Posted by Derek Janssen on 05/18/06 21:09

Sean Black wrote:

>> unclejr wrote:
>>
>>> TB wrote:
>>> > It's been confirmed on a few sites including The Digital Bits website.
>>>
>>> Relax, Chicken Little...
>>>
>>> Meh. I'll believe the bad news when a credible site says it's so.
>>>
>>> -Junior
>>
>> Junior,
>> Digitalbits IS a credible site. This news isn't on the rumor mill
>> portion, either; it's on the main page and when he puts the info there,
>> it's pretty solid.
>>
>> And it also meshes in with Lucas.
>>
>> i was on the fence of buying them anyway and now with this news... meh.
>>
>> i'm sure it'll still rake in tonsof bux, though...
>>
> What's the betting that in a year or two, when Lucas needs another cash
> injection they'll be re-released with an anamorphic transfer?

Odds: Scratched--

If you took the trouble to read today's Digital Bits, you'd find out
that George Wasn't Kidding when he said "The prints were
destroyed"...They WERE.
Which, presumably, is *why* we're getting the port-dumped laserdisk
pre-Special Edition transfers from ten years ago--There t'warn't nothing
else in the vault.

Or, if you choose, check out the USA Today interview with a Lucas exec
who's clearly not happy about it either, but Gone is Gone.

Derek Janssen (but, hey, as long as they put both versions on, I can fit
it into my set)
ejanss@comcast.net

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