SilverWook

Lucas is going to be on The Daily Show next week, presumably to plug the movie.

TServo2049 said:

Why is it that whenever someone has something rare and doesn't instantly make it available to everyone for free, they're pilloried as greedy hoarders? It'd be a shame if this degenerates into another flame thread, so I think this should be nipped in the bud right now.

I don't think they are holding it back for reasons of profit. If I had to guess, perhaps they and their source are worried about possible legal repercussions from Lucasfilm if they release it. The copyright notice at the end is to LFL. Knowing about how they've repossessed "stolen" film prints, it's probably wiser not to take chances.

I don't think anyone is getting out the torches, we're just trying to figure out why this particular doc is being held so close to the vest.

The other four were readily available as 16mm library prints over the years, and some of these have been openly sold by collectors. Confiscating such prints is no more on Lucasfilm's "to do" list than wiping out every copy of the Holiday Special is.

Has it ever been sorted out who actually owns this doc?

Given the shabby treatment of the other docs on the Blu Ray set, if someone is holding out for cash from Lucasfilm, they're in for a let down.

walking_carpet said:

Tobar said:

SilverWook said:

I don't think anyone involved has a clue how to market this movie. :/

Oh I don't know about that. (Click on the What is button) =P

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is that seriously going to be the tag-line?  'courage has no color' !?!??!?  I don;t recall seeing that on the posters in my hometown theatre.

if that was in the trailers, people would have been laughing their asses off in every theatre it was shown. 

last couple months has been weird for movie box office.  Hugo and TinTin have not been attracting huge crowds.   Maybe this flick will have a shot because people are getting sick and tired of 3D. thats the only thing I can think of.

if this movie cost only $30 million to make,  it could break even.  even that 'mars needs moms' movie and 'battle field earth' made that.

Hugo might seem too European and art housey for American audiences, unfortunately. And people don't associate Martin Scorcese with warm holiday fare, either.

TinTin isn't very well known in the states today. I think the last time I saw the old TinTin cartoon on tv, I was probably six years old! I've read the movie is doing great overseas though.

The sad thing is, there was probably two cameras covering that shot, and they went with the angle that ruins the kick.

They spent how many manhours turning the Sarlacc into Audrey II for the SE, and they couldn't even put some exhaust on Fett's backpack in that shot? ;)

I hardly ever visit the site, so I didn't know.

Let's hope the official magazine at least does an obituary.

I don't know. Stranger things have happened at the box office.

The ad was so borderline blipvert in it's speed, that I couldn't even discern the prominence of Lucas' name in the credits.

The tv ads started running this week. I don't think anyone involved has a clue how to market this movie. :/

The current release has the MST3K version and the original film.

I consider myself lucky to have a DVD of the stage play adaptation that was done a few years ago.

Don't know if it actually works, but I've seen some videos posted where the footage is mirror reversed to avoid detection.

captainsolo said:

It was the Gritty New York you always hear about, the one we all still have in our heads when we think of NY, the one that felt like a living organism filled with grime. Now it's sparkly.

Just like Marty's films today. He needs that inspiration back, but without the coke.

And no, I've never actually been to NY. ;)

 

Never Say Never Again

How bad can a movie be? How many times can you wince, groan, look away and ask WHY!?! AND why have I seen this crap over 10 times? Ugh.

Connery is great. As always. He sparkles. He shines. If you dropped everything else it's a good Bond performance because Connery gets his wish to play the character differently. It's an older Bond.

The villain is brilliantly played but allowed to do nothing and serves no real purpose other than to advance the plot. So this negates the great performance.

The score is awful 1983 lounge music. There is a great little 20 sec. motif that is repeated several times, but of course like everything else in this movie is never developed.

Rowan Atkinson is needlessly thrown in.

Felix Leiter is here, but serves no purpose.

The Fatima Blush character provides the only real zest to the film and after she goes all energy is lost. This is just like Fiona Volpe's demise but in Fatima's case, her sheer over the top factor and annoying delivery become grating and you can't wait for her to be offed. And she just seems so unrealistic that there is no real danger to Bond. Miles away from Fiona's cold and intelligent dispatching of her prey. Even the one-note Helga Brandt plays better today.

WHAT? YOU CAST MAX VON SYDOW AS BLOFELD ONLY TO HAVE HIM DO NOTHING?!?

The Q scene is funny, but short.

M is a complete irritating buffoon. Played by The Jackal. Ugh.

The title song is beyond awful.

The action is lame.

The look is all wrong, but the cinematography is great. They chose Douglas Slocombe so there's always this feeling of Indiana Jones throughout.

The sound leaves much to be desired.

The changes made to be more contemporary are severely dated, leaving this 1983 film more heavily dated than the 1965 original!

KIM BASINGER IS ATROCIOUS!

None of this is Kersh's fault. Or the screenwriters. It was a rushed production full of troubles, one that should have never started principal photography before nailing down that script or deciding just what they wanted to do.

It's a mess because Jack Schwartzman went ahead without a stable foundation.

 

I finally figured out what would have made this a great movie:

Sean Connery as James Bond 007 in Longitude 78 West.

Directed by Sidney Lumet.

Wasn't there a fan edit that made NSNA more like an official Bond film?

The most recent news item I can find on there was posted December 19th, so perhaps the site staff was away for the holidays.

They are now past the 21k mark. Incredible!

It's a strange universe we live in, that this can happen to a movie like Manos.*

*Not an actual Criterion release, but an incredible simulation. ;)

I saw several copies on there tonight. Is it a PAL format DVD that you're looking for?

If Fox Video can't help you with this, your only other viable option is Ebay to replace the disc.

The "fullscreen" version has the original cut of Empire in widescreen, and can sometimes be had cheaper than the "widescreen" version. Keep in mind prices are creeping up now that these are all out of print.

Yahoo obituary.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/movie-sword-fight-master-bob-anderson-dies-89-122704485.html

Kudos to Mark Hamill for giving Mr. Anderson public credit for his contributions to Empire and Jedi back when Lucasfilm was mum about such things.

In case you've never seen the specially modified Vader helmet Anderson wore on Empire up close...

http://www.starwarshelmets.com/Original-Darth-Vader-Helmets.htm

It's about halfway down the page.

Thanks for the update.

Is there an E.T.A. for a finished disc yet?

Bumping up the thread to mention that the Tv cut of Repo Man has been included on the Blu Ray release in the U.K.

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Repo-Man-Blu-ray/30766/#Review

One thousand pages! Is there any other thread this huge on the whole board?

The poor fellow has probably never even heard the original. Pity him.

Does the SW twitter serve any real function beyond fanboy circle jerking?

http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/directors/george-lucas-net-worth/

I think he has more than enough spare change for this. ;)

Interesting. The trooper's topless ladyfriend has a certain 70's look to her though. It reminded of those infamous Dalek photos. ;)

No American release would have subtitles to begin with.

The VHS version would probably have closed captioning. (FSWTJ was never released on LD in the states.)

A DVD capture can preserve the captions signal, but captioning doesn't pass through HDMI connections. They really screwed the pooch on that.

Keep in mind there are a lot of crappy public domain versions around. (Some going all the way back to the early days of VHS.) Many of these play fast and loose with the intertitles and are missing a lot of footage.

I even saw a version the SciFi channel cobbled together and ran a few times in the 90's. The score sounded like a Casiotone keyboard or something. (They even had the balls to copyright it!) It was an awful thing to look at, especially after seeing Moroder's version.

Hopefully not as long as this! ;)

http://youtu.be/98ma7eoR0N4