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Post by callipygias on Dec 23, 2008 18:40:13 GMT -5
Here's a couple pieces of what Rifftrax says about it: "A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away (Marin County, to be exact) George Lucas sparked up his favorite bong, kicked back in a bean bag chair and several gurgles later came up with the idea that would become the greatest movie of all time.*" "*Don't storm our offices, Dark Knight fans, we acknowledge that it used to be the greatest movie of all time."
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Dec 23, 2008 19:07:32 GMT -5
Hooray, an older fun movie! Not a terrible one, but it will be good to get away from recent blockbusters.
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Post by Weirdo Writer on Dec 23, 2008 19:29:43 GMT -5
Yeah, this should be a nice change of pace.
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Post by Mod City on Dec 23, 2008 20:05:23 GMT -5
Agreed. And I own it, too. That always helps.
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Post by Queen Shadowrama on Dec 23, 2008 22:03:26 GMT -5
This is wonderful news! I really look forward to this!
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Post by mst3ktemple on Dec 23, 2008 22:29:14 GMT -5
Very cool. There are a lot of "classic" movies that I love that I think would be great for riffing. I still hope they do Citizen Kane and Casablanca.
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Post by Mighty Jack on Dec 23, 2008 22:41:43 GMT -5
Cool, I was a bit worried that some of the high profile iriff stuff might keep them from doing certain movies, I'm glad to see that's not the case. It's coming Dec 30th FYI.
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Post by roninfox on Dec 24, 2008 1:41:51 GMT -5
I bought the two disc sets of each of the original movies, while planning to never EVER watch the Special Editions on them. I even listened to the commentaries on the discs through my surround sound with the tv off. The only reasons I've caved so far are a couple fan riffs, and now I imagine I'll be seeing this one a lot. I wonder how much of the riffing will be aimed directly at the "improvements" or if it would mostly still apply to the original cut.
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Post by Torgo on Dec 24, 2008 2:08:51 GMT -5
Rock on! I always hoped they'd do the Original Trilogy.
I kind of hoped they'd do Clone Wars first, though. That's hands down the worst of the lot.
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Post by The Mad Plumber on Dec 24, 2008 2:11:54 GMT -5
That was the one thing I was going to ask: which version was it. I checked the site, and it said that it was the Special Edition. In fact, how many versions of Star Wars are there? I hear that everytime Lucas releases it, he changes a million other things.
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Post by Torgo on Dec 24, 2008 2:20:22 GMT -5
I think there are four.
The first is the original theatrical version. The second is exactly the same, only with EPISODE IV - A NEW HOPE tacked onto it. The third is the special edition they released in theaters in 1997. The fourth is the super special edition Lucas' made for the DVD release in 2004.
Most likely, they'll do the fourth, since it's the most widely avalible on DVD.
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Post by doctorz on Dec 24, 2008 12:44:51 GMT -5
Great! I was afraid Rifftrax was going to become an exclusive cornucopia of parodies coupled to the endless supply of recent and vacuous comic book movie releases. This sad state of affairs was going to force me to burn black candles toward their demise.
This one will be loads of fun, I hope.
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Post by Captain Hygiene on Dec 24, 2008 14:23:58 GMT -5
That fourth release has both the special edition and the original theatrical edition, FYI. Probably the one to have.
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Post by docsteve on Dec 24, 2008 21:05:09 GMT -5
That fourth release has both the special edition and the original theatrical edition, FYI. Probably the one to have. Incorrect. The fourth release originally consisted of two discs (one disc is the second version of the Special Edition with a few more changes or tweaks) and one has the "extras." About a year later, there were limited edition sets that consisted of two discs. One disc was identical to the main disc of the fourth version (Remastered Special Edition). The other disc was the original video release of the movie. They were advertised as "theatrical editions," but they were actually the same as the first VHS releases. In the case of Return of the Jedi, the theatrical release and the first VHS release are identical. There are supposed to be differences between the theatrical version of the Empire Strikes Back and its initial VHS release, but I can't figure out what they are supposed to be. The first VHS release of Star Wars added the "IV: A New Hope" subtitle. Also, some of the visuals were tweaked or sweetened. Notably, the speeder sequences on Tatooine. Lucas has been doing this stuff for longer than most people realize.
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Post by mst3krom on Dec 25, 2008 7:34:14 GMT -5
How many editions of Star Wars can George Lucas possibly release? Also I don't see what so "special" about the 2004 special edition. They couldn't even get Luke Skywalker's lightsaber color to be consistent and Darth Vader's lightsaber looked pink instead of red with that damn color correction. I don't know about you, but I'll stick with my VHS 1997 version that I had ever since I became a fan. That's the definitive edition as far as I'm concerned. Also I have the privilege of NOT seeing Hayden Christensen's ugly mug at the end of Return.
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