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Summary: Star Wars Trilogy
Review: One of the best Sci-Fi films of the 20th century. The epic adventure of laser duels, loveable aliens and intergalactic romance. While I don't know if they do an additional 6 video box set will or won't appear after star wars episode 3 comes out, the first three films will always been among George Lucus' best work and a welcome to any video / DVD owner collection.
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Summary: My 2 cents
Review: Just adding my two cents to the ranting and raving pro and con the DVD release of the Special Editions of the trilogy. A few points:A) George can certainly do whatever he wishes with these films, doesn't mean the fans who made him rich have to like it or buy it. I liked the original films and won't be buying these... I guess I will never get to see the films I loved as a kid again. B) George is a hack film maker and a hypocrite. In an interview from the early 80s, George makes comments about how "some directors get so wrapped up in creating SFX and worlds that they spend film time on it" and how that's a bad thing. Now who's guilty of that these days? (The doc is "From Star Wars to Jedi: The Making of a Trilogy") C) Greedo shooting first, Han stepping on Jabba's tail, Luke screaming as he falls at Cloud City... those are my major complaints about the "improvements." Each of these scenes or changes alter the meaning of the shot/sequence and thereby change the film. Let's face it on Jabba's dancers though, that musical sequence ALWAYS sucked. Don't buy these DVDs... eventually, if Lucasfilm has ANY business sense, they'll release the first three films unadulterated.
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Summary: Hmmmm
Review: With all this money he is getting, when is George Lucas going to have that goiter removed from around his neck? The first film (or I guess number 4) is ok and the Empire Strikes Back is wonderful, but then the films all became kiddified & stupid. The prequels are absolutely dreadful & Ewoks must die!
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Summary: Just rework episode 6
Review: You know, I don't really mind all the digital rework of these films. I know that people hold the originals sacred, but, hey, even the Bible was edited. So this bit of man-made fiction has the same right to tinkering as everything else. I think George should have probably left cloud city and the desert alone, and put all his time into fixing episode 6 - the series finale/let-down. George, just make up your mind what you are trying to say, and then reshoot the whole thing without the teddy bears. Do it all with digital actors, and make us truly feel it.
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Summary: Is there a "Special" Edition Mona Lisa?
Review: One reason I won't buy these is because if Lucas ever does release the originals I will buy those and never watch this edition. Also I'm not sure I'll miss much by skipping the making-of documentary since all the new footage will probably be about the added effects and how much everyone loves them. But the main reason I won't get this is because doing so would be doing my part to reassure Lucas that the garbage he's been selling us is satisfactory.
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Summary: Since when...?
Review: Since when did these reviews became a posting board for disgruntled fans? George Lucas created these films, and owes nothing to the fans who have spent twenty years (ever since ROJ) talking about how they would have done it differently.
I have been waiting for these DVD's to come out since I got my first player. I do not own the special edition versions of the three films and only saw them in the theaters. The enhancements were in no way distracting, even if they did not add a lot of value to the originals.
As for a review, these films need none. Their cultural impact is unquestioned and unequaled. I will buy these films without regret and spend weeks watching them again and again.
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Summary: Forget the Special Editions.
Review: Don't give any more money to this man. Buy the used digitally mastered VHS version of the original trilogy. It looks and sounds great and doesn't have any of those added on special effects.
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Summary: Wait for the GOLD COLLECTORS CRITERION EDITION
Review: The original was great but take my advice and wait for the final revision of this box set. I should come out 2-3 years after this one is released(ala Sept '06). It should also contain another interview with George Lucas in which he proclaims himself god. How can someone so successful be so insecure?
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Summary: Logically Both Additions Should Be Released
Review: Logically Both Additions Should Be Released What’s the loss in releasing both additions I ask? I personally would prefer the originals along with the 58,000 odd people who have joined in the petition at the Originaltrilogy website. Any sane businessperson would see 50 thousand anxious customers willing to purchase a $70 trilogy DVD set a worthy investment. As it seems though using simple logic (whether that concerns Business, Casting, Scripting, or Acting) has long since deserted the Star Wars franchise. Sadly the greatness of the original stories of Long Ago, in a Galaxy Far Far Away will forever remain a memory to the imaginative few (58,437 and counting)… ~`Andrew: Star Wars fan since age 6’~
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Summary: sigh of relief ...
Review: While opinions about the special editions run deep, I am greatly relieved that these films have been transferred to durable media. Many fans don't realize how short the shelf life of a print is. I recall in production readings on the special editions that large portions of the original prints had deteriorated beyond recovery. George had to go all the way back to carefully saved original elements and dust off ILM's retired optical printer to recompose lost footage ... disk space then was still too scarce for him to digitize everything--we look at 5 Terabytes so casually these days. As a student of the art form, I am looking forward to having these ground breaking studies in story telling and visual effects (spanning analog to digital) on DVD in my film library.
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