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#153704
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spider-man 3
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153704/action/topic#153704
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter

No way! If they replace Tobey, go with Jake Gyllenhall.


I have yet to understand the draw to Jake. I think he's this generation's equivalent of Powers Boothe in terms of acting ability.

Now, if you want a real Doppelganger for Tobey, get James McAvoy. He played Leto II in Children of Dune and will be in Narnia. I first saw him in Band of Brothers. Now THIS guy can act, dare I say much better than Tobey. Here's his IMDB pic.

edit: Friggin IMDB and their dynamic img tags.

Here's his imdb profile then.
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#153665
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Watching in order 1-6 is screwing up the original SW for newcomers!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/153665/action/topic#153665
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I've thought long and hard about this issue since ROTS came out. In my opinion, a first timer should watch the movies in the order they were released. After that, the "shock" value is gone and there is no harm watching the movies in story order. I think the movies do play out interestingly in story order. Vader's character is quite different when we first see him, though I'm quickly immersed in "the old Vader" by the time of Capt. Antilles' death.

Where is The Emperor, he is the star of the prequels, and he is mentioned in one line in the movie?

I would love nothing more than if Lucas had a chance to see my edit and, specifically, what I did after the credits in ANH. Re-using what I deleted from ESB (because of incongruity introduced within the movie itself) here also allows us to see Palpatine in the movie in a way that doesn't disrupt the movie as we know it.

Where is the inner thoughts of Vader about his loss of his wife, and why is the whole movie really not about him?

Here's what bothers me most about the up-and-coming generation, and what Lucas has been saying. No matter which way you order the saga, the PT is about Anakin, Padme and Obi Wan. The OT is about Luke, Leia and Han. Those who can't make the mental separation between the focus of the two story lines concern me more than those who complain about FX. At this point, 20 years have passed. Vader has had a chance to consume Anakin almost completely. While he undoubtedly thinks about her, he probably didn't brood on her any more. In fact, his old emotions didn't start to resurface until Obi-Wan came onto the Death Star.

Why is the lightsaber battle so slow, and really nothing comparable to the prequels?


Quite simply, Obi-Wan is old, and Vader is practically a robot. They just aren't agile any more. Lord Tyrannus' acrobatics in ROTS actually undermine the OT in this respect.

edit: Not to mention the fact that Obi-Wan tells Luke "I'm getting too old for this sort of thing" and Vader actually says "Your powers are weak, old man." Lucas was right in the PT to make the saber duels "faster, more intense." than the OT. Newbies need to understand this was by design and for a good reason.

Why when they go to hyperspace, do they not go into that circle, and then go to hyperspace like the prequels?

Other than Jedi starfighters, no other ships do this. To the kids who ask this question, I answer them to pay better attention to the prequels themselves.

Why does ObiWan call him Darth Vader in Episode IV, and when he called him Anakin throughout the Duel in Episode III, when he was clearly Darth Vader by then?


MBJ answered this perfectly in an earlier post when he said: "Because he didn't realize how truly far gone Anakin was at that point."

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#152440
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Idea: Revenge of the Sith: Extended Edition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152440/action/topic#152440
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Yes, that would be good in a fan edit, but not in an extended edition. This thread is about effectively re-inserting the deleted scenes without "tinkering" with plot points and character nuances. You oughta get into making a custom edit. It's quite fun, and it's the best way to tailor the movie exactly the way you want it. Best of all, you'll get tons of support from everybody here, so long as you don't claim it's the best version ever. R.I.P. Spider.
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#152426
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Idea: Revenge of the Sith: Extended Edition
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152426/action/topic#152426
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The Extened Cut is being muxed tonight. This doesn't remove anything from the original film, but does clip the "redundant because they were used elsewhere in the Final Cut" bits from the Shaak Ti and Plot scenes. I had three cut points total in the Shaak Ti scene. C-3PO's opening lines in the Bail scene are cut too as they just distract from the dialogue, but that's the only "creative" edit I'm putting in to the Extended Cut. Otherwise, it's the "whole enchilada."

Cross posted from another thread. Forgive my redundancy.
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#152425
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152425/action/topic#152425
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The Extened Cut is being muxed tonight. This doesn't remove anything from the original film, but does clip the "redundant because they were used elsewhere in the Final Cut" bits from the Shaak Ti and Plot scenes. C-3PO's opening lines in the Bail scene are cut too as they just distract from the dialogue, but that's the only "creative" edit I'm putting in to the Extended Cut.

Gonna cross this post in another thread. Forgive my redundancy.
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#152294
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Ghostbusters 3
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152294/action/topic#152294
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I heard years ago they planned on a movie about Ray and Egon training new recruits, including the late Chris Farley.


Interesting. I wonder if this is what led to Ethan Suplee's role in Evolution, given that he's a dead ringer for Farley (and IMHO a much more talented actor).
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#152152
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152152/action/topic#152152
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Originally posted by: Hal 9000

How did you edit them? Did you use Womble, or soemthing else? If I can't lower or alter them myself, can you send me some short MPG files of the parts you changed for me to plug in? *OR*, short MPG files with only the SUPER battle droid's voices REMOVED?


I've considered deletion as well as modulation. Haven't tried either yet, but if the mix is consistent with the other prequels, dialogue will be restricted to the center channel. Split the six streams with Hypercube Transcoder, use Vegas to manipulate the individual streams, then re-render as a new 5.1 audio file. That's my plan of attack.

The Neimoidian sounded like he was waiting to catch a wave. ;-)
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#152133
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152133/action/topic#152133
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I've gotten the rough cut together. I'm noticing a major glitch in the title card every time I export. Anybody else have this problem? Hopefully this won't be an issue when the crawl is replaced with a new file, but we shall see. It's quite odd in any case. I haven't tried a full export yet to see if this kind of glitch shows up elsewhere in the film.

Many of you will be pleased to know that I am keeping Shaak Ti's death. The holo scene later only shows the back of her head from what I noticed and is REALLY obscure to watch. I'll live with it. There are greater imperfections we have to live with in this film than that one. The subsequent action has been pared down to remove the vast majority of incomplete animatics and to speed up the pacing. So far I think it works, but I'll be a better judge of things when I actually see this on a TV screen.

Here's a brief list of the major changes so far:
EP III deletions/modifications:
- New Crawl (Darth Editous is once again helping out on this one so many thanks still go to him).
- The line about "Vulture Droids"
- The line about "Buzz Droids"
- Neimoidian voice modulated (TBD)
- Battle Droids voices modulated (TBD)
- Palpatines's cheesy "Yes"
- Collapsing balcony "shoving" Obi-Wan. It would have broken his legs AND it was bad CG.
- Artoo crashing into wall
- Queen/Senator references throughout (not many fortunately).
- No friggin' midichlorians
- Anakin debating with Mace over killing/saving Palpatine.
- Palpatine's over the top moments while burning himself with force lightning
- Anakin asking "What have I done" right before pledging his soul to Palpatine
- Added bones cracking during the Padme force choke.
- "You underestimate my power."
- Padme losing the will to live.
- Silly medical droid lingo that detracts from the birth sequence.

Deleted stuff added back in
- Shaak Ti's death and escaping from Greivous (sans animatics and trimmed to remove redundancy with bridge scene)
- Mace, Yoda and Obi-Wan discussing the plot (trimmed to remove redundancy with war room scene)
- Rebel Alliance scenes
- Qui-Gon's return (voiceover in three places)
- Dagobah

Hal, to answer your question, here's where I placed the deleted scenes:
Shaak Ti scene just before Anakin & Obi-Wan enter the room where Palp is kept
Plot scene just before the Jedi Council scene where Anakin is begrudgingly accepted onto the council
Bail's Office scene just before the scene with Obi-Wan, Mace and Yoda in the "Huey Chopper"
Padme's apartment scene after Obi-Wan leaves for Utapau in the star destroyer, but before he briefs the clone troopers and departs in his own Jedi starfighter
Palpatine's office just before Obi-Wan riding the lizard for the first time
Dagobah just before Padme's funeral, right after "Have the protocol droid's mind wiped."
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#151894
Topic
Your favorite Hollywood excuse for 2005's crappy box office returns
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151894/action/topic#151894
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The generation (dare I call us the Star Wars generation) that spent the most disposable income on movies a few years ago is getting older and having kids.

With surging ticket & concession prices, it's becoming less economically feasible to hire a sitter and go to the movies. Especially when the time away from home is being unnecessarily extended by 20 minutes of commercials (!!!) and previews before the movie begins. For those with kids old enough to go to the movies, the ticket & concession prices alone make it a bad deal economically when you can wait four months for the DVD.

Then we have to deal with the idiots in the row behind who are dragging kids too young to a movie (my greatest horror story was sitting next to the couple who brought a toddler to see Jackie Brown) or chatting on their cell phones, disrupting the film for everybody around.

DVD sales are going gangbusters because it lets the entire family watch repeatedly in the comfort of their own home, on their own schedule, in theater-quality sound without those annoying "other people" ruining the experience.

If the theaters wish to get serious about courting people, it all boils down to sacrificing the profit margin in favor of increasing the bottom line. The following suggestions will improve profits if theater owners would have the brains and balls to implement them:

1) Cut matinee prices in half and expect greater than a 100% increase in ticket buyers.
2) Enforce age minimums for non-children's films.
3) Kick out families with disruptive children and kick out anybody who takes a phone call during the film.
4) Make 2-for-1 "Date Deals" for non-peak evenings like Monday and Tuesday.
5) Offer free tickets for parents who bring 1 or more children to a children's movie.
6) Cut the price of concessions. $6.75 for a regular hot dog and a soda is ridiculous. $4.50 for popcorn is insane. Offer a better selection at a reasonable price.

If theater owners did this, would you be more likely to attend? Feel free to copy these suggestions verbatim and send them to your local theater. I'm gonna do that myself.