Darth Venal

Darth Solo:

                               "Gay."

Nobody asked, but we appreciate that you feel comfortable enough to share with us.

:-)

brash_stryker:

"I wouldn't say it's constructive posting a picture where (as far as I can tell) all he's done is remove the rancor with a black paintbrush tool, and then calling it a "matte". Especially considering the quality of original mattes we've been getting from people like Venal"

Somebody fan me. Brash, would you like to go for dinner? I'm cheap.

I prefer the blue one, it's more open to mock-up abuse. That big black stage in the middle is just asking for it.

TV's Frink:

"Certainly it could work better than too many words, which is what we got."

That's what I was saying. I didn't actually say no words at all, although that or a substantial reduction can only be an improvement if done correctly.

doubleofive:

 

SomethingStarWarsRelated said:

Well here's that 'Luke training on Dagobah' idea we were talking about the other day...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFBmHpcX4eA
This is how it would fit in with the fan-o-matic edit. Needs some more tweaking...ideas? Is this scene too early to show Lukes new saber?

You know what? That's pretty neat! I think it might work for some editor, definitely for the Fan-O-Matic. Nice reuse of the turn, he even looks concerned for the coughing (which I found both clever and hilarious). Great job man!

Obviously that's a crude edit but you can definitely see how it works. I approve. A bit of awkward rotoscoping on Luke's turn, maybe a long shot of new footage for him training in the swamp, and I really think that could work.

Well done.

Ady, Nemo is MY turf. Damn you.

mrbenja0618:

"Well, I wouldn't say no dialogue at all. You need to convey a few things with words."

Actually, you don't. There isn't a single bit of dialogue in those scenes on Naboo that isn't conveyed by their actions.

Anyway, I didn't mean every scene between them, I mean the waterfall picnic, the hay ride (gah), even the stuff by Lake Como. It needs reducing substantially, and a montage could achieve that if done correctly.

Then post something decent, Angel! Quick!

Oh here we go LOL!

Someone said it looks like it's underwater... hmm.

I was wondering what software we're all using? for both 2D and 3D stuff that gets posted.

It isn't David Prowse. There was absolutely nothing shot of Prowse if my memory serves me correctly. He was fired, that's true, but there is nothing of him in Jedi. It's just a continuity error. Besides, it's clearly not Prowse because he's got a VERY distinctive head shape, very square, heavy browed, where as Sebastian Shaw did not.

They're almost the same person. Angel is the one who replies to you.

:-)

Are there people on the forum who are the same? Isn't there a name for that (other than SAD)? Sock or something.

That reminds me, I need to put clean socks on tomorrow...

So what did the posts after Ganamae say?

And can't anyone cut and paste properly these days? Sheesh.

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By comparison, let's look at a better example. How about, oh, let's say... The Empire Strikes Back. Exactly how much romantic dialogue is there between Han and Leia? Hans seduction of Leia, and her resistance, are so much more succinct than Episode II, and that much more bearable. After Lucas' notoriously over-restrained emotions in Episode I, he went and gushed it up in the next one. Balance, George, balance!

So I say cut it. Even montage it to an abbreviated Across the Stars. Something.

With your usual Tabasco and Red Bull. No?

If he wanted revenge, that battle is hardly the smartest place to go about getting it.

And why would the Empire pay a lot of money for one extra ship?

Boba Fett would never fight in that battle, as much as I'd love to see Slave 1 blasting the shit out of things.

I like that a lot Angel, it opens it up really nicely without losing the dense feeling of the surrounding jungle and swamps. Why did Ady say he won't do it? It's very effective, and very subtle.

Ghost, that's a nice idea, and it would be relatively easy to cut Boba Fett's death and have him fight in the final battle. But I think it's totally out of character for him. Risking his life to fight for the Empire really isn't something a man like him would do.

I like the illustrations in the Cross Sections books but some of them are so inaccurate. I was really looking forward to the Cloud City one but it was very disappointing. I don't buy their explanation of where the giant shaft is at all.

Very, very nice indeed, Angel! Is there any way to reduce the "glow" slightly? Loving the shield dish.

Bingowings:

"Leia is hardly the usual damsel in distress (even in her metal bra) and the aliens in the OT aren't ethnic stereotypes of Earthly humans (with the possible exeption of Yoda who is basically every elderly martial arts master in character even if his voice is more Grover than Master Po).

The PT didn't just ignore PC it practically waved two CGI fingers up at it.

The female characters are there to either get captured or killed, aliens are either childish cartoons or something out of the a Bernard Manning routine and Threepio isn't just questionably fussy but as camp as Christmas."

 

Absolutely! Maybe they felt social politics had changed sufficiently so that Threepio could now be out and proud, rather than just a bit flamboyant.

As for ethnic stereotyping, I don't know that the PT is so much worse. There are the "black" dudes speaking jive in the cantina. And let's face it, in the OT, Chewie is treated like a smart dog (not Brian, mind) for most of it. Calling a hirsute fella a "walking carpet" is hardly PC, is it? Okay, so the PT has a greedy Jewish businessman, Japanese traders trying to take over, a black, slightly dim sidekick, a black mutha-fuckin' Jedi master who doesn't quite make it (still want to kill Lando?) and a damsel in distress who then is relegated to being a mother...

..damn, the PT really is bad.

I agree too. It's best to reflect feelings of developing love through other characters and dialogue, not contrive it in romantic scenes that just don't play with audiences anymore. Well, not when they're done like Lucas does them.

I might edit AotC so that the stripey cat kills Padme, just for saying that line.

And the saga ends there. Let's call it an alternate timeline. Gah.

We can make the romance work more by CUTTING two-thirds of it out. Really.