Tom Hagen wrote:Considerate of Lucas et al to realize a lot of people have no desire to pay for or own the prequels.
Yeah but it sounds like they will shaft people on extras if they go for the smaller sets.
Also doesn't 30 hours seems a tad light for six films that I'm sure could have days about them? (Alien box had 60 hours). I smell a "Super limited director's approved Bluray" in the works. Probably to coincide with the 3D eventual "upgrade."
At least it isn't 3D.
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I haven't seen the originals in years, I never really responded to them as a kid. And the prequels got worse as they went along (Episode I wasn't that bad, I suppose)... but shit if this isn't going to be the Blu-ray set to own this year. What the hell - preordered.
Just a friendly reminder--if any of you actually pay money for this through channels that will eventually make their way into George Lucas' pockets, I'm going to heckle your life like mfunk at a James Mills concert.
I thought III was the only watchable prequel. I don't think I would ever watch I or II again. Plus, let's face it: I & II were just to build a trilogy. We waited 20 years to see the events that happened in III.
I was hoping to finally see the scene with Dustin Hoffman. Maybe we'll also get the lyrics that Bill Murray orginally wrote for the Star Wars theme song.
mfunk9786 wrote:I haven't seen the originals in years, I never really responded to them as a kid. And the prequels got worse as they went along (Episode I wasn't that bad, I suppose)... but shit if this isn't going to be the Blu-ray set to own this year. What the hell - preordered.
Wait until next Christmas, the UK set will be $50 by then!
mfunk9786 wrote:I haven't seen the originals in years, I never really responded to them as a kid. And the prequels got worse as they went along (Episode I wasn't that bad, I suppose)... but shit if this isn't going to be the Blu-ray set to own this year. What the hell - preordered.
Now this puzzles me (but bear in mind I've never got the appeal of these films, not even the best of them, not even when I was eight years old) - why would you be excited to own a collection of films you don't even particularly like? I can sort of understand people being fueled by the fumes of nostalgia, but if you don't even have that, what do these films have to offer?
Because I suppose I ought to revisit them, and it's the best format on which to do so. It's not like I will have any trouble reselling the set if it goes badly.
mfunk9786 wrote: it's the best format on which to do so.
Not true. I know you haven't seen them, but the edits that will be on the Blurays are really horrendous and out of place. The whole affair is treated clumsily and with a certain laziness. The best versions of the OT is the untouched, sadly non-anamorphic, designated as extra copies on the limited edition sets as seen here. Save you a load of cash too I presume.
I have that set, and it's really not bad- if nothing else, there's a series of Rifftrax specifically designed for the special edition cut on that set, so you get a trio of decent movies and a trio of Mystery Science Theater fodder all in one box.
knives wrote:The best versions of the OT is the untouched, sadly non-anamorphic, designated as extra copies on the limited edition sets as seen here.
. Except that not only are these releases non-anamorphic but appear to be ports of the Laserdiscs and are hence unwatchable on larger screens. This is by no means an endorsement of the Blu-Ray, just to point out that those releases of the untouched originals was a very cynical move on Lucas' behalf: "You wanted them unchanged, here you go".
knives wrote:The best versions of the OT is the untouched, sadly non-anamorphic, designated as extra copies on the limited edition sets as seen here.
. Except that not only are these releases non-anamorphic but appear to be ports of the Laserdiscs and are hence unwatchable on larger screens. This is by no means an endorsement of the Blu-Ray, just to point out that those releases of the untouched originals was a very cynical move on Lucas' behalf: "You wanted them unchanged, here you go".
Yeah, I was trying to bleed out my disappointment in as few words as possible. I'd rather have those laserdisc ports(or VHS in the case of Return of the Jedi) than even the cleanest special edition.
