Unless somebody else besides Jackson makes a feature film in 48fps, it might just end up an interesting, but mostly forgotten experiment, just like Smell-O-Vision. Pushing the technology ahead of the story is arguably the trap Lucas fell into.
walking_carpet said:
TV's Frink said:
Am I really seeing people complain about a teaser trailer that is "only" 88 seconds long? It's a teaser!
nope. since star trek has 10 minute trailer, that set the new bar. accept nothing less.
now, if the 88 second ends with c3P0 announcing the OOT on blu-ray, then it'll make up for it.
I thought that was just the first ten minutes of the movie, and only if you went to an IMAX venue?
TV's Frink said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
TV's Frink said:
Independence Day 2? *sigh*
2 and 3.
*sighs*
Wookieepedia said:
In March 2013, Emmerich stated that the titles of the new films would be ID Forever Part I and ID Forever Part II.[87] The films will take place twenty years after the original, when reinforcements of the original alien race arrive at Earth after finally receiving a distress call.
But look on the bright side -- you could always use the material to make A Ridiculous Independence trilogy. ;-)
Dear lord no. I don't hate myself.
You could probably use bits of ID-4's final battle for Return of the Ridiculousness though. ;)
Every frame of that 88 seconds is going to be scrutinized more than the Patterson-Gimlin film. ;)
Trumbull's Showscan process was actually 60fps. (And 70mm!) What I saw of it at one of the former attractions that used to be at The Luxor in Las Vegas was pretty impressive. Only the specks on the film broke the illusion of live actors on a talk show set.
Thread merge! Thank you for your cooperation. ;)
The idea of an Imperial Remnant controlling a few sectors has been around in the EU for a while. Weakened, but enough of a concern the Rebellion has to remain vigilant. It seems unlikely that the entire fleet was in orbit around Endor, or that Imperials everywhere just rolled over when hearing the Emperor was dead.
I think Luke would have stuck around long enough until things were stable before dropping out of sight. (Or the need to leave became overwhelming.) Leia might even be the only one who knows where he went.
Quatermass and the Pit probably did it second and influenced Who.
Monsters from the ID!
You forgot the Electric Boogaloo part! ;)
DuracellEnergizer said:
^I've known about that for several months now. =P
There had been rumblings for years, but only now has this been given the go ahead. I'd be amazed if they get any of the original actors back. Those whose characters didn't buy the farm that is.
Speak of the devil!
http://deadline.com/2014/11/independence-day-sequel-fox-green-light-1201298276/
I think it's the "temp" version before the lyrics were translated into Ewokese.
It might be on the soundtrack anthology CD box set from the 90's?
It was, but I can barely remember the wisecracks now. Bill Pullman's character got a lot of Spaceballs jokes from us though.
This calls for a song! ;)
Leonardo said:
Independence Day was a dumb, dumb movie.
True, but me and a friend caught a late showing opening weekend, (every theater in town had it on five screens each) and discovered we were the only two people in there. We riffed the hell out of it. Good times!
Ryan McAvoy said:
The 'Independance Day' thoughts raises an interesting film question. Is a "stereotyped" character okay if it's a massively positive portrayal?
I can't see the 'Julius Levinson' character as a negative-stereotype as he is such a lovely character. One of the most likeable things in that film.
Other "caricatures" I can think of would be...
Jenette Goldstein "browning up" to play Private Vasquez in 'Aliens'. I suspect Cameron wouldn't get away with that casting these days. But she plays it with total conviction and everybody would want to be that character, male or female. She's so badass.
I go on about how good it is too often but, 'Short Circuit 2'. Fisher Stevens not only "browns up" his skin but puts on a ridiculous exagerated accent and mixes up his words "how time is fun when you're having flies" to play Ben Jarhvi. But again the character is played with such warmth and humour. Ben's such a lovely guy and you are rooting for him to get the girl.
'Short Round' in Indy2. I know people here have stated they find him offensive with all the getting words wrong and such but I was the same age as Shorty once and I wanted to be him. If you love a character this much, can it be a negative portrayal?
I'm sure there are other examples.
There was a story going around that after Aliens came out, military recruiters were putting Vasquez posters in their windows, until they were told to stop by those higher up.
I don't know what the hell is going on between you two, but I think we should leave real world names out of it.
I second the Panasonics. I have two, and they handle everything I throw at them. And the zoom feature for old non anamorphic DVD's is a plus.
The only reason I want to replace the older one in the living room is I can hear the fan noise during quiet passages in a movie. Newer players thankfully don't have fans anymore.
Nice try, Mr. Lucas. ;)
A few pics I stumbled across while looking for something else. Some are new to me.
Ironically, Disney once threatened to sue over Howard the Duck because of similarities to Donald, lack of pants being one of them. Marvel responded by putting pants on Howard. ;)
TV's Frink said:
TV's Frink said:
Six Hasidic Jews out of eight.
So...was anyone offended by this? I posted the exact same review elsewhere and a couple of people got completely bent out of shape. I'm genuinely baffled as to why.
I presumed it related to the plot of the film in some way.
Past experience has taught me you can do something in complete respect and innocence and somebody will still have a cow over it. In college, I once dedicated a video project to Jim Henson. (Not long after his passing.) There was puppet content in the video, and Jim was one of my personal heroes and inspirations.
After the video ran for the first time, I got a totally out of the blue ten minute harangue from a classmate that I was a racist for not including a dedication to Sammy Davis Jr. (Who died the same day as Henson.) Seriously, what the heck? And this was coming from someone who wasn't even black.
Some people project their dark mental problems on the strangest things. :/