But it doesn't change the fact that they are whining and complaining about something one artist does, but still think Tolkien is the patron saint of fantasy lit.
What really trips me up is all the people I know in real life who consider themselves anything BUT conservative, but the moment Lucas makes another change in Star Wars they all start acting like the Dixie-Crats when LBJ pushed through the Civil Rights bills.
None of the changes Lucas has made to SW really changes ANYTHING (even the whole bullshit thing with Han or Greedo shooting first really is a SO THE FRAK WHAT situation that has no real bearing or effect on the rest of the story).
would be that the vast majority of the people on this site, and the vast majority of sci-fi/fantasy geeks on the internet, aren't old enough to have known the original version of the Hobbit before it was changed.
What really trips me up is all the people I know in real life who consider themselves anything BUT conservative, but the moment Lucas makes another change in Star Wars they all start acting like the Dixie-Crats when LBJ pushed through the Civil Rights bills.
None of the changes Lucas has made to SW really changes ANYTHING (even the whole bullshit thing with Han or Greedo shooting first really is a SO THE FRAK WHAT situation that has no real bearing or effect on the rest of the story).
He went back and made a bunch of changes to "The Hobbit" in preparation for the publication of tLotR. He even discusses the changes in a forward to the newer version of the Hobbit.
But I've never once heard fans complaining about this.
would be that the vast majority of the people on this site, and the vast majority of sci-fi/fantasy geeks on the internet, aren't old enough to have known the original version of the Hobbit before it was changed.

Death to the Regressives of the GOP and the TeaParty. No mercy for Conservatives. Burn them all at the stake for the hateful satanists they are.
Just say NO!
17/09/2011 01:17:24 AM
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Already decided for once I actually am going to put my money where my mouth is and not buy them. *NM*
17/09/2011 01:36:56 AM
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Re: Just say NO!
17/09/2011 04:59:00 AM
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Vader's "Noooo!"
17/09/2011 02:03:38 PM
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Without the fans he'd be nothing
17/09/2011 02:18:39 PM
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he ain't spitting in anyone's face (except Sebastian Shaw's)
17/09/2011 03:13:28 PM
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Because he wont release the real versions
17/09/2011 05:26:31 PM
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I have the originals on DVD. I bet you can find them in shops still.
17/09/2011 07:08:17 PM
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Do you mean VHS? Or perhaps you don't equate "Original" to what the rest of us do.
17/09/2011 11:02:20 PM
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I'm pretty sure that Han shoots first in the DVDs we have, but I'll have to check.
17/09/2011 11:09:33 PM
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Re: I'm pretty sure that Han shoots first in the DVDs we have, but I'll have to check.
17/09/2011 11:50:54 PM
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I watched the 1997 releases at the cinema.
17/09/2011 11:56:24 PM
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Just watched the pivotal scene.
18/09/2011 12:02:32 AM
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Exactly, that's what I have. On DVD.
18/09/2011 12:56:06 AM
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Re: Exactly, that's what I have. On DVD.
18/09/2011 05:10:13 AM
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Which is weird, considering how many want the original only. *NM*
18/09/2011 12:15:51 PM
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I don't think anyone believed the marketing ploy of "these will never be available again". *NM*
18/09/2011 02:59:26 PM
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the "real" version is exactly whatever Lucas says it is
17/09/2011 11:57:36 PM
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I think you're wrong.
18/09/2011 09:35:56 PM
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So why doesn't everyone complain about Tolkien?
19/09/2011 10:46:07 PM
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The obvious answer coming to mind...
19/09/2011 10:53:05 PM
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I realize that Legolas
21/09/2011 05:53:29 PM
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Re: Because he wont release the real versions
18/09/2011 04:53:35 AM
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There is a lot there that wouldn't have occurred to me, I can admit that.
19/09/2011 03:57:54 PM
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The answer is to ignore the Blu-Ray release and buy the 2006 release instead.
18/09/2011 12:11:09 AM
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