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February 11, 2004
Preserving Star Wars History with ColdFusion
originaltrilogy.com could prove to be one of the most important websites of our time, and I'm proud to say it's powered by ColdFusion. The purpose of the site, in their own words:
"George Lucas doesn't plan on releasing the original theatrical cuts of the first Star Wars trilogy on DVD -- or any other home video format for that matter. They're gone forever. The point of the petition is to try and change his mind."
ColdFusion and Star Wars: an unbeatable combination, and a noble cause.
Posted by cantrell at February 11, 2004 12:14 AM | References
Comments
The trilogy is out on DVD soon.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/3478493.stm
Posted by: Neil Middleton at February 11, 2004 01:10 PM
Here too:
http://www.dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2004/02_10.html
Posted by: Ali Mills at February 11, 2004 03:11 PM
I think they're wanting the "original theatrical cuts" as opposed to the touched up copies of the originals. Remember that Lucas came back and touched everything up, added scenes / special effects, things he felt that *should* be there, etc.
*shrugs*...
Us Star Wars fans are a weird breed. :)
Posted by: Todd at February 11, 2004 03:24 PM
You know, as a Star Wars fan and a ColdFusion developer, I go back and forth on this one, but at the end of the day, I think Geroge should be able to hack the OT as much as he wants.
If I could go back and make some changes to some code I wrote last year to make it better, I would definitely do it. Taking the metaphor a bit further, if the Star Wars fan base is my client and my clients are signing a petition for me not to mess with it, I would listen to them.
Whatever.
Posted by: Charlie at February 11, 2004 05:03 PM
I consider myself a SW nut, but at the end of the day, if Lucas wants to change his creation, he has that write. I think he _should_ release both the modified and the original (and hey, I actually like the modified versions, except the Greedo scene), but as the content owner, he has the right to do what he wants.
Posted by: Raymond Camden at February 11, 2004 07:03 PM
I think the Original Theatrical version will be there anyway! Like the Lion King Special Edition, if you go to directors commentry and change the audio track it the Original film :o)
So maybe George will hide the Original Trilogy somewhere!
Posted by: Dave Hill at February 12, 2004 05:58 AM