George Lucas to re-release the original Star Wars trilogy... again!

[Sgt Floyd]

Well, like I said, I dont care if a director wants to "fix" or "improve" something. Its their movie, they can do what they want to it. I just think that they should still have the original, untouched version available for purchase as well.

 

[Drtooth]

Yeah, but Jim was always about playing around in new media. I mean, that's how he got his start, just wanting to be on TV.

But I do not see him going back and changing everything, replacing sequences, CGI super impositions in older films. I DO see him using newer technology for future projects, just not monkeying around with the old ones, like Lucas is doing here. If Jim was obsessed with future technology, I'd dare to say he'd rather leave the older stuff in the dust than screw with it... but I would like to think he kept some of the classic styles and characters going.


George is all about thinking he wants something that he thought he wanted. He's said stuff like I wanted Mos Eisle to be a bustling space port and I wanted the Puppets in Jabba's palace to perform a musical number. In cases, he says he wants outcomes to be different, awkward connections to anachronistic movies, and all that stuff.

There's director's cut (where the director's version of a movie with scenes cut by the studio so multiple runnings can fit in a multiplex or to get a specific film rating), but this is director's meddling. A few new scenes here and there that pre-existed are fine... but when they have to change the content in the movie, that's ridiculous.

That said, I REALLY hope the awkward musical number based on the Musical version won't be added into The Lion King 3-D. I mean, could they at LEAST have got someone that sounded more like Rowan to do the voice. it's hardly seamless.

 

[CensoredAlso]

I don't know; Jim seemed more like the type to say, "We did that, old news, moving on." I'm not sure he would have been interested in fixing old projects, when there were new projects to be made.

 

[Drtooth]

The only thing I think they should fix with the Muppet movie is to add back in the extended full version of "I hope that Something Better Comes Along" and the ending where you actually can hear them talking over the music.

 

[Frogpuppeteer]

getting ready for criticism but i have to admit ...really in all the changes to the original 3 nothing has ever really bothered me...small details dont bug me or erk me like they do a friend of mine who is so mad after being a star wars fan for years out of spite he is getting rid of every star wars item he owns..i have my reasons for liking this "new additions" and ill post why if someone wants me too

 

[CensoredAlso]

getting ready for criticism but i have to admit ...really in all the changes to the original 3 nothing has ever really bothered me...small details dont bug me or erk me like they do a friend of mine who is so made after being a star wars fan for years out of spite he is getting rid of every star wars item he owns..i have my reasons for liking this "new additions" and ill post why if someone wants me too

Well if they were just small details I wouldn't mind. I just think it's more than that.

But you can post your reasons why you don't mind, no big deal.

 

[Frogpuppeteer]

well lets take Vader added "no"...at lets look at the scene, at the moment we have Luke crying out to his father to help him and save him...this is vaders moment to redeem himself and be a father to his long lost Son...the "No" could imply his turn around to good saying No because hey his son is getting murdred totoally not cool

CGI Yoda replacing the puppet in Phantom Meneace...ok come on thats an improvement

now the one that really bothers my friend is the addition of Hayden Chirsitanson at the end next to obi wan and Yoda...and here i argued with him that from my point of view i put the christian spin on it...some say that when you die your spirit looks like you did at your last breath but very healthy... missing limbs replaced and you look like your old self

granted these are just ways i explain this stuff to me. not meant to deter anyway from what they think

 

[CensoredAlso]

CGI Yoda replacing the puppet in Phantom Meneace...ok come on thats an improvement

Hmm, I'm sorry but I can't agree. CGI Yoda looks like a cartoon to me and actually a step backward. Though I won't entirely blame the CGI, I'll also blame the writing of the prequels.

now the one that really bothers my friend is the addition of Hayden Chirsitanson at the end next to obi wan and Yoda

I have to say that REALLY bothers me too, lol. It looks like they just told Hayden to stand there and look intense; there's no connection to Luke or the other characters (the way there was in the original version), and therefore no sense of context or emotion. I'm not ashamed to say I get furious everytime I see that.

And frankly, for him impose a character from his unsuccessful and painful prequels into the far superior original films, is just unforgivable to me.

These are typical of Lucas' changes. He's not thinking about the story or the characters; he's just thinking about the special effects and sticking in new things simply because "now he can." And the movies are being hurt, not helped, as a result.

granted these are just ways i explain this stuff to me. not meant to deter anyway from what they think

No worries; it's good that you thought about these things and we're all entitled to our opinions.

 

[D'Snowth]

You know, people have mentioned if Jim made changes to Muppet movies and such, I've noticed some minor edits to a couple of Muppet movies that happened since Jim's passing:

1. In one version of GMC, when we see Piggy walking down the alley after she stood up Kermit, the music abruptly cuts, and we hear an ominious bell toll (probably Big Ben) that really makes the scene eerie; in other versions, the musical intelude continues, and we also hear a trashcan falling over and a cat screetching. Also, some versions have just an instrumental version of "Gimme That Night Life", while others have Dr. Teeth's vocals.

2. There's a minor music edit in MTM after Kermit and Piggy are pronounced Frog & Pig: in some versions, the twiddling flute is not as long.

 

[bazooka_beak]

I think that if he's going to make changes, he could at least also release the "original" versions of the movies. For now I guess I should stick with those VHS that I have from the 80s.