Well, GL just wants the most ultimate version around, closest to his vision. I can respect that. I think he release the original versions under public pressure, but he won't remaster or restore the original versions. In a way, he is fairly consistent with his 'films are not finished, only abandonded" approach...
Howvere, the SE and the DVD editions of the OT did not make history. The original versions did.
Originally posted by sapphiremouse
would you release every possible formatt at the same time if you could make ooddles and ooddles of money by releasing the dif. formatts out 1 by 1....... i think not. get a clue, some of the marketing isnt intentional. they do special editions and remakes to preservere and improve on the original screen play. Since Star Wars was put together under a strict time frame and buget. about 85% of George Lucusas ideas were set on film back in the 70's. Computers make it so much easier to clean up and add finer details to the film. 💃
well duh he obviously wants to make more money but its just annoying
Originally posted by queeq
Well, GL just wants the most ultimate version around, closest to his vision. I can respect that. I think he release the original versions under public pressure, but he won't remaster or restore the original versions. In a way, he is fairly consistent with his 'films are not finished, only abandonded" approach...Howvere, the SE and the DVD editions of the OT did not make history. The original versions did.
i can understand that its the same thing with art, its never finished the artist wants to keep perfecting it and that is what GLs doing with SW hes obviously not going with what the fans want but with what HE wants which i think is a good thing and a bad thing
It's a good thing for a filmmaker to trust his own intuition. It's a bad thing if it doesn't work out too well.
I myself was really quite shocked how he changed the original groundbreaking look of SW, expecially ANH: the clear, somewhat palish look, verym neutral en documentary styled. THat was an awesome approach at the time, adding much to its reality, fitting in perfectly in lucas' 'used future' ideas. Even though lucas wanted it heavily filtered, the cameraman really made the perfect choice for Lucas. And now he reworked it and basically screwed it up.