Ripplin

Luke Vader said:

maybe someone who owns a screen accurate vader suit could help you

Apparently, Ady made himself a Vader suit, but I dunno how complete it is. Perhaps he could show us? ;)

I just watched them explode a piano on Mythbusters and it got me thinking; are you going to leave the power generator explosion as-is, or have you found something better yet? Any news on a possible new model for the generator, too?

Nice! Don't forget to send me an advance xvid for Part 2 when it's ready. ;)

^PM'd!!

Indeed... :(

Interesting clip, but I don't see how it has anything to do with the SE. They applied the blue hue to the entire movie, not just the Hoth scenes. Plus, that was years ago.

The thing is, it depends on what you're watching it on. I have no problem with PAL (all my WRC DVDs are PAL), but it sure doesn't look as good as NTSC on my NTSC television. More jagged and just not as nice overall when it has to switch like that.

Josh said:

No, I don't think it will ruin it, as the clip has been seen before

Not by me, I don't think... Anyway, yeah, I'd like to see something, even if it was just upped to YouTube.

Ady seems to be three steps ahead of everyone on everything, but I'm sure he values these discussions very much. Even he misses things from time to time. Haha.

So is it really a separate channel, or more like dual mono in the back?

I've been wondering; is 7.1 really that great? From what I remember, it's not so much an extra channel as it is an extra rear center that plays the same stuff as the other rear center. So it expands the sound field but doesn't really add anything to it?

Maybe I'll have to read up on it, but I just remember not being impressed by it. Maybe I'm wrong, too.

Absolutely. They're money makers, but they're really interesting. I have a few books like that one. As for the confusion part, well, it is fantasy and technology that doesn't exist to us, so things can get a little mixed up, especially when many different artists do their own versions of things. And we all know LFL isn't always the most organized company around. ;)

OzoneSherrif said:

Phantom Menace concept art. better than the farmer robes.

 

 

and sweet Republic starfighter concept art that actually looks less advanced

 

I got a page-a-day calendar yesterday called Star Wars: From Concept to Screen. They put the concept drawing/painting on the left, then a shot of the final design right from the movie beside it. There's a drawing of a probe droid and it looks like it's sneezing. :p

^Ding ding ding!

adywan said:

i may do an alternate track for the DVD-9 with the unused music restored though but that will just be a 2.0 track so won't impact on the final bitrate of the movie.

That would be great! :D

PaulisDead2221 said:

PSS, I...could post a clip...but wouldn't that ruin it? :(

I think Josh will blow up if you don't, now that you've said that. ;)

^Looks good! :)

I love seeing concept art. I look at some of it and think 'wow, I wish they had used that instead...' I think most of us have probably done some of our own at one point or another as well. :)

Yeah, a yellowish green. He'd be wanting to make them match up with the ANH lasers anyway, right?

Yes, there's no denying that it's good music, but as you say, it just doesn't fit all the time. Personally, I think of the scenes where Luke and Vader are fighting in Cloud City and the sounds create the mood. The extra music overpowers the mood that has already been created.

I know I've watched the scenes with and without the extra tunes and almost every time, I prefer them without.

Lots of good stuff there. :) I'm particularly fond of getting rid of the stinkin' belches (and the Muppety shake that thing does after it grabs the rodent thing), the ridiculous Tarzan sequence, and the audio of Greedo. How lazy is that?!

I'd keep the Rancor keeper crying, though, just because my mother would bug me about it not being there. Haha.

I'd do something about Boussh's dialogue, too. So lazy and limited. Must be one of those languages where every word has 40 meanings or something.

Reminds me of an unused take from the cantina when Han takes way too long to figure out what 10,000+7,000 is. It's like '.....................................17, huh?'

Monroville said:

I think that's my biggest gripe is that they are merely dots on the horizon when it would be nice to tell that they are star destroyers (yes, Han tells me that, but I'd like to see them)

In this case, though, if they were clearly visible, it would become a 'master of the obvious' moment. If they're just dots (and the passengers are thinking 'what is that?'), then Han is looking at the instruments and telling his passengers 'star destroyers ahead.' If everyone could see them, it would be like 'no kidding, Han...'

adywan said:

(...I totally missed that)

WHAT?! :o

;)

Nice to hear about the lightsaber disengaging. Sounds like another nice touch. Your attention to detail is [most] impressive.