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Post: #249977
Topic: I've given this a lot of thought, and I've decided this makes no sense. (Qui-Gon and Anakin's ghosts.)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249977/action/topic#249977
Time: 6-Oct-2006 9:37 AM

Had a thought last night in bed. Yoda was trying to tell Luke about his sister when he died and he was clearly trying to hang on to life long enough to do it. He was sick and it killed him. He didn't give himself to the Force at the last minute, he had no choice.

I feel a post in 'What did the PT need?' coming on...

Post: #249976
Topic: "..secret to the future is quantity," Lucas said
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249976/action/topic#249976
Time: 6-Oct-2006 9:13 AM

Originally posted by: Mike O
The 2006 DVD release of the OOT is not acceptable by the stards of the DVD industry, which Lucas himself helped to set.

When did Luca$h do that?

Post: #249783
Topic: Do u still have VHS ??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249783/action/topic#249783
Time: 5-Oct-2006 1:57 PM

I still have 115 movie titles and 30 TV titles on VHS on my shelves. I aim to replace them as and when I get DVD replacements (or whatever comes next!). I still enjoy things on VHS format, though. As long as it still plays, I can enjoy the content.

I've had non-anamorphic, 4:3 letterboxed, stereo sound versions of the OOT for years, which is why I didn't buy yet another one last month.

I'll always have a certain fondness for VHS, too. I grew up with it, after all. Audio tapes, too.

Post: #249757
Topic: "..secret to the future is quantity," Lucas said
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249757/action/topic#249757
Time: 5-Oct-2006 1:02 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
He didn't want to re-release the O-OT AT ALL.

Bollocks.

Luca$hFilm wouldn't release anything they didn't want to. Neither would they release anything they weren't damn sure would make money. Luca$hFilm released the OOT on DVD because they knew it would sell well and they will release it many more times for that same reason.

Post: #249746
Topic: 2004 DVD crap-o-la
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249746/action/topic#249746
Time: 5-Oct-2006 12:36 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
Vader is playing dumb to the Emperor as much as the Emperor is playing dumb to Vader.

Oh, come on...

That goes against both of their established characters and the fact that Vader has been the Emperor's faithful servant for over 20 years by that point.

Post: #249743
Topic: What do you think of the <strong>Prequel Trilogy</strong>? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249743/action/topic#249743
Time: 5-Oct-2006 12:30 PM

Me neither, Scruffy!

Ain't no damn PT in my collection.

Post: #249565
Topic: Interesting tidbit about who shot first
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249565/action/topic#249565
Time: 4-Oct-2006 4:50 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I agree that Kurtz would know a lot, I just think that Lucas is the higher authority on what goes on in his own head.

We're not talking about his head, we're talking about his films.

Post: #249562
Topic: What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249562/action/topic#249562
Time: 4-Oct-2006 4:47 PM

Absolutely. Although I haven't got to the stage of integrating Vader into the story yet.

I'm thinking about starting Episode I after Anakin has become a Jedi Knight. I like the idea of meeting Anakin and Ben when they're already comrades-in-arms and close friends. I feel that it's this stage of their relationship that was most lacking in the depiction in the PT. I'm working out their backstories so that it can be brought up as and when appropriate, really.

What do you think, people?

Post: #249556
Topic: I've given this a lot of thought, and I've decided this makes no sense. (Qui-Gon and Anakin's ghosts.)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249556/action/topic#249556
Time: 4-Oct-2006 4:12 PM

It doesn't make much sense to you either. You just think it does...

Post: #249552
Topic: Calling all HALLOWEEN fans...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249552/action/topic#249552
Time: 4-Oct-2006 4:01 PM

Post: #249549
Topic: What do you think of the <strong>Prequel Trilogy</strong>? a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249549/action/topic#249549
Time: 4-Oct-2006 3:55 PM

I find them very disappointing. I hate the glossy, computer-generated textures, surfaces, sets and people. I think the scripts are poor when compared to the OOT and I think the character of Anakin is particularly poorly realised, in terms of writing and performance, in all three films. I think the treatment of the Force and of the Jedi and Sith orders show an emphasis on spectacle rather than depth of thought. The plot whereby Palpatine is seeking to take control of the galaxy has always struck me as unnecessarily complicated and never becomes fully clear (and I mean this in a "how unsatisfying" rather than a "how intriguing" kind of way). I hate the day-glo Disney colours and lighting. I hate the way ROTS proposes to tie-up all the loose ends between the PT and the OOT within about half an hour of screen time. I hate the way the PT demonstrates so little genuinely convincing depth in any of its characters. I struggle to be convinced that Anakin and Ben are genuinely friends. I struggle to be convinced that Yoda is as great a Jedi as his reputation. I struggle to be convinced that Natalie Portman is the same actress as was in Leon. The PT fails to hit the mark when it comes to comedy, drama, romance or tragedy. It is a mess. It is average. It is shallow. It is patchy.

This is, of course, just my opinion. Thanks for letting me share.

Post: #249531
Topic: Calling all HALLOWEEN fans...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249531/action/topic#249531
Time: 4-Oct-2006 2:26 PM

Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
...and is probably John Carpenters best directorial effort...

I'm going to have to stop you there! Assault On Precinct 13 and The Thing compete for being his best directed films, I would say. As for me, I prefer The Fog to Halloween. But the influence of Halloween cannot be overlooked. It's style, pacing, scoring and atmosphere are excellent examples of the genre.

Post: #249527
Topic: Interesting tidbit about who shot first
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249527/action/topic#249527
Time: 4-Oct-2006 2:17 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
Well one of the few who would know more than Kurtz about that stuff would be Lucas.

My point is that the producer would know if the director had given up on any particular shot or decided to go with another shot for whatever reason.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I know that he shot in self defense, but notice how many people claim having Greedo shoot first alters Han's character?
It obviously wasn't clear to everyone.

It doesn't necessarily change his character but it is certainly a terrible bodge of a scene which was more effective the first time round.

EDIT: It also makes out Han to be slow on the trigger and the up-take.

Post: #249523
Topic: Interesting tidbit about who shot first
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249523/action/topic#249523
Time: 4-Oct-2006 2:04 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
Just because Gary Kurtz couldn't understand why Lucas wouldn't just have shot it with Greedo shooting first from the get go doesn't mean Lucas wasn't trying to have Greedo shoot first. According to Lucas he tried, and failed 3 times to get the squib shot right, so he tried making it clear that Greedo planned on killing him with the dialogue.
Nothing against Kurtz, but to me he isn't the final word on what goes on in Lucas' head.
Few would know more about problems the director was having with SFX shots, time constraints or financial constraints than the producer.

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
As far as scripts and novels representing that Han shot while Greedo didn't, this thread is based on the fact that the novel in question here didn't make that clear.

Neither does the film.
Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I think Lucas probably heard from enough kids who thought Han was cool -because- they felt he had killed Greedo in cold blood, that he felt a moral obligation to make it clearer that he didn't.

Han didn't shoot in cold blood, he shot in self defence. Clearly you're not a western fan.

Post: #249502
Topic: I've given this a lot of thought, and I've decided this makes no sense. (Qui-Gon and Anakin's ghosts.)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249502/action/topic#249502
Time: 4-Oct-2006 12:51 PM

Originally posted by: rennervision
Can anyone provide a reasonable explanation that somehow saves the greatest moment in ROTJ from now becoming a great big head-scratching moment?

Yes. The PT bollocksed it up. It's got naff all to do with Qui-Gon Jinn and it makes no sense at all to say that Qui-Gon can only be heard, not seen (which I'm sure has been said at some point) and then him training others to do it. Buggers it up completely.

Renounce the PT, rennervision, for it is surely guff.

Post: #249501
Topic: Interesting tidbit about who shot first
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249501/action/topic#249501
Time: 4-Oct-2006 12:44 PM

Originally posted by: Go-Mer-Tonic
I think Lucas was just really strapped on time and money. I am not so sure a reshoot after the fact would have been possible. I think that's why he just "fixed it in post" by tweaking the dialogue to make it clear that Greedo planned on shooting Han.

Gary Kurtz himself has refuted this ridiculous assertion on the part of Luca$h. The scene was that way because Luca$h wanted it that way. It was that way in the original script, which is why it appears that way in Alan Dean Foster's novelisation and in the film. The film represents exactly what appears in the novelisation.

Post: #249499
Topic: "If you leave now, help them you could..."
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249499/action/topic#249499
Time: 4-Oct-2006 12:33 PM

Remember, as well, that Yoda knows that Vader is Luke's father and Luke doesn't and he is, perhaps, concerned that Vader will tell Luke and Luke won't be able to handle it.

In ROTJ he expands:

Yoda: "Your father he is. Told you, did he?"

Luke: "Yes."

Yoda: "Unexpected this is. And unfortunate."

Luke: "Unfortunate that I know the truth?!"

Yoda: "No! Unfortunate that you rushed to face him! That incomplete was your training! That not ready for the burden were you!"

Luke: "I'm sorry."

I reckon Yoda didn't feel that Luke was ready to withstand the physical and psychological onslaught that he knew Vader would subject him to. Add to this that, in Yoda's mind, the return of the Jedi is the only hope for the galaxy and you have a very good reason for Yoda to be against Luke going to help his friends.

Anyone agree with that assessment?

Post: #249258
Topic: Do u still have VHS ??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249258/action/topic#249258
Time: 3-Oct-2006 4:02 PM

how many are we talking about here, SW?

Any titles for us to see?

Post: #249239
Topic: What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/249239/action/topic#249239
Time: 3-Oct-2006 1:51 PM

I've been thinking about Ben and Anakin's training sessions. I like the idea of them getting away from the wars and deciding that the wastes of Tatooine are an ideal place for it. Somewhere isolated where they will not be disturbed. So, Anakin takes Ben to the Lars homestead, from which they will set out. This would be how Owen and Beru meet Ben before bringing Luke to them.

I'm starting to think that, although Anakin and Padme should be the same age, Ben has to be older. He is about the age of a grandfather in ANH, not a father. If Padme, Anakin and Ben are the same age, then Padme would have been in her fifties when she had Luke.

In this case, I think Anakin and Padme have to be approximately thirty years old when Padme has Luke (and his sister), while Ben would be about fifty.

I imagine Ben meeting Anakin when they are about thirty and twenty respectively, thereby allowing time for a friendship to grow between them.

Any thoughts?

Post: #248938
Topic: The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248938/action/topic#248938
Time: 1-Oct-2006 5:41 PM

All Six Degrees:

Edward Albert (The Fool Killer, 1965) Anthony Perkins (The Trial, 1962) Jeanne Moreau (The Deep, 1970) Laurence Harvey (Room At The Top, 1959) Donald Houston (Doctor In The House, 1954) James Robertson Justice (The Face Of Fu Manchu, 1965) Christopher Lee - Count Dooku

Couldn't find anything faster than Two Degrees:

Edward Albert (Midway, 1976) Charlton Heston (The Three Musketeers, 1973) Christopher Lee - Count Dooku

Happy Birthday, Julie Andrews!!

Post: #248517
Topic: Mods here are mean
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248517/action/topic#248517
Time: 28-Sep-2006 11:31 AM

Originally posted by: Stinky-Dinkins
"Ban happy moguls." Hahaha. You're a cunt.

Post: #248494
Topic: The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248494/action/topic#248494
Time: 28-Sep-2006 8:42 AM

All Six Degrees:

William Conrad (The Killers, 1946) Burt Lancaster (Gunfight At The O.K. Corral, 1957) Kirk Douglas (Paths Of Glory, 1957) Ralph Meeker (The Naked Spur, 1953) James Stewart (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, 1962) Lee Marvin (The Big Red One, 1980) Mark Hamill - Luke Skywalker

I couldn't find anything quicker than two:

William Conrad (The Naked Jungle, 1954) Charlton Heston (The Three Musketeers, 1973) Christopher Lee - Count Dooku

Happy Birthday, Gwyneth Paltrow!

Post: #248490
Topic: Where does your screen name come from?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248490/action/topic#248490
Time: 28-Sep-2006 7:31 AM

My name is a truncation of the title of V/Vm Test Records' 1999 album AuralOffalWaffleTenPintsOfBitterAndABagOfPorkScratchings - 'A celebration of the best of the worst of the worst of the best by the worst of the best of the best of the worst'.

V/Vm Test Records

Post: #248300
Topic: Limited Edition DVDs not coming from LD masters?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248300/action/topic#248300
Time: 27-Sep-2006 10:57 AM

There has been much speculation as to whether the pre-episode IV crawl is a new transfer from the original '77 theatrical cut or an edit of the laserdisc post-episode IV crawl. The consensus seems to have come round to it being a transfer direct from the original '77 movie. There's a whole thread about it somewhere in this section.

This consensus has, in turn, led to speculation that, if a new transfer of the '77 opening has been done, then perhaps a new transfer has been done for the whole thing? And that is a very exciting thought...

Post: #248298
Topic: Send the extra discs back!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248298/action/topic#248298
Time: 27-Sep-2006 10:51 AM

Good letter, HammerinHank!

BTW, it was darkhelmet who I first saw post the Huxley quote and it is darkhelmet that is currently using the quote for his signature. I'm sure he'll be delighted to see the use you've put it to.

Remember, even if the letter doesn't have a massive impact in and of itself, at least you've remained true to yourself and put your point across.