oojason

Director Gareth Edwards on the Rogue One reshoots: ‘it’s a conversation we should have a year or two from now’…

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-04-04/director-gareth-edwards-on-the-rogue-one-reshoots-its-a-conversation-we-should-have-a-year-or-two-from-now

Veronica Carlson - likely best known for Hammer films (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0138040/)

ray_afraid said:

oojason said:

ray_afraid said:

oojason said:

Sougouk said:

4. Tarkin is so close to looking real, it almost throws the whole illusion off

It was amazing what they pulled off with CG Tarkin, but I was always focusing on the CGIness whenever Tarkin was on.

Same here for the first couple of times I saw Tarkin up on the screen - as a bit of a fan of the old Hammer Horror era films with Peter Cushing et al, it somewhat pulled me out of the film to look to see how they did it, how real (or not) he looked, how it worked best (dimly lit shots for me - and I think a really good reflection shot) etc.

Took me a few watches to just watch it for what it was - a pretty good attempt at it, and a near spot-on portrayal from Guy Henry.

I think I’ve said this before, but As a fellow HAMMER fan, I think you might agree;
I couldn’t and don’t believe this being Peter Cushing, but I did and do buy it being the character of Tarkin.

Tarkin Lives!

I wish this was the tag line for ESB! I like that his hubris takes him down with the ship so to speak, but he’s my favorite Star Wars villain and I’d love it if he could have made it through to RotJ.

With my Hammer head on 😃 (sorry, bad pun)… as we didn’t see Tarkin get staked or decapitated when the Death Star blew up, for me he lives on 😉

It does make you wonder if Lucas or some of the higher-ups wished they hadn’t have killed him off in Star Wars - like you say, such a great character would’ve been interesting to see further on in the trilogy too…

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Amazon still doesn’t have RO stock. This is really weird.

Is it just a US thing?

Rogue One is available to order on amazon in the UK, Spain, Italy, Germany, France (when it is actually released, of course).

It’s also available on Amazon Canada and Mexico too.

Most strange…

Yousa no tinken yousa greater den da Gungans? Mesa like dis. Maybe wesa… bein’ friends

and

‘DIVE!!!’

(y’know, just 'cos it is Brian Blessed 😃)

We would be honored if you would join us

If you build it he will come…

ray_afraid said:

oojason said:

Sougouk said:

4. Tarkin is so close to looking real, it almost throws the whole illusion off

It was amazing what they pulled off with CG Tarkin, but I was always focusing on the CGIness whenever Tarkin was on.

Same here for the first couple of times I saw Tarkin up on the screen - as a bit of a fan of the old Hammer Horror era films with Peter Cushing et al, it somewhat pulled me out of the film to look to see how they did it, how real (or not) he looked, how it worked best (dimly lit shots for me - and I think a really good reflection shot) etc.

Took me a few watches to just watch it for what it was - a pretty good attempt at it, and a near spot-on portrayal from Guy Henry.

I think I’ve said this before, but As a fellow HAMMER fan, I think you might agree;
I couldn’t and don’t believe this being Peter Cushing, but I did and do buy it being the character of Tarkin.

I agree mate, though in the spirit of Hammer - Tarkin Lives! (which would make for a great title to an intriguing cross-genre horror from them 😉)

^ cool read, ta 😃

a couple of short videos promoting the Rogue One blu ray and Vader extra…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJGRJFiSpM0

&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFI7RryG1ho

The Star Wars Celebration website… (includes day-by-day events etc)

http://www.starwarscelebration.com/Home/

https://twitter.com/SW_Celebration
https://www.facebook.com/starwarscelebration
https://www.instagram.com/StarWarsCelebration/

Why don’t you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don’t you dig how beautiful it is out here? Why don’t you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?

Gilbert Baker, gay rights activist and creator of the iconic rainbow flag, died Friday, Mar. 31, 2017, at his home in New York City. He was 65.

more here - http://www.legacy.com/news/celebrity-deaths/notable-deaths/article/gilbert-baker-1951-2017

Doctor Socrates: Footballer, Philosopher, Legend

by Andrew Downie (https://twitter.com/adowniebrazil)

certainly not your average footballer, and so far certainly not an average book 😃

^ I think I may have returned to that cave a few times in my adventures playing it - I remember not being very good. Though now after years of gaming & life experience I’m sure I’ll be better this time around…

(there may be a broken copy of Super Star Wars, and a broken snes controller going for free in a few hours 😉)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnsGbd8WMNg 😃

https://www.gamefaqs.com/snes/563218-super-star-wars/faqs

Sougouk said:

4. Tarkin is so close to looking real, it almost throws the whole illusion off

It was amazing what they pulled off with CG Tarkin, but I was always focusing on the CGIness whenever Tarkin was on.

Same here for the first couple of times I saw Tarkin up on the screen - as a bit of a fan of the old Hammer Horror era films with Peter Cushing et al, it somewhat pulled me out of the film to look to see how they did it, how real (or not) he looked, how it worked best (dimly lit shots for me - and I think a really good reflection shot) etc.

Took me a few watches to just watch it for what it was - a pretty good attempt at it, and a near spot-on portrayal from Guy Henry.

anyway, came across this earlier - really like the fragments in the lower part of the picture, the overall style, colouring and emotion of the scene:-

^ from http://www.deviantart.com/art/Rogue-One-655785698

^ I’d play it - think I’ve still got Super Star Wars in the loft - may have to give that a go later 😃

SilverWook said:

oojason said:

Darth Id said:

SilverWook said:

Jeebus said:

What a dick.

Wait, so Pablo was the lizard baby in V: The Final Battle? 😉

Wow, good eye.
I found that scene exquisitely, euphorically horrifying as a kid.

Is that the birth where there were twins - a baby lizard with a human tongue, and then a human baby with a lizard tongue?

Loved the V stuff - though sketchy in detail now years later - think they did something ‘meh’ with a starchild (with magic powers of course! 😃)?

Here’s the whole sequence if you want to relive the heartwarming scene. 😉
https://youtu.be/HvwfdLdEdVA
The “human” baby is the one they pulled the starchild Deus Ex Machina with. Poor little baby Gorn didn’t live long. 😦

The lizard baby really got around back in the 80’s.

Cheers mate - the memory really can play tricks over the years…

Still at least Jane Badler is as attractive as I remember her playing Diana 😃 :-

^ they are harsh mate 😃

some really nice concept designs for Rogue One (and other films) - http://www.igorstshirts.com/blog/conceptships/2016/star_wars/star_wars_saturday_11.jpg

thought this was decent and quite interesting…

LucasFilm - How we made Rogue One look and feel seamless within the Star Wars saga:-

http://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/lucasfilm-made-rogue-one-look-feel-seamless-within-star-wars-saga/

^ some cool artwork on the u-Wing in the article too.

Darth Id said:

SilverWook said:

Jeebus said:

What a dick.

Wait, so Pablo was the lizard baby in V: The Final Battle? 😉

Wow, good eye.
I found that scene exquisitely, euphorically horrifying as a kid.

Is that the birth where there were twins - a baby lizard with a human tongue, and then a human baby with a lizard tongue?

Loved the V stuff - though sketchy in detail now years later - think they did something ‘meh’ with a starchild (with magic powers of course! 😃)?