OK, technically this SHOULD go in the "Reasons To Be Cheerful", but this is just TOO good and TOO big. We've had to put up with George Lucas' crap for too long, and now, even HE has to bow down to public opinion and good old fashioned common sense.
The Trilogy, the original Trilogy, has never been available. It was gone forever, said the walking talking beard. Oh yeah?
The shock news today is that Lucasfilm and Fox Home Entertainment has announced plans to release the original theatrical incarnations of the classic Star Wars trilogy. In response to overwhelming demand, Lucasfilm Ltd. and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment will release attractively priced individual two-disc releases of Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. Each release includes the 2004 digitally remastered version of the movie and, as bonus material, the theatrical edition of the film. That means you'll be able to enjoy Star Wars as it first appeared in 1977, Empire in 1980, and Jedi in 1983. This release will only be available for a limited time: from September 12th to December 31st. The International release will follow on or about the same day. Each original theatrical version will feature Dolby 2.0 Surround sound, close-captioning, and subtitles in English, French and Spanish for their U.S. release. International sound and subtitling vary by territory. Make sure you stay tuned for further details.
Never one to miss out on a buck, I SAID this way back when those bastardised trilogies came out. I SAID he would wait and release them again, citing some Hollywood horseshit about "overwhelming demand". Yeah, and what demand was there for your "new" vision about the original trilogy? A show of two - you and your beard.
So it's a cynical ploy to milk yet even more cash from Star Wars. And of course, next Christmas it'll probably be the six movies in one king size boxset. But who cares? It's Star Wars - let the hype never die.
The Original Trilogy. With two disc Special Editions for each film. Ladies and gentlemen, it is PARTY TIME in The Fortress Of Solitude! Woooooooooh!
3 comments:
That would surely be "Woo-HOOO". Mine was more of a Ric Flair "Woooooh!"
But the thought was there.
I dunno. A swift boot to his testicles would make me feel better.
Ughhh. The TV series. Really though, how bad is THAT going to be?
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