TMBTM

A little video I've made for fun:

http://vimeo.com/22618358

"Mama's waiting

 at the top of the hill,

They'll be laughing,

oh the stories they'll tell...

When he holds her

in his arms again,

They'll be sweethearts

with time on their hands"

- Neil Young -

Our thoughts are with you.

What is Leia's first reaction when they destroyed all the TIE, when escaping the DS? She gives a big hug at Chewie.

Her character is not racist towards Wookies, she just do not like to be told what to do by Han and co, so she over reacts from time to time. It is perfectely understandable as she's a princess and is used to command and give orders.

Plus: it's funny.

Better than any CGI face model I've seen so far.

With proper lightning it is indeed incredible.

What? No Ewoks adventures movies on this box set?

Count me out! ;)

No Katie, we don't have the choice since Hayden is on episode 6 now. This makes few sens if we did not watch the prequels, so we don't have the choice. That's the whole point.

Ripplin said:

none said:

Ripplin wrote: Hey, that means I got in it too...sorta. ;)

What parts of the Silent did you help out with.

Proofread and edited the title cards. Took us a few weeks and dozens of e-mails, but it was fun. Also helped with "The War of the Stars" in the same capacity. Much less work with that one, as only R2 was subtitled.

Yeah, it was fun to do, Ripplin!  :)

I knew the director liked it but was not aware that they actualy used some of it.

kwel!

In case no one put this picture before:

Harmy said:

But then, it's a movie and it is an art form, be it 2D or 3D, so it should be the director's choice what he wants us to focus on.

You are right. But for 3D movies I think the medium could be used differently. Letting the audience choose to focus on what they want would be a side effect of using the 3D that way, indeed. And the directors would then need to shoot and edit movies with that in mind. Could close some artistic doors, but could open news ones.

twooffour said:

TMBTM said:

I think Nolan wanted to say that having depth of field is redundant, because in real life it is your eyes that makes the focus on things. So having blurry parts on screen in a 3D movie looks nothing like "real life 3D".

I liked the 3D in Avatar, but having depth of field (making part of the picture blurry, to focus your eyes on something) was weird. I think in 3D movies the focus needs to be "infinite". Meaning no blur anywhere. That way the audience focus on what they want. Of course this kind of thing would lead to have the movies in two versions: one with depth of field, for a 2D exploitation, and one without, for the 3D exploitation. And I don't know if this is doable.

 

Interesting points, although I admit I've never really paid attention to depth of field in movies, and its effects on the viewer.

Does a lack of it (or at least, uttermost lack of it?) strongly impact the way one perceives a 2D image?

 Yep. See this picture:

Here depth of fields "forces" your eyes to focus on the foreground object. It's a 2D way to simulate what your eyes do in real life. There are shots like this in Avatar but I feel it is "redundant" when used in 3D movies.

What I would call "real life 3D" would be to have the background as clear and precise as the foreground. Resulting the eyes of the audience to focus on what they want. With depth of fields in 3D movies you of course can focus on the background BUT it still looks blurry, and that is not how we see 3D in real life.

I think Nolan wanted to say that having depth of field is redundant, because in real life it is your eyes that makes the focus on things. So having blurry parts on screen in a 3D movie looks nothing like "real life 3D".

I liked the 3D in Avatar, but having depth of field (making part of the picture blurry, to focus your eyes on something) was weird. I think in 3D movies the focus needs to be "infinite". Meaning no blur anywhere. That way the audience focus on what they want. Of course this kind of thing would lead to have the movies in two versions: one with depth of field, for a 2D exploitation, and one without, for the 3D exploitation. And I don't know if this is doable.

I'm all for new tools to play with, and I like 3D. But I agree this should not replaced 2D.

In fact I think more movies could be shot in black and white. (begining of Casino Royal was black and white IIRC, and looked great!)

Best theater crowd I knew was for Back to the Future 2. With the theater full of people who only laughed and yelled at the right moments, with the good spirit.

I never felt that way again watching a movie in theater.

Yep, I'm sold. Works wonderfully to me.

Only the audio work to use original voices will be tricky, but you already know that ;)

and here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-fvt6gI7kEI

Thanks 005 :)

I agree on the 2004 Bigg's footage. it was a bit hard to match the Puggo grande. I think Color wise it's "okay", but would need more grain and maybe a bit more blur on it.

I'll try to make that youtube video :)

- When the snow was falling on my city we played with friends like if we were on Hoth (not very original, but I'm fond of this memory, we had good fun).

- A big cardboard Darth Vader who frightened me as a very small child.

In france they dubbed "clone war" by "guerre noire", meaning "black war", so the first time I heard about a "clone" war I thought: what the fuck?

Yep, new colors are better. Adding back some blue is a smart move IMO.

I think Han Solo is a kind of reference to Lancelot.

"Temple > Crusade"   So say we all!

Star Wars I: Gungans in the mist.

Star Wars II: Both sides story.

Star Wars III: Meet the fucker.

Brahmmuel L Jackson said:

TMBTM said:

It always was very clear to me that the EU, even when approved by Lucas, could be thrown away at any moment Lucas wants to make something "SW canon", like new movies and TV series.

In other words I never took the EU as SW canon. I'm surprised you did Skyjedi ;)

 

There are some things that would be worthwhile taking as canon, that is, if most of it wasn't a huge clusterf*ck. I like the early chapters of the Tales of the Jedi comic series. Although the Exar Kun saga has some pretty lame moments, the Great Hyperspace War volumes are awesome. And of course, we will always have Jedi Knight II, probably the best Star Wars video game ever made, if we exclude the space combat simulators.

Yep, but how good or bad the EU is have nothing to do with the fact that Lucas was always clear that he can trash any of those stories if he wants to go elsewhere. As good as I think the TZ's trilogy is, Lucas have the right to make a new sequel trilogy telling something completely different. And I would not mind, since it was in "the deal" from the begining.

It always was very clear to me that the EU, even when approved by Lucas, could be thrown away at any moment Lucas wants to make something "SW canon", like new movies and TV series.

In other words I never took the EU as SW canon. I'm surprised you did Skyjedi ;)

Cool feesback None.