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Actually, Ripplin, people have offered. Adywan seems to want to do this on his own for the most part, which is of course his prerogative. I know my friend Gabe offered some of his gear earlier this year, but Ady wasn't interested.
DathBo:
I love how you skilfully edited the words 'adywan' and 'watched' into the text on the back.
Hehehe. Made me smile.
rcb:
i've always been confused about that. in the PT each shot they fire at each other, whether small, capital or ground unit, their was always some hint of damage
Maybe if you're "confused" by any of the inconsistencies being discussed, you need to remember that these movies were made many years apart, and the effects were achieved under very different circumstances of budget and technical ability. It's very easy to put CG blasts in for every laser fired, but doing that with traditional model work was just not practical to the extent you're expecting.
Technology moves on. It's that simple.
I think most people have always believed when the AT-AT collapses its armour is ruptured/fractured and therefore becomes vulnerable to the snowspeeder blasters.
Bingowings:We never did see the other Naboo cities, Theed can't be the only one so if there are more leveling one in TPM would give weight to the most flimsy planetary invasion in cinema history.
The cities weren't attacked with great military force because this was a political takeover designed to force Queen Amidala to flee and seek help from the Senate. Sidious/Palpatine didn't intend to destroy it, only do what was necessary to meet his ends. Only Theed was overrun, as far as we know. There was no reason for the Trade Federation to destroy any city.
But yeah, it does look like a non-event, so I understand why you'd want to add more destruction.
Adding human drama to cartoon droids attacking cartoon cities and fighting cartoon aliens would make that film at least slightly human.
Can't argue with that!
That doesn't fit the scene at all. There is no dramatic structure to that piece, not the section you used, at least.
This isn't the sort of forum where we talk about touching things up. Especially not Ewoks and young girls. That sort of talk will land your butt in jail.
Yeah, I like Caroline Blakiston too. Pity she's slowed down with acting jobs in recent years. Damn, I'm showing my age. Damn, I didn't realise it was her in The Line of Beauty. Must check it again.
Yeah, she does look frightened, but I thought she was trying to convey the weight of the fight ahead of them, which no-one else did. Maybe if other actors had considered conveying some fear, the threat might have sold better.
As it is, she looks terrified while the others look overconfident, which just dulls the threat for me.
Angel:
One shot Anakin is on the shot. In the other he isnt.
You say that like it's a bad thing. I say remove him from the other one, not add more of him.
That fire looks great. Although with that brightness behind him, we wouldn't be able to see Luke's hair like that. Looks nice though.
Speaking of hair, I think we ought to have a go at fixing General Madine's. That didn't even look good in 1983.
I was under the impression it cost a lot more than that, or maybe I'm confused by the inflated post-deletion prices. I thought it was over $1000 originally.
Angel that's AWESOME.
Very nice atmosphere.
Great, that's me having nightmares for the next couple of nights.
It really, really is. I can't look at it. Please, no-one else repost it!
Bobocop:
While some of these production paintings are cool, some remind me how lucky we are that George Lucas wasn't able to to do everything he wanted back in the days of the OT.
You said it. Have you ever seen the early CG tests they did even for Star Wars? Thankfully they weren't good enough so he left it alone then.
I honestly believe Star Wars was more of a fluke than genius, and Empire was great because of other writers and a better director (and a bigger budget). The other four I can take or leave.
Bingowings:
Why that should end just as the interesting characters succeed in a major victory is genuinely beyond me.
I guess that's where we differ, as my feeling on continuing beyond the end of the Empire is "why should it continue?"
Just because a universe is replete with possibilities doesn't mean I need to see them all. I think the story ends precisely where it should. I refer again Babylon 5. As many of us know, the original Season 5 was squeezed into Season 4 in case the show was cancelled, but as Season 4 was so successful (and rightly so!) Straczynski had to come up with a new story arc for that season. It didn't work. It was "beyond" the organic story arc of that universe. That's precisely how I regard Star Wars. It's done, the story is complete.
> "Star Wars is not the tale of Anakin's fall and redemption"
Hehe, now I know you're joking. Whether the writing was successful is one thing, but there is no disputing the story arc. It's crystal clear.
> "The series is called Star Wars not the 'Anakin Skywalker'."
Now that's just being silly.
> "We won't see that naturally but an ending to ROTJ which hints that the story continues could be interesting"
No, and Jedi doesn't end that way because the story was complete.
Bingowings:
Besides most of the problems in the Star Wars galaxy were not caused by Vader or Palpatine (they just exploited the mess that was already there).
But that has nothing to do with what these movies are about. The original trilogy, with the prequels now heavy-handedly underlining it, is absolutely nothing to do with that; they are about making the right choice, doing what is best for all and not for one, and believing in yourself (before one's level of metaphorical self-belief could be quantified by a blood test!).
Anything else, like a third trilogy, would feel like an extension, not the final part of the whole. There is a distinct and intentional story arc to these six movies, and it's complete.
Bingowings:
Besides Vader throwing his master down a death pit doesn't really redeem him, you would need another trilogy for that to happen.
You've got to be kidding.
Wasn't that scene shot after principle photography simply because it was an FX shot?
Bingowings:Picking up the pieces could turn our heroic Alliance into a government just as bad as the Empire (Lucas is nuts for ending the story with Jedi, there is still so much more story to tell).
What would be the point of that story, though? Wasn't the story we have about that already? It would just be repetition. As much as I'd probably enjoy three post-OT movies, I do accept Lucas' assertion that this is about fall and redemption. The existing six movies work together as one whole, a new trilogy couldn't fit like that. It would be lile Babylon 5 Season 5, and I can do without another one of those.
Well however it is shown, it has to be organic to the scene and relevant. Not just putting it in for the sake of it.
Sorry, I can't resist.
Aye, 'tis true. I always felt the planet was a tad close to the Moon in the movie, but it doesn't matter really. At that distance Yavin IV should look like Io hehe. Makes you wonder how close Yavin I, II and III are!
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Set to Phillip Glass? Christ, I think I'd even prefer the Carpenters. (apart from Koyaanisqatsi)