Not going to read it anytime soon but somebody provided a 108 page rebuttal to RLMs TPM review.
Gaffer Tape said:
I love Confused Matthew. I was introduced to him when someone linked to his Star Wars prequel reviews on this site nearly two years ago, and I've been hooked ever since. Yeah, he did get a lot of flack for his 2001 review, but, yeah, he was purposely avoiding 2001's historical significance because he felt it more important to judge the film by its own merits as a storytelling entity, not in regards to its places in the annals of filmmaking history, shot composition, and special effects pioneering.
On the contrary I really can't stand him. His Incredibles and Lion King reviews were awful. Also he's not funny at all, just angry, which gets grating after a while.
digitalfreaknyc said:
TRAILER IS UP!
September 2011!
colors still look terrible....It does look like they tweaked the blockade runner scene but everything else is still blue...
REALLY interested in this.
http://www.dorkly.com/video/2664/star-wars-re-remastered-the-control-panel-shot-first
The Control Panel shot first!
Opera scene is one of the best in the prequels. I thought it was great as is but you've done a nice job improving it. I like the ending "And the Jedi don't?"
Lets hope there are more deleted scenes where that came from.
“Releasing the originals is kind of an oxymoron because the quality of the original is not very good. You have to go through and do a whole restoration on it, and you have to do that digitally. It’s a very, very expensive process to do it. So when we did the transfer to digital, we only transferred really the upgraded version.”
Read more: Star Wars Blu-Ray Announced for Fall 2011, Deleted Scene Revealed | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/08/14/star-wars-blu-ray-announced-for-fall-2011-deleted-scene-revealed/#ixzz0wcpxnYMM
...meh
brash_stryker said:
Well I've been trying to get my head around after effects, just tinkering around trying to get a feel for the program. Colour correction is so hard if, like me, you don't have an eye for what looks right.
Nevertheless I had a stab at colour correcting Boba's battle with Obi Wan (This is just meant as part of the initial colour grading of the whole film (hence why he still has a blue visor).
A more radical colouring more akin to my old mockup below may be done at some point if possible (though it'd be a lot of masking work if I did it in the same way - altering the hue to get the orange sky also gave Obi Wan a Smurf's complexion, made his Lightsaber orange, and the laser bolts, fire and explosions blue.)
Color correction definitely looks a bit greenish/yellowish there. keep fiddling.
Doctor M said:
For the life of me though, I can not figure out what is "racist" about the scene. IIRC, they also zoomed to remove the animated nudity.
Wow....it's pretty damn blatant to me :\
Saw Howl's Moving Castle. The Animation was amazing as expected, the characters were memorable and there were a lot of nice moments but the story devolved into a hot mess by the end. Not Miyazaki's best work, still recommended.
Also, just saw Despicable Me. Very Funny animated film with a zany Loony Tunes approach to humor and a cute and touching if very cliche story.
For inspiration in the area of Grevious:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1IVhMp2WPk
I always loved the way the original Clone Wars presented him as an absolute badass Jedi killing machine, more of a monster or weapon than the chatty moustache-twirling villain he is in EpIII
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/05/new-star-wars-wars-audio-mix-created-3d-re-release-still-coming/
sigh…more effing around…expect the worst
working archived link - http://web.archive.org/web/20100708145749/http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/07/05/new-star-wars-wars-audio-mix-created-3d-re-release-still-coming/
C3PX said:
Warbler said:
TheBoost said:
Lee IS Dracula.
sorry, must disagree with you here. IMHO there is only one Dracula, and it aint Lee . . .
Picture isn't showing up on my computer, but I feel very confident that it is a picture of Leslie Nielsen. Best Drac EVER!
shimy said:
Oh and since i havent been here for a while and dont know what people thought of Avatar. It was good but i was honestly a little underwhelmed by it.
It was shit. But for some reason everyone drops their pants and rubs one out at the mere mention of its title. I don't get it. Even let myself be dragged into going to see it a second time and still didn't get why the mention of its title causes mass euphoria in the general population.
Both times I saw it I went with friends who paid my way and absolutely loved it, so both times I felt obligated to pretend I liked it. I have never felt that way about needed to pretend I liked a movie when I didn't just because someone else paid for the ticket, but in this case it wasn't just that they liked it, but that they were practically buzzing on some kind of thrill high on the way out of the theater to such a degree that I felt obligated to be happy for them and avoid any negative comments.
Kind of like your friend who excitedly shows you his newborn baby and asks, "Isn't she the most adorable thing you have ever seen?" when it fact it is by far one of the ugliest babies you have ever had the misfortune of laying eyes on, but you don't tell him that you just excitedly respond back, "Yeah, she is a really beautiful baby. Congradulations."
Am I just really weird, or has anyone else thought that way about this movie?
Avatar is love it or meh for most people. Discerning film nerds tend to dislike it more than the general public. For me it was kind of meh....I mean the cg was cool and all but once you got past that and 3d the story was kind of predictable and the characters didn't have much going for them.
Tombstone.
It was entertaining. Dragged on a bit too long IMO. Some funny/cool/memorable moments though.
skyjedi2005 said:
Hayden Skywalker/Vader. Destroyed a cinema icon of a villian that stood for more than thirty years and raped the childhoods of millions.
The New Kirk ruined star trek and captain kirk, whats his name pine or something.
Daniel Craig, ruined james bond.
Believe it or not Harrison Ford did more to ruin Indiana Jones than Shia.
Hugh jackman was horrible in wolverine origins, another part of my childhood ruined.
Man, you really hate every Hollywood film made in the last 20 years, don't you :/
vaderios said:
The last thing that AOTC needs is more orange..
Just my little feedback
-Angel
agreed. not a fan of those shots, love the others though.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/05/30/guillermo-del-toro-no-longer-directing-the-hobbit-will-still-co-write-screenplays/
This news makes me very sad......
Cliegg's lines should go. The focus here needs to stay on Anakin. The Phantom editor explains it well in his commentary.
Empire
Star Wars
Sith/Jedi tie
Menace
Clones
Judge said:
But then I realized that Star Wars is a combination of science fiction and fantasy, with your wizards flying in starships and whatnot. So, the magic of the Force having scientific roots is very fitting, and it explains why everybody in the Star Warsuniverse doesn't use the Force, because they can't.
This, for me, is part of the reason why I dislike the midichlorians. Part of the magic for a lot of people (especially kids) when the originals came out was that anybody could tap into this mystical field and become a superhero - even a humble farmboy. Then Lucas said, "Uh, well no. Uhh... you have to have superior genes. Sorry!" and basically just ruined that mysticism. It's like putting a price tag on the force. It's supposed to transcend that sort of thing.
I thought "there is another" kind of implied that already...
Anchorhead said:
skyjedi2005 said:
The chicks will go to see Shia LeDouche, but no Megan Fox won't bring in the guys.
Sad that story isn't part of the equation. Sign of the times, I suppose.
And for the record, Sky, that's not a slam on Bay. It's a slam on the state of cinema these days. CGI, pretty colors, shaky-cam, slow-mo action come first - acting, depth, & story come second - if at all.
The short-attention-span generation won't sit still for actual emotion. The scene stops moving or people start having conversations longer than quotable sound bites - and they have to occupy themselves by texting someone.
I have to disagree. There are plenty of great films with substance coming out every year. I don't think Bayformers is representative of modern film as a whole at all...
C3PX said:
Gaffer Tape said:
A ROUGH PROTOTYPE FOR PAPER MARIO?!!!!
UGHGHGAIEUUIRJAEKLGJA BNAKJFAKFAL!!!!!
...
You are dead to me...
Yeah! Seriously! Paper Mario is pure bullshit in comparison. Super Mario RPG is one of the most amazing things to come at the end of the 16 bit era. Such a great idea, and so well done. That game never got near as much credit as it deserved, thanks to it being released when its console was on its very last breath.
Did you just call Paper Mario PURE BULLSHIT. NNNNEEERRRRRDDDDRRRRAAAGGGEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111oneone
....okay, I've calmed. But seriously, a Rough prototype is nicer than pure bullshit...
Just got a PM saying I'm a shining example :D
