joefavs

Let’s see…

-Lawrence of Arabia (three times; twice DCP, once 70mm)
-Sleeping Beauty (70mm)
-From Russia With Love (35mm)
-Amadeus (DCP with live orchestra)
-Breathless (DCP)
-Metropolis (DCP)
-Jaws (35mm)

And that’s honestly all I can think of right now, but there may be a couple more. I’ve got to get out there more, I used to be a lot better about this stuff.

paja said:

DominicCobb said:

• 2001: A Space Odyssey on 70mm

I tried to see it at the same series where I saw the Lawrence print, but it was sold out.

Dom, can I assume we both saw Jaws at the Somerville Theater’s annual screening?

I read six issues of Poe Dameron this morning and got all caught up. It remains excellent. Soule might be the best SW writer going currently. Very, very interested to see how it goes next month when it catches up with TFA.

What do we know about the little frog guy who eats the other creature outside Jabba’s palace right after Leia and Chewie show up? Is he a muppet? Stop motion? Traditional animation? Before I got into these preservations, when I hadn’t seen the OOT in like 15 years, I assumed he was an SE addition because the quality of his movement is so different from all the other puppets, but now having seen the GOUT and the ROTJ grindhouse and knowing that he’s from '83, I have no idea how they actually did it.

That’s exactly it, it’s the lighting in the scene. I have no trouble recognizing him from the “The shield doors must be closed,” scene to the “Everybody to your stations, let’s go!” scene, it’s just that the mustache seems to disappear for that one bit with Han.

Anyway, anyone else see this?
http://www.starwars.com/news/remasters-of-the-first-6-star-wars-soundtracks-coming-may-4

I just bought the LP reissues of the OT soundtracks on that snappy gold vinyl from Barnes & Noble so I doubt I’ll go for these right away. Hopefully it’s a harbinger of more rereleases to come. I dare not hope for the OUT, but at least maybe they’ll finally retire those awful 2011 discs.

^especially given the fact that the guy doing him in Battlefront II isn’t even close. It’s a shame they couldn’t get Frank Oz to do it too.

The crazy thing is I’ve known it was him in his other two scenes for years, I just was so sure they tauntan-will-freeze guy didn’t have a mustache that my mind was incapable of making the connection. Between this and finally spotting the praying mantis in the cantina in Star Wars for the first time, this has been an eventful pre-TLJ blu-ray watch through.

EDIT: Ugh, I markdowned (marked down?)

I must have seen The Empire Strikes Back several hundred times by now, and I only just noticed that the “your tauntaun will freeze before you reach the first marker” guy has a weird flesh-colored mustache. It’s not Ratzenberger, is it? For my entire life I thought “of course it’s not Ratzenberger, Ratzenberger has a mustache.” My whole world has been turned upside-down.

Dek Rollins said:

Handman said:

I’m glad it won Best Picture over Boyhood.

How dare you say that. Didn’t you know it took 12 years to make?

And even longer to watch! BOOM!

(Note: I am on my phone at work and can’t be bothered to check if anyone else has made that joke already)

dahmage said:

joefavs said:

My heart gives it a B+ and my brain gives it a B-, so I guess my constituent movie-rating parts together land on a solid B.

So the other part doesn’t get a vote?

It abstains on this one.

My heart gives it a B+ and my brain gives it a B-, so I guess my constituent movie-rating parts together land on a solid B.

Yes indeed. I hate having to use the phrase “good for you” in situations like these where I mean it sincerely because it’s so easy to read it in a shitty sarcastic tone, but until someone comes up with a better way to say it, good for you. Sincerely.

joefavs said:

Similar to Handman’s news, I got an interview for a job at a museum today. Well, more of a historical society, but still. Here’s hoping I get to leave my dull-as-hell QC job and finally put that art history degree to work as a collections and event photographer at REDACTED.

This is happening in about three and a half hours. Wish me luck, OT.com!

All right, Mary Sue may not be the right designation given the fact that he ultimately does biff it pretty hard. But I found it pretty obnoxious that Stackpole’s original character, who up to that point didn’t show up anywhere outside his own books except for a pretty minor role in Zahn’s Hand of Thrawn, is painted as this all-around cool guy who rules the school on Yavin, is best friends with Luke Skywalker (seemingly out of nowhere if you haven’t read Stackpole’s other stuff), has comebacks and zingers snappier than Han’s, and is the one who takes on the high stakes single combat at the end. These were my first Stackpole books, and not being terribly familiar with the character, my constant thought was “who the hell is this guy that this book clearly thinks I care deeply about already for some reason?”. It felt like Stackpole derailed the whole thing just to make it about his guy.

God I hated Dark Tide. If you want to talk Mary Sues in Star Wars (and I absolutely don’t), Corran Horn is in a league all his own.

The Hidden Fortress again. Still great.

chyron8472 said:

I have now read (or rather listened to) the novelization of The Last Jedi.

Has anyone else here read the book? What are your thoughts?

I’ve got fifty or sixty pages left, I’ll probably post about it over the weekend.

I’ve got an idea I’ve been kicking around for a year or so for black comedy where someone finds a human tooth in their meal at a fancy dinner party and it’s a catalyst for all of the decorum and social niceties gradually breaking down completely. It’s heavily influenced by Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and I’d probably shoot it in 1.85:1 and black and white to help achieve that vibe. I actually recently purchased a new Canon DSLR that could probably handle it, so maybe I’ll start working on it in earnest some time soon.

paja said:

BLUE MILK:

250ml Milk
Tbsps fat free yoghurt
ripe banana, mashed
A few drops of natural blue food colouring
tsp of honey to sweeten

Add the milk, banana, yoghurt and honey to your blender. Wizz till combined.

Add a few drops of natural blue food colouring to get the correct colour. Stir well. Very Well.

I prefer the boozy variant, which is basically just a White Russian with blue curaçao instead of kahlua. Tastes like an orange creemsicle.

ChainsawAsh said:

joefavs said:

Similar to Handman’s news, I got an interview for a job at a museum today. Well, more of a historical society, but still. Here’s hoping I get to leave my dull-as-hell QC job and finally put that art history degree to work as a collections and event photographer at REDACTED.

Hey, you’re in QC too? I actually like my QC job. What field? I’m in thermoplastics/PVC.

We do calibration standards and control solutions for medical diagnostic instruments. It’s not a bad job at all, but I’m pretty psyched for a chance to get back to career plan A.

Similar to Handman’s news, I got an interview for a job at a museum today. Well, more of a historical society, but still. Here’s hoping I get to leave my dull-as-hell QC job and finally put that art history degree to work as a collections and event photographer at REDACTED.

The Han one was great. I found the Chewie one pretty dull and stopped reading after the second issue.

Maul is introduced towards the end of S2. There’s definitely stuff before that you need, but it’s pretty episodic so it’s easy to pick and choose. I’d recommend trying to find a list of essential episodes somewhere. Some of the inquisitor stuff shouldn’t be skipped, but you might not need all of it.

It should be noted that I haven’t rewatched the show since it originally aired, so I could be off base here. This is just my years-later recollection of it.

There’s a lot of monster-of-the-week stuff in the first two seasons. I would watch it through to the end from the last two episodes of S2 onward, but before that there’s plenty that’s skippable.

I’m months behind on all of these, I really need to spend a weekend catching up sometime soon. Anyone up to date? What should I prioritize?

EDIT: Also, I read a few more issues of the new Darth Vader since my last post and I’ve been pleasantly surprised. Much like with the Kanan comic, I’m finding that prequel-era settings aren’t as much of a deal breaker as I keep expecting them to be.