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Reaction to Star Wars Special Editions in 1997
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:07 pm
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:07 pm
Outside of the Greedo scene, what was the general opinion of the additions? I'm not talking about hindsight when years of technological advancements make the SFX not age well (Mos Eisley, Jabba additions). I'm talking what your opinion was as you left the theater. Did it give you hope that the prequels would be great or was it a sad taste of things to come?
The 97 release was my introduction to Star Wars and it was all I had known until I bought the vhs tapes. While I get the less is more approach regarding the Wampa, I really liked the updated look. The end celebration was also a more epic finale that the trilogy deserved. I don't mind adding deleted scenes or creating new scenes entirely like the ending but I always felt added CGI like in Mos Eisley stuck out like a sore thumb even then.
The 97 release was my introduction to Star Wars and it was all I had known until I bought the vhs tapes. While I get the less is more approach regarding the Wampa, I really liked the updated look. The end celebration was also a more epic finale that the trilogy deserved. I don't mind adding deleted scenes or creating new scenes entirely like the ending but I always felt added CGI like in Mos Eisley stuck out like a sore thumb even then.
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Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:12 pm to JabarkusRussell
I don't really remember. I was just about to turn 10 years old when they were released. I know they were a hit at the box office - at least A New Hope was. It made almost $140 million at the domestic box office upon its release. I went to see that one in theaters but didn't go see the other two.
Luckily for me I had been introduced to Star Wars two years earlier and knew what the originals looked like.
Luckily for me I had been introduced to Star Wars two years earlier and knew what the originals looked like.
This post was edited on 5/19/14 at 8:13 pm
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:13 pm to JabarkusRussell
I had grown up with Star Wars, so I was already pretty into them when they released them the second time. I was 9 in 1997, so I wasn't exactly critiquing anything just yet at that age. I think that I was just excited to see them in theaters.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:14 pm to JabarkusRussell
I was just thrilled to see it on the big screen. I didn't mind the alterations but I wasn't a huge Star Wars fan either. Really hated all the prequels though.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:25 pm to JabarkusRussell
I had watched the originals numerous times when they released these. I was 11 when these were released and did not really have an opinion. As it stands now I really want the original released films to be brought back out and not the special editions.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:31 pm to JabarkusRussell
It made me pretty excited. It was cool because I was too young to see empire and Jedi in the theatres, and seeng it on the big screen in thx was incredible. I liked all of the updates.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 8:52 pm to JabarkusRussell
Lucas changed one of the best scenes in Empire when Luke escapes Cloud City. Vader used to say very emphatically, "Bring My Shuttle!". He changed it to the very weak, "alert my Star Destroyer to prepare for my arrival." Awful.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:03 pm to JabarkusRussell
At the time, I thought the effects were pretty cool. But I never did quite get over the Greedo scene.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 9:05 pm to JabarkusRussell
I was 13 but I remember being excited about seeing Star Wars in the theaters.
I also remember thinking the updated CGI scenes seemed out of place juxtaposed against the 1970s/80s effects.
I also remember thinking the updated CGI scenes seemed out of place juxtaposed against the 1970s/80s effects.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 10:23 pm to JabarkusRussell
I was 17, but I don't remember ever giving to much of a shite about it.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 10:28 pm to JabarkusRussell
I was in on Star Wars from the beginning and I was excited just to finally get something new. I am not one to dig into the minute details, as long as it wasn't a huge glaring screw up I didn't mind. The next there movies were enjoyable but nothing compared to the first three.
Posted on 5/19/14 at 11:46 pm to JabarkusRussell
The reanimation of Bespin's background was great.
The addition of all the distracting bullshite in Mos Eisley was terrible.
CGI Jabba was terrible.
Singing bitch in Jabba's palace was terrible.
Basically anything on Tattooine was god awful and everything else was alright.
The addition of all the distracting bullshite in Mos Eisley was terrible.
CGI Jabba was terrible.
Singing bitch in Jabba's palace was terrible.
Basically anything on Tattooine was god awful and everything else was alright.
This post was edited on 5/19/14 at 11:48 pm
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:02 am to JabarkusRussell
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Reaction to Star Wars Special Editions in 1997
I was 7 years old in 1977, so I grew up with the originals. I was very excited about the special editions, and when I saw them it was mostly just unnecessary additional FX. Some of it was solid...like various space explosions, but mostly it was just adding and tinkering with a thing for no good reason.
In hindsight, it's clear he was doing it as practice for the FX clusterfrick that would be the prequels, but I didn't see that at the time.
Thankfully, I still own DVD copies of the original movies...
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:05 am to JabarkusRussell
CGI is what has hurt SW the most for me. Part of the magic of the first ones was the puppetry and costumes. Could you imagine a CGI Mos Eisley scene?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:05 am to JabarkusRussell
I was 13 and back then if a movie had cool computer graphics, I thought it was awesome
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:13 am to JabarkusRussell
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Jabba additions
I just threw up in my mouth
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Singing bitch in Jabba's palace was terrible.
Threw up all over my computer.
This post was edited on 5/20/14 at 7:15 am
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:46 am to JabarkusRussell
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Did it give you hope that the prequels would be great
actually...no, but it should have. i didn't like the SEs, and it should have been a warning sign
i was in fricking middle school, though
is lucas still refusing to release the original versions on DVD/Blu Ray?
Posted on 5/20/14 at 7:54 am to JabarkusRussell
At first I was like "cool, getting to watch Star Wars on the big screen". Saw some stuff, hmmmm, saw some more,....., and by the time Han did a hop step over Jabba's tail......
Posted on 5/20/14 at 9:42 am to JabarkusRussell
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I had watched the originals numerous times when they released these. I was 11 when these were released
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I was just thrilled to see it on the big screen
Mainly these. Though I did enjoy some of the updated shots and better looking backgrounds in some scenes, there was a lot I thought was stupid. Mainly Greedo and Jabba in IV, and the song and dance and Sarlaac in VI. I don't think there was anything in Empire that I didn't particularly like.
Posted on 5/20/14 at 9:58 am to JabarkusRussell
I got no beef with it.
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