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Well, then, let's get the job done before he has an opportunity to do this. I think Zam is our man. Zam is a chick.

I can guarantee you that Ebert thinks this is the best Potter yet. Why do you need the Ebert when you got Morlock?

[shorty]You don't call him Sir, you call him Doctor Lotman![/shorty]

Joe, you yourself said that we should listen to the fans and to the fans only. Morlock has now become a true fan. Why don't you listen to what he has to say? ---------------- Alex Cremers

It's possible the script wasn't good, but I have to think that if Spielberg said yes it was at least worthy. He didn't make too much fuss about Lucas saying no, so maybe it wasn't awesome... Besides the fact that Lucas is the producer and that it is his brainchild, I think it's very hard to go against the will of Lucas, even if your name is Spielberg. ---------------- Alex Cremers

What do you mean, "from his grave"?

Henry Vrienten too much for you, Stefancos? Please, leave the Hollywood sound in Hollywood.

http://www.jwfan.net/index.php?name=PNphpB...light=verhoeven Here's an interesting thread for Paul to read.

Yep, that's the real Paul we've got here, fellas!

OK, I'm calmed down now, just don't bring up the subject "Lucas and change" again! Films we once knew are being taken away from us, and frankly, I can't stand it! I can't stand it you hear me! Oh my God! It's all coming back! What have you done?! I can no longer control the anger I'm feeling. Hide!

I'm starting to fall in love with the second part of "Gupta's Deliverance" too. If the movie is any good, this theme should be very effective in the "warm feelings" department. "Jazz Autographs" is the piano rendition of the same theme. ---------------- Alex Cremers

Strange but, "Desting"..."Canneloni"...And Tale Of Viktor Navorski could be a happy moment on.... .Schindler's List. Hey, this music is getting fresher by the minute.

Welcome change.... as long as it's good!!! So you disagree with everything I said? I thought Star Wars was good. I don't think The Wizard of Oz needs to be changed either. Why do you want to see old movies with today's effects? Why not use new technology in new films? Are we going to see new effects in Star Wars with every decade that passes? Do you think the new effects look so realistic? Why are you applauding the fact that they are butchering old movies? Do you happen to wear a T-shirt that says, [whine]"It's his movie, he can do with it what he wants!"[/whine]. Because if you do, I know this discussion is leading nowhere. Keep your hands off Yoda's face! Don't give me Jabba in a perfect film! Stop questioning who should shoot first, It's Han! ---------------- Alex Cremers

NOOOO! Spielberg should've said, "Give me something new and surprising, John! I'm not making Stepmom, you know!" ---------------- Alex Cremers

Well Rogue, the music has to fit the project of course. Anyhoo, after his long break I really hoped that somehow we would get a Williams that sounded like a less familiar Williams, I was hoping for a surprising and fresh Williams. That doesn't seem to be the case. But heck, I'm buying this sucker as soon as it is available. ---------------- Alex Cremers

Of course, the clip is too short but I'll also make a careful prediction: The Fountain Scene = Am I Beautiful? All in all, I think much of the music is very reminiscent of his past compositions. ---------------- Alex Cremers

Yep, and THIS John Williams promises you more than just an eargasm. ---------------- Alex Cremers

There is....another one...a fourth one. From now on our hope lies with him. "]http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/3...2-0759849 ---------------- Alex Cremers

Morlock's references to The Accidental Tourist and Stanley and Iris are way off the mark too. I haven't heard one similarity, neither in style nor music or atmosphere. Nope, it starts as an almost exact copy of 'Come Phil' from Heartbeeps. ---------------- Alex Cremers

Also, Spartacus is one of the very few films that is completely shot in 70mm, right Neil?

Nice!

Is this criterion DVD an uncut version? I'm looking forward to watch it on my white and gold SE DVD.

Well, there's already an expensive script existing.

How about the fact that he changing them without giving us the opportunity to see the originals, the way as we always remembered them. Why shouldn't new fans also love the movies for what they are? Do you really think every movie older than 5 or ten years should be digitally altered just because someone has the technology? Is this something the new audiences are demanding? I happen to like the craftmanship that was used before the years of CGI. I like the hand-build models, the Yoda puppet, the rifles instead of the walkie talkies. A director's cut is not the same as digitally altering old movies. Compare it to colorization, adding color to old B&W films. A trend luckily far behind us now. This reminds me of a similar discussion I had a few weeks ago over at spielbergfilms. Here's my personal point of view on the matter: "Thanks to Lucas and his digital scenery enhancements, the DVD of 'THX 1138' (or star Wars) will not be the movie how the fans remember it. But what's worse is that this film has been made into a "freak". A hybrid freak. The new technology is so different that it simply doesn't blend in well. Why? Because it does not belong there. I think you can agree that gradually, over time, these movies have become dated (since they obviously don't look like today's movies). By adding new elements from another time (CGI) the whole atmoshere, style and look of the original movie gets distorted. In the Seventies, the style, the look and the technology were different. To watch them now is like watching an old photograph from your childhood, it transports you back in time. It's a beautiful thing that in a photograph time has no grip on life. Everything stands still. It is captured and sealed. It helps us to remember who we were, and how we, and the world around us, used to look like. So why change the expression we had on our face? Why change the scenery in the background? Why erase our memory? Movies also capture time. They register our creative thoughts, our ideas, our looks, and the technology that was used to make them, usually involving the work of hundreds of talented people. They are the representatives of where we stand on the ever-evolving ladder of progress in filmmaking." "Modern audiences are used to a lot of close-up shots these days. It's something the film medium inherited from our TV culture. Should Lucas digitally zoom in on the shots as well, so that the modern public can appreciate older movies more? A classic that isn't able to do its magic anymore doesn't deserve to be called a classic. I'm sure new audiences can cope with the fact that these are not new movies. Enhancing them with more monsters, or altering some crucial made actions by the characters, is not going to change their opinion. I don't need 'Citizen Kane' to be colorized, in order to appreciate it. In fact, I'm impressed by its B&W cinematography. And I'm impressed by the original sets. I'm also impressed with all the achievements 'Star Wars' stands for. And I like those achievements to be preserved for eternity. I don't need any improvements or alterations that don't originate from the time the movie is made in. In my book this only leads to diminishing the quality of the initial efforts, and it results in a product that I can no longer enjoy." ---------------- Alex Cremers

If explosions is what you want, then don't worry, War of the Worlds is due for 2006. But for now, I'm really curious to see what it is that made Spielberg wanna do this project. ---------------- Alex Cremers