One could argue he must have had a natural source of water nearby. (The sandpeople must have wells.) A vaporator and smoke coming out of the chimney is way too much advertising for a Jedi supposedly in hiding.
Ben's hovel outwardly looks like an abandoned structure in the original, which makes more sense.
Well, there is that gag shot in Empire of Dreams where Leia hands a beer up to Luke in his X-Wing cockpit. ;)
TMBTM used it in his fanedit.
Lucas has said almost from the beginning that Artoo and Threepio were meant to be in all the trilogies, even though the number of trilogies has fluctuated over the years. ;)
Dex looks pretty good compared to these guys.
Ryan McAvoy said:
True, remakes for a quick buck are awful but without remakes we would have no...
Magnificent Seven by John Sturges
A Fistfull of Dollars by Sergio Leone (And to some extent Star Wars)
His Girl Friday by Howard Hawks
The Fly by David Cronenberg
The Thing by John Carpenter
Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino (In large part)
Scarface by Brian De Palma
Evil Dead II by Sam Raimi (In large part)
Cape Fear and The Departed by Scorsese
12 Monkeys by Terry Gilliam
Bad Lieutenant by Werner Herzog
13 Assassins by Takashi Miike
...to name a few. When it's done for arts sake, remakes can be pretty special things.
I think there's a loophole for turning a Kurosawa Samurai flick into a Western. ;)
Both versions of The Thing are based on the short story Who Goes There? Carpenter's version getting into the chameleon aspect and elements the Howard Hawks version couldn't go near in the 50's. The only deliberate homage Carpenter made to the original film was a shot of the Norwegians measuring the saucer under the ice.
All of those are based on literary works though. It's not a remake in my book if you return to the source material.
I'm not opposed to a remake if it's an improvement on an original, (does anyone think the two previous adaptations of The Maltese Falcon are any good?) but it's a safe bet most are greenlighted these days to cash in on brand name recognition, and avoiding the hassle of developing an original idea from scratch.
I like Dexter. I don't think he's been seen in TCW, either. The less said about his appearance in Detours the better. ;)
I agree, they didn't have to bury Pygram under makeup that was not very convincing. (I read somewhere he couldn't even talk with it on.) Maybe he'll get a part in the sequels.
Putting Tarkin in Episode III was likely an afterthought. Glad he turned up in The Clone Wars. There's no reason he can't pop up in Rebels once in a while.
I post a picture of Greedo kissing another cantina patron, and nobody says a darn thing. *pout*
JEDIT:Damn you, Bingowings! :P
Yeah, this is getting ridiculous, and not in a good way.
The problem is, every host they get these days wants to do their shtick, and the show runs too long as it is. Johnny Carson did crack jokes, but he mostly got on with what he was hired to do. He didn't turn it into a four hour Tonight Show.
Will be interesting to see what that player can do. (I'd especially like to see how it handles discs with mild to moderate laser rot.) Such high end models were way out of my reach back in the day.
They only deal with UFO stuff. ;)
SKot said:
Joel said:
That's what I thought, but couldn't articulate at 1AM. Thank you!
I suppose that Star Wars was such a juggernaut by fall of 1978, a press junket wasn't really needed? I'd love to see more contemporary mentions.
It would definitely be great to see more of this kind of thing...but oddly enough, there just doesn't seem have been much of anything done for promotion on TV or otherwise. One does have to bear in mind the rarity of VCRs in 1978 - but even still, I doubt there was ever much more shown other than the usual CBS TV bumpers (which can be seen on YouTube).
Even in print, the only contemporary things promoting the Holiday Special that have turned up are a short blurb in TV guide with the 1-page ad, some local newspaper blurbs, and an article with photos in Starlog magazine. Then pretty much silence on the subject until the 90s.
--SKot
I'm pretty sure there was a ton of promotion. Kenner mentioned the HS in it's catalogs featuring the new Boba Fett figure. It's just a lot of this stuff wasn't preserved, due to it's ephemeral nature.
People have long collected Tv Guide, but the local versions that came tucked in the Sunday paper were more likely to get tossed.
I regularly encountered people in the 80's who disputed the special ever existed, or thought I was talking about the Donny and Marie skit. The rise of the internet was certainly the game changer in all of this.
There is a story that someone did screen a copy of the HS at the 10th anniversary con in their hotel room, and Peter Mayhew showed up to watch it.
I'm sure differing Lightsaber colors originally came about to make dueling scenes easier to follow, and keep the guys doing the rotoscope FX from going insane. Now, it's probably a couple mouse clicks and done. ;)
Vader's was actually blue in McQuarrie's early conception.
In universe, I would think a Lightsaber color is purely a personal preference. There has to be a switch on the hilt for that somewhere?
People still watch the Oscars? ;)
I haven't bothered since the year Ray Harryhausen finally got his long overdue award. However, I did watch Naked Gun 33 1/3 over the weekend, the climax of which takes place at the Oscars. Kooky coincidence?
Considering two remakes of 80's romance flicks came out last month, (Endless Love and About Last Night) that puts the kitten list at three for the year.
It would be interesting if a defense contractor actually used the SW name for the Strategic Defense Initiative. Lucas unsuccessfully sued to discourage that association.
http://everything2.com/title/Strategic%2520Defense%2520Initiative
Wouldn't that stuff still be classified after all these years though? Beware of buyers named Vlad. ;)
Presuming people didn't actually pass out during Jedi Rocks. ;)
So Vader was never actually on the planet? Who turned Grammel into bookends then?
That still leaves Luke and Leia acting in ways siblings ought not to, (thanks George!) and a crazy old lady who may or may not be a Jedi, running off with a Force controlling gem. You'd think Luke would want to keep both around...
You do have bounty hunters in Westerns, and Taun Tauns are horses of a sort. Cloud City is comparable to a remote mining town in it's own way.
And if you did, you'd wonder why Vader and Luke act like they've not battled before, and where the heck that pesky Kaiburr Crystal went. ;)
Let me guess, Norton? ;)
Was down again overnight, until about 5 a.m. PST. Getting really annoying.