Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/15/90 11:56

RobMac wrote:
>
>>>http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html#082406
>>
>>...Okay: So, umm, even though the webmaster mentioned "Before buying the
>>original" so that we could put it in the header too, where do we see it
>>mentioned that it'll ever come back, or that it's in the new set either,
>>which it doesn't seem to be?
>>
>>(Considering how hard we had to slap them in the head to get the cheap
>>1996 laserdisk port we are getting?)
>
> Well, I know that it's not confirmed that the "original" versions will be
> available in this upcoming 6-disc set in 2007, it's at least something to
> consider that might happen in the future.
>
> But, the question I have to ask here is "If someone knows this is the
> laserdisc port, then wouldn't that mean that person already *has* the LD
> port, and if they already have it, why would you want the same exact thing -
> on DVD, especially since it's *NOT* any better than what you've already
> got?!"

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.

Simply put, LD's don't fit in my DVD player. I can try, but it always
breaks the drawer, going in.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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