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I was going to say how the color person ruined excellent pencils/inking with that “esoteric” color scheme in Dark Empire.

More “bricks and screws” in both a literal and metaphorical sense, please.

That scene on the Death Star that got reused in the Holiday Special might be a good scene to place between those two shots.

I rather like how you’ve implemented the changes, especially cutting from the conference room to the paltry search effort. The only gripe I have is the skeleton suddenly appearing behind the droids in the scene. Would it make sense to incorporate it into the establishing shot?

I just finished Me by Elton John and it was a fantastic retrospective on his life and career. He nails the surreality of a famous life and details his shortcomings more than most would. It’s somewhat more elaborate than Rob Halford’s memoirs, but not as much of an overly-emotional mess as Peter Criss and Paul Stanley’s literary tirades books.

The match cut (is that the right term?) between Anakin on the stretcher and Padme on the hearse might be my favorite touch in the whole sequence! You’ve done fantastic work in condensing the falling actions of III.

Superweapon VII said:

darklordoftech said:

Spartacus01 said:

darklordoftech said:

The BBY/ABY calendar existing in-universe.

Why do you hate it? I do not mind it.

Why would the New Republic establish a new year 0? Isn’t that something totalitarian regimes do? Why not use whatever year 0 the Valorum-era Republic used?

My problem is that the Battle of Endor makes a more logical start for a Year 0 than the Battle of Yavin.

Yeah, that actually makes a lot more sense. The battle saw the Emperor and Vader die, the destruction of a substantial part of the Imperial Navy, and the Empire was left without a centralized power. It makes more sense to declare that the start of the “new era.” IIRC, there’s been some new canon books that talk about an in-universe debate over BBY/ABY dates.

It still makes more sense than Stardates.

The Despecialized .mkv has Hairy_Hen’s 5.1 mix, which is a recreation of the 70mm six-track.

Now that’s certainly better-paced! So much simpler than the overdone set piece from the original cut.

It’d be intriguing to see if the print has the same slight cropping as 4K77’s main print.

Adywan, you should probably migrate your image hosting to Imgur or imgbb, since postimage is throwing up their “premium upgrade” banner.

I’ll believe it once shooting begins.

Let’s not forget his hatred of trans people (I.e. that Rowling defense video) and his extensive defense of Woody Allen. You can write the guy off.

I love how we can have a discussion about a continuity error, and not only did Ady already find it, he fixed it with success!

I just finished Tarzan Alive by Philip José Farmer. It’s an engaging thought experiment to derive a biographical narrative through the Burroughs books (with real world context and scientific explanations), but the addendums are somewhat boring. I get why Farmer used them to ground the book in the Wold Newton Universe/establish the Greystoke lineage and titles, but it’s a slog to read.

Would it be good to follow up with Doc Savage or the Opar books Farmer also wrote?

Edit: nvm, not worth it.

My approach with all things Adywan is to wait two to four months between updates. It’s regular enough, but not surprising when radio silence happens.

Yeah, changing up the shots totally screws up the music’s pacing.

Superweapon VII said:

JadedSkywalker said:

Warriors that can put down rebellions and can end conflicts but don’t seek them out because they are peacekeepers. And negotiators. Their entire bodies and minds are sharp and honed like a weapon, but they only use a lightsaber in defense, never for violence as its own end. The Sith use violence and intimidation to rule.

One thing I would’ve like to have seen in the prequels is the Jedi relying on martial arts to non-lethally dispatch their foes, utilizing their lightsabers only in kill-or-be-killed situations.

That’s entirely reasonable. Perhaps their later deviations from non-lethal force is what signified their decline.

SparkySywer said:

You could have ignored their posts, but didn’t. Maybe you can find some understanding for their perspective there?

I get their perspective and I disagree with it. Maybe I could have been more graceful, IDK.

This seems like a fantastic idea.

Channel72 said:

But it’s just so fun to whine about.

It sounds absolutely miserable for the people who don’t like the movies. What’s wrong with just ignoring media you dislike, just pretending it never happened? Hell, Legends is right there as a different canon to follow.

The variety of settings and the art design.

Whining about The Last Jedi is still a big red flag for me. So what, a bad movie came out that didn’t do what you wanted with a character? Move on with your life and just never acknowledge it.

The more I realize it, the more I just wish we never had sequels to ‘77.

JoyOfEditing said:

Okay first off, I need to know the story behind your username. Anyone whose username references one of the greatest tomes to come out of the twin monasteries of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow, must have an extreme amount of class.

That was an outgrowth of a medieval manuscripts class I took in college. The name really appealed to me and I’ve been rocking it ever since.

To your Jedi question, the answer to that is blasphemous. . . You have to cut Boba Fett out of the fight, because if you do, suddenly everything works. It turns out the main villain of the Sail Barge should have been the bro with the deck gun, because he ties together Luke’s swashbuckling and Han’s skiff sinking together like a bow.

That’s exactly the kind of change I was thinking of to improve the scene. Cutting Boba out focuses the action a lot more.