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Lack of Digital Screens for Attack of the Clones
spt writes: "CNN Entertainment has an article describing Lucas Arts' disappointment at the lack of digital screens available for Attack of the Clones. When the Phantom Menace was released, they were hoping that, by May 2002, there would be 2000 digital screens. That estimate dropped to 'several hundred', but the reality is that now there are only 20 digital screen in the U.S.
Who has been lucky enough to see a digitally produced film in one of these 20? Is there enough of a benefit to think that more screens will be converted to digital projection?"
Do I want Lucas to delay the release, or get it over with quickly so he can hurry up and put the series out of its' misery?
LUCAS: Digital is cool. I'm cool. I'm old, but I can still set a trend.
STAR WARS FANS: Speak to us your words of wisdom, oh wise one!
Lucas: Um, okay, I guess I don't do anything else. Hmmm...
Lucas: <Intense thinking>
Lucas: I have it! I will produce AOTC digitally and it will be shown on digital screens around the country... I am a visionary; I will be worshipped like a god!
Star Wars Fans: <Proceed to worship Lucas like a god>
Lucas: Muhahah! My plan is complete!
BYSTANDER: But don't digital screens cost money? Who's going to pay for it?
Lucas: If I produce it, they will pay.
Star Wars Fans: If he produces it, we will pay.
Bystander: No, I meant who will pay for the digital projection equipment and the like...
Lucas: <Shock flashes across his face>
Lucas: They shall not have AOTC without installing a digital projection system! I command it.
Bystander: Say, how many more days until the next installment of LOTR?
...the reason why Phantom Menace sucked so much was because I didn't see it on a digital screen??
Silly me... I thought it was because of that Jar Jar thing! I should have known better.
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George Lucas presents Attack of the Clones, direct to video?
"Your superior intellect is no match for our puny weapons!"
It's a pity they can't just clone the digital screens :)
Great you can hear it fine, your cat (or dog) however has been putting up with the 44khz for years and any day now they're going to get even.
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If my monitor counts as a "digital screen", then I've always watched DivX:-) movies on one.
But I still don't have Attack of the Clones. Maybe if George Lucas provided the link for download, he wouldn't be bitching about the lack of digital screens.
It's a pity they can't just clone the digital screens
Wouldn't that violate the DMCA?
Heh. David Fincher's "Star Wars". The first rule of Jedi Club... is do not talk about Jedi Club. The second rule of Jedi Club... is do not talk about Jedi Club!
Spike Lee's "Star Wars". Mace Windu: Muthafucka!
Kevin Smith's "Star Wars". Silent Bob: [meaningful look] Jay: Snootch to the bootch! [to Amidala] Can I see your tits? [smokes a comedically large blunt] Noitch!"
Toshio Maeda's "Star Wars". Amidala: Aieee!! Tentacle Beast: [unspeakable weirdness] Amidala: Oooh... Tentacle Beast: [decapitates Amidala] Ahh...
Pierre Boule's "Star Wars". Obi-Wan: It's a madhouse! A MADHOUSE!! Anakin: Doctor, I'd like to kiss you goodbye. Monkey Amidala: All right, but you're so damned ugly.
Ahh, I'm all out of +1 Insightful.
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Meesa no liking analog screens!
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It happened to me once when I was a teenager. My friends and I were seeing "Air America". When it melted on-screen there was applause from the audience.
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It actually made the ticket worthwhile, since the movie (played correctly) sucked so bad.
...the film was upside down and playing backwards!
This hapened to me many years ago at the first screening of "Alien" in the Republic of Korea...
Somehow, the last reel was wound backwards...
When the third reel started (I think it was third..),
Ripley climbed out of a sleep pod, a huge
explosion coalessed into the Nostromo, and an
escape vehicle flew in reverse and docked...
Naturally, this made no sense, since the last
thing we had seen was Ripley starting to
initiate the self-destruct sequence...!
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