And second of all, my point about literally everyone on Earth knowing what Yoda looks like still stands. đ
Once youâve done ketamine and run over people in your 2001 Honda Civic, people tend to remember your face.
Jurassic Park III is the second best film in the franchise, behind only the first one. This film is aware that itâs meant to not be taken as seriously, and is a fun ride from start to finish.
Iâm pretty sure that after the Jurassic World trilogy, this opinion has been getting more popular. Which is nice, because itâs also my opinion!
I do wish Mike was more willing to do live-action Plinkett. Rich Evans has more talent with pratfalls and physical comedy, but Mike has the classic voice down more than Rich Evans. Like, look at this moment of Rich Evans hysteria:
That whole video still gets me smiling at their satire.
Channel72 said:
So the whole Silence of the Lambs/serial killer schtick has lost a lot of social context, and probably comes off as inexplicable to many viewers.
Absolutely. Without that context, the serial killer shtick just comes across as tasteless. Also, that kind of humor that prioritized shock over wit has really fallen by the wayside. Itâs why shows like Drawn Together have become ânonmedyâ (another word poached from RLM).
Except he looks nothing like he did in ROTJ, upsetting visual continuity. And the altered dialogue is a hackjob.
The Adywan version of that scene is still the best. It gets as close to the original dialogue as possible, maintains the original shot list, and has more ROTJ continuity with the appearance of The Emperor.
I definitely prefer the look of the 1997 35mm prints, as weâve seen with 4K97_V. The more consistent color timing (which was still respectful to the source material) was an improvement. It sucks that ESB came out in one of the worst years for film stock, when Eastmancolor was your only mainstream option with minimal alternatives (Fujicolor and Agfacolor, IIRC).
I know this sounds stupid, but Iâd love to restore the shoe to the Battle of Endor. Itâs such a goofy little quirk.
Just donât give obvious A-holes the attention they clamor forâŚitâs that simple. Keep the conversations to the intelligent minded.
Yeah, youâre right. I just donât like when people pretend that the A-holes donât exist, and that the claims of A-holes existing are corporate proaganda or something. Theyâre real, and theyâre a problem.
Anybody who tries to argue that the Fandom Menace doesnât exist is a member of the Fandom Menace, whether they know it or not.
Also, go watch the Sarah Z video âSacrificial Trashâ about the phenomenon of mediocre-to-subpar media made by or featuring marginalized groups getting intense right-wing backlash and said backlash coloring the popular opinion of said media. Iâm oversimplifying, but itâs a fascinating concept that arguably applies to this franchise.
who needs media literacy when wokeness can be the eternal scapegoat
Iâm borrowing that one, thanks!
The Birds (1963) is a seriously overrated film. There are many other classic Hitchcock pictures from both before and after this film that are better than this film.
Speaking of Hitchcock, the only Mel Brooks movie that couldnât be made today is High Anxiety, because Hitchcock isnât as big a part of the cultural zeitgeist as he was in the â70s.
The youngling slaughter scene was wannabe serial killer Mark Twitchellâs favorite scene in ROTS. Thatâs enough for me to want to discard any and all references to younglings in the slaughter.
Please tell me youâll keep a version that excises Anakinâs school shooter turn. I absolutely hate that Kenobi made it a plot point.
Iâd prefer an edit of Kenobi that takes out the school shooting than keeping it in ROTS.
So how about that Mandalorian show guys?
awwwwwww cutie baby
I have joked about recreating the legendary Rainbow Dash jar with a Grogu toy, but I thought thatâd be a bit much. There arenât nearly enough creepy men in the Star Wars fandom for the joke to land as much as it did with Rainbow Dash.
but itâs unnecessary to talk down to them by telling them to âjust donât watch itâ and other childish retorts.
Itâs not childish, itâs common sense. Why go back the ones who hurt you? It should be easy, as itâs an inanimate franchise and not an abusive partner. Quitting a franchise puts you in no physical or emotional danger, itâs healthy and often necessary.
I hated both Discovery and Picard because of how grimdark and edgy they were, so I stopped watching them after Picard season 1. But I heard Strange New World was a sort of return to form for the franchise, so I checked it out, and I ended up really enjoying it.
Funny enough, Picard season 3 seems like a course-correction that largely tosses the first two seasons in the garbage.
Basically, as someone else on here (I donât remember who) once said, âStar Wars is a buffet. Enjoy the stuff you like, and leave the rest. Seek out stuff like Andor, and avoid stuff like Mando season 3.
Yup - that goes for all franchises. This motto has come in handy for me for most of my media experiences, especially as somebody who has always been more of a TV than movie guy.
The absolute meltdown that some people on this site have been having is really overblown.
My post was more or less telling those posters to quit wasting their time with the franchise if theyâre just going to get angry about it. Then I injected my occasional ââ77 puristâ stance because I had an analogy cooked up for it.
Iâm still disappointed that nobody picked up on my âbricks and screwsâ reference. Ah well, I thought it was funny.
The âDisney has ruined Star Wars foreverâ crowd weirds me out because like, most yaâll agree Lucas wasnât doing the greatest with it either, with the special editions and the prequels.
Exactly. Hell, TCW did a fine job trampling all over some very good Legends material. I miss Karen Travissâ Mandalorians. One-dimensional, but still fun.
beloved franchise
Me, a borderline '77 purist:
The way I see it, the franchise has been coasting off of Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back for over 40 years now and almost nothing since has lived up to that standard of quality. Andor, ROTJ, TLJ, and the original Battlefront games are all that come close to me (and they donât come all that close).
Itâs like being a New York Jets fan. You had one amazing moment, and then the next fifty years were filled with mostly garbage. Star Wars is the New York Jets of media franchises.
Sometimes itâs better to leave things behind than to dwell on them and project hatred. Youâve seen the body, and youâre ready to move on with your life.
I know itâs difficult to move on from the franchises you used to love, but giving them that power over your personality and your limited time isnât all that productive.* It applies to sports, and it applies to the devil that is media franchise production.
*Unless youâre making money off of talking about said media online. Then, by all means, go ahead. Just be prepared for when people call you a clown for complaining about bricks and screws.
Also, yikes, this thread has a LOT of broken file links!
Time, destroyer of worlds and URLs.
Also, Iâm pretty sure a lot of image links were lost when the board switched to markdown syntax.
Saying âObjectively badâ immediately discredits any criticisms, IMHO. Especially since âobjectively badâ is such a thoroughly reactionary thing to say.
So i had to go through each shot, frame by frame, and manually align the two sources, then mask out the areas i didnât want, keeping only the detail in the dark areas. And iâm pleased to say that it turned out pretty good.
Thatâs some really impressive stuff, Ady! The added shadow detail really improves these shots. Itâs making the best of the two (unfortunately) best sources we have.
But there is still a lot of the hard work left to do, which mainly involves lengthy rotoscoping.
It isnât a lot left to do, but these are very time consuming ones to do. So please donât think that a release is imminent.
That is entirely understandable. Take as much time as you need and never feel the need to rush shots.
So this scene is either going to be different to how it is now after i have been able to film some ANH style sandtroopers, or it will just go back to how it was in 1977 ( which i think actually works better). Iâm also going to replace the mirrored troopers in this shot thanks to the newly filmed troopers.
Iâd say to just go back to the 1977 version of the droid discovery scene. It works better pacing-wise and mostly preserving the 1977 pacing is an admirable goal. HAL9000 already did that in his edit (which included removing one of the CGI dewbacks) and it looked good.
Oh my, thatâs some impressive stuff! Itâs the perfect way to tie in R1 with the AOTC plans.
All in all, fantastic update Ady! Iâm excited for the final project.
As far as film criticsâ vs. audience scores go, I donât trust either.
Rotten Tomatoes and its consequences has been disastrous for discourse on film criticism.
Multiple Maniacs - itâs important to the John Waters canon, but itâs very much a rough draft compared to Pink Flamingos and Female Trouble.
It looks amazing and I hope itâs not going to become an Ivan Ortega situation.
Whenever there are faneditors outside of this community and the IFDB forums, I worry about them going the Ivan Ortega way.
The Ivan Ortega ordeal escapes me.
He was breaking the âselling faneditsâ rule, IIRC.
It looks amazing and I hope itâs not going to become an Ivan Ortega situation.
Whenever there are faneditors outside of this community and the IFDB forums, I worry about them going the Ivan Ortega way.
