{"id":6032,"date":"2011-09-02T16:59:06","date_gmt":"2011-09-02T20:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/?p=6032"},"modified":"2011-09-02T17:01:36","modified_gmt":"2011-09-02T21:01:36","slug":"my-life-as-a-geek-in-regards-to-mr-lucas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.geekworldordersite.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/my-life-as-a-geek-in-regards-to-mr-lucas\/","title":{"rendered":"My Life As A Geek: In Regards To Mr. Lucas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Ryan MacDonald<\/p>\n

Every time there\u2019s a change made to the original Star Wars trilogy it hurts. \u00a0And it should because over time we\u2019ve all treated the original trilogy as a person. \u00a0Think about it, you\u2019ve spent money on it, you\u2019ve spent nights with it, you\u2019ve probably even fantasized about certain parts, but I\u2019m not judging. \u00a0The point is we\u2019re all emotionally invested in Star Wars and I get it. \u00a0I get the rage and the calls for boycott, I get it. \u00a0This man came into your home and got in bed with your woman. \u00a0And now she\u2019s changed and you can\u2019t look at her the same anymore.<\/p>\n

Plain and simple, George Lucas is a home wrecker.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to take both sides on this, however. \u00a0On the side of the fans, we\u2019ve been dealt a cascade of disappointments ever since that faceless pipe droid smacked the other droid out of the sky in the
\nSpecial Edition of A New Hope. Following that we were given the prequel trilogy and introduced to possibly the second most annoying character in film history, topped only by Jonathan Lipnicki in Jerry Maguire. \u00a0There\u2019s a list of war crimes I\u2019ll address individually in a bit, but for now, let\u2019s leave it at \u201ccascade of disappointments\u201d<\/p>\n

On Lucas\u2019 side of the fight, these are his movies and he can alter them as he sees fit. \u00a0If we love it or hate it, we can deal with it because if we want it on DVD or Blu Ray so bad we can deal with
\nwhatever changes Lucas wants to make. \u00a0That\u2019s the only argument I can come up with for him. \u00a0Seriously, hasn\u2019t this man ever heard of multiple releases?<\/p>\n

Ridley Scott only put out 68 versions of Blade Runner, and most of us bought all of them. \u00a0Peter Jackson and his 11,000 hour edition of Lord of the Rings. \u00a0It\u2019s not like it\u2019s some secret that we, geeks, nerds, and the casually obsessed will buy as many versions of anything that we love en mass quantities. \u00a0If there were original theatrical versions, special editions, 2nd edition directors cuts, and final end all be all ultimate versions of Star Wars available the millions upon millions of my saga-loving brethren would indeed buy each and every version available.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not that hard, Han shot first, that Jabba the Hutt scene in A New Hope is the EXACT same scene the Han\/Greedo exchange with the exact line delivery from Han. \u00a0we liked the oil slick under the land speeder, we didn\u2019t need a dewback, we didn\u2019t need more Jawas, droids, or slapsticky comedy there didn\u2019t need to be more rebel fighters in The Battle of Yavin. \u00a0There really didn\u2019t, it means something SO much more when a small renegade group of freedom fighters goes up against the big bad with so few numbers and wins. \u00a0And that\u2019s not even half of what was wrong with the special edition of A New Hope.<\/p>\n

George Lucas did one thing right. \u00a0He put out the theatrical editions of the original trilogy on DVD so that we\u2019d have them for when he really went and botched things up. \u00a0I stand by my sentiment that a sound effect and a line aren\u2019t much to get all ragey about. \u00a0If you think about it, Vader needs as many speaking parts as possible. \u00a0Being that he has no face to emote with, we have no way of REALLY knowing what\u2019s going on in his head while the Emporer fries his son in front of him. \u00a0I know the argument that his body language says everything, but it really doesn\u2019t. \u00a0He stands there and looks as though he\u2019s zoned out wondering if he left the gas on. \u00a0Then suddenly, decides that there\u2019s no way he could have natural gas in space, picks up a crusty old man and throws him down an poorly placed chasm in the middle of a throne room. \u00a0Some of the other changes I feel similarly about. Replacing the puppet Yoda with a CG one in Phantom Menace I get. \u00a0Even when I was 15 and naive I thought the puppet Yoda looked bad. \u00a0Making him CG in Phantom Menace makes sense as he\u2019s CG in Episodes 2 and 3 as well. \u00a0Giving Ewoks eyelids, I get that, there\u2019s a clip on YouTube of
\nWicket meeting Leia and eating the cookie she gives him and the blinking was off-putting at first, but you\u2019ve gotta realize these are living creatures and if they don\u2019t blink they\u2019re eyes will get dry and
\nI don\u2019t think Ewoks have established a CVS on Endor yet.<\/p>\n

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Backing off the defense here and getting mad about something, I did finally listen to that \u201csound effect\u201d change. \u00a0Obi-Wan\u2019s Krayt Dragon call as he approaches the sand people who are ransacking the landspeeder and I have to say, that it\u2019s awful. \u00a0What was wrong with the siren-like noise he made originally? \u00a0Maybe it was destroyed over time and couldn\u2019t be salvaged. \u00a0Maybe someone thought the Jackovasaur from South Park was a much better model to design a wooping call after.<\/p>\n

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Look, everyone, put down your pitchforks and stop screaming blasphemy in regards to these changes, it\u2019s completely unbecoming of us as civilized geeks. \u00a0Lucas\u2019 crimes are great and he\u2019s yet to answer for any of them, he still has Greedo shooting first in the Cantina. \u00a0But the fact of the matter is, this is all we\u2019re going to get. \u00a0No amount of any of you boycotting the release of the blu-rays with these changes is going to stop it from shipping. \u00a0It\u2019s all we\u2019re getting, for a long time. \u00a0Shell out your 90 dollars and enjoy Star Wars in glorious 1080p. Besides, if you\u2019re any kind of fan you own the
\ntheatrical releases on DVD and VHS.<\/p>\n

For more views, reviews, and opinions from the geek realms, check out my blog over at http:\/\/mylifeasag33k.wordpress.com<\/a>, follow me on twitter @mynameisg33k<\/a>, and don\u2019t forget to join the Spread the Nerd<\/a> effort on Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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