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Fang Zei said:

In the comments, someone mentions they were at some event with Phil Tippett and he mentioned he was working on some super secret project that in all likelihood is Ep7.

I hope that's true. I wish they'd bring back Joe Johnston as well.

Sadly, it's confirmed that Doug Chiang is back. I dunno, maybe he'll bring his designs in line with the OT. =/

Here's a great interview they did with him about working on VII.

Laserschwert said:

I was only there one day, but it was pretty good. Unfortunately the "important" panels (Kathleen Kennedy, Carrie Fisher) were pretty much scripted. Other panels (Ben Burtt, Doug Chiang) were open for audience questions (and really informative - especially Burtt showing some of his private Super8 films from the making of the movies, including going through the landfill behind Elstree, where he showed stuff like the trashed Falcon and even stumbling across a wall from The Well of Souls).

I was afraid of that. That's how it was at CV. My favorite panel there was with Robert Watts. He was filled with all kinds of awesome stories.

I hope someone filmed that panel, it sounds awesome.

Laserschwert said:

I'll try to ask about the OOT on Blu-ray at the panel.

So how was CEII? =)

I will find a way to Mann's Chinese Theatre...

I'd love to see Guillermo del Toro's take if JJ backed out.

So I completed my run through of Battlestar Galactica a couple weeks ago and just took my first dip into Galactica 1980. So.....I take it a lot of time has passed since the original series. Boomer is an officer now.

Maybe I zoned out or something but who the heck is this Jamie woman? Troy and whatshisface go into town and when they get back that general is searching for them and this Jaime woman is with him. As soon as she gets the chance she addresses Troy by name and knows who they are. I thought she must have been from the Galactica at first but no she's just an earthwoman. When the heck did she meet Troy?

Edit: No wonder I'm confused! Netflix doesn't have the series opener. What the heck!

Ryan McAvoy said:

Yes but it's increasingly the case that while your local multiplex will have both 3D and 2D. The 3D film willl be on at 12.00, 1.00, 2.00, 3.00, 4.00, 5.00, 6.00, 7.00, 8.00 and 9.00pm. The 2D will be on once a day on a medium size screen at 9pm. It's a simple scam, if you make seeing the film at half price difficult enough then people will just give in and pay double. I've seen it happen recently with STID, Man Of Steel and Iron Man 3.

You must have some really crappy local theaters. The theaters here schedule based on demand and so both 2D and 3D start on equal footing only for the 3D to slowly whittle away while the 2D showings remain strong.

It sounds like your theater manager wants to squeeze out as much money as he can after paying for the 3D equipment.

I have no problems with Ryan Gosling. If anyone would like a good sample of his work I'd highly recommend Drive.

Efron is pretty iffy to me but I haven't really seen anything of his so I don't know.

This'll likely just end up being another baseless rumor that we'll all forget about in time. =P

I would unrecommend Truce at Bakura. Sure it picks up right after ROTJ but it's so terribly written and from what I can recall nothing in it ever becomes relevant again. There is one poignant scene with Leia but that in no way makes the entire book worth it. 

Baronlando said:

It will be interesting to see how Kathleen Kennedy handles the question, which is sure to come up, at the big convention next week. I think this is her first appearance. I hope she doesn't get scared off. She looks out on a sea of guys arguing about prequels and special editions, mutters "I've made a huge mistake."

I doubt it will come up. I've been to two Celebrations and both were filled to the gills with the GEORGE CAN DO NO WRONG crowd. I made it a point to frequently ask people whenever I was waiting in line for something about the OUT and the vast majority didn't even know it was an issue or care. Maybe our European counterparts will be different but I'm not holding my breath.

Ryan McAvoy said:

One of the tradegedies of modern film in the last few decades is the erradication of the art of voice acting.

It's hardly been eradicated. The voice acting industry is alive and well in both television and video games. Though I do lament the film industry's neglect of so much talent.

SilverWook said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I'll never understand why they decided to add the thing with the drink in the comic. Am I supposed to believe he drinks through the grill in his mask or something?

The comic was being done way ahead of the finished film, nothing was set in stone yet. Vader could probably guide the liquid with the Force if there was no mechanical straw apparatus in there. There did seem to be straw like appendages near his mouth when the mask came off in Jedi.

And I'm giving this way more thought than when I was a kid. ;)

The answers you seek lie within...

The Doctor is dead to me.

Leonardo said:

Picture some skit on italian television that tries to parody a Broadway show, and has all the characters speaking and singing in incredibly mangled english. Wouldn't you be baffled, at least?

*cough*

Ryan McAvoy said:

But as I said they can't land at all.

You can thank Doug Chiang for that. Leave it to George to hire the guy who takes pride in claiming that after he first saw Star Wars he ran home to redesign all the ships to his own liking. Have never liked any of Doug Chiang's Star Wars work. Not the ships and especially not the droids.

greenpenguino said:

You want a "realistic" version of Superman then he should only be able to leap tall buildings in a single bond, and be super strong.

This is the Superman movie I've always wanted. Taken back to his roots.

If anyone's interested, Redlettermedia has released their review of Man of Steel.

Hey Ady, what's the origin of your user title?

NeverarGreat said:

the original German film (which I have seen, don't ask why)

Er, why would we? It's a classic.

Fang Zei said:

I kinda hope they're not the main characters anyway. Part of me wants to think Abrams - whether or not Kennedy even had this in mind when hiring him - is gonna introduce us to a whole new cast of characters just as he did in Star Trek. Yes, I know what you're thinking, "but, those characters in Star Trek already existed." Yeah, but the way JJ pulled it off made it feel like we were meeting them again for the first time.

Sure, it's a little more of a challenge to introduce characters no one's ever met before, but I would absolutely love it if halfway through the movie our protagonist is saved by a mysterious, cloaked figure who is then revealed to be Luke Skywalker. Yeah, I'm just theorizing, and all of this ultimately depends on Arndt's script, but it's fun to speculate....

This is a whole new trilogy. Why would you ever think they were making them the main characters again? Even George way back when was going to have 7-8-9 be about Luke's sister and presumably other new main characters.

There's no way that they're the main characters still. =P

bkev said:

....where in God's name do you live that movie tickets are $5.50? In Southern California, my student discount tickets I buy on-campus are $8 -- and that's $5 less than you pay at the multiplex! It's getting so bad and I'm so damn stubborn that I almost never go to the movies even when I really want to see something.

$5.50 is the matinee price around here. You also get a discount if you're a student, military or a senior. The discount used to be like $6 back in the day but I don't know what it is now. Now I pay the regular $9.50 admission. =/

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

It was a TV series.  104 episodes - nothing to sneeze at.  Look up "Adventures of Superman" and "TV series".  I watched reruns of it all the time when I was a kid.  Batman too.

Pssh, everyone knows this is the real Superman.

Ronster said:

At the moment This is the only film that remotely interests a cinema visit... I don't go much these days because I have lost a lot of faith in all the over the top stupid CGI rubbish that keeps getting rammed into my face...

Ronster said:

@greenpenguino that is actually my point ....Everything now is a remake they can't come up with anything new... It get's remade differently and after all the hype it possibly ends up as a... As you say "meh"

You must not pay much attention to what's being released out there. Here's just a small sample of some recent films: Moonrise Kingdom, The Artist, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Safety Not Guaranteed, Kon Tiki... I could go on. There are plenty of great films still being made.

SilverWook said:

Will we finally learn where the bathrooms are located?

What do you think those giant open shafts are for?