Should find plenty of interest here - awesome find!
I cannot stand “The DaVinci Code”. And the book is even worse… the writing is juvenile, the plot is ridiculous, and by about halfway through the book I found myself saying “oh, come on!” at least once per page, so I didn’t even finish it. The movie had the same effect on me (although I did finish it).
I know it’s not generally considered “great”, but some people think it’s great, for reasons I cannot fathom. I would put it roughly on par with the PT, maybe slightly better.
Scott109 said:
Attack of the Clones portrays a much more emotionally complex and nuanced love story than any other film I have ever seen.
Wow.
There is one very good reason that the prequels are unlikely to be remade. That is, the big studios remake classic movies, or very good movies. They generally don’t remake turds, even to improve on them.
Next week is spring break - hoping to make some progress then.
That’s correct – now if I could only remember the name of the thread (?)
I never considered it a reference for anything. It’s just another data point. I don’t think that there exists a definitive color reference for any film.
CatBus said:
We understand. You needed time for the mice to reload.
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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:
I can’t imagine George Lucas adding blue tint for a 16mm film.Or for the entirety of the DVD/Blu Ray releases of A New Hope…
SO SORRY, you left yourself wide open there! 😉
I disagree… it makes complete sense to regrade the color for a digital release of a film. It’s standard practice and the tools make it easy. But 16mm film releases were such a tiny market, and they were in a sort of in a “grey area” - it’s not even clear they were done legally nor by a related studio. It’s doubtful that Lucas had any involvement in the 16mm films at all, and I doubt have spent any of his own money on them. It’s apples and oranges.
Hey Boba! Nice seeing you again.
Of course… your covers are always topnotch. This third volume has taken a long time for me to finish.
I can’t imagine George Lucas adding blue tint for a 16mm film.
With respect to higher-quality releases of the 16mm films, my plans are to first finish with ROTP (it’s almost done - really!). Then, I will probably make an announcement that will be of some interest.
Dreamaster said:
Puggo I’m sure you’ve already been asked this, but did you do color corrections to the Puggo Strikes Back or is this pretty much true to the print? Trying to figure out if all that blue hue in the wampa cave was added in or if it was really like that on the film.
Color correction was done by Adywan.
With regards your question - “is this pretty much true to the print?”, it is important to understand the issues involved in capturing film. The film image is captured by a digital camera, for which a decision has to be made with respect to white-balance (among others). It’s not just a matter of grabbing what is there verbatim - the media are entirely different. Digital capture involves lighting, and ultimately a color model, and there are always decisions made at every step, and adjustments. It’s the same with printing a film, and projecting it. We will never know the exact, correct color, because there is always variation. I tried to capture it as close as I could based on my own eyes, and then had Ady correct it because I liked his color choices in earlier projects.
As for the Wampa scene - to my eyes it looked that blue on the film. Surprised me too.
(note this discussion really belongs in the PSB thread)
I was 17 and saw it 5 times in two theaters, and I remember each time vividly. Too much to relate. I guess one unique thing was walking through a graveyard at night to take a shortcut between the dorms and the theater. (during that summer I was away from home at a school)
I never made covers. Seen some cool-looking ones, though.
Thanks! Yes, I often get the urge to reply – but after a while it passes, and I’m at peace, feeling the force flowing through the comments section.
Shamelessly bumping this thread to point out the plethora of funny, ironic, and sometimes idiotic comments left by viewers (178 and counting!). The most recent post by “clamo6362”, for example, makes it a challenge to refrain from responding 😃
One reason that some people prefer the mono versions, is that at that time (1960s) a lot more care generally went into the mono versions. It was mono that got played on the radio, so it was considered the “important” mix that absolutely had to be done right. Stereo was a bit of a novelty, and stereo mixes were sometimes done quickly and only to satisfy the few people who had stereo phonograph players. As a result, some of the stereo mixes were lackluster. Also, as mentioned before, some of them were severely panned (including some of the early Beatles stereo mixes).
That said, there are some examples of early stereo that are fantastic, for example some of the Mercury “Living Presence” classical recordings.
moviefreakedmind said:
May I ask what your opinion of Rubber Soul is then? That’s an interesting bridge between their early work and the Revolver/Sgt. Pepper phase.
I like Revolver a lot.
I should add that while I tend to prefer the earlier work, it isn’t that I don’t like the later work. I do like the White Album, Abbey Road, etc. Just not a fan of Sgt Pepper - and I’m not really sure why. It just doesn’t grab me like the others. I even think I like MMT better than SP.
I tend to prefer their early stuff - so many rich harmonies and a steady stream of amazing compositions. I may be the only person on Earth who doesn’t care for Sgt Pepper - it’s my least favorite Beatles album.
My favorite film composer by far is Bernard Hermann. Taxi Driver, North by Northwest, Vertigo, … man, those are some truly amazing scores. Especially Vertigo, the piece actually builds throughout the movie, and finally comes together during the climatic scene. He was truly one-of-a-kind.
Smithers said:
Yeah John Williams is the #1 composer of all time when it comes to making unique, emotional, and iconic music.
Higher than Beethoven?
My Apple-II still works.
So what’s my ranking? I was hoping to be up to Level III by now.
I understand that the law “allows” for this sort of scheming. But I still think that it points out the “bad” side of people. The law is in place with the very best of intentions: to protect workers from being overworked. It was never intended to be applied in the manner in question. Sadly, there are people who scour the rules for loopholes, and then twist them to their own advantage, without regard to the unfair hurt it causes on other people. The whole thing was obviously planned in advance, as he ASKED for the breaks, and then kept a log of them. He knew he was legally due overtime, and never asked for it so that he could build it up and demand it later - obviously if the owners learned he would be due overtime, they would have stopped allowing the breaks. He clearly didn’t want them to learn.
The owners of this restaurant had even provided this a-hole a place to stay for free while he was relocating.
Interestingly, there is a reverse scheme where employers classify employees as “managers” just to avoid having to pay overtime, when in reality they aren’t managers at all. There seems to be no limit to how much people are willing to screw each other for a buck. This is not the “fault” of the law - rather, it is the reason it is so difficult to write laws.