AntcuFaalb said:
Bingowings said:
I'm getting an idea for an image thread where people can post their visual mashups of good looking aspects of these sort of films and shows (the Masters Of The Universe film also has some lovely looking sets and costumes) with the PT and come up with some nice new imagery which may be an inspiration.
Go!
Antcufaalb can I ask a favour for this thread please....
Primarily I think Retro Visuals Is key but I would also like you to update the first post with anything else that could be retro.
Which the only other 2 things I can think of is Retro Sound and music and retro plot ideas...
I don't know if anyone liked what I did with the Pod Race as it was only meant for a demonstration purposes.... Yeah the music sounding like something out of an old 80's transformers cartoon... it was between this or fleetwood mac
Like the Ewoks, with stuff that you find a bit iffy sometimes it is better to embrace it and try to make the most of it that was what I was trying to show.
The Pod Race looks like a cartoon put to film so I thought of rolling with that Similar to Flash Gordon in Mings throne room that becomes an american football brawl and the music used here.
It does not feel like star wars though... Yep the PT did not feel like star wars originally did... In one hand it was trying to be serious and in the other had stupid cartoon antics that really did not work. It was like Star wars meets who framed roger rabbit
Retro Sci-fi and Fantasy never took itself too seriously it was campy and had real world stuff that you could understand and associate with at it's core in the fictional universe presented. The PT does not follow this method and this is what needs injecting in to it somehow to bring it back to it's roots but in some cases you have to roll roll with it.
The prequel trilogy was more like a serious film with a cartoon going on inside of it
But as a rule stop it from feeling too much like a cartoon and more comic book and when you cannot do that embrace it like an old anime cartoon from the 80's and go in balls out.
So in essence the John willams score which works brilliantly in some parts of the film does the Pod Race no justice at all... And I hope people agree with that
The next step would be to remove the cgi drivers and put proper creature fx (people in costume with make up and Latex masks)
Also I wanted to cite Super 8 as an example of how a film with modern special effects can be done in a retro style... even without making the tech or droids look like something from the 70's or 80's there are many methods of making something feel retro and super 8 is a prime example of successfully achieving this even though the special effects are modern.
