Will the real George Lucas please stand up?

[bronsonseven]

This is from an article about how some directors and producers are mad that Columbia is putting out Three Stooges DVD’s with an option to watch them in color.

"Star Wars" creator George Lucas, who testified with Steven Spielberg before Congress in the 1980s against colorization and other forms of alteration, said the process yanks such slapstick performers as the Stooges out of the black-and-white universe they belong in.

What in the world is going on here? He changes his crap all the time. And at least Columbia is giving you an option as to which one you can watch.

Shame on you, Mr. Lucas.

[Furious D]

There's no hypocrisy in George Lucas's position.

To him the films he grew with are sacred and shouldn't be altered on the whim of some yahoo looking to score a few extra bucks. But the films our generation grew up with should be mangled and mutilated until they bear no resemblance to our childhood memories.

He's not being a hypocrite, he's just being an insensitive asshole.
:rolleyes:

[Paul R]

I posted on this but put it at the end of the THX1138: The Special Edition thread. Here is my take on it.


So apparently George can complain about other people making changes to old movies, but he can do whatever he wants to his own creations just because they are his. I wonder if we could get something started for movies along the lines of historical districts in cities. People living in the houses aren't allowed to change them to preserve the historical integrety of the area. For films, we could still allow the bastardization of Greedo shooting first as long as the historical original version was available. At least the Stooges DVDs give you the choice to view the black and white version. Hell, if he puts different extras on the different versions and sold them sperately, he could make more money because some people would buy both. And we all know that "making money" is Mr. Lucas' driving force these days. It certainly isn't "making good movies".