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<blockquote data-quote="Kai Lord" data-source="post: 1306563" data-attributes="member: 3570"><p>Star Wars fans. As in fans of the original "Star Wars" released in 1977. As in fans of the movie that is not currently on DVD, nor probably ever will be. I don't need "market research" to know that fans of movies who own DVD players like to own said movies on DVD. Its common sense.</p><p></p><p>But since you brought it up, I'd like to take a look at the official market research you conducted to determine that people criticize Lucas simply because its "fashionable." Lots of people have been criticizing George on this very forum. Find me *one* who called him the antichrist. Or believes that everything PJ touches turns to gold.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Yep, because he announced the DVD's that <em>were already in production</em> mere weeks after the VHS release. What annoyed people who wanted to own the best home version of TPM was that he sold them the videotapes <em>knowing</em> that the DVD's were right aroung the corner, *after* it had been made "official" that they were six years away.</p><p></p><p>Purchasing a video of a movie a full six years before the supposed release of the DVD isn't exactly compulsive behavior. Its buying the only version available, then being slapped in the face by having an announcement of a better version almost immediately after.</p><p></p><p>Does that mean that Peter Jackson has much more respect for fans of his movies? Yes it does. Does it make George Lucas an evil antichrist? Nope. Just a man with little respect for the medium of film or filmgoers, a man who once was a part of a great saga and is now a part of a mediocre saga.</p><p></p><p>Can he do what he wants with his money and his intellectual property? Of course. Am I going to gush over it when it doesn't deserve it? No way. Is it fun to scrutinize what worked and what went wrong with the saga, while comparing it to other fantasy films such as LOTR? You bet. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kai Lord, post: 1306563, member: 3570"] Star Wars fans. As in fans of the original "Star Wars" released in 1977. As in fans of the movie that is not currently on DVD, nor probably ever will be. I don't need "market research" to know that fans of movies who own DVD players like to own said movies on DVD. Its common sense. But since you brought it up, I'd like to take a look at the official market research you conducted to determine that people criticize Lucas simply because its "fashionable." Lots of people have been criticizing George on this very forum. Find me *one* who called him the antichrist. Or believes that everything PJ touches turns to gold. Yep, because he announced the DVD's that [i]were already in production[/i] mere weeks after the VHS release. What annoyed people who wanted to own the best home version of TPM was that he sold them the videotapes [i]knowing[/i] that the DVD's were right aroung the corner, *after* it had been made "official" that they were six years away. Purchasing a video of a movie a full six years before the supposed release of the DVD isn't exactly compulsive behavior. Its buying the only version available, then being slapped in the face by having an announcement of a better version almost immediately after. Does that mean that Peter Jackson has much more respect for fans of his movies? Yes it does. Does it make George Lucas an evil antichrist? Nope. Just a man with little respect for the medium of film or filmgoers, a man who once was a part of a great saga and is now a part of a mediocre saga. Can he do what he wants with his money and his intellectual property? Of course. Am I going to gush over it when it doesn't deserve it? No way. Is it fun to scrutinize what worked and what went wrong with the saga, while comparing it to other fantasy films such as LOTR? You bet. :cool: [/QUOTE]
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