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Star Wars Episode III: Behind the Scenes Webcam
securitas writes "Soon Star Wars behind-the-scenes webcam goes live when shooting for Episode III begins in Australia. 'The webcam will be moved every day, shooting live for 12 hours and then replaying in a loop while the cast is sleeping.' Of course it's only free until next week when you will have to join StarWars.com's newly relaunched site to view the cam as part of a package of services that includes online chats, outtakes and deleted scenes." I'm not sure if it's worth $20, but it's worth something....
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Only George Lucas would even think of making fans pay for advertising.
George Lucas is a greedy, fat old man who is hell-bent on ripping off his fans (the new and the old ones alike).
I'm not sure if it's worth $20, but it's worth something....
Ignoring ?
It could be worth a lot for the webcam if some really dedicated viewer is able to piece together the plot, or other spoiling elements. Although you could just wait for the DVD, which will probably have all the thousands of hours of webcam footage included.
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I'm not sure if it's worth $20, but it's worth something....
I'm pretty sure I'd rather punch myself repeatedly in the nuts than subscribe to this - or see the movie for that matter.
News just in George Lucas has plans to introduce a special edition webcam for only 10 bucks more.
Mother, do you think they'll like this sig?
If it's like the reality TV show Big Brother count me out!
Will there be an action figure for the guy who moves the webcam?
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
Pay to watch them shooting a movie I probably won't bother bringing myself to pay to see?
Not bloody likely.
Star Wars was hot in the '70s, cool in the '80s, retro in the '90s, and turned into a joke by the Phantom Menace. When I first saw that they were setting up a webcam, I thought it was mildly interesting. The pay thing is the final proof I needed though, that the SW franchise has had enough of my attention.
It was a joke! When you give me that look it was a joke.
Whats the point of watching a programmer digitally animate characters for 12 hours a day exactly?
Or is this for the 12 minutes of actual real live people footage we get.
Ep 3 will suck just like Ep 1 and 2. My only hope is that Jar Jar remains a senator until Ep 4...
"But what of the Imperial Senate?"
"The Emperor has dissolved it permanently"
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
Star Wars III on eBay
An excerpt from the listing:
"....Unfortunately, its creators were unable to forsee the events of September 11, 2001, and this crowning achievement of the Enlightenment was placed in an undeclared, de facto state of suspension - where it has remained to this day...."
You know, after viewing both The Phantom Plot and Attack of the Special Effects, I haven't the faintest desire to spend a dime on anything involved with Star Wars anymore? Lucas has killed it... it's gone.
I seriously doubt I'll be seeing episode 3, much less spending time/money watching a "behind the scenes" webcam that you know is going to be scripted and rigged just like all "Behind the Scenes" specials are.
End of lesson. You may press the button.
You too can bid on these fine products
Ashtray complete with butts
Genuine floor sweepings from the set
Plastic cups (as used by a brother of someone who worked there)
Fluff from the set designers wardrobe
stupidity, the most successful export of USA (see George Bush for details)
Let me guess, next year they'll be releasing a digitally enhanced DVD of the webcam recording.
Steve
We can take this one more step meta and pay $40 to watch the guys installing the web cam. Maybe $80 to watch the guys filming the guys who are installing the webcam?
Eventually, we'll be paying oodles to watch ourselves watching.
They sleep for 12 hours? Wow!
Greed is the path to the dark side.
the Natalie Portman shower cam :D
Or maybe a beowulf cluster of them??
As a fan since I saw A New Hope at the drive-in as a 6yr old, I have to say I'm disappointed at how George finds new lows in which to sink. Instead of embracing his incredibly huge and devoted fanbase, he has decided to milk it for all he can (once again). The Wachowski Bros. and Peter Jackson have left this sorry franchise in the dust anyhow (I haven't gone back to the special features disc from AOTC since I watched the 4-disc LOTR set and witnessed a cast and crew that was incredibly devoted to telling a compelling story first and using all the effects at their disposal to bring it to life). AOTC was a lame, convoluted story with wooden acting and nothing but effects that will simply not last the test of time. The original trilogy, even with it's relativley immature effects and puppets still outlasts the prequels, which will be mostly forgotten except for the most desparate fans (who will likely be paying for this site for years to come in hopes of yet another useless tidbit on how 99.9999% of the movie was digital.
George Lucas is nothing but a cheap hooker full of his own sense of importance - he seems to believe that somewhere along the way he became more than a story-teller, modern-day Homer, my ass. He can stick this myth-making shit up his hairy white ass.
Had the misfortune of watching the "Special Edition" of episode 4 last night and realised that extra cgi does nothing for the story (and it doesn't fit in seamlessly anyway) and most of the extra scenes are next to useless or ruin the impressions I always had of the characters.
I know I will go to this movie but charging for advertising is up there with shops charging for loyalty cards - How can anybody come up with the idea that it is worth something to a customer to give you their details or view your advertising?
Let's see, I'm not going to pay any money for a ticket to see the movie in a theater. I might rent it for $5 if it gets enough good reviews to make up for the drubbing the last two movies received.
Sure, spending $20 on grainy webcam shots of the prop-trailer sounds like a great deal!
It will suck more than Matrix:Reloaded or not.
...I don't pay 20 bucks for crap when the screener is for free!
We should get a
Trolling is a art,
And you'll also get the 14 volume double-sided DVD set of George Lucas, in a continuous monologue, defending Jar Jar Binks.
But paying for a webcam, and deleted scenes? C'mon now guys. When you've merchandised everything else in the movies already, watching the blue screen work that presumably these actors are going to be doing really doesn't sound like much fun to me.
A question posed to the other slashdot readers here. How many folks are just a little bit more disillusioned with one of our childhood geek heroes (Lucas) every time we see a news post about the prequel trilogy?
It's become something of a car-crash phenomenon for me. I just can't look away. But I will balk at paying 20 bucks. It leads one to wonder if this is a result of the nature of Hollywood, for creating larger, more expensive, less true to the original concept material, or if it's the nature of man as the director, when they start believing their own hype.
If the Wachowski Brothers can pull off 'something special(TM)' with the third Matrix movie then it'll live on for quite a long time as a classic cult sci-fi/fantasy trilogy, something the latest set of Star Wars films show no sign of doing.
I (as did most of us) loved the original Star Wars films; I still watch them from time to time. I've watched the first Star Wars film (TPM) about three times and may never watch it again, it lacks something... the same unfortunately goes for the second, which has left me with no desire to be there on opening night for the third Star Wars film.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that this will happen, maybe the third Matrix movie will fall flat on its face and fail to deliver, but its set up for a way better chance than what looks to amount to another shallow CG laden Star Wars movie, hell rewatching the older Star Wars movies recently I was surprised by how good the old spaceship models look when compared to the new CG versions.
I think the best quote I've ever seen about the whole "Star Wars vs. Matrix" situation was by a Matrix crew member who summed it up perfectly with:
I agree wholeheartedly.
Me'sa horny.
-- Thou hast strayed far from the path of the Avatar.
ITS JUST A MOVIE
ITS JUST A MOVIE
ITS JUST A MOVIE
ITS JUST A MOVIE
ITS JUST A MOVIE
ITS JUST A MOVIE
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Reason: Don't use so many caps. It's like YELLING.
But We ARE YELLING. ITS JUST A FRIGGIN MOVIE. DONT TAKE IT SO SERIOUSLY THOUGH.
A buddy and I lined up opening night for Star Wars II with much anticipcation, and hope that it would be an improvement over Episode I. (I grew up with the original trilogy, not to mention a basement full of all the Star Wars toys) Afterwards, realizing what a waste of a movie ATOC was, I don't think I'll bother to see the next one in the theatres. I'll agree the special effects were staggering, but the plot was weak and the acting was horrible. I'm beginning to think George Lucas has sold out (or sold his sole). Putting up webcams seems to be the latest trendy thing to do to get hype. Why can't he just write a good plot, get Steven Spielberg to direct (because I know he's always wanted to), and actually produce a decent film that everyone can enjoy, both kids and adults.
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Luck is just skill you didn't know you had.
Is Lucas a representative of the times we live in ?
Well, the Star Wars trilogie - toghether with "The Godfather" - was one of the masterieces of the 20th century. Like Romeo & Juliet or Beethoven's ninth symphony in centuries before.
Now, starting with phantom menace, all we get is teletubbies on special effects.
So I wonder, wether he is just a mirror of the society we live in that has no style or any sense for subtleness anymore.
He killed his own legend for a few dollars more(tm). Isn't that our ideal, too, make money for any price ?
.. be any special edition of all the webcam material on dvds?
"has sold out (or sold his sole)"
Yeah, maybe he sold his soul even...
This is my sig. Its pathetic.
I'm not sure if it's worth $20, but it's worth something....
$20 would help pay my monthly internet access charges. So if I only have to watch for an hour each month, I'll take the money. Of course their checks need to come regularly and on-time.
Natalie drops the soap
freeze frame
360 pan effect
unfreeze, the soap hits the floor.
Yeah, you know you'd pay for that.
...said Jim Ward, head of Lucas Online and vice president of Lucasfilm Ltd. "To our fans nothing is mundane; every morsel is savored and analyzed."
Raise your hand if you feel like you've just been called an idiot.
--- I'm Green Hornet's sidekick not Inspector Clouseau's!
First off, anyone who pays attention (and I do NOT expect that here on /.) knows that I am NOT a "fanboy" as I was around when EP IV was released (the first time).
/. about SW, all of the George Lucas haters just crawl out of the woodwork to expose the depths of their naked jelousy and dreadful envy in the most disgusting and pathetic manner: by hauling personal attacks on George Lucas.
But I must say, whenever there is a story on
Its truly pathetic. You are truly pathetic. George Lucas, in my estimation, is a genious. He has managed to pull bits and pieces of mythology and form it into a cohesive and compelling universe that has enchanted millions for nearly 30 years! Lets see any of you do that, you little twerps.
I loved EP I, can't get enough of EP II (I probably watch the DVD once or twice a month, including the bonus footage, I can't get enough of Ben Burt's documentary) and I am eagerly waiting for EP III, and I will, with a big huge smile on my face, happily pay for the new SW site. Why many of you cry? Because there is real value for me, because I can see the joy, creativity and genious behind this franchise, instead of just being consumed by jelousy and envy.
If you *hate* George Lucas so much, why do you spend so much time expressing that hatred? I was tempted to just let this topic go, follow my own advice and ignore the comments in this topic, but when I see some people calling GL names and conducting personal attacks... it sickened me. You people make me sick.
I understand *legitimate* criticism of work, especially in creative works, and I have some of my own regarding Star Wars, but what I have been reading here reads more like hate and not thoughtful criticism.
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> It only fully hit home when discussing "The Matrix Reloaded" with a few friends a few weeks back, but "The Matrix" has a good chance at being "The New Star Wars".
Maybe the 'new' Star Wars, but definitely not the 'old' Star Wars.
I saw 'the matrix reloaded' yesterday evening, with female who is *major* Keanu Reeves fan. Even she couldn't stand it after the 1st 1 1/2 hours, and required that we walk out (I'd been bored from the first 30 mins). The film is abysmal, badly acted, unconvincing effects (especially Zion), with a load of pseudo-intellectual garbage attempting to masquerade as philosophy.
At least in the Star Wars series, the teddy-bears were convincing...
Anon.
Holywood is a business. The primary goal of business is to make money, not to entertain.
I am not sure why the guy should be criticized for being old. Everybody grows old, some better than others. I hope you loose your anger as you grow older... Yes, sorry to break the news to you, the "olds" is not a group of other foreign people, you too will grow old.
I have to admit that being fat is a health risk, but that is his problem that has no consequence on what he does (producing movies), and apparently he has the money to deal with the consequences of his life style choices.
I am not sure why slashdoters tend to be very quick to criticize the successfull rich people out there... jealousy ?? Now if you are truly interrested in entertainment and talent, forget about big holywood production, start looking at what's produced locally in your area. Everywhere I've been, you can easily find incredibly talented musicians, singers, actors, etc... They typically are not rich, and paying to see them at your local theatre will make a big difference to them.
Enjoy your day.
Interesting comment coming from someone who has complained (journal) about how trolls are the scourge of Slashdot other blathering about the signal/noise ratio...
Ah well, anything for a mod point, right?
Ya know what? Yeah, trolls bug me sometimes, but sometimes their just downright funny. They're part of the community and you have to take the good with the bad.
The S/N ratio isn't just about trolls. it's also about quality posting. The quality of posts has tended to go down. One problem is the Slashdot groupthink. Post a story about Apple and you'll get 100 posts from Mac fanboys about how totally cool OS X (it just works, yada yada), how they love their tibooks, etc., another 100 posts arguing with the fanboys that Macs are too expensive, better price/performance ratio elsewhere, etc., another 50 posts about rumours of an x86-based OS X port and how Apple's gonna move to AMD or Intel, another 10 posts saying that BSD is dying, another 1-2 posts about how wonderful BeOS is ?!??!?, about 30 trolls, and some miscellaneous Gentoo Fanboys touting that Gentoo runs on PPC (?!?!?!)
I mean, quite frankly it's ridiculous.
My journal has hot
I cannot believe the audacity and sheer chutzpah of Lucas at this point. Just when you thought he couldnt ruin the franchise anymore after he churned out Attack of The Clones, (one of the few movies in my life that I've actually walked out on) he actually expects fans to pay to see the making of this? Remember the Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back behind the scenes FX special that aired on TV to hype the film coming out years ago? That was promotion and it was free to us.
Here's an idea for everyone in the nerd/techy/sci-fi spaz arena: don't go to see either this new Star Wars movie or The Matrix Revolutions. Why continue to support these franchises which simply rely on their built in audiences for revenue instead of actually attempting to create a quality product? The Wachowski's and Lucas are exploiting America's need and desire for a good quality sci-fi film that has great effects AND a meaningful plot to sustain characters we actually CARE about.
...and I wanted to cry half-way through. We'll never see a Star Wars picture that good again (George didn't write or direct it and it shows).
I'll pay $20 extra just to have the "original" edit on DVD.
"then replaying in a loop while the cast is sleeping"
Yeah, that's during the day when they're filming, but I wonder what they'll show from the time they're done for the day until next morning?
I was five when I was at the drive-in watching ANH, and I feel exactly the same way about the original trilogy. I know that there are alot of people who feel this way.
The question is this after going to opening night of every other film, and seeing all of the many times, and owning 2-3 copies of each film;
Can I bring myself to buy the ticket for epIII?
Am I going to contribute to opening weekend $?
Is it going to suck more than every one before?
I already know the answer to these questions, but at least I won't support the webcam!
Real world: Behind-the-scenes shorts are a form of preview, designed to whet the audience's appetite.
Lucas world: Behind-the-scenes shorts are a saleable product, offered at twice the price of the actual movie being made.
Real world: Buying the VHS or DVD is like owning the actual print of the film, in a cheaper format.
Lucas world: There is no such thing as the print of the film. Films are like operating systems; a new version is released avery year or so, and the customer base must pay to replace their DVDs with the latest version.
Real world: The special effects exist to serve the story.
Lucas world: The special effects exist to improve sales of the upcoming Xbox title.
Real world: A franchise goes downhill when the original creators are replaced.
Lucas world: The franchise went downhill when the original creator came back.
What Would Jesus Do
(for a Klondike bar)?
the good actors are cg...
I know you are psychotic, but please make an effort.
Since 99% of the new Star Wars movies are digital animation anyway, won't the cam just show you a few actors in costumes standing in front of a green screen? Seems kinda pointless...
You see? You see? Your stupid minds! Stupid! Stupid!
Natalie Portman naked and petrified...
/. trolls ahead of their time or what?
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All opinions are my own - until criticized
Idunno, I just saw ReLoaded and enjoyed it - the pseudo-intellectual crap was all nicely debunked at the end, which I really enjoyed. What actually annoyed me most was the fight scenes, not the teen-angst philosophy. I'm sorry, but the Smiths scene just seemed to drag on forever. The highway scene was fun, but I always get annoyed when that many bullets fly and noone gets shot ever. The penthouse fight with ancient weapons just felt pointless. But, overall, I liked the movie - I just thought the action scenese were dragged out.
Natalie Portman
Warm Grits
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Priceless.
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I wonder if we will catch any of the actors kissing a little bit too much off the set?
5. A green screen and nothing but a green screen for 10hours straight.
;-)
4. Jar Jar Binks being ridden like a kangaroo by the australian film crew.
3. Yoda reading the works of shakespeare when no shooting is occuring.
"not to be or To be matters not"
2. An actual script. George promised there will be one this time
1. Princess Amidala getting down and dirty with Chewbacca.
shooting live for 12 hours and then replaying in a loop
Loop? Surely it'll just be repeated. After all, how many times can you loop 12 hours in 12 hours?
There are some folks who will eat this up. I'm not one of them. Although I am innately superior to folks whose tastes are different than my own, I'm not judgmental. If George Lucas can give those folks a little happiness in exchange for $20, more power to him. Those who don't want to watch it don't have to.
Viewers are likely to discover just how exciting and glamorous the movie business really is. I think there must be some Law of Conservation of Monotony. To create a film that beguiles the time for two hours, times ten million viewers, the filmmakers must endure months of absolutely crushing tedium. The more interesting the movie, the more mind-numbing the making of it.
And for just $20, the fans get to watch! Cool.
When all you have is an axe, everything looks like a grindstone.
..... if anybody actually gave a shit about star wars any more.
You're probably right that Lucas isn't worried about losing his fan base though. I can't see anyone who really cares about commercial success making a series of films so intensely intellectual.
Agreed. I hate to say it, but the action scenes in Matrix 2 were... boring. Cars exploding, slow-motion martial arts, shootouts, yeah, so what, seen it all before, and we know that Neo is never going to get hurt and the heroes will always succeed, so why bother?
Seriously, the first movie was a cool effects demo with no real plot, the second movie wasn't even that impressive as an effects demo. I'll watch the third just in case the plot makes some sense, but it's hard to see it being a better trilogy overall than the original three 'Star Wars' movies.
I mean seriously, how many loved classic epic films have the budget to actually get things done that the fan base did ask for, though it be 20 years ago. This is the aspect I think is wonderful about Mr. Lucus actually doing ep 1, 2, and 3. I think it's great. How many of us waited after return of the Jedi for that exclusive next star wars film?
But we forget the fact that it's a prequil... we already know the ending, so your average watcher isn't going to enjoy it all that much. What we are paying to see... if your me anyway... is the character development that builds up to "luke I am your father, i'm a skilly little white guy, i'm not james earl jones".
Is George Lucus a money grubbing bastard, fuck yea! Never been any question on this. That whole ban the VCR movement is proof of this.
Do I plan to see Episode III... yea, but not at prime time rates, or perhaps on bittorrent. I enjoyed a new hope, empire strikes back, and return of the jedi. I don't plan to be first in line, I don't plan to trade a laptop for tickets as seen with episode 1. I won't drive up to canada to see it first.
Am I going to pay moolah to see the cast make the film in real time? FUCK NO! Ok, that's pushing your luck. Franky this level of starwars geekdome frightens the hell out of me. No freaking way. A real director would use such a promotion as a teaser, not as a way exploit a stupid public. I have little respect for Lucus as a person, and I just lost some serious points.
Do I expect people to record this webcam and post it on the net, FUCK YEA! Waste of bandwidth if you ask me, but hey, there is a demand for this, a demand for watching Skywalker scratch his butt.
For those users who are interested in star wars web cam, might I reccomend the star wars christmas special and varity show... with special guest.. Jefferson Airplane (correct me on this if it was Starship at this point). I had this misfortunate of seeing this as an adult, and I think I know why I can't remember this crap, I think even as a 6/7 year old child I find it insulting to my inteligence.
There is no sanctuary. There is no sanctuary. SHUT UP! There is no shut up. There is no shut up.
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You need to head over to geekizoid.com; /. without the crap.
It was like they just decided to film a (bad) music video with sex in it and splice it in the movie.
call in and vote off the characters we don't like?
Amadala is waiting for Anakin. She is bearing their child.
Suddenly, Anakin enters the room in his ThinkGeeks Ultimate BDSM Outfit (the black one, with Integral Protection and Exclusive VoiceBox).
He proposes her to engage in a sexual tournament where she will have to satisfy at the same time Anakin, Palatin and a laser saber.
She sharply reject him because his #AhEm# is too short. At the same time, the lightSaber, expertly manipulated by Palatin, gives her a second child.
Anakin, heartbroken, creates a BDSM startup called Empire.org, with Palatin as head designer, himself as role model, and zillions of Slashdoters join in the Party because they heard they would be given a white Trooper outfit and a Laser Gun.
Using the power of the Slash, Anakin DDOS the Republic and Roots the system, creating the basis for Empire.org.
Having crushed the Galaxy after a massive Advertising campaign, and ruined the Designer Clothes market because of his attachment to Black BDSM Contraption, he start a happy life with Palatin as Dominatrix.
His small BDSM Designer company now rules the Market, and wherever he goes he's met with hordes of followers that dress exclusivly in the Outfits he sells.
In the next episodes, we will see him trying to engage Jaba the Hut for more sexual Fantaisies, while a young Skywalker tries to enter the market with a so called "Street/Loose" clothing Style.
There, you see how you were mistaken on the scenario part ? 8p
It takes 40+ muscles to frown, but only four to extend your arm and bitchslap the motherfucker
Is anyone intrested in starwars anymore? After the last two bricks, I doubt anyone would care about the third. I certanly have no intention going
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
while the cast is sleeping
Does Lucas realize how much money he could charge if there were webcams of that?
Karma: Chevy Kavalierma.
To me Starwars is something many people outside the sci-fi fanbase enjoyed.
Matrix not so much, if you're looking for a trilogy, LOTR is it.
-- taking over the world, we are.
The Matrix badly needs a backstory sequence that explains how "we" got into that situation to begin with. Part of the trouble with the Matrix is that it's just "there" as if it always had been, and there's no aspect to the (often overdone) philosophizing that emphasizes it was "our" mistake originally to create these machines.
The Terminator movies have done a fair job of exploiting the backstory to both drive the plot (change the present to change the future) as well as explain what's happening.
Although I thought (and am still a little confused by) the sequence with Keaneu and the guy in the room with all the TVs showing Keaneu talking about all the other Neos that had come before him. I couldn't tell if it was a trick, or if the Matrix was in a matrix or something.
The Phantom Menace? Send in the Clones? (sorry Attack of the Clones) and now:
Star Wars: Behind the Scenes Webcam
It's about as inspiring as the other titles in the franchise.
Jonathan
To me it seems like reloaded and revolutions are really just two halvs of a 4 hour movie. Maybe when the second one comes out it'll make more sense.
It would have been better if the two had been made as discreet wholes, meant to stand on their own.
autopr0n is like, down and stuff.
...it's worth something....
No, it's really not.
It was slashdotted... now you've brokened it!!!111oneoneone
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If there is a webcam in Natalie Portman's dressing room. I'll pay for that :D
-illumina+us "I put on my robe and wizard hat..."
Idunno - I didn't mind that the scene was there - it was part of the whole "lets show the audience what Zion is, so they can understand why its worth saving" - my problem with it was that it was, like every other "scene" of the movie, way to frigging long.
After being drained of my $6.00 for the last peice of crap, I have given up on SW. Too bad, as I fondly remember seeing the original about 10 times when it first came out.
Two points:
1. With a name like Natalie Hershlag, you know she has to be a Sith witch.
2. I'm not sure if it's worth $20, but it's worth something....
I don't think it's worth $20.00. I think it's worth less...er...worthless. That is unless there's some juicy footage of Natalie Hershlag, the Sith witch.
Okay, so Queen Amidala bangs Anakin and has twins. Anakin goes to the dark side and Princess Leia goes into hiding. BFD. Riight. I'm going to pay $8 for this.
Now, if I get to see Natalie Portman naked . . .
Natalie Portman + Grits. Mmmmm... griiiits.
...what Lucas has been smoking. Jar Jar was obviously inspired by some sort of mind-altering substance.
"You spoony bard!" -Tellah
Don't forget the part where Anakin and Obi Wan have a huge fight (probably at what a bad kisser Anakin has become lately) on the edge of a giant volcano in which Anakin gets tossed in like some crappy old ring and struggles out all burned and battered and is turned into a cyborg (who travels back in time to kill Sarah Conner, but I digress).
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
In "Empire Strikes Back" and "Revenge^H^H^H^H^H^H^H Return of The Jedi" Yoda's sentence structure is very much like German transliterated into English.
Boobies never hurt anyone. - Sherry Glaser.
It seems to me that lately (Matrix excluded) movies have been abandoning good plot and good acting for plain special FX. It's the same with 'Star Trek' - TOS was good, NG was the best, then it went downhill. The original Star Wars trilogy was an outstanding success, but then good ol' George decided to "get with the times" and abandon what could have been great. Hopefully movie-makers are just going through a 'phase' and will eventually return to making good plots and acting.
To be fair to Lucas, whatever his talents may or may not be, I think the idea of making 3 'prequels' was inherently flawed and no one could have made them better than 'alright'.
Star Wars hasn't been good since Return of the Jedi. I won't spend one cent on a product Lucas has his fingers on. He should let it die instead of trying to make a buck off of the drooling herd.
I can't wait until Triumph get's ahold of the Star Wars nerds this time.
I got another angle from Reloaded that I haven't seen discussed here yet: the interdependence of man and machine and Neo & Smith as mirrors of each other. You have the scene with the Council member in the engineering level in Zion where he muses about who's really in control, man or machine? You have the Oracle and the Architect talking about how they and other special programs are there to keep the Matrix running by keeping human minds in line and accepting of the Matrix.
Then there's Neo who's seeking liberation by entering the realm of the machine in the Matrix, and Smith who's seeking liberation by entering the realm of Man in Zion. Smith is the anti-Neo. They both want the same thing, but from the other side. Maybe the combination of their efforts will break the myth of inevitability?
Neo's love for Trinity being the key to breaking inevitability is a little too cliched for it to be the only message. And the repetition of Neo and the Matrices with his evolving responses points to a refinement of what liberation really is. Given that the Wachowski brothers were heavily influenced by EST ideas (EST being a quasi-Scientology cult), that's the direction I'd say they're headed in.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Watch the Amadala-shower-cam: $20 bucks Watch the guy watching the shower-cam: $80 bucks Watch the guy watching the guy watching the shower cam: $200 bucks.
You seem to believe that you aren't a "fanboy".
Yet your stated behaviour patterns (watching the same movies every month) would seem to meet the definition of "fanboy".
Not to mention your belief that Lucas is a genius.
Or do you have additional criteria? If so, please share them.
Otherwise, for everyone else, there is no reasoning with a "fanboy". You are wrong or stupid or jealous or uneducated or fill-in-the-blank.
You like these movies. I think they suck. In the original movies, the links between Luke and Vader (and then Leia) were SURPRISES. They worked because they were surprises.
Now, Vader is also the creator of C3PO. And it just gets worse from there.
All these "movies" are are CGI effects losely "tied" together by the most unlikely plot devices involving characters (or their relatives) from the original series.
In short, a rip off of the original series.
They demonstrate the worst in acting along with a total lack of creativity and focus solely on marketing "action figures" and cups from local fast-food burger joints.
They suck.
The Lucas haters come out of the woodwork because there are so many who have felt their childhood memories being raped by shoddy prequels
I'm sorry, I missed the part where you were put in charge of the Star Wars universe
about your opinion?
nobody.
don't like it. don't see it.
you'll be happier, those who like it will be happier.
simple as that
...can I comment on the script as it is being filmed? This could be considered error control and had something like this existed during filming of the prequals the public may have ended up with a believable script.
I know a CEO who says do not confuse consistency with loyalty. This is to say that Lucas screwed up the script in two prequals and should not be given another chance.
8AM George Lucas is in bed.
10AM Still in bed.
12PM Still in bed.
12:30PM Gets up, eats breakfast.
12:45PM Shower.
1:00PM Sits down to write Episode III script.
1:30PM Finishes script.
1:30-8:00PM Creates wacky alien creatures.
8:00-9:00PM C-3PO / R2-D2 humor relief puns to use during heated battle scene.
9:00-10:00PM Skewing Yoda's grammar so every line can rival the infamy of "Around the survivors, a perimeter create!"
10:00PM Bed time!
the byproduct of years of oppression by the white man
Spoilers ahead! :)
Until the shower cam has been set up, you can have a "beach cam preview" to judge whether it will be worth the money.
A Naboo-One-Person-Ray-Gun deflector or some sun blocker from the stupid ages might have helped against
that sunburn due to sunbathing a little too long
mod +/-1 sorry, hot summer night
Honestly, the new Star Wars are laughable, the sick part is I kind of feel obligated to watch the next one... god I'm sick! SHRINK!!!!!1
"Simplify, simplify, simplify!" Thoreau
isn't EPIII supposed to be out this year?
If so, what are you going to watch after the actors are done? if it isn't supposed to be done, when does the live portion end? it has got to be months before the filmm opens.
There's a sucker born every minute, and lucas has always found a way to take their credits.
The Kruger Dunning explains most post on
"StarWars.com went online as a Web site in 1996 and showed one of the Web's first movie trailers two years later."
One of the first trailers in 1998? Huh? I remember watching Disney trailers in my campus computer lab back in 1995. (The lab was the only way back then to get a decent connection for downloading larger files... These kids today have it easy!) Wasn't the media all over Lucas being one step behind for developing content for the web, or am I mistaken?
No-one cares.
Does Lucas know the last 2 films (er.. first two... er... you know what I mean) suck big-dead-giant-donkey-richard? I mean, does he employ anyone to tell him this?
If not, perhaps we should send someone, *with a real camera*, to tell him face to face that everyone 4 years of age and older thinks Eps. 1 and 2 really stink... perhaps 12 hours of pre-recorded video of former fans chewing him out would jolt him out of his stupidity.
I'd pay 20 bucks to see that.
It COULD have been a good scene. But it was just a huge tease, which is probably why it felt so awkward and frustrating. I counted two sets of semi-visible nipples, for the price of two minutes of Neo's naked ass. Not to mention that it was completely pointless.
Except, that, maybe unintentionally, it revealed a pretty dark side of Zion. It seemed like the leaders, Morpheus included, were somehow leading some sort of a cult, and putting up appearances to deceive the people. Yes, they kinda explained as much, but there was something more, like some kind of sick pep rally.
Anyhow, I'm probably reading way too much into that scene.
I also agree that the Smiths fight scene was silly. The music didn't help. I just wanted the whole thing to end, but it kept dragging on and on.
"Hot lesbian witches! It's fucking genius!"
Err, hate to burst your bubble, but they already *made* the prequels.
They're called The Animatrix (http://www.theanimatrix.com). 4 were freely downloadable, the others you'll have to wait or get them by other means (*wink* *wink*).
Hold on, let me hang this green curtain up and point a webcam at it... there we go. Now dance, monkey!
My good looks paid for that pool, and my talent filled it with water.
George lucus also directed American Grafitti. Ho-Hum.
Not impressed.
They use blue screens, you dolt.
well for starters he can taste my giant throbbing cockus elongus
Hmmm, troll?...anyway, a green screen works exactly the same way a blue screen works and they actually used green for the scenes I've seen shot in Star Wars (on the dvd bonuses that is).
"Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality." -- Dalai Lama
I refused to go see EPII after being sorely disappointed with EPI [and, after borrowing a friend's DVD, was quite glad I skipped it...I could barely sit through it!] I loved EPIV-VI as a kid and still enjoy them [although EPVI started to slip into saccarine hell.]
I will likely not buy the special edition EPIV-VI DVDs as well, although they (the ones shown in theaters) didn't totally change the feel of the movies and EPV is all that.
Unluckily (as discussed elsewhere, probably to death) directors seem to feel that once they release an "improved" version, the original should no longer exist. (Case in point: Blade Runner.) All signs point to Lucas following this path, although the ET release with both versions might be a sign in the opposite direction.