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4throck said:

But for lighting, the main problem is the BlueRay grading (the 4K scans don’t look that bad).

I’d like to agree, but can’t. RotJ has terrible lighting.
Compare shots on the SuperStarDestroyer bridge in Empire and Jedi. In Jedi, it looks like they’ve closed and gone home for the day. No lights on, no screens on, very dark, very boring. This is the same technique they used for the whole film and it makes everything look cheap.

I think The Empire Strikes Back is a good title, especially for a sequel, but I really don’t like any of the titles very much.

NeverarGreat said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Gave this another spin last night. Just a wonderful, wonderful movie.

I’ll second everything Rodney said, except to say that I’ve come to the conclusion that Tarkin looks like crap. He looks a bit waxy, and his face moves way to much. Peter Cushing was more stone faced in his portrayal. Seems like something they literally could’ve just dialed down a little.

Still, far from enough to ruin the movie and it gets an A

I have a theory that the biggest issue with this weird CGI facial animation comes down to the smooth way a CGI movement is animated versus the twitchy way muscles really move. I think this is also one reason why an animatronic puppet can more easily appear lifelike than CGI - the mechanical servos that control the puppet are often a better approximation of muscles than smooth motion gradients.

I totally agree.
And yes to the R1 love. I think I’ll give it a 3rd watch tomorrow.
And an even bigger yes to turning off the auto-smoothing on your TV. Tom Cruise made a YouTube video about it.

joefavs said:

Hey, guys? Uhhh…

joefavs said:

I finally got off my ass and applied for grad school. Let’s hope I have some much, much bigger good news in a couple months.

I got in.

Fantastic! Congratulations!

Tobar said:

Humby said:

Anyways, I think there’s some really good potential to get a near perfect deepfake if you can find enough decent source photos. Even the one that was mentioned earlier I would call a passable attempt. It’s a pretty straight forward shot which always makes things easier.

Here’s a more recent attempt.

Face looks good, but the lips don’t seem to match what she’s saying as well as it used to.

I figure the rebellion sees Han as an important ally and thus ok’d the rescue.
Leia’s military rank may give her the ability to lead such a mission.

JEDIT- Could a kind soul fix the spelling mistake in the thread title?
It’s worse than Leia’s face in R1. 😉

OutboundFlight said:

Leia showing up at all was pure fan service, and really makes no sense if you think about it. What was a senator doing at the Attack in Scariff? … She wasn’t fighting nor did she have any expertise

What makes you think she’s just a senator? That may be some EU stuff, but her actions in the OT show that she was involved with the Rebel military:
-in SW she’s on an undercover mission for the DS plans & is some sort of strategist before & during space the battle.
-in ESB she briefs pilots of their mission & helps carry out the entire escape from both Hoth & Bespin.
-in ROTJ she goes on 2 different covert military missions & in both she plays a major role.
She’s not just a politician/princess.

RogueLeader said:

I just think where its effectiveness gets brought into question is the fact that we don’t get any of this jealousy stuff until, ironically enough, after we have already found out that Luke and Leia are twins.

I’d say the problem is that Han & Leia fell in love and told each other so in the previous film and again at the beginning of this one. The jealousy stuff is silly in RotJ. Han & Leia are in love at the end of ESB and the beginning of RotJ. Then, suddenly, Han worries that Leia is gonna go for Luke OUT OF NOWHERE AND BASED ON NOTHING!

ChainsawAsh said:

snooker said:

I also feel like Luke is far too confident in the movie. The last time we saw him, he was bested by Space Hitler who was also his dad. He had hope, sure, but he seems too cool and calculated throughout Jedi.

He starts the movie as an entirely new character almost. I still like the film, I just think seeing that character development would have been better.

Yep. A clear indication that he’d been away finishing his training with Yoda would have helped this feel less jarring.

Not to pat myself on the back or whatever, but I think this would go a long way to help this problem…
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/460467#TopicPost460467

joefavs said:

Judex deserves special mention for being totally crazypants. The only other Franju film I’ve seen is Eyes Without A Face, but between those two I’m feeling motivated to look into everything he ever did.

A wise decision!

^^ And I’m loving those sweet EvilDead and TexasChainsawMassacre images 😃

Sure, but I thought we had a tight enough community that we could survive a temporary shake-up.
I miss the guys that got banned and I miss the ones who left because of it, but I guess I thought we’d all be coming back, rolling our eyes and putting it behind us soon.
I know I’ve never been terribly popular around here, but I really do like many of you and I’m sad to see everybody leaving.
But, that’s life. Nothing lasts.

Handman said:

Well, in light of everything, I’m done posting here.

What? No… C’mon. Whaat?

JEDIT- have i missed something? What’s going on? I’m sad.
I know I’m not well liked, but I well like some of you.

ray_afraid said:

MalàStrana said:

The quality loss is huge 😕

You’re looking at it backwards.
Hover for the old version.

But, why it’s that way I dunno.
It’s better to get the reveal when you hover your mouse.

m_s0 said:

ray_afraid said:

m_s0 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

The Grinch

Why? Just … why?

Scott Mosier… stuck producing Kevin Smith movies, and then just stuck producing.

No.

Pretty well substantiated in their podcasts.

I totally mis-read your original statement.

I’m probably the only one here who’s excited for next year’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, but I am very excited.
The world they’ve set up is great, the cast is fantastic, the director has already created a modern classic [Trick r’ Treat(2007)] and the line up of monsters is enough to get the kid in me giddy as hell. Should be fun!

m_s0 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

The Grinch

Why? Just … why?

Scott Mosier… stuck producing Kevin Smith movies, and then just stuck producing.

No.

Might explain the ‘why’.

No.

MalàStrana said:

The quality loss is huge 😕

You’re looking at it backwards.
Hover for the old version.

DuracellEnergizer said:

It was a mistake making lightsabers a technological weapon that anyone with opposable digits can turn on and use.

The only time I know of that happening is when Han slices open the tauntaun and I’m ok with it.

joefavs said:

As much as I want to resist the impulse to default to “CAST THE STRANGER THINGS KIDS IN EVERYTHING” fever, she would be great and she’s exactly the right age to jump in on season 2.

I’m setting myself up for a paddlin’, but I just don’t see it.
I really dig Millie, but I can’t see her as Leia.

The upgrade is astounding!

joefavs said:

I’m seeing Elvis Costello in concert tonight! He’s been my favorite songwriter ever since I listened to (and then swiped) my dad’s copy of My Aim Is True when I was 17. This a huge deal for me.

That’s great!

Tantive3+1 said:

Here are some screenshot comparisons showing the differences between the ANH color regrade and the previous ANH:R version. The shots shown from ANH:R are of ones that don’t have effects done besides CC.

http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/124104
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/124109
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/124108

I’ll be posting more of these soon.

Thanks! I Love the new colors!

ImperialFighter said:

Gah, I never made this particular connection until I happened to be tweaking my ROGUE ONE cutlist today! …

haha! I busted some bubbles with that joke when the trailer was released.

That’s what I just said. 😉