I can't stay quiet any longer!

[khedron]

Hi! I've been back for a week now, quietly working like a busy beaver after spending two wonderful weeks in Iowa and Hawaii. And I've tried to stay quiet and not get distracted, because oh, is there a lot of work to be caught up on. But I can't stay quiet any more -- this is Just Too Much.

CNN's list of 4 more major changes to the original Star Wars trilogy as released on DVD just now. Aieeeee! What has he done?!

(Their list says 5 changes, but one was an undoing a previous change, so I'm not counting that.)

Comments

[m00nglum.livejournal.com]

I don't know about you, but three of those five changes sound ok to me. All of them sound better than what he did the first time around.

[khedron.livejournal.com]

Nope, they don't work for me. Adding in Hayden Christensen, Senator Palpatine, and re-dubbing Boba Fett's four lines are all the sort of "tampering with a childhood memory" that Lucas says people'll have to deal with, but I reserve the right to not like them in advance. And that's even before I cast doubts upon the idea that they'll be done well -- the article says they're redoing the Jabba the Hutt they inserted into the first movie, but why should we think it'll be better this time?

Did you see this Why He Did It article which contained an interview with Lucas? Just curious.

Q: Do you pay much attention to fan reactions to your choices?

LUCAS: Not really. The movies are what the movies are. ... The thing about science-fiction fans and "Star Wars" fans is they're very independent-thinking people. They all think outside the box, but they all have very strong ideas about what should happen, and they think it should be their way. Which is fine, except I'm making the movies, so I should have it my way.

[m00nglum.livejournal.com]

I actually loved that response. "I'm making the movies, so bugger off!" Yeah! OTOH, he shouldn't be too mad when everyone pirates the old version on DVD then.

Speaking of piracy, I saw a bunch of people while I was in NYC (on the subway and streets) selling DVDs of brand new movies! I'm talking Sky Capt. and Resident Evil new. How odd. The covers looked professional, but the discs themselves were white. I wonder how good the quality was?

[khedron.livejournal.com]

Speaking of piracy...

In Chinatown here, in particular, you can find lots of people hocking pirated versions of movies. I haven't given into temptation, mostly out of my "I want to get paid for what I do" work ethic, but I have to admit, the temptation has been great a couple times, when the movie sold is one that isn't out in theatres yet, is one I want to see, and is actually cheaper than going to the movies.

I hear the quality is absolutely terrible, with many of the movies being recorded by guys with hand-held video cameras sitting in theatres, but I don't know first-hand.