timdiggerm

bkev said:

And for that matter, why did the good guys / bad guys switch laserfire color between the PT and the OT? That always screwed with my head back when TPM first came out.

Just remember, who is good kinda switched sides too.

You_Too said:

Much better!

Indeed, it now resembles a shot from Star Trek (the original series). Which is, really, closer.

AntcuFaalb said:

timdiggerm said:

AntcuFaalb said:

I was able to see the 3D effects despite my stereo-blindness.

Wait, what?

I assume this means that you felt the immersion of stereo without stereo, I guess thanks to 48fps. Right?

Not really, no.

I meant that I could actually see the little 3D effects in "3D"; e.g., birds flying out at my face.

I guess I don't understand stereo-blindness, then. My mistake.

AntcuFaalb said:

I was able to see the 3D effects despite my stereo-blindness.

Wait, what?

I assume this means that you felt the immersion of stereo without stereo, I guess thanks to 48fps. Right?

Tobar said:

Thorin's hate for Elves

This is a necessary consequence of the film being made after Tolkein wrote LOTR and after Jackson made his films. The dwarf/elf relationship is clearly one of animosity, whereas he may not have had that all figured out as much when he wrote The Hobbit. These new films are very much an adaptation of the book, in the context of the previous films, and this is one area where it shows.

Pacific Rim, as far as I can tell, could also be titled "Anime : The Movie"

Well, it sure does make the movie feel older. Can't say it's an improvement or bad thing, just...old looking.

canofhumdingers said:

Is there actual footage of Luke missing the first time with the grappling hook? In one of the vintage docs or something? While I don't recall ever seeing it in the film itself, I could SWEAR I've seen a clip of him missing and gathering the cord back up to try again... And I mean an actual film clip, not just a picture or anything.

Perhaps you've seen Harmy's joking mockup.

Just remember, if you listen to the music, as Williams and the LSO recorded it, there's no room in the scene for a miss. That means, if such a moment was ever even filmed, it never made it to any cut that had music.

Baronlando said:

Interesting, since the Biggs scene was put back in 97, the people from the 97 SE would be able to shed light, some of them must be on twitter (hey stranger things have happened, like hearing from Harry Shearer 30 years after the fact). The negative for that scene would have been in a completely different place if it had been in the movie and lifted out vs. if it had never been in at all. (On a small roll of its own with the trims in one place etc.  or still on the big rolls of unused raw negative). 

This is the first good idea in settling this debate that I've heard.

TheBoost said:

but I get weird looks for holding my annual "6 Star Wars Movies In A Day" marathon. 

That's just a matter of statistics. Whatever's most common is normal. Whatever's not very common is weird.

Objectively, they're of equal value.

Crap we turned this into PT Redux ideas.

Tyrphanax said:

TV's Frink said:

If you post, you contribute.  Otherwise none of us would come here.  That's real enough for me.

Pretty much this.

All I "contribute" is stupid posts and unsolicited advice.

I know the feeling.

Except I did post a lot of pruneface pictures. That was my moment of glory, folks.

I definitely feel like there should be more than one Clone War.

Baronlando said:

Did they play Victory Celebration at the big ongoing Star Wars concert thing?  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars:_In_Concert

Nope!

And honestly, given that they can only feasibly do one finale, I'm not surprised. Though I would have done Victory Celebration/End Credits w/ a hybrid end credits that finishes the way the ROTS OST (but not film) credits track runs (ie ending w/ Throne Room).

Tyrphanax said:

timdiggerm said:

Tyrphanax said:

The markings on the capsule are completely new and don't match up with any Star Wars written language, which is part of why this picture excites me so much; was this supposed to be the original Star Wars language, before Aurebesh?

Aurebesh's first appearance was ROTJ in 83, right? And even then, it's not really the same aurebesh as the more modern codification.

Anyway, keep in mind that the same film has English letters on screens, particularly the Tractor Beam controls.

Yes and yes; if I remember correctly, by modern connotation, the "Aurebesh" in Jedi "translates" to gibberish, but all Aurebesh after Jedi "translates" into English.

The English in the rest of Star Wars is exactly why I find the markings on the capsule so interesting, because it makes me wonder if they were initially going to use those markings as the alphabet and then changed it so it would be readable for viewers, and then changed it again for Jedi; or if the markings are even supposed to be "letters".

I'm very okay with a universe with several alphabets.

And oh wow, decoding the Holiday Special alphabets. Amazing.

TServo2049 said:

 I'm not even sure if these images will look to you the way they look to me.

You can be sure that they won't.

CP3S said:

georgec said:

...it all just seems so...inconsequential.

When I hear people arguing about sports, what this guy said, what that guy said, etc., it just seems like such a waste of time. I think the culture of sports is extremely bloated. Watching a bit of a game here and there is fun, but anything beyond that doesn't interest me now.

Rant over.

Yay! Guys like me and the Gaffertape are generally made to feel like aliens our entire lives because we don't get into sports. It is kind of refreshing to see someone who was once into sports "get it" and start to see things the way we have always seen them. It just feels like a bunch of inconsequential crap used to sell lots of stuff.

One thing I honestly dread about meeting new people is that I know the sports question is always going to come up.

"What's your name?"

"C3PX"

"Cool. Who's your team?"

"Uhh, never really got much into sports, to be honest"

*Baffled look* *Alert stance* *Cautious tone of voice as if speaking to someone who is clearly a lunatic who could snap and kill you at any moment* "Really?! How come?" (seriously, this question almost always happens. Nobody can hear someone say they are not into sports and just leave it at that, they have to figure out what the hell is wrong with you by pressing the issue and trying to get to the bottom of things. I am not even kidding or exaggerating in the least.)

 

I've gotten to the point where I almost feel guilty when I say I am not into sports. Like I am being rude or difficult. Especially where I live now where people, sadly, have very little else they want to talk about. I feel like I am pushing people away, or telling them that their go to bridge for arbitrarily relating to strangers is, in my case, nothing more than a sheer drop into a gaping ravine. My dad, who has always for the most part felt the same way about sports as me, fakes it. He'll read the local college team's scores online along with any important highlights from the last big game so he can use it to make small talk with people and built rapport. Feels somewhat disingenuous to me, but I can see why he does it. Commercialized sports have become such a deep, embedded part of our culture, and when you don't embrace that aspect of our culture, it can be very hard to find common ground with those around you.

From the other perspective though, someone who's just met is hoping to make small talk (an important part of any social interaction, especially when you've just met) and picks what, statistically speaking, has been a very dependable small talk topic. Uh....shoot, now what to talk about? Plus, if you don't know many people who aren't into sports, it would seem strange.

You probably exaggerate when you say that they immediately suspect you of being ready to murder, and exaggeration never helped anybody come to a peaceful understanding of one another.

And, if it matters, I'm saying all this as a person who doesn't follow sports.

Easterhay said:

I'm just amazed that zombie didn't know there were three Prune Faces in ROTJ. I spotted that ages ago and I don't even have a book out :)

Who knew that Prunefaces qualify as Double-Secret History!

Tyrphanax said:

The markings on the capsule are completely new and don't match up with any Star Wars written language, which is part of why this picture excites me so much; was this supposed to be the original Star Wars language, before Aurebesh?

Aurebesh's first appearance was ROTJ in 83, right? And even then, it's not really the same aurebesh as the more modern codification.

Anyway, keep in mind that the same film has English letters on screens, particularly the Tractor Beam controls.

Yeah, everything I've ever seen about what's what on an ISD has said that's part of the reactor.

Baronlando said:

It's funny, I thought the end music from phantom menace made a better bookend

Just remember that's its the Emperor's theme in a different key.

SS4DarthPayne said:

2) Victory Celebration has never been released as a stand-alone song, correct? It is only part of the 8 minute, 34 second Victory Celebration/End Title track on both the 1997 and 2004 soundtrack releases, correct? For example seen here: LINK I believe it is about the first 2:24 or so.

Listening to my ripped copy of the soundtrack and comparing with the 2011 blu, there appears to be a short pause between the build up at the end of the Celebration and the start of the credits music that does not exist in the film. So, really, all you need to do is open the track up in an audio editor (Audacity, Goldwave, etc) and making it two separate tracks would be easy.

The Sarlacc is not the point of the Sarlacc Battle. The Sarlacc is not there to be terrifying. It's there to provide a situation conducive to the escape. Jabba and his henchmen, pathetic though they may be, are the adversary. 

mrbenja0618 said:

These sarlaac ideas are interesting, but which CG wizard here is going to make this happen? Not trying to be a naysayer, but I'm really curious on the hows. 

Obviously Adywan will construct a fully articulated go-motion bigature, then add CGI mucus in post.

ben_danger said:

If the battle was not in a sandy region of tatooine, but more of a rocky chasm, the sarlac could be in some sort of deep cave, and climb out for a big reveal.

Runs the danger of becoming a rehash of ESB's cave, though.