I’ve found if I want to get the original sound tracks, I have to buy either $60+ used CDs or $500+ vinyl copies. Is this really the case? Has anyone been able to find the full OSTs being sold in new CDs or digital?
“$500+ vinyl copies”?! I’m putting mine up on eBay right now, lol.
Just got back-- a full 30 minutes of previews, so I didn’t get out of there until 11pm (movie was supposed to start at 8pm). Anyhow, it was pretty awful as expected, I really have no respect for JJ Abrams as a director. There were people getting up and walking out of the theater at some of the corniest moments (the “Romeo & Juliet” scene, for one) and laughter in many spots that weren’t meant to be funny. My nephew and I stayed thru the credits as we always do, and one guy who walked past us mumbled “thank God THAT’S finally over!”. So, I think the reviews for this film will not be kind.
Having said that, there were a few nice moments in the film, and it WAS better than TLJ (also, as expected).
On a side note— was there any mention of Peter Mayhew in the credits? If so, I missed it (lots of people walking in front of me). I was kind of expecting the film to be dedicated to him.
No OOT - no sale. I’d pay that much for the set just to get the OOT, and just sell off the rest of the discs individually.
Going tonight with my nephew at 8pm. My expectations are LOW after TLJ, and the clip I saw on Jimmy Kimmel the other night was awful, but we’ll see! At least I’ll have an excuse to sit in the dark and eat candy for two and a half hours. But I think it’s pretty much safe to say that after this one— I’m done.
I watched the first 2 episodes at my nephew’s apartment the other day. I enjoyed them — the relaxed pace was different, but nice.
I’m amazed baby Yoda, sorry - YADPOLE, was a puppet! Amazing. No wonder he was so cute. 😉
Our favorite Jedi is now 68. Happy Birthday, Mark!
Stamp collecting?
Kim was probably talking Mark’s ear off about how Laserblast was going to be bigger than Star Wars. 😉
Oh, NO DOUBT! 😄
Here’s a pic of Mark Hamill with Corvette Summer co-star Kim Milford (left), at the Las Vegas Hilton circa July 1977. I don’t know who the other 2 people in the photo are, but Mark looks like he’s being held hostage.
Cool to think I was actually living in Las Vegas when this photo was taken!
Here’s the article that the photo came from:
http://nightflight.com/lets-do-the-time-warp-again-hbo-is-showing-the-rocky-horror-picture-show-tonight/
Here’s an article about good guys/bad guys and modern storytelling vs folk tales that sure invokes Darth Vader’s name a lot:
https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-good-guy-bad-guy-myth?utm_source=pocket-newtab
Yeah, I have that 2 DVD set. The original Saturday Night Fever DVD also has a truncated version of the BTM doc, and I think I have the David Cassidy episode on VHS somewhere (and it’s also on YouTube). But I’m looking for some of the other episodes, mostly from season 2 (1998), specifically the KC & The Sunshine Band episode (which has gained a bit of notoriety in the years since).
Apparently, the rights have expired for these and VH1 no longer airs them. Some of them were really interesting and I’d like to see them again, and I’m wondering if anyone has done preservations? It’d be a shame if they all just disappeared. Some are on YouTube & Daily Motion, but not many. 😕
Mocata said:
https://twitter.com/Bitchuation/status/1156718314330238977
Steven Soderburgh is “bitchuation”? LOL. No wonder I couldn’t find him!
Mocata said:
Then there’s this reply from someone at TCMhttps://twitter.com/ctabesh/status/1156747612935954438
Sigh.
Yeah, that was his reply to me.
Joe Dante even Tweeted about the film being aired in the wrong aspect ratio!
https://twitter.com/joe_dante/status/1156729611796926464?s=20
Steven Soderbergh too.
What did SS say? I can’t find it.
Wow. Good for Joe. I wish more industry-types would get on the bandwagon and make a stink about this sort of stuff.
What irritates me the most is that the cable synopsis always says “Star Wars (1977)”. If they’re going to show the 1997 version, it should say so.
I may just shoot TCM an irate email later tonight. LOL.
They’ve done that with THX-1138 as well.
I know, I’m sure I sent them a nasty email about that at the time. A lot of good it did, lol.
EDIT: Charles Tabesh (TCM programmer) responded to Joe Dante on Twitter:
“You’re right - I apologize. We have the wrong version, learned about it last night and it was too late to obtain the correct one. Definitely a mistake on our end but not intentional.”
What irritates me the most is that the cable synopsis always says “Star Wars (1977)”. If they’re going to show the 1997 version, it should say so.
I may just shoot TCM an irate email later tonight. LOL.
Just off the top of my head:
The “dice” hanging in the MF cockpit.
The car cassette-deck in Luke’s X-wing cockpit.
I’m sure there’s a lot of other stuff I can’t think of right now.
That’s interesting-- I knew that Disney passed on Back To The Future, but I didn’t know they passed on SW as well. Kind of ironic.
Damn. 😦 I should have known, considering that TCM showed the special edition of THX-1138 as well. The “classic” in Turner Classic Movies, evidently doesn’t mean much.
I don’t get Turner Classic Movies anymore, and I found out on another site that they’re showing STAR WARS tonight (for the first time, I think).
Anybody watching? Is it 1977 or SE???
Encouraging development! Wish I could have been there.
It’s a ridiculous situation. The 40th anniversary would have been a perfect opportunity.
There is an opportunity on the Home Theater Forum to ask a question of Criterion’s technical director. I’m going to submit a question about the possibility of Criterion taking on the OOT for a restoration and release. It’s an idea that’s been bandied about for many years now.
There’s no guarantee that my question will be chosen, but it couldn’t hurt to submit it!
Seems like he was a very nice man. Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of meeting him. RIP. 😦
Yes, but I don’t want Mark showing up on my doorstep in a Joker costume either. Not to mention he’s voicing the new Chucky! 😛
I did voice over stuff back in college, for my own projects and for others. I recorded dialog with my head stuck in a large cardboard tube to simulate wearing a space helmet once. I’ve found automobile interiors also work well for recording booths.
Yeah, I saw the new Child’s Play trailer the other day— I’m really curious to see how Mark’s “Chucky” turned out!
I guess a car would work well-- it would be pretty sound proof & the upholstery would deaden reflections a lot. My walk-in closet is really perfect except when a plane goes overhead or there’s a thunderstorm, or a guy outside with a leaf blower, etc.
When I was a kid, I asked my mom for a tape recorder, and I used to “interview” my friends and family, and do radio drama-type shows with sound effects and stuff, lol. I used to record myself reading some of my favorite books, too. I used that same recorder to record the audio to Star Wars off HBO when it first aired (didn’t have a VCR yet), and other Star Wars-related TV shows.
If course we want to know about mark ! Assumed you would tell us if you could!
I was waiting for someone to ask!
Kind of unfortunate news, actually. Mark was working on a voice-over project (don’t know which one) and apparently he’s done a lot of drinking and smoking during his lifetime and they’ve taken their toll. Anyhow, the director described the session as “nightmarish”, not because of Mark’s behavior (he said Mark was great), but because Mark was really having a tough time getting through the session. 😕 I was really shocked.