Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[ParkerAL]

Wow. Neither side is making themselves look particularly good in this thread. I guess I'll just leave my two cents and duck for cover:

As a 22-year-old who grew up on the Star Wars Special Edition, I want a quality Blu Ray release of the original theatrical cuts as much as anyone who saw Star Wars first in 1977. I'm fed up with George Lucas and his trolling ways. I just want to see my favorite sci-fi film trilogy treated with respect.

[The Film Expert]

I'd say that the content fans have been more collected than the entitled fans since the entitled fans seem to be the ones talking about us thinking that critics are child molesters for not liking the prequels, saying that people who like the prequels have mental health conditions, and resorting to personal attacks and spamming. It's not like talk about the theatrical cuts even belong in this thread, I'd say they they should be in the wishlist section. That way those who enjoy these releases can talk about them without fear of being attacked and those who want to talk about the theatricals can post in the wishlist section. Even though I doubt that would eliminate all the fighting, I think it would decrease it by a bit.

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by octagon

So you've been part of this back and forth for fifteen years and the haters are the ones who just can't let go?

Okay.

They're the instigators, so...yes.

[svenge]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

They're the instigators, so...yes.

Try having your favorite film(s) progressively degenerate with an accumulation of terrible revisionist "ideas" which get worse every seven years [1997, 2004, and 2011] and get stuck with your preferred version being restricted to at best a non-anamorphic DVD (with all of 270 lines worth of vertical resolution!) and see if you'd remain silent regarding the situation...

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by al cos.

Content Fan seems pretty fragile.

LOL! If Content Fan is fragile, Entitled Fan is absolutely dissolved.

[PeterTHX]

Originally Posted by BillieCassin

First, I'm very glad that you have a child that age around who actually plays with toys! That in and of itself is amazeballs, LOL.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

Well, as soon as my nephew puts his toys down he's on the ipad to play Minecraft with his brother.

My kids like playing with their PHILADELPHIA action figures & toys.


I can't seem to find the Philadephiasaurus though.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by svenge

Sycophantic revisionist "fan" is delusional.

Case in point.

[happydood]

Originally Posted by The Film Expert

I'd say that the content fans have been more collected than the entitled fans since the entitled fans seem to be the ones talking about us thinking that critics are child molesters for not liking the prequels, saying that people who like the prequels have mental health conditions, and resorting to personal attacks and spamming. It's not like talk about the theatrical cuts even belong in this thread, I'd say they they should be in the wishlist section. That way those who enjoy these releases can talk about them without fear of being attacked and those who want to talk about the theatricals can post in the wishlist section. Even though I doubt that would eliminate all the fighting, I think it would decrease it by a bit.

This. A hundred times, this.

I know lots of folks who don't like the prequels or George Lucas, or the Special Editions and want the UOT and don't resort to these tactics. It's not everybody. But it does exist here.

Edit: And I want the UOT. But, man, people who let themselves lose their ****, fly off the handle and call people 'sycophants' without thinking first... kinda glad I don't know ya.

[thebard]

Originally Posted by The Film Expert

I'd say that the content fans have been more collected than the entitled fans since the entitled fans seem to be the ones talking about us thinking that critics are child molesters for not liking the prequels, saying that people who like the prequels have mental health conditions, and resorting to personal attacks and spamming. It's not like talk about the theatrical cuts even belong in this thread, I'd say they they should be in the wishlist section. That way those who enjoy these releases can talk about them without fear of being attacked and those who want to talk about the theatricals can post in the wishlist section. Even though I doubt that would eliminate all the fighting, I think it would decrease it by a bit.

And any wish list thread started will likely be merged directly into this one, so what's the point?

That said, if the mods feel this is the way to go, I for one will be happy to frequent an alternate thread... provided they are even-handed, and instist on separate threads for Last of the Mohicans, Dumb and Dumber, Apollo 13, THX-1138, American Graffiti, etc...

[Lord Method Man]

Originally Posted by ParkerAL

Wow. Neither side is making themselves look particularly good in this thread. I guess I'll just leave my two cents and duck for cover:

As a 22-year-old who grew up on the Star Wars Special Edition, I want a quality Blu Ray release of the original theatrical cuts as much as anyone who saw Star Wars first in 1977. I'm fed up with George Lucas and his trolling ways. I just want to see my favorite sci-fi film trilogy treated with respect.

You're just whiny and entitled.

[Gold Ranger]

What about the fans that want the movie to look the best, with errors and glitches fixed? Where would they fit into this "discussion?"

Like I said, I feel that the 2004 Editions were the best versions of the Original Trilogy as a Saga.

There were just so many technical things wrong with the Films.

The Prequels also suffered on DVD as well as Blu-Ray.

I just want a great looking set!

I still refuse to to buy them until they ALL get a proper restoration, Colour Grading, Error Fixed release!

[Kryptonic]

Originally Posted by svenge

Try having your favorite film(s) progressively degenerate with an accumulation of terrible revisionist "ideas" which get worse every seven years [1997, 2004, and 2011] and get stuck with your preferred version being restricted to at best a non-anamorphic DVD (with all of 270 lines worth of vertical resolution!) and see if you'd remain silent regarding the situation...

Tissue for cry?

[Gold Ranger]

Originally Posted by svenge

Hell up for you to shut?

what?

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by KaineKinetic

what?

I'm scratching my head at that as well. And Content fans are "fragile"?

[happydood]

Originally Posted by svenge

Hell up for you to shut?

(high-fives self) "Oh man, I RULED that message board today!"

[Blu Titan]

I posted the following in the Feedback Forum today and it stands. Please be considerate in your postings. Do not spam this thread with the same "G.L. Sucks!" or "G.L. is God" mentality. This thread is for all of the members...

Make your point and move on. Do not make the same post over and over, do not bait others, do not insult others, discuss and do not argue...ect.

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

The bickering in the Star Wars thread is beyond ridiculous...going in circles for eternity. It is quiet for a few months and once news emerge the whole debate starts again. The moderators review the posts and sometimes suspensions are issued...it is a judgement call.

I'll look over the thread and I will look for trolling and post whoring there. People posting multiple times a day will start receiving "cooling off" suspensions. People reporting posts that they do not agree with will start getting short suspensions.

Basically the will be brought under control. If members are posting there more than ONCE a day, they are posting too much. If members are posting the SAME thing every day, they are posting too much. The thread will NOT be hijacked by a few members. That is all.

[Geoff D]

I think you'd be better off just closing the thread.

[bongozoid]

Originally Posted by Kryptonic

That's true, but he's admitted that even though he was the head of a billion dollar corporation, it allows him to have the artistic freedom he always wanted and in essence he remained independent of the Hollywood system for over thirty years. He's an independent filmmaker....with money.

He directed a total of 6 films in his career.
And only half of them are good.

Oh yeah, he really took advantage of being an 'independent filmmaker'

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I think you'd be better off just closing the thread.

Or, and I've suggested this before, why not have a positive/negative thread? A rant/rave thread?
Star Wars would be the perfect demo device to try this out. Afterall what would you have to lose, at this point?
Folks that don't like what has happened with the films can rant in one thread, and folks who like what has happened can rave in the other thread. Never the two shall meet.
You could try it for a month and see what happens, kind of like a beta test.
Just an idea.

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by rickah88

Or, and I've suggested this before, why not have a positive/negative thread? A rant/rave thread?
Star Wars would be the perfect demo device to try this out. Afterall what would you have to lose, at this point?
Folks that don't like what has happened with the films can rant in one thread, and folks who like what has happened can rave in the other thread. Never the two shall meet.
You could try it for a month and see what happens, kind of like a beta test.
Just an idea.

I love discussing Star Wars, whether it's good, bad or ugly, but reasoned discourse isn't available anywhere it seems. TFN is incredibly pro-SW and, dare I say it, too nerdy even for me, whereas pretty much every other 'normal' forum that I frequent devolves into the same Lucas hate time and time again.