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filkertomNumerous sources link to the news that George "I Want To Do Small Films For Awhile" Lucas is re-releasing the Star Wars flicks in 3D, starting with Ep 1: The Pantene Menace in 2012, which I'm sure was foretold in the Maian calendar. maiac, could you verify...?
My buddyhughcasey hopes that at least shots like the opening of Ep 4 (you know, Princess Leia's ship being chased by the Star Destroyer that just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger until we realize we've never seen anything like this before) will look awesome.
Sorry, Hugh. They won't.
Partly because there's really no way to make that shot more awesome... but mostly because the films weren't filmed in 3D. Which means they're going to use The Process. You remember -- the one that everybody ripped Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender for using. The one that actually makes the film uglier rather than cooler.
It is yet another attempt to jack money out of our wallets on the Same Old Shit. And, bluntly, I hope it fails. I hope he loses big time. Because it's not innovative or anything. He's trying to create a demand, based on a techie gimmick and on the original product's name recognition, where I don't think there is one, based on the failure of that techie gimmick and on the original product's quality. He's going to spackle bad 3D onto six movies not filmed in 3D, starting with one of the worst, most boring movies in the history of SF films, and following up with two more before he gets to an actual good movie.
Five bucks says he pulls the plug before Ep 4 is released, due to "unexpectedly low demand" on the part of the public, or somesuch. I should have the fiver -- I'm not going to see any of the movies.
maiac, could you verify...?My buddy
hughcasey hopes that at least shots like the opening of Ep 4 (you know, Princess Leia's ship being chased by the Star Destroyer that just keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger until we realize we've never seen anything like this before) will look awesome.Sorry, Hugh. They won't.
Partly because there's really no way to make that shot more awesome... but mostly because the films weren't filmed in 3D. Which means they're going to use The Process. You remember -- the one that everybody ripped Clash of the Titans and The Last Airbender for using. The one that actually makes the film uglier rather than cooler.
It is yet another attempt to jack money out of our wallets on the Same Old Shit. And, bluntly, I hope it fails. I hope he loses big time. Because it's not innovative or anything. He's trying to create a demand, based on a techie gimmick and on the original product's name recognition, where I don't think there is one, based on the failure of that techie gimmick and on the original product's quality. He's going to spackle bad 3D onto six movies not filmed in 3D, starting with one of the worst, most boring movies in the history of SF films, and following up with two more before he gets to an actual good movie.
Five bucks says he pulls the plug before Ep 4 is released, due to "unexpectedly low demand" on the part of the public, or somesuch. I should have the fiver -- I'm not going to see any of the movies.
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Date: 2010-09-29 04:16 pm (UTC)