laugh at y'all about this. I'm a fanboy about some of the stuff I love, so I understand...even though being a case of monumental stupidity is kinda funny, lol.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb The whole thing has spawned the phrase... "That's the worst idea since having Greedo shoot first". Part of Han's charm is he is NOT a nice play it by the book kinda guy and in the theatrical version that is made PERFECTLY clear in this scene. The remaster changes that and it messes with the character (and it looks hokey ta boot). NOT that I have an opinion on the subject, lol
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <The whole thing has spawned the phrase... "That's the worst idea since having Greedo shoot first".> LOL! <Part of Han's charm is he is NOT a nice play it by the book kinda guy and in the theatrical version that is made PERFECTLY clear in this scene. The remaster changes that and it messes with the character (and it looks hokey ta boot). NOT that I have an opinion on the subject, lol> LOL! I know exactly how you feel...I had get on my soapbox about the original vs new ordering of the Narnian books tonight (original is the ONLY way).
Originally Posted By knightnfrees <<The whole thing has spawned the phrase... "That's the worst idea since having Greedo shoot first".>> I think that was first coined in of the Kevin Smith films, if I'm not mistaken.
