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Posted by Derek Janssen on 10/07/29 11:56
RobMac wrote:
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>>Well, probably because I've never owned a LD player in my life, and only
>>know that the New Original is the '96 LD version,
>>A) from hearing the core fans point it out, and
>>B) from various pieces of evidence in the "Did George really 'destroy the
>>old prints', or not?" debates, and Lucas's "All we had was the non-ana LD
>>in our vaults" excuse as Exhibit A for why the French aren't getting an
>>anamorphic version either.
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>>Simply put, LD's don't fit in my DVD player. I can try, but it always
>>breaks the drawer, going in.
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> If you haven't owned a LD player, and don't have the "originals" on VHS, go
> for the DVDs (they won't be much better than VHS anyway).
>
> If you can find them cheap, go for it, for completion sake, but will you be
> upset if on September 13th (the day after you buy the bare-bones
> non-anamorphic editions) Fox announces a 6-disc Star Wars box set that
> includes the "original" films in anamorphic widescreen along with the
> re-re-re-re-re-retooled Extra Special Limited Extended Super Ultra
> Force-filled Editions???
(Hey, I was only buying the -one- SW'77 Original to begin with--
What, like I *want* the '83 version of "Jedi"?)
Derek Janssen (whaddya, NUTS??)
ejanss@comcast.net
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