Montana Smith said:
The original three Star Wars films still have a strong hold over me, but since the Special Editions I don't have the same desire to own them on Blu-Ray. And for that reason I just hope that nothing is added to the Indy original trilogy. I don't want Lucas and Spielberg's present outlook to alter the films I grew up with. I like them just as they are, though I wouldn't mind if they just cleaned up some of the effects (such as the green tinge to the 'Messerschmidt' crashing through the tunnel).
HA! I tuned in to Star Wars on the TV last night, "Special Edition."
I really had no problems when they upped the ante content wise, but going into Mos Isley was painful. It was too busy, droids taunting other droids: "nah nah na nah na"...what a waste.
I turned it off after the "Ronto" (Christ forgive me I know what a "Ronto" is), ambled into and filled the frame, totally obscuring Ben and Luke, the troopers the landspeeder. I paused it and told my family I would give them each a hundred dollars to tell me what movie it was. I mean the ENTIRE letterbox widescreen filled with wrinkled skin.
Pathetic.
Though as you note, cleaing matte lines would be welcomed.
Funny thing no matter how they "clean up" the films I can still see the outline of the layered transparencies around ships in flight.