I don't know where all these masses outside internet message boards are. 99% of the people don't know or care about the changes , and the ones who do notice are like "oh that was different" and get on with there lives.

Good point.

Wow, that's twice I agree with Jello. WTF?

Somewhat irrelevant, realistically speaking (but then again, some other replies to this thread are much more so). You're referring to a marketing campaign used nearly a decade ago in a pre-DVD home video context to sell a batch of VHS and Laserdisc copies. As we know, the former is now obsolete while the latter -also obsolete, for all it's worth- never really took off outside of a very small percentage of the home video market. It's 2004: people all around the world use and are interested in the quality standards of DVD right now, not tapes or other inferior formats. For the record, I still own the original SW trilogy in tape, but I'm not more interested in keeping it or watching it in that format at this point than I would a DVDR ripped of a Laserdisc.

There will be other improved and better home video formats taking over the market after DVD in some years from now, and most movies we know (the ones not owned by people such as Mr. George Lucas, at least, it would seem) will still be preserved by converting and marketing them in their original versions for those new and improved formats.

You sure like to use a lot of words to say nothing. You point out that there will be a new format after dvd.. So what's the big deal? I can think of countless films that haven't ever even been put on VHS or for that matter never left the Rental price and went for whole sale.

You may have taken Lucas statement 10 years ago as a gimmick to sell VHS'. But it is clear now that you should have taken him serious because that he was. That was the last attempt to see the origjnal trilogy. To him they do not exist anymore.

Judging from the display, I reckon that using redundant one-liners or maybe just posting a funny picture would be more on the level. Is that what you mean ?

I do miss the academic years of the Internet as much or perhaps more than any film, but suffice to say that fortunately there are more choices when it comes to the former

Step back form the horse, sir. It's dead.

You are jibber jabbing on about somethig that has been talked to death about. How about you get over it now? We've had enough of this "academic" discussion on how Lucas raped our childhood and pissed in butts. But it isn't changing anything. The trilogy is still in its change state and THX is rather a better film with the changes and added crap in it. Don't like it? Don't watch it. simple as that.

And the point was you wanted to cut to the chase but your post was so god damn long. That is not cutting to the chase. Next time please get to the point quicker. If it's a point that has been done to death then drop it or just post in one of the already existing threads about hating lucas by using the search. Hell, look in the star wars forum and you'll find some where to vent your little internet rage against lucas.

Those one liners and images have a point. The topic you are trying to discuss has a been there, done that feel to it.

I don't think many of you gave Ice a very nice reception.