I was chatting with a friend about this last night and he came up with another good point: also Luke went into the gaff unarmed for no reason... he dealt with the guards on the way in so there was no search or anything... these jedi fellas are a little dim...
Hunter6 said:Yoda Is Your Father said:Hunter6 said:It is like the makers of this Film need Film-making 101.
And obviously you don't which is why they asked you to direct the new Trek and all those other great films you've done.
I have taking Film, CGI animation and photo classes in collage. Both me and my wife work in media and know allot about it.
Having glare in mostly every shot is a no-no in film-making.
also having over blur in every shot of CGI animation is no-no in CGI animation.
You,"Yoda Is Your Father" don't know what you are talking about or to who.
the Hollywood of today is not about the art of film-making, but is really about who is your Family is or you are sleeping with or who you know. the real Hollywood is not like the fake Hollywood show on shows in E.T.
Actually I have a batchelors degree in Animation and, until moving into advertising, I worked for a huge vfx company in London. Troy, Harry Potter, Batman Begins, Narnia, V for Vendetta, Hitchhiker's Guide, Casino Royale, The Golden Compass = just a few of the films I have worked on. So... er... I do know what I'm talking about. I just don't hate films before I've seen them nor do I think I'm better than everybody else who is actually out there doing it.
Hunter6 said:It is like the makers of this Film need Film-making 101.
And obviously you don't which is why they asked you to direct the new Trek and all those other great films you've done.
Clearly JJ is evil. He obviously knew exactly when Majel Barrett was going to die. In fact, it's pretty clear to me that he killed her.
Assholes.
JediSage said:Is anyone else getting tired of seeing that shit on TV, the net, and in print? How many damn lists need to be compiled? A great way to use stock footage, but other than that...useless.
Totally hearing ya, Sage. That shit is all over the TV in the UK - except we get top 50 lists!! For example, The Top 50 worst TV moments (I swear to God I am not making this up).
I think I just let the Yanks get on with it.
I wanted to join in though! My Britishness wouldn't let me.
Gaffer: Jedi Living Arrangements = FAIL. Simple as that mate.
HotRod said:But man, all that screaming and whistling would seriously piss me off if I was in that cinema. I've never, ever been to see a film where the crowd acts like that. Must be an American thing. We Brits are much more reserved!! :)
The first time I saw the Rocky Balboa trailer was in a cinema in LA - the whole crowd started cheering and chanting 'ROCKY! ROCKY! ROCKY!'
Well funny.
HotRod said:Hang on a sec
Look mate, just cos you got a beef with the way JJ is treating Star Trek, doesn't mean that it wont be an enjoyable movie for the average Joe, which if I'm not mistaken, is who it's aimed for.
I don't think it would matter to you who makes a new Trek film, all you fanboys (and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way) are going to bitch and moan about something or other, it's just the way it is. Just look at the way the PT got criticised. No one is ever going to make the movie you want to see. It'll never be right for you.
But for me, to answer your question the best way I can without being 'dumb' is simple.
I just want to see a great big sci-fi epic, that'll keep me interested in the story, hopefully make me laugh, and most importantly, just be a bloody enjoyable film. What more do you want from a movie.
I want the lights on the spaceship to be blue like they should be!!! How can they seriously expect us to believe that a starship can reach warp speed without blue lights?!!! It's ridiculous!!! I hate JJ!!!!
P.S. Note sarcasm.
P.P.S. I am a star wars fan and I hate the prequels and SE, so I can understand where you guys are coming from... but seriously.. chill out.
HotRod said:Whats better than Star Wars??!?!
I dunno, having sweet sex with a gorgeous girl! But I guess not many of you would know about that!!!
LOL!
Nanner Split said:Yoda Is Your Father said:Ricky Gervais sucks. The Office was okay, so was Extras, but now he's just annoying. In England if you say 'Ricky Gervais' people groan. It will be this way in America before long too.
Fixed. :P
LOL! So true.
I can't believe that I, an Englishman, am the first to say this but I used to live in the States so it's close to my heart -
Happy Thanksgiving y'all!
Nanner Split said:Man, first we find out about the lake of liquid ethane on Titan, and now this? Now it's just a matter of time before we find out about some form of life elsewhere in the solar system. :P
There's a good chance there's some bacteria or something frozen in that water...
C3PX said:skyjedi2005 said:Is it just me or is Simon Pegg the Jar Jar of JJ Trek. "I like this ship it is exciting". Awful.
I know. I really like Simon Pegg, at first I thought the idea of him playing Scotty was a bit odd, he just doesn't seem to fit, but then when I got used to the idea I thought it would be pretty cool. Now that I have heard him speak in the trailer... uh... err... must... reserve... judgment... until... release date... arrrg...
Simon Pegg sucks. Spaced was great, so was Shawn of the Dead, but now he's just annoying. In England if you say 'Simon Pegg' people groan. It will be this way in America before long too.
C3PX said:ChainsawAsh said:Am I the only one who's excited for this new movie? And who actually really likes the new Enterprise design?
Remember, this is supposed to be a reboot, is it not? Or am I mistaken on that?
That is probably the one thing that bugs me the most about this movie, this thing is a "sort-of" reboot, but in the past they have hesitated to actually call it a reboot. That is why they have Nimoy to play Spock and make this a time travel thing. I would have much rather this thing be a full out reboot, forgetting all that has happened up until now, instead of using time travel as a way to make it a sequel and a reboot at once. If they wanted Nimoy in the film, a cameo as Spock's dad or an older Vulcan teacher at the academy would have been cool. They could have included Shatner in the film in this manner as well.
Totally agree. I did not want to see Judi Dench in Casino Royale of rthe same reason.
kirkenshrir said:p.s. "Yoday Is Your Father", I totally agree with you! It's a pitty but it's true: Music has become disposable.
But the death of the record store is not what i'm worried about. It's mostly the death of the used CD shop - that is scary! I could name dozens of artists I love today that I discovered through used 2$ cds, tapes & even LPs picked up from used record stores, hand-me-downs, garage sales or pawn shops and the disapearance of this part of the market is really a tragedy for our future musical heritage. Music is now deletable.
A great point that I hadn't considered - and sadly very true :(
What I hate about MP3 is not the loss of sound quality (there definitely is one, but it's acceptable in my opinion) but rather the way that music has become so disposeable as a result. Downloading, often illegally, has become so commonplace and easy that just as my generation (I am 27, born in '81) has forgotten the wonders of a vinyl LP (luckily for me my parents passed on their love) I fear that later generations will not understand the feeling of going to the ecord store on release day to buy a CD, flick through the booklet on the way home, put the disk in the player and finally press play for the first time. These days you just download, listen, get bored, skip. I myself have tons of albums on my ipod that I have rarely or never listened too - music has become cheap and disposeable.
I hope this rant makes sense. I am into my music big time so I might just be chatting traditionalist rubbish (although I am by no means anti-technology, I love computers and all that good stuff - I downloaded my first MP3 in 1996 and thought it was awesome, it's just that now downloading has become the norm I don't like the way it's going).
Rigggghhhhttt....
This is why I don't come around here much anymore.
This is why I don't come here very often anymore...
I like it :)
Reminds me of Kingpin: Munson
Great actor and by all accounts a pretty great guy in general. I love his ranch dressing too, although you can't get it in England :(
RIP Mr Newman
lordjedi said:Oh puhlease! We should not have to micromanage the freaking petition! If Lucas doesn't know how to do a proper release of a DVD in 2006, then he needs to gtfo of the movie business period! Nobody should have to tell the freaking director that he needs to remaster the film, clean it up, put on the proper audio, yada blah etc. No director in their right mind would take a freaking laserdisc master from 1993, throw it on a DVD, and sell it in 2006. And there's the problem. George Lucas is not in his right mind. Not anymore.
We didn't f'up a damn thing. Lucas is f'ing things up just fine on his own.
I wholeheartedly agree and could no have put it better myself.
Looking at that picture the problem is the helmet is too big for the body... not dissing Hayden but Prowse was a bodybuilder - a big guy. They should have gotten somebody bigger to play vader at the end of ROTS. But like auntie said, who can blame Hayden?
Definitley looks wrong though. And don't get me started on the Emperor... geez.
Janskeet said:think we are just being unreasonable, too picky, and need to get a life.
That's exactly what I was thinking as I read your post.
I'm not happy with the way Star Wars has been treated by it's creator, but we have them on DVD, albeit in a less than satisfactory way, and it's time to move on man.
I'd had almost forgotten about Indy 4. Damn.
You just have to look at threepio to know that Star Wars is totally gay.