SilverWook

Can we please dial back the hyperbole a tad?

Handman said:

On nudity: Women are built like a nice sportscar, men are built like a Ford Pinto. Most people would rather see the sportscar. There’s also the fact that, generally, women like reading about nudity rather than seeing it, hence the massive success of Fifty Shades of Grey.

Luke’s not dead! He’s just pining for the Porgs! 😉

moviefreakedmind said:

SilverWook said:

moviefreakedmind said:

Another thing that rubs me the wrong way is the idea that I can’t possibly understand how awful it is that females appear nude in film because I’m not a woman that’s sick and tired of the objectification (and by the way there’s plenty of women that don’t feel that way). I may not share the same anatomy with women, but I definitely have more in common with 99% of women in this country than those women have in common with the actresses that appear nude in film. The main thing being that neither of us have or will appear nude in a film. Also, what if I wanted to make a film with nudity in it? (Female nudity of course because that’s more offensive.) Am I supposed to hire an actress for that role and then change or delete the nude scene because she, even though she accepted the role, doesn’t want that to be filmed? I know I’m a male and all, but isn’t it up to the actress? Assuming the actors aren’t mistreated in the process of making the scene, why is it offensive whether the scene is necessary or not? Don’t we respect the bodies and decisions made by women? That’s what I thought we were supposed to do but apparently I’m behind the times.

Many an actress has a nude double. Both the worst and best kept secret in the industry.

That’s also pretty common. I don’t see a problem with that either if they can make it work effectively. In that example I gave, though, sometimes the actor’s face needs to be in frame for it to work, especially if there’s interaction between characters during the scene.

I think there have been a couple instances of digital head replacement in recent years.

moviefreakedmind said:

Another thing that rubs me the wrong way is the idea that I can’t possibly understand how awful it is that females appear nude in film because I’m not a woman that’s sick and tired of the objectification (and by the way there’s plenty of women that don’t feel that way). I may not share the same anatomy with women, but I definitely have more in common with 99% of women in this country than those women have in common with the actresses that appear nude in film. The main thing being that neither of us have or will appear nude in a film. Also, what if I wanted to make a film with nudity in it? (Female nudity of course because that’s more offensive.) Am I supposed to hire an actress for that role and then change or delete the nude scene because she, even though she accepted the role, doesn’t want that to be filmed? I know I’m a male and all, but isn’t it up to the actress? Assuming the actors aren’t mistreated in the process of making the scene, why is it offensive whether the scene is necessary or not? Don’t we respect the bodies and decisions made by women? That’s what I thought we were supposed to do but apparently I’m behind the times.

Many an actress has a nude double. Both the worst and best kept secret in the industry.

The censorship when certain films air on tv can be hilarious. A couple brief nude shots are snipped in Clash Of The Titans (the Ray Harryhausen version) but Medusa’s exposed breasts usually get a pass.

The famous Room 237 scene in The Shining has had all the naughty bits digitally erased in the tv edit, making it look like Jack Nicholson is making out with a life sized Barbie doll.

Let’s keep it civil, folks.

I think it’s a given Luke will appear in some form. After what he pulled off at the end of TLJ, I don’t think he would just be a shimmering spirit standing around giving advice.

There was an Atari 2600 game based on Porky’s but there was never one based on Revenge of The Nerds. Go figure.

There was plenty of male nudity in '70’s movies. One of the scenes that really cracked me up in Monty Python’s Life of Brian was Graham Chapman opening that window shutter in the morning totally naked and being startled by all his followers outside. It was just something about being in a most vulnerable moment and suddenly confronted by a pack of loonies who think you’re the messiah.

The MPAA got really prudish going into the '80’s and pretty soon just showing a schwanzstucker could get an X-rating or later the dreaded NC-17. I’ve read that Porky’s had it’s own battles with the MPAA on how many seconds you could see a certain body part in the infamous shower scene.

Are you implying something about my cooking?

LordZerome1080 said:

SilverWook said:

This guy is offering Puggo Grande as a bonus disc with the GOUT.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Original-Trilogy-Purists-DVD-Pack-Theatrical-Releases-16mm-Transfer/253610803544

I reported him.

You get a Wookiee cookie. 😃

moviefreakedmind said:

Oh yeah. Republicans are an antichrist party.

Now see here! My dad may be Satan and Mom was a jackal, but don’t lump me in with those guys! Even I’m not that evil!

moviefreakedmind said:

Family values my ass!

https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/05/07/609225537/sessions-says-zero-tolerance-for-illegal-border-crossers-vows-to-divide-families

Purposely inflicting additional emotional trauma on kids already in a bad situation? This is a new level of movie villain mustache twirling f*cking evil.

I’ve been told I have sensitive ears, so if you can’t hear the background hiss and hum, that’s a good thing? 😉
Like I said, other parts of the tape got pretty bad.
Glad to hear that the LD sounds good. Analog audio from such early titles can be all over the map sometimes.

This guy is offering Puggo Grande as a bonus disc with the GOUT.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Original-Trilogy-Purists-DVD-Pack-Theatrical-Releases-16mm-Transfer/253610803544

The Beta tape unfortunately suffers a lot of background noise. The noise level goes up immediately after the CBS/Fox intro and the file begins, gets worse somewhere in the middle and down a bit the rest of the film. I have no idea if this is from the ravages of time, exposure to magnetic fields or just really poor mastering. I dug out some other Hi-Fi tapes I have just make sure the deck was working properly. It is.
However, I think the audio for the phone number scenes can be cleaned up. Here’s a sample, and this is pretty good compared to other parts of the film.
https://mega.nz/#!6081VBZT!Mfth37o0q4m6qBBw9-BioSla_BeyXvzzWOg317TxKGk

If the LD audio is better, than this is academic of course. But I’d be up for capturing a VHS Hi-Fi as there are some sealed early 2000’s copies on Ebay. The phone scenes could be patched from the Beta.
On a side note, did the Mission Impossible theme music always seem to start a second late into the panty raid seqeunce? This occurs around a reel change and may simply be a video mastering error.

I can’t recall the specific issue where a letter writer suggested Vader land in Latveria. I would think the language of whatever agreement Marvel had with Lucasfilm covered keeping SW characters out of crossovers with the Marvel universe. Things like the Superman/Spidey team up were already a big deal at time. And Lucas was a comic book fan.

I know that whenever he would leave the White House, the Secret Service used to count the silverware.

suspiciouscoffee said:

ZkinandBonez said:

Warlock and the Watcher in a galaxy far far away? Is Thanos seeking the Infinity Kyber?

Other U.S. Marvel books were serialized in the weeklies. The cover with mention of Star Lord and GOTG (although it was a different roster back then) amuses me no end. 😃

ZkinandBonez said:

Didn’t Marvel fans back in the 70’s request a Darth Vader vs Doctor Doom crossover or something like that?

They did in the letters column. Marvel politely dashed such hopes for legal reasons. I think it could happen now. 😉

snooker said:

The only thing I can think of to explain the cameras is “who cares!” It’s a movie meant for kids, if it was meant for adults half the stuff in the movie wouldn’t even happen!

And it being for kids isn’t a bad thing!

If you overlook Beru and Owen’s charred skeletons, Han being in trouble for dumping a shipment of drugs he was smuggling, and Chewie not wearing any pants, sure! 😛

Collipso said:

how did no one see obi-wan in the death star then? pretty sure that place would have cameras too.

Cloaked via The Force? The guys guarding the tractor beam thingy didn’t see him.

The only obvious cameras are in the detention block.

The planet is one big city, it’s not like they have cameras with facial recognition software on every corner. 😉
For that matter, you had the window blow out on the Supreme Chancellor’s Office and a guy fall out soon after and nobody shows up to see if anything is amiss? Was it the royal guards night off? Of course, they’re suddenly back when Yoda pays a visit to Palpatine’s Senate office.

Lando was on SNL last night. 😛
https://youtu.be/5Hez4laAkGw