Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies

Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by bigstrat2003 on Saturday May 04, 2024 @05:58PM (#40260614)

I think you mean subjective. But I agree: the Star Wars special editions are the superior versions. I have never understood, nor will ever, why people get so worked up about the Han Solo scene. It's simply not an important part of the story or the character.

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Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by paulryanrogers on Saturday May 04, 2024 @08:40PM (#40261466)

Yes subjective. Sorry.

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Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by vundercind on Saturday May 04, 2024 @06:03PM (#40260646)

I think the loss of a major character beat is exactly what bothers people—it’s the whole point of the original scene. Aside from the modified action just looking really goofy.

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Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by loloquwowndueo on Saturday May 04, 2024 @06:02PM (#40260635)

Tell me you don’t understand Han without telling me you don’t understand Han.

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Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by jasonm23 on Sunday May 05, 2024 @04:06AM (#40263105)

I think they're also showing they don't understand storytelling, character development, or the medium of film.

And that's the important part of their comment

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Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by D13Fd on Sunday May 05, 2024 @12:14AM (#40262196)

I bothers me on two levels:

(1) it’s a cooler scene when he shoots first. It’s raw and uncompromising and represents what the first two films were before the later films went in a different direction.

(2) The idea that the bounty hunter could miss by that much at that distance is just ridiculous. It’s immersion breaking.

It’s just one scene but it stands out. If it were food, you could say “it’s just one hair in your yogurt.” It still kinda impacts the rest of it.

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Re:Rebel 'Star Wars' Fans Saved the Original Movies by MrSkelter on Sunday May 05, 2024 @06:01AM (#40263574)

What an insanely wrong take.

It literally establishes that he will shoot first and ask questions later. It casts Solo in a completely different light than as simply a guy who is trying to survive and willing to skirt the law.

The original Solo is dangerous and reckless. The neutered one isn’t.

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