auximenies

Handman said:

Alderaan said:

Sorry, I try to stay out of the new film threads to not hijack them with negative comments, as I know some of you will like these awful films and that’s your right.

Perhaps people would be more receptive to your criticisms if you didn’t word your awful comments so poorly, but as you said, that’s your right.

Or, if he didn’t already dislike a movie that hasn’t yet been released.

Bingowings said:

The Jedi Must Die
The story is, in essence, a conflation of Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None (aka, Ten Little Indians) and Richard Connell’s The Most Dangerous Game, with elements of the Star Wars mythos stirred in for good measure.

It revolves around the search for a Jedi on a far off planet by a group of serious minded people out to find it. The viewer is invited to unfold the mystery along with the characters. Near the ending, there an inserted 30-second break called “The Jedi Break”, where the audience is asked to guess the Jedi’s identity, based on clues from the movie.

The Beast Must Die, starring Peter Cushing! Good one, Bingo. It was your reference to “The Jedi Break” that had me catch on. I remember in college we’d see that at the video store and my roommate wanted to rent it so badly. “But, it has a Werewolf Break! It has to be good!”

.Mac. said:

At this point, I think we'd be surprised if Han reveals to Kira that she is actually *not* his and Leia's daughter.

"Kid, there's no easier way to put this but, we are not your biological parents. We adopted you. Your mum and I tried and tried.. it wasn't meant to be."

"What?! Why are you just now telling me this, after all these years?"

"Well [Thinks for a moment] it felt like the proper Star Wars thing to do."

^ Well done, good sir! :D

Ryan McAvoy said:

So here is the idea done right by my own fair hand. Complete with Tatooine sun, exploding Droid ship, starfield, "Frickin' laser beams", Darth Maul, a squadron of Naboo Starfighters and the lunatic despot himself...

<TPM_ala_AN poster>

 Well done, sir. "We were in the desert..." hahahaha. Too good.

But my favorite so far has to be Carbonite is Forever, all the way down to the credits!

Ryan McAvoy said:

 

Don't know why you've posted Dr Who though. It's not a SW poster in the style of another poster, which is what this thread is for.

Did anybody else notice that what Ryan posted here is not a SW poster in the style of another film, but an AN poster in the style of SW? Ooops. No big deal, dude. :D Us readers are just enjoying the creativity from all fronts... except Yoda's lightsaber. :(

Mielr said:

Yes! Here in the US they had a collector's book/program, too. I had forgotten about that. :-) I think it was sold at the concession counter.

This is the one I have:

http://www.oldcomics.net/images/mag-return-of-jedi.jpg

I have that one, too.  Bought it at the grocery store, i *think* well after i had seen the film.

I was 11 years old in 1983, and saw it one week after opening, so Wednesday June 1.  I was not (nor am i today) into seeing movies on opening day -- I knew it would be the same film no matter when I got to the cinema.  But i was definitely excited, and was anticipating the date i planned to see it.  I went with an older friend (9 years my elder) who was actually my first camp counselor, became a good friend of the family, and we had a big brother/little brother type thing going on.  He had to borrow my parents' car to drive us because he had a motorcycle.

It was a mall cinema, so nothing special.  We sat 3rd row center, or thereabouts.  I still have my ticket stub... somewhere.

I bet the "kid" doesn't even know that his mom wrote a letter to Starlog, and would be excited to know this.  I'll contact him, but only if nobody else has already done so....

Has anyone?

Marvelous!

SilverWook said:

Try watching the Paul Lynde Halloween special sometime. ;)

 Is that the one with KISS?

RE: Raiders of the Lost Ark

My post in the Raiders IMAX thread touches on some questions raised in this thread.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Raiders-of-The-Lost-Ark-in-IMAX/post/594561/#TopicPost594561

I think it'd be good if the discussion here migrates over there.

I saw this Saturday morning. My dad was in town visiting and we surprised him by taking him and not telling what we were seeing until we arrived at the theater.  We both saw it back in 1981 in theaters.

First, to confirm some questions stemming from the Last Movie Seen thread as well as this one...

The movie i saw had no snake reflection and had the original cliff shot. Also, while the aspect ratio was correct (as expected, but this was brought up by a poster), they didn't matte the top and bottom of the screen with any curtain or whatever they use.

During the South America scenes, the picture seemed to be unstable (for lack of a better term) at moments. I wasn't sure if it was simply out of focus (and wondered about focus with digital projection*) or a result of digital squirelliness/artifacts.  But then it was clearly affecting only parts of the image, and was obviously artifactual. That really bummed me out, although it either improved over time or I became absorbed in the film and didn't notice.

So, while I certainly enjoyed the experience of sitting in a theater with my daughter and my father who are both big fans of this movie, I think i was a bit miffed that this screening cost more than if it had been a 35mm presentation which likely would have looked better.

*according to the Cinetopia website, "Digital projectors are focused by a computer and then locked in to perfect focus show after show"... FWIW.

Jonno said:

Here's the theatrical intro reel:

https://vimeo.com/43461886

 

Is that General Rieekan (Bruce Boa) with the softball and mitt in the cigarette advert at 3:35?

OO5 started a thread about this a few years back, and SHOSW has some recollections, too.

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/A-Long-Time-Ago-Share-Your-Star-Wars-Story/post/361200/#TopicPost361200

Always good, thinking about those days. :D

Love that narrator!  My friends and I used to imagine he was chain-smoking during the entire reading. :D

dwsiddall said:

<SNIP>

Also, as Freaky nose is falling backward, it is clear he still has both arms.

http://i1130.photobucket.com/albums/m521/dwsiddall/Cantina005.jpg

The lightsaber is already swung, so Obi Wan could n't have cut off Walrus Guy's arm.  This is simply a giant mistake.  If there is to be a corrected version of this scene, it needs to show Freaky nose falling backward with a smoldering shoulder and show a severed humanoid arm and hand, in a tan shirt.

Adywan's "correction" was fine. The arm is clearly severed about mid-way. The still you linked to doesn't show what's going on around Evazan's elbow.

Tonight Jimmy Kimmel, during his monologue, mentioned the Blu-rays coming out tomorrow, and cited some fan discontent. He spoofed the Vader scene in ROTJ by showing a clip with his voice dubbed to be one which sounds like an angry black woman. Not really funny, but still nice to see the pub regarding ridiculous/unnecessary changes.  Before he showed the clip, he mentioned that rocks were added in a scene with R2. "I can just see him sitting in his office thinking 'that scene needed more rocks!'."

The one I use the most is "Not this ship, sister."

Sample context...

co-worker: "Can you believe the boss wants those figures on such short notice? She said we all have to send her the updates by day's end."

me, not planning on complying: "Not this ship, sister."

Can someone who can simply and eloquently explain film resolution respond to this ignorant dude at the site of the original link? 

freeset 3 hours ago in reply to Michealfelps:

they relese it in bluray now??? how did they make it full hd when the movie was shot on film cameras 30 years ago with no digital image processing and all the stuff???? it is a bullshit big like the death star before its explosion into tiny pieces of glittery magic. no movie before 2000 can be properly converted into full hd, i said properly, if the source is not high definition enough then good luck, you cant phisically convert it. the dvd is the MAX they can get out of starwars and they use noise cancelation algorithms to create a fine image, now they will CREATE MORE PIXELS?????? it smell like a marketing move.

BTW, I think the significance of describing the announcement as "most impressive" is nothing other than using a quote from the films in order to be "clever".

I like this part:

Why do you think the reaction is so overwhelmingly positive today as opposed to 1980?

Fans have written over the last 30 years telling me how eagerly they awaited the second film of the trilogy. I hadn’t realized how many young children would be seeing the film, and how it would effect them. I think the kids responded to the movement, the characters, and the fairy tale quality of the film. The humor helped make the film appealing to more mature audiences as well.

The humor appealing to adults gives you an idea that it is a much different humor than was employed in the later films.

Yep.  I could see that... Using the shot as a pull back with Artoo and Threepio there outside the cave, then a wipe, then they are walking to the palace.

Warbler said:

yes, but the results are the same.

 I disagree.  The impact on friends and family left behind is quite different.

Picked up my new LCD TV today during lunch, got home after work and set it up, watched Star Wars.  Had to go with the Lucasfilm Pwnage edition for the best presentation, which is still lacking.  Followed that up with Alien (25-May-1979).  That DVD looks great upscaled.  Why not the original SW? :(

I wouldn't have seen them.  I tend to avoid the "summer blockbuster" type films unless there comes a buzz after release and the general consensus is that they are actually good.  That wouldn't have happened for TPM even without the OT, so no go for me.  And therefore i wouldn't have even given AOTC or ROTS a moment's thought.

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Would you mind providing a brief description of each of these, including running times?  Thanks for you persistent efforts on these projects!