And in other news...

[eee1313]

...George Lucas, haven't you ruined these movies enough already? Stop crapping all over my childhood memories! Learn your lesson! No one likes your tinkering! And no one likes retro-fitted 3D movies!

Booooooooooooooooooo, George Lucas! Booooooooooooooooooooo!

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[eee1313.livejournal.com]

They are rarely, if ever, actually worth it. The "Day & Night" short at the beginning of Toy Story 3, however, was TOTALLY worth it.

[spicedrum.livejournal.com]

I hope Ebert writes something about this. He haaaaates the 3D movie trend.

[spicedrum.livejournal.com]

Also, I am a bit of a hypocrite because I'm going to go see the new Wes Craven flick in 3D.

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Well, I just saw Legend of the Guardians in 3D and thought it was quite nice. IMO, the only movies that benefit from 3D are animation (specifically stop-motion, as it adds so much depth and texture) and horror (so the movie can give you an added "eeek!" factor).

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

I hope that Ebert writes that Lucas is a hack writer who needs to stay the eff away from movies that aren't just classics, but transcendent pieces of cinematic history. Tweaking them all you want after the fact won't improve them, George, it'll only diminish what made them work in the first place. STOP NOW.

classics?

[yakgirl.livejournal.com]

Please tell me that when you call the Star Wars series "transcendent pieces of cenmatic history" you are ONLY referring to Parts IV-VI, and NOT the horseshit Parts I-III.

He should leave the originals alone (watching it on cable with the boys a few weeks ago proved annoying, as there were new digital animations added to Return of the Jedi that I went apeshit about-- NOT COOL!!!), but he can do whatever he wants to the new ones. Crap. Utter crap.

Anything having to do with JarJar cannot, as a rule, be considered anything but utter crap.

I rest my case.

Re: classics?

[eee1313.livejournal.com]

Please tell me that when you call the Star Wars series "transcendent pieces of cenmatic history" you are ONLY referring to Parts IV-VI, and NOT the horseshit Parts I-III.

I believe that for anyone over the age of 7, this goes without saying. OBVIOUSLY parts I-III should only be viewed for the following reasons: 1) Costume design. 2) "Set" design. 3) Watching Obi-Wan chop off Anakin's legs and leave his mangled, burning body clawing its way up the hillside, because it's LOL-worthy.

there were new digital animations added to Return of the Jedi that I went apeshit about-- NOT COOL!!!

Are you perhaps referring to the atrocities that were inflicted on the Max Rebo Band at Jabba's palace? Perhaps the replacing of Sy Snoodles with that horrible monster (http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20060711074430/starwars/images/e/e3/Yowza2.jpg) that looks like an escapee from a Honeycomb cereal commercial (http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:hbGUweqx_qEEYM:http://homepage.mac.com/Berkana/xanga/mewanthoneycomb.gif&t=1)?

(Upon doing some research on Wikipedia to find a picture of the Honeycomb monster, I found this choice bit about the re-jiggered Max Rebo Band sequence in the special edition: author and critic Tom Bissell described it as the "most unspeakable sequence in all the films, almost too depressing to discuss at any length." Ha ha ha!)

There's a reason why the Scientist and I own two complete sets of the original Star Wars trilogy; he bought the three-pack when it was originally released on DVD. I held out until public pressure forced Lucas to reissue the ORIGINAL original trilogy as bonus discs, and I got those instead. Because I WILL NOT have my memories of the Max Rebo Band crapped on by a fat bastard who doesn't know to leave well enough alone.

Anything having to do with JarJar cannot, as a rule, be considered anything but utter crap.

I offer one exception: when we were at the Chicago comic con, a vendor had a T-shirt with Jar Jar's face on it. Underneath was the immortal quote from Tropic Thunder: "Never go full retard." HA!!!