Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I enjoy both the prequels and the prequel reviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 9 minutes ago, Selina Kyle said: I enjoy the prequels Even on lithium? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 8 hours ago, Selina Kyle said: I enjoy the prequels. Seriously? If so, I currently share your position. Maybe I'll start hating them like a normal person after watching them some more. But for now I don't really have a problem with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 I love them. There. I said it. Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#SnowyVernalSpringsEternal 10,265 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 You are dead to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Still alive!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted October 5, 2016 Share Posted October 5, 2016 Karol Gruesome Son of a Bitch 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Will 2,215 Posted October 7, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted October 7, 2016 Just finished the TFA review. Loved it. I'll admit that the pizza phone sex bit had me laughing so hard I had to pause the video for a little bit. I know some have said its cliched but the George Lucas impression is pretty great. On 10/3/2016 at 1:42 AM, BloodBoal said: Is he still using that dumb voice of his? The voice is one of the best parts! crumbs, A. A. Ron, Gruesome Son of a Bitch and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 When I was recovering weeks ago, I gained control of the TV one night after everyone else went to sleep and, out of nowhere, Attack of the Clones was on cable. Suddenly, it all came back to me. I realized I had every shot, every line of dialogue, every note of the score memorized in my brain. I love it, aside from the edit at the end of the lightsaber fight. They're just Saturday matinee popcorn space flicks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 In a way I hate Irvin Kershner for setting such a high standard in the SW franchise, no-one else was able to match his movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Lucas hates him too for creating such a masterpiece, so you're not alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I hate Disney for straying from Lucas' vision, removing the Fox Fanfare and still not releasing the theatrical versions of the OT or the Ewok movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 29 minutes ago, Selina Kyle said: I hate Disney for straying from Lucas' vision, removing the Fox Fanfare and still not releasing the theatrical versions of the OT or the Ewok movies. Sadly, the OCN (original camera negative) prints of the original trilogy were apparently destroyed when Lucas spliced in all the Special Edition rubbish. Almost as soon as they secured the brand, Disney undertook a 4K remaster of the original trilogy in the highest available quality (the Special Edition prints, so a version with all the DVD and Bluray changes discarded, as these were made only to the Lowry HD remaster circa 2003-04). I can only assume Disney's plan is to splice together the original theatrical versions from multiple sources, using the SE prints as their starting point then replacing the SE changes with scans from a lower-quality 35mm copy. As for the Ewok movies, I'm expecting 3D conversions by Christmas 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 There are other things in the SE that I fear might sneak into a new original "unaltered" trilogy restoration. They're very subtle, but once you've seen them, you can't unsee them, and I think only very few people have noticed them. In the original films, often a static shot would remain a static shot, but an SE revision of that static shot would have a new slow zoom-in. These active zooms were all over the prequels, and Lucas developed a fetish for them that was as bad as his obnoxious dissolves. And for the sake of "consistency", he added them in places in the old films. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gruesome Son of a Bitch 6,489 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 I like Sebulba in TPM, but what the fuck is he doing in Jabba's Palace? Ugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Maybe they were throwing him a retirement party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brónach 1,302 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 On 10/3/2016 at 6:31 PM, Sharkus Malarkus said: I think he's advocating a middle ground. Yes please. TFA has problems about interactions between the new characters. We don't see Poe and Rey interact, for example, and the trio spends a lot of the time separate. In a way, the older characters are preventing a natural development of the new ones where they are together, like in the original film. Within this, the film doesn't dare to pair characters, and both that or the "THIS MOVIE IS VERY HETEROSEXUAL" attitude become symptoms of flawed character writing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 The vodka bit after the "crowd reaction" to Plinkett's non-politically-correct "black who doesn't want to shoot a gun" joke has been the one making me laugh really hard today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I love how Plinkett is forced to grudgingly admit that the prequels did have a few good things about them, namely, being made not by committee with the purpose of making money but for the purpose of fulfilling the artistic vision of one man -- and the love stories (who would ever have thought he'd say anything good about this?!) ------------- JJ's Fan Service Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Plinkett for President! Will 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 The prequels were essentially indie films done by an auteur with a vision. That is exactly what makes their failure so painful. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 23 minutes ago, crocodile said: The prequels were essentially indie films done by an auteur with a vision. That is exactly what makes their failure so painful. You really ought to read this: http://www.starwarsringtheory.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,033 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 Have you deen this yet? Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted October 8, 2016 Share Posted October 8, 2016 I'm not sure if I had deen this before, but I definitely hadn't seen that before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted November 11, 2016 Share Posted November 11, 2016 Just noticed this, and thought this would be a fine thread for it: "Lyrics to a song" are often cheesy/corny/awkward when you actually think about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 If that's the best excuse he can come up with for his poor dialogue, then he should have made the Prequels as musicals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 "It's crap dialogue on purpose!" basically. Yeah, right George. Just like that monologue about sand. Did anyone else hear the spiel about Giacchino in the latest Half in the Bag? That's the first time they've really discussed a film score in-depth, even if it was just calling out Giacchino for recycling his Star Trek theme note-for-note. I haven't heard Dr. Strange but is that true? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 19 minutes ago, crumbs said: "It's crap dialogue on purpose!" basically. Yeah, right George. Just like that monologue about sand. I don't like sand!! It's coarse and rough and irritating!!! And it gets everywhere!!!! Yeah, singing it doesn't make it any better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Could it pass for a haiku? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,456 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 4 hours ago, crumbs said: calling out Giacchino for recycling his Star Trek theme note-for-note. I haven't heard Dr. Strange but is that true? Nope. Cerebral Cortex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,333 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 9 hours ago, crumbs said: Did anyone else hear the spiel about Giacchino in the latest Half in the Bag? That's the first time they've really discussed a film score in-depth I remember they also had a long-ish rant about James Newton Howard's Nightcrawler score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,651 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 1 minute ago, mrbellamy said: I remember they also had a long-ish rant about James Newton Howard's Nightcrawler score. They also belittled his work as a composer in general. And on top of that, they suggested that Trent Reznor () should have scored the film. On another occasion, Mike called John Barry's Black Hole "one of the worst scores of all time". They're pretty on-point with the films themselves but their judgement on film scores is pretty janky IMO. Once 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 9 hours ago, crumbs said: I haven't heard Dr. Strange but is that true? It's certainly very similar. According to KK it's because he used the same chord progression. Also the general contour is very similar. Jilal agrees as well that they are very similar. Here's Trek... And here's Strange... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbellamy 6,333 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 49 minutes ago, Not Mr. Big said: They also belittled his work as a composer in general. Yeah, I thought that was pretty unfair of them to pretend he was just some guy who'd only done bad romcoms. First of all I couldn't tell if they were entirely kidding and it's hard to make that joke with JNH anyway since it's not really the same as doing it with somebody like Williams or Zimmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,456 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Me neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 They sound different listening to the clean audio, but the chord progressions are similar and when you layer on sound effects in the movie itself it probably blurs together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leeallen01 2,137 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I've only ever watched a couple of the Mr. Plinkett Star Wars reviews which I enjoyed (and of which he didn't once mention the music), but when I read that they ripped on JNH, I had to check it out. Firstly, those two guys really aren't as educated about films as they are trying to appear. They confess to not paying attention to the music in films, which is the first warning sign for dedicated film reviewers. Then they openly insult JNH's effective score to Nightcrawler, which added such weight to the feeling of uneasiness and uncomfortability of Gyllenhaal's character. And some of the rock style anthems he wrote for the film made you get inside the head of Gyllenhaal and understand that he feels powerful with his insane and controlling actions. Great score. Secondly, one of them didn't even know who JNH was, and yet he reviews films for a living... And the guy who knew who he was (may have done it for comedic effect) yet I surely didn't see the comedy, when he named rom-coms and lovely cheesy comedies that JNH has done, as an example of his work and to seemingly attempt to lessen his achievements. That was just childish mockery and not comedy. JNH fanboy rant over. Loert 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I like JNH as a composer but I could not tell you a single thing about his score in Nightcrawler, and I really enjoyed that movie (and only saw it earlier this year) and always pay close attention to the score when watching movies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Evidently, they're not film score connoisseurs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,651 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 While I don't think Nightcrawler works as a score, they wrote it off way too quickly. The incongruent tone was completely intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Stu 15,495 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Nightcrawler is brilliant and fits the movie perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,651 Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 I think my problem with JNH's Nightcrawler is that it's too mellow and generic to achieve the satirical effect it's attempting. It sounds like the music you'd find under the "feel-good" category on a royally-free stock music website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarthDementous 1,060 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 film music tends to get shafted a lot by critics and moviegoers alike it seems. such a pity considering it's a whole dimension to the film in its own right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 If moviegoers dislike like film scores, why bother including them in films? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not Mr. Big 4,651 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 Cerebral Cortex and Arpy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crumbs 14,364 Posted December 14, 2016 Share Posted December 14, 2016 NO! They said that's the final Wheel of the Worst! Interesting that they seemingly admitted the wheel selections are rigged (they film every outcome and choose the 3 they want the most). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 These aren't the full, carefully written awesome Plinkett reviews that you want to watch over and over again, but... Spoler alert: They like it less than TFA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BloodBoal 7,538 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 25 minutes ago, Will said: These aren't the full, carefully written awesome Plinkett reviews that you want to watch over and over again Such a thing exists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will 2,215 Posted January 1, 2017 Share Posted January 1, 2017 1 minute ago, BloodBoal said: Such a thing exists? Indeed! (well, at least I liked it a lot) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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