George Lucas Strikes AgainI read this article with the same dismay that Star Wars fans world over have felt: What are you doing to our beloved stories, Lucas? Can't you leave them alone
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I can live with blinking Ewoks and a few more TIE fighters, but the new Vader dialogue is a no-go for me. The scene of Vader's redemption is one of my personal favorites in film. Whatever flaws RotJ has, that scene really hit me as a kid and remains a favorite. Adding ridiculous dialogue to it only cheapens the whole effect, and proves that Lucas has zero understanding of nuance. That addition alone saves me the money of buying the set!
While an artist may have the rights to monetize on their artwork while they're alive, at some point the work leaves their hands and is no longer theirs.
I agree completely with this comment. There's a point where your characters really cannot be changed because they have taken on a life of their own in the culture. Otherwise Lucas' changes would keep cheapening the story (IMO) and it would become bad fan fiction...(sorta like the Twilight series ended up...even though it was like bad ff to start out with lol.)
You know, that's a really good point. What Lucas is doing now, what he doesn't seem to be aware of, is that he's making a parody - a caricature - of his own story. He's losing respect as an artist. :/
The scene of Vader's redemption is one of my personal favorites in film. Whatever flaws RotJ has, that scene really hit me as a kid and remains a favorite. Adding ridiculous dialogue to it only cheapens the whole effect, and proves that Lucas has zero understanding of nuance.YES. Because without dialogue, that scene means that he finally chose to change sides, and stands firmly in that decision. Adding the dialogue (ARGH!) makes it seem as though he instantly regrets it - it's more of a childish reaction than one for a person of Vader's age, even though we know he was severely childish when he started to turn (which I hate, but whatevs, that's why I don't really watch the prequels). It feels like something he should regret later, and in the moment, just feel a bit of numb shock about killing a man who has been so integral to his life for so many years. I'm waiting for them to add a "score!" fist to the death of Obi-Wan scene to complete the idea that Vader isn't a character, he's a caricature
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Yep, the release came with both the special edition versions and the theatrical versions - a 2 disc set and all! They came out quite awhile after the special editions first came out. Don't know if you can find them anymore, but they were sold individually, not as a set, and had the original movie poster cover art.
I have just discovered (or rediscovered) that I have a DVD set of SW in a drawer that I don't remember buying. It *looks* like it might be the original, un-cgi versions but I'll have to watch them to be sure.
I wonder also, if part of this is that every artist (no matter how famous or not) needs an editor: someone who will sit down with them, review the work/change/etc and tell them honestly if it doesn't need to happen.
Maybe no one wants to be "that guy" to George Lucas, but fans certainly aren't afraid to say what we all know to be true.
I can live with blinking Ewoks and a few more TIE fighters, but the new Vader dialogue is a no-go for me. The scene of Vader's redemption is one of my personal favorites in film. Whatever flaws RotJ has, that scene really hit me as a kid and remains a favorite. Adding ridiculous dialogue to it only cheapens the whole effect, and proves that Lucas has zero understanding of nuance. That addition alone saves me the money of buying the set!
While an artist may have the rights to monetize on their artwork while they're alive, at some point the work leaves their hands and is no longer theirs.
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You know, that's a really good point. What Lucas is doing now, what he doesn't seem to be aware of, is that he's making a parody - a caricature - of his own story. He's losing respect as an artist. :/
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second round of dvd releases came with the original theatrical cuts
Really? Like, no cgi Jabba and Han shot first?
My parents have an old VHS set of the original trilogy before CGI came in but I don't even have a VHS player anymore. lol
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Maybe no one wants to be "that guy" to George Lucas, but fans certainly aren't afraid to say what we all know to be true.
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