Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[imsounoriginal]

Happy birthday Star Wars -- I'd watch one of the movies tonight but... I just don't feel like it lol

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by ElvisForever

Lucas sold the films with or without the intentions of the films going on......it doesn't matter.

Most assuredly WITH.

[ElvisForever]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Most assuredly WITH.

Well yeah. I am taking two opposing possibilities to eliminate any comparison to the main point.

Kind of like sayin...you can have a black car in a crash...a white car in a crash. Either way it had nothing to do with the fact that the car got demolished.

[Hardback247]

This isn't like the Salkinds selling the Superman film rights to the Cannon Group.

[B72]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

happy birthday star wars -- i'd watch one of the movies tonight but... I just don't feel like it lol

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[imsounoriginal]

Originally Posted by B72

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Meh, I've seen them all too recently.

Maybe I'll watch Attack of the Clones. #15thAnniversariesMatterToo

[balthazar_bee]

Originally Posted by imsounoriginal

Happy birthday Star Wars -- I'd watch one of the movies tonight but... I just don't feel like it lol

That's one of the tragic byproducts of this whole will he/won't he allow the original versions to be released -- namely a growing indifference to the whole shebang among people like us. We started off as huge fans, then grew increasingly disturbed by Lucas's tinkering and revisionist intransigence, and have finally arrived at this moment in history, which we celebrate with little more than a defeated, collective shrug.

These movies deserved better. Film history deserved better. It bums me right the hell out.

Remember what George Smiley says about Karla in Tinker Tailor?

"He's a fanatic, and the fanatic is always concealing a secret doubt."

I think Lucas is playing the long game here, hoping that eventually almost no one even remembers (let alone cares about) the original versions. He won't release them again because he's worried that -- if the two are allowed to exist side-by-side a la Blade Runner -- it'll be patently obvious that the special editions brought almost nothing to the table. That's why I'm starting to think the rumours about a certain clause in the contract are correct.

Sorry to be a Debbie Downer on the 40th anniversary. But I'd like nothing more than to go home and put on Star Wars without either (a) watching an ancient upscaled laser disc transfer or (b) having to hear that ludicrous Krayt dragon imitation that now seems to come out of Alec Guinness.

[Captain Flint]

I'd watch Star Wars tonight but my friend is borrowing my box set.

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

I'd watch Star Wars tonight but my friend is borrowing my box set.

I wouldn't let my best friend borrow any of my BDs let alone a friend.

[Geoff D]

I did that once and got back some discs looking like they'd been attacked by a cheese grater. Not cool.

[Captain Flint]

Originally Posted by HD Goofnut

I wouldn't let my best friend borrow any of my BDs let alone a friend.

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I did that once and got back some discs looking like they'd been attacked by a cheese grater. Not cool.

I only loan my Blu's out to two specific friends I trust eternally. They know to take care of my property. Haven't had a single problem.

[Rodney-2187]

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

I'd watch Star Wars tonight but my friend is borrowing my box set.

How can you be friends with someone who doesn't own Star Wars?

[Geoff D]

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

I only loan my Blu's out to two specific friends I trust eternally. They know to take care of my property. Haven't had a single problem.

Dude took care of my stuff after I made him buy me another copy of said DVD which was scratched so badly that it kept skipping and breaking up.

[Ernest Rister]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I did that once and got back some discs looking like they'd been attacked by a cheese grater. Not cool.

Loaned out From the Earth to the Moon to a friend, set came with the discs covered in dried up picante/salsa sauce.

[Scarface32]

Originally Posted by Geoff D

I did that once and got back some discs looking like they'd been attacked by a cheese grater. Not cool.

I let someone borrow an iPod once, the screen had cheeto dust embedded into it when I got it back.

[rickah88]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Loaned out From the Earth to the Moon to a friend, set came with the discs covered in dried up picante/salsa sauce.

That's called a return on investment.

[bobbyh64]

Originally Posted by Ernest Rister

Loaned out From the Earth to the Moon to a friend, set came with the discs covered in dried up picante/salsa sauce.

That sucks, although in his defense discs taste better with salsa.

[Captain Flint]

Originally Posted by rodneyfaile

How can you be friends with someone who doesn't own Star Wars?

He's a bigger fan than I am. He's read just about every Star Wars book and owns tons more memorabilia than I do. He works a ton and has a social life, buying movies isn't at the top of his to-do list I guess.

[Captain Flint]

I didn't realize loaning out a movie to a friend would get so much backlash holy shit

[HD Goofnut]

Originally Posted by Captain Flint

I didn't realize loaning out a movie to a friend would get so much backlash holy shit

That's because I have had experience during the VHS and DVD stays. You should have seen some of the DVDs that came back when I worked at Blockbuster for 2.5 years.