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The New Star Wars
10 years ago
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I'm not a big Star Wars fan. I'm sorry, but I'm not. The original (Episode IV) and "Return of the Jedi" were great sci-fi action movies - genuine classics that I do enjoy to watch. But I never got thatinto them, and sometimes the pop culture obsession with the films I feel is a bit unwarranted.
With that being said, I am really looking forward to the new Star Wars movie. After the popular let-down of the prequels, fans are jonesing for a film that can bring back the epic feeling and interpersonal fun of the classics.
I won't lie, despite not being a Star Wars fan, even I had to smile with nostalgia at seeing Harrison Ford and Chewie back in the Millenium Falcon.
And thanks to folks like Ryan Wieber and "Dorkman" Scott, I have a better appreciation of lightsaber fighting (I even bought myself one at Comic-con).
The highlight on practical effects and on-location filming might also be just what the film industry needs to spur a change back to "real" film-making rather than the digital cartooning that most movies today have been doing. Real sets, with real costumes in real locations.
For myself, I'm curious to see how Disney handles a franchise with so much depth in story and such a huge following. I'm fortunate in that I'm not invested enough with the franchise to really care if it flops, but interested enough to enjoy it if it's good.
I'll wrap up with a bit of a comparison: How some folks are for Star Wars, that's how I am for Jurassic Park. And how most folk are for Jurassic Park, that's how I am for Star Wars.
With that being said, I am really looking forward to the new Star Wars movie. After the popular let-down of the prequels, fans are jonesing for a film that can bring back the epic feeling and interpersonal fun of the classics.
I won't lie, despite not being a Star Wars fan, even I had to smile with nostalgia at seeing Harrison Ford and Chewie back in the Millenium Falcon.
And thanks to folks like Ryan Wieber and "Dorkman" Scott, I have a better appreciation of lightsaber fighting (I even bought myself one at Comic-con).
The highlight on practical effects and on-location filming might also be just what the film industry needs to spur a change back to "real" film-making rather than the digital cartooning that most movies today have been doing. Real sets, with real costumes in real locations.
For myself, I'm curious to see how Disney handles a franchise with so much depth in story and such a huge following. I'm fortunate in that I'm not invested enough with the franchise to really care if it flops, but interested enough to enjoy it if it's good.
I'll wrap up with a bit of a comparison: How some folks are for Star Wars, that's how I am for Jurassic Park. And how most folk are for Jurassic Park, that's how I am for Star Wars.
The problem was that CGI became "rather easy" to do and while there is quality CGI and bad CGI, the fact is that it made jobs for actors THAT much more difficult because they had to keep acting to a prop or person that isn't there.
"Ok, this slimy thing has grabbed ahold of you and is trying to bite out your eyes. We got no props, and go!"
You can tell the actor has no counter weight, the CGI thing doesn't attach right, it's a laundry list reasons of things that don't work.
I'm sorry, but for atmosphere, we NEED practical effects. let the actors know that they are talking to a fat 10 foot long slug. Let the actors see the bones of a beasts last meal. Make a big animatronic head of said beast to menace the actors.
Give the scenes weight to them, that's what I'm craving.
Yes, something like spaceships and dinosaurs chasing jeeps can use some CGI because we can't make that with practical effects quite as effectively, but at least lay groundwork for it.
I admit, I wasn't all too keen on VII until I saw the short of focus on practical effects and on location filming.
It's good to see it again.
Reminds me of the Henson classics, honestly.
It is a virtual repete of the oringal story. ;(
Or. EPs 4.5
Don't forget the very forgettable made for TV movie. The Star Wars holiday special
It is canon.
The cgi. I loved the star wars originals because nothing was cgi, even though yodas character was a puppet, it felt real. That was the departure that I remember being the most disappointing.