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bkev said:

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

 

ImperialFighter said:

George doesn't like 3D That 'comes out at you' from the screen (!)

The skeptic in me wonders if he "doesn't like" that sort of 3D because he can't do it with the source material he has.  Because that statement is inconsistent with Sy Snootles' ROTJ Special Edition lips.

I'm going to have to disagree based on the new Star Tours.  Outside of one shot, at least on my path, the 3D was more about depth and perspective than shock and amazement with things popping out at you.  That project suggests that he actually means it when he says he's not crazy about 3D as a spectacle, but more as an enhancement.

You're inside a ship on that ride. You can't have stuff popping out at you all the time unless you're supposed to be sucked out into space. The only appropriate time to have something pop out at you is if it literally bursts through the cockpit window.

Where's the quote of Lucas saying he only likes 3D for the depth? So far the only person I've seen talk about it is John Knoll and he's the person who was put in charge of the conversion.

Just stumbled on this and thought it was funny.

From Famous Monsters of Filmland #142 (1978)

2-10-12

I was bored...

SilverWook said:

I wonder how much of that critical reaction was just a post prequels hangover?

I'd guess very little, it was absolutely terrible. Oh how I wish they had made the Malevolence Trilogy the movie.

SilverWook said:

Wonder if there will be complaints if the '02 version isn't on the Blu Ray?

Judging by this response I doubt it.

georgec said:

Mike O said:

I wonder how much this would have to make in proportion to how much it cost to create the 3-D version? I'm betting it'll do gangbusters because all things Star Wars do, but it'll be interesting to see.

Let's not forget that the 2008 Clone Wars movie was a complete bomb, critically and commercially (35mil domestic). And that was a brand new piece of work meant to segue into the tv series.

 

The Clone Wars movie was the show. They just stitched the first few episodes together. A real shame too as those were the worst of the season.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Where's kenny at, anyway? I don't think he's blessed the forums with his presence since the Blu-rays came out.

He's moved on:

Hello Jason and Jimmy Mac,
I've been a huge fan of Star Wars since 1990 when I saw the 1st film Star Wars Episode 4 A New Hope on a VHS tape and I've loved all the films and The Clone Wars TV series ever since. I've been a loyal supporter of George Lucas since the very beginning. What makes me mad sometimes is you hear all of these so-called fans who claim to be Star Wars fans but say not-so-nice things about GL -- that he ruined the series with the Special Editions and the Prequel films, or he won't release the original versions of the films on Blu-Ray, and other not-so-nice things. Star Wars would not be the success it is today without GL, period, end of story.
Take Care Jason and Jimmy Mac, love the ForceCast and as always May The Force Be With You. 
Sincerely,
Faithful ForceCast listener Kenny Kraly Jr. From Ohio

My reaction.

New trailer out...

bkev said:

I haven't really explored '80s cinema outside of Spielberg, Lucas and The Breakfast Club.  At least, I can't think of anything from the '80s off the top of my head outside of SW, Raiders, and the aforementioned John Hughes film.  I tend to prefer movies from the late '70s back, and sometimes a few from the '90s.

That...that sounds like you haven't seen The Goonies. 

(Spielberg did produce and write it though)

I'd love to see this turned into a series.

Never seen Ferris Bueller? Next you'll tell me you've never seen Real Genius!

*crosses fingers that that's not true* =P

Space Stallions

Uh...the series is set post ROTS and pre-ANH. Technically I guess he could have enough enemies by that point to warrant that kind of attention but this sounds more like a plot for Seth Green's comedy series. At least I really really hope it is.

muddyknees2000 said:

And then when he's done ESB:R he's going to start on ROTJ:R.

Hmm, wasn't the plan to take a break after ESB:R and then redo ANH:R?

No they're an unofficial podcast but they are buddies with a lot of people at Lucasfilm.

Huh, they actually responded. It starts at 1:41. I do regret leaving in that breakdown, I liked how the letter flowed better when I left it out when I posted it on their facebook page. I actually got a very positive response from others on their facebook page as well.

Snippet from an interview with John Knoll in the latest issue of Insider:

When you start a conversion, do you start from the beginning or the middle or the end?

We worked in an odd order, because with Episode I, we were also doing a restoration. One of the first questions that my Associate VFX Supervisor, Dorne Huebler, and I realized, was that if we were going to take this movie and cut it up into 2,000 separate pieces, we had an opportunity to upgrade what those 2,000 separate pieces are. It seemed like we had a perfect opportunity to go back and create a cleaner, sharper, and purer version of the movie.

In fact, the window was closing on that; these archive tapes don't last forever and they haven't been meticulously catalogued and archived because no one thought that was really the master of the film, so it wasn't clear that we were going to be able to find all of them.

Where did you find them?

They were in a variety of places. It was some work to find them and we found about 98 percent of them. So we went back to the original material, and if you look, you're actually seeing about eight percent more movie than in the original release. In the original, there was a bit of cropping, so you lost a little bit of information. We have slightly more of an image now.

This should be interesting =P:

Harry and the Hendersons

The Land Before Time

Short Circuit 2

Pee-wee's Big Adventure

Godzilla (Hard to pin down any specific title I used to watch all of my collection a lot)

Goonies

Robocop

Star Wars trilogy

Young Frankenstein

I saw it last night and then discovered that red letter media had covered it when I got home. =P All of RLM's points are valid but it's not absolutely terrible. The beginning was terrible with really crappy acting but it got better shortly thereafter. Overall I liked it. It's not a great film but it is a fun one.

Hmm, I'll have to think about this one. I've seen a good number of celebs in person so I think I'll just list the ones I've met:

• I appeared on the Screensavers a couple of times and talked with Leo Laporte, Kate Botello and Patrick Norton
• I shared an elevator with Megumi Odaka, she seemed a little sad at the time
• Met Tim Russ and saw him perform the blues (that was a really odd thing to see a Vulcan do =P) there was an actress from DS9 there too who just showed up to see Tim play, I think it was Nicole de Boer
• Johnny Knoxville
• Virginia Hey
• Jeremy Bulloch
• Steve Sansweet (That's an odd story)
• Harland Williams

Wow, I must have been really tired when I made my last post. It didn't even click in my mind who you could be (or the Elstree shooting for that matter =P). It's great to have you here Mr. Peterson!

Love both of the clips. That new Hoth background at the beginning is great and I never noticed how oddly that star destroyer lowers in that establishing shot.

One thing I've wondered and I don't know if it would actually help but have you tried applying a tiny motion blur to the digital mouth enhancements to Yoda? For some reason I think it might help in the same way when they apply it to stop motion nowadays but I'm probably just talking nonsense.

That Bespin sky comparison is fascinating.