Yeah, about the only way that the idea that Universal got away with not wanting to spend the money was if Spielberg then said "Eh, I don't really care anyway." My bet is that Spielberg is that against the re-edited version that he said to not bother (especially when you consider that Universal usually puts multiple versions of movies on their discs when they exist).Maybe, but I'm betting it was SS's call. If he'd wanted the 2002 out there, Uni would've said "yessir!" and done it.
You don't f--k with the Spielberg!
It's noteworthy that SS apparently had already soured on the 2002 by the time the BD hit in 2012, since it's absent from that release as well...
This is the only thing I remember seeing him say about the E.T. SE after the fact:I'd be interested to find comments from Spielberg about why he ditched the 2002 cut.
And by "interested", I mean I want someone else to find these comment for me!
https://www.slashfilm.com/steven-spielberg-regrets-altering-et-raiders-hit-bluray-original-forms/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29
Travis: Thanks for making Colin's life easier!
It really should be the goal of every HTF member to make my life easier!
They’re non-anamorphic standard def.
Probably depends on what you're paying? They're just rips of the laserdisc, but without the flipping. There are definitely better versions out there that are... less legal. But if you find them at a Goodwill or something, I'd say go ahead and grab them.
The Dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural.
Such a pain to get set up on the platter when I want to watch at home, though.
Disney owns ALL the rights to everything Lucasfilm. Lucas owns nothing.
