Guest Randy S. Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Here's a preview of the upcoming movie: Star Wars Preview I suggest saving it to your hard drive because you are going to want to watch it more than once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I'm gonna be at sea:( it better be playing in Australia in July... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tilledog Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I saw it on Star Wars . com only and they want a premium membership to watch it which is $40?? Ahhh George..... Show some love you bastard. So thanks for the link Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Episode 1: - Annoying lizard is annoying. - Anakin plays Wipeout XL. "I don't care what galaxy you're from - that's gotta hurt!" - Anakin accidentally massacres enemies. "Oops! Wizard!" - Annoying lizard accidentally massacres enemies. - Some idiot with self-esteem problems and overcompensating "tough guy" tattoos and horns rips off Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Dude, give it a rest and hang up the trenchcoat. The H2 is the low self-esteem accessory now that you're not in high school anymore, and taking karate and riding your motorcycle without a helmet doesn't make you any cooler. Episode 2: - Stuff blows up. - Anakin rides giant animal made of dung; falls off. Crazy facepaint lady likes this. - Two guys with capes look for stuff on different planets in a confusing jumble of really bad wipes. - Anakin and crazy facepaint lady play Super Mario Brothers, in the intermittent flame and crusher level. Jump over the spikey pit, Mario! Now get the mushroom! - Yoda and Dookoo play Warcraft, except instead of orcs they have robots and people, and instead of humans they have robots and people. - Yoda rips off Jet Li and Jackie Chan. Episode 3 projection (0% precincts reporting): - Anakin knocks up crazy facepaint lady. - Crazy facepaint lady decides she likes cats more than Anakin. - Anakin freaks and throws a jealous temper tantrum; turns into robot (forgets to install lasers and rocket pods). - Space fight. - Crazy facepaint lady gives birth to babies; staples danishes to the head of one; other baby too whiny to accept danish stapling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerider Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I have to agree that trailer was very underwhelming... it almost looked like a spoof. Let just say it's not on my high to watch list. I'd rather go see "Serenity". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Randy S. Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Hey KJL, I'd like to see you make a better movie. Ooops, you already did. Sorry. FYI, KJL supposedly works for Pixar and makes cool movies. I've watched the credits before though, and never seen any lines about a carver named Ken. Unfortunately Pixar usually gets really busy in the winter so he has to work instead of riding. F'ing deadlines stink. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 Go watch The Incredibles tomorrow! ;) I think I'm under "Lighting" as a sequence lead or something. FWIW, I just do lighting and effects, so when I bag on the story of Episodes 1 and 2 and almost assuredly 3, it's just my non-professional opinion... although from a scientific standpoint, I have in fact measured Episodes 1 and 2 on the suck-o-meter, and they rate pretty darn high. Anakin to crazy facepaint lady: "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth." Seriously?! That passes as dialogue these days? Hire a writer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 KJL and others, you are suffering from PTED - Post Traumatic Ewok Disorder. At some point between Empire and Jedi, George Lucas must have slipped in his shower, bonked his noodle and realized two movies too late that the Star Wars saga was supposed to be kid friendly. Thus, the Ewoks were born and you know the rest. The cure for this affliction is pure denial. Simply pretend they don't exist, and enjoy the movie for the rest of the story. It's not that hard to do. However, after the abomination otherwise known as Jar Jar Binks, George surely got what was coming to him. Jar Jar was nearly eliminated from Episode II, and the movie was way less kid friendly, and certainly much cooler than Episode I. Now, George has surely taken heat for all the froofy stuff in Ep II, and the cheezy lines he gave Anakin. The Imax version of the movie dispensed with the schmaltzy flirt scenes in the dung-beast pastures. Hopefully that bodes well for Ep III. I liked the trailer. Can't wait to see how the Anakin-to-Darth morph is executed. I'm also happy to simply get excited for yet another Star Wars movie. As with the previous two films, I'm just going to make up my mind that I'm going to love it, and all will be right in the galaxy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stan Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 KJL's review sounds eerily akin to the "Movie-a-minute" features on www.rinkworks.comwww.rinkworks.com. At least in style. However, I agree with KJL's points - the trailer didn't blow me away. Episodes I and II left much to be desired. Jar Jar Binks should die a painful (but quick) death in the first 5 minutes of Ep. III. I also agree with Jack - just pretend some scenes are not there. Enjoy what's left . . . I also know I'll be seeing it in the first or second day it comes out - just like Episode I and II . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted November 5, 2004 Report Share Posted November 5, 2004 I enjoyed Yoda's fight scene in the 2nd one. That was about it. The rest of it was just painful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zcarver Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 This question is for KJL. Yeah I just saw the incredibles, a great funny movie, I really enjoyed it. I am 3d animator trying to reach the real world of 3d animation. I was just wondering if I could ask you a question regarding on Pixar's equipment? I notice at the end of the film credits I saw that the CPU and rendering was done with Intel chips. Which is not a surprise to me. I was arguing with a fellow animator that told me that Pixar is all Mac x servers and have been for a long time because of Steve jobs. I disagree with this, because I know for a while renderman was only PC base and in the past Pixar uses SGI computers. The same for Maya. It was available for the mac until 3.5. I am sure now Pixar is starting to swtich over to the G5 dual X-severs, but are still using PC base computers. Could you shake some light on this. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjl Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 Heya. We used to use SGI desktops for our animation/TD work and had a gigantic Sun renderfarm to do the rendering for film. Right now everything is on Intel running Linux - we work on them and render on an intel/linux renderfarm. I have heard rumors about moving to OSX but I don't know what's going on with that - I don't know if they are just thinking about it or already working on the ports... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zcarver Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 Thanks for the info. Now I can rub it in. :D The next movie "Cars" that is due next year, is that Disney and Pixar last film togther? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derf Posted November 12, 2004 Report Share Posted November 12, 2004 I just saw The Incredibles yesterday, and I can easily say it is the best animated film I have ever seen. I'm not a fan of animated films in general, but this one rocks!!! Everything is good, the story, the style, the images. The feeling I got was that the final product has the feel of claymation (meaning: realistic textures) with the image quality of cgi. And I have never seen hair look so realistic in animated film. I highly recommend this movie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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