Comments on: Revise and Rewrite http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/09/revise-and-rewrite/ Sci-fi, comics, humor, photos...it's all fair game. Wed, 23 May 2012 18:19:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Kelson http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/09/revise-and-rewrite/#comment-529 Kelson Tue, 14 Sep 2004 04:19:14 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/09/09/revise-and-rewrite/#comment-529 Well, it's not actually out yet, so I couldn't say. I do generally prefer DVD to VHS just for the image and sound quality, though, which is the main reason I plan to get these. As for the originals... there's an old saying that films are never finished, only abandoned. Lucas seems to agree with it completely. Despite incredible fan interest in getting the originals again, he's stated that these new editions are the films as they're meant to be, and he has no plans to release the original versions again. Over here they haven't even been available on tape since the Special Edition came out. And then there's the question of just what the "original" films are. Lucas has been altering <i>Star Wars: A New Hope</i> practically since it was first released (adding the subtitle and making minor changes to a few scenes), and some of the changes really are clean-up, not, well, <em>changes</em>. So the "original" films shouldn't be the originals, precisely, but the original cuts plus the recompositing and corrections. But are they really the originals at that point? Well, it’s not actually out yet, so I couldn’t say. I do generally prefer DVD to VHS just for the image and sound quality, though, which is the main reason I plan to get these.

As for the originals… there’s an old saying that films are never finished, only abandoned. Lucas seems to agree with it completely. Despite incredible fan interest in getting the originals again, he’s stated that these new editions are the films as they’re meant to be, and he has no plans to release the original versions again. Over here they haven’t even been available on tape since the Special Edition came out.

And then there’s the question of just what the “original” films are. Lucas has been altering Star Wars: A New Hope practically since it was first released (adding the subtitle and making minor changes to a few scenes), and some of the changes really are clean-up, not, well, changes. So the “original” films shouldn’t be the originals, precisely, but the original cuts plus the recompositing and corrections. But are they really the originals at that point?

]]> By: Kizi http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/2004/09/revise-and-rewrite/#comment-525 Kizi Mon, 13 Sep 2004 07:02:12 +0000 http://www.hyperborea.org/journal/archives/2004/09/09/revise-and-rewrite/#comment-525 I have a question. When it comes to Britain, is it worth getting with the changes, and is there a way of watching the orginials? I have a question. When it comes to Britain, is it worth getting with the changes, and is there a way of watching the orginials?

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