I think that’s the best solution - give us the director’s fancied-up version but we’d also like the original. Looking at you George Lucas.
It doesn’t help that there is an interview from George at Cannes where he was presented the Palm d’Or and he mentioned and compared his tinkering with Michelangelo’s Sistine chapel. The biggest issue with the comparison other than the ego boost is that when Michelangelo was done with a work he left it alone, he didn’t go back 5-10 later and asked to “fix a few issues he had with it” he would go wholesale a redo it from scratch (sculpture, not painting) to fix the issues he saw from before. So George can go eff off with his comparison and be happy that he is rich. And becoming extra unpopular every time he opens his big mouth.
I finally cracked and went to Amazon Spain to purchase the bootleg, legally grey edition of True Lies but since the release of the 4K, only very expensive second hand copies are now available.
While searching eBay, I found a guy selling bootlegs of the bootleg, quite cheaply, so I nabbed one of those.
Yes it’s an older transfer of just under 25gb but I think it looks a lot more natural than that that new 4k edition.
The only problem is that I have now discovered PlayStation 3, 4 and 5 don’t recognise BDRs. Luckily I have a way around it.
In terms of Star Wars, I think you’ll have to be happy with the 4K(YEAR) editions.
George has always maintained that the original negative was destroyed in creating the Special Editions but it’s known that, I can’t remember which museum, holds a copy of the original negative.
Well that’s an expression you wouldn’t want to see in a dark alley.
As long as you hadn’t angered him with your home video releases you should be relatively safe.
