Star Wars DVD Set Previews/Reviews

Reducer2001 writes "USA Today has an article up that has a couple more details about the upcoming Star Wars DVD release. The cantina shootout between Han Solo and the green-snouted bounty hunter Greedo is virtually identical, but now it seems their guns fire almost simultaneously." Reader Jutebox150 writes "Time magazine has an early preview of the Star Wars DVDs and gives some justification for Lucas issuing the updated versions of the trilogy and talking about his many mental and physical battles to finish filming. The article also describes a 2.5 hour documentary by Kevin Burns that traces the origins of the saga. 'The first cut of Star Wars,' Burns' narrator says, 'was an unmitigated disaster.'" Reader spoco2 writes "The Star Wars Original Trilogy is due for worldwide release on the 21st on DVD, but the first reviews are appearing already in Australia (obviously of the PAL version). Yes, they are the SEs with even more differences (Now Gredo and Han shoot at the SAME time!). I'm afraid I'll be waiting for the day when George reconsiders and releases the untouched originals."

Comments

Money money money

[alexborges]

Its his (wads of) money, his idea, his movies, his studios and his story.

So fuck off.

If the guy wants to turn it into the porn version of pokemon its his problem.

Kid Movie

[nemski]

Correct me if I am wrong (and I'm sure you will), but isn't Star Wars meant for a 6-year-old rather than a 37-year-old programmer who is bilingual in Klingon?

Re:Holding your breath... tsarkon reports

[Shadow Wrought]

Indeed it was meant as a compliment. I laughed out loud reading it the first time around and still chuckled while reading it to reply. With this one though, and this is just meant to be honest critiziscm, you seem to have overreached a bit. The biblical reference is good, but you have to remember that amongst those "every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed[,]" are herbs and such that are poisonous. Therefore it was not God's intention that we consume all of them. The Constitutional arguments could also use further refienment. Argument by anecdote can be emotionally grasping, but it really fails as a means of logical persuasion. Finally, as for Chulhu, I haven't yet read any Lovecraft, but would be interested in any recommendations you may have.