SilverWook

ATMachine said:

True. But at least it could be edited. Didn't the BBC have ludicrously antiquated cameras that only allowed you to halt filming four times or so per setup?

 Stopping tape doesn't require turning the cameras off. I imagine they could overheat if you ran them all day, but in the range of a normal studio session they shouldn't be a problem.

I had the misfortune of using 1970's tube cameras in college, (because the studio was built in 1975, and not used until the mid 80's) and they did require "warming up" and a lot of tweaking. They were replaced with modern chip sensor cameras the moment I graduated of course. ;)

ATMachine said:

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TK-949 said:


Currently I'm watching Torchwood as well as the first episodes of classic Doctor Who.

 People who don't enjoy classic british TV will probably find the first doctor hard to get through (though that first episode is enjoyable to most fans).

My girlfriend and I are watching classic Star Trek right now, so I'm in the 60s mood anyway. Just after Season 5 of nuWho I watched the wonderful TV movie "An Adventure in Space and Time" which made me curious about classic Doctor Who.

 The first few seasons are even more slow paced and low budget than Trek. It's more as if you're watching a play. They didn't cut or do reshoots unless they really had to (the entire set falls down, an actor curses, etc). So you'll see people slip up on their lines or repeat them, little stumbles here and there, the occasional set wobble. All part of the charm. :)

 Videotape was expensive (one factor in old episodes being erased) and video editing in post really didn't exist yet. It boggles my mind that videotape was sometimes spliced with a razor blade and glued together in the early days.

The behind the scenes stuff on the Hartnell era DVD's makes one appreciate how technically complex some stories were to pull off, essentially doing them like a "live" show.

To think I used to stress out over doing a simple three camera talk show back in college!

 I suspect part of it was that the BBC just had really antiquated equipment and almost no money. (Not to mention a production crew that came out of radio, rather than film.)

After all, only one year after the first episode of Doctor Who, Gene Roddenberry in the US was able to make "The Cage," which is quite complex in terms of editing, and still fairly visually impressive.

 The Cage was shot and edited entirely on 35mm film. It also reportedly cost over $600,000 to produce, a hefty sum for a tv pilot at the time.

Bingowings said:

What with the recent revelations that Michael Jackson wanted to play Jar-Jar and that George based the character on Goofy, It could be the last time to drop a "Goorrsh" or a "Shamone" into these edits.

 As Mister Binks has but one line in the film so far, that only leaves the funeral. He could utter this as he's eliminated...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3wDGkH0zwQ

More MJ  sounds...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e62M-5-7ajY

ATMachine said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

ATMachine said:

The SE of THX 1138 was rated R in 2004, though the previous versions had been rated PG back in the 70s (and that was back when there was no PG-13 rating!).

Yes, well, with all those stupid digital effects shoved in, that version of the movie deserves to be restricted. =P 

 Unfortunately, that wasn't the reason for the change in rating. ;P

One of the most baffling changes in the 2004 recut, to my opinion, is the recutting of the scene where THX makes an error that almost leads to a nuclear meltdown before someone else stops it.

It's abundantly clear in the 1978 cut that the scene in question involves a Louis Slotin-style criticality accident, but the recut CGI'd version (though it adds the element of the droid production line from the novelization) makes it nearly impossible to tell what exactly is going on.

Did GL think people in the 21st century wouldn't understand the idea of nuclear reactors?

 I find Robert Duvall's eyes rolling back into his skull like a cartoon character disturbing and physically impossible.

If you've ever wondered what a Perils of Penelope Pitstop/Wacky Races live action movie would look like. ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcnsRrXzBC0

That Obi Wan movie might just be the opportunity to show Owen kicking some Tusken Raider ass. ;)

Cushing passed away in 1994. Kenner didn't revive Star Wars action figures until 1995. The first Tarkin came out in 1996.

I suspect Kenner didn't think there was a market for a Tarkin back in the '70's. We didn't get Uncle Owen or Aunt Beru back then either.

And yes, I would have bought them all had they made them. ;)

I'm aware of that. It's hard to discuss mental illness when these things happen without someone misinterpreting it as justifying a horrible crime, so I wanted to be perfectly clear.

This guy was clearly mentally ill. That doesn't get him off the hook for what he did, but there needs to be some way to identify/deal with someone who's lost touch with reality before it comes to this.

There was a similar tragedy in my town 22 years ago. The shooter had a similar perception that organizations or individuals had somehow personally wronged him. He took the lives of four people including a police officer before they got him.

I would have sweated bullets worrying that forklift would tip over!

Do the new neighbors think you're a Doc Brown sort of fellow yet? ;)

I saw two different Titanic movies when I was a kid, (A Night To Remember, and S.O.S Titanic) and somehow I knew it was based on real events. Raise The Titanic! was published in 1976, and later became a movie in 1980. Pretty sure my Dad had the paperback at the time.

The searches for the wreck before Bob Ballard's expedition were news fodder in the '70's even.

Young or not, you'd have to be in a cave not to have ever seen something on tv or elsewhere about real items recovered from the ship being on tour the past decade or so.

IIRC, there were people back in the 80's about who thought Wings was Paul's first band. ;)

ATMachine said:

Times change. The SE of THX 1138 was rated R in 2004, though the previous versions had been rated PG back in the 70s (and that was back when there was no PG-13 rating!).

The original release actually carried the now defunct GP rating...

http://rating-system.wikia.com/wiki/GP_rating

The 1978 post Star Wars reissue was PG of course.

Well, Smaug isn't wearing any pants. ;)

Seriously though, you never know with the MPAA. (It takes just one F bomb to push a PG into a PG-13.) It could all boil down to how many whacks it takes to remove an Orc's head or something.

Revenge of the Sith is the only PG-13 Star Wars film to date, and that's mostly because of Anakin's BBQ.

Considering the graphic violence one can see on tv these days, an R rating seems kind of silly for BOTFA.

It's been done more often than most people realize.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEgsqvtaN28

Pretty sure it's always done with the permission of an actor's estate or family. Tarkin may not even have a large role in the film, or only appear on a viewscreen or hologram.

This is happening on the current one, but only in this thread.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Speculation-as-to-when-opening-night-not-the-special-super-preview-at-select-cities-tix-for-TFA-will-be-sold-be-fandango/topic/18158/

That was going to be my second guess. ;)

Still a bit dicey for an avatar...

^ See something, tell a mod.

ShaneLSD, could you kindly revise your avatar? It looks a bit too much like something X rated is going on there.

Anybody else getting their script/pop up blocker acting up with the site today?

This has never happened to me before. I've had the site totally whitelisted for years.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Episode-III-Revenge-of-the-Ridiculousness/post/646966/#TopicPost646966

;)

I like this version too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yALY76Fg8Cw

JEDIT:Are links to other posts not working right?

Lucas tried for a digital Tarkin before casting Scorpius? ;)

A lot of FX people who later worked on Star Wars (or joined ILM) were involved with Flesh. There's even a Star Trek connection.

Do tell? Game designers do all sorts of strange things to blow off steam.

Once upon a time it was all about the Skywalkers. ;)

They were revived a couple years ago. I don't think the LCD eyes are as creepy as the originals though.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wtGbJa0k7k\

Surprised they didn't bring back the Yoda furby. I had one for a while, but it was disturbing when the skin began to crack and split. (Although I've heard  later versions don't have skin issues.) Jedi masters should not remind one of the crypt keeper.

I'm still waiting for Teddy Ruxpin to make a comeback. ;)

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