I didn’t know the Roxbury guys were in Star Wars. 😉
What game is that from?
I think it’s just a fan-made 3d animation, but it might’ve been fun to play it 😄
😄 Also, it looks like Yoda is pushing their heads with the Force!
“Urusei Yatsura”
😄 ROTJ parody in Urusei Yatsura: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9sx0XctjJE&feature=youtu.be&t=18
IKnowWhatYouDidLastSummer said:
All those wink, wink moments and references and jokes to the OT got really tiring.
Definitely. It was to be expected but things like the 14 parsecs thing were way too on the nose.
I disliked most of those references, but to me the “worst offender” was the chessboard’s scene: it made me shake my head 😄
Indeed, that’s one of his videos I was referring to, where he also mentions he’s corrected color channel misalignments.
[…] Remastering is what Lucas did with all the recomped effects shots that really don’t look much different, but subtle flaws are removed, such as the slightly transparent snow speeder cockpits. Mike is doing much the same thing […]
As far as I understand from his videos, he didn’t touch the original special effects. His motto was “cleaning dirt and scratches, keeping what was on the negative”. He did fix color channel misalignments, though.
Anyway, I wonder if the fact we didn’t get any new update could be a good sign: he might’ve signed a deal with Disney/LF/Fox on Legacy, so right now he can’t further comment on his project with us.
Eh, the Sith weren’t really new when the PT came out. The novelizations and the EU had already prominently mentioned/featured them prior to TPM’s release.
I know the novelizations called Vader the “dark lord of the Sith”, but I think its current meaning wasn’t officially revealed until TPM.
Were they in the pre-PT EU too? I admit I don’t know much about the EU except for a few comics and videogames, so please tell more about it.
TFA alone may have (almost deliberately) lost in originality to the PT.
Keep in mind that originality is not inherently a good thing. Confusing and bad originality (as seen in the PT) is meaningless in my opinion, no matter how original it was.
The PT had lots of good fresh new concepts (clones, the council, new worlds, the Sith, Dooku, …). Some of them were badly executed (Jar-jar, the Trade Federation, Jango Fett, …), but GL could’ve improved them if advised by good writers like Kasdan.
Especially since we have already six episodes behind, to me originality is just as important as execution: honestly, I can hardly watch TFA’s second half about the SKB, just like with the PT, even though TFA is mostly well directed.
Could his VII have been better than TFA? Hard to say. While TFA alone may have (almost deliberately) lost in originality to the PT, it was overall better directed from a technical standpoint. Had Lucas chosen to direct VII, but only co-writting the script (with Kasdan ofc), I think this time his movie could’ve been technically on par with TFA, and could’ve even surpassed it in feeling fresh while staying true to the originals.
EDIT: I wouldnt’ve liked his idea of SW as a generational saga and its implication, though :\
But even then, he still wouldn’t fit with ROTJ’s 80’s visual design. Like most of the SE additions, he feels completely out of place.
😦 I know right, I’m sorry. I should’ve added “EDIT” before writing…
EDIT: a bit too late, but done!
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EDIT: Excuse my ignorance guys, but could it be they’re really going to screen the 97’SE, though converted to digital?
Didn’t they decide to kill him because LF were afraid their escape looked too easy, and that the Empire didn’t seem like an actual threat?
EDIT: I think I read it in the DVD commentaries.
Fair enough. If we were keeping most of the story the same where in the film would you believe to be the best time that Luke is found?
They could’ve kept it the way it is and gave Luke a few lines to make him answer about his exile and what’s his next move.
Alternatively, they could’ve had BB-8 already owning a complete map, so they can find him as soon as he gets to the Resistence’s base, so he can help with SKB. Of course, if you want to keep most of the plot the way it is, some scenes may need to be trimmed in order to fit in a 2 hours movie.
Which doesn’t happen in TFA, though, unlike in the above examples I quoted.
Doesn’t really need to. We already know it’s going to happen.
Maybe, but my point is that every movie should close its main plot. I think it could’ve been handled better, but I understand your opinion.
So you want an entire arc of an entire trilogy (being the destruction of the First Order/Saving the Republic etc.) to be in the first film?
Not necessarily: having him helping destroying the SKB, or even having him answer meaningful questions on his exile, would’ve been enough.
-Rey and the other have to find Luke to ?
Start her training…
Which doesn’t happen in TFA, though, unlike in the above examples I quoted.
Well you’re entitled to your opinion and though I think Luke should have had dialogue I’m more than okay with having there be none which builds this momentous confrontation to even greater heights for VIII
No problem, just sharing my thoughts.
So a film in which the plot is about finding someone has an ending that isn’t meaningful because they find the person the plot revolves around?
[…] Finding him was the plot…
Hey, don’t throw AVGN’s gifs at me, ok? 😄
No, I’m not saying they should’ve not found Luke in TFA. I’m saying that it would’ve mattered more in the film if finding him answered the reason they were searching for him in the first place (save the Republic/Resistence, bring balance, whatever that is). The main characters have to do something so they can get something, generally that’s how plots go:
-they have to destroy the DS to save the Rebellion;
-Luke has to face Vader to save his friends;
-Luke has to face his father to save him, while the Rebels have to destroy the DSII to defeat the Emperor;
-the jedi and the Queen have to stop the Trade Federation to save Naboo;
-the Republic have to kill Dooku to prevent a war (but fail);
-Obi-wan and Yoda have to kill Sidious and his apprentice to save the Republic (but fail);
-Rey and the other have to find Luke to ?
In a way, TFA’s end is abrupt, doesn’t conclude its plot in a meaningful way.
I think part of the problem here is that the search for Luke leads to nothing actually meaningful in the end, it has no impact on the plot, not in this episode anyway.
Wait, there are more movies coming? THAT CHANGES EVERYTHING!
Are we talking about movies or television series?
Why not both? Have the main characters find Luke so that he can take part of the plot in the ending. I think part of the problem here is that the search for Luke leads to nothing actually meaningful in the end, it has no impact on the plot, not in this episode anyway.
I wonder if the problem is that Luke, as a character, is not actually involved in TFA’s plot.
I think it was too fast-paced indeed, at least for my tastes. The only two real “breaths” in the movie are when Rey is introduced, and when they get to Maz’s castle. I also suspect a few scenes have been speeded up, like when Rey’s repairing the Falcon: I tried slowing it down to 80% of its speed (without changing the pitch), and they finally sounded more normal to me.
thx for breaking the chain
It was too perfect, I felt the urgency to finally break it (jk 😄 )
They kind of already did in this parody 😄
Luke: I can’t believe he’s gone.
Obi-Wan: Luke, I’m alive.
Luke: My uncle said you were dead.
Obi-wan: Oh, not yet.
I would also not say “A Japanese” which, while possibly just an ESL thing, sounds kind of odd.
What should have I said instead?
“A Japanese person.”
Like I said, I think it’s probably just a language thing, but it could come off very odd.
Thanks for the tip 😃
