The TFN community is kind of delusional I think. Not that I'm not also delusional, but I don't really understand how someone could honestly think that there's a reason to let the original versions of Star Wars rot away into nonexistence (which I know one specific TFNer has said before)
RicOlie_2 said:
SilverWook said:
Does Jabba's green dancing girl ring any bells? ;)
Wasn't that just a wardrobe malfunction, or am I thinking of something else? Even so, it didn't affect the rating and escapes most people's notice (is it in the SE?).
It doesn't look like a malfunction to me. I think the costume was intentionally designed to be revealing and transparent in order to make the scene more racy or edgy or whatever they were trying to go for with that scene.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I for one wouldn't mind seeing nudity in a SW film as long as it was done naturalistically. After all, uncovered boobs and butts don't have to lead into or follow sex.
Unlike what many prudes today would have us believe, it is very possible to tastefully and artistically film nudity. It really wasn't up until maybe the late 90's that they (at least in the US) started rating everything an R that even had just the shortest shot of an uncovered breast, regardless of sexual content. There used to be nudity in PG rated films like Sixteen Candles or Barry Lyndon for example. Anyway, in today's world it would never happen given how the ratings system works
As someone who missed the theatrical run of Jedi, this is the first time I've seen that footage in the quality above a VHS tape. This is truly a public service!
"The Complete Saga" blu rays will go out of print very soon.
I personally enjoyed all of the films, but unlike doubleofive I actually didn't start reading the books until much later, before the sixth one came out, so that was the first movie I saw after reading the book. I will admit that I also was disappointed slightly with some of the exclusion of parts of the book that I like, but overall I still really enjoyed it, and then the 7th film (I consider it as one film simply separated onto two parts) was pretty fantastic in my opinion.
The fallacy of the "Nobody wants the OOT" argument is that, even if that is true, there is no reason why people wouldn't buy that particular Star Wars release anyway. It's based on the assumption that because people don't know or care about the OOT, they won't purchase a re-release of Star Wars because the OOT is included. Including the OOT can only help sales because it provides for an incentive for people to re-buy the trilogy, and everyone who doesn't already own Star Wars will buy the new re-release because they want to see the backstory before watching Episode VII, regardless of the OOT's inclusion.
Oh, and also, if there is enough demand for a Blu Ray of Halloween 6: The Producer's Cut, then there is most definitely a demand for the OOT.
Possessed said:
Careful, I don't think we're allowed to like JJ's Star Trek films around here...
Personally I'm a closeted fan of them, but don't tell anybody...
Also, I liked Nemesis, don't tell anybody that either... (although I will admit that it is very, very different and non-consistent with the tone of star trek in general. I would have liked it alot better if it were a different, individual movie not based on star trek. But as a film, I like it.)
I like Abrams' Trek movies, well, I liked them better than the TNG movies anyway. They're entertaining and harmless; they're movies that you can watch mindlessly and be amused by, or at least they are for me.
imperialscum said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Alderaan said:
^Here's to hoping that was sarcastic!
On my end, yes. I only wish imperiumscum could say the same.
I hope you are being sarcastic now.
What?
FanFiltration said:
"Star Trek V" was the first film I watched.
That's not exactly how I'd like to start a new year, but I guess there are worse films out there.
I watched Back to the Future Part II; I've been waiting years to watch that in 2015. I put it in right at midnight
Alderaan said:
Very good Fink, there's hope for you yet.
What?
I also avoided Harry Potter for a while, not because it was popular, but because I just didn't find the subject to be very interesting. After reading them, they've become one of my favorite book series. The movie series was also impressive seeing as how 8 films were made without any of them flopping or losing their popularity along the way.
The Friday the 13th franchise was never really made with the care and effort that the original Halloween was; in fact, I believe the director (or maybe the producers) speak openly about how they lifted a lot of their ideas from the original Halloween.
imperialscum said:
moviefreakedmind said:
imperialscum said:
moviefreakedmind said:
I for one will never purchase any film unless I get a physical copy.
I hate to be Ric again but even if you download the digital content on your hard disk, you get a physical copy. The information is stored physically on your disk.
If I buy the movie Speed 2: Cruise Control on Itunes, I do not get a physical copy; I get a digital file of the film that I store on a hard drive that I already own. If I buy it on blu ray, then I get a physical copy of the film... not that I would ever spend money on Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Or at least that's how it works in my brain
But that is not how it works outside of you brain. Blu-ray or hard disk, both are physical devices that hold digital data.
Digital copies are not physical copies.
Oh, and the 97 Special Edition is not better than the unaltered versions either.
SilverWook said:
And flying cars, hoverboards, and Cafe 80's franchises. ;)
I remind those of you who still have Laserdisc players, that it is incumbent on you to see this doesn't happen this year...
Just finished watching this movie. I put it in right at midnight!
imperialscum said:
moviefreakedmind said:
I for one will never purchase any film unless I get a physical copy.
I hate to be Ric again but even if you download the digital content on your hard disk, you get a physical copy. The information is stored physically on your disk.
If I buy the movie Speed 2: Cruise Control on Itunes, I do not get a physical copy; I get a digital file of the film that I store on a hard drive that I already own. If I buy it on blu ray, then I get a physical copy of the film... not that I would ever spend money on Speed 2: Cruise Control.
Or at least that's how it works in my brain
TV's Frink said:
Alderaan said:
I haven't seen the new Hobbit films and probably won't. I really liked The Fellowship Of The Ring when it came out, I must have been 19 or 20. But when I watched it again in 2010 I didn't think too highly of it anymore, and Peter Jackson is a terrible, terrible director in my opinion. I think if people go back and watch these films at an older age, they may form a different opinion, similar to how a lot of PT fanboys stopped liking those "movies" once they grew up.
Return of the King was absolutely insufferable when I watched it in 2003. Other than Viggo Mortensen's performance, there was nothing redeemable about that flick at all.
You're so right. In my early 30's I was so impressed with these movies, but now that I'm in my early 40's I know better.
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Or maybe you just don't like anything fun.
I myself was quite young when the LOTR films came out and I have fond memories of seeing them with friends from school, and re-watching them in my twenties I actually think I appreciate them more since when I was younger I watched them more for the action whereas now I enjoy the story much more. I can't stand it when people try to speak for everyone, and to assume that the majority of people who enjoyed the LOTR films (which were nearly universally acclaimed by critics, all of whom were likely fully matured adults) were just clueless children or fanboys is a pretty absurd statement.
Alderaan said:
Fang Zei said:
It's a sign that physical media is sticking around for at least a little longer.Physical media will always be around. There will always be a market for it.
Digital d/l and physical are not an either/or proposition.
I for one will never purchase any film unless I get a physical copy. I still use Netflix and other streaming services, but I will never pay for an individual film if I'm only getting it digitally. I do still love it when blu rays come with digital copies though.
While there are some similarities, I think it is a very unfair comparison. Sure, the hobbits arguably are over reliant on CGI, it is no where near the extreme as in the PT. Also, the hobbits have underwritten characters, but they are no where near as aggravating and obnoxious (or even completely pointless) as the PT characters were. The same can be said for pretty much any flaw the the two trilogies have in common in my opinion
I had to get my wisdom teeth removed today and it took them over an hour and a half just to remove one; it was horribly painful and it freaked me out that it took so long. Now I have to go to an oral surgeon and be asleep for the removal of the next 3 in a few days.
What horrific dental work stories do you have?
dclarkg said:
Handman said:
If it's going to happen, they'd better do it soon when demand is still high. It's almost been 20 years since the SEs came out, and younger people don't care about the OOT for the most part.
Very sad but very true, younger viewers also prefer CGI candy even if it sucks.
They don't care because the OOT has been suppressed to such an extreme that people are not even aware of its existence in some cases.
As for the thread's question, I also will not see Episode VII if the OOT is not released. I have no desire to see the film anyway, so it isn't a boycott, but actually seeing the film would be more out of gratitude that the OOT was finally released. I have such little interest in this film that it would be no loss to me if I don't see it in theaters.
This one is particularly lazy. The original posters for these films look great and should've been used. Thankfully they went with original poster art for the similarly packaged Halloween boxed set
The worst they could do is decide to try and "clean-up" the effects without actually changing them to something else. If they do anything to alter the films (even if it's just """"fixing"""" R2's panels in space) then that would be the worst thing they could possible do
It may have been the laserdiscs for all we know. I really have no idea though
