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#216225
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The Most Boring Commentator Ever
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Originally posted by: Laserschwert
The only SW-commentary I've took the time to listen to was EP1, since it was the first SW-DVD ever to be released (how thrilled i was!)... I thought it was quite interesting, but back then I was just so happy to have ANY SW-movie on DVD that I didn't mind GL glorifiying CG as much (after all I work as a CG-guy, so this IS a cool thing... but not when it's going out of control like in GL's hands).


Believe me, I think the stuff about the makings of the CG is pretty interesting. That's what the animators talk about, and I enjoy listening to them. But Lucas doesn't do any actual work on that. He should talk about stuff he actually knows, rather than just saying, "This is great. This is wonderful. I wish I could marry a computer and have it make all my storytelling dreams come true. I bet it could do better role-playing than my ex-wife ever did."

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#215742
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Rankings
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Ooh, I didn't notice that. But, yeah, I'm a bit "meh" too that nobody's congratulated us.

Heh, the funny thing is that, after I suggested we stop posting after achieving Master, I didn't know when an appropriate time to come back would be, so I lurked some yesterday and decided not to post anymore until today!
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#215695
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The Most Boring Commentator Ever
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Originally posted by: Ozkeeper
Back to the Future commentary was just an overdubbed discussion from some Uni. Sheesh, how lazy was that.


Actually, that's not quite how it worked. They did use the audio of an intereview as a commentary track, but there is an actual commentary track by Bob Gale and Neil Canton that's actually very, very good. It's one of the few commentaries (if not the only) I've listened to more than once (and fairly frequently actually) because it's just so entertaining and informative.

And ADM, I think you're right for the most part about the Star Wars commentaries, but I know that at least some of the animators are actually watching the movie because they'll say things like, "And watch right... there, you'll see..." and they'll point out some obscure thing that they could only be doing if they're watching the movie.

But since George is the director, it would be nice if he'd actually tell some stories about what went on behind the scenes. What happened when they were shooting that particular shot. Some whimisical story of how Anthony Daniels couldn't see where he was going in the suit and fell down a flight of stairs. You know, funny stuff like that. Instead, he either talks about digital effects (like I've said before) or just narrates the story, as if we can't figure it out by watching it! It's not as though the prequels at least are thirty year old movies where it's hard to discern what happened on a particular day of shooting. But I guess all those blue screen sets do tend to blend together to the point that you don't remember what took place when...