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Post by Deleted on May 6, 2021 17:08:02 GMT -6
Today - May the Sixth, 2021 - marks the day that Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace becomes as old as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was when Episode I came out.
So, in the spirit of what is now officially old school fun, if you had your own podracer, what color would it be and what random Star Wars vehicle pieces would it be jury-rigged from? Also, do you think Tosche Station carries power converters that are Boonta-Eve legal? (In all honesty, I really do love the race scene and think that kind of fun fits in with the original spirit of Star Wars, regardless of the rest of the movie. Did you know the majority of the effects used for the pod race were practical, as well?)
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Post by jeffb on May 6, 2021 17:48:42 GMT -6
Green
Converted Z95 headhunter
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Post by asaki on May 6, 2021 23:30:43 GMT -6
Just watched Ep I on the 4th, as a 2K resolution theatrical preservation.
Today we watched Ep II on DVD.
I don't know if it's the film grain, or the lack of DVNR, or just "quality over quantity", but man does Phantom Menace's CGI look a whole lot better than the other two prequels >_<
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Post by Falconer on May 7, 2021 14:14:33 GMT -6
Just watched Ep I on the 4th, as a 2K resolution theatrical preservation. Oh cool, I was hoping this would eventually happen. I’m convinced Phantom Menace in theaters on 35mm film prints was so much better than the later plasticky digital releases. The trailer on film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnhqwRQf04AI don’t think I could stomach watching it again under any circumstances, though, even if I have a slight bit of nostalgia for it. |
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Post by Deleted on May 7, 2021 17:00:05 GMT -6
Just watched Ep I on the 4th, as a 2K resolution theatrical preservation. Today we watched Ep II on DVD. I don't know if it's the film grain, or the lack of DVNR, or just "quality over quantity", but man does Phantom Menace's CGI look a whole lot better than the other two prequels >_< I definitely agree. I mean, Revenge of the Sith is probably a better movie overall*, but it doesn't look as good. *I mean it's the movie with the opera scene and the one where Ian McDiarmid gets to gleefully ham it up as the evil Darth Sidious in all his glory. As absolutely cheesy and campy of a B movie it is, that was worth the price of admission for me. Saw it in the theater and loved how evil that bastard was. |
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Post by Punkrabbitt on May 10, 2021 13:16:58 GMT -6
If I had a pod racer, it would be black and chrome with a couple of bantha skeletons over the engines...
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Post by howandwhy99 on May 10, 2021 15:48:44 GMT -6
I can't watch episode 2 or 3 at all, but I can still watch 1. It was a mixed bag and actually showed what was going wrong with the writer-director and the problems with billions of dollars in one person's hands.
He should never ever have gone back and tried to recapture what happened originally. The world had moved on and he was no longer the same person either. You know they are making a Godfather TV series too. After Godfather 3.
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Post by tkdco2 on May 10, 2021 16:39:06 GMT -6
Phantom Menace is my least favorite movie among the prequels. It had me checking my watch (when Qui Gon Jinn was explaining Midichlorians) wondering how much longer it would go on. Episodes 2 and 3 at least kept my attention, although the acting wasn't great. The only part I really like about episode 1 is the fight with Darth Maul. Still, I'd rather watch Phantom Menace than any of the sequels.
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2021 17:23:49 GMT -6
Phantom Menace is my least favorite movie among the prequels. It had me checking my watch (when Qui Gon Jinn was explaining Midichlorians) wondering how much longer it would go on. Episodes 2 and 3 at least kept my attention, although the acting wasn't great. The only part I really like about episode 1 is the fight with Darth Maul. Still, I'd rather watch Phantom Menace than any of the sequels. What about the part with... de plaaaanet cooooore? Now goooooo *jowel warbling noises* So yeah it's definitely a whole 'nother feeling from the OT, that's for sure. I guess I was young enough when I came out I could fully appreciate it, and stuff like the Clone Wars series and the EU books that cover that time period didn't hurt. Doesn't necessarily perfectly fit the scope of this subforum by any stretch, but it's interesting how much time has passed now and how there's been two or three generations to analyze and deconstruct the prequels at this point. |
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Post by asaki on May 11, 2021 22:43:53 GMT -6
Weird, I could've sworn I wrote another reply in here, but it's gone...
...oh well...
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Post by hakdov on May 12, 2021 7:16:35 GMT -6
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Post by Starbeard on May 12, 2021 14:14:14 GMT -6
This video actually has some pretty interesting and impressive insights into the pod race CGI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbAV4dO8gvMNot sure what my pod racer's carriage would be, but the engines would be Y-Wing nacelles each with half a TIE Fighter panel fixed to the outsides, pointing up. |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2021 15:24:50 GMT -6
This video actually has some pretty interesting and impressive insights into the pod race CGI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbAV4dO8gvMNot sure what my pod racer's carriage would be, but the engines would be Y-Wing nacelles each with half a TIE Fighter panel fixed to the outsides, pointing up. Did you happen to notice the little cameo by one of Anakin's podracer engines in Mandalorian, by the way? |
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Post by Starbeard on May 12, 2021 15:53:39 GMT -6
I did! That was pretty neat, and a clever way to recycle the design.
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Post by Deleted on May 15, 2021 9:52:11 GMT -6
I did! That was pretty neat, and a clever way to recycle the design. I thought Cobb Vanth was a humorous fellow. He's like a cosplayer or rpg player who models himself on pop culture icons. Wearing Boba's armor poorly and turning podracer parts into speeder bikes lol |
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Post by Deleted on May 16, 2021 7:14:13 GMT -6
Optional documentary of high quality on the subject of the time period leading up to the prequels
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