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Title: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on September 12, 2006, 10:22:29 AM
Who bought these? Own up.



P.S. -- I might, despite how much I worry about the quality of the discs, since something tells me Lucas won't be releasing the originals for some time after this.  :-[
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: trippingmartian on September 12, 2006, 10:42:53 AM
Are there any reviews out? I wouldn't mind seeing photos of the Best Buy tin.

edit: someone on gaf has it already apparently. the original versions are letterboxed  :yuck
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 12, 2006, 12:25:27 PM
Released with HORRIBLE BOX ART! NOOOOES!
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 12, 2006, 12:27:19 PM
Yeah, wtf, did Lucas Film hire some Internet photoshop dudes for their DVD covers?
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Mondain on September 12, 2006, 12:43:28 PM
lol you're not going to give Lucas more of your money are you
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 12, 2006, 12:51:45 PM
I'm really debating it because the only versions I have are the VHS Special Editions.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Thee Reverend Gary Davis on September 12, 2006, 12:54:18 PM
I think I'll get the dvd boxset instead for £20, rather than £15 per dvd.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 12, 2006, 01:46:39 PM
HEADS IN A ROW! THE DVD COVER RELEASE!

HEADS DESCENDING IN A ROW! DVD RELEASE!

AIRBRUSHED HEADS ASCENDING IN A ROW! DVD RELEASE!
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Melissa on September 12, 2006, 02:02:09 PM
Lucas can't win with you guys.  Everyone bitches about the original movies, then they get released - and now you have to bitch about the box art!

edit: someone on gaf has it already apparently. the original versions are letterboxed  :yuck
Am I reading this correctly???  You were hoping for a Fullscreen pan and scan version? :lol

All I know is, I can't sit through any of it anymore.  360 LEGO Star Wars 2, however.... *grabs car keys*
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 12, 2006, 02:05:55 PM
I liked the last release, I should buy that and then sneak the covers from those onto the new releases lol.

There's in an office near me that looks like Lucas when his hair grows big. Im gonna tell him what I think about box art one of these days when he's lookin' like lucas.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 12, 2006, 02:38:07 PM
Lucas can't win with you guys.  Everyone bitches about the original movies, then they get released - and now you have to bitch about the box art!

edit: someone on gaf has it already apparently. the original versions are letterboxed  :yuck
Am I reading this correctly???  You were hoping for a Fullscreen pan and scan version? :lol

"Letterbox" meaning that they are in 4:3 aspect ratio, with the letterboxing as part of the picture.  They are not anamorphic widescreen.  It's complete bullshit, just so he can gouge the fans of the originals for a third time when the "megabox" set of all six films is released next year.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Melissa on September 12, 2006, 02:45:14 PM
"Letterbox" meaning that they are in 4:3 aspect ratio, with the letterboxing as part of the picture.  They are not anamorphic widescreen.  It's complete bullshit, just so he can gouge the fans of the originals for a third time when the "megabox" set of all six films is released next year.
I just got them and it says "Anamorphic Letterbox" on each disc.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 12, 2006, 02:48:36 PM
That's just for the "reimagined" versions.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Vizzys on September 12, 2006, 06:03:54 PM
LOL IS THIS THE NON ANAMORPHIC ORIGINAL PICTURE ONE?
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on September 12, 2006, 06:07:08 PM
LOL IS THIS THE NON ANAMORPHIC ORIGINAL PICTURE ONE?

LOLZ YEAH IT IS.  :-*
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on September 12, 2006, 07:10:16 PM
(http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k110/Duke_OXP/Star%20Wars/My%20Collection/DSCF0434.jpg)

Herm, cases aren't as bad as I imagined they would be....  :-[
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 12, 2006, 08:28:43 PM
theyre so generic and air brushed.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Eel O'Brian on September 12, 2006, 08:43:19 PM
I like how they make Ben Kenobi look like Santa Claus.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: CajoleJuice on September 12, 2006, 09:12:12 PM
If I would buy it, I'd get with the Best Buy tin...
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: brawndolicious on September 12, 2006, 09:14:46 PM
It needs more cowbell.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: Phoenix Dark on September 12, 2006, 09:23:26 PM
I have the originals in a boxset on VHS; the box is pretty banged up, but the movies play well. Obviously it's not DVD quality, but at least it's the original.

I almost bought one of the DVDs today, but then I remembered I have like a 13inch TV.  :lol
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 12, 2006, 10:39:49 PM
Looking at those cases is like looking at some Photoshop newb who just discovered outer glow.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: whiteACID on September 13, 2006, 03:57:40 PM
I bought them today!

:rock
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Fake Shemp on September 13, 2006, 04:21:31 PM
Way to ruin the world.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on September 13, 2006, 05:26:24 PM
I'm very tempted, but will hold off for a few more days until I'm raking in the big buck$.  :-*
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 13, 2006, 05:32:58 PM
Did you get a job? Or was demi offered one million dollars by Robert Redford?
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on September 13, 2006, 05:43:38 PM
Did you get a job? Or was demi offered one million dollars by Robert Redford?

The first. Though, the latter sounds equally tempting.  :-*


(At a movie theater, by the way. Don't laugh.)
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 13, 2006, 05:51:28 PM
Why would I laugh? Everyone should have to work a service job for at least a year for some humble pie. They tend to be the more honest jobs. The experience keeps you grounded if you ever start getting paid for doing something that cant be as easily qualified as 'work'.
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: The Miles Trahan Burger Experiment on September 13, 2006, 05:52:57 PM
 :-*

Its the only job I can imagine myself doing around here. I dont want to go anywhere near the restaurant business, nor be a stock boy at some faceless corporate pharmacy. Clearview Cinemas is the way to go!

(Plus I get tickets and treats for free. :drool)
Title: Re: So... Star Wars: The Original Trilogy Releases Today
Post by: MrAngryFace on September 13, 2006, 06:01:20 PM
The only thing worse than retail/service is food service. I did three months dishwashing at a banquet hall/restaurant. I worked with this guy missing half his teeth that stole trash-bags and a guy who had just gone through a divorce and was caught sleeping on the breakroom table overnight once.

The chefs never told me when things were hot and would bark harsh laughs as I burned myself. And my god the dirty smelly dishes. Its amazing the kind of smell comes from so many foods when they essentially become ONE food in the dishwashing area. I was offered free meals but I never took them. I left every night feeling sick.