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#63135
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Raiders of the Lost Ark - Special Edition?
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Improving it is a purely subjective point of view to take. I don't think the SEs and the other changes improve the films. Listening to how Lucas has dumbed down some dialogue annoys me and I think it detracts from the value of the films. Other changes I see as just being a bunch of grandstanding by Lucas. In all honesty, these films were so well done originally and have held up so well over the years that they did not need to be changed. And the changes, IMHO, don't help or improve them. But they are physical changes to the movie and its flow (maybe not plot so much). I feel that stuff like all the added scenes in Mos Eisley make the entire scene "clunkier" and not flow as well. It's just useless stuff to look at. The importance of the scene is Luke and Ben going to find a pilot to take them to Alderaan, not show us a power droid bonking a drone to the ground. That's pointless and unnecessary. But, as I've said before, that's my opinion. I can see yours. You feel these new scenes do help the movie. I disagree. But we are entitled to our opinions, right?
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#63114
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Raiders of the Lost Ark - Special Edition?
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Originally posted by: jimbo
Thing is though is the glass separating Ford from the snake has to be one of the most famous movie mistakes of all times. Fixing that is changing the movie like it or not. Its no longer the same movie. Its a different better movie.


How does it change the plot of the movie? Maybe it changes the "history" of the film in the sense that the error is erased. But the movie is the same. Erasing the visible glass digitally does not make it such that Indy did not fall into the Well of the Souls and was faced with a king cobra that reared up and hissed at him. The plot and flow of the movie are exactly the same. The behind-the-scenes history is the only thing that has changed. If you feel otherwise, Jimbo, than please explain how the movie is different.
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#62992
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Star Wars DVD Covers
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I love the Clone Wars cover. It is very cool. LFL could take a lesson or two from you, spidernap.

Just a few changes you may want to make to the back cover.

1. Double space between first and second paragraph like it is between second and third paragraphs.

2. Lose the additional "e" in Dexter's Lab.

3. It's Padme, not Padem, in the final paragraph.

4. I would put a comma between "Continue" and "the Clone Wars do" at the top.

5. Was it really 2.35:1? I thought it was 1.85:1. Maybe I'm mistaken.

6. I would suggest breaking up the paragraphs as such... #1 stays the same, #2 starts as is and ends with the first sentence from the final paragraph (ends in "led by the Jedi."), #3 would be the rest. Where you have it starting "It is a war fought..." is an entirely different thought that should be separated from the sentence before it. Whereas the two sentences describing each army are so similar in nature that they should be grouped together. Heck, those two sentences could constitute their own paragraph.

Yes, I am a proofreader by trade. Sorry. I'm really bad like that. I even proofread a wedding program while sitting at the wedding. My wife just rolls her eyes.
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#62998
Topic
Changes in 2004 DVDs
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Just noticed a continuity error in the Jabba scene I hadn't noticed before. Watch the clip mentioned above very carefully.

When Han and Jabba start walking/slithering with Han on Jabba's right (his point of view), you can see Chewbacca walking behind them out in the open. Then it cuts to Chewie moving forward in an entranceway beside a corner of two walls. Then it cuts back to Jabba and Han walking/slithering with Chewie behind them again in the open. Hmmm...
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#62994
Topic
Changes in 2004 DVDs
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It is an improvement. But it isn't hard to improve on utter crap. Just my two Lincolns.

I can't believe they still have the "tail stomp" in there. I thought that was being cut. I know it makes sense, continuity wise, but it always bugged the hell out of me.

And I love how Han is the same in English and Huttese. Cracks me up.

I still think the scene should be left out.
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#62938
Topic
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
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Have you all seen the trailer for this film. It's the new Wes Anderson film (Bottle Rockets, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums). It's got a great cast (many of W.A.'s previous cast cronies are back) and it looks hilarious. The weird thing I thought was seeing W.A. using some pretty extensive CGI in the film.

Go to the homepage and check out the trailer (click on "other viewing options" at the bottom for other media formats).

Let me know what you all think. Even my wife thinks it looks hilarious.
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#62927
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Star Wars 2004 OT SE DVD release preview!
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They have also changed the showdown between Greedo and Han Solo in the Mos Eisley Cantina; Greedo still fires, but not before Han does. They fire their guns simultaneously.

WTF!!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!

I already decided against buying this set so I can't say this fact has changed my decision about buying it. But I don't want this set even more than before. If that is possible.

So Jimbo, you still believe the "official" word of TheDigitalBits who said the original scene was being restored?
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#62926
Topic
They have totally lost it now! (OT 2004 DVD)
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Yeah, I've heard debate about the time spent on Degobah and time spent travelling to Bespin. It can really go either way. You would think that the Degobah training would take a while even if Luke didn't stay the whole time. However, you would think that the trip to Bespin would be relatively brief considering Han is looking for someplace near to where they are in space to hide out from the Empire. But it's really up to personal interpretation since we have no way of confirming one way or the other.