[Paladin]

OK, here's the beef. GL more or less rereleased the OT in at least three different formats by now and he intends to do it in a fourth version (the 3-D released) in the next couple of years.

Also, with a rumor about replacing James Earl Jones's voice with Hayden Christiansen, I get the hunch that a 5th release might be due.

So here's the point -- how many times does GL have to rerelease the OT and in how many formats? Is he really that desperate to squeeze out all the money he can from the triology? Is he really willing to believe that his fans are going to continually dole out money time and again to buy his stuff to see what 'improvements' have been made?

What do you think is causing GL to act like this? Like an amatuer writer who constantly modifies his 'completed' works to suit his changing whim. I think so...

[Lord Aquaman]

OK, here's the beef. GL more or less rereleased the OT in at least three different formats by now and he intends to do it in a fourth version (the 3-D released) in the next couple of years.

Also, with a rumor about replacing James Earl Jones's voice with Hayden Christiansen, I get the hunch that a 5th release might be due.

So here's the point -- how many times does GL have to rerelease the OT and in how many formats? Is he really that desperate to squeeze out all the money he can from the triology? Is he really willing to believe that his fans are going to continually dole out money time and again to buy his stuff to see what 'improvements' have been made?

What do you think is causing GL to act like this? Like an amatuer writer who constantly modifies his 'completed' works to suit his changing whim. I think so...

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Lucas is either absurdly vindictive or he's suffering from a mental instability.

[StarWarsIsUs]

Maybe he has multiple personalties, each one wanting it's own version of the OT.

[littlejerryseinfeld]

it's like the beatles: they keep re-re-releasing songs... finding an old recording of george harrison drumming with his utensils at a grease spoon diner and adding it as a 'bonus track' on another 'greatest hits' album, so all the babyboomers will have to buy it.

well gen X, this is our beatles. get used to it.

[Paladin]

Lucas is either absurdly vindictive or he's suffering from a mental instability.

Interestingly enough, I thought about calling him vindictive, too. But the question about that is why would he be vindictive? Star Wars made him what he is and it is his most famous creation that everyone all over the world knows!

[ernesttomlinson]

The analogy with the Beatles is flawed in one important way. We're not seeing the original copies of REVOLVER or LET IT BE pulled from the shelves and replaced with "definitive versions" that have been changed and added to. I can still buy the true originals. Lucas will not let us do that.

[The Scornful Roman]

OK, here's the beef. GL more or less rereleased the OT in at least three different formats by now and he intends to do it in a fourth version (the 3-D released) in the next couple of years.

Also, with a rumor about replacing James Earl Jones's voice with Hayden Christiansen, I get the hunch that a 5th release might be due.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

REPLACING...

I'm just gonna have to demand where you heard that.

Like, now.

Really, all of these re-releases and Special Editions and such are becoming like Lucas stitching bits of shiny, cheap colored foil onto a rotting corpse. Only just more disgusting.

[Heccubus]

The plus side is that there has never been a successful 3D movie, so you may as well just start pointing and laughing now. Even Godzilla could not win over the 3D movie market. GOD. ZILLA.

[StarWarsIsUs]

""""The plus side is that there has never been a successful 3D movie, so you may as well just start pointing and laughing now. Even Godzilla could not win over the 3D movie market. GOD. ZILLA. """""

I hate 3D movies, personally. They give me a headache.

[ernesttomlinson]

There's been at least one good 3D movie out there, Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder. It's not gimmicky about it, however, and undoubtedly it was released in normal format as well.

[Despondent]

"Magic Journeys" or some nonsense at Ancient Epcot actually had some good moments.

Universal's Spider-Man ride's 3-D effects weren't a letdown.


Can't wait to see how they do the DS.

[Paladin]

REPLACING...   

I'm just gonna have to demand where you heard that.

Like, now.

Your request if my command!

http://www.chefelf.c...?showtopic=3002

It's on this forum, BTW!

[ernesttomlinson]

In situations that allow it, separation of polarisation allows for a much better 3-D effect than separation of colour. Some while ago Starlight Express came to Seattle and it made use of 3-D projections at various points during the play. (Most productions of Starlight Express require a big track that loops through or around the audience to be constructed as part of the staging; the limited space of the Paramount theatre disallowed this, hence the use of 3-D to show the races in progress.) I wasn't sure how it worked at first but a bit of fiddling around with two pairs of "glasses" confirmed my suspicion about the use of polarised light. It made for a very clean presentation.

But obvious this requires a special projection setup. A 3-D movie that anyone can see must rely on separation of colours so you'll always have to put up with that red and purple fringe around everything you see.