Comment Re:Deconstruction of restrictions... (Score 1) 105
Have we all become so horribly cynical that we can't believe even for a SECOND that maybe, just maybe, Lucas is doing this for us, his fans? I for one am ECSTATIC about all the restrictions that have been placed on it.
I went to see The Matrix this past weekend (great flick, by the way), and some moron left the lights on the screen (you know, the ones that actually light up the curtains when they are closed), and I had to watch the SW trailer with these bright lights on the screen (it was about like watching a dark movie at noon in a living room with lots of glass doors). I almost cried. It was so frustrating. Of course I'd seen the trailer on our pathetic excuse for a 15 inch monitor, but this was the first time I had a chance to see it in theatres, and it was TOTALLY spoiled by some idiot being asleep at the projector. Luckily they turned the lights off before The Matrix started.
I wouldn't want something like this to happen to anyone who saw ANY movie, but for one so intensely reliant on special fx, it would be unthinkable.
As for the Interlocking, wouldn't that just be another way for Cinemas to surreptitiously run it on 8 screens for the first 2 weeks and then drop down to 4? I think Lucas is just trying to make this the best all-around viewing experience for everyone who goes to see it.
Keeping it in the theatres for so long allows everyone to see it too. Did you know that there are toy stores who purposefully bend the boxes on some of the action figures so that the collectors will pass them up and children will be able to buy them to play with? Well, what about kids who want to see the movie? Obviously you don't want to take your 8 year old to wait in a 4 hour line, but does that mean that he should see it in the little theater that doesn't have a good sound system yet, because after 4 weeks the movie got downgraded? How's that for "Is It Fair?"
And for those of you attacking George Lucas as a person, you obviously know nothing at all about him or his lifestyle.
One post actually says,
"What an annoying, greedy, obnoxious fellow."
Yep, that's him alright. So greedy and obnoxious that he has 2 adopted children. Betcha didn't know that. Of course, I'm sure he only adopted them so that he could get more money from the state. I mean, because that's what he's all about. He didn't create these movies because he believes in them, he did it for the money. These restrictions are so that he can make more money, because he won't get enough anyway. They have nothing to do with him just wanting to protect his vision, make his dream a reality for EVERYONE who wants to see it.
It's a shame that a movie like this, intended to promote intelligence, understanding, and maybe even a little fun, can be ruined by a bunch of cynics making faulty assumptions.
I will be at my local theater on May 19 to see a great movie. I'm sure I will not be alone.
May The Force Be With You...
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I went to see The Matrix this past weekend (great flick, by the way), and some moron left the lights on the screen (you know, the ones that actually light up the curtains when they are closed), and I had to watch the SW trailer with these bright lights on the screen (it was about like watching a dark movie at noon in a living room with lots of glass doors). I almost cried. It was so frustrating. Of course I'd seen the trailer on our pathetic excuse for a 15 inch monitor, but this was the first time I had a chance to see it in theatres, and it was TOTALLY spoiled by some idiot being asleep at the projector. Luckily they turned the lights off before The Matrix started.
I wouldn't want something like this to happen to anyone who saw ANY movie, but for one so intensely reliant on special fx, it would be unthinkable.
As for the Interlocking, wouldn't that just be another way for Cinemas to surreptitiously run it on 8 screens for the first 2 weeks and then drop down to 4? I think Lucas is just trying to make this the best all-around viewing experience for everyone who goes to see it.
Keeping it in the theatres for so long allows everyone to see it too. Did you know that there are toy stores who purposefully bend the boxes on some of the action figures so that the collectors will pass them up and children will be able to buy them to play with? Well, what about kids who want to see the movie? Obviously you don't want to take your 8 year old to wait in a 4 hour line, but does that mean that he should see it in the little theater that doesn't have a good sound system yet, because after 4 weeks the movie got downgraded? How's that for "Is It Fair?"
And for those of you attacking George Lucas as a person, you obviously know nothing at all about him or his lifestyle.
One post actually says,
"What an annoying, greedy, obnoxious fellow."
Yep, that's him alright. So greedy and obnoxious that he has 2 adopted children. Betcha didn't know that. Of course, I'm sure he only adopted them so that he could get more money from the state. I mean, because that's what he's all about. He didn't create these movies because he believes in them, he did it for the money. These restrictions are so that he can make more money, because he won't get enough anyway. They have nothing to do with him just wanting to protect his vision, make his dream a reality for EVERYONE who wants to see it.
It's a shame that a movie like this, intended to promote intelligence, understanding, and maybe even a little fun, can be ruined by a bunch of cynics making faulty assumptions.
I will be at my local theater on May 19 to see a great movie. I'm sure I will not be alone.
May The Force Be With You...
Bug
