Were there any re-shoots after Carrie passed away? A stand-in (real or otherwise) makes perfect sense for certain shots either way. No studio pays actors to lie down all day anymore than they do for shots where a character is seen from a distance or from behind.
Is there anything that hasn’t got a pron parody?
I remember the video store my family used to rent from back in the 80’s having adult movies discreetly kept behind the counter. (They even had those infamous X Rated Atari 2600 games other retailers wouldn’t touch.) I thought I saw the Temple of Doom logo on a VHS spine, it turned out to be Indiana Joan and the Black Hole of Mammoo. I don’t even want to know!
LOL!
Like you guys aren’t the least bit curious about this one. 😉
Will we actually see some Nerfs being herded in the movie?
Ok, let them have the tablets.
No one has said what kind of tablets. 😉
A look at those Star Wars VideoNow discs.
https://youtu.be/20nRK7fagKM
Midichlorians. 'nuff said. 😛
In 2011 they held a direct, live, side-by-side comparison of 15/70 IMAX film vs 4K DLP at Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX. The general consensus among the industry professionals was that the 4K image was superior. I can only imagine that Imax’s laser system is superior to that Barco DLP projector. So I don’t doubt that by standardized metrics the Laser system is technically superior to the film system.
http://www.lfexaminer.com/20110518shootout-in-galveston-1570-vs-digital.htm
But it doesn’t change the fact that imax film is flipping amazing an can resolve FAR more detail than even the best digital mediums. Whether that detail makes it to the projected image is more debatable I guess. And resolution is far from the end-all be-all of image quality. Brightness, contrast, and color reproduction are all just as important as resolution.
But does it look like film? Superior isn’t always better. And everyone involved has every reason to stack the deck in favor of digital.
I don’t know about that shootout, but I can say that I’d be really hard pressed to say the two IMAX Laser screenings I’ve seen were in any way inferior to the numerous 15/70 screenings I’ve been to. The amateur film lover/historian/preservationist in me went into Dunkirk secretly wanting to walk out and declare film was still king, but I just couldn’t. That dual 4K projection system they’ve cooked up really impressed me. Personally, I do still prefer film and would jump at any reasonable chance to see another 15/70 screening. But realistically I’m perfectly happy to walk into a full size Imax laser screening when I want the premium theatrical experience.
If my local multiplexes get them and maintain them properly, good. (I’m amazed one local theater showed The Hobbit films in that high frame rate thing.) I’ve seen enough things go wrong with digital projection as it is.
Not sure there were any?
LordZerome, could you please edit that thing down a tad? Taking up the entire height of the screen is pushing it. It’s bordering on the text equivalent of skyscraper bunny.
In 2011 they held a direct, live, side-by-side comparison of 15/70 IMAX film vs 4K DLP at Moody Gardens in Galveston, TX. The general consensus among the industry professionals was that the 4K image was superior. I can only imagine that Imax’s laser system is superior to that Barco DLP projector. So I don’t doubt that by standardized metrics the Laser system is technically superior to the film system.
http://www.lfexaminer.com/20110518shootout-in-galveston-1570-vs-digital.htm
But it doesn’t change the fact that imax film is flipping amazing an can resolve FAR more detail than even the best digital mediums. Whether that detail makes it to the projected image is more debatable I guess. And resolution is far from the end-all be-all of image quality. Brightness, contrast, and color reproduction are all just as important as resolution.
But does it look like film? Superior isn’t always better. And everyone involved has every reason to stack the deck in favor of digital.
When I saw R1 last year there was an almost ten minute preview of Dunkirk, and the aerial sequences were stunning. When that pilot runs out of gas I felt the terror of having to ditch in the drink. That IMAX dome also has the best sound system I’ve heard in long time. The crashed TIE exploding in TFA made me jump each time.
Would like to try out the laser projection system, but I’d have to go down to L.A. to get to one. Maybe for Han Solo since it won’t be coming out around the usual time I take my annual vacation up north. I’d be crazy to travel 300 miles just to see a movie on 70mm film? 😛
The Senator screening notwithstanding, theaters usually frown on taking photos of the screen for legal reasons. I know people did sneak photos in the old days as it was discussed in Starlog magazine once.
I’ve been fortunate to have seen all three films to date at a 70mm IMAX venue in San Jose.
https://www.thetech.org/imax/presentations
It still beats the pants off every digital presentation I’ve seen. The print for TLJ seemed unusually dark in places though.
Never thought about the similarity before. I think the music predates it’s use for the early Walt Disney home video fanfare, but can’t place it.
Maybe Frink can use it once he gets around to the new films. 😛
That would set a style for the spinoffs if they did.
And the framing sequence ends with him getting the tracking signal thingy for the Falcon? I could live with that.
Not to nitpick, but the middle square on Bingo card usually says “free space”. This is funny though.
And they forgot an American Graffiti homage/reference.
I have not pondered them for years because those scenes never bothered me.
What I used to ponder were much more mundane matters, such as where are the bathrooms on the Death Star and how do Stormtroopers go in those outfits? Flip up codpieces? 😛
No problem. I sometimes think we need a Star Wars version of the Marvel Comics No Prize though. : )
As much as I disliked Dubya and was disinterested in watching his State of the Union addresses for policy reasons, I really can not stand listening to Trump for one second. The man infuriates me on a deeply personal level, for more than just policy. I flat out refuse to waste a moment of my time listening to him blow smoke up the asses of his base.
That’s not smoke, it’s clean beautiful coal! 😉
Not the thread for this.
