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ESHBG said:

Through all of this crap, this is good news!!!!

I agree.

Yeah, at least that's two releases in a row that haven't tried to pretend the OOT didn't exist. The newest SW release in every store will contain the OOT (such as it is). I guess it's better than another SE-ONLY release.

The 'star wars' logo is positioned differently on each one (?)

Sarcasm rarely translates to print. Try a ;-) or a [/sarcasm] next time.

I'd consider this a bomb. I don't care what the budget was. I mean, The Love Guru made thirty-eight million. :-P

Lucas was hoping for at least $100,000,000

Then, who would we send this petition to? George Lucas? Like he'd care.

The only thing that motivates GL now is $ and power, and those of us who didn't pay to see Clone Wars sent a very strong message that said "no more of your crap, George". That's a lot more powerful than signing a petition. The movie only made about $38,000,000 which is a lot less than he was expecting.

LOL! Gotta luv the young'uns. :-D

negative1 said:

nohandluke said:

Nothing about the 1980 version of Empire Strikes Back sucked. It was a seminal moment in film history where everything came together in the end in complete narrative and aesthetic synergy. There are only a handful of films that can boast such perfection (e.g. Lawrence of Arabia) At the end of the day, were there a proper anamorphic DVD transfer of this original 1980 version, there would be no need for Adywan to even work on this film. As it is however, sadly, there is no proper DVD and hence Adywan must take a not-so-special edition and make it special so we can have something that is presentable on a modern home theater.

i'm sorry, but ESB was a let down for me when i saw it, i wanted to know what happened right after star wars, and it jumped ahead without filling in all the gaps... i also felt let down that it was the middle third part [i wasn't too fanatical to read that there was a plan for the third film], and didn't feel conclusive at all.... what if 'jedi' had never been made? then what? there were narrative leaps, and plot subpoints that didn't click for me ...

 

The lack of a satisfying conclusion was exactly what I loved most about ESB- it was daring, edgy, unconventional and very "UN-Hollywood".

I never doubted there would be a third film. I didn't see it until the re-release in 1982, so by then we knew they were already filming Jedi, but even in 1980, the huge success of ESB made 'part 3' a given. 

I always thought of The Force as a sort of psychic ability that ran in the Skywalker family. 

Making it a kind of blood disorder totally ruins it. ;-)

There was a time when I would have been considered a 'hardcore' Star Wars fan- I loved every Star Wars movie, and thought George Lucas was a genius. He could do no wrong. Then came the Special Editions.....and the prequels. I was then in a position of only loving half of the Star Wars movies, and thinking I had seriously overestimated George Lucas' talent.

So, now I guess I'd be considered a "middle of the road" fan, since I don't like the prequels or the EU (I've only read 2 EU books and of those the only one I really liked was Splinter).

But, I still consider myself a hardcore fan, because to me there are still only 3 Star Wars movies and I'm a hardcore fan of those, and of the related memorabilia. 

How many times did the Falcon's hyperdrive fail to engage in the movie trilogy? 1 BLUE TURTLE SHELL

Twice (both in ESB, once for Han, once for Lando).

...and I really hope '1 blue turtle shell' is code for '20 bonus points!' ;-)

lordjedi said:

Hey, check out this BoxOffice Mojo vs page

http://www.boxofficemojo.com/showdowns/chart/?id=animationactionvs.htm

Clone Wars doesn't disclose the budget....strange.

I wonder if it cost more than 25 million dollars to make.

doubleofive said:

I’m considering making a bandolier so he can be mini-Chewie.  I’ll take pictures and post them to the inevitable Halloween thread.

 

That would be funny! :-P

I have 4 cats. One of them is my avatar- her name is Shadow.

Luke chopped off the front of that Speederbike with his lightsaber, and that's what sent it spinning into the tree.

I see Gaffer has an avatar (finally)! ;-)

I was going to suggest that anyone who didn't have one should be disqualified! LOL!

If you're interested in the lost film LONDON AFTER MIDNIGHT, you'll LOVE these clips created by Rick Baker:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vOFh1_1CIQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Wvwbo0nxVk&feature=related

What did Y-wing pilots switch power to after entering the Death Star's trench? 2 POINTS

Front deflector screens?

Janskeet said:

Could someone tell more the difference between letterbox and anamorphic again?

This is a very good visual comparison (pay special attention to the two photos a the bottom of the page):

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/articles/anamorphic/anamorphic185demo.html

The main point to remember is that letterboxed DVD images are essentially square(ish). They are made up of a widescreen movie image, sandwiched between two black bars that are PART of the image.

Anamorphic widescreen DVDs are rectangular in shape- like the movie image itself.

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. 

vadershmader said:

If ADYWAN decides to revisit all of the films, then I will definitely obtain those.  I just finished SW Episode IV: Revisited and it blew me away.  It's perfect. 

He is: 

LINK

I'm sure someone already has.

What about when the blu-ray comes out? If Lucas changes it to CG Yoda for blu-ray, and there's no "original" blu-ray release, I think a lot of TPM fans are going to be pissed.

Gaffer Tape said:

Well, anyway, as lukewarm as I was about the puppet they used in TPM, I think TPM was the only prequel that had the right idea about how to use Yoda.  They actually used the puppet in conjunction with a couple of shots of CG where it was needed.  It was used in a wide shot of Yoda pacing, so it actually looked like he was there walking.  Then when it closed in, it was the puppet again.  That's how I thought it should have been done.  Rather than the complete CG Yoda used in the other prequels, they should have used a puppet except where necessary.

I agree- even though the puppet was butt-ugly and looked angry (?) I prefer it over CGI Yoda.

How many guards were needed to push Han's carbonite slab to Boba Fett's ship? 4 POINTS

Two? (Two pushed it down the hall, but only one actually pushed him up the ship's ramp- the question isn't really specific enough).

Negative1 bought it?! LOL!

I guess if you ever find a suitable way to scan it, you could combine it with HD footage of the other 100 minutes of the film.

I'm curious as to whether or not the GOUT discs will still have the Lego demos on them...?

Who was the only person who did not sit during the meeting in the Death Star's conference room? 1 POINT

Vader?