View Poll Results: Are you buying the Star Wars Trilogy Boxset and Why
YES! I prefer the revisions to the original versions!
47
20.17%
YES! I dislike the changes but hey...it's better than nothing!
127
54.51%
NO! I hate the revisionsand prefer to own the Original Trilogy only!
42
18.03%
No! I never planned to own the revised, original or super-duper special edition!
17
7.30%
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The Official "Are you buying the Star Wars Trilogy Boxset and Why" Poll!
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The Official "Are you buying the Star Wars Trilogy Boxset and Why" Poll!
I felt like others were making good points in the other Star Wars threads on how many are buying the revised trilogy being offered in September even though they bitch & moan about the changes. I was going to do this poll closer to the release time but since it is only a month & a half away...why not now.
I personally am passing on the setbeing released this fall. I am a pretty big Star Wars fan but I prefer the OT to what is being released now. What are you doing?
I personally am passing on the setbeing released this fall. I am a pretty big Star Wars fan but I prefer the OT to what is being released now. What are you doing?
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I need another option. Yes I am buying it, but I can't comment on the revisions until I actually see them. I wish the OT was available in it's original state...but I think I can be happy with the changes if they make the movie better (better leads to an entirely different debate)
Anyway I haven't given up hope that the originals will some day come out. This is the money hungry Lucas we're talking about. Having live the the OT on laserdisc, i can say there were a least 5 different releases...so what would this be the last time for dvd. Let's face it on some arbitray anivs. date he'll release the "throwback" original version and make a killing!
Anyway I haven't given up hope that the originals will some day come out. This is the money hungry Lucas we're talking about. Having live the the OT on laserdisc, i can say there were a least 5 different releases...so what would this be the last time for dvd. Let's face it on some arbitray anivs. date he'll release the "throwback" original version and make a killing!
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Originally posted by bossman284
I need another option. Yes I am buying it, but I can't comment on the revisions until I actually see them.
I need another option. Yes I am buying it, but I can't comment on the revisions until I actually see them.
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Yes. I like most of the changes. Greedo shooting first and the shoddy Jabba CGI in ANH were the only ones I disliked.
The first supposedly looks better with them firing at the same time, and the Jabba CGI looks MUCH better IMO, so I can't wait for the DVDs.
The first supposedly looks better with them firing at the same time, and the Jabba CGI looks MUCH better IMO, so I can't wait for the DVDs.
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Originally posted by brianluvdvd
Well, I did it like this b/c there is so much discussion of the changes in the Special Editions and even the new changes in the other threads as well as clips, stills, etc., of I figured most people have decided whether they like the changes or not.
Well, I did it like this b/c there is so much discussion of the changes in the Special Editions and even the new changes in the other threads as well as clips, stills, etc., of I figured most people have decided whether they like the changes or not.
So, since I had no vote option to represent how I really feel, I chose A, since saying I dislike the changes would be a lie, and there are a few changes that I really do prefer.
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NO! I hate the revisionsand prefer to own the Original Trilogy only!
What happens when HD-DVD comes along? Another updated version(s)? I'll pass. I only wanted to see the ORIGINAL theatrical cut that's all, not some updated and ruined version.
Thanks but not thanks.
What happens when HD-DVD comes along? Another updated version(s)? I'll pass. I only wanted to see the ORIGINAL theatrical cut that's all, not some updated and ruined version.
Thanks but not thanks.
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Nope, passing on this one... And I had no intention of buying it, so it doesn't really matter to me what ends up being released. I do get a kick out of reading the Star Wars threads though, from time to time... I loved the films when I was a kid, I'm of "first run" age (34) where I saw them all in the theater many times... But now? They just don't hold up, at all, for me... With all of the other great releases this fall, this is an easy set to pass on.
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Yes, because I'm getting it for free. If I wasn't getting it for free, there would be no way I'd be spending money on this set until the orginal version are released.
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I already have it preordered, unfortunately w/ DDD during their recent coupon and I can't seem to cancel it It's not that big of a deal but in retrospect it occured to me that it would have been better to wait until #3 is finished and then pick up the inevitable box set that'll be out. I mean I enjoy the movies but I certainly could have rented this batch and waited.
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Huge Star Wars fan here.
I think what really turned me off against Lucas (well, aside from the '97 versions and Episode I), was when the new DVDs were announced and Jim Ward, VP of Marketing at Lucasfilm, made the following statement:
"We realize there's a lot of debate out there," says Ward. "But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one."
http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-...004/02_10.html
Well George, the funny thing is, this country actually IS a democracy. And I'll be voting "NO" with my wallet on September 21st. Yeah, it pains me a little, since seeing Star Wars at such an early age is probably the reason why I am such a film buff today. But I refuse to be one of those people who "doesn't like it but is going to buy it anyway." I would liken that to buying a colorized version of Citizen Kane or supporting fullscreen DVDs so we go back to the pre-Criterion days of pan & scan. I will not support a new trend to revise history and forever lose the original versions of classic cinema.
I just wish others would do the same and send a loud message to Lucas that we will not stand for it.
I think what really turned me off against Lucas (well, aside from the '97 versions and Episode I), was when the new DVDs were announced and Jim Ward, VP of Marketing at Lucasfilm, made the following statement:
"We realize there's a lot of debate out there," says Ward. "But this is not a democracy. We love our fans, but this is about art and filmmaking. [George] has decided that the sole version he wants available is this one."
http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-...004/02_10.html
Well George, the funny thing is, this country actually IS a democracy. And I'll be voting "NO" with my wallet on September 21st. Yeah, it pains me a little, since seeing Star Wars at such an early age is probably the reason why I am such a film buff today. But I refuse to be one of those people who "doesn't like it but is going to buy it anyway." I would liken that to buying a colorized version of Citizen Kane or supporting fullscreen DVDs so we go back to the pre-Criterion days of pan & scan. I will not support a new trend to revise history and forever lose the original versions of classic cinema.
I just wish others would do the same and send a loud message to Lucas that we will not stand for it.
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Went with the yes, but dislike the changes. I hate the new movies, and think that the original should stand on its own, and not coupled with the modern tripe.
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Of course I'm buying them! I like those movies. If you don't, DON'T but it and DON'T complain about it.
I don't like vegetables, but you don't hear me telling the whole world how they shouldn't eat vegetables because I don't like them!
I don't like vegetables, but you don't hear me telling the whole world how they shouldn't eat vegetables because I don't like them!
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I'll buy it.
George Lucas is the filmmaker. These are his babies, and as far as I'm concerned, what he says goes when it comes to Star Wars.
I'm a bigger fan of the OT (with the exception of some of the truly horrid effects...for example I feel the space battle at the end of ANH is MUCH improved in the new versions) but I really feel this is the only way I'll own any version of Star Wars on DVD, so that's fine with me.
George Lucas is the filmmaker. These are his babies, and as far as I'm concerned, what he says goes when it comes to Star Wars.
I'm a bigger fan of the OT (with the exception of some of the truly horrid effects...for example I feel the space battle at the end of ANH is MUCH improved in the new versions) but I really feel this is the only way I'll own any version of Star Wars on DVD, so that's fine with me.