MJPollard

Spudz777 said:

I'm coming a bit late to the "asteroid explosion" party, but it always struck me as something put in just so they could fit in another special effect... Even with the idea of flint/steel sparks, we're talking about an explosion here, not just sparks. Whatever.

 

That said, I couldn't care less if Adywan "fixes it" or not, it's never bothered me too terribly much.

To be honest, I've seen it that way for so long that I actually think its removal would be more than a little jarring. :)

Ripplin said:

Do you think it was a mistake, MJ? It was an odd choice, for sure. :p I can't remember if Ady has commented on this or not. I never understood why it was there or why it happened. If it wasn't there, it might tighten up the action.

P.S. A guy on my MSN contact list has that quote in your sig as his personal message or whatever you call it. :)

Maybe the only real mistake was adding a sound effect in space.  That would probably make almost every movie set in outer space (except for "2001") a mistake, though. :)

As for my sig quote, yeah, that's a favorite one amongst us programmer types.  Drives people crazy when they can't figure it out. :)

Of course I have. Just as I'm sure you've heard of coming up with logic-twisting explanations for things, rather than just admitting that something was an obvious mistake made in the pursuit of an eye-catching special effect. ;)

Especially since one rock hitting another rock wouldn't cause a flash like that...

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

KillLucas said:

George Lucas can suck my balls! This guy not only irrevocably destroy Star Wars with his horrendous prequels but he also won’t let us have the OT the way it was suppose to be. Hayden Christensen was the biggest miscasting IN CINEMA HISTORY! So was Jake Lloyd! I can’t believe the scripts he wrote!! Hey George, EVER HEARD OF HIRING WRITERS AND DIRECTORS?!!! The ’06 DVDs was a spit in our faces and a huge disgrace to the cinema industry. Now he is releasing his shit versions again FOR THE FORTH TIME! I’ve had it with this guy, lets sue him!!! If I ever come in contact with George Lucas I will seriously climb over all his bodyguards and knock the shit out of him! Lets get some knowledge together, hire some lawyers and sue this ASSHOLE!

I'm guessing this is an attempt at humor/satire.  If so, it's pretty lame, actually!

 

There, I corrected it for you.

Eh, no worries.  Trust me, it'll be quite apparent when I'm in a bad mood.  No smilies, for one thing. :)

Darth Solo said:

Urm, hu, haa. Shut up Nohand and Michel Jackson Pollard.

Martin John Pollard, actually.  Unlike some, I don't believe in hiding behind an alias when I tell people to shut up. ;-)

I'll take the waffles any day of the week, but Detroit weather is getting too cold for the flip-flops. :)

Am I the only one to see the irony in people who normally spit on George Lucas' name for adding all sorts of unnecessary things to the OT are now suggesting adding all sorts of unnecessary things to ESB? :)

Many of you have said that ESB is damn near perfect.  Why not just leave it alone, and let Adywan do what he set out to do (correct the color, fix mistakes, and snip out things he doesn't like)?  All of these suggestions ("Add more Imperials!  Let's see more Rebel deaths!  I want to see Luke Skywalker eating a Twinkie!  Get rid of that snowflake on Chewbacca's foot!") are neat as a concept, but are either unworkable (for one man on his single PC) or just plain unnecessary.

IMHO, of course. :)

Mielr said:

It doesn't matter if you're polite.  

If you are not a fan of the SEs or PT at TFN, you get lambasted, regardless of how politely you express your opinion. 

Gee, this sounds familiar, only substitute "are not a fan of the SEs or PT at TFN" with "are a fan of the SEs or PT at OT.com".  Glass houses, fellas.

Ady, I know that you're dead-set on removing all of the SE Wampa shots.  I also know that there seems to be quite a few people that want (or, perhaps more precisely, don't mind) the SE Wampa shots to stay in.  It's up to you, of course, but perhaps a compromise could be reached: leave out all of the SE Wampa shots except the one after Luke slices his arm off.  This would keep the mystery of exactly what the Wampa looks like right up to the very end, where get get our first (and final) look at what is scaring the shit out of the characters (and us).  Jaws has been brought up a number of times as a fine example of "less is better," but even Jaws managed to reveal the entire shark towards the end, and IMHO served as an effective way of saying, "Okay, folks, we've been hinting around about this sucker, so here it is in all its glory.  Please try not to wet your pants."

Again, Ady, it's totally your decision, but perhaps this could serve as food for thought, particularly since you aren't even close to doing the actual editing yet.

Or maybe no one decided to do it because they realized that it was a stupid, ill-conceived stunt.  So you send back the '04 DVDs from the GOUT; so what?  Lucas still has your money!  "Oh, look... another bunch of those pissy, whiny fanboys sent me their DVDs.  Good, I'll use them as drink coasters.  Honey, pass me another glass of $1,000 champaigne, will you?"  It's like protesting the sweatshop manufacture of Nike shoes by cutting off your legs.

Akwat Kbrana said:

Not at TFN, that's for sure; you practically have to worship Lucas' excrament to be accepted over there...

You mean, kinda like you practically have to dump excrement on Lucas' head to be accepted over here?

Elitism, snobbery, and arrogance are everywhere. Don't delude yourselves into thinking you're immune from it.