Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11393126)

Spielberg drives me crazy with his no-backbone attitude.

First he does the 2002 version, which according to his intro fixes his pet peeves from the past 20 years (at that time) that made him cringe. Then people bitched about it, especially the walkie-talkie thing (which, if they had been in the original version, would have never even been a big deal) so he included both versions on the dvds. It was the right thing to do but it still felt more like he was more worried about negative feedback or impacted sales rather than any artistic integrity.

So then people continued to bitch so now he disowns it?

I personally thought that all of the enhanced E.T. stuff was a vast improvement and will miss it on the blu-ray. And while I thought the bathtub scene was too long, I will miss the extra halloween bit being in the film. Drew's hilariously bad acting is so charming.

I guess we're just supposed to accept that everything he said in the 2002 intro was a lie to sell more copies.

He could have at least let somebody have a limited Digibook with both versions. I'm thinking it's also possible that the CG enhancements weren't stored or kept in HD so they'd have to start from scratch and that's too expensive, but they just don't want to tell us that.

Regardless, Lucas may piss people off, but at least he has the balls to stand by what he says are improvements regardless of what other people say. Spielberg is just spineless.

I bet if Lucas hadn't have been involved we could have bullied Spielberg into making a good Indiana Jones 4.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11393802)

It's not that people can't change their minds, it just seems like he either overstated his excitement at the time to sell the product or he backed down now because of popular opinion.

Either way I don't feel like he a very consistant or trustworthy person.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 11394315)

It maybe would've been nice if Spielberg had included the altered version of E.T. for people who really wanted it but I believe the DVD is still fairly easy to find so while it's not high definition at least it's available if someone really wants it.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11394529)

That's all I'm saying, just include a copy of the 2002 version in a limited release for people who like it.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11394529)

The funny part is that after years of bitching, when Lucas gave people the dvds of the original versions of Star Wars, the fans immediately starting pestering him about when they would be on blu-ray. And people wonder why he hates his fans.

Oh, and for the record, I'm part of the original fan base for all of these films (born in 1974) and was a rabid fan of the films and toys of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and E.T. as a kid, watched them all hundreds and hundreds of times, and am now an artist and film buff, but easily prefer the modified versions of all of them. It happens.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 11394555)

I guess it wouldn't hurt but honestly I'd be willing to bet that most people buying this release don't care if the modified version is included or not. It seems that most people really didn't like the changes.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11393802)

Either way I don't feel like he a very consistant or trustworthy person.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11394529)

The funny part is that after years of bitching, when Lucas gave people the dvds of the original versions of Star Wars, the fans immediately starting pestering him about when they would be on blu-ray. And people wonder why he hates his fans.

Originally Posted by wahlers (Post 11394529)

Oh, and for the record, I'm part of the original fan base for all of these films (born in 1974) and was a rabid fan of the films and toys of Star Wars, Indiana Jones and E.T. as a kid, watched them all hundreds and hundreds of times, and am now an artist and film buff, but easily prefer the modified versions of all of them. It happens.

Originally Posted by lamphorn (Post 11397216)

As far as I'm concerned, however, the first Star Wars trilogy has not been released on bluray (or DVD, for that matter)

Originally Posted by Randy Miller III (Post 11398140)

Review is up: http://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/57295...rsary-edition/

Originally Posted by Shannon Nutt (Post 11397700)

Actually, it HAS been released on DVD - as a crappy nonanamoprhic extras. :)

Originally Posted by LosingMyMind (Post 11399736)

Yeah, I won't be touching this one without the superior cut included.

Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k (Post 11404086)

I wonder when Best Buy will put the DigiBook up on their site....I wonder if it will be "in-store only"....I wonder what it will retail for. :hscratch:

Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k (Post 11404171)

Thaaaaaank Youuuuuu!

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Originally Posted by Robert (Post 11404236)

E.T. in high-def with an extremely limited digibook is worth every penny of the $30.

Originally Posted by banthafett (Post 11404442)

Are they not releasing the spaceship anymore?

Originally Posted by Robert (Post 11404236)

E.T. in high-def with an extremely limited digibook is worth every penny of the $30.

Originally Posted by Mike86 (Post 11404842)

I wonder if Universal/Best Buy learned from the Jaws release earlier in the year and produced more of the E.T. digibook so that they don't run out as fast. Either way I pre-ordered mine a while back already so shouldn't be a problem for me but I know Jaws was a pain to get. I ended up ordering it from Amazon.ca..

Originally Posted by scott1598 (Post 11405709)

i'm torn between the digibook and the SteelBook™. digi is my new favorite but Steel will alwyas have a place in my heart...

decisions, decisions...

Originally Posted by BuckNaked2k (Post 11405883)

^ You could always order both and decide which to keep later on.

Originally Posted by Mr. Cinema (Post 11410506)

Tough choice here. You can get the steelbook at Target for $17.99, or get the digibook at Best Buy for $19.99 after using an upgrade and save trade-in.

Originally Posted by Superdaddy (Post 11411273)

Really would like that digibook for $19.99 with trade. I could get there on my lunch break next Tuesday. Of course, if it's a rerun of the Jaws situation, the few copies could be gone with the wind by then...

Originally Posted by lamphorn (Post 11411430)

I STILL can't find a copy of Jaws, and I go to Best Buy and Frys every week.

Originally Posted by lamphorn (Post 11411430)

I STILL can't find a copy of Jaws, and I go to Best Buy and Frys every week.