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So why doesn't everyone complain about Tolkien? imlad Send a noteboard - 19/09/2011 10:46:07 PM
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?


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.
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Because he wont release the real versions - 17/09/2011 05:26:31 PM 660 Views
I have the originals on DVD. I bet you can find them in shops still. - 17/09/2011 07:08:17 PM 717 Views
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Re: Exactly, that's what I have. On DVD. - 18/09/2011 05:10:13 AM 588 Views
Which is weird, considering how many want the original only. *NM* - 18/09/2011 12:15:51 PM 304 Views
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No, Rebekah is right - 18/09/2011 08:37:07 AM 596 Views
the "real" version is exactly whatever Lucas says it is - 17/09/2011 11:57:36 PM 654 Views
I think you're wrong. - 18/09/2011 09:35:56 PM 575 Views
So why doesn't everyone complain about Tolkien? - 19/09/2011 10:46:07 PM 685 Views
The obvious answer coming to mind... - 19/09/2011 10:53:05 PM 788 Views
I realize that Legolas - 21/09/2011 05:53:29 PM 741 Views
Re: Because he wont release the real versions - 18/09/2011 04:53:35 AM 759 Views
I pretty much agree - 17/09/2011 05:15:37 PM 771 Views
Will do - 18/09/2011 08:34:47 AM 616 Views
That does sound pretty bad - 19/09/2011 04:43:26 PM 663 Views
I saw it - 19/09/2011 05:12:33 PM 553 Views

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