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STARKILLER--1138 · 12-30-2010, 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Uxi

Eh? I recall Neeson saying he was specifically keeping his passport updated if he was needed. He hit a deer in his motorcycle, though IIRC and was pretty badly injured

Yep!

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Originally Posted by OG Pooh

I remember him saying how unhappy he was with how his part in the film was handled, and that he didn't want to return Maybe the next time I spot him in the bank or supermarket, I'll turn into that nosy fan I've always prided myself in not being, and see how friendly he is?

Nope!

OG Pooh · 12-30-2010, 12:46 PM

Yeah, I remember the whole motorcycle thing. I live not far from Lliam Neeson (the day of Natasha's funeral was absolutely crazy around here). Even if the motorcycle injuries were the actual reason why he didn't appear in Sith, I do remember reading somewhere that he was very disappointed with how the role of Qui-Gon turned out.

Whatever Lliam thinks regarding the role... I, as a fan think it (along with Darth Maul) could have/shoild have been a lot more, especially considering how perfect Qui-Gon's casting was.

Unfortunately, this is off-topic since we are discussing Star Wars in a Star Wars BD RELEASE-ONLY thread. I guess it's citations for the lot of us.

Monkey_Boy · 12-30-2010, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Did anyone of you catch AOTC in IMAX theaters back then, and if yes, what did it look like?

Oh, I did! Although the picture was HUGE, I was a tad disappointed; They had chopped off the sides, making it appear 4:3, and deleted multiple scenes including alotta the scenes between Anakin and Padme (which I didn't mind because love scenes aren't needed on an IMAX screen

). We also lost our original intro to Yoda; for some reason after the hit on Padme's ship, it cut right to Obi-Wan and Anakin on the elevator. They even cut out Dooku's last line to Obi-Wan before the execution ("Then I'm afraid it will be difficult to secure your release."). The picture and sound were awesome though! My favorite sound effect in Ep. II is Jango's seismic charges, and they sounded too cool!

As did the end battle, of course.

motorheadache95 · 12-31-2010, 03:19 AM

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Originally Posted by STARKILLER--1138

Yep!

Nope!

Actually, I specifically remember this quote from him regarding the Star Wars films: "Well, it's gotten a bit silly, hasn't it?" That's all I remember exactly, but he was definitely lamenting the prequels in that interview I read. For whatever reason he didn't appear in the other two prequels, it didn't seem like he cared too much anyway.

Update: Ok, here's a link to a brief article about it from theforce.net

http://www.theforce.net/episode2/sto...ones_61212.asp

STARKILLER--1138 · 12-31-2010, 08:34 AM

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Originally Posted by motorheadache95

Actually, I specifically remember this quote from him regarding the Star Wars films: "Well, it's gotten a bit silly, hasn't it?" That's all I remember exactly, but he was definitely lamenting the prequels in that interview I read. For whatever reason he didn't appear in the other two prequels, it didn't seem like he cared too much anyway.

Update: Ok, here's a link to a brief article about it from theforce.net

http://www.theforce.net/episode2/sto...ones_61212.asp

Thanks for the link; but, nowhere in that article did I see:

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Originally Posted by OG Pooh

I remember him saying how unhappy he was with how his part in the film was handled, and that he didn't want to return

bboisvert · 12-31-2010, 04:17 PM

Liam Neeson in the June 1999 issue of Redbook:
"Film is a director's medium. We are basically puppets. Producers earn all the money, and you get the sense that they hate actors. The crews are treated like slaves. ... I don't think I can live with the inauthenticity of movies anymore. I don't like watching them, especially my own stuff."

He also (inaccurately) announced in that interview that he was retiring from movies completely and focusing on stage work.

StereoMike · 12-31-2010, 07:42 PM

Hoth? It should be called Coldth.

STARKILLER--1138 · 12-31-2010, 08:19 PM

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Originally Posted by StereoMike

Hoth? It should be called Coldth.

PeterTHX · 12-31-2010, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by STARKILLER--1138

There's a bunch of AT-AT funnies out there.

Batman1980 · 12-31-2010, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by bboisvert

Liam Neeson in the June 1999 issue of Redbook:
"Film is a director's medium. We are basically puppets. Producers earn all the money, and you get the sense that they hate actors. The crews are treated like slaves. ... I don't think I can live with the inauthenticity of movies anymore. I don't like watching them, especially my own stuff."

He also (inaccurately) announced in that interview that he was retiring from movies completely and focusing on stage work.

I don't remember seeing Liam in a movie since then but on the real I'd be surprised if such an anti-movie guy ever did another one after the death of his wife.

PeterTHX · 12-31-2010, 09:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I don't remember seeing Liam in a movie since then but on the real I'd be surprised if such an anti-movie guy ever did another one after the death of his wife.

"Say what now?"

"I don't know what he's talking about either. Release the Kraken!"

Dotpattern · 12-31-2010, 09:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Gandalf Stormcrow

I don't remember seeing Liam in a movie since then but on the real I'd be surprised if such an anti-movie guy ever did another one after the death of his wife.

Didn't he just star in The A-Team? He's actually been quite active since 1999. I really enjoyed him in Taken and Batman Begins.

JoshuaLitvinoff · 12-31-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Bluyoda

Did anyone of you catch AOTC in IMAX theaters back then, and if yes, what did it look like?

Unfortunately, I did. I believe they announced that it was the first full length film in Imax, and boy was it awful. It was basically blown up, making the entire audience dizzy, and then broke the imax projector, causing the theatre to give us all refunds. I was so happy I had already seen the movie normally.

aiman04 · 12-31-2010, 10:18 PM

It's official, Star Wars will be released on blu-ray THIS YEAR!

[Show spoiler]

Dotpattern · 12-31-2010, 11:09 PM

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Originally Posted by JoshuaLitvinoff

Unfortunately, I did. I believe they announced that it was the first full length film in Imax, and boy was it awful. It was basically blown up, making the entire audience dizzy, and then broke the imax projector, causing the theatre to give us all refunds. I was so happy I had already seen the movie normally.

Did you take a survey? I'm just curious how you know it made the "entire audience" dizzy? And are you really saying that the movie is what caused the projector to break down? As opposed to some other mechanical failure?

ANDYBALLINA · 01-01-2011, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by aiman04

It's official, Star Wars will be released on blu-ray THIS YEAR!

When I saw this my heart jumped (I thought there was info, release date, cover art etc), but the spoiler wasn't that

. Damn you for getting my excited.

I put Clone Wars Season 1 on this morning and got through Disc 1 and was very impressed. This seems even more interesting than the movie and the space battles where awesome. I love it.

I got it on DVD, cause it was alot cheaper than the Blu ray version, but since I love it so much, I'm trying to decide if its worth upgrading Season 1 to Blu ray or just buying Season 2 on Blu ray? Thoughts guys? Is there much difference in PQ?

aiman04 · 01-01-2011, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by ANDYBALLINA

When I saw this my heart jumped (I thought there was info, release date, cover art etc), but the spoiler wasn't that

. Damn you for getting my excited.

I put Clone Wars Season 1 on this morning and got through Disc 1 and was very impressed. This seems even more interesting than the movie and the space battles where awesome. I love it.

I got it on DVD, cause it was alot cheaper than the Blu ray version, but since I love it so much, I'm trying to decide if its worth upgrading Season 1 to Blu ray or just buying Season 2 on Blu ray? Thoughts guys? Is there much difference in PQ?

Sorry about that, I meant it's officially 2011 now, the year of Star Wars on blu-ray. Well George Lucas himself announced it to be coming in 2011, but you're right we're still waiting for another official announcement for the dates and details. What a year to look forward too, guess I'm too excited.

ANDYBALLINA · 01-01-2011, 06:16 AM

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Originally Posted by aiman04

Sorry about that, I meant it's officially 2011 now, the year of Star Wars on blu-ray. Well George Lucas himself announced it to be coming in 2011, but you're right we're still waiting for another official announcement for the dates and details. What a year to look forward too, guess I'm too excited.

Its all good. I'm excited too, there are alot of great titles coming out. I know Spring (US Fall) will come around soon enough, but I just wanna know more details, eg pricing, will it be released in a 6 film box set or seperate trilogies, confirmend release date etc.

I'm actually really hoping its released in nice special edition box set with all 6 films.

The Dragon · 01-01-2011, 06:18 AM

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Originally Posted by PeterTHX

"... Release the Kraken!"

supersonic395 · 01-01-2011, 12:47 PM

RE the IMAX etc, IMAX is fullframe (4:3), so why would one want to see a 2.35.1 movie on that screen?

Also, I think IMAX should have used 70mm in the 2.20.1 ratio. It would have made a lot more sense, but ho hum.

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12-30-2010, 12:46 PM	#4862
OG Pooh Banned Member since:Jul 2010 Location:Hudson Valley, NY Home Theater Gallery:1 Blu-ray collection:132	Yeah, I remember the whole motorcycle thing. I live not far from Lliam Neeson (the day of Natasha's funeral was absolutely crazy around here). Even if the motorcycle injuries were the actual reason why he didn't appear in Sith, I do remember reading somewhere that he was very disappointed with how the role of Qui-Gon turned out. Whatever Lliam thinks regarding the role... I, as a fan think it (along with Darth Maul) could have/shoild have been a lot more, especially considering how perfect Qui-Gon's casting was. Unfortunately, this is off-topic since we are discussing Star Wars in a Star Wars BD RELEASE-ONLY thread. I guess it's citations for the lot of us. Last edited by OG Pooh; 12-30-2010 at 01:02 PM.

12-31-2010, 10:18 PM	#4874
aiman04 Blu-ray Champion Member since:Nov 2007 Location:Malaysia Home Theater Gallery:9	It's official, Star Wars will be released on blu-ray THIS YEAR! [Show spoiler](It's already 2011 here in my country)

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12-31-2010, 04:17 PM	#4866
bboisvert Blu-ray Guru Top contributor Member since:Dec 2009 Blu-ray collection:1368 DVD collection:10 Trading Score:5	Liam Neeson in the June 1999 issue of Redbook: "Film is a director's medium. We are basically puppets. Producers earn all the money, and you get the sense that they hate actors. The crews are treated like slaves. ... I don't think I can live with the inauthenticity of movies anymore. I don't like watching them, especially my own stuff." He also (inaccurately) announced in that interview that he was retiring from movies completely and focusing on stage work.

12-31-2010, 07:42 PM	#4867
StereoMike Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Jun 2007 Location:Coldth Home Theater Gallery:17 4K collection:15 Blu-ray collection:40	Hoth? It should be called Coldth.

01-01-2011, 12:47 PM	#4880
supersonic395 Expert Member Member since:Jul 2010 Blu-ray collection:36	RE the IMAX etc, IMAX is fullframe (4:3), so why would one want to see a 2.35.1 movie on that screen? Also, I think IMAX should have used 70mm in the 2.20.1 ratio. It would have made a lot more sense, but ho hum.

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