xhonzi

Ghostbusters said:

skyjedi2005 said:

It is from The John Philip Peacher book,and seems to almost be about the prequels its quite bizarre.  Reminds me of the star wars to Jedi quote " a special effect without a story is a pretty boring thing".

 

"Special effects don't make the movie,and they are only important to tell the story and to give the characters credibility"

"if the Characters are not there or the acting isn't good, the movie will fall apart. It can't sustain itself. People think these are special effects movies. I would say the effects contribute  15 to 20 percent to the enjoyability, effectiveness, and popularity of the movie- At the most. Even in Star Wars

" If you start developing computerized backgrounds , hopefully that will be a way to bring down the cost. But in reality, if things are done right the films won't look any different than they do today. With these systems available, there will be a lot of filmakers moving in. You'll have tiny figures walking around in giant beautiful sets , which will be boring; the films will be a failure , and everybody will say 'Computer movies are not commercial'.

" The whole thing relies on the actors. I would say the acting and story are at least 75 percent of the film.  Just that.  If you can't get that 75 percent , if you don't have good performances and a good plot, you will never get the film to run on the 25 percent that is left. No matter how brilliant a director you are, how fantastic the special, effects, how beautifully it is photographed, how wonderful the music is, it will not work as a popular movie running at 25 percent."

 

Copyright 1983 Lucasfilm LTD and Del Rey books, quoted only for free use for education purposes.

This shows that George Lucas was once a genius. ...

I disagree somewhat.  I think his propensity for saying things like this is more or less unchanged since his early days.  He's always said the right thing.  He just can't seem to abide by his own rules, for some reason.  Listen to the commentary on the PT DVD's.  He has lots of good movie philosophy.  He just didn't apply it.

Murry Sparkles said:

Bingowings said:

For all it's faults I find Godzilla (1998) a much more watchable film than any of the PT.

 +1

 How sad and true.  :(

You don't like barenaked ladies?

You mean you're a...?

*crickets*

twister111 said:

The Fifth Element.

I love this movie.

Great effects, acting, story, EVERYTHING! I love it. Almost perfect in my eyes.

+1

I really didn't like it the first time I saw it.  I think I was unprepared for the mood of the film.

Love it to pieces now.  In fact, I'd almost IGNORE someone who hadn't seen it.

P.S. Tricky out acts everyone in the cast.

Frink,

I've been looking over your posts in the "Last Movie Seen since Inception came out that Weren't Inception" thread.

What. Is. Your. Problem?

or

[Frink, Y U No See Inception?!?! gif]

It's ironic.  Like the Barenaked Ladies.

TheBoost said:

Just had a pudding cup.

The ring came off my pudding can!

Does a good word from Cameron help the cause?

I'm not so sure.

TV's Frink said:

TV's Frink said:

Sausage and roasted red pepper pizza.

To clarify:  I didn't eat sausage separate from the pizza.  The pizza has two toppings.

Do the toppings contain potassium benzoate?

doubleofive said:

xhonzi said:

I think I'm going to watch Toy Story 3 for the first time this weekend.

 

Wait, is this the right thread?

PREPARE FOR TEARS!

Toy Story 3 *Spoilers* may follow:

I didn't cry.  There were two parts I found touching.  The "hand holding" and the box at the end.

I know I'm a cold hearted, senile old man... but when was I supposed to cry.  I mean, when did everyone else cry?  My wife was a little weepy at the end (the box) but why was that so sad?  She said it was sad because Andy was growing up.

And here's my short short (one runon paragraph!) review of TS3- I was disappointed.  (I know, a big surprise coming from me).  I thought Lotso, a toy who wanted to be loved, wasn't and therefore was taking it out on other toys and trying to force them into serving him, was mostly a retread of the Prospector.  I thought, "No one believes Woody when he's telling the truth.  AGAIN." was too similar to the other movies.  And the "Buzz thinks he's a space ranger" segment was played in both other movies.  I enjoyed the "great escape" parts of the last half, but frankly it was similar to Woodly planning the escape at the end of TS1.  I thought they should have focused more on the "Toys should be selfless- be there for [Andy] when he needs them and not think of their own playtime" vs "[Andy] chose to be selfless and give the toys to someone who would play with them" angle.  It was there, but nothing really put a head on it, in my opinion.  The best part to me was the crazy opening.  I wish more of the movie had been like that.  It was awesome.

Woo-hoo!

unIGNORED!

Excellent.

There seems to be a bit of a double standard here:

1. Star Wars (The Original Trilogy) is not so important or great as to cause you to do much to not ruin it.

2. Star Wars (To include The Prequel Trilogy and the Clone Wars TV Show) is too important to not show your kids.  You should buy them their own PT boxset for their birthdays.

If it's not important, why is it important that I haven't shown the PT to my kids?

The 5 hour version or the 2 hour version?  I have to look at my contract, but I think I have to watch both.

I just can't wait until Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is out.  Then maybe we can meet in the middle.

Getting closer!

I was just reading through zombie's http://secrethistoryofstarwars.com/starwarsmemories.html article and it made me think of my own memories.  And how half of those memories aren't the movies themselves, but wearing Star Wars t-shirts everywhere.  You know the ones- the low contrast, extremely faded, cracked iron transfer ones.

I know I'm wearing one in just about every picture of me as a kid...  I'm sure the same is true for many of you.

Has anyone collected a bunch of photos like that somewhere?  If not, may I humbly suggest that you, zombie, do so on secrethistoryofstarwars.com?  It would make a nice companion to the above article.

Mr. and Mrs. 005 said:

 changed it to "we're" as my wife and I rarely don't watch things together

That's how Mrs. xhonzi and I are too.  She doesn't play L4D with me, or see some of the more... blood and guts type things.  But she's happy to watch sci-fi and action... as long as I watch Pride and Prejudice annually.  :(

TV's Frink said:

That's a real thing?

Maybe I need to give RC another chance.  That was funny.

Did you see the 20 second clip?  That's all there is, if that's what you meant by 'real thing.'

RC definitely has its highlights. 

doubleofive said:

xhonzi said:

My official recommendations are:


Notice any trends?

I think I see a pattern. Something about Halo?

 That's almost it.  Look a little harder.

My official recommendations are:

Fall of Reach by Nylund: Read this one, if it's the only one you read.
The Flood by not-Nylund: Don't read unless you can't be bothered to play Halo CE (or the upcoming remake)
First Strike by Nylund: Not as good as other Nylunds, but still pretty good.  Pretty much required if you want to read:
Ghosts of Onyx by Nylund: No Master Chief, but full of characters from other Nylund books.  Has a lot of back story that might influence how you view Halo 3.
Journal of Catherine Halsey (included with high dollar copies of Halo Reach) by Nylund: Short, and more than a little meta, but a very good read.

Contact Harvest by not-Nylund: Don't read, unless you can't get enough Sgt. Johnson.  Also features a Grunt as a main character.  It's actually written by Joe Staten, Bungie writer and voice of the Grunts.
Cole Protocol by not-Nylund: I couldn't get through more than the first couple chapters.
Halo Evolution vol 1&2: I don't know...  But I'd like to read them.

Cryptum: Forerunner #1: by Greg Bear: Sounds good?

Halo comics- I haven't read any that I'd recommend.
Halo Legends- Pass

Notice any trends?

Well, there's Bungie and then there's Bungie.  At least a few prominent members of the Halo team now work for 343.  Frank O'Connor  (sp?) was the lead story guy on Halo 3.  He's the director of 343 now, so it's not too far off I think.

005, have you read any of the books?

Frink said:

Do people care about the D&D movie (I assume this is a movie) like they do about Star Wars?  Do you?  'Cause I'm pretty sure xhonzi doesn't.

TV's Frink said:

Luke says:

I care.

And for the record, I just copied him.

I've heard this was coming.  I'm not sure how I feel about it.  Hopefully it's good, but I'd rather see something set in the post Halo 3 timeframe.