I made something
https://vimeo.com/301362793
I have no idea what it is - although do like Children Of Men a lot - so… nice one, mate 😃
In honour of it… a few other threads around the site on all things ‘Life Day’-ish…
• I just saw the SW Holiday Special - a 2003 thread
• Supposing Disney releases the Star Wars Holiday Special on disc - a 2016 thread
• I didn’t think the Star Wars Holiday Special was THAAAAT BADDDD… - a 2014 thread
as well as the Preservation Project threads for it…
• SKot’s Preserving the…cringe…Star Wars Holiday Special (and also a comprehensive info thread)
• Zion’s Star Wars Holiday Special - Zion Hybrid v2
• Sishyo512’s Restoring the wondrously disastrous Star Wars Holiday Special
• Tasjo’s SWHS WHIO 1st Gen VHS Preservation
There are a few TSWHS ‘commentary track’ videos on youtube - even a few Fan Edits of the Holiday Special too!
Some useful sites and intriguing articles for more TSWHS info…
https://www.starwarsholidayspecial.com - SKot’s site; well worth a visit - qith comprehensive / detailed info…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_Holiday_Special - for those who may not know much about this subjective masterpiece
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0193524/ - as above, some useful info - this time from imdb.
http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special - Wookieepedia’s take on TSWHS
• Tears of a Wookiee – The Star Wars Holiday Special at 40 at the Little White Lies website.
• The Star Wars Holiday Special 40th Anniversary: 5 Reasons to Appreciate the Wookiee TV Classic! at the Skywalking Through Neverland website.
• Animator John Celestri’s road to the Star Wars Holiday Special and the first appearance of Boba Fett - at the SW•com.
• In defense of The Star Wars Holiday Special as it turns 40 - at the CNet•com.
• Yes, Virginia, There Is A Star Wars Holiday Special - at the erm… Monkeys Fighting Robots site.
• Star Wars Holiday Special at 40 - at the DavidMDaut website.
• The Star Wars Holiday Special Should Never Be Forgotten - at the Consequence Of Sound website.
Please add more below if you know of any (or are willing to admit to that 😉 )
I’m off to ensure I have enough alcohol in the house for tonight’s viewing of it…
Don’t feel too bad if you’ve never seen it - or watched it all the way through - neither has Mark Hamill:-
https://twitter.com/HamillHimself/status/1064215037433139200
Kinda weird to think that the 1978 Holiday Special was watched by 13 million viewers in the US…
https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/The_Star_Wars_Holiday_Special#Release
2024 Edit: Star Wars Holiday Special Documentary (2017; aka ‘A Disturbance in the Force: Star Wars Holiday Special Documentary’)
^ more info on Page 4 of the The 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special - a general discussion thread (a 2023 release)
Season 3 of The Man in the High Castle.
Enjoy it, mate?
I loved it, possibly more so after season 2 sort of lost it’s way for me for a while (after a very strong first season). Am very much looking forward a 4th season…
‘UK austerity has inflicted ‘great misery’ on citizens, UN says’:-
UN finds levels of child poverty in the UK… “not just a disgrace, but a social calamity and an economic disaster”.
&
‘Poverty causing ‘misery’ in UK, and ministers are in denial, says UN official’
Ministers are in a “state of denial” about poverty, a UN expert has said following a 12-day tour of the UK.
With the day off, I had some fun taking apart the Starkiller Infiltration and putting it back together (somewhat).
https://vimeo.com/300872367
Password: faneditI intentionally didn’t spend a great deal of time finessing the scenes or transitions, so it’s a very rough idea. Kylo begins the interrogation the same place as in the Theatrical, but it then transitions to Hux and the Starkiller charging, then the Resistance briefing, and then finally back to the interrogation to imply that it has been going on for quite a while (it definitely needs an establishing shot though). I would like to have some indication in this scene that implies that Rey’s connection to Han is what defeats Kylo, which is what Snoke picks up on later.
Really liked your reworking of the interrogation scenes - you can really feel the ebb and flow of information, Rey’s resistance and then her own probing of Kylo when he more forcefully tries to exert the info he wants. Nice execution in amongst the Falcon’s approach, and Han & Co entering the base.
Part 2 of 2 and the next video! Ahh, I’m struggling to keep up with sharing these!
You’re doing great - loving the explanations and reasoning as to your changes in your videos (both informative and helpful to anyone out there thinking about undertaking their own project too).
Nicely done, and also with the changes to the order at the end.
I think it’s more of a new ‘this machine kills Breen fascists’ experimental type phaser - with smooth free jazz accompaniment for closing scenes after the villain has been defeated each week… 😃
Am looking forward to the new season of The Orville in a couple of weeks - should be intriguing to see how it approaches that awkward 2nd album season.
‘Doctor Who to skip Christmas Day for first time in 13 years’…
The festive edition of Doctor Who will be shown on New Year’s Day on BBC One instead of Christmas Day for the first time since the drama’s return in 2005.
The new Riker series looks intriguing…
😉
“Apprentice / Master / Student of Darkness” - Triptych Set by Andy Fairhurst:-
‘Exoplanet discovered around neighbouring star’…
Astronomers have discovered a planet around one of the closest stars to our Sun.
Probably been posted before, and have no idea who did this, but kudos to them…
RIP Douglas Rain & Stan Lee.
‘People gather around world to mark armistice centenary’…
The Farm - All Together Now
Quality episode that for me - and also another one addressing somewhat awkward and sensitive historical events with respect and care they deserve - from the POV of the people in everyday life who would just start to be affected by them.
And hopefully also serve as an introduction to the subject of Partition too - for those who may beinterested.
Loved the music at the end too (and also the cinematography throughout).
‘Two-legged robot gets its very own Star Wars AT-ST costume’
https://nerdist.com/robot-star-wars-costume-at-st-cassie/ (with video)
'Electrician finds life-size ‘Star Wars’ vehicle in client’s back yard:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdIOL2zkl_4 - 30 second video at the New York Post
Article: https://nypost.com/video/electrician-finds-life-size-star-wars-vehicle-in-clients-back-yard
^ 'Tis indeed a good point that.
Hard to believe this advert for Iceland Food Stores was banned in the UK as ‘the advert wasn’t approved by advertising regulators as it was seen to be in support of a political issue.’…
https://twitter.com/IcelandFoods/status/1060774234266484737
'You won’t see our Christmas advert on TV this year, because it was banned. But we want to share Rang-tan’s story with you…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdpspllWI2o
^ Not a big fan of Christmas tv adverts anyway - yet banning that above seems utterly ridiculous.
Glad you enjoyed those links. I feel they help show the problem with Climate Change: There are large powers invested in ignoring it, and there’s only so much we as individuals can do to stop it without radical change.
Fully agree, I hope that at the personal and local levels there is enough happening (and publicity and awareness) to help make that pressure count on the larger powers - if not now, then for the next generation - or hopefully sooner.
‘Remarkable decline in fertility rates’:-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46118103
and on a happier more uplifting note…
‘Miami just broke ground on a new, High Line-inspired 10-mile park under its train tracks’:-
An oldie yet, still a good 'un…
‘How to Take Out AT-ATs - EASY METHOD EXPLAINED!!’:-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQ8sFRuDyiU
^ Keep Portland (and us SW fans) Weird 😉
‘Samsung folding smartphone revealed to developers’…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-46130071
(with a bit of illustrated history of how mobile phone screens have evolved over the years)
An OT-era Rebel Spy tv series? I’m intrigued and probably more interested in that than The Mandalorian (though will give both a go 😃)
Looking forward to finding out who’ll be writing and helming the show (c’mon Ron D. Moore…) and more details - hopefully a more pragmatic ‘greyer’ view and feel of the world a la Rogue One.
Loving Handman and Chainsaws
No mate…
Loving Handman, paja and Chainsaw
😉
(and everyone on here too)
‘Astronomers find pairs of black holes at the centers of merging galaxies’…
For the first time, a team of astronomers has observed several pairs of galaxies in the final stages of merging together into single, larger galaxies. Peering through thick walls of gas and dust surrounding the merging galaxies’ messy cores, the research team captured pairs of supermassive black holes—each of which once occupied the center of one of the two original smaller galaxies—drawing closer together before they coalescence into one giant black hole.
https://phys.org/news/2018-11-astronomers-pairs-black-holes-centers.html
^ so cool, fascinating and hopefully a lot more intriguing images to come (20 years of Hubble images 😃)