the crimes of george lucas ('90s on)

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to clarify my question, why would you repeatedly see a movie you cared so little about the plot evaporated from your mind the second after you saw it? or was the amnesia THAT strong?

da croupier, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:36 (thirteen years ago) link

I apologize if this was already addressed, but why would you see this movie 4 or 5 times?

Ok, I've seen it twice, then watched part of The Phantom Edit, then watched the rifftrax once twice.

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:37 (thirteen years ago) link

xp Same reason to watch the Zapruder film over and over. WHAT HAPPENED HERE?

kenan, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link

Something died violently, and I need to know how and why.

kenan, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:38 (thirteen years ago) link

'Repeatedly' being in the course of 10 years.

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:39 (thirteen years ago) link

I'm sure I've only sat through the whole thing once.

kenan, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:41 (thirteen years ago) link

How the hell can you not know the story if you've seen it 4 or 5 times? It's not even remotely complicated.

― Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Wednesday, September 29, 2010 10:08 AM (13 minutes ago) Bookmark

no but it is so painfully boring and shitty the brain actively rejects it

― If Airplanes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 15:22 (2 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

slock1 OTM

beef lamp (stevie), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link

"Now it's R2-3D and 3D-PO as George Lucas green lights mega Star Wars conversion"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1316182/George-Lucas-green-lights-mega-Star-Wars-3D-conversion.html

Maybe more at home on the Mail mail thread

not_goodwin, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 16:55 (thirteen years ago) link

Not unless the DM claims that Jawas are illegal immigrants.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 16:59 (thirteen years ago) link

Mail mail?

Sorry, hate mail, duh!

not_goodwin, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:00 (thirteen years ago) link

Get ready for HAN TRIO and PRINCESS THREEYA as LUCAS creates NEW DIMENSION for STAR FLICKS

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:08 (thirteen years ago) link

Would think Attack of the Clones & Revenge of the Sith would be the easiest to do, since the sets are all CGI anyways, all they need to do is find the original files and put it 2nd camera & re-render. With improved computer technology, render times for even the most complicated scenes should be drastically shorter than originally.

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link

Obi Wan Kenobthree

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link

LOOK skywalker

If Airplanes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link

And shame on Roger Ebert for lauding visuals over story and characters. He KNOWS better.

― kenan, Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:56 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark

He's ALWAYS done that. He gave Spawn, a movie that's arguably even worse than the Phantom Menace (and has even worse effects), three and a half stars.

latebloomer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:20 (thirteen years ago) link

Yeah, I guess he does give a multipass to all things comic-book-ish.

kenan, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link

hahaha

If Airplanes Could Fly This Place Would Be An Airport (s1ocki), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:22 (thirteen years ago) link

"Use the Force 3D goggles"

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link

C3-DO

latebloomer, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 17:28 (thirteen years ago) link

some points in favor of dark city:
kiefer is pretty good as the nerd
it never inspired any fanfiction (i have this theory that fanfiction is a kind of autoimmune response by an audience spurred by intrinsic defects in the source material [this would be supported if we could count up the number of prequel fanfics vs. original trilogy])

i can't think of any in favor of spawn.

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:02 (thirteen years ago) link

I never watched "The Cell" but I'm pretty sure it didn't deserve the four stars Ebert gave it.

funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link

I kind of tuned out the rest of the movie, but this scene is worth 4 stars!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDGLkpSUFhM

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:15 (thirteen years ago) link

The Cell reminded me of a hundred-minute version of Madonna's "Nothing Really Matters"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAVx9RKaLPU

raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link

that is the meanest thing I've ever seen written about The Cell

Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:22 (thirteen years ago) link

ha - I'm pretty sure it isn't.

raging hetero lifechill (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:24 (thirteen years ago) link

"scena del cavallo"

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:48 (thirteen years ago) link

"but this scene is worth 4 stars!"
what i meant was 'this scene is worth HORSE stars!'

i can't think of a single scene in star wars that's worth 3D-izing more than a cross-sectioned horse.

Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:52 (thirteen years ago) link

^^^ list thread

Monkeys? Um, no. (HI DERE), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link

he should make jar jar 3-d and keep everything else in 2-d

('_') (omar little), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 18:53 (thirteen years ago) link

I wonder if this is happening because someone complained the characters in the prequels "were two-dimensional" and Lucas got confused.

Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link

calling them two-dimensional is being generous

pro bono toilet snaking (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link

How come every fucking scene in these movies involves someone standing in front of a window with a million fucking things happening in the background.

― Your heartbeat soun like sasquatch feet (polyphonic), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 19:22 (1 year ago)

Well now Lucas can remake the films so that there's a million things flying around in the foreground right in front of your face.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link

STAR WARS 3-D: THEY FLY @ U FACE

a seminar on ass play for kids or something (Phil D.), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:40 (thirteen years ago) link

Especially that scene with the shapeshifter assassin and Obi-Wan is hanging onto that flying droid and Anakin is chasing after them. You know that scene is just going to be five minutes of shit and wacky aliens in flying clown cars careering towards you constantly.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:43 (thirteen years ago) link

I hope we'll be able to smell Watto's burps.

funky house skeptic (polyphonic), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:45 (thirteen years ago) link

And Jabba's farts!

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 29 September 2010 20:49 (thirteen years ago) link

George Lucas does not exist - he never did. He is manage by a robo-star in manner of #2536. He will soon introduce something for you - THE CHOMPING DUCK GETS HIS FATTY OUT FOR VADAR

Latham Green, Wednesday, 29 September 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link

can this be the thread where we just recycle complaints from red letter media? because seriously why did the shape-shifting assassin need to hide its face with a veil.

it sucks and you all love something that sucks (reddening), Thursday, 30 September 2010 02:18 (thirteen years ago) link

If the assassin was shape-shifting why didnt it just become Padame and kill itself?

Latham Green, Thursday, 30 September 2010 02:38 (thirteen years ago) link

The senate chamber will look pretty dope, tho.

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 30 September 2010 04:48 (thirteen years ago) link

truu dat!

Latham Green, Thursday, 30 September 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link

three weeks pass...

This pretty much sums up the prequels:

http://i.imgur.com/95WpR.gif

Princess TamTam, Sunday, 24 October 2010 08:38 (thirteen years ago) link

By the way, the Red Letter Media guy's Star Trek reviews are hilarious, maybe better than the SW ones (depending on whether or not you're a Trek fan)

Princess TamTam, Sunday, 24 October 2010 08:56 (thirteen years ago) link

Lucas now forced to shill for PC World, just to make a bit of money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVjTBHEnj04

like an ant to a crumb (DavidM), Sunday, 24 October 2010 18:00 (thirteen years ago) link

(actually it's quite well made, and feels old school Star Wars-y. I like the scene wipes, or whatever they're called. Despite that, it still somehow leaves a bad taste)

like an ant to a crumb (DavidM), Sunday, 24 October 2010 18:03 (thirteen years ago) link

That's going to be in the 3D version of ANH. The inside of the Jawa transport is going to look like a branch of PC World.

Les centimètres énigmatiques (snoball), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 08:48 (thirteen years ago) link

Totally always wished they had made Star Wars graphic adventures back in the day. Those two based on Indiana Jones were great. The Fate Of Atlantis was 1000x better than the new movie too....

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 27 October 2010 18:27 (thirteen years ago) link

two months pass...

http://www.redlettermedia.com/sith.html

the episode 3 review is finally up... 2 hours long!

Princess TamTam, Sunday, 2 January 2011 19:03 (thirteen years ago) link

but it just flies by!

we could play games, idk (ledge), Sunday, 2 January 2011 21:22 (thirteen years ago) link

Yes, it does. Pretty good, but not as good as the ep 2 review. Really like how he pointed out certain things that were spoiled because of the over-reliance on green screen, like Obi-Wan's non-reaction at a four-armed robot unsheathing multiple lightsabers right in front of his face. Also the bit about how unimaginatively the talking scenes were shot.

Telephoneface (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 3 January 2011 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link


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