Minus one billion (Off-Topic)

by CruelLEGACEY , Toronto, Monday, December 28, 2015, 14:14 (3256 days ago) @ Funkmon

It was a joke. I understand people like different things, but it appears to be difficult to accept for some, searching for reasons to explain away my opinions.

I did watch the original version of SW again, and, as I maintained, I prefer the original Star Wars, however the final battle in my opinion is just better to watch in the new version.

For what it's worth, I don't think the special editions deserve all the hate they get either, for the most part.

I think some of the changes that were made are silly, and a step down from the originals (Han shooting first, the Han/Jabba scene in Episode 4, the musical number in Return of the Jedi, the beak added to the sarlaac pit), but there were a lot of genuine improvements too. I like a lot of the extra background detail that was added, as well as the general improvements to picture quality and color balance.

I do however think that the Special Editions are problematic across the board because most of the changes, good or bad, stick out like a sore thumb. I like the extra celebration shots added to the end of Return of the Jedi for the additional context they bring, but they don't look like anything else in the movie. Plus, because they are pure CGI, they've actually aged faster than any of the practical effects in the film. Every time I see a CG element or shot in the original trilogy films, it pulls me out of the movie because they just aren't added seamlessly.