{"id":21301,"date":"2011-09-07T06:00:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-07T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/?p=21301"},"modified":"2017-09-25T14:28:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-25T21:28:12","slug":"star-wars-poll2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/star-wars-poll2\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Star Wars&#8217; Poll: Episode II &#8211; The Final Straw"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/star-wars-poll\/\">previously ran a poll on this subject<\/a> back when it was first announced that the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; saga would be coming to Blu-ray. However, now that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/star-wars-poll\/\">new details have emerged<\/a> regarding the further changes that George Lucas has imposed on the original trilogy, I feel that it&#8217;s worth revisiting the topic. Are you <em>still<\/em> planning to buy &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; on Blu-ray next week, or have you finally had enough of George Lucas&#8217; revisionism?<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The last time we asked this, the results shook out that the majority of voters (43%) were planning to buy the whole <a href=\"https:\/\/bluray.highdefdigest.com\/3894\/starwarscollection.html\">&#8220;Complete Saga&#8221; six-film set<\/a>. Just behind that at 29% were people who insisted that they wouldn&#8217;t buy the movies on Blu-ray until Lucas finally releases the original, unaltered versions of the first trilogy. I wonder if those percentages will still hold up.<\/p>\n<p>After giving this a lot of thought, I&#8217;ve decided that I&#8217;m burned out on &#8216;Star Wars&#8217;. I find George Lucas&#8217; behavior to be reprehensible. The &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; trilogy were incredibly groundbreaking and influential films that changed the cinematic art form (for better or for worse). By systematically dismantling and disfiguring them the way he has, while refusing the preserve their original presentations that made such a profound impact on both filmmaking and popular culture, George Lucas is destroying an important piece of our cultural heritage. Until he restores these movies to their original forms, I will not buy them again on Blu-ray or any format. Screw George Lucas. He&#8217;s an asshole.<\/p>\n<div id=\"polls-131\" class=\"wp-polls\">\n\t<form id=\"polls_form_131\" class=\"wp-polls-form\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\" method=\"post\">\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" id=\"poll_131_nonce\" name=\"wp-polls-nonce\" value=\"c7b7fe4f70\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"display: none;\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"poll_id\" value=\"131\" \/><\/p>\n\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Are You Still Planning to Buy 'Star Wars' on Blu-ray?<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"polls-131-ans\" class=\"wp-polls-ans\"><ul class=\"wp-polls-ul\">\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-617\" name=\"poll_131\" value=\"617\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-617\">Yes, I'm still in for the full six-film set no matter what.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-618\" name=\"poll_131\" value=\"618\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-618\">I'm fed up. I won't buy any of them until Lucasfilm restores the original, unaltered versions of the first trilogy.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-619\" name=\"poll_131\" value=\"619\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-619\">Only the original trilogy box set (Episodes IV - VI) for me.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-620\" name=\"poll_131\" value=\"620\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-620\">Only the prequel trilogy box set (Episodes I - III) for me.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-621\" name=\"poll_131\" value=\"621\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-621\">I'm waiting for the 3D conversions.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<li><input type=\"radio\" id=\"poll-answer-622\" name=\"poll_131\" value=\"622\" \/> <label for=\"poll-answer-622\">I'll buy them, but I won't be happy about it.<\/label><\/li>\n\t\t<\/ul><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><input type=\"button\" name=\"vote\" value=\"   Vote   \" class=\"Buttons\" onclick=\"poll_vote(131);\" \/><\/p><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"#ViewPollResults\" onclick=\"poll_result(131); return false;\" title=\"View Results Of This Poll\">View Results<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\t<\/form>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"polls-131-loading\" class=\"wp-polls-loading\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.highdefdigest.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-polls\/images\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\" \/>&nbsp;Loading ...<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We previously ran a poll on this subject back when it was first announced that the &#8216;Star Wars&#8217; saga would be coming to Blu-ray. 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