ROTJ 2.6 would be completely unnecessary. 2.5 already has only one GOUT element that I don’t think anyone was even able to identify without looking at the comparison gallery. Theres nothing left to do to that one before 3.0.
Also, I believe Laserschwert’s German ESB already counts as 2.1.
I’ve been thinking about giving War and Peace a shot. I finally got through Anna Karenina last year and loved it, but W&P is almost twice as long.
How the shit does Final Frontier make the “better than” list? I also have always found Search for Spock to be crazy boring, but I may be in the minority on that score.
As someone who doesn’t give a rat’s ass about whether or not it existed in 1977, can someone let me know how muxing in the 5.1 mix actually went/give me a brief walkthrough of how to do it with the branching? I’ve only ever done simple MKVs.
A few weeks ago I mentioned being recommended by one of my teachers for a job at a nearby biotech company. Well, I’ve just been officially hired! I start Wednesday. I’ll be hitting the town tonight and not worrying about only ordering the cheapest booze for the first time in a damn long while.
EDIT: switching over to images because everyone else has made that a thing.
Celebration Europe poster:
The Master (2012) - one of my all time favorites. Not quite on the level of There Will Be Blood (which I consider to be perfect), but still incredible, and unquestionably on the shortlist for Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s best performance.
The “TR-8R” thing was just a meme that took off. The actual character has another FN- number, according to one of the books. Anyway, where are you getting glass from? I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve seen the movie at this point, and that weapon has never once registered as being made of glass to me.
EDIT: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Z6_riot_control_baton
It makes a certain amount of sense that the First Order would engineer weapons that could stand up to a lightsaber, what with Snoke’s and Kylo’s anxiety about Luke bringing back the Jedi.
RIGHT? When she started her “Should I tell you . . .” thing I kept yelling at my TV, “YES. TELL HIM. TELL ME.”
Man, I’ve really come to dislike Bran. The amount of horrific shit that’s gone down as a result of him being impulsive and stubborn about his power is ridiculous. He reminds me of a kid who refuses to put down the damn Gameboy, but in his case it’s a literal matter of life and death.
I’ve been burning through Lady Dynamite on Netflix. Maria Bamford + Mitch Hurwitz = exactly what I want to be watching right now.
Pablo Hidalgo addressed the supposed title leak the other day. He didn’t confirm or deny, but he did point out that the only film of the Internet era that even had a title at this stage in production was ROTS. If this is anything real, I’m betting it’s only a working title.
I watched TFA again yesterday for the first time since the immediate post-BD release “I’M GOING TO WATCH THIS EVERY DAY FOR A WEEK” binge, and I’m now totally firm in my belief that the whole OT pastiche thing that’s getting so much flak was the right way to go. It works so insanely well as a relaunch for the brand while still fitting into the existing saga rather than being a true reboot. To restate what myself and a thousand others have said countless times before, it’s going to be a problem if the entire sequel trilogy is like this, but for the first movie back after a long gap, a cliff notes version of why Star Wars is great was really the perfect way to get new people interested in Star Wars. All of this pissing and moaning about originality seems to miss or ignore the reality of where the franchise was in 2012 when Disney bought it, which was that the prequels were a bummer and no one apart from the true believers really gave a shit anymore. TFA was incredibly warm and welcoming and inclusive, and I think that trumps originality given the circumstances.
Harrison didn’t have any standout moments in terms of acting in ROTJ. Even the “worst” acting in TFA is on par with his best in ROTJ. Plus his acting in his scenes with Leia and his scene with Ben is perhaps the strongest we’ve seen Harrison in a Star Wars film
Also, this was well-stated.
Neat, that’s pretty much exactly what I had in my head.
Ahhh, 2016, the year when it was suddenly totally cool to post massive Game of Thrones spoilers all over the internet like you don’t give a f**k about anyone else.
You can’t be angry about spoilers and also wait 2+ weeks to watch an episode after it airs. One or the other, not both.
Wow, Alan Tudyk’s character reminds me of that droid from ROTJ that talks down to R2.
I’ve said it before, but I’m mostly reminded of 8t88 from Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight.
Love the new TIE, I almost wish they’d gone with something like that for TFA. I’m a little disappointed the Ben Mendelsohn character isn’t Isard, but I’m pleased that Diego Luna isn’t Biggs.
EDIT: Just got seriously thrown off by the writing until I remembered that dummy text is a thing.
I’m a couple months behind on comics. I’ve been pretty broke lately so they’ve been piling up in my box. Anyone read the Poe Dameron one yet?
What’s your problem with Thunderball?
It’s just crazy boring.
Watched a few more Bonds. Too tired to do write-ups, but here’s where I’m at as far as ratings go (I’ve adjusted a couple of them):
From Russia With Love - 4 stars
Goldfinger - 3 1/2 stars
Thunderball - 2 stars
You Only Live Twice - 3 stars
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - 3 1/2 stars
Diamonds Are Forever - 2 starsWhat do you give Dr No?
Haven’t seen it in years so I don’t feel comfortable rating it. It’s one of the few that aren’t available for free right now between Amazon and Comcast, so I’ve skipped it for the time being.
Also, I’m bumping Diamonds Are Forever to 2 1/2.
Watched a few more Bonds. Too tired to do write-ups, but here’s where I’m at as far as ratings go (I’ve adjusted a couple of them):
From Russia With Love - 4 stars
Goldfinger - 3 1/2 stars
Thunderball - 2 stars
You Only Live Twice - 3 stars
On Her Majesty’s Secret Service - 3 1/2 stars
Diamonds Are Forever - 2 stars
Tomorrow I get started on the Roger Moore era.
Glad to hear you’re doing the Bond run, but keep in mind those are usually the all over the place modern transfers with the pretty bad audio remixes.
I believe everything I’ve watched so far have been the 50th anniversary remasters. There’s always the same title card with stuff about the 4K restoration at the end of the credits. The ones I’ve seen have all looked great.
Bloodline's waiting on my Kindle, I should be getting to that within the next few days. I didn’t hate Aftermath, but I didn’t love it either. Lords of the Sith was cool in the beginning but felt interminable by the end. I’ll agree with the consensus that Lost Stars is probably the strongest so far.
What did you feel about Dark Disciple or Tarkin?
I liked Tarkin a lot. I didn’t read Dark Disciple.
Bloodline's waiting on my Kindle, I should be getting to that within the next few days. I didn’t hate Aftermath, but I didn’t love it either. Lords of the Sith was cool in the beginning but felt interminable by the end. I’ll agree with the consensus that Lost Stars is probably the strongest so far.
Didn’t Temeura Morrison literally phone it in, as in he recorded the Boba Fett lines over the phone? He was never a charismatic actor, but that just feels like they were going out of their way to make it lame. In any case, I’m of the opinion that it would make more sense for Fett to have a different voice anyway. If you’re this amazingly effective bounty hunter working in the underworld, I would think you’d want to do everything in your power to not look and sound exactly like all those clones from 20 years ago. Granted, he’s constantly wearing that very distinctive armor so it’s unlikely that he’ll ever be able to move around anonymously (unless he doesn’t use it for every job as someone suggested a few posts back), but still, I’d think he’d want to start crafting his personal legend that he leans on so heavily with a clean slate rather than being “that clone guy”. I’ve seen the argument made that he wouldn’t change his face or voice out of respect for his father, but I don’t think Boba Fett is that sentimental. Not my Boba Fett, anyway.