Friday, January 18, 2008

Star WARS Episodes 4-6

Star Wars introduced the world to the imagination of George Lucas.  The characters he imagined reined on the silver screen in 1976 and has lasted many developments of technology.

Now before the enhancements Stars Wars was a good movie.  I guess I am a purist because I did not like the classic movies with the digital enhancements.  

There was something sweet with the costumed beasts and stop motion photography.  It was the best for its time period.  

I remember sitting on the front seat of my father's pick up and watching on the drive-thru screen.  The garbage scene scared me.  The space fights took my breath away.

When George Lucas decided to enhance the original movies with digital effects, it was like adding color to beautiful black and white motion pictures.  The color took away the shadows and the ambiance of  the black and white motion pictures.  It should have never been done.

The enhancements made the movies bad.  But the originals are still good if you watch them with out the digital enhancements.

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