Going to this on Saturday at BAM as part of their Puppets on Film series.
http://www.bam.org/film/2014/return-of-the-jedi
Considering it's being billed as The 2011 Star Wars: The Complete Saga edition, I don't expect anything different than a DLP of the Blu-ray version. But...I put the information out there.
Well that's a new weird thing to throw on the pile. As part of a "puppets on film" series, they have to show the version where puppets were replaced.
So I guess "CG Puppets on Digital Media" would have been the better title.
Baronlando said:
Well that's a new weird thing to throw on the pile. As part of a "puppets on film" series, they have to show the version where puppets were replaced.
The 'trailer' seems to be using the DVD version of the SE.
Were there even any puppets left in Jedi after the SE? Except for salacious crumb and jabba of course.
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I'm sure it could be argued that the Ewoks were. And, of course, Yoda.
Ewoks are men in suits, big difference. ;)
Where were you in '77?
moviefreakedmind said:
Were there even any puppets left in Jedi after the SE? Except for salacious crumb and jabba of course.
...and Admiral Ackbar, that frog thing and the Ewok baby.
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Which frog thing? One playing a harmonica sitting on a toilet was added to the SE. ;)
The Rancor is technically a puppet too.
Where were you in '77?
SilverWook said:
Which frog thing?
The one snagging a bug in front of Jabba's palace ;)
SilverWook said:
The Rancor is technically a puppet too.
True dat.
Laserschwert said:
SilverWook said:
Which frog thing?
The one snagging a bug in front of Jabba's palace ;)
That's the one... buuuurp!
also...
VIZ TOP TIPS! - PARENTS. Impress your children by showing them a floppy disk and telling them it’s a 3D model of a save icon.
Even some of the actors had puppet doppelgangers.
Where were you in '77?
Just to give an update...as if there were any doubt: it was the 2011 version. TBH, I'm not even sure if it was a DCP. :( Although it was great seeing it with a very receptive audience, the 10 year old who was coughing so badly I thought he had Ebola and the awful compression issues took me out of it.
The only thing I can say is that after the credits were over, the word "English" came up on the screen, as if it were there for subtitles or something.
Regardless, BAM is very well respected so I would expect them to, at the very least, get a DCP but this is also Star Wars we're talking about.