{"id":12137,"date":"2011-03-04T08:45:33","date_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=12137"},"modified":"2011-03-04T08:52:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-04T13:52:06","slug":"star-wars-episode-1-3d-release-date-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/04\/star-wars-episode-1-3d-release-date-set\/","title":{"rendered":"STAR WARS: EPISODE 1 3D Release Date Set"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Look, we all know this was coming sooner or later, so there’s probably really no reason to kick up a fuss now. Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox have announced that their 3D conversion of Star Ware: Episode 1 – The Phantom Menace<\/strong> will be hitting theaters next year on February 10.<\/p>\n

A press release state that the “conversion is being done with utmost respect for the source material, and with a keen eye for both technological considerations and artistic intentions.”<\/p>\n

Where to begin with that?<\/p>\n

Well, after years of fiddling with the original trilogy, to the point where he was making changes that damaged the overall integrity of the film’s plot and character arcs, I find it hard to believe Lucas has any real respect for his own films or artistic intentions.<\/p>\n

I also find it difficult to come up with a satisfactory answer as to why we would need to see these films in 3D? One of my most favorite shots in the entire series is from the original Star Wars<\/strong>. It’s the Millennium Falcon<\/em> flying straight at the camera with a sun flaring behind it. If there was any shot that was custom made for and look awesome in 3D, this would be it and I still don’t want to see it in 3D! The only thing that might be a possible ticket sale for me on this is the morbid curiosity for what other changes Lucas might have made in the film.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Look, we all know this was coming sooner or later, so there’s probably really no reason to kick up a fuss now. Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox have announced that their 3D conversion of Star [click for more]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[42,270,3554],"series":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-3d","9":"tag-george-lucas","10":"tag-starw-wars-3d"},"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t