You know what the word "most" means, right?  Cool, thanks. 

However, re-scanning the originals would certainly mean dust-busting and color-correcting them all over again - they didn't make a perfect OLD version and then add FX to it, they started from the original footage and rebuilt or repainted a lot of it.  So as GL said, the SE process didn't result in a perfect version of the original movies - only a spiffed up Special Edtiion. 

So - putting together an all-original Blu-Ray that is something more than just a rescan of an old dirty print would be a project almost on the scale of the Special Editions all over again.   If I was a Disney exec, I'd be hesitant to fund that sort of effort without some pretty serious market research evidence that it'd be worth it.   

Most of the people who would even sort of care about that are nearing retirement age now (hi, how are ya?).  I believe the in-house term for us at Disney is "dead people".

My guess would be that George Lucas was an actual human who was embarrassed by the Holiday Special, and so as long as he controlled the rights, he kept the Holiday Special out of the public eye.

Disney, on the other hand, is a corporation that will happily sell anything to the public if the public will buy it.

Well, it's just that I spent many months in Korea and something like 50% of the population's last name is either Kim or Lee.   So, just an educated guess. 

Fun Fact: The Korean version of the expression "like looking for a needle in a haystack" is "like going to Seoul and asking for Mr. Kim"

Martin is a consultant and occasional screenwriter on the series himself.  Anything they've omitted from the books is pretty much guaranteed NOT to be critical later.   

Even without the above, it's not fair to accuse the writers of deliberately pissing off fans by citing a tiny change in something you thought was important.  I'm not sure how many people know there's even a difference between a crow and a raven at all - I didn't until I wiki'd it just now. 

Been catching up on animated features lately, just got around to this one...

... which turned out to be another trophy for Dreamworks' "we're still not Pixar but we're getting pretty good at this" shelf.

Had no expectations going in - well, except maybe one:  I was really confused by the amount of time the movie spent introducing Susan the giant woman... until I finally realized she was the main character. 

This was something the ad campaign and trailers had taken great pains to hide, so I was genuinely surprised to find out that Monsters Vs Aliens is actually a tidy little female-empowerment story.    Pretty much by-the-numbers, but at least they did it (even though it clearly scared the marketing department).

There are several nicely staged action scenes - imagine a cartoon Independence Day that's sometimes played almost seriously - a decent supply of good jokes, and not too many pop culture references.  Most of the setups and payoffs would make Blake Snyder smile - a couple of minor subplots do sort of just stop without really resolving, but it's not particularly noticeable.

One quibble: All the "monsters" are '50s B-movie archetypes, which I love - Bob the Blob, the 50-Foot Woman, the Fly (in this case the mad scientist accidentally crossed himself with a cockroach), and a variation of Mothra... but then there's the "Missing Link" character - who's clearly modeled on the Creature From the Black Lagoon.  Which is a fine idea, except his monster-ness doesn't ever get used for anything interesting. 

Like, you'd think maybe him swimming would be important to the plot somewhere, but it isn't.  Mostly all he does is walk around and punch things.   You know... like the Creature from the Black Lagoon didn't.   It's as if he was supposed to be the Teenage Wolfman until they got a C&D from Universal and put fins on the character model at the last minute.

But that really is a quibble, since I'm a '50s monster movie nerd and all.  Overall, I thought MvA was a fun little flick, very self-aware of its tropes without beating me over the head with them.  If you haven't seen it, it's a perfectly pleasant way to spend 90 minutes.

So, clearly God does NOT want us to eat pineapples.

Tombstone's another "badass moment" goldmine.  One of my faves is Ken Russell slapping Billy Bob Thornton around.  "Go on - skin that smokewagon and see what happens."

Winona Ryder's dad in Heathers ("why do I smoke these damn things?") was played by Bill Cort, my father's best friend in high school who then went out to Hollywood and had a great "that guy" acting career.   The first day I arrived in L.A. to start college, it was Bill who picked me up at the airport.

I think Heathers is great anyway, but seeing Bill always gives it a little extra spice for me.

/cool story bro

I always liked this moment from Men In Black.   It's a different kind of badassery, but still counts.

Lol, Ash - we should hang out.