I'm not sure how this could actually work as a gag, but I recently realized the resemblance between this...
and this...
The movie version of the S.O.L corridor is probably more usable from a technical standpoint though.
There seems to have been a trend of foreign movie posters blatantly stealing SW imagery. Did they think nobody would notice?
That the screenwriter is named Lucas is icing on the cake. ;)
And crap, I hope Mr. Nimoy will be okay.
DrCrowTStarwars said:
Tom Hanks first ever acting role on TV was in a movie called Mazes and Monsters. It was all about the evils of D&D and it was about a highschool kid who got so tied up in his D&D game that he lost touch with reality and killed a man. it was part of the huge scare that lasted to when i was a kid where parents were sure D&D brainwashed kids and human sacrifice was part of the game. it was complete BS but that didn't stop the scar from lasting more then a decade and this stupid movie was one of the big thing that spread it. When i was a kid children were still forbidden to talk to any kid who owned a D&D book and kids were kicked out of school for wearing D&D shirts, that is how bad it was.
I laugh now because I think alot of those people are fine with shootings in schools as long as no one is playing an RPG.
I remember the fear of all things RPG was still great enough that I had to sneak my first Final Fantasy game home when i was a kid and all the kids in my town knew better then to let their parents catch them with an RPG video game. These things were seen as a bigger danger then drugs.
Mazes and Monsters was loosely based on a real life disappearance that was blamed on D&D. The truth was far less sensational, (and much more tragic) but Satanic Panic taking was hold in the 70's, and poor journalism didn't help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dallas_Egbert_III
http://ptgptb.org/0006/egbert.html
I happen to like the movie. (It's an early 80's time capsule, and the dungeon monster Tom Hanks thinks he sees is pretty bad ass.) The finale at the World Trade Center is hard to watch today, for obvious reasons.
IIRC, there were a couple tv stations that wouldn't run certain TOS episodes such as Catspaw in syndication in the 70's. Whether the animated episode The Magicks of Megas Tu aired in those not so enlightened areas of the country, I have no idea.
I see.
Somebody must have Jabba's palace recreated in their basement though, and it wouldn't be complete without Amanaman. ;)
I think he's actually a lot taller in the movie...
Nocturnaloner said:
Oh life-size Amanaman, only you truly understand me!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/STAR-WARS-LIFESIZE-AMANAMAN-STATUE-1-1-Scale-One-of-a-Kind-Episode-VI-/390870860254
I think you're missing the point of the thread. Such items are pricey, but do not rise to the level of batsh*t crazy.
The bids on this do...
What does that have to do with Star Wars memorabilia?
I knew someone would bring that issue up. ;)
Ryan McAvoy said:
'Round The Bend'
It was a late 80s satirical English children's show about a Crocodile and a rat who lived in a sh*t smelling sewer and broadcast wee and bum based spoof cartoons. Quite surprising it was ever broadcast really.
I like it! You could never have gotten away with that on tv in the U.S. back then. Not too surprised to see that Spitting Image was involved.
Really going PG-13 on this one? ;)
You could go from that right into the main bunny carnage.
And don't forget there's a nice scene in Naked Gun 33 1/3, that could be Leslie Neilsen's last stand. You could even throw in Robert Stack beating up those guys in Airplane!, presuming Kramer survived the tower scene. ;)
And you have got to find a place for this!
If you were to trim it down, I'd lose the dummy on a zip cord, and the guy getting shot in the ear, as neither is an actual "kill". ;)
You could probably nip and tuck the fax machine kill down a bit to it's essence.
DuracellEnergizer said:
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Bland direction, no likable characters, and all that convoluted nonsense with the keys near the end make this one of the most overrated movies I've ever seen. Ray Milland's performance is the only real saving grace this picture has.
I'm positive that were it not for Hitchcock's name, this movie would've been forgotten decades ago.
C-
But did you see it in 3-D, as Sir Alfred intended? ;)
I think more sound effects need to be in there. More blaster shots, gunshots, etc. (It can be lower in the mix than the song.) The clones need to have their usual laugh when they off the Jedi. Plo Kloon(?) could curse when he crashes his ship. Actually, all the Jedi could curse when they buy the moisture farm.
Falkor could holler "Atreyu!" as he and Obi Wan fall.
The Fax machine(?) could emit Artoo's various screams.
The main killer rabbit scene, where it's attacking all the knights at once might work even better.
skyjedi2005 said:
Had they allowed a print to be shown it would have been the special edition from 1997. Its the only prints of archival quality in Lucasfilm's hands.
According to Lynn Hale anyway.
That's what they offered the AFI, which defeated the purpose of the festival.
I thought it was some sort of Easter chocolate for a moment there!
Here we go again...
msycamore said:
If only that was the case... I could blow a cop in order to get a proper sequel to The Empire Strikes Back.
Be careful what you wish for! ;)
Nocturnaloner said:
It's interesting to see that the originaltrilogy.com people are by and large the ones with the most negative expectations about Episode VII, compared to the forums and comments sections I've been looking at. Given the reactions to the rumors here, I wonder if there's any possible storyline that could be suggested that wouldn't get a bad reaction.
I know there are a lot of people in general who really dislike JJ Abrams, but I'm pretty neutral in that regard. I thought that the Star Trek films had good and bad points, but were entertaining films overall. I do think that he's a competent filmmaker, which may be too high praise, depending on your opinion of him.
Some people are just very vocal around here, and then there's that prequel hangover that hasn't quite gone away. ;)
If Guinan had been in the movie, her personal history with the Borg could have lent those scenes more weight. It's a lot tougher for someone in a starfleet uniform to challenge Picard on his course of action no matter their personal history, as the scene with Worf shows.
As it is, Lily serves as the plot exposition character for the benefit of the general audience, who need the Borg explained to them.
Bingowings said:
Last time I checked we weren't allowed to make personal attacks on people with different notions. So unless that's changed It might be prudent to dial down the name calling.
It's not a personal attack to point out the flaws in someone's argument in a humorous fashion. If one is going to express a preference for old video technology, they need to back it up with something more concrete than HD sucks, and that televisions shouldn't be that big anyway.
It's their responses that tell us whether they are sincere in their opinions, or just trolling the board.
.Mac. said:
Harmy said:
Oh, yeah, no doubt about that - he can watch it black and white and pan and scan too for all I care. What I'm doubting is his premise that HD video is sharper than real life is. :-D
Yeah that's one of the things he says that gets me too lol.
You just made me think of something, and now I'm curious if someone has ever tried it before... an edit of SW to be like those short "silent films" of the 1920's. Black & white, no sound, and intertitles.That could actually be a lot of fun to watch, from a completely new (but old) perspective :)
I think that is a more modest price than the one the now defunct Icons company made in the 90's. And certainly cheaper than winning a real ILM miniature if one ever came up for auction.
Yeah, the saucer crash was spectacular on the big screen. Possibly ILM's finest non CGI sequence of the 1990's.
It really underscores the lack of emergency restraints on a starship though. And that broken window bubble over the bridge, what the heck? Did Sisko's baseball have a cameo that was cut?
You're not kidding!
I wonder if the manga inspired this pose?
