Zebonka

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Post: #139178
Topic: Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace Story Rewrite (deleted information)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139178/action/topic#139178
Time: 17-Sep-2005 1:48 PM

"so flawed and inconsistent with the originals it's not even worth looking at"

Yep.

Post: #139147
Topic: Unbearable HC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139147/action/topic#139147
Time: 17-Sep-2005 8:35 AM

There's the rub though mate. It makes perfect sense!
But - what does not make sense to me is the footage that they used. Would it kill him to drag a HD cam out of retirement and do *one* more shot of Hayden?
The shot that is in the movie is not fitting at all.

Post: #139146
Topic: Help Wanted: SW videogames cutscenes (esp. Rogue Squadron series)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/139146/action/topic#139146
Time: 17-Sep-2005 8:30 AM

I've got the game Force Commander, if anyone has a passing interest in those cutscenes. I happen to think they're brilliant (a very Thunderbirds quality to them).

Post: #135540
Topic: Unbearable HC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135540/action/topic#135540
Time: 3-Sep-2005 12:40 AM

If HC had been killed in an accident, then using stock footage would be acceptable, and it would be the only option. But - the guy is alive and well, he's still young, he still looks the same. WHY THE HELL then, is this leftover from Episode 3 sitting in what is supposed to be a very important scene???

You'll note I didn't ask 'why are we being forced to watch this', because we aren't. There's always the older ones. Heck - there's even DVD quality footage of Sebastian Shaw on the 04 DVD extras. I love that - they made the feature 'Empire of Dreams' using footage from the O-OT and the 97 version, because they obviously weren't done with the new one yet. Consequently, the odd thing snuck through.

It's pretty rotten though - with that documentary, he showed us that they've still got all this stuff. Like that R2 unit that got wiped out of Mos Eisley. Basically, I reckon they threw in all those shots to say 'yes we can still release the O-OT... we just Don't Want To!'

Mr. Flannel, giving us the finger again!
But didn't I hear him say he was probably going to release them anyway, once 'VHS was obsolete'? VHS has been obsolete for a couple of years now hasn't it?

Post: #135536
Topic: Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135536/action/topic#135536
Time: 3-Sep-2005 12:24 AM

Already I don't like it.
I like the amount of thought that's gone into it, but right off the bat:

Changing Owen so he's in a better decision to say 'Anakin should've stayed here and not gotten involved...' or whatever.
First of all - he never actually says it, this is just Obi-Wan mouthing off.
Second - this is quite clearly an opinion formed in hindsight. It's been twenty years, and Owen thinks to himself "well I think Anakin should've stayed here (when he was 9) and not gotten involved (by leaving the planet, becoming a Jedi... whatever).
It is simply unecessary to change that aspect of the story, it already works fine. If I were you I'd worry about the bigger holes. Like eh, well... like me! I've been told I'm a 'hole' of some sort on this forum. Bwahhaah.

Post: #135538
Topic: No Episode III on VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/135538/action/topic#135538
Time: 2-Sep-2005 6:32 PM

Ok I don't care about the Episode 3 movie not going out on VHS.

But from a home video editing point of view, VHS is absolutely useless. But as far as I'm concerned, DVD-R isn't much better. I've been delegated the enormous job (hahah... poor old me) of getting together ALL our home videos (this is everything, from the 70's to the present, so this includes Super8 reels, Hi8, VHS, Digital8... whatever you call 'em) and putting them on a format that's easier to watch.

I heard this awful rumour that the dye in DVD-R (and CD-R's for that matter) is continually shifting, and that in a decade I won't even be able to watch the damned things! So what, am I just doing this for kicks, knowing I'll have to do it all again in about ten years? I hope not.

But back to VHS - it's just crap. It's causing all sorts of problems whenever I want to capture stuff off of it (put it down to these ridiculous tapes that I've got that for some reason will only play on one VCR). Visual quality isn't actually that bad really, it's been good enough for 25 years hasn't it?

I mean look, it's the reason this whole site exists isn't it? You guys - just make yer own VHS cover, dub the Fullscreen DVD onto a tape, and voila. You're done.

Post: #134556
Topic: Info: Any Interest In A Corrected 2004 DVD? (“Deliberate Creative Decisions” info)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134556/action/topic#134556
Time: 31-Aug-2005 8:43 AM

Come on dude. Hypertension isn't fun, calm down

I heard that JW was asked to go back and do Imperial March-y stuff for ANH. And from his own lips too.

Vader's voice in ANH... interesting. If i'm right, it's the same recordings but without the over-the-top reverb? I like the old one just fine. New one sounds more 'in line' with the newer movies but I liked the difference.

Hey - where is 'How is that possible?' from? It's the added Vader line in ESB and I'm wondering where they pulled it from?

Post: #134555
Topic: Help Wanted: SW videogames cutscenes (esp. Rogue Squadron series)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134555/action/topic#134555
Time: 31-Aug-2005 8:36 AM

Oh. Just remembered Wing Commander isn't Star Wars. I reckon you guys should throw it in anyway, it's got Mark Hamill in it.

Post: #133765
Topic: Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133765/action/topic#133765
Time: 28-Aug-2005 11:42 AM

Despite almost categorically thinking that fan edits suck - there is a lot of material for you to work with in this movie. Heh.

In the Making Episode 3 "Going to the Dark Side" featurette, there's a behind-the-scenes thing going on. You can see Lucas watching the HD screen, and there's this marvellous shot of Vader looking up wearily. Why the heck they didn't use it, I haven't a clue. Needless to say, at such small size it'd be impossible to reincorporate from the QuickTime movie - but it really is a good looking shot.

Just out of interest - how do you suppose the best way to remove 'nooooooooooooo' is? I can't imagine the movie without it, it's priceless in so many ways.... hah.

Post: #133760
Topic: Help Wanted: SW videogames cutscenes (esp. Rogue Squadron series)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133760/action/topic#133760
Time: 28-Aug-2005 11:23 AM

I would sleep with anyone who could extract the cutscenes from:
Wing Commander 3 + 4, and Rebel Assault 2.

Post: #133759
Topic: Unbearable HC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133759/action/topic#133759
Time: 28-Aug-2005 11:22 AM

I just wish he'd remake the OT completely, so he stop SCREWING with the movies that defined my formative years. Seriously, why can't he just do that? Wait a couple of years for the PT people to get older. Make 3 new movies. LEAVE THE GOOD ONES ALONE YOU OLD FOOL.

Post: #133764
Topic: Which Yoda is you Fav?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133764/action/topic#133764
Time: 28-Aug-2005 5:35 AM

Far and away, the best CG Yoda shot was in the one where Obi-Wan says 'who could've done this'. Finally, I saw a fake Yoda that looked like the puppet. Pity it didn't stay at that standard all the way through the movie. It was very good in places, but unfortunately sucky in others.

I think Yoda was better in Episode 3 more for the amount of arse he kicked, and not for the effects alone. "Not if anything to say about it, I have". Priceless.

Post: #133763
Topic: Least Favorite and Favorite Star Wars Fan Films..
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133763/action/topic#133763
Time: 28-Aug-2005 5:33 AM

Revelations - I appreciated what they set out to do, but the actors didn't have the presence or believability that the movie needed. Also - I find it funny that a lot of people crap on the real movies for extravagant and unecessary CGI stuff, yet a lot of fan films are loaded with it.
Dun' get me wrong though. The movie had a lot going for it. A lot of good stuff, but I didn't like the swordfighting and the Vader voice was almost inaudible. And what was WITH that wierd looking villain? Was that a mask or something?

Troops was good. Loved it in fact.

IMPS was just ridiculous though. The introduction went on for far too long (I understand this partly - they are setting up a lengthy series and have a lot of ground to cover...). The opening shot was nifty, but went on too long. They could've made that impact in a shot half that length.
I did like some of the funnier Stormtrooper banter near the end, but most of this movie was a dud.

Gangsta Rap - absolutely brilliant. In fact, the newer version is even better.

Broken Allegiance... hmmm. In a couple of areas I swear Revelations lifted from this one. Hah. No not really, just the chase at the start. The Vader guy sounds hilarious when he says 'don't disappoint me'. The dialogue in the end battle is truly awful. And the villain should have kept his helmet on, he's ridiculous.
I respect them for including a Kalgan shot however (Kalgan shot = when the villain wakes up at the end and comes to kill you).

I don't want to be heavy handed when criticising independant films. Because I make 'em, and totally understand the limitations involved. However, a movie like Revelations gets enough exposure that it's mentioned on TV, and people begin to compare it to the real movies. So it should be judged by the same standard - and under that kind of spotlight, it just looks mediocre.

Post: #133761
Topic: Brock Peters passes away...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/133761/action/topic#133761
Time: 28-Aug-2005 5:25 AM

Anyone got a clip of him as Vader? I used to love his role in Star Trek, and believe it or not I only found out about his part in the SW radio thing when he died.

Post: #124557
Topic: Was Lucas Just Lucky?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/124557/action/topic#124557
Time: 20-Jul-2005 10:48 PM

It was a boring post. And a common misapprehension is that the Ewoks licked the Empire in a fair fight. You don't really see how that battle concludes - it moves off into the forest. Who knows, maybe the Empire might have been toasting Ewok butt further off into the woods?

Welcome.

Post: #122317
Topic: Six DVD set to look like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122317/action/topic#122317
Time: 11-Jul-2005 6:35 AM

I actually really wanted the empire music from A New Hope to be used a bit in the new movie.

Post: #121222
Topic: Hyperspace
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121222/action/topic#121222
Time: 6-Jul-2005 7:14 AM

You know, they probably would've botched the effect anyway. They sure couldn't do it for the DVD Special Features, it looked awfully like an off-the-shelf Trapcode Shine effect.

Post: #121221
Topic: Am I the only one who thinks the CGI effects look fake?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121221/action/topic#121221
Time: 6-Jul-2005 6:59 AM

I don't really think the CGI helped Lord of the Rings, it resulted in truly questionable shots winding up in the movie (anything with Legolas' digital double stunk like a fetid corpse). Outside of that it wasn't so bad, but I think it's like any modern movie - they're doing stuff they can't quite do yet and I don't want to watch an FX test, I want to watch something that is perfect (especially when I'm told it's the "best Movie Ever" and have just paid ten bucks to see it).

Post: #119769
Topic: .: Moth3r's PAL DVD project :.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119769/action/topic#119769
Time: 30-Jun-2005 3:57 AM

You are a saint moth3r.

Post: #119768
Topic: Am I the only one who thinks the CGI effects look fake?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119768/action/topic#119768
Time: 29-Jun-2005 9:53 PM

I actually think they're better in TPM and ROTS than in the middle one. Call me nuts but Attack of the Clones was the least convincing - they were still new at doing Yoda, a lot of the environments sucked. In TPM they had enough practical stuff to make it look good, and in ROTS they finally had ironed out their problems. Heck, in the shot where Yoda goes "consumed he is by Darth Vader" I was finally able to think 'hey he looks like a puppet'.
And you don't know how much I hate CGI and how much it pains me to credit it. So trust me, by ROTS it wasn't that bad.

Post: #119767
Topic: Pointless Observation - ROTS dialogue
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119767/action/topic#119767
Time: 29-Jun-2005 9:50 PM

"Yes he did."

And I'm the Virgin Mary.

Post: #119510
Topic: .: The X0 Project Discussion Thread :. (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119510/action/topic#119510
Time: 29-Jun-2005 7:43 AM

I'm Australian - but in perth, so if you're in the Eastern States you're far away enough to be in another country.

Post: #119512
Topic: Lightsaber colourization
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119512/action/topic#119512
Time: 29-Jun-2005 1:50 AM

I believe the saber was made green in ROTJ later on in the piece, because of issues with the blue lightsaber had with the blue sky.

The lightsabers in ANH were very hit and miss - Obi-Wan and Lukes' looked fine in the earlier scenes, but the Falcon scene has always been dodgy and the duel has a lot of 'problems'. I still think the DVD only made things worse - I happened to like that massively over exposed look that the lightsabers had. It made 'em look bright, unlike in Revenge of the Sith.

I never thought the colour in Luke's was 'faded', I just genuinely thought it was supposed to be closer to turqoise than Obi-Wan's. The slight difference was a good idea in my opinion. It's the same way that Vader's isn't actually red, it's got more magenta.

Post: #119460
Topic: Six DVD set to look like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119460/action/topic#119460
Time: 28-Jun-2005 7:36 PM

Isn't it funny how GL means both George Lucas and Good Lord. And isn't it funny how every time he does something stupid, I wheeze Good Lord like I've been punched in the balls.

Post: #119459
Topic: The Prequels - my personal opinion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119459/action/topic#119459
Time: 28-Jun-2005 7:34 PM

"Just try not to get sucked into the realm of thought that says that if you like it, it's good for you. That's just ridiculous."

What the hell are you, Big Brother?

Newsflash - if I like it, it IS good for me. How it's ridiculous to like something whether or not it fits your concept of a 'universal standard' is whats beyond me.

And yes Warbler, those bad movies you listed don't have anything really wrong with them in that it's all the same thing. But you misunderstood me as saying it was your 'fault' or a problem with 'you' if you thought they sucked. NOO.
But what it means is that two people can watch the SAME MOVIE and have totally opposing opinions about it, then it's obviously not the movie that's doing it. Think about it - if the movie itself was inherently bad, then everyone would hate it.
But obviously, to one person it had relevance, it related to some experience of theirs, or maybe they just enjoyed the score. To the other person the dialogue was hokey, the actors wooden... whatever. Point being, are you seeing a pattern? It only becomes good/bad when you show it to a person because these concepts are invented by us.

I don't see in any way how that relates to Michael Jackson. 1. He was acquitted. 2. If he did something wrong, then I AGREE that it's wrong and so should everyone else. That's a different kettle of fish to whether or not movies suck! That's a matter of human rights, that kind of behaviour can't be forced upon kids who aren't old enough to defend themselves.