BedeHistory731

fmalover said:

BedeHistory731 said:

I still maintain that the best Tom Cruise performance ever is his Lestat in Interview with a Vampire, as it’s the only time he disappears into the character. Heck, he elevates that movie into “pretty decent” territory.

IMO Tom Cruise excells in villanous/asshole roles. Collateral and Tropic Thunder Thunder are proof of that. I’d love to see him play bad guys more often.

Oh yeah, I keep forgetting him in Tropic Thunder - the guy really does villain/dickbag roles so well.

Bobson Dugnutt said:

EDIT: yikes this is also the Woody Allen is innocent guy too

EDIT: I take back my faint praise of Polanski.

Woody Allen truly is scum and the more people who dismiss him and his work the better. Also, Worley is a TERF.

I still maintain that the best Tom Cruise performance ever is his Lestat in Interview with a Vampire, as it’s the only time he disappears into the character. Heck, he elevates that movie into “pretty decent” territory.

StarkillerAG said:

DZ-330 said:

Any chance on ending on something other than Yub Nub? Another Williams track perhaps?

Someone did a mockup of the “Luke and Leia” theme from the soundtrack album inserted into the Ewok celebration, and I remember it worked really well. Of course, you’d have to cut out the shots of the Ewoks playing instruments, but I think it’s a great track to end the trilogy on. Melancholy, yet somehow incredibly cathartic.

That was me! I’ve revised it now, replacing the instrument shots with both party establishing shots used in the SE (which were 1983 B-roll, so it’s still visually cohesive).

https://streamable.com/q5z1hb

It’s a rough idea, but I like it as a less cartoon-y ending to the movie while not ripping off a temp track.

Yup.

Also a surprise appearance from Marvel Jabba!

Does that mean Hux gets regular cocaine/spice injections into his butt?

G&G-Fan said:

Ejn said:

Also he actually had the balls to say Jedi Rocks isn’t any more cheesy then Lapti Nek. pukes

Lapti Nek’s only real issue is that the Sy Snootles marionette puppet looks unconvincing within the context of the other 1983 puppets. A stop-motion puppet or even a suitmation puppet (obviously with a different design) would’ve been feasible and better.

Oh joy, you’re back.

The Neimoidians, because their voices are really just this:

It was probably done more out of ignorance than malice, but it’s still awkward to have that in a movie with Watto and Jar-Jar (allegedly).

adywan said:

“Red R2” issue now fixed 😃

https://youtu.be/Vg5hg6SispQ

Bingo! That looks fantastic, Ady.

Ronster said:

…all I’m sayibg is “No! Get rid of it, it’s not helping the story” the story is good but having the planet there to explain the viewscreen ruins the story.

Well why wouldn’t you lead with that?

That was one fantastic preview! I know it’s really subtle, but the moving starfields make the cockpit and docking bay shots so much more dynamic. Also, removing the rat things entirely from the Mos Eisley entrance really improved the shot.

As for the red R2 unit, I can see the issue, but it doesn’t bother me in the slightest. Seeing it in split-screen with the original is probably the issue. If there’s another fix, I’d embrace it too.

StarkillerAG said:

Superweapon VII said:

SophieSopho said:

I don’t support “Birdemic: Shock and Terror” (2010). How can anybody like its poor special effects, wooden acting, and nonsensical plot.

Ironically?

Yeah, I think Sophie missed why everyone says Birdemic is a “great” movie.

If you want to complain about a Birdemic movie, complain about the “intentionally bad” sequel that just fell flat.

Speaking of “so bad it’s good” movies, The Disaster Artist whitewashed Tommy Wiseau and his awfulness (all present in the book). Just read the book or listen to the audiobook with Greg’s A-grade Tommy impression.

It gave us Creepio from Auralnauts, so the ends justify the means.

Omni said:

Check this twitter thread, very thorough: https://twitter.com/pabl0hidalgo/status/1427722793647427591?s=20

Thanks!

It’s no secret that each entry in the PT had extensive reshoots, with some more obvious than others. Things like terrible wigs, stand-ins, etc. definitely give it away. I was curious if anybody has picked apart the principal photography vs. reshoot ratio for those movies.

Y’know, as somebody who liked the Dark Horse comics from the ‘00s, reusing the name “Jabiim” for a largely-inconsequential place felt odd.

Hell, I too cringe at my r/SaltierThanKrayt act on here. This isn’t some awful hive of reactionaries just because they don’t like the new media coming out (save for a few posters who aren’t here anymore). This place doesn’t have that same “poisoned well” as YouTube or Reddit and it’s not worth it fighting political conflicts over a mediocre TV show.

Life’s too short and why be angry about that? I’ve also quit Reddit for the most part, which has improved my mood drastically. Message boards are much better.

Also, if you show a child doing these dark things, it’s too obvious to see the direction they will go down. The Good Son came off as cheesy for that reason.

Emre1601 said:

I’ve only watched the part of the video linked to in the opening post, and this is an interesting subject to me in that it also highlights what George failed to do or show onscreen in the Prequel films. And the continuing attempts since to fix, repair, or explain the shortcomings or problems with the Prequels in the ancillary series and material since. Whether that is 2003 Clone Wars (to an extent), the 2008 film, The Clone Wars series, Rebels, or Tales Of The Jedi and so on. Or official articles and interviews, and the slew of fan-made “George is a secret genius” or “Prequel deeper meaning” material such as Ring Theory, or overlong and videos pieces on fans simply “failing to understand the Prequel films”. None of which changes anything onscreen in the Prequels themselves.

Exactly this! Movies should not have to “make you do homework” to properly understand the themes and characters they’re trying to portray. The prequels require so much “homework” for appreciation like that.

That one uber prequel apologist, So Uncivilized, lost all credibility for me when he championed Nerdonymous’ video.

“Banana Man” Bill Olsen did so much for the preservation of Z-grade movies, it makes up for how cantankerous he could be towards customers and for all the offensive stuff he said on livestreams.

This screepcap of him is still very funny.

I’m just wondering if another “From a Certain Point of View” book will come out.

Ejn said:

BedeHistory731 said:

Never say in two hours what you can easily say in 30 minutes or less. Brevity makes points far more digestible and less cluttered.

I always see this coming from the same soys who think the RLM plinkett reviews of Star Wars are masterpieces despite being hours and hours long and containing about two minutes worth of substance.

Soys

LOLZ, way to discredit yourself immediately. And I don’t think the Plinkett reviews hold up well at all, outside of the bits that feel like the re-enactments from a ‘90s true crime show.

Never say in two hours what you can easily say in 30 minutes or less. Brevity makes points far more digestible and less cluttered.