The Star Wars Blus
I don’t post much here any more. Too busy. Life’s too short. So much important stuff to do, so little time. Etc. But sometimes, a thing comes along that bugs me so, I am compelled to vent my nerd-rage here…
“Nooo” is about all I can say. It was enough to make me cancel my Bluray pre-order (for the 2nd time). Thing is, I don’t mind that Lucas wants to update these films to keep the special effects looking good, not so dated. But this clearly is another case of Han shoots first syndrome. Changing a beloved scene, for very different reasons. Either he thinks audiences are too dim to gage what’s going on in Vader’s mind as he looks at his son writhing in agony, or he wants to somehow mirror (and justify) the same terrible “Nooo” we got at the end of Episode III.
Anyhow, what do I care. Well, I do, and here’s the worst thing. The original pretence for the tinkering that started with the 1997 Special Editions. Fixing the old special effects that were out of date. Still has not been done properly. As I watched the Death Star run in Return of the Jedi on the new Bluray release, what do I see? BOXES!! Yes, boxes. As the TIE Fighters fly down the tunnels, in a couple of scenes these are clearly visible, STILL.
I’ve adjusted the levels slightly in these pics to make it apparent, but it is clearly visible in-motion. I wouldn’t mind this so much if so much effort wasn’t being spent on parts of the film which is not in need of tinkering. sigh
Of course none of this would matter if we had multiple versions of Star Wars available with each release, as has been done with Blade Runner, Lord of the Rings, etc. Any large movie studio would have done this. I guess being the biggest independent film-maker in the world has it’s advantages…
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