Re: can you answer CHICAGO question?

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
 Michelle Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>  Dick Sidbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
> > >>Lucas, unfortunately, doesn't seem to "get it", and still plans to 
> > >>stifle the original Star Wars films that millions thrived on.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > The ones released in 1997 and subsequent are what Lucas had in mind 
> > > originally; the originals had been edited for length at the 
> > > insistence of the studio.
> > 
> > Then please explain why Greedo shoots first in the special edition 
> > and not in the original version.  The time has to the same (within a 
> > second or so) and I can't believe that special effects made any 
> > difference.
> 
> Then why bring up special effects for that scene?  the only reason 
> special effects were needed for the scene I described is that Lucas 
> changed Jaba from a human to a worm between episodes 4 and 5--it was 
> easy to do because Jaba was not seen in episode 4.
> 
> Greedo shooting first makes more sense; I don't know why it wasn't that 
> way in the original, other than to save a bit of time--a second here, 
> and a second there, and pretty soon you're talking full minutes.

More sense?  I'd dispute that.  To me, Han shooting first makes sense.  
Greedo announces he's going to shoot Han.  So Han takes the threat 
seriously and shoots him.  The change makes Han seem less bloodthirsty, 
which I'm sure is why it was made.  But it's ridiculous; it makes Han 
into the sort of moral soul who would never have survived in that 
environment.  Let the other guy shoot first and then, assuming you're 
faster and more accurate, live to tell about it?  Yeah, right.

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