I'm not opposed to it especially when the director is involved. It's his vision and what you are saying is that once a film is done and released the director should not be able to change it?
No. I am saying both versions of the movie should be available on video.
Well, then I guess Robert Wise is wrong is the directors cut edition of Star Trek The Motion Picture then too? (BTW the directors cut is far far better than the original)
I love the Director's Cut, but I was dissapointed that the Theatrical Edition of the movie was not included on Disc 1 of the 2-Disc DVD release. There was room for it, so why not include it?
As well as the Star Trek HD remastered series and all the new cool sfx they added?
The new special effects look horrible for two reasons. The first is that 2000's special effects with 1960's footage
does not work at all! The second is that the new special effects aren't nearly as good as those from VOY and ENT. The
Star Trek Remastered Special Effects look cartoonish. They are so detailed, yet they move as if they were motion-control models. It just looks plastic and fake. Cleaning up the effects is one thing, but replacing them is a big no-no in my book. Paramount CBS is welcome to do whatever they want, but I will stick with the DVD release containing the unaltered episodes.
Anyway, it is Lucas' baby and if he felt the original releases didn't really show all he envisioned then I think he has the right to add whatever sfx he wants to improve them.
Did I say he had no right to alter the movies? No. I merely said I
don't like the idea of altering the movies. I also said that as long as both versions of each movie are available on DVD, I'm cool with the special editions.
The point I am trying to make is that I don't mind altering a film so long as the original version continues to be available on video, because there will always be people who prefer the original, unaltered film.
Now fans can debate that till the cows come home and I certainly understand why people want to take a purist position and I take the same position about classic films of Hollywood's Golden Age but I think it's different when the director is alive and wants to refine his product.
I say the director, or anyone else for that matter, can alter the movie however they like
so long as they also continue to make the original version available to the audience.I honestly don't know why George Lucas didn't put both the Special Editions and Theatrical Editions of the original trilogy in the box set release to begin with. I guess that's not as profitable.
