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View Poll Results: Which version of Star Wars Blu-ray will you be purchasing (or not)? | |||
The Complete Star Wars Saga |
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1,335 | 72.48% |
The Prequel Box Set |
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20 | 1.09% |
The Original Trilogy Box Set |
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110 | 5.97% |
Not Purchasing Star Wars Blu-ray |
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377 | 20.47% |
Voters: 1842. You may not vote on this poll |
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I can't even remember the first time I saw these movies.
My mom taped a VHS of Empire and Jedi off a movie channel when I was still in diapers, so by the time I could toddle around and talk a little I was already watching these. The 80's action figures are the first toys I remember owning. I actually didn't even know about "A New Hope" until I was about 8 years old, and it didn't strike me as odd that they just throw you right into the story in Empire. I just thought it was normal. ![]() These flicks (and Hulk Hogan) were my favorite thing in the world growing up. After watching for close to 15 years, The Phantom Menace came out, and honestly when it first came out I liked it a lot. I didn't think it was on par with the originals, but I liked it a lot and was quite into it. I was anxious to see where Eps II and III would take the universe. I was 16, not as cynical, and in love with the SW universe and mythology, so I thought most of it was awesome. Jar Jar was annoying and Jake Lloyd had some annoying moments, but I loved Neeson and McGregor, Natalie Portman, Yoda, etc. Maul was cool, the saber fights were great and Duel of the Fates is arguably on par with anything in the whole SW universe in terms of music. When AOTC came out I was 19, very cynical, but wanting to love the movie. I came out of it depressed. I tried so hard to squeeze joy out of it but the love story elements were cheesy, Hayden was not how I pictured Anakin at all, and there seemed to be less focus on cool aspects of the force and love and honor and brotherhood and more on politics, war, and CGI. When Revenge of the Sith came out I was in full cynic mode, but still didn't hate the movie. I just found it underwhelming and it didn't redeem the series from the lackluster Ep II. Over the years I regarded the PT with more and more disdain because the inconsistencies started piling up, GL started to bring the OT more in line with the PT by adding Hayden to Jedi, and I just felt like the whole thing should have been the sure-shot best thing to happen to cinema in the millennium, and it didn't live up to my lofy expectations at all. Now, with even more time to reflect, I am ready to give the PT a chance, judge it on it's own merits and not strictly as a "prequel" to the OT, and I am actually looking forward to it. I am much better at shutting my brain off and enjoying things simply for their individual merits and not burdening them with expectations these days. I think I will enjoy the PT. Nothing will ever replace the OT though, it defined my whole childhood. |
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I just remember liking ROTJ on its own. I didn't watch much ANH or ESB when I was really little. Hogan was a GOD in the 80's and early 90's. ![]() I own the PT and watch them on occasion but the OT is pure magic. Last edited by JamesKurtovich; 09-07-2011 at 09:18 PM. |
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I remember back in 2005 when I was 15, sitting in the cinema and then the screen shows "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith". I was totally blown away by it and couldn't wait for the DVD to come out. For quite a long time I thought this was the best SW movie. But as the years passed by, the older I got, and the more I watched it, I saw all it's flaws. It's still a great movie, but it doesn't hold a candle on the OT imo. Funny how age can change opinions.
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While I was waiting for the VHS release of the Special Editions to come out (man, when I got that golden colored box set, I treated it like real gold!
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I guess one of the main reasons why I don't idolize the OT is because I was born about 2 months after "Empire" came out, and I was almost 3 when "Jedi" hit theaters. I didn't grow up thinking these were the "next big revolution" of cinema. By the time I saw them, they were just really fun movies. I have no clue how often I watched the OT as a kid, but I know it was a lot. I wasn't thinking about how they were made, or what they meant to an industry I didn't then understand (or really care about). I was just along for the ride, taking a journey with my favorite heroes...and that attitude has largely remained with me as an adult. Even though I'm now interested in all the makings and such, when I watch a movie, that's not usually the biggest thing on my mind.
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It's impossible for me to unsee the films and view the OT without my rose-tinted glasses. I mean it's more than a movie for me, it was a part of my life in a lot of ways, so really the PT didn't have a chance in hell to supplant the originals. With that in mind it's interesting to hear the perspective of people who saw the PT movies first, then went back to see what the fuss was all about, and still liked the originals better. It's not to say that it's the norm, but it's definitely cool to see that it's not JUST my rose-tinted glasses making me love the OT more than the PT... there are others who've had a completely different introduction to the SW universe and have still come to the same conclusion as I have. +1 ![]() |
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Hey guys I put the BBFC timings in with the contents list, to give everyone an idea what's in-store with the set. I've left off the gallery timings and the maquettes etc. If I've made any mistakes let me know. I'd imagine Beard Esquire will paste it onto the first page.
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