Jury is out on Chibnall for me. His Who episodes weren’t amazing nor were they offensive. He apparently set the tone for Torchwood and seeing as I actively despise that series, that’s a definite knock. BUT, he also wrote this scene. So it’s a real toss up for me.
O_o I would refute the notion that most movies use or elude to restrooms but I’d rather not waste my time coming up with examples.
Anyway, yes, they’re called refreshers in the Star Wars galaxy. The most memorable thing I recall about them in this context is that apparently on Coruscant dianogas have been known to snake their way up through the plumbing in people’s apartments. =|
Hey, this brought back memories, thanks! 😃
My pleasure! They had it on NETFLIX for a while but it looks like its gone now. Thankfully it’s out on DVD.
You’re right! I saw a picture before and could have sworn he had pointy ears. Yeah, the Tom Paris thing always bugged me.
Ooo, that’s a great one.
Charles Lippincott the original Marketing Director for Star Wars has shared a link to the project on his Facebook page.
If you haven’t gotten to the night club scene yet then yes.
I’ll give you that Tintin was better paced than KotCS. My point still stands though that he’s forgotten what made his first films great. The Indiana Jones franchise has always been somewhat realistic when it comes to their action set pieces. Even if some of what he does isn’t possible in real life the films make you believe that someone could do that. A lot of the time Indy falls flat on his face or just barely makes it out alive. There’s a charm to that. Now his action films are filled with ridiculous cartoon antics.
Anyway, I never said it was garbage. There was a lot to like but it went too far for me.
Tintin is not at all a good example to use. I love the Tintin books and I wanted to love that movie but it was so hard. That movie couldn’t decide on which side of the line it wanted to be on. They went through a lot of trouble to make the characters look hyper realistic and mocapped the actors performances and then the next second they had them running around getting into Looney Tunes level antics. Captain Haddock getting caught up in the plane’s propeller being the best example of this.
One of the best things about the book series is that they feel authentic. The characters were always treated like real people and not cartoon characters. They sometimes got into some fantastical adventures but it always felt grounded. The movie did not. It was basically a continuation of the zany antics that started in the KotCS.
For my money, this is the ultimate Tintin experience to be had outside of the books.
There were also weird editing choices in that film. This being the best example.
Added videos:
DP/30: Star Wars: The Force Awakens - The On-Set FX Supervisors
DP/30: Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Lucasfilm VFX Supervisors
You guys are putting far too much stock into such a baseless rumor. There’ve been no official reports and none of the movie news sites I follow have made a peep about it.
You mean the non-ending where the old woman explains everything that was supposed to happen before they ran out of budget?
Of course then they went the AU route with Voyager and TNG movies. The Voyager episode with the Tuvok flash back where it turns out he just happened to serve under Captain Sulu back in the day has to be an all time low point for this sort of thing.
Um, Tuvok’s first appearance was in the opening scene of Star Trek Generations where he’s shown serving aboard the Enterprise B. Years before Voyager was a thing. They’re supposedly two separate but identical characters, but come on. Same with Tom Paris, he’s literally playing the same character from that episode of TNG where Wesley is nearly kicked out of the Academy. But they didn’t want to pay residuals to the writer of that episode so they changed his name for Voyager.
Don’t forget, you could always catch it at the dollar theater! I love that they brought back Alan Dean Foster to write the TFA novelization. He wrote the novelization for the original film as well as Splinter of the Mind’s Eye.
Uh…the Director’s cut doesn’t add that ending back in.
Not in all scenes. Some scenes are actually cropped and resized, and it’s they’re clearly recognizable.
It’s a hazard that comes with doing this kind of work on older shows. Most of the negative is there but there are always those troublesome shots every once in a while that go missing. Star Trek: The Next Generation had the same issue. In those situations you just have to make do with what you have. The X-Files has the added complication of using old stock footage. I think the restoration house that handled this did quite the commendable job. The only real issue I have are the fonts but the new ones they used are quite pleasing to the eye and pretty close approximations.
Shadowlands (1993)
I stumbled upon this on a lark. I’m quite glad I did. Beautiful film.
Yeah, NETFLIX has been on their game as of late when it comes to updating their catalog with the latest transfers. They’ve done so now with TNG, Twin Peaks and The X-Files.
He’s resurrected in the Season 10 comic series as well. The circumstances of which are quite mysterious and intriguing. I’m only a third of the way through the series so far. I’m actually pretty disappointed that it looks like the mini-series disregards the comics. Though I can understand wanting to have the big reveals for the bigger audience. Still, the Season 10 comic series is extremely well done and something I’d definitely recommend.
Cool interview: Star Wars 7 VFX Supervisors on Pushing The Limits of Practical Effects
Eh, I liked that line overall but yeah there were a lot of troubling aspects to it. The reliance on Vong tech and the near constant stream of utterly stupid Huttese slang/obscenities.
You guys mention cropping but it should be noted that the blu-rays actually expand the image not cut any of it out. The show was shot on film and cropped to fit the standard 4:3 aspect ratio of the time. The Blu-rays went back to the negatives and reveal more of the image than we’ve ever seen before.
Though I do understand the general wish that the show had maintained its original aspect ratio. That was one of the great things about the Twin Peaks HD transfers.
Oh and for anyone that’s interested in checking out these new transfers but doesn’t want to fork out the cash for the boxsets. I just discovered last night that NETFLIX has updated their version of the show with the new High Definition transfers.
