That's still far short of the previous 22 episode seasons.
Not sure who is to blame for the confusing PR muddle that's ensued since the axe fell, Disney or Lucasfilm?
Warbler-temp said:
thanks, I certainly hope this is ok with Jay and the mods, I don't want to get in trouble for violating the no sock account rule.
I think you're safe so long as you clearly identify yourself.
darklordoftech said:
http://boards.theforce.net/threads/rebels-stylized-stormtroopers-inspired-by-1977-1979-action-figure-comics.50018390/
This is an interesting observation.
A tip of the hat to the Carmine Infantino run of the Marvel Book? Mr. Infantino passed away last year.
I think it's likely the action figures and toys could have been used as a artist reference back then, as you could put them in angles not seen in the material they got from Lucasfilm. The Kenner Imperial Troop Transporter even made an appearance.
Sucks to be the guys riding in the buckets though. Some pesky rebel starts shooting at you, and you can't even duck. And forget about pit stops. ;)
Hopefully, Rebels will solve the mystery of how troopers actually get in and out of those things.
doubleofive said:
All of The Clone Wars is coming to Netflix, including the "final" season.
Glad they're coming out. Not pleased I'll have to pay more if I want to see them. Why not finish it on Cartoon Network, which is showing reruns on Toonami currently?
Yeah, you can tell an awful lot from just a couple of model sheets and a few fleeting seconds of animatics. ;)
Johnny Ringo said:
Knights of Badassdom.
Expectation - fun action comedy.
Reality - poorly paced slasher movie with terrible gore effects.
The best bits really are in the trailer...but it's like a trailer fora completely different movie.
no balls.
There has been a dispute between the producer and director over final cut.
http://www.dreadcentral.com/news/72781/knights-badassdom-begin-marching-february#axzz2nJ5Pw3Yu
It's been so long since the movie was featured in the documentary Men In Suits, I was wondering if it was ever coming out.
darklordoftech said:
SilverWook said:
Maybe they would have to pay the person(s) who created Kyle?
LFL 100% owns everything created under the Star Wars brand and the EU authors are aware of this when they sign up to write EU.
But with the new management, someone might look for a loophole? The "work for hire" clause hasn't stopped people who created various superheroes for DC and Marvel from suing for compensation over the years.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I don't know why Lucas didn't just reshoot the shot so that Han shoots second.
All He would have had to do was have a replica of the cantina set built, have a few Han/Greedo costumes made/taken out of storage, and then hired a guy who could have reasonably stood in for a young Harrison Ford to play Han (he could have always cut-and-pasted Ford's head onto the guy's body later, anyway). And then, during the reshoot, the guy could have made a realistic dodge away from Greedo's blasterfire, and then shot the scaly green bastard from under/over the table in self-defense.
I honestly don't know why Lucas didn't just do it -- and many of the other changes -- this way. It would have cost a couple thousand bucks or so to do (I can't see it costing much more than digitally twisting Han's body around in the original footage) and it would have look far better and seamless.
Lucas seems to like half-assing everything he does, though, even when he had the millions to do better.
That's a good question! Time and money were spent recreating bits of Jabba's palace for new shots. Not to mention the Wampa's cave.
Maybe they would have to pay the person(s) who created Kyle?
The character of Tom Paris on Star Trek Voyager was originally going to be the dishonored cadet Nicholas Locarno from The First Duty episode of TNG. They literally changed the name and little else about the character, allegedly to avoid paying royalties to the writers of the TNG episode. Both characters have a Starfleet Admiral father, played by the same actor.
imperialscum said:
Tobar said:
Uh this is going to suck... as I predicted.
An awful copy of Kyle Katarn.
I'll reserve judgement until I actually see a completed episode or two.
imperialscum said:
SilverWook said:
Yet Imperials work with such trash all the time. ;)
Just because the "trash" is being exploited, it doesn't mean they are "one of them".
Working with and paying such individuals still makes the Empire a bit hypocritical.
Oh great, the guy who starred in the Wing Commander movie. Just kidding. ;)
Did I see a Wookiee in the storyboards? :)
Did he really say it was poorly edited? That would be a considerable slam against the editing team that saved his butt, and won the Oscar. Not to mention he was once married to one of them.
It doesn't change him much, but it's tonally inconsistent with a mercenary kind of guy who's only in it for the money.
Even the hero in an old western wouldn't let the bad guy get off a shot like that. It would have been laughed at.
Yes, there are more egregious changes, but this one symbolizes how much George changed in twenty years. And the explanation that he couldn't get the shot he wanted in 1976 doesn't hold water. There were no technological limitations hindering him.
We're damned lucky he couldn't/didn't mess with the swordsman scene in Raiders. After all, we can't have the hero shoot a guy from twenty feet away. That's not cricket!
How about some Beastmaster 2 love? That hasn't even been a DVD release of that.
Darth Plagueis got an action figure?! One name drop in the prequels, and a oft delayed novel is apparently all you need these days.
My condolences, Puggo. Someone I knew in a different fandom died unexpectedly a few weeks ago, and I'm still a bit shook up over it.
*cough*
Yes, it's real. Pity there isn't video of this.
That's the funniest entertainment reporter blunder since Martin Landau went ballistic on MTV's Kennedy in the 90's. ;)
Any usable Sam L. Jackson dialog in this?
It was perceived as cheapening the brand name by some at the time, especially being used for pan and scan tapes.
darth_ender said:
Star Trek Phase II released Kitumba on New Years Eve and will be making another release on Valentine's Day! That's pretty fast for this sort of production. Star Trek Continues also released their second full length episode recently. I'm amazed at how much was done recently with these two interesting fan productions.
You just got me wondering what had been happening with Starship Exeter, as the last act of the episode they completed has been long unreleased. Their website has a starship chronometer counting down, to something?
I'm pretty sure the Yautja honor code would prevent such an encounter. ;)
Leonard was on Piers Morgan tonight, looking a lot better than in that wheelchair photo.
Owning Star Wars on at least one dead video format is mandatory around here. ;)