Boogie said:
I don't much give a damn. Original Trilogy >>> ( x infinity) Prequel Trilogy, therefore any move that changes the Original Trilogy to be consistent with the Prequels is trash.
Basically, I think Lucas has approached Star Wars completely ass backwards in the past decade. He made the most memorable movie trilogy of all time, then he decided to tell the story of the prequels.
Now, what he should have done was made the Prequels so as to be consistent with the Original Trilogy. Instead, he's made crappy Prequels, and for reasons passing understanding, has decided to taint the Original Trilogy by deciding to change it to be consistent with the Prequels.
And that is why he's a hack.
Every post I read like this one makes me laugh. The prequels are hardly trash and are decent films. I think they do stand well in the Star Wars saga and it's rather sad most people don't agree. While some of the changes to the original trilogy are a bit bothersome. I've yet to see any drastic change that was meant to help them become more consistent with the prequels. The only major thing he's done so far is put Hayden at the end of ROTJ.
His SE scenes had next to nothing to do witht he prequels and were just his way of making them more "up to date" and appealing to younger audiences. Very little of the story of ANY of the movies has been changed. Only the geeks who enjoy a film for the bits and pieces are the ones I see bitching. I still see the same story, acting quality, and overally emotion of the original trilogy intact despite these changes. They really aren't that much of a big fucking deal.
The prequels still offer that "cutting edge" technology and special effects. The story is still there and I don't thin they're at ALL horrible when compared to the original trilogy. Hell, ROTS looks to be one of the top films in the saga if we go by the story. At least for me. The acting quality feels roughly the same for me in both trilogies. They all have corny lines, they all have poorly placed dialogue and emotion. Hell the love scenes in AOTC reminded me so much of Leia and Luke's slight romance in ANH. Awkward and totally unnecessary. The humor in the OT is hardly existent outside of Han. Obi-Wan reminds me a bit of him in the prequels, the humor that is. Still feels like Star Wars, still the galaxy I've always loved, and still the series that is capable of taking me into a place where I feel swept away in.
Meh, to bring it back to my original point. The only thing that damaged the original trilogy any were the SE changes. Things like the slave dance scene, and the ending to ROTJ make no sense whatsoever and are terrible compared to their original versions. These prequel changes do very little to harm the film and any many cases (the scream, and even the interesting idea about Dark/Light Jedi aging) enhance the film a bit. I don't see any problem.
