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I'm looking forward to it as well.

I've been staying out of the Star Wars aisle of the toy section at Target, and I've been trying to stay away from the plot synopses that have been floating around the Web. I don't even read the Star Wars fan club emails that I've been getting.

I just want my first viewing to be my first impression. It worked for I and II.

betsynaper wrote:It's too bad that Lucas isn't going to make 7-9, though, even if it really isn't needed.

Maybe if he'd promise a different writer and director, I might share that sentiment. I've got a feeling I and II could have been so much more if just a little effort had gone into the project. It seemed like Lucas/McCallum thought "hey, this is Star Wars...people will LINE UP to see it regardless, so let's not worry too much about the writing, dialogue, or actual performances. We'll put out a few pretty faces, have them read their lines and smile, throw in some CGI, and make a fortune!"

What happened to the George Lucas who could take $10 million and produce what we know as Episode 4? The original films had better acting, smart dialogue, and yes, better special effects than the new films.

And we've all been suckered. I'll be there opening night as well, but my expectations are pretty low. If the pattern holds, we'll see between two and four action/fight scenes that can be turned into video games but look completely fake (because it's all CGI), with wooden acting in between, and at the end Darth Vader will rise up and the theatre will cheer.

Old timers: remember when Darth Vader was BOOED? Now he's the hero. There's something wrong with that.

Doug "give me a good model over CGI anyday"

Doug@GT wrote: The original films had better acting,

ummmmmm.... except for Mark Hamill

besides cartoon and video game voiceovers, his acting career outside of Star Wars has been virtually zilch. 25 years later, it is almost hard not to laugh at his bad acting in Episodes 4-6.

ummmmmm.... except for Mark Hamill

besides cartoon and video game voiceovers, his acting career outside of Star Wars has been virtually zilch. 25 years later, it is almost hard not to laugh at his bad acting in Episodes 4-6.

Oh, pooh, his acting was a good or better than William Shatner in any Star Trek series or movie!

ai698 wrote:Oh, pooh, his acting was a good or better than William Shatner in any Star Trek series or movie!

You do realize that a comparison with Shatner still leaves a lot of room...

They're both better than Matt "Guitar" Murphy in Blues Brothers, though.

Speaking of Mark/Luke...

We started calling him Luke Skywalker, Jedi Weenie. Hearing him whine like a wuss through dialogue like, "But I was gonna go to Toshi Station and pick up some power convertorrsss!" and, "With the blast shield down, I can't even see! How am I supposed to fight?!?" really fleshed out the "weenie" part.

Leland wrote:Speaking of Mark/Luke...

We started calling him Luke Skywalker, Jedi Weenie. Hearing him whine like a wuss through dialogue like, "But I was gonna go to Toshi Station and pick up some power convertorrsss!" and, "With the blast shield down, I can't even see! How am I supposed to fight?!?" really fleshed out the "weenie" part.

Seems to me that he was very effective at communicating to you Luke's character. Sounds like good acting to me...

chris combest wrote:
He's been busy practicing.

Be careful flashing that picture around...it might get you hired at ILM. Certainly better than the CGI they've been putting out recently...

Doug "very very disappointed in Lucasfilm, et al"

but how good can shatner or hamill be???
I mean come on now, they don't use the power of the schwartz!!!

MartyNeilan wrote:

Doug@GT wrote: The original films had better acting,

ummmmmm.... except for Mark Hamill

besides cartoon and video game voiceovers, his acting career outside of Star Wars has been virtually zilch. 25 years later, it is almost hard not to laugh at his bad acting in Episodes 4-6.

What are you talking about? Didn't you see Corvette Summer... now that's some fine acting by Master Luke.

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CJ Krause wrote: we saw 2nd episode at a regular theater then saw it again in digital and it was cool.

you could see detail that was not there before.

I'm lucky enough to have an IMAX theatre just up the road from my house, so in 2002 I saw epII in IMAX. What helped this more than anything is that they had to edit the film, and removed some of the especially bad parts (the "sand" discussion*, for instance). Unfortunately, the immense size revealed too much detail and the CGI looked even more fake . But the sound mix was incredible. I give THX a thumbs up, and ILM gets a thumbs down. No doubt epIII will get giant treatment as well. The sound probably won't match "The Return of the King" but it will come darn close.

Doug "who might just close his eyes for the whole two hours and enjoy some QUALITY sound effects "

*a discussion about "sand" just doesn't compare with the great "scoundrel" debate in the originals. Please come back talented screenwriters!

TUBACHRIS85 wrote:The time has arrived, for so many years, I have waited for the final film of the whole story to come out. I know that there had been negative remarks towards the last 2 films made, however, I still feel it was too not as well as it could be. But episode 3 looks promising though, and I already have my tickets, what about you?

DORK!!!



Ralph

I wonder how many Tubenetters will be dressed up like this:







Or show up mistakenly like this?

Ya know, if I had the figure for it, I'd own a stormtrooper outfit.

I don't know when the hell I'd be able to wear it, though...

I'm just interested to see how they get from the shiny-n-clean Naboo and Old Republic stuff to the run-down, oil-stained used-car look of Ep IV.

I still think that the Millenium Falcon is the most badass spaceship ever.

chris combest wrote:Here you go.
http://www.vaderpainter.com/GotArmor.html

Allow me to reiterate:

Leland wrote:Ya know, if I had the figure for it, I'd own a stormtrooper outfit.

1 Parsec = 3.08568025 × 1016 meters

12 Parsecs = 3.7028163 × 1017 meters

Pretty long trip.

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CJ Krause wrote:Who is seeing it in Digital Picture and Sound?

I haven't the slightest idea if there's a place near DC that does it. Maybe I should start looking, I guess.