Why is George Lucas such a.....

[HollyBerri]

Listen, you guys-- the next person who disses the Ewoks around here is TOAST!!!

And nobody better say anything about the "girl factor"....

I know that they were kinda shoehorned in and all... and not very well, at that.

But in a movie where poor Carrie Fisher looked drawn and old, all kind of story elements set up in the first two movies were being hastily reworked to fit changes in the concept, and everyone walked around staring off into the middle distance saying "I can <u>feel</u> it....", the Ewoks were a fairly creditable effort to display the ravages of the civil war on <u>people</u>.

You know, just people living their lives.

So they were cute teddy-bear people.

But at least they displayed sadness when their loved ones were killed in the unexpected battle, were courageous and innovative in the face of overwhelming odds, and helpful and accepting of those who brought the fight into their (formerly) peaceful forest.

Which in many ways is more ordinary humanity than the larger-than-life heroes ever showed.

So knock it off, 'k?

...oh, and thanks, LAMFDTK-- you confirmed my point on an "argument" I had with someone at work... it doesn't much matter to anyone but me (it's not like the other party will ever read this thread), but I feel better, anyway...!

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Holly, who has seen about 10 minutes of TPM (the part with the animatronic pod race master with the horrific French {French????} accent), and is interested to see how much worse it can get...

[ahartman]

Some possible light at the end of the tunnel...

Dark Horizons reported that George Lucas called into an LA radio station for an interview saying he just finished the draft script for Ep 2. At the end of the interview, he mentioned that ILM was working on putting an EP 1 DVD together. No release date was mentioned.

Of course, take this with a mighty grain of salt - I didn't hear the interview and I didn't see what was on Dark Horizons - I just received the news from a friend and haven't tried to verify it yet (damn corporate firewall).

[Ghydda]

I too boycot the VHS-thingy-deal. An then bought the VCD-version. Slightly better Q over tape, no wear'n'tear dyring loop playback....

It can be found at www.absmusic.com

And I am pleased with the MPEG1 quality, it actually does look really good. It is in 4:3 format however.

The biggest benefit is, that at least I don't have to wait for the rewinding part when looping the movie.

Ghydda - thinking about if it would change anything having the bastard vaporated!

[KvHagedorn]

Well, I'm glad I got the special edition first release of the original trilogy on CAV laserdisc. George just had to screw it up with his little digital enhancements and extra characters.. he totally ruined the first half of EpIV with all the extra digitally created creatures cluttering up Tattooine and an absolutely laughable Jabba. Sad, this will be the only version he is ever likely to release again. Now Speilberg is mucking with Jaws for the DVD release (which will be in July) Adding DTS soundtracks is great, but these films are such classics, it is sacrilege to screw with them otherwise. Their directors were much better in their early days before they got spoiled anyhow. They should have more respect for their own work.

As to the DVD release of all 6 SW films, by 2006 there will be a new format which will outshine DVD and fulfill some of the promise of HDTV on disc. So we will still be shortchanged by George. He just wants his fans to buy his films in every format possible so he can make as much cash as possible.

BTW, there are a lot of great movies not on DVD yet. Most notable are David Lean's great films Lawrence of Arabia, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Dr Zhivago. Wish they'd get their act together so they could make what they can make off it and go on.. Life has hardly cheated the likes of George and Steven out of money....

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Kind Regards,

KvH