My wife finds the coolest things for me to watch.

Thanks, this kinda made my evening. I'm still struggling with what version I'm going to show my 5 year old when he's a bit older. I have an old VHS copy of the original trilogy, but it's so hard to watch VHS these days. And I can't bring myself to purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray. I should just not care, but I do...

But he will know, as God as my witness, that Han shot first.

cdennett wrote: Thanks, this kinda made my evening. I'm still struggling with what version I'm going to show my 5 year old when he's a bit older. I have an old VHS copy of the original trilogy, but it's so hard to watch VHS these days. And I can't bring myself to purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray. I should just not care, but I do...

But he will know, as God as my witness, that Han shot first.

How much older? I don't think most kids give a damn whether they see a movie on Blu-Ray, DVD, or VHS. My niece is about 6 or 7 and she's been watching the same VHS movies her mom used to watch, tape-rub-marks and all.

Yeah, I like Star Wars, but I know of better things my wife can show me...

you need to get with the times. This video is SO 3 days ago.


happy Canada Day everybody!

wadenels wrote:

cdennett wrote: Thanks, this kinda made my evening. I'm still struggling with what version I'm going to show my 5 year old when he's a bit older. I have an old VHS copy of the original trilogy, but it's so hard to watch VHS these days. And I can't bring myself to purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray. I should just not care, but I do...

But he will know, as God as my witness, that Han shot first.

How much older? I don't think most kids give a damn whether they see a movie on Blu-Ray, DVD, or VHS. My niece is about 6 or 7 and she's been watching the same VHS movies her mom used to watch, tape-rub-marks and all.

He's already seen the original once with his Mom, apparently. I think she said he had to wait till he was 6 for Empire, and I tend to agree (he gets scared fairly easily). So yeah, maybe we'll just have to do the VHS copies until I run out of working VCRs.

cdennett wrote:

wadenels wrote:

cdennett wrote: Thanks, this kinda made my evening. I'm still struggling with what version I'm going to show my 5 year old when he's a bit older. I have an old VHS copy of the original trilogy, but it's so hard to watch VHS these days. And I can't bring myself to purchase the DVD or Blu-Ray. I should just not care, but I do...

But he will know, as God as my witness, that Han shot first.

How much older? I don't think most kids give a damn whether they see a movie on Blu-Ray, DVD, or VHS. My niece is about 6 or 7 and she's been watching the same VHS movies her mom used to watch, tape-rub-marks and all.

He's already seen the original once with his Mom, apparently. I think she said he had to wait till he was 6 for Empire, and I tend to agree (he gets scared fairly easily). So yeah, maybe we'll just have to do the VHS copies until I run out of working VCRs.

Well, copyright issues aside, couldn't you at least attempt to get them transferred to DVD?

I own the original trilogy on DVD with the "special" feature being the unedited original movies. I didn't realize that they were fetching a pretty penny.

Million Dollar Mimring wrote: I own the original trilogy on DVD with the "special" feature being the unedited original movies. I didn't realize that they were fetching a pretty penny.

Really, I have the same ones. I only bought them for the unedited movie versions. How much are these selling for?

Dair wrote:

Million Dollar Mimring wrote: I own the original trilogy on DVD with the "special" feature being the unedited original movies. I didn't realize that they were fetching a pretty penny.

Really, I have the same ones. I only bought them for the unedited movie versions. How much are these selling for?

An 'acceptable' version of Episode IV runs for 19.98 + 2.98 shipping (Amazon). Outside of that the movie ranges from about 25 to 150.

Ebay lists it from 8.99 for 'acceptable' to 107.34 for 'excellent' condition.

If someone still wants the film, he can buy it for a reasonable price, but for whatever reason, the movies can now run on the high end. It's actually sort of weird.

I'm trying to decide when people will stop bitching about Lucas not making Star Wars the way they wanted it. You could argue that the complaining started in 1984 and it certainly went into high gear in 1999.

It's a tribute to Lucas' marketing savvy that bitching about his product can become a marketable product itself, apparently with a lifespan to be measured in decades.

S.