RicOlie_2 said:
I'm sure there's already a book about it.
Yeah but they dumped the EU to make room for a new origin story of his hairdo.
John Doom said:
Frank your Majesty said:
Star Wars is again reduced to mindless action sequences. "It wouldn't be Star Wars without epic space battles." So where is the epic space battle of Empire?
I'd even say the first "epic" space battle was the one in Jedi, since that's the first one with capital ships on both sides. The dogfights around the first Death Star are intense, but for me they don't qualify as "epic".
I don't know if the Falcon's chase sequences are "epic", but I'd like to watch more of them. Funny thing is that they aren't great because of the special effects, but because of their impressive visuals.
P.S.: I found ROTJ's space battles boring. Thankfully, they didn't last as much as in AOTC...
The Falcon's chase sequence doesn't even count as space battle. They are fleeing, not fighting. Irrespective of wether it's boring or not, the only big space battle of the OOT is the one in Jedi. I would even say the attack on the droid control ship in TPM isn't an "epic space battle". Jango chasing Obi-Wan in AOTC isn't epic either, there are just two small ships chasing each other around. This makes the beginning of ROTS the only other epic space battle.
Maybe I'm wrong, but to me the term epic implies some sort of greatness. If they would have said "It wouldn't be Star Wars without space battles", I wouldn't care at all.
Edit: But then, Empire still hasn't a space battle...
Star Wars is again reduced to mindless action sequences. "It wouldn't be Star Wars without epic space battles." So where is the epic space battle of Empire?
I'd even say the first "epic" space battle was the one in Jedi, since that's the first one with capital ships on both sides. The dogfights around the first Death Star are intense, but for me they don't qualify as "epic".
DuracellEnergizer said:
I remember exactly what it was that first got me interested me in Star Wars:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r68kedSFRRM
That was in 1994. Before the SEs. Before the Faces set, even.
Obscure-in-the-'90s my eye.
Is there a special edition of that ad with Vader screaming "NOOOOOOO!" at the end? If not can somebody do that?
Darth Lucas said:
Frank your Majesty said:
It means that Fox owns the distribution rights for Star Wars forever, if they don't make a new deal. In contrast to the rights for Empire and Jedi, which will (or already did?) return to Lucasfilm.
I believe the rights to empire and jedi already did, since the digital releases have taken the fox logo out of all films aside from SW.
That's what I was trying to say in the first paragraph of this post.
TheBoost said:
Ronster said:
And of course Empire Strikes Back the dark side cave sequence
Not sure how much of an influence it could have on ESB, seeing that ESB was shot first.
"ESB shot first" T-shirts now available in my store. http://www.palpatines-behind-it-all.com/
joefavs said:
Assuming there weren't any of these hypothetical legal failsafes against a release of the unaltered trilogy embedded in the Disney deal, wouldn't it behoove Fox to put something out sooner rather than later? It's not like Disney's never going to release another box set, SE or otherwise, and since Fox owns ANH until the end of time, Disney is going to have to make some kind of deal with them to do it. Shouldn't Fox want to get the ball rolling on that while they still have the distribution rights to the other two films (which I believe move to Disney in 2020)? I'm legitimately asking, I don't even really know if this is how distribution rights work, but it does seem to me like it would be better for Fox if this release came while they control all three films rather than one.
Since the digital releases of Empire and Jedi didn't have the Fox fanfare, it's save to assume Disney and Fox already made some kind of deal. Also, there is this thread.
Danfun128 said:
joefavs said:
...and since Fox owns ANH until the end of time...
To this (umm...) day I still don't understand what that means. :P
It means that Fox owns the distribution rights for Star Wars forever, if they don't make a new deal. In contrast to the rights for Empire and Jedi, which will (or already did?) return to Lucasfilm.
Frank your Majesty said:
In the detention area, Luke could open the wrong cell door. So instead of finding Leia, there is someone else inside, maybe a particularly silly alien from some low-budget science fiction movie. Then Luke just closes the door, maybe he also says "oops" like his father used to when he was young. Repeat this as often as necessary.
Ohh, when he finally finds Leia, maybe he should ask her if she's an angel.
Ryan McAvoy said:
Would it be feasable to change the line...
"I'm getting too old for this sort of thing"
...to the classic...
"I'm getting too old for this sh*t"
(Bleeped obviously)
This is brilliant XD
Hey, the Ridiculous edits are genuine improvements over the original movies :D
In the detention area, Luke could open the wrong cell door. So instead of finding Leia, there is someone else inside, maybe a particularly silly alien from some low-budget science fiction movie. Then Luke just closes the door, maybe he also says "oops" like his father used to when he was young. Repeat this as often as necessary.
John Doom said:
Frank your Majesty said:
The car will never catch on, horses are more than adequate for the masses.
Cars and horses are like apples and oranges, in both functionality and uses, while 1080p TVs and 4k TVs are the same, except in resolution and size
team_negative1 said:
Cars are a poor comparison, as they are critical for infrastructure and commerce.
I choose this comparison to paraphrase a quote of Wilhelm II: "I believe in the horse. The automobile is nothing more than a passing phenomenon." When cars were inveneted, they were not much different from horses and noone could have known what possibilities cars would eventually offer.
team_negative1 said:
Entertainment is a mere luxury and not significant in the larger scheme.
Who really needs 1080p, when 720p are fine? who really needs a TV at all? The point of luxury products is that they are not crucial to survival, so if you can afford the latest and fanciest products, why not get them?
I don't believe 4K will dominate the market, but to say there is absolutely no market for it is ridiculous.
John Doom said:
People like me just want to buy a TV, put it in a living room, making sure it doesn't take too much space and that it can be seen at the right distance (about 2 meters).
And for a smaller distance, a TV with a higher resolution can be better.
John Doom said:
team_negative1 said:
4k will be a spectacular failure, much like the bluray format is compared to vhs and dvd adoption. Digital files have replaced them for flexibility and forwards improvements at a much quicker pace.
Well, I don't think digital 4k resolution will be a failure, because it will find some application one way or another.
You still need a screen to display these digital files, even if the TV program isn't 4K. So why not buy a 4K TV for the special occasions (like watching the OOT (now I'm actually on topic)) even if you don't use its full potential all the time? I have an HDTV, but I watch the TV program in SD and I have mostly DVDs, yet when I stream HD videos or Blurays from my computer I can appreciate the higher resolution.
John Doom said:
4k TVs, though, are in my opinion coming too early
Everything is coming too early. Anything that's put on the market still needs development to fit the actual needs of the customers, you need their feedback to finish a product. Also, it would be too high a risk to implement the whole infrastructure for 4K if you don't know if this format will be accepted. This way, companies introduce it step by step and they will react to what ever standard will prevail.
I don't believe 4K will become the dominant fomat in the near future, but as the costs of TVs will drop, more and more people will switch. And as long as screens don't surpass the resolution of film, there will be plenty material to release in higher and higher resolutions.
The car will never catch on, horses are more than adequate for the masses.
DuracellEnergizer said:
® is a form of currency? *scratcheshead*
He makes money with his ®egistered trademark.
SilverWook said:
I've seen inside Tommy Wiseau's long haired leathery...
Oh no!
...soul.
Phew...
SilverWook said:
Danfun128 said:
Am I the only one who thought this was about people dying in 7 days after seeing (something) star wars (related) before reading the actual post?
That only happens if you don't return the VHS back to the video store, or worse still, forget to rewind. ;)
Thank the maker of DVDs that this won't happen anymore.
G€o®g€ £u¢a$ approves.
Akton said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Ah, Labyrinth ...
*ultraswoon*
Thanks a lot... Now I have to go watch Career Opportunities.
Title of the movie in Germany: Kevin's cousin in the supermarket alone. *facepalm*
Damn, I can't find my invisible glasses...
I don't think anybody said it wasn't, only that you can't make a reference to something that doesn't exist yet. Since Coruscant firt appeared in the 97SE, the depiction of it in the prequels is the reference.
Ronster said:
Revised positioning on the mandible. Based on how low beneath the cockpit it is. It is starting to become a lot clearer to me now.
isn't the camera pointing slightly upwards in this shot? So no mandibles should be visible, especially not at this angle.
Ok, now I see it. By the rule of two, either Vader or the Emperor has to die for Luke to become a sith. They wouldn't want to let each other know that they are planning to replace them with Luke, so they wouldn't work together.
Still, in Empire, Vader wants to persuade Luke to rule with him as father and son, which implies that he wants to get rid of the Emperor. If you'd want to change the prequels so that Vader's turn against the Emperor is not hinted at, you'd have to change Empire, too.
Frey said:
What if, as the PT fades into the OT, the audience does NOT suspect that Vader might think of killing Palpatine.
We suspect that? Or do we only suspect it because we already know that it will happen? And how is this connected to the rule of two?
You'd need to twist around a lot more things to make the prequels even work in a numerical order, there are a lot more obvious spoilers for the OT that need to be taken care of.
Looks like the First Order has taken over the chill-out area of my local mall.
