Revisionist Science Fiction

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Think of it this way- a band you like decides to remix a song off their first album. The first one is just a clean up of the sound production. Then they do another but this time theres a couple of new riffs in there that kinda annoy you and dont really fit with the rest of the song. Then they swap out the bitchin guitar solo for a shitty one all the while saying this is how they originally intended it to sound. The song starts to suck a lot and they keep on remixing it. Also the perfectly fine original cut was on 8 track so you cant even get it anymore.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Stairway to heaven. An epic iconic song. Replace robert plants vocals with bob dylans replace bonzo with a drum beat from a casio keyboard and let a guy who has taken 5 guitar lessons do the solo. Make sure hes drunk as fuck when he does it too. Thats what its like.

[The Rev]

What do you mean you can't get 8 tracks anymore?????

[LMNO]

The main problem, as I see it, is that the original version is no longer available in any current format. If a DVD had the option of "theater release" and "director's cut", none of this would be happening.

[Triple Zero]

Oh I get it (though don't you diss Casio synths!!).

I just think it's interesting how a lot of US people on this board feel strongly about it. And why it wasn't Gremlins

[Nephew Twiddleton]

charley

lmno- nail on the head. Then you would have the option of checking it out and going eh... Not so much. It would be like watching deleted scenes. Sometimes theres a reason they were deleted but maybe someone wants to watch them.

Also george lucas doesnt seem to understand that most people arent as childish in their tastes as he is.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

Probably trip because it just a really good story. Overrated? Perhaps but really good definitely.

And one of the things i really liked about it was that aliens really were alien and incapable of making the same sounds as humans and vice versa. You cant expect a wookiee to speak a human language. So you have to learn how to understand wookiee in order to communicate with him. And thats what would actually happen in a galactic empire.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Is it because the US doesn't really have any of its own mythology to speak of, that Star Wars is such a big deal to people? It's like arguing about whether Baby Jesus was visited by mages, wise men or kings?

This essentially sums it up.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is it because the US doesn't really have any of its own mythology to speak of, that Star Wars is such a big deal to people? It's like arguing about whether Baby Jesus was visited by mages, wise men or kings?

This essentially sums it up.

Balls.  We have more mythology than anyone.

It's just that none of it is good for you.

Examples upon demand.

[Nephew Twiddleton]

I want an example! I demand one possibly two!

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

The main problem, as I see it, is that the original version is no longer available in any current format. If a DVD had the option of "theater release" and "director's cut", none of this would be happening.

That is exactly what pisses me off about it. It's not that the new alternative version is available, it's that they're trying to "disappear" the original version.

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Is it because the US doesn't really have any of its own mythology to speak of, that Star Wars is such a big deal to people? It's like arguing about whether Baby Jesus was visited by mages, wise men or kings?

This essentially sums it up.

Balls.  We have more mythology than anyone.

It's just that none of it is good for you.

Examples upon demand.

I DEMAND IT!

[The Good Reverend Roger]

Is it because the US doesn't really have any of its own mythology to speak of, that Star Wars is such a big deal to people? It's like arguing about whether Baby Jesus was visited by mages, wise men or kings?

This essentially sums it up.

Balls.  We have more mythology than anyone.

It's just that none of it is good for you.

Examples upon demand.

I DEMAND IT!

Rugged Individualist.
"The founders intended"
The Free Market^TM.
Jesus is on Our Side.
Lowering taxes increases revenue.
Poor people choose to live that way for reasons I don't understand.
Black people want to rape my daughter/wife/mother/hamster.
Mexicans are the reason the economy is in the shitter.
Everything would be okay if we let the bankers do their jobs without being pestered by the government.
Gays want to recruit our children.
Ron Paul is a constitutionalist.

Shall I continue?

[Mesozoic Mister Nigel]

Is it because the US doesn't really have any of its own mythology to speak of, that Star Wars is such a big deal to people? It's like arguing about whether Baby Jesus was visited by mages, wise men or kings?

This essentially sums it up.

Balls.  We have more mythology than anyone.

It's just that none of it is good for you.

Examples upon demand.

I DEMAND IT!

Rugged Individualist.
"The founders intended"
The Free Market^TM.
Jesus is on Our Side.
Lowering taxes increases revenue.
Poor people choose to live that way for reasons I don't understand.
Black people want to rape my daughter/wife/mother/hamster.
Mexicans are the reason the economy is in the shitter.
Everything would be okay if we let the bankers do their jobs without being pestered by the government.
Gays want to recruit our children.
Ron Paul is a constitutionalist.

Shall I continue?

[Sita]

The main problem, as I see it, is that the original version is no longer available in any current format. If a DVD had the option of "theater release" and "director's cut", none of this would be happening.

I have found them on Amazon. They are ridiculously expensive though