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Post by ck100 on Mar 26, 2018 5:46:14 GMT
"When E.T. was re-released, I actually digitized five shots where E.T. went from being a puppet to a digital puppet. And I also replaced the gun when the FBI runs up on the van, now they have walkie-talkies. So there's a really bad version of E.T. where I took my cue from Star Wars and the digital enhancements of A New Hope that George put in. I went ahead, because the marketing at Universal thought we needed something to get the audience in to see the movie, so I did a few touch-ups in the film. In those days, social media wasn't as profound as it is today. But what was just beginning erupted in a loud negative voice about, 'How could you ruin our favorite childhood film by taking the guns away and putting walkie-talkies in their hands?', among other things. So I learned a big lesson. That's the last time I ever decided to mess with the past. What's done is done, and I'll never go back into another movie I made, or have control over, to enhance or change it." "The filmmaker previously addressed the controversy around the E.T. special edition during a 2011 interview, where he said he regretted altering the film, not because of the controversy, but because he was disappointed in himself, adding that he ultimately realized he, "robbed people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T." in making those alterations." movieweb.com/steven-spielberg-no-more-digitally-fixing-classic-movies/Too bad George Lucas didn't learn this lesson as well. Did Universal really think that adding a few digital touch-ups would make people rush out to see E.T. again? In regards to Star Wars and the special edition, part of the reason people went to see it was to see the new scenes with Jabba and Biggs reinserted into the film and not just for digital touch-ups. |
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Post by RiP, IMDb on Mar 26, 2018 7:52:22 GMT
"When E.T. was re-released, I actually digitized five shots where E.T. went from being a puppet to a digital puppet. And I also replaced the gun when the FBI runs up on the van, now they have walkie-talkies. So there's a really bad version of E.T. where I took my cue from Star Wars and the digital enhancements of A New Hope that George put in. I went ahead, because the marketing at Universal thought we needed something to get the audience in to see the movie, so I did a few touch-ups in the film. In those days, social media wasn't as profound as it is today. But what was just beginning erupted in a loud negative voice about, 'How could you ruin our favorite childhood film by taking the guns away and putting walkie-talkies in their hands?', among other things. So I learned a big lesson. That's the last time I ever decided to mess with the past. What's done is done, and I'll never go back into another movie I made, or have control over, to enhance or change it."
"The filmmaker previously addressed the controversy around the E.T. special edition during a 2011 interview, where he said he regretted altering the film, not because of the controversy, but because he was disappointed in himself, adding that he ultimately realized he, "robbed people who loved E.T. of their memories of E.T." in making those alterations."
movieweb.com/steven-spielberg-no-more-digitally-fixing-classic-movies
Too bad George Lucas didn't learn this lesson as well.
Did Universal really think that adding a few digital touch-ups would make people rush out to see E.T. again? In regards to Star Wars and the special edition, part of the reason people went to see it was to see the new scenes with Jabba and Biggs reinserted into the film and not just for digital touch-ups.
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Post by johnspartan on Mar 26, 2018 9:29:52 GMT
It's great to see Spielberg admit it was a mistake, George will never admit it. Also Steven had the good sense to include the real E.T. on a separate disc from the Stupid Edition.
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Mar 26, 2018 9:44:00 GMT
the revised ET is an abomination: ET was a well-made, slow puppet but the added CGI was horrible. Also some changes like "terrorist" or removal of gun were beyond unneccessary.
With the Special Editions I am mixed, they helped Lucas re-sell the product to a new generation. But they also really enhance the experience, e.g. the shot where the Falcon takes off from Mos Icely is so epic that I do not wish to see the film without it. Also all those shots were you essentially just saw blinking lights (speeder/ships etc) in the distance and now you see real crafts are great. The new added Jabba and Biggs scenes are unneccessary, not to speak of Force ghost changes further hamming up the scenes.
The only real mistake Lucas made is that he - unlike Star Trek TOS - did not provide the cleaned up OTV for teh purists next to the special editions (except in one DVD release, but the OTV looked shit here). |
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Post by johnspartan on Mar 26, 2018 9:49:53 GMT
the revised ET is an abomination: ET was a well-made, slow puppet but the added CGI was horrible. Also some changes like "terrorist" or removal of gun were beyond unneccessary.
With the Special Editions I am mixed, they helped Lucas re-sell the product to a new generation. But they also really enhance the experience, e.g. the shot where the Falcon takes off from Mos Icely is so epic that I do not wish to see the film without it. Also all those shots were you essentially just saw blinking lights (speeder/ships etc) in the distance and now you see real crafts are great. The new added Jabba and Biggs scenes are unneccessary, not to speak of Force ghost changes further hamming up the scenes.
The only real mistake Lucas made is that he - unlike Star Trek TOS - did not provide the cleaned up OTV for teh purists next to the special editions (except in one DVD release, but the OTV looked shit here). Exactly. All the prick had to do was put out a clean transfer of the originals, but he wouldn't do it. |
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Post by Tristan's Journal on Mar 26, 2018 10:01:36 GMT
the revised ET is an abomination: ET was a well-made, slow puppet but the added CGI was horrible. Also some changes like "terrorist" or removal of gun were beyond unneccessary.
With the Special Editions I am mixed, they helped Lucas re-sell the product to a new generation. But they also really enhance the experience, e.g. the shot where the Falcon takes off from Mos Icely is so epic that I do not wish to see the film without it. Also all those shots were you essentially just saw blinking lights (speeder/ships etc) in the distance and now you see real crafts are great. The new added Jabba and Biggs scenes are unneccessary, not to speak of Force ghost changes further hamming up the scenes.
The only real mistake Lucas made is that he - unlike Star Trek TOS - did not provide the cleaned up OTV for teh purists next to the special editions (except in one DVD release, but the OTV looked shit here). Exactly. All the prick had to do was put out a clean transfer of the originals, but he wouldn't do it. his argument was that the special edition (despite the name it seems) is his one and only artistic vision, the original version had to be recalled based on the advanced technology.
Millions of voices cried out in terror and never became silent... |
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Post by politicidal on Mar 26, 2018 12:17:31 GMT
Good man.
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