Halfway There to Anywhere
Oct. 25th, 2011 08:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
krpalmerWhen I bought the Blu-Ray Star Wars saga set, it was with the thought that I was getting something done now for the future's sake, but I wasn't quite sure when I would get around to sorting through a wide array of expensive high-definition television sets to be able to see it. However, having heard the set was supposed to address some quirks of the previous DVDs somehow left me thinking "Blu-Ray or nothing from now on," and the thought of "putting Star Wars out of reach" did begin to tell on me a bit. It might not have helped that I was getting into using my hard drive-to-DVD recorder to archive a small selection of "remastered" Star Trek episodes; for all that "one or the other" scenarios don't appeal to me (and it's been a while since I was following the site of someone who kept crafting "Empire versus the Federation" scenarios but seemed driven more for dislike of the later Star Trek series than any great appreciation for the Star Wars movies), something about the juxtaposition could seem a bit odd.
The floodgates began to open, though, when I happened to see an HDTV stand on sale; before too long I had made a decision on size, technology, and brand that seemed "good enough," got the whole thing put together, and added a Blu-Ray player too. Even so, I might have started opening up the Blu-Ray set with the slightest sense of apprehension after even a minimal experience of the freakout over a few new changes being made to the movies for the set; even after everything, there just may have been faint worries about "suppose this time..." "A Certain Point of View" going silent for a while could have added to that, too; even hearing the Blu-Ray sets had indeed sold well might have left me with the idea of "lurking hand grenades." I started in "production order" for once, defying the organization of the little book in the set, just because I understood the old movies had had more changes made to them.
After three movies, though, the changes much dreaded by some didn't seem a problem at all to me. More than that, of course, the high definition picture was impressive, but did leave me with the slight sense of Star Wars in particular still looking a bit "rough around the edges." That, though, could seem a subtle counter to the overwrought claims of "history suppressed." While the thought has occurred to me that all of this might be seen from certain perspectives as an expensive way to hear a little bit of the score that dropped out on the DVD set, watching does seem broader than that. I still have the new movies to watch, but I'm looking forward to them. (After everything, though, the thought of some reacting to that statement still feels a little odd to me, as hard as I try to avoid it.)
The floodgates began to open, though, when I happened to see an HDTV stand on sale; before too long I had made a decision on size, technology, and brand that seemed "good enough," got the whole thing put together, and added a Blu-Ray player too. Even so, I might have started opening up the Blu-Ray set with the slightest sense of apprehension after even a minimal experience of the freakout over a few new changes being made to the movies for the set; even after everything, there just may have been faint worries about "suppose this time..." "A Certain Point of View" going silent for a while could have added to that, too; even hearing the Blu-Ray sets had indeed sold well might have left me with the idea of "lurking hand grenades." I started in "production order" for once, defying the organization of the little book in the set, just because I understood the old movies had had more changes made to them.
After three movies, though, the changes much dreaded by some didn't seem a problem at all to me. More than that, of course, the high definition picture was impressive, but did leave me with the slight sense of Star Wars in particular still looking a bit "rough around the edges." That, though, could seem a subtle counter to the overwrought claims of "history suppressed." While the thought has occurred to me that all of this might be seen from certain perspectives as an expensive way to hear a little bit of the score that dropped out on the DVD set, watching does seem broader than that. I still have the new movies to watch, but I'm looking forward to them. (After everything, though, the thought of some reacting to that statement still feels a little odd to me, as hard as I try to avoid it.)