Minus one billion (Off-Topic)

by Kermit , Raleigh, NC, Wednesday, December 30, 2015, 01:18 (3255 days ago) @ CruelLEGACEY

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.

One billion times this. As is obvious, few things get my blood boiling like what George Lucas did to the franchise beginning with the Special Editions.

It bothers me that no one can see the original trilogy except for crappy copies. (I haven't seen the Despecialized version of Star Wars, but it infuriates me that we have go to so much trouble to have that.)

I apologize to Funkmon for my rhetoric. I do maintain, however, that we have a much different frame of reference, and it's George Lucas's fault.