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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
It isn't that they are totally unwatchable. I just think there has been too much meddling. The movies are so much different than they were when originally released.
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You referred to the recent releases of the movies as a "craptacular imitation version of Star Wars". That just seems a little over the top.
Perhaps it's because my kids have recently become Star Wars crazy that I don't haven't the same hatred for the new releases that you do. I can sit and watch the movies with them and enjoy it like they do.
The movies have changed since we were kids but they haven't changed so drastically that the movies are completely different and unrecognizable from the original release. The story is the same, the characters are the same. Some of the additions Lucas made actually enhanced the movies. Some additions obviously didn't but they don't detract from the movies so much that the movies are "craptacular".
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Originally Posted by Igottago
Not trying to downplay the enjoyment your kids get out of the movies, but they don't know any better. When they get older they will hear about the mysterious original versions, watch them, realize that Lucas lost the plot and made horrific changes to a classic, and feel the same sense of betrayal most adult star wars fans do now.
Besides, kids will like anything you throw on screen for them. But anyone who has any ability to critique what they watch will know that Lucas butchered the movies and their legacy.
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The thing is, these releases will be their Star Wars. They're going to watch them hundreds of times like we did the original and when they finally get a chance to see the original release, they're going to ask why Jabba wasn't in A New Hope.
The reason you're so passionate about the original release is that we grew up watching them over and over again. We love those movies.
I love them as much as the next guy but I don't think the plot was lost by making the changes or that the movie or their legacy was butchered.
The whole "kid angle" I have is that I've been able to watch the movies again with a fresh perspective and realize that the changes made to the movies aren't as terrible or as drastic as people make them out to be. They're still incredibly fun and great movies and if you take your film critic hat off for a viewing you'll see that they're just as fun as they were when you first watched them.