IsanRido

I heard some people complaining about the Falcon breaking down so frequently in Empire.

I don’t know about reading minds, but he certainly he certainly can interpret feelings well enough to know Leia is Luke’s sister, to sense fear, hatred, etc. It’s not so much of a stretch to believe he might have sensed whatever that rebel was holding in his hands was of great importance. Adding to that, the man frantically shouting “Take it!” before his demise, and the lenghts they went to protect that object might have been clue enough for him that he needed that tape.

As for his agility, he certainly isn’t doing backflips or the many nonesensical movements done in the prequels, but he is much slower in Empire. His ability to deflect blaster fire is present there, but he’s fighting one person (which he was expecting to appear), not an entire rebel batallion. I’d assume if he was able to fend of those troops he’d do it with greater difficulty, or in an entirely different manner.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Star Wars - The Tosche Station scenes.

Just a casual remind that I’m working on a frame-by-frame restoration of Luke and Biggs’s conversation.

Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.

Um, what? That’s the most universally beloved scene in the movie? If you disliked it for being fanservice, you’re gonna hate Solo.

I have nothing against fan service, I’m an anime fan after all. I disliked it because for a multitude of reasons:
-It presents an excessively agile Vader that fails to match his mannerisms in the original trilogy.
-Portrays Vader as a one man army that takes an entire squad by his own unharmed. This begs the question as to why they bother sending storm troopers in the first place.
-There’s an inherently artificial feel to the scene. Comparing it to scenes in similar locations in Star Wars it’s baffling how something made on a larger budget several decades later could look so much worse.
-It’s illogical, Vader could simply snatch away the plans (they’re right there!) with his powers.

Star Wars - The Tosche Station scenes.
The Empire Strike Back - The Wampa’s attack on the base.
Return of the Jedi - The endless sequence of Han attempting to open a door.
Phantom Menace - Of the third act I’d say Amidala storming the palace.
Attack of the Clones - The Arena scene as soon as Yoda and the clones land.
Revenge of the Sith - The duel with General Grievous.
The Force Awakens - Most of the third act’s wandering in the base.
Rogue One - Vader’s assault on the Tantive IV.
The Last Jedi - The battle at the salt planet.

Using the Italian dub and changing the music to Nino Rota or Ennio Morricone would do it justice, too.

I wish it was that. I really do.

The only I can think of right now (I’m sure there are much worse):
A.P.E (1976).
Space Warriors 2000 (1985))
Magic Lizard (1985).
Curse of the Screaming Dead (1982).
Guinea Pig: Mermaid in a Manhole (1988).
Nekromantik (1987) .
Zombi Holocaust (1981).
Tintorera (1977).

It’s neither. Phantom Menace is the best prequel, and Clones is the worst. Revenge is somewhat better, though still not satisfying a movie experience as a whole.

-“You’re so beautiful / It’s only because I’m so in love / No it’s because I’m SO in love with you.”
-Dr. Akom stripping his daughter in Crocodile.
-The skinny dipping scene from Tah Tien.
-Jessica Lange asking Jeff Bridges for a drink in King Kong.
-Charo’s cameo in The Concorde: Airport '79.

Wow, the 2004 master sticks like a sore thumb!

-The Swamps of Sadness and Gmork from The NeverEnding Story.
-Large Marge from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure.
-Ditto’ the assimilation scene from Superman III, and also the Phantom Zone in the first film.
-Not film, but the monster from The Man Trap (Star Trek TAS) is pretty freaky, especially the reveal.

As all of you know, the SW novelizations are based on the shooting scripts, therefore they include a lot of content not seen in the films. In Return’s case, during Palpatine’s confrontation with Luke he asks if Yoda is still alive, mocking his speech patterns in the process. We know some content is cut prior to shooting, so what’s the case with this scene, were those lines ever spoken on the set?

I’m a big fan of Tinto and Caligula, so I was giddy as a schoolboy when I heard the news. The theatrical version is such a mess, so it’s understandable why audiences have felt so alienated by it. It’s like someone trying to read you a poem while a big band plays loudly in the foreground. I imagine that in addition to the deleted content, the scenes we’ve been seeing for years will have a whole different meaning now.

Ideally, apart from a theatrical re-release, the restored cut ought to be presented along with the theatrical one, since the current releases don’t have the original audio.

Why that glow around the bodies?

Still not as ugly as:

Goodtimes doesn’t have that good of a track record:

The ending to the theatrical trailer is “Demon Warriors/Final Kombat”, from Mortal Kombat.

The Holiday Special can be very painful at times, but there are few agreeable flourishes that keep it from being entirely worthless. I’d be willing to bet that each segment would be regarded in a less condemnatory manner if they presented as their own thing, rather than the clumusily put together whole that the “special” is.

I haven’t seen it, but all the landscapes in the trailer look really fake and visually unnatractive. Are those unfinished effects? Do they look much better in the finished film?

Some of my favorites are:
-The Thing (Ennio Morricone).
-The Good, The Bad and the Ugly (Ennio Morricone).
-Dawn of the Dead (Goblin & DeWolfe library).
-Deep Red (Goblin).
-Inferno (Keith Emerson).
-The Deep (John Barry).
-Airport 1975 (John Cacavas).
-Tentacles (Stelvio Cipriani).
-A Bay of Blood (Stelvio Cipriani).
-Zombi 2 (Fabio Frizzi).
-The Beyond (Fabio Frizzi).
-Cannibal Holocaust (Riz Ortolani).
-Godzilla (the various scores by Akira Ifukube, and Koroku’s excellent score to Return).
-Female Prisoner 701 “Scorpion” (Shunsuke Kikuchi & Meiko Kaji).
-Any classic John Williams, Danny Elfman and Jerry Goldsmith scores.

The packaging is pretty awful, too.

And of course, life wouldn’t be complete without terrible Star Wars releases with Vadersionism covers:

Can’t decide which one is better…

I hate these:

Why would putting the Godzilla theme (I assume Ifukube’s) be crap?

TheMovieMaestro said:

Oh, that was actually intentional. I couldn’t find a way to fade that track out where I wanted without it not sounding right, so I added one last swell to cover it up.

Perhaps using part of another cue would work better. Perhaps the beginning of “M32 The Couple Left Behind”?

Rodan would be especially valuable since all we have for the US version are elderly video masters and the cropped MonstersHD transfer (the only copy of which is compressed).

TheMovieMaestro said:

I actually have been using that very track in my edits. Did you notice any spots that were rough? Please do let me know, audio is not my strongest suit.

Thanks for all of your feedback, I appreciate it!

That I noticed, one in the Super-X intro. At 1:30 the last note of M25 resumes after the cue has already ended. Otherwise it appears to be seamless.