I was just going to say that I think the charm of May 4 as opposed to May 25 is that there’s a certain goofy festiveness that extends beyond the diehards. I’ve been off Facebook for about two years now, though, so that view could be naively unmarred by the sort of dickishness Hansi just brought up.
I’ll probably throw on Despecialized 2.7 tonight. Might try to snag a copy of Bloodline.
Star Wars Day Force for Change video featuring Daisy, BB-8, some aliens, and what is likely an Episode VIII set. Nothing in here I’d classify as a spoiler, but I don’t want anyone freaking out on me for revealing that Admiral Ackbar is still around, so I’m playing it safe and putting it here.
I think the Freys are going to get Ramsay after he pretty much put an end to their ambitions in the North this week. I know no one expects Walder Frey to go out of his way to avenge a daughter, but the baby was half Frey and the potential heir to the Warden of the North. I think Roose planned to dispose of Ramsay somewhere down the line and solidify his alliance with the Freys, but that’s all blown to hell now. Walder probably would have let Ramsay just marry another Frey, but now that he’s married to Sansa that’s out.
Looks like a bump is long overdue. What’s everyone think of the show these days? I had some major problems with season 5 but I’ve enjoyed these first two episodes of 6 much more. I think not having a superior book to compare them to helps.
Picked up the new Criterion The Graduate blu-ray today and I’m watching it now. The new transfer is really spectacular, I highly recommend taking a look.
This is the one I bring up whenever someone tries to make the “George’s vision” argument. His true original vision was . . . a couple of extra rocks? More than anything else (besides maybe the door to Jabba’s Palace), I think this is the best illustration of how George was just changing stuff for the sake of changing it towards the end.
Mads Mikkelsen let it slip that he’s playing Jyn Erso’s father. https://twitter.com/SkyNews/status/725701030810263552
I also got a chuckle out of the fact that he describes the movie as “the very first one, it’s before everything you’ve ever seen in the Star Wars universe.” Sounds like Mads is either unaware of or doesn’t acknowledge the PT, bless him.
Oh jeez, I forgot we had two threads now. I’ll move it over there.
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Any chance we’ll see this in the next month or so? My friend’s girlfriend who’s only ever seen half of Star Wars is interested in doing a marathon soonish and I’m wondering if it’s worth it to hold off.
Yeah, the fact that I’ve only got a 5.1 setup to listen on is enough to make me skittish about critiquing this 7.1 mix before even getting into acoustics. All I’ll say is that the speech is clearer on my 5.1 system in my low-ceilinged basement than it was in the theater. Whether that’s the mix itself or the room I’m in, I don’t know (or frankly care, since I don’t see my home viewing conditions changing dramatically any time soon barring a lottery win).
nice to know they aren’t going after despecialized downloaders as long as is its not for money.
The despecialized editions is a silver lining to all this of course, but it seems like a lot of computer work for the average person.
At least Harmy asks people to buy the official release first.
Eh, screw the average person. I got mine, Jack.
I think some of the dialogue is a good bit clearer on the blu-ray. There are a number of lines I couldn’t make out after six viewings in the theater that are clear as day on the disc.
It still has some nostalgic watchability for me. It’s so low-stakes that it’s hard to actively despise it.
This is exactly how I feel.
Get rid of that.
Very excited to see the new version. I looked at v. 1.0 last night for the first time since the week it came out, and it was much better than I remembered it being. For some reason the flaws were the only things that stayed in my mind, but watching it again they didn’t dominate the experience like I’d thought at first. If a lot of those issues are getting fixed, I could see this becoming my go-to version. Williarob, is there anything to be done at this stage about the weird bleeding effect that goes on with the pill lights on the Death Star and in a few other places, or is that going to be there until you get Poita’s scan?
The Falcon is in the prequels (twice?). It’s been around.
I must have missed it. Do you have photographic evidence?
It’s been said the Falcon is the ship seen in ROTS, (bottom pic) but as there are three such freighters seen in AOTC, they may just be similar ships.
I’m pretty sure some Legends book or other established the ship in ROTS as definitely the Falcon, but I don’t expect it to be addressed explicitly in the new canon.
Yeah, they removed the eyebrows but it’s still Shaw.
Michelle McNamara, true crime writer and wife of Patton Oswalt, died in her sleep two nights ago at the age of 46. I’ve always admired Oswalt and I can’t stop thinking about what he and his daughter must be going through right now. This year is seriously the fucking worst.
On paper that was all well and good, but the reality was a mess. It took eons to get past the first rung of professions, and the population dynamics were completely out of whack. I might just not have the temperament for MMO’s, but I got bored with the gameplay well before I got to do anything interesting.
The confusingly-titled Dark Forces/Jedi Knight series was always a favorite, though I didn’t love the first one like the other three. I preferred Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader to the original Rogue Squadron. Racer was probably the best thing to come out of TPM. KOTOR, of course, as well as KOTOR II. I liked to explore in Galaxies, but it was not a very good game. The original Battlefront games were fun to play with friends, but the single player left me kind of cold. I feel like I’m forgetting something huge, but I can’t put my finger on it.
Just found these buttons in the basement. I believe they were freebies at Newbury Comics when the GOUT was released. It’s really bugging me that the ESB one hasn’t materialized, but it must be somewhere.
None at all as far as I can tell. I looked at them the other day and they’re quite clearly just the rumors that were already floating around stitched together into a narrative. There’s absolutely nothing new.
Also, if the WSJ is saying “a person familiar with the matter”…that doesn’t mean it was some receptionist or some statement from 10 years ago. It quite clearly means they talked to someone who knows, and that there are no plans to restore the OOT now or any time in the foreseeable future.
There’s nothing clear about it. They don’t give any kind of indication that their source is even someone at Lucasfilm. It’s the journalistic equivalent of “my friend’s friend knows this guy”.
