My husband is a huge Sci-Fi Geek, and he had forwarded me this article a few weeks ago. It deals with the extreme sense of outrage many die-hard Star Wars fans (I'm not one of them, myself) had when George Lucas decided to change a key scene in the first "Star Wars" film upon its re-release in 1997. I had it in my Bookmarks, and I re-read it today in between doing work. I thought it would be relevant to post here in light of the
Viva Hate remaster, with
The Ordinary Boys removed, and
LNMS edited. And there was a lesser degree of outrage, but still a good amount of it, with
Maladjusted losing two of its songs on its re-issue in 2009.
Obviously, being a filmmaker of a multi-million dollar franchise and being an indie pop star(albeit one with a huge cult following) are very different things, and I'm not saying that there are that many similarities here. I don't pretend to know what's going on inside of my
own mind, let alone Morrissey's, or know what his rationalization was for how the
VH remaster turned out. I guess in the absence of an explanation from Morrissey himself (not that owes us one, mind you), this article explains, in great detail the rationale of another artist tampering with their legacy, but again, from a probably different perspective. I'm very biased in favor of Moz, of course, and will give him the benefit of many doubts, but I can't help but be a little curious- "why?". At least with the "
Maladjusted" reissue there was that cool diary!
Anyway, some food for thought. The article is worth a glance if you're into this sort of thing. I found it rather interesting, but I do enjoy speculating, though probably incorrectly!
"Lucas Shot First: The Surprisingly Powerful Sense of Betrayal George Lucas Creates"