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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 1, 2011 0:17:20 GMT 2
So Star Wars is finally getting the Blu Ray treatment, with all six movies (hmm, were there six? I seem to only remember three, and some intense brain washing to convince me of it) getting released in a deluxe, 9 disc boxset. Quite what they've found to put on the discs themselves is anybody's guess, but just in case you're tempted, let me stop you there. These aren't the original versions. Guys, these aren't even the Special Edition, Greedo shoots first versions. These are all NEW versions, complete with a fucking CGI Yoda in the Phantom Menace. Because hey, the puppet just looked so shit, didn't it, especially compared to that not-dated-at-all looking CGI shit in the rest of the film. Not only that, George has tinkered even more with the original films, replacing the original audio "Krayt Dragon Call" (oh.. THAT) that Ben uses to scare off the Sand People in IV. And guess what Vader says now in Jedi? If you jokingly said, "Nooooooooooooooooooo" - remove the smile from your face. 'Cos that's what happens. uk.movies.yahoo.com/31082011/35/pain-star-wars-fans-0.htmlFUCK THAT SHIT. |
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 1, 2011 11:33:10 GMT 2
April first already? [looks at bottom right corner of screen]  Lookee what I found. This is supposedly the leaked audio clip of the new Krayt Dragon call. Dude. Lucas is fucking trolling us. No way. I keep laughing my ass off every time I play back that clip. Just no. No way that makes it into any non-spoof film. And Jesus fuck, puppet Yoda ALWAYS looked and moved better than the CG one. Fact. And here's former greatest villain ever, Darth Vader in new lame form. Seriously, Lucas? You're fucking with us. Just tell us it's all a joke. Just, like, post this image on your twitter or something:  Let us know you are just fucking with us to build hype for the blu-ray release of the ORIGINAL UNCUT Star Wars. How much mockery have you endured over this crap? An entire episode of South Park devoted to you doing exactly this kind of shit to your films and another separate ep depicting you raping Indiana Jones wasn't enough? Endless fanboy rants, derision from the film community, countless appeals to reason, dignity, cinema history, and vicious insults from every medium possible and still you continue shitting on what was originally a timeless creation loved by MILLIONS? This calls for a revisiting of an internet classic. To the fucking MOON! |
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Post by The Curmudgeon on Sept 2, 2011 0:50:01 GMT 2
"Re-visit?" I've never seen this video before. Damn it, Trash, don't keep solid gold like this to yourself!
So this "Noooooo" business. Is this Darth Vader's catchphrase now?
Sadly, the end line in that song sums up the situation. That yeah, it sucks, yeah we hate it, yeah Lucas is a self-destroying prick who obviously hates his own movies.. but we still need to buy Episode III.
And that's the problem. No matter how bad it gets, no matter how much he continues to ruin his own films.. we still love the originals so much we continue to invest time and money into the Star Wars beast.
Saying that, I haven't bought any of the prequels, haven't seen any of those horrible looking animated things and have zero intention of buying the Blu Rays either. And it's sad, y'know? For years Star Wars was my favourite movie of all time, and now I have no good feelings towards it at all, and that's all down to Lucas and his pointless tinkering.
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 2, 2011 1:17:17 GMT 2
 "I'm altering the films. Pray I don't alter them any further." |
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 11, 2011 8:03:45 GMT 2
To anyone interested in this issue, AICN has weighed in with an editorial and review of the actual set. Oh, and it seems that only the puppet Yoda in Episode 1 was replaced with CG. I can dig that. That puppet was iffy rather than awesome like in the original trilogy. www.aintitcool.com/node/51146Like Knowles said, if you don't like it don't buy it. I don't like it. Even if I get a blu-ray player, I won't buy it. Fuck. This. Shit. And mind you, I don't even care about the updated special effects or extra creatures or any of that. Some of it is pretty sweet, frankly. It's what they do to the story and characters. Han shooting first is important. It shows he's ruthless and highlights his change of character over the trilogy. Han stepping on a sniveling Jabba's tail is fucking stupid, destroys Jabba's mysterious nature and big reveal, looks like SHIT, and is wildly out of character to boot. Changing Luke's line in "Empire" when R2 gets spat out by the swamp monster from the amusing and classic "You're lucky you don't taste very good" to the bland "You were lucky to get out of there" is like changing the climactic line from Jaws to "I'm going to shoot and explode that oxygen tank to kill you now!". It not only adds pointless nothing to the film, it actually DETRACTS from it. THAT is the shit that is pissing me off. Every time he fucks with these films, they are significantly less classic and more lame. |
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Post by Mrs_C on Sept 13, 2011 15:55:58 GMT 2
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 13, 2011 20:27:20 GMT 2
I disagree. The only way you get through The Phantom Menace is to do it first. After watching the original trilogy back-to-back, no way does someone move on to the prequels and stay awake. You've got to save the best for last. It's like when I saw Cheap Trick open for Jethro Tull. Tull's a cool band and all, but after Cheap Trick they just seemed insufferable and people (including me) just started walking the hell out of the show two songs into their set. I am somebody who largely enjoyed the prequels, but in comparison to the original trilogy they just seem crummy. Best to keep your viewings of the OT and prequels as far apart as possible if you want to enjoy the latter.
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Post by InvisibleWolfMan on Sept 16, 2011 15:23:26 GMT 2
Oh, I've got such an opinion about this but I need some time to write it. I must say that EMPIRE magazine has already had a back-to-back viewing of the films way when EPISODE III finally hit the shelves in 2005. I still have their little pamphlet guide to the whole saga. Funny and insightful.
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 16, 2011 20:40:51 GMT 2
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Post by InvisibleWolfMan on Sept 19, 2011 20:25:02 GMT 2
 I've got such a rant built up in me that it's almost impossible to release...but here it is, and backed by The Rolling Stones! (lyrics below the video) SYMPATHY FOR GEORGE LUCAS
(Parody of SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL)
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a fan's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Mick Jagger
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Coppola
Lost his mind and sealed his fate
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
I stuck outside Hollywood
When I saw it was a time for a change
Filmed GRAFFITI after THX
Which Marcia edited in vain
I filled a bank
Held a millionaire's rank
When the "Stjernekrigen" raged
And the HOLIDAY stank
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
I watched with glee
While you geeks and dweebs
Fought over 3 decades
For the changes I've made
(woo woo, woo woo)
You've shouted out,
"He's altered our Trilogy!"
When after all
It's not for you but me
(who who, who who)
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for OT connoisseurs
Who get screwed each release I encase
(woo woo, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)
Just as future cops are criminals
And all the smugglers saints
As ducks have tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your trilogy to waste, um yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)
Tell me baby, what's my name?
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name?
Tell me baby, what's my name?
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
All right
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name?
Tell me, baby, what's my name?
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name?
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo |
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Post by trashcanman on Sept 20, 2011 2:51:13 GMT 2
Nice. No sympathy for Lucas, he's a hypocrite and a douche to boot. What kind of asshole takes the most universally beloved film franchise of all time and boasts that eventually nobody will even remember the original versions? The same guy who used to claim that art belonged as much to the viewer as to the artist? Who passionately supported film preservation? Yeah, that guy. If he wants to fuck with "his films", fine. But make the originals available as well. Is that so hard? It'd be more money in the man's pocket, so his refusal to keep them in circulation is clearly a deliberate slap in the face of each and every man, woman, and child who donated their hard-earned cash and made him the juggernaut he is today. I have zero respect left for the man at this point and I am officially putting him on my list of people who forgot their place and will never see another dime of money along with KISS, Metallica, and the Osbournes. Is it a short and shitty, shitty list of celebutante parasites who used to be artists I loved who now have nothing more to offer the world but contempt for the people who put them where they are. Fuck them all with a splinteriest piece of diseased driftwood you can find.
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