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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 14, 2011 10:29:08 GMT
I don't think they've all been found yet..... Amazon: still waiting. You sent it Saturday...... (Was only £57 though) Now here. |
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Post by blueshift on Sept 14, 2011 10:46:12 GMT
What's a matte box? A square around the effect that hasn't been blended into the background properly?
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Post by jameso on Sept 14, 2011 10:57:24 GMT
I thought the new Tusken Raider sound and the Nooo in Jedi would be the tip of the iceberg, but it seems they are the whole story. The Noooo isn't that bad but don't really see why it took Lucas 28 years to decide 'you know, Vader should make some noise' at that bit.
I can't believe they are still using the 1997 credits, I'm wondering if there's some kind of legal reason.
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Post by Dave on Sept 14, 2011 15:12:15 GMT
What's a matte box? A square around the effect that hasn't been blended into the background properly? Pretty much, although the shape can vary depending on the object that's been added to the shot. Here's an example. Watched the deleted scenes now. I won't spoil them but here are some thoughts... First off the deleted scenes that were on the prequel DVD's are not included and the ones that are here have not had the effects finished. Whilst the DVD scenes are missing, the AOTC scene that appeared on the official site some years ago is included. Not everything is here however and there's one scene from Sith missing from the disc that I wish had been included here (no, not that one): Yoda doing his crazy act. As for the other scene I was hoping to see (or maybe even put back in the film)... The Qui-Gon scene is included in animatic form with Ben Burtt (I assume) voicing. Disappointingly it is severely cut down: basically just Qui-Gon saying "hey I can teach you to merge with the force". Also... They had Liam Neeson come and do some episodes of Clone Wars but no one thought to have him record this?  The highlight prequel-wise (despite only being an animatic) is an alternative Grevious/Obi-Wan chase/battle. Created under the supervision of some Speilberg fella it is great stuff! Too long to put in the film, some over the top moments and an end that isn't as good as the final version, but definitely worth a watch. The original trilogy scenes are better though quite scratched and some are in black and white. If you've read about deleted stuff over the years there's not much to surprise here, but it's good to finally see them. A lot of the stuff from the first film has been seen already via the Behind the Magic CD-ROM and the Holiday Special but it's in better quality here. Again there's some stuff that hasn't been included which is disappointing but what is here is interesting to watch. |
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Post by Dave on Sept 16, 2011 9:05:32 GMT
Enjoyed the documentaries disc (apart from Star Wars Tech). Highlight has to be the Jedi creatures one from 1983 for no other reason than it has a singing Ackbar. I've since moved on to the original trilogy bonus disc (not looked at Jedi yet though) and it's a great collection of bits and bobs. Love looking at the various models and there's some good interviews scattered about covering various things. There was also a pleasant surprise... The animated segment from the Holiday Special is included. Hurrah! |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2011 7:31:22 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 17, 2011 8:47:58 GMT
That's cool. Though as long as I live I will never understand the urge to hide content on a product for sale.
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Sept 17, 2011 10:47:40 GMT
At some point I would like five free mintes to put the discs in my bd player.....
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Post by Dave on Sept 18, 2011 8:46:19 GMT
At some point I would like five free mintes to put the discs in my bd player..... It's definitely worth doing, there's a lot of interest here. I got lucky that it coincided with my week off. Anyone else fed up of talking about matte boxes? I'll be quick then: the first film does still have some (mostly in the TIE's v Falcon battle). I noticed it whilst listening to the "Archival" audio commentary - which I thought was good as there's a lot of other voices chipping in. It's a bit strange when some of the comments are lifted from stuff elsewhere in this set but it worked well and I'll be checking out the others. |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 29, 2011 13:32:09 GMT
A 22 minute cgi Lego Star Wars cartoon it was on Cartoon Network on Monday evening.
Quite good tosh actually.
Andy
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 29, 2011 19:52:35 GMT
How did this fly under the radar? I had no idea it existed until last week.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Oct 29, 2011 21:15:48 GMT
Same here. Safe on the Turnbull Sky box anyway for your next visit.
Andy
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Post by duffism1981 on Oct 30, 2011 22:42:15 GMT
I came across this game a couple of months ago. I found it very enjoyable.
It also helped that at the time I was playing my way through Lego Star Wars: The Complete Saga on the 360, so it more Lego based humour was very welcome.
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Post by Dave on Nov 7, 2011 19:45:05 GMT
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Post by blueshift on Nov 7, 2011 20:23:38 GMT
Oh god thank you for this, these articles are INCREDIBLE! |
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Post by Nigel on Nov 8, 2011 10:16:14 GMT
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Post by Stomski on Nov 8, 2011 14:06:44 GMT
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Post by Philip Ayres on Nov 13, 2011 14:09:11 GMT
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Nov 14, 2011 16:11:18 GMT
I noticed on the news and led a toast to him at ScotCon. Martin PS No, he didn't have marmalade on it. |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 24, 2011 11:52:23 GMT
I think it could be ESB time today!
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 25, 2011 15:58:11 GMT
It's always ESB time!
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Post by Philip Ayres on Dec 26, 2011 10:05:06 GMT
alas I didn't get round to watching it. Maybe today in HD BD goodness
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Post by The Doctor on Jan 2, 2012 21:15:23 GMT
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Post by Dave on Jan 3, 2012 12:24:30 GMT
Damn.
A quick look on Wikipedia reveals he was involved with more films than I realised. Was older than I thought too.
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Post by duffism1981 on Feb 2, 2012 23:01:25 GMT
So The Phantom menace in 3D. A film everyone hates in a format not many care about. Genius.
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Post by Benn on Feb 3, 2012 8:27:27 GMT
I don't hate it. It's better than Attack Of The Clones. And this is my "Before Watchmen" moment... I know, no matter how much I bitch, I will go and see it, and all the rest again. So, to save time I'm going to try and not bitch.
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 3, 2012 8:37:22 GMT
Well, I'm five mins from a cinema and have an Unlimited Pass. I would give it a whirl in 2D to see how it has aged (not seen it since the original 1999 theatrical release) but if it's only in 3D I won't bother. I don't watch 3D films.
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Post by Nigel on Feb 3, 2012 10:17:46 GMT
I'm in two minds about seeing it. I think Revenge of The Sith will work best in 3D, but if I wait until that one and find the 3D really good, will I think, I wish I'd gone to see the other two?
Plus, I watched the whole series just six months ago.
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Post by Stomski on Feb 3, 2012 11:06:11 GMT
I actually like Phantom Menace except for young Anakin and the Mediclorian BS, I can live with Jar Jar. Darth Maul vs Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan is still the best choreographed Light Sabre duel.
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Post by blueshift on Feb 3, 2012 12:20:21 GMT
Phantom Menace is in some ways the least worst of the prequels, but it's still pretty much an empty film based entirely on spectacle.
While I agree the end fight is nicely choreographed, it does feel too choreographed and overrehearsed, and at the end of the day it is two guys we barely know fighting a guy in black we have seen about twice in the film in a place we don't know.
As an audience member it is pretty hard to care about any of the characters in it.
Actually, the whole end is quite awful. We also have comedy CGI characters fighting robots, Natalie Portman fighting hilariously racist stereotype aliens and robots, and a little kid accidently pressing buttons in a ship HO HO HO.
Of course, once it got to clones vs robots, that was even worse! Then there was two sides who were absolute ciphers!!
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