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  • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

    Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
    I might be convinced to move TFA up to a B-. At some point, I need to marathon all of them. I'll wait for the 2020 boxed set, which will undoubtedly cost $Texas, and hopefully "de-specialize" what Lucas did to the original trilogy in the early oughts.
    Don't hold your breath for de-specialized versions. There is a way on YT to get them but it's not a simple procedure. Or you could just find the right person at a Star Wars convention and hope he's not undercover...

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    • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
      Don't hold your breath for de-specialized versions. There is a way on YT to get them but it's not a simple procedure. Or you could just find the right person at a Star Wars convention and hope he's not undercover...
      IIRC, the only change Lucas made that I felt made sense, was the ESB scene where Vader holographicly talks to Palps - CGIing in Ian McDirmid.

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      • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

        Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
        Don't hold your breath for de-specialized versions. There is a way on YT to get them but it's not a simple procedure. Or you could just find the right person at a Star Wars convention and hope he's not undercover...
        I think Disney will release the de-specialized versions in standalone package. The demand for them is there, it's just Lucas's ego that stood in the way. Disney already decimated their relationship with him in regards to trashing his Ep VII-IX scripts, so that won't be a concern anymore. The only question would be if the contract Lucas had with Fox kept Fox from upgrading the FX of the OT (when the light sabers would ignite in ANH, or the transparent cockpits in ESB) and leave the original stories otherwise in tact.
        "The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command." George Orwell, 1984

        "One does not simply walk into Mordor. Its Black Gates are guarded by more than just Orcs. There is evil there that does not sleep, and the Great Eye is ever watchful. It is a barren wasteland, riddled with fire and ash and dust, the very air you breathe is a poisonous fume." Boromir

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        • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

          Originally posted by St. Clown View Post
          The only question would be if the contract Lucas had with Fox...
          Or the contract Lucas signed with Disney. He may have stipulated that they could never release the original versions if they ever acquired the rights. According to Lucas, the film as it was released in 1977 no longer exists.

          Of course, Disney could "clean up" the originals and "accidentally" destroy the alterations Lucas made....

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          • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

            There's no effing way the original version no longer exists.

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            • Originally posted by ticapnews View Post
              I love the criticisms of the film that begin, "I wanted..." That's your problem. The director doesn't really care what you want and is under no obligation to give it to you. You shouldn't have come into the film with preconceived notions of what will, or what you want to, happen. Just enjoy the story. If you want Reylo or whatever, feel free to put it in your fanfic.

              Last night I got in an argument with a guy who said, "The Luke we know would never desert Kylo like that, he would try to save him!" The Luke we knew was in his 20s. How many people in their 60s are the same person they were in their 20s?

              Oh, and just because someone doesn't like the explanation given for something doesn't make it a plot hole. The fact Admiral Holdo doesn't tell her plan to Poe is not a plot hole. She is under no obligation to tell him anything. She's his superior officer, Leia had just demoted him for getting their whole bomber squadron wiped out and as she said, she'd dealt with hotheads like Poe her entire career. It makes absolutely perfect sense that she wouldn't share the plan with him. In fact, because he went to the bridge, discovered the plan and then told Finn is the whole reason the First Order found out and started killing everyone. Turns out she was justified.

              For me the Leia in Space thing is a problem but can be overlooked. The Maz piece was a video game cut scene. The whole Canto Bight sequence could have been cut - just have Finn and Rose slip inside the ship but still get caught. I didn't have a problem with anything else. The highs were higher than we've ever seen in Star Wars. Cut out the casino sequence and this would surpass ESB for me.

              I appreciate that we've been able to have a civil discussion. Other places on the Internet are a dumpster fire.
              Agreed!

              I think a few scene's from tlj will be given greater resonance when 9 is released and there is some exposition.

              I'm going to see it for the second time Friday afternoon
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              "but you're not as confused as him are you. it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel". Tap pt 1.

              "I think it's ****ing stock. What--? Which part of that is unclear to you? I think it sounds stock to my ears. I mean, do you want me to write it down?" Tap Pt. 2

              Who???! So What!!!! Big Deal!!!!

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                Ohhhhh, it's the "Leia in space" thing that is too over the top for most; I get it now. See, I simply wrote that off as she's a Skywalker, and though she's not a "trained" Jedi, she can subconsciously use the Force in dire straits, so that was an easy hole to fill. It's not like the apparently super-powered Rey ever really needed Luke's help to decipher how to use the Force, so I say just shut up and shut your mind off, woman-haters.

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                • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                  Also...I LOVED Hux!

                  "Think you got him?" 😆
                  Everything in its right place, Wisconsin Hockey National Champs!


                  "but you're not as confused as him are you. it's not your job to be as confused as Nigel". Tap pt 1.

                  "I think it's ****ing stock. What--? Which part of that is unclear to you? I think it sounds stock to my ears. I mean, do you want me to write it down?" Tap Pt. 2

                  Who???! So What!!!! Big Deal!!!!

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                  • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                    Originally posted by solovsfett View Post
                    Also...I LOVED Hux!

                    "Think you got him?" ��
                    Hux is everything I hate about Internet trolls. He's also a little b*tch when called out, just like 98% of them.

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                    • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                      Isn't Hux also a Weasley?
                      the state of hockey is good

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                      • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                        Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
                        Isn't Hux also a Weasley?
                        Bill. I knew I'd seen that face somewhere before.

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                        • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                          Also, the scene where Rey gets drawn into the "dark side hole". When she looks into the mirror, and...

                          Anyone know if Rian Johnson is a Twin Peaks fan?

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                          • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                            Originally posted by Slap Shot View Post
                            There's no effing way the original version no longer exists.
                            It exists. However, contracts, legal stuff, greed, and ego get in the way.
                            Never really developed a taste for tequila. Kind of hard to understand how you make a drink out of something that sharp, inhospitable. Now, bourbon is easy to understand.
                            Tastes like a warm summer day. -Raylan Givens

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                            • Originally posted by FadeToBlack&Gold View Post
                              Also, the scene where Rey gets drawn into the "dark side hole". When she looks into the mirror, and...

                              Anyone know if Rian Johnson is a Twin Peaks fan?
                              I said the same thing to Vera. She's never seen it so no lulz were had.
                              the state of hockey is good

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                              • Re: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi

                                Originally posted by state of hockey View Post
                                I said the same thing to Vera. She's never seen it so no lulz were had.
                                Regardless, that entire scene was very David Lynch-ian.

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