Recent content by gizzy2000

What confuses me about the Alamo is that they claimed to be working on a "restoration" of the Roadshow version, whatever they think the roadshow version is, I don't know, but I would have expected them to slap together a blu ray release of the longer version and be done with it, leaving the film...

Was MGM's previous statement that they were working on a Roadshow version blu-ray release an outright lie?

I don't question that he's genuine. I just recall it was based more on emotion regarding the fact that the originals are not available rather than objectively presenting information. You are right that a lot of the misinformation comes from Lucas himself though. Given how Lucas was very much an...

He didn't destroy prints of the original, people who have worked for Lucasfilm have stated that they exist. There was a very hysterical website (I can't find it anymore) called "Save Star Wars" or something along those lines claiming that he issued cease & desist orders and demanded that all...

I guarantee that this is not the case. He released them himself in 2006, and he also stated many times that Episode VII would never be made. Once he sold it Episode VII immediately entered production. He even admitted in 2011 that the only reason he didn't release them on blu ray was because a...

I just saw on the Star Wars Facebook page that the original soundtracks are being released on vinyl, and they are not the Special Editions, and include some songs that were removed from the original films. Certainly a step in the right direction.

Well, the title of the film was just Return of the Jedi, same with Empire Strikes Back. Of course the opening crawl includes episode numbers, but every poster, vhs tape, and laserdisc credit the films as being titled Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi. This didn't change...

They wouldn't do a wide-scale theatrical release of the original versions. That being said I'm sure they can be booked by specific theatres to be screened at festivals or conventions etc. For example, events screening films that celebrate 1980s puppetry can screen the unaltered version of Return...

Is it really a long shot? There is nothing preventing them from doing so. By the way, I think it's important to note that the decision is up to Lucasfilm's leadership. If Kennedy approves the project and requests that Disney finance whatever restoration is necessary it will happen. As some have...

That is true, I think they must have gotten behind him once they saw the complete cut. I've heard that the rough cut of Star Wars was a disaster and none of the executives liked it until they edited it down and made the pacing better.

I think he really wants to seem like a 'rebel' who was going against the evil studios

I don't think it's his memory so much as his lack of passion for his own films. I could be wrong, but when watching recent interviews and behind the scenes footage - especially for the prequel films - he just seems disinterested. He mispronounces names and refers to things like a complete...

I think Lucas has always been very overly dramatic, and this has been especially apparent when it comes to his recent comments. I guarantee he did not mean what he said about "white slavers", but wanted to voice his discontent with the handling of the Star Wars franchise. I think when the...

I was just joking around, but that's nice to hear :)

Will they just be using an old transfer of the laserdisc release for their blu ray release then?