I still have a little of that [REDACTED] that I can't seem to get rid of on craig's list. If anyone here wants some, just call: [REDACTED].
Holy crap! I knew I was forgetting one of my fave's:
Freakonomics Radio
TV's Frink said:
greenpenguino said:
That's not an excuse! You still have access to common sense, don't you?
Obviously you've never been in xhonzi's kitchen.
Obviously.
TV's Frink said:
Johnny Ringo said:
UFC
I love Utah Fried Chicken!
INTERESTING FACTS!
This concludes INTERESTING FACTS!
^Too busy not splitscreening with Data or Riker.
My favourite podcasts (in no order):
Games:
Making Stuff
Humour:
Writing:
History:
Etc:
I'm sure there are some good one's I'm forgetting.
Retired:
IGN Three Red Lights
1Up's L1sten Up (or whatever it's called now)
Official Lost
IGN's Tech Fetish
CheapyD, Wombat and Shipwreck (CAGcast, I think)
Also:
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Podcasts/topic/11182/
005: I just beat Portal 2 on Xbox and was wanting to start co-op (splitscreening with my wife). But before I did, I thought you might want to snag the "Professor Portal" 'chievo.
Interested?
Anchorhead said:
You are correct sir. Good eye. It's an interesting read. Plenty of it made its way into the film. Some of it it is very different, however. The idea and the message are still very much the same. As much as I dislike the Burton version, he does work in one aspect of the book that is interesting. Of course, he had to Burtonise it and muddy the message.
As a big fan of (most of) the original 5 movies, I really enjoyed reading the book. It's amazing because it's pretty short, but you can tell that material from it was pulled into at least the first 3 movies, and maybe even more after that. And still there is a lot of material that never made it into a movie.
And ditto on the Burton part. Darn, I really wanted to like that movie.
ricardo said:
xhonzi said:
Darn. Apparently gamefly had Castlevania LoS for $13 last night and I missed it.
Gamefly has it on sale again for same price this weekend...
And I managed to miss it again.
WOE IS ME!
doubleofive said:
FilmRot is the podcast I would make with my friends if I could.
Hey! I believe I invited several people, including YOU, to be in an OT@OT.com Podcast.
But noooo..... no one would see Inception....
The Opposite of Sex, True Lies, and Videodrome
Benji the Hunt For Red October Sky High School High School Musical 3: Senior Year of Living Johnny Dangerously-asons.
bkev said:
xhonzi said:
TheBoost said:
Undercover Blues Brothers.
Bingo- I can excuse you being so sloppy with your 'bkev' sock account, but please stop posting the same titles with your 'xhonzi' sock account and your "TheBoost" sock account.
Sincerely,
Your xhonzi sock account
Bingo- I can excuse your being sloppy with your 'TheBoost' sock account, but please stop posting lame "Sock jokes" (since they are olllddddddddd) with your 'xhonzi' sock account.Sincerely,
Your bkev sock account
Much [REDACTED].
bkev said:
Gaffer Tape said:
And of course the quotes I provided from Lucas's speech to Congress were dismissed as not applying to him or his films. Because, you know... reasons.
I'm going to play devil's advocate here and say that Lucas was against colorization which was typically done by a studio rather than the director or anyone previously involved in the film. Making that speech is 100% consistent with Lucas' insistence that movie studios are completely awful. It's not as hypocritical as one might think, simply because he doesn't attack anyone who makes changes to their own movies (as far as I'm aware.)
Lucas is the studio.
TV's Frink said:
Qui-gon, Obi-wan, Watto, Shmi, Duel of the Fates (music and lightsaber action), real film including grain, the battle droids (when they aren't talking), the score, Ric Olie...there's a lot I like about TPM.
I understand but I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
Having just sat through something* that is argualby (mostly) the Phantom Menace... and this being the first time in 6 years I've watched any of TPM... Well...
Most of you know I'm an ardent PT hater. Many of you may also know that I bear no fondness for TPM, Watto, Quigonn, film grain, or any of the other "redeeming" qualities that many see in this movie. I consider TPM to be the objective worst of PT (even if I found RotS more subjectively disappointing- only because my hopes were higher (though it wasn't surprising(my hopes were tempered by fears (which were met(parenthetically speaking)))))... but years of "not watching it" have made me forget all but my reaction to it. Many of you say you like it- to a degree- and that its high points almost outweigh the low. And I've learned to understand that people just have different opinions on the matter.
But I just watched (mostly) it again. And all I can say is that it is far more terrible than I recall and I can't understand how anyone could see anything redeeming in this movie.
Perhaps I'm being too swayed by the fan-edit... perhaps I'm not evaluating the real TPM... but I don't think so... I may not remember how every scene in the original TPM went... but I think I'm not too far off.
This is a bad, bad movie. And I'm embarassed for anyone involved in the making of it.
I can't begin to understand the perspective that there's anything redeeming about it. Sorry if that offends.
I'm trying to think of what to call this, because my friend thinks it's an attempt to rip on TPM, in vein with a RedLetterMedia review or something.
I know Frink has a genuine affection for TPM, so it's not that. I was trying to think of how this got started... and this is what I came to.
It's sort of a Parody of fan edits. Instead of trying to remove/add things that improve the experience... it's intentionally adding/removing things that make the experience... a parody. I was going to say bad, but that's not it exactly. It's sort of intentionally bad for comedic effect, which is not the same thing as 'bad'.
I think of Adywan's Revisited effort as "The Special Editions Done Right" and I think of George's SE effort as "The Special Editions Done... " (I can't finish that sentence.)
So... to sum: TRM: A Special Edition Gone Horribly, Horribly, Right
This thread reminds of a post someone here made years ago... I wish I could find it. I'll do my best to paraphrase, "George Lucas hadn't decided on themes or storyline for each prequel in enough time for John Williams to have as much time as he had to create the themes for the OT."
My response was, "wut?" Movies 2 decades in the making (with an "original vision" that dates back to George Lucas' immaculate conception) and George couldn't come up with stuff in time for Williams to write the soundtrack?
WHAT KIND OF CRAZY IS THAT?!?!
TV's Frink said:
xhonzi said:
TV's Frink said:
xhonzi said:
Truthfully I am disappointed you won't be revisiting any of the scenes I felt were too long. But it is your edit, so I recognize your authority in the matter.
I think you missed my post just now about shortening the crawl.
I think we posted pretty close to the same time, but I saw your post as soon as I finished posting mine. I think that's good. I think those other scenes need shotenin' (shortenin' shortenin') but if I could only pick one, it would be the opening crawl. I still think the VHS Fast-Forward would be good.
TV's Frink said:
xhonzi said:<stuff>
<stuff back>
Truthfully I am disappointed you won't be revisiting any of the scenes I felt were too long. But it is your edit, so I recognize your authority in the matter.
Bingowings said:
This forum is full of video links and textless posts if a bump has to be done why not make an it enjoyable bump?
NSFW?
Oh, and that's the most of the Friday song I've ever heard. That's the real thing and not a spoof- right? MAN it is terrible. I especially liked the bit about the order of the days in the weekend. Now when I forget the order, I can just sing myself the song. It's like a pneumatic device.
doubleofive said:
ME TOO!xhonzi said:
The Ridiculous Menace.
But not with you. I did cheer when I saw your name in the credits. I pointed it out to my wife.
I didn't show my credit to my wife. I don't think she would have been that impressed. :( So I'm glad somebody's hot/geek wife saw it. ")
TV's Frink said:
Also, aren't you guys supposed to give a X out of Y Z's rating?
It's a workprint! And I gave a much more thorough review in the other thread.
Okay, here-a-goes,
I watched the first 10 minutes with my wife... who then decided she had better things to do.
Chalk this up to: She was very distracted by some scrapbooking she had started. Also, she has no love of Star Wars in the first place. She especially dislikes the prequels. She's only seen TPM once, maybe. She doesn't like spoofs. And Frink didn't like her cooking, so she' still sort of mad at him. Okay, I made that last part up, but the rest is all true. She did ask me to show her the highlates later, and then she took off.
However I do think the length of the crawl (that's the only comment I will make on the crawl publicly) was a bit of a bad first foot to put forward. (Second foot, rather, she loved the flutey opening). I've forgotten a lot of the crawl, but I didn't forget that it was too long. If the joke is that "it's long" more than the actual content... then try this: after it's gone on long enough, "VHS fast forward" it to the end. You still get the effect that it's long, but the audience isn't sitting uncomfotably anymore. And by "VHS fast forward" I mean with the chipmunk music and the bad scan lines in the middle of the frame.
My next "too long" complaint is actually part of my "highest praise" segment. The "Where's Ani" and the musical segment that follows caught me completely off guard and was probably the hardest/longest I laughed while watching it. But then it kept going. I think it would be funnier if it was either shorter, or if you could cut away from it and then cut back to it later. I think after Quigonn drops off the parts and then heads back for Mos Espa whould be a good place to maybe play some more of it. It would probably make me laugh again, as opposed to just feeling like it had overstayed its welcome.
Also the "Do a little dance for me", "<Ani's response>" line was very funny. Good job on that one. It almost made me like Stupid Kid Anakin a little more.
My wife, who loves GOB's chicken dance for some reason, thought that was very funny. But maybe you can animate 3PO a little more (more reverse footage) to get a little more "chicken" out of him?
Also, I agree with the 005 and [REDACTED] that the senate (un/)recognize scene was played too many times.
I was really hoping that the "NTATOT!" line would appear after Yoda and Sam Jackson talk. It was even better than I'd hoped.
The battle droids didn't sound overly loud to me. (I was listening in 7.1) But the soundtrack was nice and loud. I was able to listen to it at a nice volume without having to crank my amp.
Which brings me to my next topic- the rear surrounds. I only noticed the rear surrounds a couple of times, and it was always pleasant. Animal/forest noises, explosions, etc.. However, during Obiwan's epic slo-no... There was a repeating "whumping" sound that I think was coming from the surrounds. It might be there in stereo as well. Nothing too noticeable or dealbreaking... but if there's anyway you can get rid of it, I'd say do it.
Let's see... what's next.
I really like the "walking on sunshine" gag, and I'm wondering if it would spoil it if Darth Darth was listening to music more of the time- like when he's approaching Tatooine in the first place. Maybe it would still work if he was listening to something hardcore then, only to have the poppy music later on.
I was amazed at how well the Bender worked.
What's the policy on all of the non-TPM sources? Frink, I think I recall that you think YOU had to own the music or movies you sourced... are you thinking that the viewers have to own them all as well in addition to TPM? Or just TPM? Depending on your answer, I still think the Ewan MacDonald line from The Ghost Writer "This is getting ridiculous!" could be used to great effect-
Next random thought: I'm amazed that it's this done! I kind of thought this would never actually be done. Either an abandoned project, a joke that didn't work in execution as well as in design, or some kind of endless project that you just tweak and tweak for years but never release.
Another random thought: I appreciate that people will want to see their names in the credits... but the fan credits are too long. Either put people in larger groups than three, scroll them, or just reduce the screen time. You're giving everybody the same font/time as George Lucas. Also, I don't think you really properly credited yourself. It says it's a TV's Frink edit, but I don't think I saw another credit for yourself. Not that you should have 50 credits, like some fan films/edits I've seen. But perhaps a "Based on the Humor of TV's Frink" would be appropriate in addition to whatever other credits you have truly earned.
And finally- when the DTS logo rolls at the end... something along the lines of "Suck it, JT 34!" would be appropriate. ;)
I probably have more... I just need them to come to me.