SilverWook

vbangle said:

Of course if we are going off the Lucas Ranch models then check this out.

 

 

 

Sorry Adywan. But I think going off what someone's pics of Lucas Ranch models as something that is gospel might be troublesome at best. Or is it?

Both the Yoda model and the Tie model pics from the Lucas Ranch are claimed to be the actual real models used in the film. So why match the Tie fighters in the film to the Lucas Ranch Tie colors and not Yoda?

I think it's been documented that Yoda's original latex skin rotted away years ago.

There was a photo of an ILM storage area in Smithsonian Magazine in the 90's and a half rotted Yoda skin could be seen lying on a work table. Kind of a gruesome sight!

The director of RT seems to have done some online media interviews, but it was George pimping the movie in all the usual places.

With Lucas not being a member of the Director's Guild anymore, I wonder how that works when selecting a director for a Lucasfilm project?

You'd think he don some clever disguise, and sit in on some screenings this weekend. ;)

Wasn't there one interview that aired around 1999, that showed him walking down the street into his favorite burger joint though? The mobbing fanboys were noticeably absent.

I saw someone watching the late 70's tv adaptation of "Brave New World" on their iPhone today, and got a real THX vibe from the few minutes I saw. Could George have read the book in college?

On an unrelated note, my CLD-D704 has bought the farm again. Just when I was getting up to speed on weeding out my LD collection.

http://www.fandango.com/movieblog/writer-ordered-to-pay-marvel-17000-for-creating-ghost-rider-698384.html

And I thought what Archie Comics did to Dan DeCarlo was evil!

This is not how you treat somebody who created a character for you. I am so glad I don't buy comics much anymore.

I wonder how many people will turn out for the midnight shows this evening?

No amount of CGI fiddling can change the fact Han was in debt to a crime lord for dumping a drug shipment he was smuggling. ;)

Just say no to Spice, kids!

I think George is the only one confused about the whole Greedo thing.

Seriously, who exited the theater confused about that scene back in 1977?

I'm amazed he used Blade Runner as supporting argument.

Harmy said:

Well, the thing is, I'm sure you can always watch a 3D film in 2D.

Are 3D Blu Rays "backwards compatible" with 2D viewing?

There are Lucas interview bits running on the FX channel today, if anyone's interested.

Mike O said:

walking_carpet said:

i normally don't like to use anecdotal evidence, but at a superbowl party with a sharp 65' screen, we saw the commercial for the movie.  nobody booed or gave it a bronx cheer but a couple guys said 'with this big tv, why bother seeing it in the theatre? don't need the 3d".  the battleship and gi joe movies got more jeers.  surprisingly, not much enthusiasm for John Carter (man, did that commercial remind me of AOTC).

i mentioned earlier that the recent blu ray releases may put a damper on attendance - another factor is with big tvs becoming mainstream, maybe people won't care to go?

i wonder if we are going to reach a tipping point for cosumers preferring to watch movies at home because the flatscreens are large enough? ticket sales were down from 2010 to 2011 - but that was because of avatar.

anyways, i don't know what opening weekend grosses will be, but overall running I say absolute rock bottom $12 million and no more than $35 million.  Im using the lion king and BATB releases as a guide.

damn, im tired.  time for bed

John Carter I'm kind of interested in. PIXAR have always been real great artists and I like Stanton's work and it's based on a classic book. The Disney logo makes one worry and the trailers haven't been impressive, but I'll give it a shot.

It can only be a hundred times better than the SciFi channel version that aired last year. ;)

As has been discussed before, the real guys saw the movie, and were happy with it. I seriously doubt they hesitate to blast the film otherwise.

I haven't seen the movie with my own eyes, so I can't comment on it's quality or accuracy.

Perhaps a more specific documentary will address this subject in the future.

Everyone who goes has to post a pic of their ticket stub. Otherwise you can't complain how bad the conversion is. ;)

I still need to find a raincoat and dark sunglasses just in case I cave in.

I've struggled with this a bit myself over the years. I compromised a lot on editing my first video in high school, rather than fight with my fellow interns in the edit bay. I finally got my director's cut almost five years later, but I did preserve the original edit.

I had a more thorny problem with a Terminator parody I did in college. The opening shot is a cheesy model of a post apocalyptic building with a airliner sticking out of it. This absolutely killed the comedy for me post 2001, even though it was innocently done 13 years prior. I lucked out in that I still had the camera masters, and found an alternate take of the model where the plane couldn't be seen. I edited that into the video, and problem solved. I did preserve the original though.

On the flip side of the same coin, I finished another video I had to abandon back in college by shooting new linking scenes and effects several years later. The driving force was to parody the Special Editions.

In a perfect world, I would keep adding crap to it every seven years to keep the joke going. ;)

I'm willing to pony up to help get a copy of the intro that's on Youtube.

I've seen "The Hobbit Defense" trotted out a couple times elsewhere to justify the SE changes George has made.

What was the early print run of The Hobbit in the 30's? More people likely saw Star Wars between 1977 and 1997 by a mile.

Hehe. I've long wanted to see Richard Corben adapt it. He did some great covers for the novels in the 70's.

Frank Frazetta did some bookcovers too.

I doubt the superbowl crowd even knows the literary source for John Carter.

The GI Joe sequel looks more like the cartoon come to life than the first one did.

Unless somebody has a fifty foot screen in their living room, movie theater still trumps HT. At least for now...

Rerecord the audio over an old walkie talkie or something? A fast food drive through intercom would be even better. ;)

Have any still photos of Billy Dee in that outfit ever surfaced? He's seated for the duration of the scene, and I think Hasbro just guessed at the rest of the outfit.

IIRC, the Marvel comic had Lando back in his Cloud City threads for most of the run between Empire and Jedi.

That phrase has been twisted into a automatic putdown or dismissal of any rational arguments over the years though.

Not very funny...

Worse than the prequels? ;)