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Oh yeah, I thought that was weird too. It's not in the credits of the actual movie, only the cd. The other 5 soundtracks don't have anything like that. (Maybe Lucas was stockpiling music for the re-revamped ending of JEDI 2017 edition.) I guess it was probably just a little extra flourish/sign-off by Williams since it was the last movie.
SilverWook said:
Needless to say, the lie got bigger and imploded. I tried looking for the thread on their forum couple years back.
http://boards.theforce.net/Revenge_of_the_Sith_(Spoilers_Allowed)/b10331/17297520/?190
Ah, thanks. I'm actually surprised how much of that stuff was right. (I don't get wanting to know all that stuff ahead of time, or the desire to leak it.)
Agreed. (also, "the Yoda farts" what now?) Anyway I prefer the term "Transmorpher" personally. From what I can tell, TFN is essentially the Alamo for those guys (the last place left where the post -'97 dogma is still super sacred or whatever) but in the long run I can't imagine that being good for them. It only took 8 or 9 zealots to make it thoroughly unpleasant there (you could name them if you spent about a week) and chase away any interesting talk/casual shooting the shit.
For awhile it was going to be AN EVENT, a touchstone moment for a new generation that had never seen blah blah blah. It ended up preaching to the choir and doing quite well for a 13 year old movie I guess. Which is fine, whatever, a great accomplishment, millions of dollars, lots of rendering time and shit, etc. So, well done, and here's to spending money and a year of life on episode 2, feel the excitement.
I vaguely remember Kim Basinger saying something similar about Never Say Never Again. Both those movies are such blatant paycheck gigs with weird script problems (it has to be basically the same as Thunderball? The hell?), for an artsy guy in his 60s it's easy to imagine him just being a cranky old man in that situation.
Maybe a small-scale anecdote from the old Making of Jedi paperback (pg 177)?: (The crew arriving to shoot desert scenes, setting up camp in a motel in a very small, isolated town in Yuma:
The largest movie house in town opens only when the proprietor feels like it, and the last time he felt like it was for THE EMPIRES STRKES BACK".
I wonder if this ad represents a fair picture of what the breakdown was like when it comes to how widespread stereo was in a given city. (I believe small towns were not necessarily the last to get it, what with 70s urban decay and everything)
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85 minutes sounds about right. I suppose this will become more and more common. You're still stuck with Anakin as the main character (I always thought it would be more fun to try to fashion an Obi-Wan movie out of that material) but it would be cool to see.
Probably a yearly convention, some increasingly tattered and damaged version of the TFN message board people, toy lightsabers next to the Nerf football and a Jeopardy question. It's too screwed up and alienating now.
I've seen that Sinbad movie. Are you trying to tell me it has special effects? And actors and talking? I don't remember any of that.
Darth Bizarro said:
http://acertainpointofview.net/?p=1206
Is that for real?? The fuck?
DuracellEnergizer said:
TheBoost said:
Not to derail the thread, but how do Lucas-apologists (TFNers... whatever we call them) value McQuarrie?
You should ask dgr4 that question. She's one TFNer who justs loves to deemphasize the collaborative nature of the SW films.
(It's been awhile but I think dgr is a dude?) But anyway the answer is: no, Mcquarrie is not particularly valued, nobody else from the '77-'83 period means much of anything to the cult, it's just like asking a scientologists about someone who left the church.
What a great concept artist, and could do matte paintings too! Even within a world that's becoming a lost art, he was a heavyweight.
Wow, everyone involved deserves a round of applause. (and a great bonus to see JEDI looking like it should but rarely has post-83). Great work.
Maybe you should change the title to something about the OT losing it's stature.
I don't think it will though. At least not any more than any other movie. The problem is every movie loses some status over enough time. When they inevitably remake THE GODFATHER and you see all the grown adults come out of the woodwork who have never seen it and/or are bored to death by it, that'll be clear. Every movie eventually becomes a fairly niche thing.
Thank god we finally have proof that there's only a few haterz out there and it's widely beloved just like Shrek 2 and DaVinci Code. Because everyone who ever bought a ticket for a movie also loves it for the rest of time.
I got most of it. Really beautiful work.
see if this helps
It's on page 10 of the big Making Of book, picture is not very big though. I can try to snap a pic of it.
Nice!
semi-related: One thing that is interesting to me about the technidisc laser is that for some reason it's the most flattering to the matte painting of the soldiers during the end ceremony. (thanks to mysycamore I've become a big fan of that disc. It's not as blah as the gout, and unless it was left outside on the porch after 1993, I think that source could make a great basis for a Blade Runner-disc 3-type restoration. All the little dings and specks are really not any worse than the stuff dealt with years ago for ERASERHEAD, which I believe was self-financed by Lynch)
Yeah I probably would have shelled out if not for the blu-ray BS, I've paid for much dumber movie experiences.
I don't know if scoring a win with the TFN guys qualifies as "people paying hand over fist" but lurking over the weekend they seem to have decided that this release is an amazing success, unprecedented for a 13 year old movie. (just discovered I can't log in there anymore, make sure nobody tells them about The Exorcist Director's Cut (2000) - Box Office Mojo or E.T. (20th Anniversary) (2002) - Box Office Mojo) especially don't mention 10 years of inflation and non-3D tickets
Well, there was a trailer and poster, not sure how extensive it was, pretty sure it was a wide release.
edit-who can compete with Porky's Revenge anyway
Weekend Box Office Results for March 29-31, 1985 - Box Office Mojo
It was interesting how the 1997 release caused EMPIRE and JEDI to switch places. As for Phantom passing star wars on the list like it means something, shee-yit. A 3D ticket here is 19.50, vs. 2 bucks or less in 1977, get real.
In 1985 there was a re-release of JEDI that was a total non-event, and was pretty much part of the last gasp of SW, entering its lowest point of popularity. In tickets sold it's not that far off from this much more expensive reissue, so what does it take for LFL to acknowledge any kind of flaw in their M.O.? (the M.O. being: really little kids are the only thing that matters, the rest of you who supported this thing for 20 years can suck it. Maybe it's a little off-putting? Maybe?)
Eh, clicking around there just now, it just seems like a few shrilly defensive guys. Doesn't seem like anyone having much fun even though this should be their super bowl, capping a great year in which they got everything they could want.
Paramecium302 said:
Been reading some stuff on this site for a while now. Never seen anything that looks like someone likes Star Wars.
Read harder.