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John Wilson
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From: Sydney, Australia.
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posted 10-29-2001 06:43 PM
Here's a couple of shots from the new ET, courtesy of dvdsewer.comHere's the original shot with the FBI agents holding guns... ...and now here's the new one. Now they are holding very dangerous looking walkie talkies! I think they look too dangerous. They should re-re-edit it and have them holding peace signs or maybe just a bunch of daisies. Or maybe they could just wave E.T. bye-byes. Geez...Is nothing sacred? ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/rolleyes.gif) Oh, and here's the new poster for those who haven't seen it...
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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!
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posted 10-29-2001 11:06 PM
Whats Spielberg gonna do next? Both Matt Damon and Tom Hanks (and Spielberg as well but he still makes films with guns in them...at least until the E.T. reissue) support politicians that want to abolish the Second Amendment... Why don't they pressure Spielberg to release a gunless edition of 'Saving Private Ryan'? Sound unbelieveable? After this, who knows what can happen?. THIS CRAP HAS TO STOP.Screw Drew. Shame on you Steven. Hey Steven- Here's an idea! Why not leave in the guns and digitally remove DREW?!? Then you dont have to pay her any freaking royalties in the process! ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/smile.gif) /rant -Aaron
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John Wilson
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posted 10-30-2001 03:19 AM
Curses Greg! Foiled again! ![](http://www.film-tech.com/ubb/wink.gif) A gun-less Private Ryan...Very funny! If it wasn't so sad it'd be funny. I am a big fan of Spielberg's work through to about 1985 when he hit producer and wanted an oscar. Temple Of Doom I think was the last film from him I truly enjoyed. I'm all for sprucing up the old rubbery guy (!) with some nice clean sound, maybe a couple of deleted scenes and some restoring of the print, but why oh why do he and George insist on altering these fine pieces of our culture? I was reading elsewhere today of the scene in Star Wars Special Edition where George Lucas made Greedo shhot first in the cantina so Han wouldn't look like a scruffy looking Nerf herding scoundrel by shooting Greedo unprovoked. Hey, Han WAS a scruffy looking Nerf herder! Why change it so long after the fact? Did he think it would go un-noticed? Why, indeed.
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Aaron Haney
Master Film Handler
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From: Cupertino, CA, USA
Registered: Jan 2001
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posted 10-30-2001 05:25 AM
A while back, I heard this was coming, so I bought some used laserdisc copies of the movie, just in case. Now I'm glad I did.I simply cannot believe it. F--- you, Steven Spielberg! You think all that money in your personal fortune came out of thin air? A movie like this belongs to the public! The people who made you rich deserve to be able to see the movie in its original form! Don't get me started on the Star Wars trilogy. I can only hope that the Indiana Jones trilogy arrives on DVD unmolested. quote: Richard Fowler wrote: Also check out the DVD of Snow White....they did so much digital scrubbing they made many scenes look flat...oh that character shadow was some excess dirt in the frame ugh....
I haven't seen it yet, but I wouldn't be surprised. I'm planning to put together a web page in which I list, with screenshots, as many cases of digital "cleanup" errors in DVDs I can find. Perhaps a little public embarrassment will cause the idiots who work in DVD production to pay more attention.
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