doubleofive

Gaffer Tape said:

Creaky chairs, hmm?  So that's what this demographic likes.  I guess my next video, instead of sampling music from whatever I'm reviewing, I'll just loop that chair creak over and over again.  ^_~

Ugh, the only thing that annoys me is how poor the video quality seems.  You spend $350 or so on a camera... well, I don't expect the kind of quality the cameras I used in college had, but I expect something, damnit!  Maybe I should experiment with different lighting schemes.

But the weirdest thing is that all of you OT people now know what I look and sound like.  Yeah, as hard as it is to believe, I don't look like my avatar Princess Leia in the least (and I might have been able to keep up the illusion had I not put us side by side in the video, d'oh!).  There goes my anonymity.  Well, there's only one thing for it:  all of you have to die.  Sorry 'bout that.

Seriously, if you can think of more problems with good movies, keep the reviews coming.  I would, however, try some different lighting.  I think that was the problem with the last one's video quality.  Maybe have a desklamp shining at you from opposite the main light you were using?  Diffuse it with some wax/tissue paper or something, you'll be set.  Whatever you do, don't hold a flashlight under your chin and shine it upwards.  Unless you're telling a ghost story, of course. :-D

Sevb32 said:

Guess I'll become a Yes-man.

It's not that we're all supporting things just because Ady says that's the way it will be; we're moving on because that's the way he said it will be.  "Yes-men" typically work for those who won't hear other opinions, while Ady has proven time and time again that he does care what we think.  What he doesn't care for is people harping on the same thing over and over again.

I love Davnes' hologram.  I really do and I think that something like it would be great in the movie, even if it is unnecessary.  Does it belong in Revisited?  Apparently not.  But anyone can work with Davnes to help him finish it up and people can insert into their own versions.  It's a fan edit we're complaining about here.  Ady has no more power than any of us to change the movie, he just already has his name out there.

Like others have said before me (including Adywan and Davnes), its time to move on everybody.

OFF TOPIC: Thanks for the kind remarks about my new avatar.  I made it a while back and completely forgot about it until this morning. :-D

ChainsawAsh said:

That's all well and good, but you're starting to beat a dead horse now.  This is beginning to remind me of the blue/grey TIE fighter debate.

And the green AT-AT laser debate.  And the Flipper debate.  And the Snowflake debate. ;-)

Again, we cross paths Ady!

Molly said:

How about showing the reflected lights, and just that?

What "reflected lights" are you guys talking about?  Their faces already glow blue...

Vaderisnothayden said:

I'd rate him less than 0. Hayden as Anakin is some of the worst casting in the history of film.

This just in: vaderisnothayden doesn't think Hayden was a good Vader.  Film at 11.

I tease. :-D

Nice video, Gaffer!  It must be nice to be able to get your thoughts out like that in an audio/visual medium.

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

Speaking of Force Ghost Obi-Wan, what did you decide about this scene

i've fixed the size problem and have him standing behind the stump and at a more realistic size.

Awesome.  I can't wait to see it.

Speaking of Force Ghost Obi-Wan, what did you decide about this scene

where Obi-Wan is only a couple feet tall and floaty?  Did you move him behind the stump, making him standing really far away from Luke?

"Speak up, I can't hear you back here!"

I have no problem with mini-Obi-Wan.  It just makes his close ups really funny to me.

"I'm disappointed that I'm small"

topdawg193 said:

adywan said:

oh yeh. i've also added the "jedi ghost" glow to the scene where Obi-Wan appears to Luke on Hoth.

Ah, great!

I was wondering, what 'style' of Force Ghost is appearing in the 'Revisited' saga? In ROTJ, the force ghosts that appear there (Obi-Wan on Dagobah, Yoda, Obi-Wan and Anakin on Endor) are all quite consistent; overall blue glow/hue, a shimmering frame, and transparrent.

But in ESB, the Force Ghost design seemed inconsistent - on Hoth, Obi-Wan looked practically like his living self, but slightly transparrent, while on Endor he had a thick blue glowing line around his frame (similar to the blue atmosphere line around the planets).

I personally always thought that the ROTJ Force Ghost appearance was the definitive one - it was certainly the most consistent, and the most ghost-like to my eyes, as well.

OK, I never noticed the difference, so I looked them up.  Being me, I had to share (GOUT on top, DVD on bottom, from WG's Split Screen):

The shot Ady is referring to.  Ignore the Dreaded Blue, of course.

The other scene from ESB that he's trying to match.  Notice out the DVD actually looks like its trying to match Return of the Jedi because of the Dreaded Blue.

Force Ghost Obi-Wan from Return of the Jedi.  Notice how the DVD version takes away the Dreaded Blue in this scene.  Why?

The last time we see Obi-Wan.  Ignore the Dreaded Hayden.

So we have different shades of blue, no shade of blue, different levels of transparency, different levels of glow, basically a huge mess.  And these are just random frames, I'm sure from shot to shot in a scene Obi-Wan is different.

adywan said:

well i finally finished all the wampa cave shots today (minus the wampa of course). i've managed to fix the continuity errors of Luke's legs being spread apart one minute then together the next and the lightsabre is now partially buried to match the shots when he uses the force to retrieve it. again one minute its fully on show then the next shot its half buried.

I could cry right now.  :-D

CONTINUITY!!!!!!!!!

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

Question: Should Cloud City cast a shadow on the clouds when seen from a particular angle?  Something to think about.

no it shouldn't . as you will see when the shot is moving the foreground clouds are quite a distance from the city. its hard to explain really so you'll just have to wait for the trailer to see what i mean. lol

In all the shots?  Of course, you can just make it so no clouds are near the city, like it projects some kind of Cloud Avoidence Field so that people wouldn't be constantly walking on balconies with knee-high railings in a thick layer of fog.  LOL

Nice shot.  So you brightened everything, flipped the City, moved it up, and added some more clouds above it.  You also moved the Car back and reversed it so it is coming from the City instead of flying around it.

Question: Should Cloud City cast a shadow on the clouds when seen from a particular angle?  Something to think about.

steamboy said:

doubleofive said:

And I'm glad there's all-new real clouds, because once I noticed that the original matte was a flip shot of this:

I couldn't look at it the same way.

 Haha, nicely spotted!

At least they recomposited the City so its not the EXACT same shot.  You have to give them that.

Alright, here's my weekly comparison of the weekly preview:

I think with the right CG flyby, this shot will be perfect.  And I'm glad there's all-new real clouds, because once I noticed that the original matte was a flip shot of this:

I couldn't look at it the same way.

I think it was that needles aren't that threatening to most people, so he wanted to up the danger factor.  I am neither for nor against the electric needle.  It certainly doesn't make me cringe like it does some people.

Well, it does make me cringe, but only because I'm... uncomfortable around needles.  So that doesn't count.

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

Figured you'd say that, Ady.  Oh well, someone else can use it.  Davnes, you can post it to the Wishlist thread for other people to be inspired by.

So, Ady, any comment on my translations?

i was editing my post above just as you posted yours. lol

That's pretty funny.  Nice to see we're on the same wavelength. ;-)

adywan said:

and 005, good work on the translation. i can't remember exactly what i wrote on the rebel briefing displays but i'm pretty sure it was lines of dialogue from the movies

Thanks, I really hurt my eyes on some of those.  Darn you for lowering the lights in the briefing room!  What about the upside down single words?  They seemed like gibberish.  And do the arrows in the battle hologram say things?

Figured you'd say that, Ady.  Oh well, someone else can use it.  Davnes, you can post it to the Wishlist thread for other people to be inspired by.

So, Ady, any comment on my translations?

Quintuple post, each with one word differences!  Weird.

These events.

Not bad, but every needs to remember that it needs to be a video from the right angle.  A fuzzy static picture of Vader does not come close to replacing the holo shot, no matter how bad it was originally.

Beautiful Davnes!  I'm not sure the eyelines are perfect yet, but its an excellent concept.  I think with smaller text in Aurebesh to keep it less of a distraction (love the "info" you put in, LOL), it would work well.  I'm sure someone will want to use it, if not Ady.

Great work!  Well worth the loss of sleep!

Not with me at work. ;-)

doubleofive said:

I translated most of it, but deleted the file before I posted it anywhere.  Maybe I only found the few times you did put your kids' names in there, but I did see them often enough that I could read them without figuring it out.  I was going to post screenshots with the translations written over them, but it was getting too tedious.  I'm sure I'll try again someday.  Heck, I've got the ISO here, I'll probably do it today.

*sigh*

I had to.

Discussing the Aurebesh text on the ESBR thread inspired me to resurrect my project of translating what I could from ANHR.  Here are my results, Ady can correct me if he feels like it.

I used the DVD-5, so I'm not sure if the text is clearer on some of these with the DVD-9.  I'm not sure how much help that would be anyway, since the DVD resolution isn't the best for text like this anyway.