Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
I think the 70's look has grown on me a bit since I first watched the OT in entirety in 2004. I had only seen parts of the movies on tv before. But yeah, the look of the original films and the prequel films is totally different. I think the pristine look of the prequels works well though because it takes place in the days of the republic when the Jedi are still around. Queen Amidala's costumes were pretty extravagant and some of them were unnecessary. Then again, they probably make perfect sense to a planet who elects a girl at 16 years old to be queen. I think it does keep with the idea of those in power being complacent and more worried about formalities and properness intstead of leading their people. It might have been more interesting if the other characters made a big deal out of her wardrobe. Like what would Han Solo have said if he saw Leia wearing that kind of stuff?
I used a fairly basic photo editing program, not something advanced like photoshop to make those corrections. I'm sure someone here could improve the actual video rather than still frames far better than those examples. Whatever you do, I'm really looking forward to this because there was just so much in the prequels that didn't feel right and not always in the sense of not having an OT feel. More like going to the trouble to set up all these ideas and concepts and not fully delivering them. Themes and personalities have places where they should be but aren't. I think I now understand why numerous people here have mentioned they saw the prequel films multiple times because they thought they missed something the previous time.
I think the 70's look has grown on me a bit since I first watched the OT in entirety in 2004. I had only seen parts of the movies on tv before. But yeah, the look of the original films and the prequel films is totally different. I think the pristine look of the prequels works well though because it takes place in the days of the republic when the Jedi are still around. Queen Amidala's costumes were pretty extravagant and some of them were unnecessary. Then again, they probably make perfect sense to a planet who elects a girl at 16 years old to be queen. I think it does keep with the idea of those in power being complacent and more worried about formalities and properness intstead of leading their people. It might have been more interesting if the other characters made a big deal out of her wardrobe. Like what would Han Solo have said if he saw Leia wearing that kind of stuff?
I used a fairly basic photo editing program, not something advanced like photoshop to make those corrections. I'm sure someone here could improve the actual video rather than still frames far better than those examples. Whatever you do, I'm really looking forward to this because there was just so much in the prequels that didn't feel right and not always in the sense of not having an OT feel. More like going to the trouble to set up all these ideas and concepts and not fully delivering them. Themes and personalities have places where they should be but aren't. I think I now understand why numerous people here have mentioned they saw the prequel films multiple times because they thought they missed something the previous time.
I agree completely... a big problem was devoting so much screentime to concepts that aren't even explained, and then having Anakin turn to the dark side in a couple scenes in ROTS, almost as an afterthought. All I'm trying to do is take what we have and make it as classy and as entertaining as possible. BTW, in SOTDS Amidala is actually born into royalty like Leia was. Through some clever editing I eliminated all references to her being "elected" and serving terms. In fact, Amidala is a queen throughout the PT, but she is also serving as senator (this was Magnoliafan's idea). I think this makes a whole lot more sense.
I know, I watched the prequels several times too because I thought I was missing something. There wasn't anything I missed, they were just bad, ha ha
