SilverWook

Harmy’s work gets a lot of attention. He’s our best ambassador right now. People are seeking out his projects because they can’t get the “real thing”. The powers that be have to be at least a little aware of this.

With Disney in charge, it’s been more of a wait and see posture as to whether an official release is in the cards. And there are people inside Lucasfilm who want the OOT restored and released as much as we do. The “bonus discs” being done half assed from 1993 Laserdisc masters was George’s doing.

darklordoftech said:

Is it just me or were the SEs hated far more before Lucas sold Star Wars to Disney? When Lucas owned Star Wars, everyone was saying “the evil Lucas is holding back the awesome OOT and shoving the awful SEs down our throats.” When Lucas sold to Disney, people switched to saying, “Disney wants to give us the awesome SEs but a small group of fans is trying to shove the awful OOT down our throats.”

There has always been a segment of the fandom that likes the SE’s. (Some have even gone out of their way to deride this site.) They don’t even want a world where both versions sit side by side and people can choose what to watch.

The general public is less aware of the situation, as the movies haven’t been referred to as Special Editions since 1997.

The old petition has been a dead issue for a long time, as Disney is the new overlord of Star Wars. What they intend to do regarding the OOT remains to be seen. And Fox still retains distribution rights to the original film.

As the new forums are tweaked, a new front page will eventually take the place of the old one.

TNT really screwed Crusade over.

Galen does turn up in The Lost Tales.

Luke’s landspeeder could sound like a jalopy, complete with bad muffler. Whenever Luke jumps in to speed off, it takes several sputtering starts to get it going.

The Jawa sandcrawler could sound like a garbage truck.

The SE entrance into Mos Eisely could have real world traffic noises. The infamous Jawa falling off the Ronto scene could have voices of angry drivers cursing.

The lame CGI droid slapping the flying droid could be provoked by a subtitled insult. “Nobody is going to buy an action figure of you!”

But does it smell like old bubble gum? 😉

This is a neat idea…

http://www.actionfigureinsider.com/become-an-action-figure-at-target-with-super-awesome-me/

But I’m disappointed I can’t put my face on a Ric Olie figure. 😉

FanFiltration said:

ZkinandBonez said:

If this shot is representative of TFA’s overall aesthetic then I’m getting even more hyped than I already am.

Just needs “Ride of the Valkyries” playing over it.

As Lucas was once going to direct Apocalypse Now early in his career, it has a double meaning. 😉

I’m reading elsewhere that Amazon has let a big spoiler slip. Not sure how, or if it’s accidental, but beware if you use their site!

I’m reading elsewhere that Amazon has let a big spoiler slip. Not sure how, or if it’s accidental, but beware if you use their site!

Damn, I thought I locked this. Sorry.

Don’t feed the troll. 😉

Two posts, and you’re headed to Bandini Moutain already?

Anyway, we have other threads for complaints. Try using them if you have something helpful to say.

OmitWandKenopf said:

Harmy said:

So, I got into a discussion on my FB page about which of the prequels is the least terrible and I said that to me Ep3 is probably the most painful to watch - for Episode 1 I still have certain nostalgia, because I saw it as a kid and Ep2 is so bad it’s funny - kind of like Plan 9 From Outer Space. Ep3 is just sad - Anakin’s turn to the dark side is totally unrealistic and lame, the fights are so long and over-choreographed that they are boring and it ruins Darth Vader.

Then someone made the argument that at least Episode III is the only one that has a coherent story. But I disagree. As far as story coherence, I’d say Ep2 is actually the best (well, least terrible). It’s a story that can be retold as a coherent narrative most easily - let me try here:

After an assassination attempt on a galactic senator a young Jedi is tasked with protecting her, while his master follows the trail of the assassins only to discover a conspiracy of galactic proportions and get captured. Meanwhile the senator and her Jedi protector go into hiding and fall in love but when the young Jedi discovers that his master has been captured he flies to his aid and our heroes are rejoined for an epic final battle.

Written out like this, it actually sounds pretty great, too bad it was so poorly executed. But what I’m trying to show there is that there is an actual plot to episode II (change the Jedi in that outline I wrote up there into private investigators and it would make for a pretty good film noir), whereas the other two movies are basically just a series of events.

How can someone who’s done such great work recognized by the entire fandom, have such incredibly stupid opinions? Unbelievable. So much stupid in this thread, in fact all of it probably…

Can’t believe I used to hold similar views a couple years ago. (Not quite as bad, but that’s no excuse is it.)

You know I’m sorta angry cause I was having debates elsewhere, anyway, take ker byyyee!

Insulting a valued member of this forum isn’t the best way to start around here.

When universes collide!

When universes collide!

I think the 80’s was the turning point, when the first punch was thrown over a Cabbage Patch Doll.

I’m surprised this hasn’t happened in real life yet. 😉
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7GggoTqZJ8

This is probably shopped, but it sums up the last two weeks nicely. 😉

It will be fun to look back at all the bogus and just plain wrong spoilers two months from now. 😉

The movie did come out in 2004. 35mm prints were still king then.

I think it’s implied it took some time for B4’s brain to adapt and Data’s personality to emerge.

Frink’s edit actually made Sebulba more interesting to boot. 😉

Or Ewoks: The Battle For Endor beginning with the deaths of Cindel’s entire family. 😉

It would echo Indy and Marion’s relationship in Crystal Skull a bit though. 😉