I don't want to pay a fucking ridiculous amount of money for some poppy eye effects.
I'll pay to see the 2D version again, but 3D just isn't worth it.
I'll pay to see the 2D version again, but 3D just isn't worth it.
I do think that FFH has a point that we might be missing, though. He isn't implying (as far as I can tell) that artists shouldn't get paid. What Lucas is doing, that FFH seems opposed to, is selling the same movie a second time for jacked prices for some cheap 3D effects. That's a pretty shallow thing to do if you consider yourself a *good* artist and not just an entrepreneur or greedy idiot.Sutter Cane said:you do realize that even if lucas distributed the films free of charge you'd still likely have to pay to see them, as the theaters themselves would still charge you. Also prove that making money off your art disqualifies you from being a true artist, because to me that sounds like an incredible pretentious thing to say.FFHAuthor said:I've paid enough money. I've done my part, paid for movies, paid for DVDs, paid for cassettes...I've bought them enough.
If he's really an artist that wants his 'true vision' to be seen by everyone who loves the movies, he'd be showing them for free. He's not. That says everything that needs to be said on the matter.
I still don't understand how being an entrepreneur would prevent you from being a good artist. I just don't see how n a philosophical level simply re-releasing a film to get more money out of it would change the artistic quality of the film. Now if you want to argue that say the changes to the OT have damaged the artistic quality, i'd say you have a better argument there, although I don't take the position that they've ruined the films, and I even like sme of the changes such as the re-done battle scenes and the NOOOO in ROTJ (I do have a legitimate reason for that, and if you'd like me to elaborate just ask. Greedo shooting first and "Jedi rocks" can eat a dick though). I just fail to see how the simple act of re-releasing the film makes it less artistically worthychadachada123 said:I do think that FFH has a point that we might be missing, though. He isn't implying (as far as I can tell) that artists shouldn't get paid. What Lucas is doing, that FFH seems opposed to, is selling the same movie a second time for jacked prices for some cheap 3D effects. That's a pretty shallow thing to do if you consider yourself a *good* artist and not just an entrepreneur or greedy idiot.Sutter Cane said:you do realize that even if lucas distributed the films free of charge you'd still likely have to pay to see them, as the theaters themselves would still charge you. Also prove that making money off your art disqualifies you from being a true artist, because to me that sounds like an incredible pretentious thing to say.FFHAuthor said:I've paid enough money. I've done my part, paid for movies, paid for DVDs, paid for cassettes...I've bought them enough.
If he's really an artist that wants his 'true vision' to be seen by everyone who loves the movies, he'd be showing them for free. He's not. That says everything that needs to be said on the matter.
I merely point to the fact that Lucas's mantra every step of the way through these revisions and enhancements has been to bring forth his 'true vision' of Star Wars, a fair enough decision, but I have to ask, how many times do the fans need to see the same piece of work with differences being interjected again and again?Sutter Cane said:you do realize that even if lucas distributed the films free of charge you'd still likely have to pay to see them, as the theaters themselves would still charge you. Also prove that making money off your art disqualifies you from being a true artist, because to me that sounds like an incredible pretentious thing to say.FFHAuthor said:I've paid enough money. I've done my part, paid for movies, paid for DVDs, paid for cassettes...I've bought them enough.
If he's really an artist that wants his 'true vision' to be seen by everyone who loves the movies, he'd be showing them for free. He's not. That says everything that needs to be said on the matter.