There was chemistry and sexual tension between Leia and Han which made their exchanges very amusing. There was zip between Anakin and Padme which made their exchanges ridiculous.
Guys, don't knock yourselves out. -1 has stated previously that Star Wars was just a film that came out in 1977 and is not worthy of being studied by film students, etc.
I still have -1 on my 'ignore' list, but that doesn't also block his quotes in others' posts........
Of course, we know that the success of the Special Editions in 1997 had NOTHING to do with the new CG effects. We realize that an entire generation of people never had the chance to experience the Star Wars Trilogy in a movie theater and THAT is why the Special Editions were successful (coupled with the fact that a bunch of old school SW fans wanted to see them again theatrically and bring their children along for the experience).
Anyone who thinks that watching a VHS tape on a TV and viewing a 35mm print in a movie theater are comparable experiences has no concept of.........well, anything. LOL.
-1 reminds me of someone who goes to a Corvette enthusiasts' convention, and announces:
"You know, the Corvette wasn't really that big of a deal as sports cars go. Oh and by the way, I just bought a cherry 1967 'vette. But I really don't understand why the rest of you are so into these cars- I mean, it's just a car- just something to get you from point A to point B and plus the '07 'vette is better in so many ways..."
Don't let him get to ya. ;-)
A new petition is long overdue, I think, and I'm glad that the poll results reflect that.
71%
LOL! :-D
LordVader said: Don't get me wrong, when I saw my first lightsaber duel between old Ben and Vader I was in awe, now lets compare that to the choreographed masterpiece between Ray Park, Ewan McGregor, and Liam Neeson, truth be told fightwise there is no comparison, but its understandable Obi Wan is old and Darth Vader is well past his prime, that's not to say I don't enjoy the old fights, especially Adywan's remix of it.
That's the problem with the Phantom Menace duel to me- it FELT choreographed, and as such, there was little suspense or tension. The best duel to me was in ESB. It felt like a real duel, not like a predictable dance routine. There were surprising moments all throughout the duel and you could feel Luke struggling towards the end- his weariness was tangible. I didn't get any of that from the duel in TPM.
C3PX said:Yesterday I clicked it more than ten times and the numbers never changed.
That's weird- the numbers changed every time I clicked on it. :-?
I've been able to vote multiple times.....
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lucas ;-)
I'd like to see the John Denver & Muppets special be in the top 5 too. That was a great show.
That might be fun, actually. A little passive-aggressive revenge against 'ol Georgie boy. :-P
Gaffer Tape said:Lame fights?! Oooooooooooooooooooh.
Yeah, them's fightin' words......
Supposedly, the backstory was that Vader and Ben had a duel and Vader fell into a volcano, and then it became a lava planet or whatever in ROTS. But falling into a volcano doesn't necessarily = no eyebrows, lol. I'm sure some burn victims re-grow hair in areas where the hair follicles weren't totally destroyed.
I'm totally willing to suspend disbelief enough to accept that the back of his head was more injured than his face. I mean, the skin on his face didn't really look like a burn victim's either & he has lips, right?! Don't most people with severe facial burns loose their lips? Maybe in the next EXTRA-extra-special-edition they should digitally remove his lips!
;-)
What's going on here? Did I miss something?
I'm sorry, but when I saw ROTJ on May 25th 1983, I REALLY wasn't sitting there thinking to myself - "WAIT A GODDAMN MINUTE- WHY DOES HE HAVE EYEBROWS?!" LOL
If the eyebrows were OK back then, they're OK now. :-P
I just couldn't bring myself to vote for the SWHS - LOL!
I voted for John Denver & The Muppets.
JennyS1138 said:One of my friends thought it would be funny to do a different type of Brokeback Parody. Instead of making it look like two men were lovers, why not make fun of the fact that George Lucas made Luke and Leia brother and sister after having them make out in Empire.
Here it is:
I like it- good job! :-)
I thought there was something familiar about this thread....;-)
There was a change of a background matte painting- the scene where the truck goes over the cliff. Someone posted comparison shots.....somewhere. LOL!.
bkev said:Wonder if these minor tweaks will make it to the inevitable blu-ray of IJ... hope not.
Well, if they're on the HD masters that they've been using for TV then it's likely they'll be on the blu-rays too. :-/
Well, you could start with all the people who signed the petition here- and there are many others out there. I think it's safe to say that everyone who saw SW and the 2 sequels in their initial runs would qualify.
Gaffer Tape said:"Giant flee surfing"? What?
"Flea", I think. :-P
Funny. :-P
There's a lot of ghosting/haloing in those caps- is that from the LDs themselves or is something in the script causing it?
zombie84 said:There's also the Rancor, which continues to be a pretty impressive effect (matte lines aside, which are now erased anyway),
The last time I watched the ROTJ SE DVD (which was a while ago) I thought I noticed that the matte lines weren't fixed?
rcb said:otherwise puppets need to be replaced with cgi technology.
They don't need to be. Puppetry is an art form that goes back thousands of years. There's a theater near me that's called The Center For Puppetry Arts- should all of the performers there be fired and forced to take computer classes?
It should depend on the film. I don't think films like The Muppet Movie or The Dark Crystal would have been better served if they'd had cgi instead of puppets.
Well, from what I understand, GL had it narrowed down to 2 groups of people: Mark, Harrison & Carrie and the second group had Terri Nunn and 2 guys but I don't know which two they were.
I think Terri Nunn was 2nd choice to play Leia. I don't think Jodie Foster was seriously considered, was she?