DominicCobb

Tobar said:

Honorable mention goes to:

While they look sleek at first glance, an iota of scrutiny reveals a failure to stick to any real theme. Yoda for AOTC just makes no sense when the rest are villains.

Generic Stormtrooper instead of Boba Fett? Heck, if they wanted to stick to big bads they could have used Tarkin for SW and then Vader for ESB. 

Ultimately, lazy floating head designs are always a fail.

Bonus points for dropping the episode numbers. But points docked for just slapping STAR WARS on each with the film's title underneath. Each cover should have had the film's title as a logo:

  

I'll give them a pass for the title logo because the prequels would have felt really left out (not that that matters, but I understand the want for consistency).

Still the title design could have been a lot better. The colors on the main logo look sort of cheap. And why not use TFA's Serif Gothic font for the film titles? Just a thought, but it would have looked cool.

Anyway the characters included are an obvious dumb. Though I'll admit some of them actually look pretty good (Maul, Grievous, Vader). Yoda looks like shit, and so does Palps for that matter.

Why the F are they rereleasing those shitty BDs again? 

Rhetorical question, don't answer it.

I know it would have been stupid not to. I almost don't mind the individual steelbooks, as they haven't released the movies outside of their trilogies yet. But rereleasing the same exact 9 disc set is sort of a just an f you. WHY? Then I read that they were changing the cover art, and I thought, oh sure to remove "the complete saga." But NOPE. It's still there. One of the more idiotic things I've seen today.

It's not that I was hoping for an unaltered release, because I lost hope that that would happen this year when it wasn't announced at Celebration (and when Kathleen Kennedy cryptically said that there are some things she knows the fans want that they can't do right now). I still believe our best bet for the unaltered release is 2017 (40th Anniversary and Episode VIII).

^I'm pretty sure that was the start date. But shouldn't a thread from 03 be the oldest?

Just because The Matrix inspired a lot of dumb modern Hollywood films doesn't mean it is one.

Hal 9000 said:

Someone posted a cap of a single page from the upcoming Shattered Empire (not a spoiler) in which Old Ben informs a child Luke that he was a friend of his father's, flatly contradicting the dinner scene in ANH where Luke exclaims, "He knew my father?!" 

 This is a really old post, but I've been going back and looking because I'm getting into SW comics right now and I'm trying to see what's good (I really want the new stuff to be good, but it's not looking like it).

Anyway, I just wanted to point out that "He knew my father?!" is in reference to the Obi-Wan that Leia mentions and that Owen said "died about the same time as your father," not Ben. So I still hold out hope for Shattered Empire.

Anywho...

My summer job this year has been at a camp. I am pleased to say that not only are a lot of the kids Star Wars fans, but they seem to be only OT fans. I was talking to a 6 year old boy today who referred to Empire as "the second one." Made me so happy.

Ah man, I was kind of hoping when I saw this thread that he came back. Not that I want him back, but I thought it'd be hilarious if he decided to use this thread to announce he was back (and presumably apologize to HotRod again).

Sliced bread. Last great one, in my opinion.

It's strange. I don't want to know ANYTHING about the film. Even just knowing the cast and seeing the first two trailers was too much (but they were unavoidable* - thankfully the bts reel was not and I have not seen it), and that's not to mention the character names which are all over headlines and other minor things that my friends always feel the need to tell me. But at the same time I'm really excited for this movie and want to talk about it and, naturally, being a member of a SW forum, you'd think I'd talk about it here. But at this point it's almost impossible to talk about it without learning a new piece of information. And if we're not talking spoilers, what are we talking about?

So I wanted this thread to become more popular but I don't see what the point would be.

*unavoidable because I tried to avoid them but started seeing pictures and such all over the web and decided the best way to be spoiled was they way they intended, so I read the cast list and watched the trailers. 

I've seen a number of musicals and they never fail to annoy the shit out of me. That said, I really like a few of them, especially Singin' in the Rain. West Side Story is pretty great too.

This may or may not be the best place to post this but whatever. I'm trying to get into Star Wars comics and trying to figure out where to start. Any suggestions?

Closely related, I don't mind reading digital versions of books (in some ways it's more convenient) but for comics I much prefer physical copies. Unfortunately it seems pretty much every physical SW comic is out of print. I can find a few on ebay and such for cheapish (still trying to see if I can get the first Marvel "A Long Time Ago" omnibus for less than $30 - JEDIT: amazing luck, I JUST checked Amazon and got a copy for $20) but I don't know what to look for. Classic Star Wars is good? Wookiepedia tells me there's a lot of Classic Star Wars. Anything specific or just all of it?

Skippy The Jedi Droid said:

DominicCobb said:

Random thought, but my crazy hope for adywan's PTR is that he replaces CGI Yoda completely with a OT accurate puppet. Pretty simple request right? That shouldn't be too hard. But seriously I would love it and he's the only person with the skills and drive to make that happen.

If not him, maybe someday someone else... who knows?

I'm pretty sure he can do it but it will be extremely time-consuming. I've always liked the TPM puppet more than the CGI one from the other two. He looks so symphatetic and happy. I know something went wrong because he doesn't really look like the Yoda from OT but it doesn't bother me. Adywan could easily fix the mouth movements and eyes. Didn't he enhance Yoda somehow in TESB:R?

Mmm CGI Yoda is better than creepy puppet Yoda, in my opinion. Yes he enhanced lip and eye movements for ESBR but fixing the puppet in TPM would require much more than subtle enhancements. 

Anyway, adding puppet Yoda to the PT would probably be a job for a second unit crew. Are there fans out there with movie accurate Yoda puppets? Just wondering if they even exist.

Random thought, but my crazy hope for adywan's PTR is that he replaces CGI Yoda completely with a OT accurate puppet. Pretty simple request right? That shouldn't be too hard. But seriously I would love it and he's the only person with the skills and drive to make that happen.

If not him, maybe someday someone else... who knows?

The delay at this point is not a surprise but it is somewhat disappointing to hear it won't be done until 2016 at the earliest (it sounds like).

Still, I'm sure ady is least happy of all that this has taken almost a decade so I don't feel any right to complain. At the end of the day, when this gets released, we all win. So good luck ady!

Clip looks great by the way.

I wouldn't be surprised. Did you see that they're doing a "To Boldly Go" charity sweepstakes with a chance to be in the new Trek film? Basically the same exact thing that "Force For Change" is?

(although Bad Robot is involved in both so that might be why but still you didn't see a one of those for the new Mission: Impossible movie)

ratpack1961 said:

Something is off about the whole GQ controversy.

Nobody in the mainstream press has ever done a "dirty" Star Wars pictorial when Lucas owned it, probably because he would have sued them into oblivion. (except for that Chewie Leia boob grab but that was pretty innocent compared to the GQ spread)

Disney gets the property and someone does one within months of the movie's release.  Disney acts "offended" but does nothing.

They never would have done that photoshoot without prior approval.  All smoke and mirror controversy.  Move along.

Well LFL/Disney is in a precarious spot. On the one hand, risque pictures of SW characters in a major magazine is not necessarily in the spirit of the franchise, and they're trying really hard right now to control the image of this franchise and putting a lot of thought into what goes out there, and what doesn't. And this doesn't really fit into the image they're crafting.

On the other hand, taking legal action would look pretty bad, like Disney doesn't want to share or play nice with something that isn't really theirs (although this isn't really about Disney, it's up to LFL), and no one really gave a shit when Lucas was in charge (mainstream wise, obviously we always complained). And also, any publicity is good publicity and any exposure is good exposure. It's not an ideal situation, but it's probably a net win for them (certainly it furthers the effort to have SW be a mainstream franchise rather than a niche one).

Ant-Man was a big let down for me. They could have done so much more. Probably my least favorite MCU film to date.

I mean she is funny. It's crazy how much Star Wars is out there nowadays though. She literally has no connection to the franchise and had a photo shoot with the characters just because. I also just read that the band Wilco (should I be familiar with this band? because I am not) released an album today by the name of Star Wars.

I wrote good I swear! Obviously a ghost changed my post when I wasn't looking.

ben_danger said:

Has anyone attempted applying a modern color grading to the OT? Just out of curiosity.

If anyone did I'm sure they were immediately sacked. That's clearly not allowed here.

I will give points to this thread for posting in the fan edit section, but I must say people who start fan editing months before the movie comes out are really silly.

And I'll say again, just because I'm not sure if people heard me, and teal tint that was in the first trailer is not in the second one. Compare the shots of Oscar Isaac.

Hooterdear said:

DominicCobb said:

This is dumb as shit. First of all *Trevorrow is not directing Episode IX, at least not yet. And Josh Trank is directing absolutely nothing ever again, Star Wars or otherwise. 

Dismissing Lucas's inexperience when he made the original is silly. Also, let's not forget that the three worst Star Wars films were made by the director with the most experience.

Sure, Kersh was in the business for awhile, but he made absolutely nothing of note before Empire. Same goes for Marquand. If someone with their credentials were hired for a new Star Wars film, I bet you wouldn't trust them either.

What's funny is if you look at most of those "established" filmmakers you listed, most of them made a big film like Star Wars when they were still a "fresh face."

The main reason why veteran directors aren't being hired is that veteran directors want to make their own stuff. Christopher Nolan made the Dark Knight trilogy and it was brilliant, and now he wants to move on to tell his own stories.

I know Marvel uses young directors because they can control them, but I think it's the opposite with Lucasfilm. They want fresh faces because they want fresh talent and fresh ideas. 

Look no further than Abrams, who took the script Lucasfilm gave him and completely rewrote it with Kasdan. (Abrams, by the way, is possibly the most qualified director in the business to make a Star Wars film.)

So yeah no.

 

I could dispute everything you said, because I don't think I agree with any of it. I don't think it's "dumb as shit"- It was a coherent thought written by a university graduate and the math and spelling was all correct. 

Still dumb though.

And if you're going to go into TFA thinking it'll be bad, it will be. If you want it to be good, be optimistic. Pessimism will only lead you to not enjoying what you could easily be enjoying.

BB-8

This is dumb as shit. First of all *Trevorrow is not directing Episode IX, at least not yet. And Josh Trank is directing absolutely nothing ever again, Star Wars or otherwise. 

Dismissing Lucas's inexperience when he made the original is silly. Also, let's not forget that the three worst Star Wars films were made by the director with the most experience.

Sure, Kersh was in the business for awhile, but he made absolutely nothing of note before Empire. Same goes for Marquand. If someone with their credentials were hired for a new Star Wars film, I bet you wouldn't trust them either.

What's funny is if you look at most of those "established" filmmakers you listed, most of them made a big film like Star Wars when they were still a "fresh face."

The main reason why veteran directors aren't being hired is that veteran directors want to make their own stuff. Christopher Nolan made the Dark Knight trilogy and it was brilliant, and now he wants to move on to tell his own stories.

I know Marvel uses young directors because they can control them, but I think it's the opposite with Lucasfilm. They want fresh faces because they want fresh talent and fresh ideas. 

Look no further than Abrams, who took the script Lucasfilm gave him and completely rewrote it with Kasdan. (Abrams, by the way, is possibly the most qualified director in the business to make a Star Wars film.)

So yeah no.

Ugh, this seems rather nitpicky. On a movie that hasn't come out yet. Notice the coloring is different in the second trailer. Compare the two images of Isaac. The teal tint is no where to be found in the more recent one.

CatBus said:

En dashes are for between numbers, like it'll take 5-10 minutes to complete that task.  An em dash is what you wanted.  But frankly I don't care, I just hoped that by typing it out, the information would leave my head and never come back.  No such luck.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dash