Originally posted by Zampanó
Am I the only one that isn't upset by this? I grew up on the "theatrical re-releases" on VHS from 97.This is Lucas's vision... why can't he alter it to his whim? (That is, why shouldn't he alter it to his whim?)
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
And if you want to make lifelong enemies, try to change something great.
YouTube video
LOL.
"My name is George Lucas. I am a writer, director, and producer of motion pictures and Chairman of the Board of Lucasfilm Ltd., a multi-faceted entertainment corporation.I am not here today as a writer-director, or as a producer, or as the chairman of a corporation. I've come as a citizen of what I believe to be a great society that is in need of a moral anchor to help define and protect its intellectual and cultural heritage. It is not being protected.
The destruction of our film heritage, which is the focus of concern today, is only the tip of the iceberg. American law does not protect our painters, sculptors, recording artists, authors, or filmmakers from having their lifework distorted, and their reputation ruined. If something is not done now to clearly state the moral rights of artists, current and future technologies will alter, mutilate, and destroy for future generations the subtle human truths and highest human feeling that talented individuals within our society have created.
A copyright is held in trust by its owner until it ultimately reverts to public domain. American works of art belong to the American public; they are part of our cultural history.
People who alter or destroy works of art and our cultural heritage for profit or as an exercise of power are barbarians, and if the laws of the United States continue to condone this behavior, history will surely classify us as a barbaric society. The preservation of our cultural heritage may not seem to be as politically sensitive an issue as "when life begins" or "when it should be appropriately terminated," but it is important because it goes to the heart of what sets mankind apart. Creative expression is at the core of our humanness. Art is a distinctly human endeavor. We must have respect for it if we are to have any respect for the human race.
These current defacements are just the beginning. Today, engineers with their computers can add color to black-and-white movies, change the soundtrack, speed up the pace, and add or subtract material to the philosophical tastes of the copyright holder. Tommorrow, more advanced technology will be able to replace actors with "fresher faces," or alter dialogue and change the movement of the actor's lips to match. It will soon be possible to create a new "original" negative with whatever changes or alterations the copyright holder of the moment desires. The copyright holders, so far, have not been completely diligent in preserving the original negatives of films they control. In order to reconstruct old negatives, many archivists have had to go to Eastern bloc countries where American films have been better preserved.
In the future it will become even easier for old negatives to become lost and be "replaced" by new altered negatives. This would be a great loss to our society. Our cultural history must not be allowed to be rewritten.
There is nothing to stop American films, records, books, and paintings from being sold to a foreign entity or egotistical gangsters and having them change our cultural heritage to suit their personal taste.
I accuse the companies and groups, who say that American law is sufficient, of misleading the Congress and the People for their own economic self-interest.
I accuse the corporations, who oppose the moral rights of the artist, of being dishonest and insensitive to American cultural heritage and of being interested only in their quarterly bottom line, and not in the long-term interest of the Nation.
The public's interest is ultimately dominant over all other interests. And the proof of that is that even a copyright law only permits the creators and their estate a limited amount of time to enjoy the economic fruits of that work.
There are those who say American law is sufficient. That's an outrage! It's not sufficient! If it were sufficient, why would I be here? Why would John Houston have been so studiously ignored when he protested the colorization of "The Maltese Falcon?" Why are films cut up and butchered?
Attention should be paid to this question of our soul, and not simply to accounting procedures. Attention should be paid to the interest of those who are yet unborn, who should be able to see this generation as it saw itself, and the past generation as it saw itself.
I hope you have the courage to lead America in acknowledging the importance of American art to the human race, and accord the proper protection for the creators of that art--as it is accorded them in much of the rest of the world communities."
Hurm. mmm
Originally posted by Zampanó
Am I the only one that isn't upset by this? I grew up on the "theatrical re-releases" on VHS from 97.This is Lucas's vision... why can't he alter it to his whim? (That is, why shouldn't he alter it to his whim?)
Because of my uncommon brilliance and exceedingly rare objectivity, I'm neither an obsequious apologist of George Lucas nor am I among the legion of rabid contrarians who despise everything the man has released since Return of the Jedi. I understand why he concluded the scream; I see the surprisingly stable logic behind its placement: Palpatine's attempted murder of Luke is meant to harken back to the last of Vader's significant losses -- his wife's untimely death. Still, I think it's a bad decision to use the same recording; the sudden scream is so out of place. Vader goes from being completely quiet and contemplative to NO!!!!!!!!! ? That seems a trifle inappropriate to me. 😬
http://archiveofourown.org/works/224085
Holy Shit this fan fic pushed its giant throbbing cock through my face and utterly fvcked my mind!
Originally posted by Korto Vos
I'm deciding between reading A Song of Ice and Fire by Martin or Malazan Book of the Fallen by Erikson in my spare time for the next [academic] year (which won't be much).
Go with Malazan. If you start ASoIaF, you will be disappointed once finishing the current books, because Martin will need another 2-5 years before releasing the next volume. Went through the five books in the past four weeks (partitially explaining my total absense here), and now I'd like to have the next. Yet I'll probably have to re-read the entire series, when the next one comes out, because of having forgotten some of the plot details until then.
Originally posted by Turr_Phennir
Because of my uncommon brilliance and exceedingly rare objectivity[...]
That made my day. Couldn't stop laughing for about 10 minutes. Nice one. 👆
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Oh Peter Schiff, you complete me.