Since Frink has The Blues Brothers, maybe there's someplace to use that police radio dispatch?
Use of unnecessary violence in the apprehension of the Blues Brothers HAS been approved.
Use of unnecessary violence...has been approved!
Maybe intercut Palpatine's Galactic Empire speech with shots of all the cops and troops flowing into Daley Plaza?
IIRC, the original Falcon simply became the Tantive. The original cockpit grafted onto the Falcon we know and love.
I suspect the Eagle model is there as a reference to make sure the changes to the minature reduce the similarities. If you've ever seen the prototype model, the Eagle resemblance is more obvious.
The TOS cast writing books about working with Shatner was a cottage industry for a while. I'm still waiting for the stuntman who played the Gorn to tell all. ;)
I'd like to think Shatner and Doohan patched things up before it was too late.
They appeared on the TV Land Awards several years ago, along with the rest of the TOS cast. (Except for DeForrest Kelly of course.) IIRC, it was Doohan's last public appearance, not that long before he passed away, and it was distressing to see how frail he was at the time. Shatner was the one helping him walk offstage.
Ryan McAvoy said:
Thought I'd do a quick mockup of how Star Wars might open from now on...
(^ Click image to play video)
Maybe I'll watch this video once a week for the next 2 years until I get used to it ;-)
But please Disney, just write Fox a blank cheque to use their logo and fanfare!
I would think the current iteration of the Lucasfilm Ltd. logo would be in there.
And Disney occasionally tweaks their logo for certain films, like Tron Legacy.
The original Falcon alongside a Space: 1999 Eagle!
Don't look behind you!
That pilot who Obi Wan almost hired. Note the pack of smokes in the baggie.
Some clever set piece recycling in the Yavin Base control room I never noticed before.
Another Ebay seller with a huge stash of 35mm slides.
Some unusual model shots, and what look like test optical composites. Some publicity shots and less common stills in there too. I really dig this one of Mark Hamill.
One THX fan website did have it's own forum, but it was pretty dead last time I peeked at it.
It's getting a little harder to search for THX stuff without running into the conspiracy folks, who are branching out from just seeing things that aren't there in Kubrick films. ;)
Still no reply from the Warner Archive Twitter. I'm getting the feeling the question is being ignored. Anyone else want to pester them?
Bah, the current rumors alone aren't worth getting upset over.
We won't even get the batsh*t insane level rumors until they actually start shooting anyway.
Who wants to start a betting pool on when the first fake script shows up? ;)
Tobar said:
SilverWook said:
The way Picard's brother and nephew were killed off still seems incredibly random and cruel to me. (Who the heck dies in a barn fire in the 24th century?) The episode Family has been essentially ruined for me thanks to Generations.
It wasn't that random. They wanted to reinforce/introduce Picard's need for children to carry on the family name. As long as his nephew was around he didn't have to carry that burden.
I still hated it though.
Picard's Nexus reality looks like he's trapped in a Victorian Christmas card tableau, and his nephew is now his son? It's a little weird...
And shouldn't there have been a "echo" of Soran running around in there somewhere?
pittrek said:
SilverWook said:
Fans naturally wondered about a crossover with the original crew from the beginning. McCoy was in the pilot after all. But after encountering Sarek, Spock, and Scotty in later seasons, the big Kirk/Picard meetup felt a little forced.
And why does Scotty ask in the series if Jim Kirk came to save him, when according to this movie he was there when Kirk died?
Obviously, Relics was made when Generations was but a nervous twitch in the screenwriter's eye, and nobody caught the error. The "official" explanation was Scotty was in that transporter buffer a long time, and a bit out of it when rematerialized.
Fans naturally wondered about a crossover with the original crew from the beginning. McCoy was in the pilot after all. But after encountering Sarek, Spock, and Scotty in later seasons, the big Kirk/Picard meetup felt a little forced.
Kirk's Nexus reality would have had a little poignancy had he been living happily with Edith Keeler, or his wife from The Paradise Syndrome. (Or Carol and David for that matter.) Instead, we got a girlfriend we never heard of, and the rest felt like a cheap plug for Shatner's horse farm. ;)
The way Picard's brother and nephew were killed off still seems incredibly random and cruel to me. (Who the heck dies in a barn fire in the 24th century?) The episode Family has been essentially ruined for me thanks to Generations.
Actually, I was referring to the miniseries Roots, where Levar's character is savagely beaten until he accepts his slave name. Pretty strong stuff even by 1970's tv standards.
IIRC, Reading Rainbow gave us the first behind the scenes peek at TNG, thanks to it's host. :)
Is it just me, or does Geordi get captured and tortured a lot? Levar and Malcolm must have had some interesting conversations on the set...
The torture scene might have been a little too weird had they left it in, if you're familiar with Levar's other iconic tv role...
Was on my way out to dinner yesterday evening, and I saw a lightsaber battle going on down at the end of the street. (The blades on the newer models are kind of glowsticky in hue, so it took a moment before I realized what they were.)
Funny thing is, I just put fresh batteries in my own MR saber the night before. Maybe I should join the fray next time? ;)
For the inevitable remake/sequel, I think I know where they can shoot it. ;)
http://ohbythewayblog.blogspot.com/2013/08/beauty-photography-nick-frank.html
I had to look closely at some of these to convince myself they were not CGI!
Anakin's disembodied force ghost nose would be really disturbing, even if it remained Sebastian Shaw. ;)
Remember when watching the entire Holiday Special was a fan rite of passage? If you saw the whole thing, didn't black out, and didn't torch your Kenner collection when you woke up, you were a man!
I survived the prequels, you darn kids can survive a cheesy old tv show. ;)
Adult Swim appears to be running The Clone Wars series from the beginning at 3 AM on Saturdays.
With all the unsavory business in Palpatine's office taking place by the window, it might be a good time for another Jimmy Stewart Rear Window cameo?
Maybe so, but it's harder to have closure if you don't get off the exploding space station in time.
I've long wondered if Vader had a spare suit stashed away somewhere? Would help explain some of the visual differences between the films.
Heh, that was the only Bakshi LOTR figure I ever bought for some reason. Wish I still had it.
Interesting idea, but it would raise the question of why Luke is lugging an empty suit of armor up the shuttle ramp as the DS is about to blow.
You could have told me you lifted the grunt from Awake, and I would have believed it. ;)
It chugs along nicely now. Did you add Anakin's grunt when he pulls back on the controls?
