doubleofive

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

Yay!  I went through ANHR once and translated all of the text to english.  This time, I hope its more than your kids' names over and over again. ;-)

Are you sure you translated it correctly? i only put my kids names in there a couple of times. there was lots of other things in there too, mainly silly stuff, but i knew that someone would try and translate the text so i thought i'd have a little fun. lol

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.

ThrowgnCpr said:

Ripplin said:

EyeShotFirst said:

I cant stand when I buy a cd (metallicas new album) and it sounds distorted. Louder is not better.

I haven't really heard that album yet, but just about every review I ever hear about complains about the sound quality, which is a shame. Maybe some talented editor will take a stab at it. ;) Think it could be done, based on what you hear? (if it's simply too loud and gets distorted/farty, maybe nothing can be done about it) I wouldn't be surprised if they release a remastered/fixed version someday.

not to get too off topic here, but that Metallica album had a different (read: much better) mastering for the video game "Guitar Hero" (I think it was that game).  Anyway, there were fan-rips of this floating around.  And Metallica (read: Lars) claimed that it was bullshit, and they wouldn't release another version of the album

To veer back on topic... I am really looking forward to listening to this set.  Sounds amazing.

Here's the comparison:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRyIACDCc1I

It's sad really, what has happened to music...

Siliconmaster482 said:

Hahaha! I never knew that! It will indeed be a lot of fun to see what Ady sticks in there now. Anyone else have the Star Wars SE Monopoly manual, with the Aurek-Besh on the back?

Totally.  What's sad is that I can almost read it without the guide...

adywan said:

doubleofive said:

rcb said:

has anyone noticed that when luke's in his ship and R2's talking and the dialogue shows up on his translator, u can't read it? i know Vaderios did a naboo mock up of it, but can we fix it so we know wat R2 is saying?

That was the first thing I ever suggested on this thread.  Ady says that he will be stabilizing the text, but I'm sure he'll also give us an actual translation.  Which means that someone has to come up with lines for R2-D2.

i've already redone the readout for R2's lines using the basic font. There is now a real conversation going on but i'll leave that up to someone else to translate cuz i'm keeping that secret. its more fun that way. lol

Yay!  I went through ANHR once and translated all of the text to english.  This time, I hope its more than your kids' names over and over again. ;-)

rcb said:

has anyone noticed that when luke's in his ship and R2's talking and the dialogue shows up on his translator, u can't read it? i know Vaderios did a naboo mock up of it, but can we fix it so we know wat R2 is saying?

That was the first thing I ever suggested on this thread.  Ady says that he will be stabilizing the text, but I'm sure he'll also give us an actual translation.  Which means that someone has to come up with lines for R2-D2.

My Share Your Star Wars Story thread is kind of like this.  My story is on there, with some pictures.

The problem with a split screen like Wookie Groomers with ANHR is the editing changes.  Frames cut here or there, things rearranged, added, deleted.  I'm sure its possible, and it would be awesome, but I do not envy the one who takes it on.

seven said:

Another link to good Reference photos of Studio Scale Models, Originals and Fan made.

As well as some contact info for kits

http://www.modelermagic.com/

I wish we had the money to commission some of these guys.  Holy crap, this stuff is amazing!

   1. Put down your religion as "Jedi" when filling out any official forms?

No.

   2. Attempted to "use the force" to get at that out-of-reach object, instead of getting off the sofa, walking over and picking it up?

Of course.

   3. Said "I am your father" in a deep voice to your kids?

Sure will when I have kids.

   4. Found out if you can hold your breath underwater for as long as Luke did in the Death Star garbage masher?

Not sure.

   5. Said "you are beaten" after thrashing an opponent in FIFA 09 or some other sports game?

Of course.

   6. Thought "the force is strong in this one" when stuck behind an annoyingly slow driver with no opportunity to overtake?

Yes.

   7. Made humming/buzzing sounds while swinging a toy sword or broom handle around?

Who hasn't?  Honestly.

   8. Referred to a computer or robot as a "droid"?

Sure.

   9. Thought how cool it would be to have a targeting computer in your car?

Yes.

  10. Attempted to "Jedi mind trick" someone into getting your own way?

Duh.

  11. Use Star wars numbers for my PIN / PASSWORD etc

Maybe. ;-)

  12. tried to convince your partner that if/when you have kids they should have star wars based names?

Yes.  No go.

  13. Dressed up in a Star Wars costume for Halloween.

A few times.  Once with my girlfriend, now wife.

  14. Wave your hand and pretend you are using the force when walking up to an automatic door.

Every.  Single.  Time.

vaderios said:

Here something Interesting about when deathstar kill things or when deathstar is destroyed

http://www.videocopilot.net/tutorial/disintegration/

 

-Angel

I started watching that.  Then my brain exploded.  Wow, there's so much you can do with these programs, but GOOD LORD are they complicated!

GhostAlpha26 said:

adywan said:

OK well it's Thursday here again so heres this weeks new pic......

Credit to Vaderios for the section of his matte i used for this shot

 

Is that a finished shot?????

Come on, catch up!

adywan said:

IN MOTION

adywan said:

corellian77 said:

Ady, are you, as Imperial Fighter suggested, adding additional elements to the falling AT-AT shot to explain why it falls (rope, laser, etc.)?

yes. you'll be seeing a snowspeeder circling the AT-AT in the wide shot of the 3 AT-AT's

Blessed continuity.  I love it!

InfoDroid said:

Thanks, m.s!  Yes, you're right about the structure.  It's similar to what I did with Temple.  And OMG it feels so much more like INDY again!  :)

Originally posted on FE.com:

Sounds awesome!  I love the idea of intercutting the FBI interrogation with the opening scenes.  It helps you to skip huge chunks of the movie and not have any continuity problems.  Genius!

Akwat Kbrana said:

Perhaps so that there'll be demand for a to-be-released "colour corrected" version in the future? (Kinda like building bugs into source code so that users will be forced to upgrade...)

Are you suggesting that perhaps the next editions will have stickers on the front that say "NOW! Color corrected!"

Because that would be hilarious.

adywan said:

Nice mock-up 005

yeh that is a strange shot indeed. it does seem as if the rebels are supposed to be running towards the battle instead of away. it may also explain the shot before the speeders blow up the fallen AT-AT where we see 2 rebels running towards the walker as the speeders fly overhead

but that shot can also settle a long running argument about the lightsabers not producing shadows. if you look at the explosion you can see just how bright it is yet it creates a shadow. this is because it has mass and this is the same with the lightsabres. if the sabers didn't have any form of mass they would be useless as the blade could pass straight through objects. and originally they were supposed to be heavy weapons. so now, as you see, a lightsabre would indeed produce a shadow.

Thanks for the compliment.  Means a lot to me.

And I was confused by the shadow of the explosion, but it didn't dawn on me that it destroys my lightsaber shadow theory.  Oh well, less work for you then!  I'll try not to cringe at Luke beating down Vader in RotJ anymore since all I usually see are the shadows of two guys with sticks...

Had to stitch the matte from the other side.  It's a little better, at least its inbetween mountains this time.

Moth3r said:

doubleofive said:

I don't remember where it was mentioned, but there's an article the specifically states that ILM did the colors and just had Lowry clean it.  I think ILM tried to restore it themselves to save money, messed up the colors and hoped Lowry could fix it.

http://www.apple.com/ca/pro/film/lowry/starwars/index.html

That article mentions that Lucasfilm scanned the negatives, carried out the "re-mastering" (I assume this means the '04 alterations) and the re-colour timing. Then then attempted a cleaning pass through ILM, before deciding to give the job to Lowry.

Lowry received high-definition scans to work with from Lucasfilm. Although it is not clear in the article, it's reasonable to assume that the scans provided contained the tweaks and the new colours.

Thanks, that's the article I was referring to.  Why ILM would color-time their own movies so badly, I'll never know.

TMBTM said:

doubleofive said:

I did a mock up of what the shot of Veer's Walker being in the only one left might look like:

Used the shot of the tripped walker just before it gets blown up, the last frame of Luke's exploded walker, and Vaderios' matte at about the angle that it should be.

Vaderios has pointed out the turret facing the wrong way before and ImperialFighter has pointed out that the sun is behind the rebels in most of the other shots.  I don't think anyone has pointed out that there is a guy on a turret on frame right facing AWAY from the walker, confirming the oddity of this shot.  Were the Rebels supposed to charge the walkers at some point?  Beats me.

 

 It's beautiful, but I feel like the mountain behind the walker takes away the feeling of a menacing big machine coming our way. I'd like to have the silhouette of the walker in an empty sky.

I wondered about that, but it wasn't a creative decision, I was just trying to match up the angle with Adywan's preview of Luke flying up the walker.

I'll see if I can move it a bit.

I did a mock up of what the shot of Veer's Walker being in the only one left might look like:

Used the shot of the tripped walker just before it gets blown up, the last frame of Luke's exploded walker, and Vaderios' matte at about the angle that it should be.

Vaderios has pointed out the turret facing the wrong way before and ImperialFighter has pointed out that the sun is behind the rebels in most of the other shots.  I don't think anyone has pointed out that there is a guy on a turret on frame right facing AWAY from the walker, confirming the oddity of this shot.  Were the Rebels supposed to charge the walkers at some point?  Beats me.

Great job, Davnes on the Boba Fett plot.  I think it might actually work.  We could find people to do impressions of Vader, Ackbar, and Fett, I'm sure someone could use it!

Doctor M said:

While I agree that they should have gone for an artifact or something more embedded into the collective unconscious (a REAL City of Gold, the original Cross, the Fate of Atlantis, the Infernal Machine, proof aliens built the pyrmaids, the last lightsaber (it did happen a LONG time ago)...), the mythology of 13 crystal skulls was not invented for Indy.  It's just more obscure.

Really, seriously?  Wow, I had no idea.  And I'm a Huge Nerd.

I know this is a work-in-progress, but going through it frame-by-frame (its so short, I'm justified!) I noticed that the falling walker doesn't move for the first frame.  I KNOW you're going to fix it, but I can't be too safe by not saying anything.

It's impossible to see in the full motion, I'm just having a great time flipping back and forth as everything moves but the walker defies all logic and stays perfectly still!

adywan said:

Monroville said:

I wish you made it more cloudy and less open bright sky -

Monroville said:

There is nothing saying you can't redo the skyline and make it clearer.

well you totally contradicted yourself about the sky here Monroville. As i've said i'm not changing anything about the new shot. it works perfectly well for me. The brightness matches the other shots in the sequence whereas before , as i have said already, the original shot looked stormy. I guess there is only one way to settle this as you need to see it in motion and in context with the rest of the sequence. I'm wondering just how many are still comparing the colouring with the 2004 shots instead of my colour corrected version?

IN MOTION

please don't post this clip on youtube because it isn't finished. ignore the first shot because that's just the colour corrected version and i haven't begun work on this yet

Wow.  Honestly, I was kind of worried about the busy-ness of the shot, but I think it flows well, and brings some more battle to the battle, just like you did to Yavin.  Great work.  I don't even think the reused tripped walker needs to be replaced, its hard to tell that its the same one!

I think its because Stargate tried to fit in with existing mythology.  Mysterious Crystal Skulls, no one knows about.  A council of 13 "gods" in a circle could be anything.  What 13?  Is that a significant thing somewhere?  Stargate (the series at least) had several aliens admittedly pretending to be gods still going by the names we gave them.  We have no explanation (that I can remember) of the Indy4 aliens, whose gods they were supposed to represent, how much technology and wonders of the worlds they are responsible for, why we would represent any of them as looking human.

Everyone knows the Ark and the Grail.  No one knows about Crystal Skulls, or a lost tribe they made up to fit their own mythology.  Instead of going with something everyone knows, they started with something real and added their own fake backstory instead of using REAL backstory and explaining it using aliens.

You notice that Hurley said that Luke found out Vader was his father, kept fighting and lost his hand, when in the movie, its the other way around?  Is this Hurley mis-remembering, or did he re-write it and Lucas actually use it, and the new version is creeping backwards through time, affecting his memory?  My brain just exploded.