SilverWook

Does this dubbed version still exist, captainsolo? Sounds interesting...

Yoda would look nasty electrocuting Dooku or Force throwing stuff at him. Ditto for the Palpatine battle. It would be like the hero in an old western shooting the bad guy in the back. It simply isn't kosher. ;)

Action figures ready to go? Then why did Kenner have to sell me and every other kid a glorified  I.O.U. that Christmas? ;)

This could also work for the explosions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBmueYJ0VhA

MrInsaneA said:

Hey Frink, I know someone suggested a similar idea earlier, and that you were not a fan. However, I made this video in the hopes that you would reconsider. :)

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MaMgJQGX7zk

Neat idea. I think it might actually work with a different song. ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIQ2aWfZ1nQ

CWBorne said:

You can claim otherwise Lucas, but we'll get the musical comedy trilogy of the Adventures of Waywa Fybot and Jaxxon the Rabbit soon enough.

You are aware Lucas does not like Jaxxon, right?

Were they hyped in newspaper ads like Star Wars was back in the day?

"33rd smash week!" That's what I was referring to.

Akwat Kbrana said:

From Timothy Zahn's facebook page:

Timothy Zahn said:

 

While most of the details (including the title) will have to wait until an official announcement is made (which I'm told will be sometime next month), I *have* been authorized to release a few tidbits concerning my now-officially-approved upcoming Star Wars novel.

First, it will be be set in the classic movie era. 

Second, it will be an Ocean's Eleven-type heist caper.

And third, it will star everyone's favorite smuggler, Han Solo.

 

Sounds great! I like the idea of a non-"epic" heist type novel set in the Star Wars universe. With any luck, it'll exclude any Sith lords/Death Stars/space battles/etc. Also, here's hoping it won't include Thrawn or Mara; as much as I love those characters and as much of a Zahn fan as I am, nevertheless I feel that he tends to go overboard on including them wherever possible.

Gee, I wonder where they got that idea from? ;)

I've long wondered who could have made those store brands. The Kmart ones I had held up a lot better than any other cheap brand I could afford as a kid. They were still quite playable when I experimented with digitizing some of them about ten years ago.

Scary thing is, some of the labels on my Laserdiscs are starting to look like the labels on that cassette. The glue is fossilizing. Already had a disc where the labels fell off after being played for the first time in years.

Reminds me of the Kmart brand cassettes I used back then to record the audio of tv shows. :)

negative1 said:

SilverWook said:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=%22star+wars%22&_sacat=0&_odkw=&item=290689717172&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&_osacat=0&hash=item43ae7513b4&_ssn=historicnewspapersandcomics

This is a real nostalgia trip. You just don't see ads touting a movie that been running for 33 weeks in a row anymore. :)

yeah, you do..

dark knight, avatar, titanic, et.

back to the future.. jurassic park,

..etc. etc. etc..

All but two of those movies are over a decade old or more. I don't recall Dark Knight or Avatar playing for well over a year.

Only two of those even qualify as "recent" movies. And I don't recall either one playing well over an entire year. That just does not happen in today's box office climate, where the home video version is often being worked on before the film even opens.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_nkw=%22star+wars%22&_sacat=0&_odkw=&item=290689717172&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&_osacat=0&hash=item43ae7513b4&_ssn=historicnewspapersandcomics

This is a real nostalgia trip. You just don't see ads touting a movie that been running for 33 weeks in a row anymore. :)

And I don't think I've seen that Christmas full page ad since 1977!

I was referring to possible signs of DVD rot, not the color tints of the film itself. ;)

Thanks anyway.

Buy the Blu Rays used. That's what I did. Problem solved.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Häxan (1922) - 6/10

If you watched the Criterion DVD, is your copy changing color? Mine looks like the data layer is oxidizing, but it still plays fine.

Understood.

I don't think I can get any of the usual "Top Men" interested in this though, especially with tax time right around the corner.

Does anyone on that forum have prints of the documentaries "Star Wars to Jedi" or "Classic Creatures" they might want to sell?

At that price, there ought to be some screencaps.

Darth Hade said:

 

SilverWook said:

hat's a good point. We saw sporting events being watched in the bar in Episode II, so there ought to be news broadcasts and even a "C-Span" for the Senate.

Thanks, SilverWook. I think it could’ve worked.

You just have these big screens in the halls of say… the Galactic Senate building.

Senators are walking the halls. Aides are walking the halls. Droids, etc. Think those screens in a movie like Total Recall. I always remember Arnold eating breakfast and watching ESPN. Big video screen that seem like part of the walls. Not everywhere. Strategically placed.

You could shows news broadcasts that give details about a particular battle in the Clone Wars.

“And today, the Jedi Master, General Obi-Wan Kenobi, and his former apprentice, the legendary Anakin Skywalker, thwarted an attempt by a Trade Federation battle cruiser to stop a much needed medical supply vessel from reaching its destination on Ansion.”

Then you flash to a surgeon on the planet saying “Thanks to General Kenobi and General Skywalker, hundreds… if not thousands of lives have be saved.”

Then you cut to the streets of Coruscant where adults and children alike are praising and worshipping Anakin.

“I’m just glad he’s on our side.”
“That young Jedi seems to know how to fight this war.”
“He’s so handsome.”
“Who’s your favorite Jedi?” – Reporter
“Anakin!” – Little boy or girl

As far as politics go, have the screens showing senators like Mon and Padme saying that Palpatine is consolidating too much power. Have a sort of roundtable discussion. Mon, Padme, and throw in some alien senators loyal to Palpatine along with a moderator hosting it. Humanoid? Alien? Doesn’t matter. Both. Different scenes. Nothing big or long. Quick bursts. Little snippets.

Expands the narrative. Increases believability (suspension of disbelief). Generates emotion.

 

Of course, Lucas could have gone way overboard with that, and had hordes of screaming fangirls mobbing and chasing Anakin all over Coruscant.

And if TCW actually does that, I'm going to sue. ;)

walking_carpet said:

SilverWook said:

That's a good point. We saw sporting events being watched in the bar in Episode II, so there ought to be news broadcasts and even a "C-Span" for the Senate.

 

I managed to finally catch a couple clone wars episodes (one was actually interesting - obi-wan goes undercover and infiltrates a prison)  and it seems like they use a news broadcast at the intro of each episode.

The voice over is actually in the style of old movie newsreels, especially WWII era.

Right click, select "view image" is your friend. ;)

I had a strange dream last night, where George had this huge press conference to announce a third trilogy of films. It turned into the world's biggest rickroll.

I blame Frink! ;)

Lucas has an executive producer credit on Mishima, so interesting coincidence.

Looks promising.

Is there a need to clean any of the opening seconds of the movie? You can go to the Beta or the LD capture right after the PG rating screen fades to black.

Thanks for sharing. Neat to see that. Sounds like the Van Helsing soundtrack to me.

The "screw you" collection if you already bought the previous individual releases, and just wanted to get the ones that hadn't come out yet.