I would rather hand this off to someone who actually knows what they're doing in that department. ;)
More screencaps in a bit.
Some photo previews from the book.
Very interesting. In Lucas' home town no less! Could just be the '97 SE though.
All the recent 30th screenings were digital projection, right?
That program looks promising! I'll give it a shot later tonight. And thanks.
Might have been nice if something had been said around here, before a certain rabbit blew his summer vacation money down the drain.
Those guys claiming the Ebay prices were too high must not have seen what other prints have gone for the past five years. When it comes to prints of films that are basically being supressed by their creator, conventional film collector logic no longer applies.
I presume this other print was being offered only on a private forum?
rortiz77 said:
xhonzi said:
is it just me, or does Kazanjian not really sound like he knows of what he speaks?
No, it's not just you, it looks the same way to me.
Hamill looks like Hamill on that scene, and I don't understand why they would need a body double for Hamill back then for that shot. I mean, they would need it NOW, but then? With Hamill looking exactly like he did on Jedi and available (because he did shot the X-Wing cockpit re-shot)? I don't believe it.
Sometimes actors aren't available for a last minute reshoot. Body doubles aren't something any of the studios really like to talk about. Especially when it comes to nude scenes, but that's something for a different discussion! ;)
Do we know definitively in the ROTJ production schedule when the cave scene was shot? If it was concurrent with the X-wing and Speeder Bike closeup scenes, then you have something to go on.
I migrated to a laptop PC several months ago, and only now do I find out the included DVD software doesn't even have a simple screengrab function! >_<
Unless someone can suggest a cheap downloadable option, I'm going to see if I still have something left on my desktop dinosaur that will do the job.
And you're sure you didn't read the comic book? I know the scene is in there.
Some readers accused Marvel of inventing those scenes back in the day.
Are you sure you didn't see the Biggs scene in the 1978 documentary?
Since we've discussed the fate of iconic set pieces like the life size Millenium Falcon, (and wax nostalgic about movies that used massive sets, instead of green screen and tape marks on the floor) I thought this was too cool not to share.
http://community.livejournal.com/abandonedplaces/2190467.html
Can you suggest a good site to upload screencaps to? Haven't uploaded pics in ages...
I wish somebody could tell us if the Japanese LD was a different transfer. It came out a couple years after the U.S. disc.
Uncredited it seems. The fellow who played Madine does not have any credits listed prior to 1976, and this film is from 1970.
Stranger things have happened. Cliff the mailman on Cheers was in Empire. Porkins and Biggs both get shot by the Joker in the 1989 Batman.
If you look at the closing credits of San Francisco International again, you might spot the name of the actor who was heard but not seen in Empire!
Finally got the old girl hooked back up tonight. Had a few tv gremlins to overcome, but made a first try at this. Will watch the discs on a bigger screen when I've had some sleep. I'm probably going to have nightmares about robotic motorcycle cops chasing me! ;)
Keep in mind they didn't exactly use a pristine film element. Some white speck actually gets stuck on the left side of the frame towards the end. (It was probably invisible on a old analog tv.) The soundtrack however was sweet, even through tv speakers.
I just want that Bossk skin. Best one I've seen.
With all the crap Lucasfilm licenses, you'd think there would be a Star Wars themed eatery somewhere!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKT5cvWt48E
I suddenly want a PS3, just to go hang out on this! ;)
Boba Fee? ;)
I guess George didn't want to wait until the movie was in theaters to revise something like last time.
Since when has anyone ever been confused as to where Fett is hiding and who he is following???
Hamill already had a career in cartoon voices well before he strapped on a lightsaber. He can be heard in several early 70's Hanna Barbera shows.
He also has a small role in Ralph Bakshi's Wizards, which might have had a longer run if another Fox summer '77 release hadn't gone through the roof. ;)
Jon Stewart noted the resemblance of one of disgraced Illinois governor Blagojevich's lawyers to that of Palpatine earlier this week...
When movie genres collide!
hairy_hen said:
And the 70mm version never had 'close the blast doors'. This was only dubbed in for the mono version, made after the first two mixes were already playing in theatres. Aside from much greater dynamics and the addition of powerful bass, the only differences in content between the 70mm and the stereo mix are some explosive sounds added to the battle at the end. Personally I prefer 'close the blast doors' to be absent, because it makes the stormtroopers appear to be incompetent buffoons, not to mention it is dubbed in a voice entirely different than the one that says to open the doors a few seconds later, which I find jarringly discordant.
Only one of them is allowed to yell out a command to the stiff with slow reflexes sitting on his butt in blast door control? There should be a fan film about that guy!
The entire lot of them ran after Han shoots one down and yells like a maniac, and only grow spines after hitting a dead end hallway. Incompetent buffoons? Maybe. Yellow stripe under the armor? Yes!
These guys are cannon fodder for the Empire, and they know it. ;)
Once a month bump. Has anyone heard back from TheThirdGathers yet?
There has got to be a source for this thing!
Haven't even looked in there since yesterday. Not sure I want to go look now!
I'm no expert, but the photos taken of the Boston screening are lovely to behold, and these 70mm frame scans look pretty damn good to my old eyes!