DavidBrennan

Anchorhead said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

^I'm not really sure Luca$ interferes with the EU all that much. Most of the prequelization of the EU can be attributed to the PT fanboys who write the actual stories, methinks.

I know he had some loose story guidelines for the early EU, but you may be right about the Prequelized novels.   His followers are so dug in, so devoted to his new vision, that he may not even have to get involved anymore.  They're writing it for him and for themselves. 

Funnily, I believe (though I'm not sure) that the EU story he was most involved with was 'Splinter of the Mind's Eye' back in '78 or '79.  SHoSW, in turn, used accounts from Alan Dean Foster, the writer, as still more evidence to show that Lucas didn't have Vader as father or Luke/Leia sibling-ness established at that time.

At other sites, EU fans dig in the trenches for ANY Lucas acknowledgment of their favorite EU and, as soon as Lucas reportedly mentions something, they all jump up and down, "Canon!  Canon!" 

I like the double entendre joke making use of other "George's" out there.

I'll say that I'm amazed that Lucas is always mellow and cool in every single clip I've ever seen of him.  And I think that that's a good trait, right?

none said:

DavidBrennan wrote: it's about the PT, so I don't know if too many fans here will care too much.  It's about the false flag terrorism element of the PT:

Don't worry there's room around here for all types of projects, and having a wider group of projects makes this place better.  If you want a thread, make it.  (probably in the 'Preservation other fan project' category)

Although there is a vocal bunch who poodoo PT projects there have been a few.  From Theatrical reconstructions:

Adywan's Phantom Menace Theatrical: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Phantom-Menace-Theatrical-Version-NTSC-DVD-ADYWAN-NOW-AVAILABLE/topic/10615/

to deleted/cut scene documentaries:

Daveytod's Clones Revealed: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Clones-Revealed-Available-Now/topic/4278/

to a documediamentary on the media perception of the last SW film:

%20's 'Thee Backslacpkping With Media': http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Thee-Backslacpkping-With-Media/post/280224

 

On your piece.  You've got the SW part wrapped up.  But your tie-in to the 'real' world is limited.  You've got the three early examples which you expect people to know, then at the end you've got these random photos of people you don't identify and don't explain their relevancy.  Seems like this is a start of a larger piece but as you've had this piece of almost 5 years now, not sure what you're up to.  and if the answers are in the doc you mention in the youtube description, provide a link.

 

Seeing all these fan projects makes me feel like an luddite and a bum.  It's really amazing all the things people do.  (I used to run a fan podcast about James Cameron and felt like I was above-and-beyond other fans....then I saw this fan DVD of T2:3D and I was just like, "That can't be topped.  I concede defeat."  I get that feeling twenty times a day with 'Star Wars'.)

I was just checking out that totally bizarre and random ROTS documentary, but it was pretty cool.  Those snippets took me back to one of the most exciting moviegoing times of my life.

I agree with your criticisms of my little documentary.  They'll be amended this time.  (A link to the documentary mentioned in the video summary is here.)

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

DavidBrennan said:

I guess there is one big problem, though: I DEFINITELY prefer the CG Yoda to the Don Rickles-esque TPM puppet!

Awww, CPY is my favorite part of the movie!  I'm very sad to see it replaced.

Nice documentary, BTW.

Don't know what CPY is, but if you meant the Don Rickles/Swamp Thing mash-up they called Yoda in the TPM puppet, you and I have TOTALLY different tastes!

....Except you liked my documentary, so maybe not.

Thanks for the compliment!

Harmy said:

It's on tehparadox.com, as well as Ady's TPM Theatrical DVD. Just go there and search for Adywan :-)

Thanks a lot.  I'm checking it out right now.

Monolithium said:

DavidBrennan said:

Well....it's about the PT, so I don't know if too many fans here will care too much.  It's about the false flag terrorism element of the PT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0fDUoudO7w

I'm redoing it in HD (now that the Blu-Rays are out) and adding in some more sophisticated, animated graphics.  I'm doing it entirely on Blender.

I love that documentary.  Good job.

Thank you very much! 

I'm happy with it.  (Ya know, when I FIRST did it, I downloaded all the snippets just from the ol' 10-minute YouTube uploads where people posted the full movies in 10-minute chunks.  I then had to convert those into .WMV so that I could edit them in Windows MovieMaker, then convert them, like, three different times.  It looked HORRIBLE, but I was very proud!  Even this one I did totally in Windows MovieMaker because my computer can't handle good editing software.  But now with the HD version, I'm using Blender's proxies and just having some fun.)

This was always somewhat common sense to me based upon watching the movies but then I got into "conspiracy theory" stuff and I wrote an article about it at TheForce.net.  And THEN, a year or two later, the stupid Clone Wars show came out and COMPLETELY re-wrote all of this stuff, and I was irate.  So I just wanted to get it down for the record before even the PT is retconned into irrelevance by the inane CW show.

Harmy said:

That's actually interesting.

Oh and as to the DVNr in Episode I, there is an alternative. Adywan released a 1080p AVCHD version, which is based on the HDTV broadcast and is colour corrected. It's the same master as the DVD, so it's not so great either but it doesn't have the ugly DVNr waxy look of the Blu-Ray. More info can be found here.

Thanks for both the compliment and the link. 

The only files I see for download at popular sites are Adywan's 'Revisited' and then some '97 SEs.  Do you know where the TPM can be found?

I guess there is one big problem, though: I DEFINITELY prefer the CG Yoda to the Don Rickles-esque TPM puppet!  (In fact, does anybody know what the reason why that puppet was so hideous was?)

none said:

DavidBrennan wrote: I'm re-editing a Star Wars documentary in HD

What's the name of the doc?

Well....it's about the PT, so I don't know if too many fans here will care too much.  It's about the false flag terrorism element of the PT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0fDUoudO7w

I'm redoing it in HD (now that the Blu-Rays are out) and adding in some more sophisticated, animated graphics.  I'm doing it entirely on Blender.

I just saw the Blu-Rays (I'm re-editing a Star Wars documentary in HD) and the very first thing of note that struck me was the insane amount of digital noise reduction in TPM.  I mean, it is TONNAGE (and I'm watching it on a 19" computer monitor!) 

I skimmed through the other movies quickly, and didn't find anything as overt as the TPM stuff.  But I tried complaining about this at TheForce.net, but nobody seemed to care. 

In my frustration - and because I'm teaching myself Gimp.org - I put together this little .GIF. 

Glad to be here at OT.com now.  I've been a lurker for a while and I am looking forward to some SW discussions that don't have a vibe of dozens of omega nerds scrutinizing you to see if you're a "basher" or whatever.