SilverWook said:

Star Wars Cinematographer Gilbert Taylor has passed away.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-23808854

Oh wow, I had just put up a new thread at the same time!

Please.  Everyone looks at all my threads. ;-)

I put it in the other thread first if there are prizes to be had.

Haha... I was merely trying to like something along the lines of "Great minds think alike"... Or something.

Right, off to get some power converters at the Toshi station. 

SilverWook said:

This is a new one to me.

http://whatculture.com/film/10-insane-movie-theories-that-are-clearly-utter-bull.php/7

How nice of WhatCulture to dismiss theories to get clicks, but not actually link to the original theory and risk you leaving their site.

      Ooh, I've got one. Haven't seen it mentioned elsewhere: GL saw the marked shift between TOS and TNG and thought it might make a good shift in his own scifi series. TOS is far out in the rough and rude hinterlands. Everything is sort of ad hoc and improvised, the characters and the ship seem utterly on their own most of the time. TNG seems as though it takes place closer to the core Federation territory, everything is neat and tidy and has access to a huge establishment.

^That pretty much why I think Roddenberry and Lucas are just two sides of the same revisionist coin. The only difference between the two is that Gene was far more subtle in his sabotage.

Cheewie the Wookie.

Don't know if this was posted someplace or maybe deserves its own recognition, but sounds like a nice Kickstarter in support of Peter Mayhew.

And people wonder why I'm so misanthropic ...

Found this whole awesome "Extending LP artwork" thing. Take an LP cover and imagine if was only a cropped version of the original image. There are hundreds but here are a few SW ones...

This one isn't SW but it is the best oe on the page IMO...

Sometimes to get to sleep I put on RLM's prequel reviews. So cathartic.  Or recently, What If the Prequels Were Good (that actually is quite good and worth considering for PT rewriters). If there was a willing artist, an animated or even still-image alternative prequel with good voice work would be awesome.

Mrebo said:

Sometimes to get to sleep I put on RLM's prequel reviews. So cathartic.  

You're weird.

Given the inevitability of the OUT on BD, I'm considering selling my unopened 2006 limited edition DVDs and 2008 box set. They're selling at decent prices right now and I doubt it will go much higher, but certainly the prices will plummet when the BDs come out.

Here's one listing I found. The individual unopened DVDs are listed at amazon by third party sellers for $55 or so.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2006-Set-of-3-Limited-Edition-Star-Wars-DVDs-SEALED-Unaltered-Original-Films-/281161004292?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item4176807504

 

 

When you look at this image

JEDIT:Explicit image removed. Post a link and a warning about the content next time.

does it inspire fear or does it inspire love?

DuracellEnergizer said:

When you look at this image


does it inspire fear or does it inspire love?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C193iFRE1QE