had to double check that it wasn't Armond White slumming it on Yahoo but whomever it is has studied him well...
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Trolling for fun & pageviews probably.
― Nicole, Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:51 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah but it's not just a dinosaur butt moving in front of the frame for a split second, or a bunch of tiny whizzing robots zooming around. It's a scene where Jabba the Hutt is killing some poor slave girl and now that action is inter-cut with achingly show-offy CGI of a cartoon singing in extreme closeup. Instead of the scene being menacing, now it's menacing for 2 seconds, then silly for 2 seconds, then back and forth between the two until it just kinda ends with the death of the girl while an alien goes "Uh-oh!" like some effing Bugs Bunny cartoon.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
no i'd wager this doof actually believes it given the pretentious language and far-reaching analogies, including one involving Bush despite shooting for Phantom Menace happening well before he was elected xpost
― Bo Jackson Overdrive, Saturday, 11 February 2012 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
still not as funny as that "mirroring" essay
― Matt Armstrong, Saturday, 11 February 2012 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
Why don't things ever pop out of the screen in nu 3D movies? That was kind of the only fun thing about them.
I found myself enjoying TPM more for the film itself than for any changes brought by the 3D, which was minimal at best.
― Moodles, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:34 (twelve years ago) link
Wait, so is the TPM 3D just... the Phantom Menace, in 3D? I was sort of banking on Lucas going back and changing a bunch of shit so that people would be flying more directly at the screen and so on.
Also sort of expected him to add a bunch more Jar-Jar just to be a prick. And fulfill his long-suppressed original vision, obviously.
― Doctor Casino, Sunday, 12 February 2012 02:48 (twelve years ago) link
I like them best when they're trying to cook and eat all the heroes.
seriously. i love those murderous pagan teddy bears.
― Cruller, Cobbler, Poffert, Pie (latebloomer), Sunday, 12 February 2012 03:58 (twelve years ago) link
Xpost
The 3D was very subtle. I didn't notice any obvious big changes.
― Moodles, Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:09 (twelve years ago) link
Or, as my son said "I don't think the 3D glasses worked." : /
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:24 (twelve years ago) link
There was never actually any 3D. You just thought it was there, but Lucas took it out to avoid confusion.
― polyphonic, Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:25 (twelve years ago) link
that would actually be some kind of conceptual coup.
"i know you went to see 'phantom menace in 3D.' well, you saw 'phantom menace' and as for the 3D... the 3D is -- you!"
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 12 February 2012 09:54 (twelve years ago) link
Well, parts of the movie were in 3D. I peeked over my glasses from time to time just to check. But it was subtle, and it would be during like, the part where the king of the Gungans makes Jar Jar Binks a general and he faints.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Sunday, 12 February 2012 10:28 (twelve years ago) link
well, you saw 'phantom menace' and as for the 3D... the 3D is -- you!
Pretty sure this is the end of "The Holy Mountain."
― the box cutter killer from the calcutta gutter (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Sunday, 12 February 2012 10:50 (twelve years ago) link
way way late on this but anyone who doesn't "get" the idea of the multiple cuts of Blade Runner that, through their differing nuances, tell slightly different stories and infer different possible interpretations of the story can go DIE IN A FIRE.
― #1 Inspector Spacetime Fanboy (Viceroy), Sunday, 12 February 2012 21:33 (twelve years ago) link
I mean I think PKD would have loved that! Its totally in keeping with the whole point of the movie and its source material.
~suckas~
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Sunday, 12 February 2012 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
it's amazing how consistently awful the visual design of every single thing in the new trilogy is: padme's costumes
wth, padme's costumes are pretty dope. prob the best thing about the films tbh *clutches padme's costumes paper cut-out book to chest, flounces off in a huff*
― ledge, Sunday, 12 February 2012 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i really like having all the versions of blade runner. six might be overkill, unless you are simply fascinated with the production process and history -- but at the least the original release version and the newest so-called "Definitive" version are extremely interesting to compare.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:54 (twelve years ago) link
plus, like i said, you can get 'em all for dirt cheap.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Monday, 13 February 2012 05:55 (twelve years ago) link
ledge is right. padme looked consistently great throughout the prequels. Queen Amidala was pretty unbelievable though.
http://www.sccs.swarthmore.edu/users/01/duffy/handmaiden.jpghttp://www.beertripper.com/OffTopic/2010/off-pics/Natalie_Portman/Natalie_Portman_Padme_Amidala_Tatooine.jpghttp://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/b/b2/Padmegreenscrshot.jpg
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Monday, 13 February 2012 10:37 (twelve years ago) link
man remember when you found out that it was the double who died? what a twist!
― Matt Armstrong, Monday, 13 February 2012 10:47 (twelve years ago) link
$23,000,000 in ticket sales this weekend.
― James Mitchell, Monday, 13 February 2012 11:26 (twelve years ago) link
jesus christ
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 February 2012 11:53 (twelve years ago) link
it's being considered a disappointment
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:29 (twelve years ago) link
anyway it wouldnt have even made that if people like our co-ilxists upthread hadnt caved. SHAME ON YOU.
xp: that's really weird. I was in a completely packed theater for a Saturday matinee.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Monday, 13 February 2012 14:32 (twelve years ago) link
the audience for this is most likely young kids (and their parents) so it would make sense for a Saturday matinee to be packed, I would think
― silverfish, Monday, 13 February 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah okay. I could see there being some midnight showings that were total busts.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Monday, 13 February 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
or maybe some people came to their senses
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:04 (twelve years ago) link
If you didn't have a kid, I can't comprehend why you'd go see The Phantom Menace 3D. If you have a kid, you already make a lot of choices I can't comprehend.
― da croupier, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:10 (twelve years ago) link
If George Lucas walked up to you while you watched Phantom Menace 3D alone and slapped you in the face with his dick repeatedly while shrieking "3-D IN YO FACE! NEW CGI, BITCH!" I'd have a hard time having any sympathy for you.
― da croupier, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:12 (twelve years ago) link
^^^wait isn't that basically what's happening?
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:21 (twelve years ago) link
it's him stroking his waddle while doing this that's so distressing
― Put another Juggle in, in the Juggalodeon (kingfish), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
Not only have I withstood two hours of dick-slapping to the face. Not only that I've paid him $22 to do it. But I'm on my THIRD go round with this one.
It was totally worth it to take my kid to the movie. I'm sure I'll pony up for AOTC and ROTS too. But by the end of the movie I was just sort of sitting there with my head in my hands.
― The Austerity of PONIES (beachville), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:26 (twelve years ago) link
good thing you're going to do it again and again!
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:28 (twelve years ago) link
I think those Clone Wars cartoons got a lot of little kids interested in seeing this.
― Nicole, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:29 (twelve years ago) link
Those shows are way better than the prequels, btw
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:30 (twelve years ago) link
will never really understand masochism I guess
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
xp: yes. They are way better than the prequels, although the Truman Capote gay Hutt character is on a par with Jar Jar for me.
― things you're secretly kinda tranny about (beachville), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:34 (twelve years ago) link
The 2d animated shorts by Genndy Tartakovsky, also called Clone Wars, has more thrill power in 20 3-minute segments than George Lucas managed in all of the prequels.
― Andrew Farrell, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:35 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen some of the Clone Wars series thanks to a friend's kid and yeah, they are really well done. Lucas NOT getting directly involved beyond the basics was probably key. I think by now there's been more hours of them all told than the original six movies.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:40 (twelve years ago) link
I only watched a bit but what I saw was super-violent. totally not letting my 4 yo watch that shit
― max buzzword (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Genndy Tartakovsky did star wars cartoons???! omg
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah it was all this mini-episode stuff in the run up to the third movie. And as Andrew sez, it's great.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:43 (twelve years ago) link
I admit I was kind of shocked that a recent episode of Clone Wars I saw featured a squad of clones arguing over whether they should hand over a prisoner or execute him vigilante-style. Not quite what I expected from a Cartoon Network show, but entertaining to watch.
― I spend a lot of time thinking about apricots (DJP), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
you mean a squad of clones WARRING
― the jazz zinger (s1ocki), Monday, 13 February 2012 16:45 (twelve years ago) link
Get your clone war on
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 13 February 2012 16:48 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwabxgoSGZY
― Matt Armstrong, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
Love how there's no iconic, pop-culture touchstone voice for Darth Maul for them to do an impression of so they just kind of fuck around improvising for thirty seconds...more dialogue than he had in the whole film, yes?
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 30 March 2012 23:21 (twelve years ago) link