Star Wars: The Complete Saga (1977-2005)

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by Citizen_Steve

A good actor needs to have a good script to make his performance come alive. A great actor could read ANYTHING and make it sound like poetry. Actors like Ian McDiarmid, Alec Guiness, Peter Cushing and Christopher Lee took the garbage dialogue Lucas gave them and made it sound like it was gold. Hayden and Natalie just weren't experienced enough to be able to do that.

I guess that's true, at least for Natalie since she has proven time and time again that she is not just a 'good' actress but a legitimately great one.

Hayden hasn't proven shit to me. Jumper? Lol.

If I were to concede that nobody could make a great performance out of Lucas' bad writing, I would still say a better actor could have done a better job. It may not have been great, but it wouldn't have been groan-inducing.

[earmullet]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

The story stops focusing on Anakin once he becomes a Sith. He just makes a small re-appearance at the end of ROTJ. In the OT, it's about Luke rising above and not sharing his father's fate.

I see it as a Skywalker story.

I think most people wouldn't mind the story focusing on Anakin if he didn't go from being a happy-go-lucky annoying little kid to a whiny murderer who is also a clueless idiot.

Hahaha!

[double_l4488]

Originally Posted by hipster.doofus7

Agree with this. Hayden was phenomenal in Ep3. The few bad parts of Ep3 had more to do with the script than his performance. Overall, he was better in that movie than Mark Hamill ever was in any of the OT. Most haters simply refuse to acknowledge Hayden's good performance in RotS... which isn't surprising, given that most haters refuse to even acknowledge the high praise the movie itself received from critics.

Hayden's performance in Episode 2 was certainly dubious... but I don't think it's his fault. Even Natalie Portman looked bad with the dialogue she was given for AotC.

[Citizen_Steve]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

I'll also say Christopher Lee did an excellent job with what they gave him to work with.

"You have interfered with our affairs for the last time..."

Who else other than Christopher Lee could take a jokey line like that and actually make it seem threatening?

And although I definitely agree Ian McDiarmid went over the top with it in ROTS in some scenes, his work in TPM and even AOTC is to be respected. All that political nonsense he had to spew on Coruscant and he actually was able to infuse the dialogue with a rhythm of some kind. He delivered it in a way that almost felt like it was written in iambic pentameter. And then it goes to Natalie in the same scene and her line readings are completely flat.

[shesha]

Originally Posted by SAP12690

My target already has 36 copies of the Complete Saga!!!

And they will be selling them when?

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

Screenshot comparison of TESB. 2004 DVD vs. 2011 Blu-ray: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...9095/picture:0


Screenshot comparison of ROTJ. 2004 DVD vs. 2011 Blu-ray: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...9115/picture:0

Links not working (for me). I get this: "Coulden't connect to MySQL. Refresh."

[estoniankid]

Haven't posted in a while. Just been tracking this release on the net, and the word is not good. By all accounts this will not be a good quality br. only eps 2 & 3 will be reference quality. The rest won't be much better than the '04 dvd release. you will get better sound but most of the issues from the '04 release will still be there, albeit in higher resolution to make them even more apparent.

I am really frustrated that Lucas hasn't bothered to give us the best product
he could, and is just tapping the till again to soak us again for a second rate release in another new format.

I'm a huge s.w. fan, but I'm still debating whether I should buy this inferior product.

sigh.............................

[Agent Bond]

What if Luke stayed on Dagobah?

[hipster.doofus7]

Originally Posted by BladeRunner2007

Screenshot comparison of TESB. 2004 DVD vs. 2011 Blu-ray: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...9095/picture:0


Screenshot comparison of ROTJ. 2004 DVD vs. 2011 Blu-ray: http://screenshotcomparison.com/comp...9115/picture:0

These screenshots are only 500Kb each. It's never a good idea to compare image quality between JPEGs that are heavily compressed.

[Majoran]

Originally Posted by Agent Bond

What if Luke stayed on Dagobah?

What if Anikan never met Padame......

What if C3P0 and R2D2 never left te ship.....

[STARKILLER--1138]

Originally Posted by hipster.doofus7

Agree with this. Hayden was phenomenal in Ep3. The few bad parts of Ep3 had more to do with the script than his performance. Overall, he was better in that movie than Mark Hamill ever was in any of the OT. Most haters simply refuse to acknowledge Hayden's good performance in RotS... which isn't surprising, given that most haters refuse to even acknowledge the high praise the movie itself received from critics.

Hayden's performance in Episode 2 was certainly dubious... but I don't think it's his fault. Even Natalie Portman looked bad with the dialogue she was given for AotC.

Couldn't agree with this more.

[aiman04]

8 days to GALACTIC 6.1 LOSSLESS AUDIO.

[earmullet]

http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/star-wars-poll2/

[nmycon]

I was in Future Shop a couple days ago (picking up Scarface) and they had a lifesized cardboard standee of C3PO and R2 (it was a pre-order ad).

If it's still there on the 16th, I'm gonna ask if I can take it :P

[Jar Jar Stinks]

I understand the hate for Greedo, the CGI'd Mos Eisley, and the nooooooooooo, but: What's wrong with blinking Ewoks?

[El_Jay]

Originally Posted by nmycon

I was in Future Shop a couple days ago (picking up Scarface) and they had a lifesized cardboard standee of C3PO and R2 (it was a pre-order ad).

If it's still there on the 16th, I'm gonna ask if I can take it :P

I doubt it. I think George recalls all of them back to the Lucas Ranch and burns them out of spite.

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

I understand the hate for Greedo, the CGI'd Mos Eisley, and the nooooooooooo, but: What's wrong with blinking Ewoks?

Honestly... nothing. It's a little creepy, but it's fine.

It's the fact that they clearly spent the time making Ewoks blink that could have been put to better use fixing the lightsabers color timing or fixing up various other little imperfections that irks people.

[HeavyHitter]

Originally Posted by hipster.doofus7

These screenshots are only 500Kb each. It's never a good idea to compare image quality between JPEGs that are heavily compressed.

That's the problem with all of these screenshots floating around....all different sizes and half the time I am not sure if I am looking at them compressed or not.

[earmullet]

Originally Posted by Jar Jar Stinks

I understand the hate for Greedo, the CGI'd Mos Eisley, and the nooooooooooo, but: What's wrong with blinking Ewoks?

Nothing, that is a more realistic change.

[bmore007]

Originally Posted by El_Jay

It's the fact that they clearly spent the time making Ewoks blink that could have been put to better use fixing the lightsabers color timing or fixing up various other little imperfections that irks people.

Yea exactly. Why not improve all the lightsabers in the OT instead of adding more rocks in front of R2. Pointless things that didn't need to be added that they wasted time and money on.

[jseremet]

Seen the artwork? HOLYCRAPWOW is it bad.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/top...opicPost533764