Histeria

phraseturner said:

doubleofive said:

Since we don't have shots of Billy Dee saying how the Falcon is too damaged to make the shot, we have to think of other alternatives.  Like maybe not having the other Rebel ships go with Lando.  But then you have to wonder what would happen if the Falcon didn't make it.  More runs at the reactor?  Too much like ANH.

I really don't know.

 

 

Why do so many aliens in the Star Wars saga get subtitled translations, but Nein Numb's lines are "translated" by Lando's lines.  His half of the conversation tells the audience what Nein Numb is saying...

So, why not write new subtitles for this character to smooth over the rough patches and help destroy the Falcon, Lando, etc?

 

I have no probolem with is - it's exactly the same with R2/3PO and Chewie/Han.

ben_danger said:

SilverKey said:

Some crazy ideas I had for the prequels, some radical, others not so much:

Maybe TPM's finale could be arranged around Anakin taking out the droid controlship. Qui-Gon is dead, Amidala is captured, and the Gungans are dying on the battlefield. After Qui-Gon's death, Anakin hears his voice, like Luke heard Obi-Wan's voice during the Death Star battle. The line "Remember, feel don't think" could be re-used. Anakin pilots (not by accident) his ship into the droid controlship, and takes it out. This way, Anakin is the true hero of the Battle of Naboo, and we also see just how strong he is with the Force. It could also be a nice mirror of the earlier mentioned scene in ANH.

Another idea I had was having Qui-Gon's body disappear, after he dies. The explanation Jedi disappearing as given in ROTS felt forced, and never made much sense to me. If it's something a Jedi has to learn, how did Anakin manage to reappear as a ghost?

I have no trouble believing that a Jedi disappering after his death has something to do with his state of mind. Obi-Wan sacrificed himself, Yoda went prepared and peaceful to his death, as did Darth Vader. The same could be said for Qui-Gon. Jedi like Mace Windu and the Jedi who died in battle didn't disappear, because they couldn't "prepare" for the deaths.

Having Qui-Gon's body disappear would sidestep the problem of having a forced explanation in the final 5 minutes of ROTS.

An idea I had for for the Senate scenes in AOTC was to remove some of the lights of the Senate pods lined up against the wall. The crawl states that many systems have left the Republic, so the pods of the senators of those systems would be unused, and there wouldn't be any need to see those pods "activated". I think it would be a subtle way of showing just how much the Republic is falling apart, especially in contrast with TPM.

 

all of these ideas are awesome, i cant believe noone has thought of having quigon talk to anakin through the force yet! that would be especially awesome.

I second that. The use of that line at that precise point is perfect. Nice work, SilverKey.

doubleofive said:

Sluggo said:

Bingowings said:

... Padme still alive while Leia is a toddler and hiding her in a tree (both ideas I liked at the time but neither fit the bill now).

 

 I don't recall that being in there.  Could you post a quote?

Me neither, but it has been a while since I read it.  I'm guessing it would be in the "do you remember your mother?" scene?

Is that not from one of the Zahn novels?

Well... I'd be pretty saddened to see that change made, especially given none of his on-screen mates would give a toss. Seems like a GL style "change for the sake of it", rather than the tidying/modernising we've had with ANH:R and seem to be getting with ESR:R.


But hey, Ady does whatever he does - I've loved his work so far.

Why dont all the Stormtroopers have Temuera Morrison's voice like Bobba? 

The canonical reason (I guess EU) is that most of the Stormtroopers are not clones by that point - most are recruits/drafted. Most of the clones have died or retired (given that they age at the double rate).

Not to take away from the stirling work of the other girls and guys, but Laser, out of curiosity are you still working on a cut?

Uncanny Antman said:

Always nice to find that you're not the only one who loves Temple.

The wife always takes the piss outta me cos it's may favourite Indy flick.

I'm amazed at what a difference the colour correction makes. I mean, Indy actually looks like he's outdoors in those corrected shots.

I'm happy to stay patient for this one, Laser, though these glimpses of your excellent work doens't make it easy.

Laserschwert said:

I finally managed to get the raw plates for the opening shot off of the Blu-Ray.

Here's my clean comp, without the prarie dog (and without any color-correction for now): Clean Opening

And for all you prarie dog haters: CLICK

Your work continues to amaze me.

I'm really looking forward to your cut.

cyclades said:

Similarly, why is Spalko a woman? What's the point from a story point of view? There's no sexual tension, and Marion never gets jealous. It could have been a man and the story wouldn't have changed at all.

You had me with all points until that one. Why should she not be a woman? Surely her gender is irrelevant in the role she plays?