Yes! Secured a set of the THX remastered originals!

Has anyone else been in a rush to do this? Although I will buy the OT DVD set, I have a feeling I won't like at least some of the changes they are making. Besides the originals are just that much more charming in their unaltered state.



Too bad the set I got is missing the box, but I guess it's not that important.

 

Too much info

 

How do you know that the new cuts wont be a big inprovement?

 

Good for you, my friend. [...]
I am comforted by the fact that I have a living record of the films that I grew up with, the ones that I cherished, that inspired me to become a screenwriter. George can make all the changes he wants to the trilogy. If they improve on the originals, fine. (I'm a big fan of the SE Death Star Battle and Cloud City tweaks). But if they reduce the OT to level of the PT, I'm glad I've got tangible proof to show my baby daughter(when she's old enough) that says, THIS IS THE WAY IT WAS.

OT4EVER.

 

i was talking to some guy on yahoo chatrooms that seemed to be very exited about his copies!!!

 

I have the 95 releases on VHS. My dad bought them for my stepmom for Christmas that year.

 

I have the 95 releases on VHS too. Unfortunately they're full screen, and I usually watch the SE VHS.

 

TLJ Edit: Too much info

 

I managed to find the '95 release in fullscreen as well for only $13 on ebay. It's so comforting to know that I own them for ever and will never be forced to forget the unaltered trilogy.

 

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well...
Being the geek that I am, I've got every set of VHS videos released in the UK, (plus some from overseas) so I'm no stranger to the O-OT.
But the ones I actually watch are not to be mentioned here

I (like many others) see no harm in having them, because come September 17, I'll be first in the queue to buy the new ones

Having said that, I love the SE's as well

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EDIT: not to be mentioned here Apologies Thought it was common knowledge.

 

I bought the remastered, original versions on VHS in '95, then I got the SE versions in '97. My smartest move ,though, was to buy (off eBay) the original trilogy in widescreen on Laser Disc. People are unloading a lot of old stuff like this all of the time. It's cheap!

 

The first THX box set I bought I had to return, because the recordings were bad. Actually, I did it a few months later (they were still in stores at the time.) by buying a new set and returning the old set with the new receipt.

I've watched the OT tapes 1-2 times, to preserve them. I've watched the SE tapes once. That was enough as well. Now that I have the laserdiscs, I can make DVD's that will outlast the tapes and my LD player.

 

I saw the THX editions, Widescreen in the window of a local charity shop a month or so ago. I didn't get them cos my parking ticket was running out and I was in a hurry. When I went back the next day - they were gone...

I was mortified...

 

Funny story, My bartender's son was selling all his old VHS tapes, and he had the SE from Laserdisc in the huge box of tapes. Except for a couple minor glitches, I've almost worn them down. But when played through my home theater system, it's amazing. You really can tell the difference between the old sound and the THX remasters

 

^^^ And that's just the analog soundtrack (since you can't copy the digital PCM soundtrack to tape.)