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Pulp Fiction is a Disney film.

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Naturalust
Who cares who puts the movie out? Both Disney and Lucas films are like the Stones in that they have already given us so much. Having worked at Skywalker Sound I can say that they are probably happy to ink the deal. Lucas is like Keith, insticts are intact but drive and dexterity have waned.

A good film is like a good song and can be done mnay different ways by many different people. peace

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What this could also mean is that we'll finally see the original films restored, minus all the additional footage George has been adding constantly since '97. He claimed it would never happen, and has only released the originals as bonus footage on one DVD set, and it wasn't cleaned up at all, it was just an old Laserdisc conversion from the early '90's that they tacked onto the DVD set. That set is now out of print and really expensive for anybody that wants the untampered with films.

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Who cares who puts the movie out? Both Disney and Lucas films are like the Stones in that they have already given us so much. Having worked at Skywalker Sound I can say that they are probably happy to ink the deal. Lucas is like Keith, insticts are intact but drive and dexterity have waned.

A good film is like a good song and can be done mnay different ways by many different people. peace

That's awesome. So you've been to Skywalker Ranch? Is that where you worked or does Skywalker Sound work out of some other place. Either way, that would be an awesome job.

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Who cares who puts the movie out? Both Disney and Lucas films are like the Stones in that they have already given us so much. Having worked at Skywalker Sound I can say that they are probably happy to ink the deal. Lucas is like Keith, insticts are intact but drive and dexterity have waned.

A good film is like a good song and can be done mnay different ways by many different people. peace

That's awesome. So you've been to Skywalker Ranch? Is that where you worked or does Skywalker Sound work out of some other place. Either way, that would be an awesome job.

Yes at the Ranch in Marin County. It is indeed an awesome place. The work environment is so cool and friendly I think that places like Google and Apple have used them as a model in recent years. peace

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I wonder what it is like to sell something for FOUR BILLION DOLLARS?

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I wonder what it is like to sell something for FOUR BILLION DOLLARS?

I sold something on eBay for four billion dollars once.

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1997, the year of Anybody Seen My Baby, and Greedo shooting first.
What a disappointing year.

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nocode, did you get my link for you earlier in the thread?
All 3 Original Movies edited from HD sources with additional effects 'correcting (ie, boxes around tie fighters) BUT...

All of Lucas's post-'97 CGI bull$#!t edited OUT!

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Oops... typo.

Four dollars... four...

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Maybe they can redo the episode where Darth Vadar takes off
his mask, and then.... when he does, it could Micky Mouse inside

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Fans of the original trilogy need to seek out Harmy's Despecialized Editions of those 3 films. In a nutshell, this dude Harmy has used the best source material available to put together releases that are as close to the original cuts as possible. I was absolutely stunned at the quality when I started watching.

Remember...in the Cantina, Han shot first.

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I didn't assume you were deeming it a shitty movie, I'm simply saying that if the movie is good, should it matter who owns the rights? You're making a lot of assumption, like that, and that they'll bring back Jar Jar, etc. Your position has no real concrete stance except for that you're apparently mad that a large company makes a shitload of money. Besides, nobody was more interested in selling toys than George, he would go out of his way to write scenes and invent characters for the express purpose of selling toys. George is pretty much credited with movie merchandising. It barely existed (at least not on the scale George took it to) prior to A New Hope. Which is why Fox (the distributor) couldn't understand why he was so adamant about keeping the merchandising rights, and signed it over to him gladly. So what you're mad about is something George pretty much invented.

As for "reeks of making dollars instead of art", that's what George has been about for a long time. So I don't think it will really be any worse with Disney. It's kind of a non-issue here, as it has been going on with Lucasfilm for a LONG time. George constantly going back and changing the original films (while holding the untampered films hostage) and releasing a new version every few years, getting to the point where you can't recognize them anymore.

There's not really a huge difference structurally here. Lucasfilm always used major studios to distribute their films. MGM, Paramount, Fox, etc. The films are still going to be made by Lucasfilm in house and will be distributed by Disney. The only real difference is that instead of one rich guy getting the profits, another rich guy will get the profits.

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I didn't assume you were deeming it a shitty movie, I'm simply saying that if the movie is good, should it matter who owns the rights? You're making a lot of assumption, like that, and that they'll bring back Jar Jar, etc. Your position has no real concrete stance except for that you're apparently mad that a large company makes a shitload of money. Besides, nobody was more interested in selling toys than George, he would go out of his way to write scenes and invent characters for the express purpose of selling toys. George is pretty much credited with movie merchandising. It barely existed (at least not on the scale George took it to) prior to A New Hope. Which is why Fox (the distributor) couldn't understand why he was so adamant about keeping the merchandising rights, and signed it over to him gladly. So what you're mad about is something George pretty much invented.

As for "reeks of making dollars instead of art", that's what George has been about for a long time. So I don't think it will really be any worse with Disney. It's kind of a non-issue here, as it has been going on with Lucasfilm for a LONG time. George constantly going back and changing the original films (while holding the untampered films hostage) and releasing a new version every few years, getting to the point where you can't recognize them anymore.

There's not really a huge difference structurally here. Lucasfilm always used major studios to distribute their films. MGM, Paramount, Fox, etc. The films are still going to be made by Lucasfilm in house and will be distributed by Disney. The only real difference is that instead of one rich guy getting the profits, another rich guy will get the profits.

OK. You have valid points. I think it's the cringe factor, really. I see Disney reissuing the movies hence the Jar Jar comment. Next thing there will be a Jar Jar feature at Disney Land/World/Planet.

Unfortunately, and this is not in disrepect to you, I have to agree with what you said, that Lucas was more about selling toys. I understand George's desire to remain "independent", which it seems he did rather well considering, and the toy making obviously helped out with that. It irks me to no end that Disney, of all "company's", will now (yes, speculation on my part but for good reason) be hawking Star Wars this and that via McDonald's etc.

More later.

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Who cares who puts the movie out? Both Disney and Lucas films are like the Stones in that they have already given us so much. Having worked at Skywalker Sound I can say that they are probably happy to ink the deal. Lucas is like Keith, insticts are intact but drive and dexterity have waned.

A good film is like a good song and can be done mnay different ways by many different people. peace

That's awesome. So you've been to Skywalker Ranch? Is that where you worked or does Skywalker Sound work out of some other place. Either way, that would be an awesome job.

Yes at the Ranch in Marin County. It is indeed an awesome place. The work environment is so cool and friendly I think that places like Google and Apple have used them as a model in recent years. peace

The the reults show....
e.g. todays google doodle... click around on it [www.google.com]

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Who cares who puts the movie out? Both Disney and Lucas films are like the Stones in that they have already given us so much. Having worked at Skywalker Sound I can say that they are probably happy to ink the deal. Lucas is like Keith, insticts are intact but drive and dexterity have waned.

A good film is like a good song and can be done mnay different ways by many different people. peace

That's awesome. So you've been to Skywalker Ranch? Is that where you worked or does Skywalker Sound work out of some other place. Either way, that would be an awesome job.

Yes at the Ranch in Marin County. It is indeed an awesome place. The work environment is so cool and friendly I think that places like Google and Apple have used them as a model in recent years. peace

The the reults show....
e.g. todays google doodle... click around on it [www.google.com]

That is cool. Thx Max. . At least someone is hiring creative artistic people to work for them.

The sonification of the house is ok in that context but the idea of that really taking off on web sites has me mousing for my mute button. Web sites that do that can be really annoying. peace