A friend suggested that everything in AotC was driven by the desire to put in as many special/visual effects as possible.
It made me think of my least favourite parts of the movie, and whirling Yoda is pretty much at the tippy top.
So... did the Yoda puppet limit the physical action they could pull off with Yoda, and as soon as he was digital they could finally show you the Yoda they always meant? Or were they just obsessed with showing how much more "powerful" CG was over the puppet and this was a good "demo"?
You know what I mean, Vern?
At any rate, it helps me understand WTFrink was going on in that scene. I still hate it, but at least I can start to understand it. Otherwise, I just think, "huh?"
My other thought, which isn't too new or anything, is that Lucas was no longer in or near the demographic he was making the films for. And so skewed younger and made some of the deeper parts of the fiction (Yoda and his relationship to the Force) more shallow for simplicity's sake.
And then DSIII blows up. THE END.
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xhonzi said:
And then DSIII blows up. THE END.
Anyway, I've always assumed he showed Yoda like he did in AOTC because he could, not because he always wanted to but couldn't previously. And I wouldn't believe him if he said otherwise. Hell, if someone dug up an interview of Lucas from 1982 saying he wished he could have done it, I'd maintain that it was an SE of the interview, if you catch my drift.
xhonzi said:
A friend suggested that everything in AotC was driven by the desire to put in as many special/visual effects as possible.
I think that the droid factory scenes would qualify under this description, as well as the clone battles on whatever the Mars/Moab planet was called.
As well as every alien creature in the entire PT, and every lightsabre duel, and every "ship taking off/landing" sequence, and every space battle, and every action sequence.
That adds up to...what...95%?
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I'm still waiting on a "every ship taking off and landing from the prequels" video.
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This comes down to the fact that George Lucas and the serious fans have different visions of Star Wars.
George thought the fans wanted to see Yoda finally let loose with a lightsaber. For casual viewers, he was somewhat right. I've spoken to many people who have no problem with Yoda bouncing around. But serious fans know this is out of character for Yoda.
You know of the rebellion against the Empire?
doubleofive said:
I'm still waiting on a "every ship taking off and landing from the prequels" video.
Have you seen this?
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No! Thank you. It's a bit long and disjointed, I was thinking just straight through.Akwat Kbrana said:
Have you seen this?
doubleofive said:
I'm still waiting on a "every ship taking off and landing from the prequels" video.
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Wow, that just kept going. I feel even more stupid now.
It is imperfect, admittedly. Still, it does a good job demonstrating just how much PT time is wasted on pointless "look at these kewl CG ships!!!" sequences.
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I think I'd be interested in seeing some type of ratio of how many scenes or the prequel trilogy are dedicated to taking off and landing shots over total number of scenes compared to the same ratio in the original trilogy. And does the SE increase that number.