Wow yes. I just rewatched it with my sci-fi indifferent older daughter who was absolutely gripped from ep 1. Is it even better than the 1977 movie? Certainly for an adult audience.
― assert (matttkkkk), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 20:01 (one month ago) link
On a separate note I actually just saw Michael Clayton for the first time thanks to a one-off Alamo screening. And yeah, a lot more of the vibe tracks, if you will.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 01:17 (one month ago) link
I recently showed my niece and nephew A New Hope and they kept laughing at how bad the VFX were, they couldn't take it seriously. I kept having to be like, "when I was a kid, this was mind-blowing". My nephew is even pretty into sci-fi but I guess it was too hard a sell for them - no interest in seeing Empire Strikes Back
I suspect they'd be way more into Mandalorian or Andor simply because they look better
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 11:15 (one month ago) link
Must be hard when you grow up watching movies with great special effects like, er, Ant-Man 3
― Chuck_Tatum, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 11:23 (one month ago) link
Vinnie was it the "special edition" with the coating of "new" (now old) CGI applied?
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 11:26 (one month ago) link
the space battles get a lot better in rotj. i agree, i remember being very nonplussed as a 10 year old by how slowly the x-wings moved in ANH vs the x-wings that i flew in the pc game x-wing.
― 龜, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 11:31 (one month ago) link
"new" (now old) CGI
shit, you're right. new special edition mk 2 needed stat!
― gene besserit (ledge), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 11:39 (one month ago) link
well i've always said this, that since CGI gets better all the time once you go down this road of specializing old movies with new effects you kind of can't stop since those new effects will quickly start looking very bad, in fact far worse than if they'd been practical to begin with. the only winning move is to despecialize obv but in lieu of that yes, new special editions are needed!
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 11:42 (one month ago) link
Tracer, it was the special edition on Disney Plus. I don't think I was particularly bothered by the "new" CGI - it doesn't look great but many of the old VFX shots look pretty dated nowadays as well. I still enjoy all the other aspects of the movie, but I can see how it's a hard sell for younger people. My nephew and niece pointed out how bad any blaster scene was, with the shots going wildly off-target every time. And fair point to them
― Vinnie, Wednesday, 6 March 2024 13:21 (one month ago) link
that lobster man in full
https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BNmFiZjBjZmUtOTdkYS00YmU0LTlkMjItMjZiZTk1YWJlMjRkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMDYyODAzNQ@@._V1_.jpg
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 13:50 (one month ago) link
FUCK
lol when we watched Andor my kids were stunned that stormtroopers actually got a few hits in
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 14:03 (one month ago) link