I'm as big of a Star Wars fan as I know, and I've bought tons and tons and tons of Star Wars shit, but I won't be buying the Blu-Rays. I've been just fine with most of the changes, but I'm done. I've got the versions I've got, and they're the last ones I'm getting. I can live with Greedo shooting first, I don't care if Wicket blinks, I can even sort of tolerate the new homo mating call that Obi Wan uses to scare off the Tusken Raiders, but Vader saying "Nooo" just wrecks Return of the Jedi for me...and for George C. Scott.
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I thought it was supergayballs that he changed Star Wars to include Greedo shooting first. Stupid. Like you, I wonder how many times do I need to buy this F'n movies? I saw the first 3 in the theatres at least 4-5x each, bought the VHS, DVD, hundreds in toys. George has seen my last dime.
Tell me about when Vader says "noooo!" When, what is that?
Sorry. Just realized you used the video-web to illustrate your point.
He's obviously been pretty stupid all along. Why would he mess with this stuff like this.
It keeps proving that Star Wars' brilliance was accidental.
Yeah, of all the original changes, the Greedo shooting first thing was the most supergayballs, but I could live with it. The next most supergayballs was the stupid big nosed rabbit thing singing that stupid song in Jabba's Palace. Both of those were horrible, but easy enough to overlook. But this Vader saying "Nooo" thing...man, it bugs me in a whole new way.
I distinctly remember being a kid and seeing ROTJ the first time and wigging my second grade shit when Vader picked up the Emperor and hucked him down that big exhaust port thingy. I had no idea what he was going to do, and as Vader looked from Luke back to the Emperor back to Luke back to the Emperor and then just spontaneously picks up Palpatine...it was just such an emotionally resonant scene. It was awesome because you have no idea what is going on behind that evil black helmet. Having him say "Nooo" during the electrocution is just so ham-fisted and unnecessary and undermines the emotional climax of the whole saga. The second "NOOOOOO" as he throws the Emperor is just...well...supergayballs to the max.
And I'm inclined to agree with you, Ben. I think Lucas is a fine enough storyteller, he's just a horrible movie maker. He has good ideas that are made better when put into the right hands (e.g., Spielberg, Kershner), but he is incapable of making movies worth a damn.
It almost makes you wonder if the credit for the Original Trilogy ought to go to something...or someone...else....
WoW! I took the bait. I read the article on Marcia Lucas. Fascinating. It's remarkable that her "whereabouts are unknown". A multi-millionaire who truly rode off into the sunset. Pretty sad story, tho. But, I guess it's truly American in every way.
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