He went back and made a bunch of changes to "The Hobbit" in preparation for the publication of tLotR. He even discusses the changes in a forward to the newer version of the Hobbit.
But I've never once heard fans complaining about this.
Why is it only Lucas who isn't allowed to edit and change his own intellectual property as he sees fit?
And I'm not some "whiny fanboy" who has nothing better to do. He didn't make those movies just so he could watch them, enjoy them, play with them. He made them for people he hoped would become his fans, and they just happen to be the same people who made him rich. I don't think it's at all wrong to feel disrespected and annoyed when he decides to go back in and change them. It is my history too.
He's acting like the big kind in the sandbox who keeps all the toys because they are his. Sure, it's his right, but that doesn't mean it's super fun for the rest of us, and it's certainly not fair.
But I've never once heard fans complaining about this.
Why is it only Lucas who isn't allowed to edit and change his own intellectual property as he sees fit?
It isn't the complaining fanboy population that decides what the "real" Star Wars is.
And I'm not some "whiny fanboy" who has nothing better to do. He didn't make those movies just so he could watch them, enjoy them, play with them. He made them for people he hoped would become his fans, and they just happen to be the same people who made him rich. I don't think it's at all wrong to feel disrespected and annoyed when he decides to go back in and change them. It is my history too.
He's acting like the big kind in the sandbox who keeps all the toys because they are his. Sure, it's his right, but that doesn't mean it's super fun for the rest of us, and it's certainly not fair.
Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Just say NO!
- 17/09/2011 01:17:24 AM
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Already decided for once I actually am going to put my money where my mouth is and not buy them. *NM*
- 17/09/2011 01:36:56 AM
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Re: Just say NO!
- 17/09/2011 04:59:00 AM
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Vader's "Noooo!"
- 17/09/2011 02:03:38 PM
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Without the fans he'd be nothing
- 17/09/2011 02:18:39 PM
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he ain't spitting in anyone's face (except Sebastian Shaw's)
- 17/09/2011 03:13:28 PM
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Because he wont release the real versions
- 17/09/2011 05:26:31 PM
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I have the originals on DVD. I bet you can find them in shops still.
- 17/09/2011 07:08:17 PM
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Do you mean VHS? Or perhaps you don't equate "Original" to what the rest of us do.
- 17/09/2011 11:02:20 PM
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I'm pretty sure that Han shoots first in the DVDs we have, but I'll have to check.
- 17/09/2011 11:09:33 PM
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Re: I'm pretty sure that Han shoots first in the DVDs we have, but I'll have to check.
- 17/09/2011 11:50:54 PM
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I watched the 1997 releases at the cinema.
- 17/09/2011 11:56:24 PM
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Just watched the pivotal scene. 
- 18/09/2011 12:02:32 AM
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- 18/09/2011 12:02:32 AM
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Exactly, that's what I have. On DVD.
- 18/09/2011 12:56:06 AM
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Re: Exactly, that's what I have. On DVD.
- 18/09/2011 05:10:13 AM
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Which is weird, considering how many want the original only. *NM*
- 18/09/2011 12:15:51 PM
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I don't think anyone believed the marketing ploy of "these will never be available again". *NM*
- 18/09/2011 02:59:26 PM
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the "real" version is exactly whatever Lucas says it is
- 17/09/2011 11:57:36 PM
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I think you're wrong.
- 18/09/2011 09:35:56 PM
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So why doesn't everyone complain about Tolkien?
- 19/09/2011 10:46:07 PM
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Re: Because he wont release the real versions
- 18/09/2011 04:53:35 AM
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There is a lot there that wouldn't have occurred to me, I can admit that.
- 19/09/2011 03:57:54 PM
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The answer is to ignore the Blu-Ray release and buy the 2006 release instead.
- 18/09/2011 12:11:09 AM
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