Is George Lucas a scumbag?

[Gilpesh]

Well I think George is not raping the fans, I mean I have stayed away from the DVDs so far and this news makes me want to run out and get the unaltered ones. Also the only raping George is doing is of his own product I mean OT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PT. The only reason I can stand the prequels is the overuse of the lightsaber.

"Hey I cannot get this thing of canned peaches open...." *lightsaber sound effect*

 

[Strange]

Well I think George is not raping the fans, I mean I have stayed away from the DVDs so far and this news makes me want to run out and get the unaltered ones. Also the only raping George is doing is of his own product I mean OT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> PT. The only reason I can stand the prequels is the overuse of the lightsaber.

"Hey I cannot get this thing of canned peaches open...." *lightsaber sound effect*

Oh, come on now, like you wouldn't be using your lighsaber for everything if you had one.

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

i'd use it to make a peanutbutter sandwich, then make a thread about it.

 

[Strange]

i'd use it to make a peanutbutter sandwich, then make a thread about it.

That brings up an interesting question, I have not read many star wars books, maybe 3, but what happens if a lightsaber gets wet? Not totally wet but if you just lit it up and stuck, just the tip in some water. Would the wate boil?

 

[Darren Daring]

No, he's providing us with what we wnat and making fat cash, he's a great guy.

 

[Tar Baby]

yes he's a liar and a scumbag. lucas said he wouldnt release it to get all his slaveboy fans to buy what they were told would be the only official dvd available of the trilogy.

 

[ZER0C00L]

i didnt buy the new DVD's becuase there crap, and i knew Lucas would end up selling the originals/marketing ploid.

i never trust someone whos got to much money to count.

 

[Angry Sentinel]

LMAO!!!

I had forgotten about Angry smurf...too funny

*considers changing name*

 

[Darthphere]

I find it funny.

George Lucas:Ill never release the original unaltered trilogy.

Fans:Thats bull****, I want it.

George Lucas: Ok guys, im releasing the unaltered OT on DVD.

Fans:thats bull****, he just wants to make more money, be right back I need to go buy something....

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

That brings up an interesting question, I have not read many star wars books, maybe 3, but what happens if a lightsaber gets wet? Not totally wet but if you just lit it up and stuck, just the tip in some water. Would the wate boil?

there is a light sabre battle in the rain that occurs between anakin and a dark lady called asaaj ventress in the clone wars cartoon..

in one of the scenes it starts to rain and the light sabres start to sizzle as the water droplets evaporates off them,

it makes the coolest noise ever.

if a sabre was put in water, i do believe it would boil all of it eventually.

 

[Darthphere]

there is a light sabre battle in the rain that occurs between anakin and a dark lady called asaaj ventress in the clone wars cartoon..

in one of the scenes it starts to rain and the light sabres start to sizzle as the water droplets evaporates off them,

it makes the coolest noise ever.

if a sabre was put in water, i do believe it would boil all of it eventually.

Also, Obi-Wan pulled his saber out(ha-ha) against Jango fett in the rain in Episode 2.

 

[Erzengel]

there is a light sabre battle in the rain that occurs between anakin and a dark lady called asaaj ventress in the clone wars cartoon..

in one of the scenes it starts to rain and the light sabres start to sizzle as the water droplets evaporates off them,

it makes the coolest noise ever.

if a sabre was put in water, i do believe it would boil all of it eventually.

Earlier on in that series Kit Fisto fought on Mon Calamari against those Quarren race under water using a lightsaber.

(It's sad I pulled all those names from memory. )

 

[Darthphere]

Earlier on in that series Kit Fisto fought on Mon Calamari against those Quarren race under water using a lightsaber.

(It's sad I pulled all those names from memory. )

Welcome to my life.

 

[Erzengel]

Welcome to my life.

I have Star Wars Trivial Pursuit at home. I have to give people extra points and even have them group up as a team.

 

[Darren Daring]

I have Star Wars Trivial Pursuit at home. I have to give people extra points and even have them group up as a team.

DVD edition? I remember when me I convinced two mild star wars fans to plasy aginst me and another giant SW geek. The game lasted 27 minutes.

 

[Erzengel]

DVD edition? I remember when me I convinced two mild star wars fans to plasy aginst me and another giant SW geek. The game lasted 17 minutes.

I have that one. Of course the 20th anniversary game took us over 2 hours and I played with another engineer besides myself, a teacher and 4 princeton graduates. Embarssing.

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

I find it funny.

George Lucas:Ill never release the original unaltered trilogy.

Fans:Thats bull****, I want it.

George Lucas: Ok guys, im releasing the unaltered OT on DVD.

Fans:thats bull****, he just wants to make more money, be right back I need to go buy something....

That would be amusing, if that was what happened.
It really went:
Bloat-Throat:"The unaltered versions will NEVER be released because they don't adhere to my definitive vision for Star Wars."
Fans: Wha?!? That's bulls***! At least offer them as an extra or an option, at least just for posterity!"
Bloat-Throat: Nope. Save your breath. Nawt.Gonna.Happen. Those aren't "Star Wars". If you want "Star Wars", then buy the new DVD set, because THAT is "Star Wars". The past is dead to me now.
Fans: :insane b****ing and moaning: :the sound of a million rage-gasms crying out: Come ON, man!!!! We don't want the original versions, we NeeEEed 'EM!
Bloat-Throat: Cry all you want. The originals will never be released, especially because, frankly, they're an embarrassment to me. I don't even want them seen, I want the improved version to be seen. It is now the definitive Star Wars,. So just stop begging because this is not negotiable. If you want Star Wars on DVD, then buy the new boxset, because that's all that will be coming out. If not, well, enjoy your VHS tapes and bootleg junk."
Fans: "*sigh* God he sucks....okay, whatever...I guess, at least on DVD I can skip over Jedi Rocks easily...*sigh*" :shell out 70 bucks:
Bloat-Throat: EXcellent! Alright...sales have finally dwindled on our shoddy, cheap-ass and criminally bare-bones gold and silver boxsets! Hahahahaha.....execute order 66!"

 

[Mr Sparkle]

ha! wil is hog heaven because this would get him banned at "theforce.net" (ain't it funny that a community of Jedi lovers act like sith?)

 

[Odin's Lapdog]

Earlier on in that series Kit Fisto fought on Mon Calamari against those Quarren race under water using a lightsaber.

(It's sad I pulled all those names from memory. )

dude's got a special lightsabre...

he can aslo blow really big bubbles (he's so much cooler in animation )

 

[Erzengel]

I'm just glad I can listen to my "Celebrate the Love" Ewok Song in THX.

Yub Nub!

 

[Wilhelm-Scream]

ha! wil is hog heaven because this would get him banned at "theforce.net" (ain't it funny that a community of Jedi lovers act like sith?)

. It's true. I'm home. the Hype is where Wings take Dream, fersure.

 

[Daisy]

This is the way I see it. It's ethically wrong to alter a piece of art years after it's finished. A director's cut is fine, because that is the movie how the director intended a film to be seen. An unrated version is fine, because it's the movie with the stuff that couldn't make it added in. An extended edition, ala LOTR, that's fine because it includes alot of stuff that ended up on the cutting room floor and was all filmed with the movie. But to actually go back and alter the work??? That's a different matter entirely. To take the original version away, that's even worse. It's like 1984 style censorship.

Maybe you should actually read 1984 before you go around making pronouncements like that? Or perhaps just a definition of censorship.

An artist modifying his or her own work because he or she WANTS TO is absolutely NOT censorship.

There are many artists who believe (and believed in the case of dead artists) that a work of art is never really complete. It's not uncommon for an artist (painter, sculptor, etc.) to revisit early works later in life and make modifications. The list of artists who've done it is too long to even begin to name.

Think about it in terms of musicians. A musician writes and records a piece of music. He or she goes on tour. Disallowing an artist to modify their work would mean that musician would have to play the song the EXACT same way every time it was performed - no improvisation.

Unless an artist has sold the rights to his or her work (most don't), he or she can go back and alter his or her own work as much as they want... even if it forever changes the original. We may not like the modifications, but it's theirs to do with as they please.

Someone modifying ANOTHER person's art, however, would be a different story. That's not what's happening with Lucas though.

 

[Angry Sentinel]

That would be amusing, if that was what happened.
It really went:

Edit...
Bloat-Throat: EXcellent! Alright...sales have finally dwindled on our shoddy, cheap-ass and criminally bare-bones gold and silver boxsets! Hahahahaha.....execute order 66!"

classic

 

[Darren Daring]

Maybe you should actually read 1984 before you go around making pronouncements like that? Or perhaps just a definition of censorship.

An artist modifying his or her own work because he or she WANTS TO is absolutely NOT censorship.

There are many artists who believe (and believed in the case of dead artists) that a work of art is never really complete. It's not uncommon for an artist (painter, sculptor, etc.) to revisit early works later in life and make modifications. The list of artists who've done it is too long to even begin to name.

Think about it in terms of musicians. A musician writes and records a piece of music. He or she goes on tour. Disallowing an artist to modify their work would mean that musician would have to play the song the EXACT same way every time it was performed - no improvisation.

Unless an artist has sold the rights to his or her work (most don't), he or she can go back and alter his or her own work as much as they want... even if it forever changes the original. We may not like the modifications, but it's theirs to do with as they please.

Someone modifying ANOTHER person's art, however, would be a different story. That's not what's happening with Lucas though.

Zing!

 

[Mr Sparkle]

hmmm, I like your example, but I don't think it applies to lucas.
or spielberg for that matter.
when he replaced the agents guns with walkie talkies at drew barrymore's request?

GAH!

he made hate drew and he should pay for that.

so should lucas (even though half toad-half man hybrids are cool)