my favorite thing from them - which i'm sure i referenced upthread - is the pussified scream one-armed Luke gives as he falls in Empire. What was a silent "fuck you, dad" fall becomes AH, I SLIPPESD!
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
haha the caption for this video says it was removed from the DVD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaXgK5HRBjk
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
all of the planetary/Death Star explosions are hilarious, too
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
man just even look at the set design in that clip...shit's epic. computers shomputers, gimme a stunt falling down a disco tunnel
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
otm!
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
a stunt guy, i mean xpost
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eCg0rGfH-w
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
:54
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
"hilarious"
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:41 (twelve years ago) link
i dont even have to watch it, i remember perfectly how awkwardly han 'steps' over jabba's tail - sorta like this:
http://m.assetbar.com/uua6Ptg4Q.gif
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:42 (twelve years ago) link
and then jabba's eyes bulge comically
when george lucas dies he's going to be sent to a CGI heaven I tell you. "oh these are just as good as your real dead relatives...just as good! BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAA!!!"
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:43 (twelve years ago) link
lol TamTam OTM
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
this is the single worst thing in the special editions though & i will entertain no arguments otherwise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PiDRgDmXGi4
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:44 (twelve years ago) link
omg I had forgotten about that
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
haha i never saw jedi redux except for 2 minutes on spike, where they'd turned the sand monster into the plant from Little Shop Of Horrors
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
TamTam otm about that abominable music
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:49 (twelve years ago) link
see I just think all of that shit is hysterical
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:51 (twelve years ago) link
hey if I could still get the original I'd love it if lucas would drop CGI remixes of all kinds of old school movies
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:52 (twelve years ago) link
he could fill in all those empty landscapes in Once Upon a Time in the West with delightful scampering critters and blink-and-you'll-miss-them extras
― metally ill (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
i do have to admit that seeing episode 2 on opening night with a crowd of fairly clued-in adults was one of the best comedy experiences of my life - i can remember the exact moment when the audience collectively decided to accept that the movie was a comedy, and it was during the scene where padme appears by a fireplace wearing a pleather space-gown
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
I have the originals (on VHS, but still) so
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
Frank Miller's later Batman stuff (Dark Knight Strikes Back, All-Star Batman) are irreverent rebukes of previous works that I actually enjoy and admire, Lucas I laugh at more than I laugh with, and however silly his crimes against humanity are, i still would sentence him to the pinkbelly of a lifetime
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
I think all these pale before the crimes of Christopher Nolan.
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:00 (twelve years ago) link
Christopher Nolan vs Jerry Schumacher
― Tom Skerritt Mustache Ride (DJP), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
morbz, take this troll doll and show us where nolan touched you
― da croupier, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
Inversion
― Ned Raggett, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:29 (twelve years ago) link
i can remember the exact moment when the audience collectively decided to accept that the movie was a comedy, and it was during the scene where padme appears by a fireplace wearing a pleather space-gown
Same experience -- the audience did a "Mystery Science Theatre" type thing, except we saw her appearing AS a fireplace.
― The Edge of Gloryhole (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:34 (twelve years ago) link
lol at Ned
― Volvo Twilight (p-dog), Tuesday, 31 May 2011 21:57 (twelve years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/rQaWa.jpg
??full picture here: http://twitpic.com/photos/shintarokago
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 22:04 (twelve years ago) link
dudes at this website the pirate bay they have torrents of the original trilogy in widescreen and unfucked with (rips are from the laser discs iirc). just sayin.
― Clay, Tuesday, 31 May 2011 22:22 (twelve years ago) link
padame has real nipples
― Latham Green, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 02:52 (twelve years ago) link
From the Onion AV Club review of the "American Graffiti" blu-ray out today:
Never one to leave well enough alone, Lucas did some unnecessary tinkering on the new edition, most notably by digitally enhancing the opening shot to look more like a picture postcard than a real-world ’60 diner. The Blu-ray also looks artificially crisp for a low-budget movie from 1973; it’s true that American Graffiti has never looked better, but should it look this good? Nevertheless, Lucas’ busy hands doesn’t diminish the impact of a film that’s clearly personal and heartfelt, and now represents a rare opportunity to access a director who receded as his iconic status rose.
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 11:58 (twelve years ago) link
Was pretty let down when I saw graffiti - it might be personal and heartfelt for lucas but its not much less sitcom than an American Pie movie. Admittedly the movie might have been more striking before wistful recollections of teen loserdom were common.
― da croupier, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
i found graffiti to be better than i expected! it reminded me that, y'know, as easy as it is to think of Star Wars as a flash in the pan, he went 3-for-3 as a director in the 70s...
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
i still think graffiti is wonderful, not least for how well Lucas is able to evoke a certain atmosphere, be it the eerieness of their 'inspiration point' when terry the toad gets his motorcar stolen, or the weirdness of the second hand car dealership, or how subtle and melancholy the whole scene with the clearly-philandering teacher is. it's a pretty magical film, imho, and the flamingoes' 'i only have eyes for you' never sounded better.
― You made the right choice, Deanne... (stevie), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:30 (twelve years ago) link
also, that it has such a rosy nostalgic glow for a film that's looking only 11 years back... that's kind of unimaginable today.
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:45 (twelve years ago) link
The scene with Terry the Toad trying to buy liquor and finding success via a stickup man still makes me LOL. And that hairdo on Candy Clark.
― Shart Shaped Box (Phil D.), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:48 (twelve years ago) link
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, June 1, 2011 2:45 PM (10 minutes ago) Bookmark
you know, this is what sort of astonished me about it when i saw it very recently...
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 18:56 (twelve years ago) link
What about, like, Adventureland? Granted that the time difference is a little larger in that case, but surely there are plenty of examples of young directors making nostalgia films about their younger days?
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:02 (twelve years ago) link
a little larger? more than twice as many years difference...
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:04 (twelve years ago) link
The Wackness
― Number None, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
The Wedding Singer! Haha
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:05 (twelve years ago) link
wedding singer's a good one, because 'lol80s' wasnt really a 'thing' back when they made that
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:08 (twelve years ago) link
what I meant, poly, is the social upheavals between 1962-73 are as about as extreme as you had in America for a 20th century decade. It would've seemed like a nearly unrecognizable world to teens watching it in '73.
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
You're probably right about that. I think Peter Fonda mentioned something about it in a Time Life infomercial I watched.
― polyphonic, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
― ( . __ . ) . o O ( cum ) (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
I like when Darth Vadar wipes his ass - wait. wrong thread
― Latham Green, Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:24 (twelve years ago) link
so Lucas didn't add titles to the epilogue about what happened to the girls? Some things never change.
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 June 2011 19:26 (twelve years ago) link