I love the puppetry but truly did not enjoy the story. Labyrinth was a step up in story and a step down in special effects. Not that the puppetry is bad, but I have to be honest that The Dark Crystal is literally the best puppetry I've ever seen.
I was going to say it's no big deal, but then I realized just how much your cut probably relies on subtitles to get a great deal of the new dialogue across. Sorry dude, that sucks. Hopefully you can get it fixed.
LOL.
I took a class at the University of Arizona in...2007 I think, and it was one of the most fascinating classes I ever took called "The History of the English Language." It was so cool and went all the way back to Proto-Indo-European and covered the phonetic changes over the millennia till coming to the present day. I remember learning why we spell so many words the ways we do and the various influences upon our language. Such a cool class! I remember my teacher discussing the various "advantages" of several different languages, and I asked him, "What might be an advantage of the English language?" He responded that no other language could express feelings with the depth and specificity that English can. It may be obnoxious as a second language, but native speakers have what I believe to be the richest lexicon in the world to convey our ideas.
We are certainly heirs to a grand linguistic heritage.
Bingowings said:
Vibrant organic eclectic language.
And seconded...
Yeah, I think every editor must say that. Wow, Ron, you've really put a lot of work into this. I'm sure it will be helpful. I'll give people a few days to review it before putting up the vote. Let me know if there are specific aspects you want me to put up, since I can't imagine voting on every little detail.
That's great, Ronster. I'm really looking forward to seeing it. Ronster, what timezone are you in? I've been wondering when on earth you actually get any sleep.
Interesting words there, xhonzi, though they weren't what I was going for. "scratched" and screeched" are the longest one syllable words there are.
And TheBoost, I was expecting words that are E before I, but I did leave it open for I before E, even after C, so that was an interesting point as well.
Here is another word for you:
Either
All this discussion of Luke's near conversion and how its supposed parallel in Anakin...makes me again wish that Anakin had a better turning point. Luke struck out in anger and it nearly made him fall. Anakin tried to save his beloved wife and thus stopped Mace from killing Palpatine by cutting off his hand, and thereby did fall. Anakin was far weaker willed than his son, and that is something that annoys me. I think Anakin's fall could have been tragic and even motivated by misplaced desires for good without being so sappy and unbelievable.
Of all the pointless threads I've ever started in off-topic, I may be starting the real winner.
So the rule states: "'I' before 'E' except after 'C,' and words that sound 'A' as in neighbor and weigh." This has actually helped me many times, but even this is still untrue in many cases. I've been wondering what words are actually 'E' before 'I' in spite of being pronounced in some other way and not following a 'C'. It'd be fun to list them all. Please name only one per post. I'll start.
Leisure
Sounds good. I'm excited for you and all your efforts to near fruition! I'll try to get that vote up in the next couple of days then, after we've had time to review a few more of your ideas. I do have to update what I'd already done based on our discussions.
No worries :)
Hey Ron, I'm getting kind of anxious to move on with the vote. After this vote is settled, I'm backing off for a while, and I really need to back off as soon as possible. I hope you're okay if I put the vote up some time this week. I know you've been working on your rough edit. How much more time do you need?
WHOA! I didn't even follow the link. I was just referring to the Rear Window comment. I guess I should have made sure I knew I wasn't referring to whatever weird movie that was.
^That would be pretty funny.
Gotta be honest, that looks pretty cool.
Ronster, while ben_danger uploaded those videos, he didn't create them...they were actually the work of a guy called SSWR I guess, who apparently had lots of great ideas, and then vanished, as did his videos over time. I think they are "public domain" so to speak.
As for the shuttle, I honestly don't care if it changes or stays the same, but I do find some of the alternate ideas interesting. I agree, bat wings may not be the way to go, but making it distinct and more powerful looking could go a long way--perhaps just arming it with some big guns or something.
I was going to say that Bingowings should play Obi-wan, but then I remembered Alec Guinness was only 68 when ANH was filmed. Perhaps he could play Yoda instead and leave TV's Frink the Ben Kenobi role.
Right now I'm wearing a shirt that says, "I love my wife." And you know what...I really do :)
Very good news. Gosh, I never even caught most of these inconsistencies.
I actually really like that one too, and it seems a better fit. Good job.
Black could be cool as well. I'll add red and black to the vote.
Well, if the location was supposedly a secret, I imagine his travels there would be equally secretive.
I'd love to sample your new edit. I unfortunately can't even seem to get your original to download, either the AVI or DVD. Is there any chance you could upload those once again, or perhaps is there a torrent available? I don't know if the problem is RapidShare or what, but I'm having no luck.
I think it looks pretty cool!
By the way, today we've reached page 50 in less than 2 months of this project!
I know Weber later started adding more and more of a rock sound to the title song, but I preferred the more traditional sound for the original recording with Michael Crawford and and Sarah Brightman. I think he even later termed it a "rock opera," which I never suspected of the original. So I think he's actually been apprenticing at this for some time.
Didn't even know there was a sequel. Sometimes a story just is better without a sequel. Okay, often.