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I just thought it was Welsh ;-)

RicOlie_2 said:

Bingowings said:

RicOlie_2 said:

SilverWook said:

I think the visual disconnect results from trying to make him younger. It makes little sense for someone several centuries old to look significantly different over a mere thirty years. That, and they used silicone skin versus the latex skin of the original.

Or else they applied the same goofy rationale later used to justify "fixing" the "flaws" of the original Vader helmet design for ROTS.

 But if you compare Ep. V Yoda with Ep. VI Yoda, there is a noticeable difference as well. Yoda looks pretty bad in ROTJ, so why not make him look younger in the prequels?

 Because it's like making a 90yr old human look 45 because they are a year younger.

 Maybe it's just me, but I never thought he looked that much younger in the prequels, aside from his extraordinary athletic abilities. He doesn't look as real because he's CG, but age-wise I don't think he looks that different.

 I think there are some crossed wires here.

TPM Puppet Yoda was made to look much younger, which was indeed insane. When a creature lives the best part of a millenium, 20 years shouldn't look like 20 years. TPM CGI Yoda went the right route and 'tried' to make him look exactly the same age. I don't think anyone was saying CGI PT Yoda looked way too young.

However nothing wrong with ROTJ Yoda looking a little older than ESB Yoda as he is dying. I terminal illness kinda ages a person. Infact one of the puppets eyes wasn't properly working in ROTJ (It was very slightly lazy) but they decided to leave it that way to make Yoda look extra sick and feeble.

HotRod said:

Only problem there is that Vader all of a sudden has a different shiny suit!

 In the whole scheme of things that's the least of the problems. Haircuts and costumes are gonna change, it's getting the new character arcs, scene placements and narrative flow right that will make this idea work IMO.

TV's Frink said:

Fact A: IV is the best movie

Fact B: IV is the only movie without Yoda

Therefore: Yoda is the worst thing about Star Wars.

*shock*

Fact A: VI is the best movie

Fact B: VI is the movie where they kill Yoda

Therefore: Yoda is the worst thing about Star Wars.

*shock*

ChristophMer said:

Somebody tell me about the cast while I watch a freshly painted barn drying.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cast_%28band%29

Warbler said:

dumb question: what does GTA stand for? 

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXw5JzhIz0

My opinion is the droids need to be in it. The only thing outside of the OT that ever felt like Star Wars to me was the 'Droids' cartoon. Which featured a host of different heroes, villains and situations with them as the one constant. They just need to used correctly in EPVII as the at-our-eye-level narrators they were in the OT.

RicOlie_2 said:

Or books, if they're anything like me. :) There was a time when good stories didn't come from movies and TV shows you know...

 Yeah!!! Smash the internet, spinning wheels and the printing press and go back to sharing folk tales over the camp fire. Are you with me brothers!??

;-) Joking Ric

Bingowings said:

Another Uganda one.

 Well that's Orange added to my band list and I've got a long memory about such things. Haven't ordered a Dominos Pizza since Mark Thomas did an expose 17 years ago on where your Pizza money went.

http://youtu.be/DnVYRZWXK7M?t=11m14s

doubleofive said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

btw Are the Droids gonna be in the ST? How do people feel about that? and would it 'still be Star Wars' if they weren't?

 While I would prefer their presence, it isn't necessary.

R2 is the only confirmed cast member at this point.

 Good as long as it is physical prop R2 and lovable OT Threepio and not CGI R2 and irritating PT Threepio.

If I think about it for a moment I'll actually be pretty p*ssed if Lando isn't in EpVII while everyone else is. Not just because he's almost my favourite Star Wars character but if that character, who is jokingly refered to as "The only black guy in the universe", just happens to be the only one who they don't bother to ask back, it stinks (It's Harvey Dent all over again). Fingers crossed that Williams is just being tight-lipped and he has been cast.

btw Are the Droids gonna be in the ST? How do people feel about that? and would it 'still be Star Wars' if they weren't?

True, remakes for a quick buck are awful but without remakes we would have no...

Magnificent Seven by John Sturges
A Fistfull of Dollars by Sergio Leone (And to some extent Star Wars)
His Girl Friday by Howard Hawks
The Fly by David Cronenberg
The Thing by John Carpenter
Reservoir Dogs by Quentin Tarantino (In large part)
Scarface by Brian De Palma
Evil Dead II by Sam Raimi (In large part)
Cape Fear and The Departed by Scorsese
12 Monkeys by Terry Gilliam
Bad Lieutenant by Werner Herzog
13 Assassins by Takashi Miike

...to name a few. When it's done for arts sake, remakes can be pretty special things.

I was just doing an edit of this scene from 'Blackadder: Back & Forth'...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_41Ltpyl-g

...and I realised it would cut seemlessly with the Ewok-rope-trap capture scene.

You don't own it but please buy the DVD* as I need to see Rik Mayall leading a merry band of Ewoks in ReturnOTR! :-D

(*It's one of the top 2 or 3 best comedies Britain ever produced, so the boxset is money well spent for a comedy fan)

I'm in the strictly Red for evil, Blue for good and only the symbolic-rebirth-of-the-jedi Luke gets green camp. There is no story reason that JJ couldn't ignore the PT and be in my camp. But multi-colours do have so many more marketing oportunities for the ST, so that's what I'm expecting to see.

I thought she was great and yes better than Seth. Still no Billy Crystal though.

CO said:

Billy Dee Williams is doing Dancing with the Stars.  He was asked on the show last night if he was coming back for the new movies, and he gave shrugged his shoulders and wouldn't say yes or no.

Could he be using Dancing with the Stars to get into shape for Episode 7 shooting this summer? 

 Nah he's getting in shape for the EpisodeVII's dance number. Max Rebo is still touring his old material.

Agreed that elevator edit is the only way to go for future edits. Genius editing mate.

FanFiltration said:

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RicOlie_2 said:

It must be. Few would be so insane as to advertise using blank billboards. What a waste of money. ;)

 LOL the link only just broke for me, I'm now guessing it was always broke for you. I couldn't work out what the hell you were joking about! :-D (Seems rather obvious to me now)

(Image fixed ^)

ratpack1961 said:

This isn't disco but I love this rockin version of the Imperial March from the Return of the Jedi game for Amiga

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXmtRyNYLn4

 Amiga had the best music.

So this is the villain...?

...seems it's being taken a lot more seriously than all the previous 'unconfirmed' stories.

FrankT said:

At one point I thought it'd be cool to see the trailer for the '97 SE remade as one for Revisited. So I gave it a go:

https://vimeo.com/87909979

..it's definitely NOT perfect. Not all of the resources I needed were immediately available, but - it's kinda close.

 Excellent! Reminded me how exciting that trailer was back in the day. I'm excited all over again for ESB:R... only this time I think it will live up to the billing.

adywan said:

http://www.princecharlescinema.com/events/events.php?seasonanchor=jedi

This was supposed to have been a showing of the unaltered version but ended up being a digital showing of the blu-ray instead. How can you have it as a 30th anniversary with a version that is a year old? And no mention in the advertisment that is was NOT going to be the original and even attaching the original trailer for it. Bit of false advertising.But rumours of Disney getting the originals cleaned up and ready do seem to be getting a little more weight with this Pixar story. And i'm certain that Phil would know the difference between the original and the altered versions. Fingers crossed.

 Hmmm, that's unlike the PCC. Usually really cool guys and best cinema in the universe IMO. e.g. when ever they do an Indiana Jones Marathon they only screen the first 3 with the disclaimer...

"Question: What Happened To 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull'? Answer - What DID happen to that film???"

Not new but...

...Starbuck and Starbuck in Starbucks is worth posting anyway.