Pull a Vader Lucas' stab at redemption
#1
Posted 06 November 2003 - 01:19 AM
Or, maybe I have it all wrong. Was there anything about Eps 1 or 2 that you find worthwhile which haven't been blasted to pieces yet? I couldn't think of any. Except for the vader breathing sound at the last part of Episode 1's closing credits. that was kind of cool.
#2
Posted 06 November 2003 - 11:17 AM
Really? I missed that totally!
I dunno. The only thing I can think of was the shadow of Anakin in Ep2 that made him look like Vader. Had they not focused the camera directly at it and merely had it in the background that would have been a really great shot. I'd just much prefer noticing a subtlety like that after the fifth or sixth viewing rather than having it crammed right down my throat the first time I saw it. It lost a lot of effect by being so obvious.
A class action lawsuit isn't such a bad idea. Didn't a bunch of fans sue Creed for sucking at a concert? That's just great!
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#3
Posted 06 November 2003 - 01:45 PM
1) the original Star Wars trilogy was on DVD, NOT SPECIAL EDITION (okay, that has nothing to do with Ep1 or 2, but it would make me like him a lot more)
2) he has nothing to do with Ep3. Somebody else gets to write the script, direct it, and build the damn sets. Oh yes, that's right. Sets.
3) Jar Jar Binks dies in a horribly bloody and unecessary death.
That's all I can think of for right now.
#5
Posted 06 November 2003 - 04:06 PM
The Star Wars original trilogy DVDs are probably gonna suck. I'm guessing Lucas won't release the originals, but rather the special edition (rumor has it he's adding even MORE new stuff the to the original movies).
I want to see LOTS of behind the scenes stuff from the original trilogy. From a time where behind the scenes things weren't really ever intended to be seen. Nowadays they just film them intentionally at the same time of the movies for the DVD special features.
I'd like to see a DVD of "From Star Wars to Jedi". That special rocked my world in 1990.
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#6
Posted 06 November 2003 - 05:09 PM
The one time I agreed with GL was the CGI yoda in Ep2. Looked 10 times better than puppet yoda of Ep1.
#7
Posted 06 November 2003 - 05:38 PM
Which is what I don't get. The puppet Yoda looked great in Episode V! What happened?
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#9
Posted 07 November 2003 - 09:59 PM
Which is what I don't get. The puppet Yoda looked great in Episode V! What happened?
I think the puppet Yoda looked good in Empire because the whole scene was shot in a dark swamp, it covered alot of things. The yoda puppet in Ep1 was done on a bright CGI temple with lots of windows. SHowed alot more flaws in my opinion due to this.
#10 Guest_remotely despondent_*
Posted 10 November 2003 - 03:14 PM
"Love covers many sins"
anybody that Loved episode one, raise your hands.
Lucas has been sliding downhill since the "force-d" renaming of Revenge of the Jedi.
by updating a new hope, he tries to bring a good release to today's audience.
another thing, if "SW" was good enough to win an academy award for special effects, and those effects are not deemed worthy, isn't that just dissing the academy?
(BTW, for the ages: a clip from episode 2 made it in the AFI all-time top villians and heroes special. I want to throw up)
#11
Posted 10 November 2003 - 06:53 PM
#12
Posted 10 November 2003 - 09:51 PM
Jedi *was* a great movie compared to what we've seen lately. Yet I believe Empire was the peak, therefore I maintain from there it's been downhill.
but in fairness to episode three; in 1978 I never imagined "star wars 2" (empire) would BE so good.
#13
Posted 12 November 2003 - 06:05 AM
I'd like a better showing of the temptations of the Dark Side, instead of a whining petulant little child that just shows that Yoda was right, he shouldn't have been trained.
I'd like some background into his relationship with Palpatine. Out of nowhere, he's talking with this big important person. This would be like me suddenly chatting with the Prime Minister of Canada. A clearer idea of why Palpatine is interested in Anakin would be good.
How about releasing an excellent novelization of the movies that follows the same plot but gives everyone some freaking motiviation?
Trouble
#14
Posted 12 November 2003 - 01:58 PM
#15
Posted 12 November 2003 - 08:03 PM
'the phantom menace' and 'attack of the clones' can only be salvaged (title wise), if the new one is called 'Jedi Blood Bath' and is rated R.
;p
as for DVDs, it is official! SW in its' original format will never be available on DVD!!!
SPECIAL EDITION of PM? i heard they extended the pod race scene, that took up too much time to start of with...
AOTC special edition, will probably be an extra 30 minutes of anikan sobing about having to kill all those sand people. When it should be 30 minutes of us watching him slice them up.
i just can't get over what a wuss he is. "I killed them all, even the women and children." now i don't know about you, but if it had been me I would have said to the evercute amidali-lama
"It's like this, some sand people messed with my family so i evicerated the entire comunity, even the kids and pets, it was great you should have seen it. I tell you, they'll think twice before f***ing around with a skywalker!"
damn, I should have played anikan.
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