Best wishes mate. Don't worry about the film at all, we can wait. It is important for you to stay with your family. We are always here and we will continue to help you when you come back and while you are gone.
Empire Strikes Back can wait. Just take all of the time you need, and then take some more time to take a break for a while.
Sincerely,
S. C. Reams
"The other versions will disappear. Even the 35 million tapes of Star Wars out there won’t last more than 30 or 40 years. A hundred years from now, the only version of the movie that anyone will remember will be the DVD version [of the Special Edition], and you’ll be able to project it on a 20’ by 40’ screen with perfect quality. I think it’s the director’s prerogative, not the studio’s to go back and reinvent a movie." - George Lucas
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Very sorry to hear about your mother, Ady. I wish I could donate a bit to help make things easier for you, but Chase decided to hit me with upwards of $80 in overdraft fees, so I'm even more broke than I was last week.
I hope all goes well. Take as much time away from Star Wars as you need - no one here will hold it against you.
vaderios said:
For those who has Thanksgiving vacations and lighten up the things here a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmBQxSHwlgA&feature=player_embedded
-Angel
just what i needed to brighten my day! thanks vaderios! :)
Family first, film second.
The release date was set as "eventually", so technically you're still on schedule. :-)
My outlook on life - we’re all on the Hindenburg anyway…no point fighting over the window seat.
Well Mr. Adywan, if your devotion to your family is half that of what you've put towards the ESB project so far, they're in good hands. I hope all is well.
Enigmas said:
Something, something, something, Dark Side said:
This might be a bit unnecessary, but I never liked how Luke added in "Go, Dak!" after telling him to do "Attack pattern Delta"...
The line is "Attack pattern Delta, go now!"
Funny, I could swear he says "Attack pattern Delta, gonads!"
Very sorry for your mom Ady, I hope she'll recover quickly.
Don't feel like you have to reply the posts here, I think everyone here understand you have more important matter to attend to. We'll wait for you as long as you need…
Meanwhile I have posted an analysis on my tread that should enlighten the ATAT-Snowspeeder discrepancy in ESB. It's huge so Here's a quote:
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Below the most obvious scale establishing shot of the At At is portraying a length of about 30 m length (height varying between 24 - 26 m, depending of the stance):
…The crushing scene however shows an AT-AT foot that would make a 18.5 m AT-AT, not very convincing and inconsistent with all the above said. I'd say it has to be fixed (as said on Ady's tread). (the red lines are the 30m ATAT & the green ones the 18.5m ATAT):
I've made a mockup with a foot scaled up to 140% (to make a 30m length AT-AT).
The original shot:
My mockup:
And here's my conclusion chart:
Give me your thoughts.
Which reminds me that the snowtrooper goes nowhere when he take the order from Veers.
Funnily IMPS chapter 2 solves that showing the door actually opens behind the driver.
hmmm considering similar ideas?
I love the foot mockup there Sav. Even wondering if that shot needs more dramatic perspective/angle rather the sidescroll. But eitherway the foot seems that its gonna make a metal pancake with dak inside it.
Also the shot with luke jumps away from the speeder indicates bad lighting to the snow and make it look like a small room/set.
-Angel
Cool stuff, savmagoett! Thanks for sharing. :)
Just wanted to chime in with everyone else and say best wishes to you and your family, Ady. Hope your Mom recovers from her illness very soon.
I was pondering the presence of the color red in the AT-AT's canopy glass a few moments ago, and while I know that the logical thing to do about it is to remove the red (as Adywan has done), I couldn't help but explore a curiousity I had about an alternate take on the AT-AT's cockpit...
Basically, the idea here is that for some reason all of the lights inside the AT AT cockpit are red, so I tinted everything red in color balance mode. I kept a bit of natural color in the highlights since there is natural light coming in through the canopy glass, which is a non-red light source. Again, the smart thing to do is probably just to remove the red from the exterior shots (especially since a screen full of red is likely to clash with the cool blues of all the other shots), but I had to satisfy my curiosity.
Looks like during a battle on the old Battlestar Galactica. :) Or they're processing film.
I knew that look rang a bell, but couldn't put my thingey on it....
Bigger, badder, bad-ass imperial transports, expecially in that scene always gets my backing savmagoett (if your maths are right??).
I also want to keep the AT-ATs visor red as it reminds me of Kitt :-)
Sorry to hear about your parents current misfortune Ady. These things hurt us, but they always pass. Be strong now for them, as i am sure you are currently trying level best to do.
Don't forget 2001!
and let's not forget Vaderios' great mock-ups way back in the day:
ah... tis a shame that it won't be done... it would have been mighty impressive to see all those AT-ATs with red windows.
“You people must realize that the public owns you for life, and when you’re dead, you’ll all be in commercials dancing with vacuum cleaners.”
– Homer Simpson
2001 image aint working my friend. But i get what you mean...
Whoa, dont wet my appitite with Angels mock-ups again.
Dang, I had not seen those, but that is definitely a look that works, and works pretty darned well! It's too bad that it probably wouldn't work in practice (or at least, so I'd assume with my limited After Effects ability).
Meh.
Ady said no red copckits :P
Again Check IMPS chapter II to see the damn opening door behind Veers.
-Angel
So chapter 2 is out?
link (all there is on youtube is the trailer)?
“You people must realize that the public owns you for life, and when you’re dead, you’ll all be in commercials dancing with vacuum cleaners.”
– Homer Simpson
http://impstherelentless.com/tek9.asp?pg=chapter2
Here you go :)
Sorry to hear the bad news, Ady. As always, we'll be here when you get back. Please take whatever time you need. Your family is much more important then this project. Best wishes.
Ady, sorry to hear about your mother. God's speed on her recovery.
I do not fear the Dark Side as you do.
You're a good son, I'll be praying for you and your family.
This image is old but thanks to S,S,S,Dark side I finaly got that frame i wanted.
This flash/lens/optical effect shouldnt be there in the first place. The explosion is outside.
And hell. that image has more color than the actual film. hmmm Pretty impressive
Quick color overlay
Decide also from where the sun comes.....
-Angel
Also notice: In the novel this scene ends with Hobbie's damaged snowspeeder crashing head on into General Veers' walker.
There are scenes in the movie that can be edited to create such a dramatic climax for General Veers.
1. We see Hobbie's snowspeeder being hit when he follows Luke as his wingman (1st approach).
2. We see an AT-AT's head exploding.
3. We see General Veers watching through his periscope.
4. We see the snowspeeder approaching head on (smoke missing however).
This could be edited as "the end of Veers (and Hobbie)".
The storyline from the novel does not appear in the actual movie in which the Empire's attack is shown more dominant. If I'm not mistaken the crash is happening when Veers is aiming at the generators through his periscope when his vision is suddenly distracted by the attacking snowspeeder and its kamikaze course.
Confirmation: "General Veers lived up to both his reputation and Lord Vader's expectations by quickly deploying his armored regiment, designated Blizzard Force, into the Echo Base mountain valley and personally destroying the shield generator protecting the Rebel base. Shortly after the destruction of the shield generator, Rebel snowspeeder pilot Derek "Hobbie" Klivian flew his damaged vessel directly into the cockpit of Veers' Blizzard One walker. (This takes place only in the Empire Strikes Back novel, and is not seen in the movie.)"
Sources: http://swg.wikia.com/wiki/Maximilian_Veers and http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Maximilian_Veers
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Good luck to Adywan for his personal situation!
*This Revisited Edition is now the ultimate power in the universe. I suggest we watch it!*
Thinking of you and your family Ady... I hope you're doing okay under the circumstances.
BTW, those are really nice mock-ups of the AT-AT interiors Angel... I don't recall seeing those before.
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