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This whole exchange has been fascinating.

For me, jokes become tiring when repeated endlessly. Obi-wan constantly saying 'Obi-wan' can become grating when it disrupts the flow of the new jokes and my brain tries to piece the dialogue together a moment too late. So variation between Bad Side and Side Side is actively encouraged, and I'd go so far as to throw in any old side you want whenever you want, just for variety's sake ;)

L.P. Hovercraft said:

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Seems like the obvious filler plots have been removed, but there's still a long way to go to get it to a manageable running time. From what he posted of the Barrel Ride sequence, I see a whole lot there that could be cut. The entire attack by the orcs could be substantially reduced and probably eliminated (as much as I love Bombur's over-the-top antics), and that's just one example.

Frank your Majesty said:

We see the probe droid crash. Later we see something crash. It doesn't matter if it's the same shot from a different angle. the way it was used makes it clear that it isn't a probe droid but one of the meteors they talk about. It also makes sense to show a meteor crash to establish that meteors are fairly common and nothing to be too worried about.

 It was never clear to me that the second impact was a meteorite. In fact, since it appeared to be the exact same shot as before but from a different angle, I always (since I first saw ESB when I was five) thought that it was the same probe droid impact, simply edited to show that Luke saw it as well. And it's also never explicitly stated that meteorite impacts are common on Hoth, simply that there is a lot of meteor (not meteorite) activity in the system that confounds sensors.

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1.5 to 3 teaspoons per day.

I'm loving this new ATMachine.

Don't ever change.

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Everyone.

What's wrong with salt? I like salt. Salty salt salt. Down goes the salt. Down into my belly.

Ahem.

I just wanted to say thank you Team -1 for all your hard work! I watched the Grindhouse Empire in 1080, excellent. Then I watched it with my brothers, and they thought it was great. Then I watched it a third time with my girlfriend, and it was wonderful. It's my go-to version of Empire (until your super cleaned-up final version comes out of course!)

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There's so much that we assume influenced ol' George when making Star Wars, sometimes it seems like he'd have to be the most well read/watched person on the planet. Chances are, a large part of the supposed 'influences' are just coincidences.

Tack said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Hal 9000 said:

That's why I had a sinking feeling for a lot of part three: so much of the stuff I didn't like was integral to the story. Stuff like Bard's son acting as his bow, Thorin dying on ice away from the rest of the action after a drag out fight with Bolg Azog, etc. I was feeling pretty good after part one which had most of its junk fairly segregated from the good/important parts.

 How the heck did that work?

 He set the arrow on the kid's shoulders and then launched it at Smaug from there. It was a little less goofy on screen.

I really liked that part, despite its goofiness. And though the fight between Thorin and Azog is painfully bossfight-ish, there may be a way to get rid of Azog completely from the movie: The movie could be from the point of view of Bilbo, who gets knocked out during the battle and misses the fight. He recovers afterwards and finds Thorin dying on the battlefield. It's more similar to the book in that way.

Three people with stormtrooper avatars posting in the same thread. What is this, a convention?

Wind Tunnel-esqe

Poor sad broken link^

I'll try to imagine it.

Well, I mostly just posted so that there was some activity on this thread. I'm finding myself excited for this movie, probably more than I should be.

I guess it does increase the illusion of detail.

http://www.slashfilm.com/star-wars-creator/

Apparently George Lucas doesn't know the plot of TFA. I guess the outline he hashed out was more of a 'collection of vague ideas' which Abrams may have discarded.

I absolutely adore that song.

Great heart wipe too.

Harmy said:

I find this idea of trying to simulate a CRT display equal parts ridiculous and fascinating, so I decided to take a stab at it myself :-D

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0dtCY1O9WXzVmNKRU1TbWprWEk/view?usp=sharing

 It's almost as if I have my face too close to the television!

I thought I saw it jump the second time I watched it, but upon rewatching I can't see it. It's all good.

Since there were only a handful of them ever assembled, I'd say that you couldn't put a price on that.

imperialscum said:

moviefreakedmind said:

No, I'm confused as to whether you think that the original line was delivered too angrily or not. You seem to imply that the original line was delivered angrily, which I guess it was, but no more angrily than any other Vader line in the series (like "I find your lack of faith disturbing")

All other lines were delivered without any anger... with a sole exception "Tear this ship apart".

And this the best example of Vader... cool, intelligent, witty, sarcastic.

Of course this is speaking in general. As for why anger ESPECIALLY does not fit in that particular section of the film, please refer to this post and this post.

That's what makes the character of Vader so good; his mask hides much of his emotion, leaving that to the imagination. I imagined Vader being in an almost constant state of anger in ESB. For example, his delivery of "You have failed me for the last time" contains a slight pause between the last two words, like he's struggling to keep a steady voice through mounting rage. Likewise, not choking every officer on the bridge in the final scene may have been because he was too furious even to exact punishment, he simply retired to his meditation pod to scream his lungs out ;)