timdiggerm

:(

We should include DC and NoVa in this.

I live in Gaithersburg, MD!

Oh yeah, btw, I moved.

Darth Id said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

A BBC interview with Comedian Phill Jupitus about his views on the new Star Wars Film/Teaser/Prequels. This bit was interesting and encouraging to hear...

"I met an effects bloke in Essex, he drinks in my local coffee shop. He said [the makers of the new film] bought every gas-bottled air gun in England when they arrived because they wanted the Stormtroopers' guns to have a kick when they fired them. You don't have to fake it; it looks real"

 Yes because "real" lasers have so very much recoil...

[too lazy to dig up a eye-rolly little smiley]

 Given that these are blasters, not lasers... 

So the deflicker plugin does darken the picture a bit

Possessed said:

I was planning on using the ones already there, just in a different fashion.  Like using the shots of the barge moving through the sand just without the dance music that plays, then cutting to it.

 Is there some way to cut in another scene? "Meanwhile, back at the Death Star..." If so, that would take away the need to show them traveling.

Possessed said:

Do you guys think it would be too awkward/abrupt to cut from when Luke tells Jabba "It's the last mistake you'll ever make" scene straight to them standing out on the barge waiting for it to start with a wipe of some sort?  It removes alot, but you lose absolutely nothing important, and get rid of alot of annoying things.

 I think some kind of establishing shot of the pit, the barge and the skiffs is necessary.

Bingowings said:

Besides the notion that voices are 'genetic' is bonkers.

 I mean, there's a certain about of something here. How often are older children mistaken for their parents on the phone? Maybe it's nature, maybe it's nuture, but it's real.

Well that looks great! Especially now that you've fixed the grammar.

And so does the clip. Feeling excited about this project today.

When do we read the minutes?

DuracellEnergizer said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

I've decided that the football Droid is called "Skippy" until further notice. Because from the brief shot we got in the teaser, I had the feeling he was rushing to warn of danger. Kind of a "Beep Boop Beep... What's that Skip? Uncle Luke has fallen down a well?!?" vibe.

We already have a droid named "Skippy", thank you very much.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Skippy_the_Jedi_Droid

 Just as canonical as ever before

Ryan McAvoy said:

Bingowings said:

It's no secret that CHOAM is meant to be OPEC.

It seems unlikely as OPEC was only formed in it's smallest incarnation, a couple of years after Herbert began writing Dune. But it's possible I guess.

 More than possible

Frank Herbert said:

The scarce water of Dune is an exact analog of oil scarcity. CHOAM is OPEC.

http://moodleshare.org/mod/page/view.php?id=2453

NeverarGreat said:

I notice that the third one is unopened. Guess it's not that important.

 You can see the shrink wrap on all of them. I guess they just arrived.

Bingo, thank you for writing the definitive OT.com post about not overusing the cry of "Universe Shrinkage!" We needed it, and you did it very well.

AntcuFaalb said:

If the following is true, then I'm really fucking excited despite what I've said in the past. http://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/2nyd64/rumor_potential_4chan_episode_vii_leak_possible/

Hmm...

The contention is that he is an existing character from the prequel films, and the revelation of his identity will shock viewers.

Come on, come on, Ric!

Seriously though, I have no idea who this could be. Who's left?

Well, except Boba Fett.

darth_ender said:

Admittedly, you come off as a bully to those who may not know you. 

 This is exactly right

Verboten said:

Has anyone else noted that they based the Falcon's engine glow on the SE version?

 Given that the pre-SE glow was just a big white blur with no interior detail, I'm not surprised.

Also, it may be that the white-glow is more of a space thing.

Ryan McAvoy said:

ImperialFighter said:

The other day I actually paused the teaser at the very last moment of the shot showing the back of the legs of the new Stormtroopers as they are about to disembark down the ramp - turns out that it indeed seems that it's just the colour of the lighting inside the transport they're waiting in that is reflecting the hue on their armour...as the precise moment I paused the end of the shot shows the legs of the Stormtroopers turning to gleaming white after all at that point, as the ramp door opens wider.  It's just that the shot ends abruptly at this point, too quickly for our eyes to catch this last frame.  So I'm satisfied that the blueish/teal look of those particular shots is just due to the colour of the lighting reflecting off their armour after all, rather than due to deliberate colour-meddling.

 This frame...

...incase anybody was wondering. Nice spot, thanks.

This is a very, very good point.

No, no, in this case, it did make some sense...

SilverWook said:

It's fun to compare and contrast with the teaser for the original. :)

http://youtu.be/VEDFGzqMgpI

 The trailer just a couple of random images with a creepy voice that doesn't say anything sustantive. There's not enough information to go on, not enough to form any sort of opinion.

TV's Frink said:

team_negative1 said:

It's not clothing.

 We'll be the judge of that.  You can wear all sorts of things.

I'd like to see you wear files

Yeah, it's a fast moving robot. Anything that moves that fast is not going to make you think of the OUT.

Man that is some obscure zoomy

Let me recommend that you post this in 

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Episode-VII-to-be-directed-by-JJ-Abrams-NON-SPOILER-THREAD/topic/15121/page/144/

or

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/THE-FORCE-AWAKENS-Episode-VII-Discussion-SPOILER-THREAD-Teaser-Trailer-Has-Been-Released/topic/16649/page/64/

depending if you like spoilers or not

Humby said:

-The soccer ball droid.  Although somewhat silly, I personally feel it looked and felt like it could have been plucked right out of ANH.  And for all we know, it may only have a few moments of screen time.

 As seen here: http://i.imgur.com/7tmnPX6.jpg

looks like the little guy is a new sidekick. Probably looks less silly when not moving so fast.

Tobar said:

But then again, why does this fan teaser look better than the real deal?!?!

1. Because it's full of stuff from the original trilogy meant to evoke nostalgia
2. It doesn't look better