3D STAR WARS for the masses...has ARRIVED! — Page 18

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Has anyone pointed this article out?

http://www.tgdaily.com/games-and-entertainment-brief/56618-massive-star-wars-3d-remakes-may-be-cut-short

Rick McCallum says the rest are a no-go if the theatrical TPM re-issuing isn't a success. WHAT? I mean you have to think; they're relying on the most critically panned of the Star Wars franchise to bring in audiences... It shouldn't be a surprise if people don't want to see that one again.

On a side note, the article mentions that Cameron is converting Titanic to 3D.

What Lucas is a billionaire who had so much money he gave away half his fortune to charity, but he cannot afford the restoration of the oot, cannot afford the live action series, and now he cannot afford the 3-D convert even with the blu ray sales, wow something tells me greed is the reason.

I also heard New Line plans to convert Lord of the Rings into 3-D not so sure if that will happen though, would sort of make sense seeing as how the 2 hobbit films are being shot in 3-D.

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Since that has CGI backgrounds and with Peter Jackson's supervision, a 3D Lord of the Rings may look quite nice.

 Peter Jackson, tell me: What do your elf hobbit supervision eyes see?

generalfrevious said:

Second, I think Hollywood has entered an irreversible decline and American cinema is dead. It's like all the good movies ended with the 20th century and they studio heads focused on making shlock.

gonna get yelled at for going off topic but had to comment on this:

I don't know how much US films have declined.  The quality of the 1970s was pretty unique and may not happen again.  But I still think things are much better than the 80s (im sure we've all heard of the 'miramaxing' of hollywood that happened in early 90s).  However, one thing i've noticed for sure is that it seems foreign films are rapidly catching up with american films - at least those that are made by the big Studios. 

I've always been kinda curious about foreign movies cuz I like anime and james bond movies.  but starting with crouching tiger, hidden dragon in 2000- im seeing more quality foreign movies. 

I thought pan's labryinth was the best film released that year.  Amelie was better than a lot of movies.  Last year I saw a movie 'Black Book'  - and it was one of the best movies ive seen in a while (and not just because carice van houten is a babe).

 a lot of recent horror fims are remakes of superior japanese horror movies.  My sister says the spanish version of vanilla sky is better than the tom cruise movie.  and some of my friends are telling me the chinese version of Departed is better than scorsese's movie :(

what if foreign movies end up becoming better than US the way people look at domestic/imports for beer/wine/cars/clothes ?

When the academy expanded the best picture field from 5 to 10, my sister said they should do away with the best foreign film category and just open the Best Picture to any movie regardless of nation.

had to remind her that Life is beautiful was nominated for best picture and still lost ;p  which still pisses her off the same way i get mad Star Wars lost to Annie Hall :D

Anyway, to get back on topic. i mentioned this on the other thread, but my guess is that TPM could = same gross as that clone wars movie that came out a couple years ago, which is a lot less than Lion King.

My friend saw the trailer, which was a surprise to her. Her parents, who aren't huge Star Wars buffs said "Is that the only thing he does, mess with and then re-promote this series?"

I told her that we're going to watch The Ridiculous Menace instead of seeing that crap.

lol, where's jar jar?

anyway, so this is being released in both 3d and 2d?

Lucas has a sycophantic fan-base but im not sure anyone would have an incentive to see this in 2d after releasing the blu-rays.  does fox have some sort of distribution clause that every 3d movie needs a 2d version?

I haven't paid much attention, but it appears to me that LFL hasn't really released much info on this or provided any behind the scenes sneek peaks.  During the 1997 SE, there was plenty of footage provided.  Even the IMAX release had an article detailing the setup work involved in making AOTC into an IMAX film. 

That trailer is kinda hard to read - it starts off by strongly suggesting all 6 films will be released but then focuses solely on TPM and makes no reference as to when the other films will be released.  I was always dubious on the whole 'one film a year' thing.  Looks like they didnt want to risk oversaturation of all things Star Wars,  but 6 years is an eternity in technology time.

 @doubleofive - great anecdote! yeah, it seems lucas' half-assed and laughably disingenious attempt to convince everyone that he's really an art-house/experimental/auteur cinema filmmaker hasn't worked out and people still see that he's in the franchise business.  always was, always will be.

It would actually be awesome if they released the movies in 2D as well. I don't care to see the prequels in 2D but the OT would be a treat - it's even possible, however unlikely, that they'll remaster OT for the 3D conversion.

TV's Frink said:

TServo2049 said:

doubleofive said:

My friend saw the trailer...

LOL...

This is what happens...after releasing the films on Blu-ray...

Actually, The Lion King did the very same thing (except in reverse).  Rather, this is what happens when you keep making changes.

So, they didn't do the very same thing, then? Did they? DID THEY?!

;)           <.----------------------------------------- Notice: There's a winky.

walking_carpet said:

lol, where's jar jar?

anyway, so this is being released in both 3d and 2d?

Lucas has a sycophantic fan-base but im not sure anyone would have an incentive to see this in 2d after releasing the blu-rays.  does fox have some sort of distribution clause that every 3d movie needs a 2d version?

I haven't paid much attention, but it appears to me that LFL hasn't really released much info on this or provided any behind the scenes sneek peaks.  During the 1997 SE, there was plenty of footage provided.  Even the IMAX release had an article detailing the setup work involved in making AOTC into an IMAX film. 

That trailer is kinda hard to read - it starts off by strongly suggesting all 6 films will be released but then focuses solely on TPM and makes no reference as to when the other films will be released.  I was always dubious on the whole 'one film a year' thing.  Looks like they didnt want to risk oversaturation of all things Star Wars,  but 6 years is an eternity in technology time.

 @doubleofive - great anecdote! yeah, it seems lucas' half-assed and laughably disingenious attempt to convince everyone that he's really an art-house/experimental/auteur cinema filmmaker hasn't worked out and people still see that he's in the franchise business.  always was, always will be.

Every major 3D release I've seen ads for mentioned a 2D version. Not every multiplex has 3D on every screen, and some patrons aren't going to see a 3D film for their own reasons.

The SE's were released in the space of a couple months back in 1997. A similar pattern ought to work here. They could at least get Jedi back out in theaters for the 30th anniversary.

This is going to do gangbusters at the box office and further bury the OOT.

The interesting thing to me is that the Lucas-produced Red Tails comes out a couple of weeks before TPM 3D. That's not to say these movies will be in competition in terms of their target audiences, but nevertheless Lucas will be in the news for a few weeks time.

Reminds me of summer 1986. Lucas had two productions out at the time. ;)

TV's Frink said:

Mike O said:

This is going to do gangbusters at the box office and further bury the OOT.

It can't be coincidence that this guy has been posting lately while generalfrevious is nowhere to be seen.

I'm not him, I've just finally woken up to reality. I'm no one's sock, thank you. I've just finally seen sufficient evidence that the battle is lost.

Wow the 2-D trailer for the 3-D version of menace is desaturated to all hell and has very bad dvnr like the blu ray.

If this is the final color grading its an absolute fail of epic proportions.

I really hope this crap was outsourced and not in house by ILM, because the quality is absolute shit.

The colours actually look as if they were optimized from anaglyph (red-cyan) 3D.