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Updated! REVENGE OF THE SITH final one sheet arrives!
Hey folks Harry here again. Got an update about the origin of the image that is the final poster for REVENGE OF THE SITH. Here's what Drew Struzan had to say:
Hello,
I'm the webmaster of the unofficial Dutch Star Wars fan website www.Sith.nl
Many people think the new Drew Struzan Revenge of the Poster has been
altered by Lucasfilm.
We contacted Mr. Struzan and asked him about this.
This is his reply:
The original design did go through the normal incarnations. The finish is
two paintings combined as I designed them. Someday the drawings and
paintings will be seen but this is the poster and the design approved by
Lucasfilm.
Hope this is interesting news to you!
(the link to the original article on our site:
Click Here )
Best wishes,
Erwin
www.sith.nl
So there ya go - Lucasfilm did mess with it quite a bit - which I think is what made me feel it was not balanced well. Can't wait to see Drew's original two paintings though! --- OK - here's what I wrote yesterday...
Hey folks, Harry here... Oddly - I feel this poster just misses in comparison to the other 5 Drew Struzan posters. I've heard a rumor that LFL fiddled around a bit with Drew's work and frankly... it doesn't seem to flow with the other images - mainly because the black of Vader's helmet seems to bleed into the border making it seem as though there is no border - thus breaking the stylistic look of the other 5. However, that annoying photoshop lens flare and color going up that one side... makes it feel uneven to me. That being said - the rendering of the characters through Drew's wonderful eye is as magnificent as ever... There just seems something wrong with that top half layout. Maybe it'll grow on me. No Chewie or Robot Bastard (aka Darth Grievous). I was kinda hoping for Padme on a table with legs in futuristic stirrups and Baby Selwyn winking and giggling towards us all. Sigh - well - that gives the folks at MAD something to do! And a new teaser poster for A NEW HOPE. A baby carriage with a hand out holding an ignited lightsaber. The phrase, "There's Only One Thing Wrong With The Skywalker Baby... IT'S ALIVE!" Or maybe that's been done.
Click here to check out the new poster, and to see how it fits in the now complete 6 poster set!
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that Darth Vader's helmet looks like it does in the OT, not like it does in Episode III.
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Yeah, whatever, the teasers are always better.
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Come on, those aren't the original Episode 4, 5, and 6 posters that I remember as a kid. Where's the Star Wars poster with Leia holding a gun pointed downward, Luke holding his light saber straight up above his head?
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This poster isn't bad. As far as it's "breaking of the visual flow" I feel that it no worse then the Empire strikes back poster, which is cool, but I've felt that the purple is to bright and heavy on the lower half drawing to much emphasis to the border.
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...of all the prequel posters, that's my favorite. Nice look, I think.
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Sorry, that is incorrect, it is not your favourite.
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Mar 09, 2005 12:01:57 AM CST
I like the way the posters reflect the transition of hues from r
by stanley spector
There's a cute continuity to the colour schemes.
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I can't believe you come onto a Star Wars TB and just bitch about the movies. And anyone who wants to write a freaking novel just to bash the film is obviously a closet fan that thinks they're too cool to like the movies now that they're old and cynical. And of course everyone has to bring up Peter Jackson and his crappy Hobbit movies. Just admit it, fucktards, you'll be first in line to see this, just like everybody else. Don't pretend that the prequels weren't fucking awesome.>>>>>>>>>Did I miss anything?
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Central image is the Duel and a big Vader head -- as expected. I've been waiting for SITH to arrive so I can finally frame all the posters nicely and hang them in my work/study room. Looking at all 6 lined up side by side at the StarWars.com site (using Harry's link), that's a gorgeous site to behold. Any true Star Wars fan or even a fan of old style Cliffhangers like me will love having them lining a wall in sequence. Wll, in this case 2 perpendicular walls. That's a lot of framed poster art to hang!
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Mace Windu's lightsaber stance on the far right side of the poster resembles Obi Wan from the ep.2 one too much. Also it would look better if the Vader helmet was centered. Otherwise it looks awesome.
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Mar 09, 2005 12:15:00 AM CST
The DVD will have a variation of the poster, maybe they'll add C
by orionsangels
Here's the HIRES version, http://img145.exs.cx/img145/6425/rots5pt.jpg
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It does look like the color composition's been fooled with a little bit, but I don't mind the Vader head in the corner at all. I'm sure it was a conscious stylistic decision, which doesn't necessarily justify it, but I can dig it. The birth of Vader is the most significant event in this trilogy anyways.
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Stop nitpicking and just enjoy the artwork. It's nice. It kick ass that they put the duel on there.
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http://img181.exs.cx/img181/27/rots9fk.jpg
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Whah...Lucas ruined Star Wars...wah wah wah...without Lucas, there would be no Star Wars.
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Looks like a "best of" other posters -- the saber duel from VI, the Vader over-shadowing mask from V...
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I can't wait for the dance number featuring 7,500 Indians *** Seriously, it's okay...Yoda looks a little funny, though, like he's trying to get in on Anakin and Obi's fight or something *** The Emperor seems to have a Mace Windu problem on his scalp...maybe Head And Shoulders would work on that...
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Really? Is that just because he was disappointed by it? Wow. All things considered, it's probably the worst film of the original trilogy, but HATE? It's not that bad (although it is a harbinger of Lucas' obsession with cutesy, bozo aliens that could be peddled as action figures). And, for my money anyway, it boasts the best moment of the entire trilogy when a dying Anakin picks the emperor up and throws him over that bridge-thingey. Spoiler.
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at the Republican Convention.
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Better than this shit: http://www.neweyestudio.com/ebayJ/ebj151.jpg
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...Padme' looks like the prettiest Predator ever. Vader flowing all the way to the edge didn't bother me. Not bad at all I say.
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...don't complain about characters being omitted if you don't even know their names
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Mar 09, 2005 12:56:34 AM CST
I think Drew's posters for the prequels are better than his SE o
by tall_boy
I just like the multiple character way they've framed it, unlike the SE posters which were more limited in the #s of characters they used.
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First of all, the poster is beautiful, ignore this man's lame baseless criticism. ***** On a side note, did anyone else pick up the book released last year of Drew Struzan's posters? It's absolutely awesome. His stuff isn't just cool posters, it's true art - and great art at that.
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I hated how on the DVD's they used photographs (and bad ones at that) photoshopped together for the covers. They should have used Drew's SE poster artwork
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Dooku? he's in the film for 5 minutes. His appearing in the film is like "Vanessa" at the beginning of the Austin Powers sequel. She's left over business from the last film, get rid of her and move on. Dooku is the samething, so why add him to the poster? The movie is about the fall of the Jedi. The poster says it all. Anakin in the middle, Vader looming above and the Jedi surrounding Anakin and of course, his love Padme near him. Papatine creepy and hiding in the bottom right, controlling his puppet in secret. Some spaceships to show battle and finally the clash in the middle, good vs evil. I think it's perfect. The rest would extra fillers. Why add Chewie?
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Is, as anyone with an eye for art would say, its off center.
The helmet in the background really draws your eye to it, but the bloody thing is so far off center it makes the whole picture feel weighted to the left, with nothing on the right to counter it. Yoda and Windu counter each other in the picture, each image balancing another out from an aesthetic view. Except that freaking helmet. Put it in the center, and it's a good poster, leave it to the left? Its an eyesore. Simple things can sometimes be the things that ruin it all. -
it looks like mcdiarmid, who wasn't even cast until ROTJ...eh?
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It's funny, how if this had been a fanmade poster, a lot of the dislikers would have been saying, "that's a very good poster. I wish it was the real one", but once they find out it's official, in their hate everything Lucas approves mind. They find ways to hate it.
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Palpatine's teeth are all crooked. Which is fine, except that his teeth weren't that crooked in ROTJ. So, what gives? Something happens in ROTS that makes his teeth crooked, but in ROTJ, they are less crooked but definitely rotten. If Palpatine, in the meantime, went to a dentist to get his teeth straightened (maybe he wore braces for a while), why didn't that dentist tell him that he should be more concerned about oral hygene? ROTJ-Palpatine should deinitely have brushed and flossed more frequently. WHy, oh why, can't Sith lord get good dentists like the rest of us? ... And did those teeth / in ancient time / walk upon England's mountains green ... Good evening and welcome ladies and gentlemen. At this time we'd like to up the tempo a little, change the mood. We've got a number requested by Pip, Pauline, Nigel, Tarquin, and old Spotty - Tarquin's mother - a little number specially written for the pubescence of ex-King Zog of Albania, and it's entitled 'Art Gallery'. Hope you like it. [continue Month Python Sketch]
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Is to draw more weight to it. Putting it in the middle wouldn't make the image as striking, and why balance it with something else on the right when it's what we're supposed to be paying attention to to begin with?
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It blows my mind that we nitpick on such trivial things like a poster. If this were the 1980's people would be gaga over this piece of Star Wars info. However today with the same intentions to present this to us in "awe", it's now nitpicked because of our bitter expectations we still hold as older individuals who grew up on these films. Eyesore? Ridge, hun, it's a poster for a science fiction space fantasy... not a poster for a serious posh art film enjoyed by yuppies over sipped martinis. :/ The only eyesore I saw noticed was taking these silly Talkbackers one step further into ridiculous nitpicking by discussing the "asthetic view" of a one-sheet poster of a fun traditional popcorn flick?! My generation who grew up on these films such as I really need to get a grip... the whole angsty trite "my childhood was raped" attitude was so 1999. ^.~
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But a poster doesn't say much to me. Last time I got exited about a poster was with the fluffy animals on the Rules of Attraction poster. Still looks nice.
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I DONT KNOW WHAT SOME OF YOU ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. IT FITS IN WITH THE REST OF THE EPISODES NICELY. WHAT DID YOU WANT - FOR THE ONE SHEET TO TELL THE WHOLE STORY AND INCLUDE EVERY CHARACTER. ITS SUPPOSED TO INVOKE A GENERAL FEELING FOR THE FILM AND THE MAIN CHARACTERS A INVOLVED. FOR GOS SAKE - IT A MOVIE POSTER. GET A LIFE !!
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Well, the helmet is off centre and (OMG!!! IT'S THE NEW FUCKIN' STAR WARS POSTER!!! FUCK YEAH!!!) if you look carefully, you'll see that the colours bleed a bit and (FUCKIN HELL!!! DARTH VADER'S BACK MUTHA'S! AWWWE YEEEEAH!!!! D'IS SOME FUCKED UP SHIT RIGHT HERE!!!!) i find it only slightly irritating that palpatine's teeth are crooked when if you look closely in ROTJ (THIS IS THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR SINCE I WAS 7 YEARS OLD! WE'RE FINALLY GOING TO SEE THE DUEL! THE FUCKING DUEL!!!!!!!!) they are not. .. Regardless, i am pleased.
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Is that supposed to be the Emperor or SLOTH from the Goonies? I can't tell. It looks nothing like Ian McDiarmind.
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Mar 09, 2005 2:18:19 AM CST
Ridge: "The problem with the poster is, as anyone with an eye fo
by commando cody
Yeah, you're right there, pal. That Drew Struzan guy they hired sure has NO EYE FOR ART. Yep, no sense at all for composition, rendering or aethestic impact. Nope, that Struzan fella sure doesn't know "art". (Insert big time Rodney Dangerfield eye-roll here...)
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I do. I think all the posters are lovely, and this is no exception. Seeing them all together like that - gorgeous.
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...looking at the StarWars site, where you can see all 6 lined up in a row, is that since we get a prominent big Vader head on the EMPIRE poster, I think it would have been cool to have a large mechanical General Greivous here with all four mechanical arms out and holding lit lightsabers to frame the lower portion below, which is perfect. I realize Lucas and Fox want to push the whole "birth of Vader" angle for SITH and work him into essentially every piece of marketing material they can, but overall since the prequels are their own time and world, I think having a big-ass Greivous would have rocked to play him up as this movie's villain. Then with all 6 put together, you've really got a bit of everyone and a taste of everything...
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The lightsaber clash is great, and the ships and Anakin work, but the rest of the poster is unpleasant. not trash or garbage, just unpleasant.
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there are continuity flaws in all the posters... At least they look better than than sloppy crap covers on the DVDs
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Mar 09, 2005 2:58:27 AM CST
Why weren't the Struzan posters used for the DVDs? Answer...
by commando cody
Well, not so much the answer, but my educated guess is because Lucas is saving them for the DVD slipcases that'll comprise the "Ultimate Director's Cut" of the saga that he'll be producing for the HD format. I mean it sort of makes sense that for his final "artsy" cut that he'd use the "artsy" design on THOSE dvds.
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NOW THIS IS POD RACING!
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doesn't really lie with Vader's helmet placing, but in the arch shape of the characters' heads midway down the poster. That rainbow thing doesn't look natural. Couldn't he stagger them a bit? I'm thinking they should be a little higher up as well. There's a talkback for a POSTER, people, what the hell else are we going to do other than critique it? Really excited for this film but I liked the last two theatrical posters better.
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Mar 09, 2005 3:39:13 AM CST
Big Dumb Ape, good idea. I actually like your suggestion...
by triumph poops!
I love the poster, but after reading what you said, I could see it being a tad cooler had the background been a centered, large, overshadowing, robotic General with his 4 mechanical arms holding lightsabers that shoot off the 2 sides of the poster. That would have been pretty fucking cool looking, too. And you're right -- looking at them all sequentially, we still do get a big Vader head later. So, yeah, in hindsight I now wish it was the General there. But I still love this poster and can't wait to put it on my wall with the others! Naysayers be gone! Lucas and SITH own the summer!
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Drew's best poster save for Empire, too bad those other four sucked.
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Its all a question of personal taste. I have liked all the prequel posters. They have done exactly what their meant to do, give you a flavour of what the film is like. Judging by this new poster the Wars has been put back into Star Wars. Hell, from what I've seen on the net so far The Duel is gonna be worth the price of omission alone. Lets just hope that Lucas sticks with the rumoured cut of the film that shows The Duel from beginning to end with no cutaways...
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So there.
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I just want Christiansen and Portman to magically develop ANYTHING resembling chemistry. I want young Obi-Wan to be halfway as interesting as old Ben Kenobi. I want to care about the action rather than feel like I'm watching ILM's demo reel. I don't want to see Yoda in another super-ball attack. I just want the movie to not suck. I've been suckered in by the advertising on the past two movies and been betrayed - I won't be converted by a poster that LOOKS like Star Wars and FEELS like Star Wars...because I've been there and done that.
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Apparently Lucasfilm has created this poster from TWO posters Drew came up with. He has reportedly admitted this. It looks suspiciously like the Darth image in the background is from another poster, especially as the tones in the front images are lighter than the back. It doesn't look very professional to me, it LOOKS stuck together. Poor work on LFL's behalf I'd say. A simple thing to correct too. Otherwise, I like the overall image, although some huge Clone Wars space battle up top would've been great.
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Therefore, I like it
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Vader's helmet has to be off to one side, otherwise, you've got Vader's mouth spitting out Anakin's head. I think they were referencing the original '77 one sheet key art with Vader's helmet offset and a pyramidal composition peaking inside the Vader silhouette. The '77 art works better compositionally because we're seeing full figures of Luke and Leia. There's far more drama and compostional integrity in that pose of the Luke And Leia characters than any (no matter how beautifully rendered) portrait(s) can muster. Since modern Hollywood key art is obsessed with showing big faces, the key artist (in this case, Drew) is stuck with compositions that must reconcile the clunkiness of these three big heads.
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http://jimcorbin.homestead.com/files/newposter.jpg
Now with 500% more lens flares!
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Mar 09, 2005 7:32:47 AM CST
Now I've seen everything. Movie geeks turned pretentious art cri
by i dunno
"If you have an eye for art"....Jebus. What are we at the Guggenheim? Personally I'd like the posters to be a little more original, like the old Empire with Han holding Leia but I knew it'd be in this style and it looks fine.
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Fits right in with the rest of those keen Choose Your Own Adventure posters. Prozak.
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Mar 09, 2005 8:17:55 AM CST
Would've at least expected answers without insults, or comments
by ridge
But this is talkback and thats not possible
As far as the guy supposedly not being artistic? I never said that at all. I said the helmet being off to the left draws your eyes to the left of the poster, directly to it. Now, if it were in the center, over everything, it would give a menacing 'overlord' kind of feel to it.
It's very basic principles taught in art, myself being a student of art, and anyone else who's every studied art, knows that for a good picture, you at least try to have balance in it. It doesnt have to be an alternate image across from it, it can be tones, colours etc. It's a very nice poster, well done, but I believe it looks a little off kilter. And if you can't accept that I think that without posting flames and insults, thats your problem, after all its my opinion and nobodies changing it no matter how many assinine and childish insults are thrown my way. -
...just for a Poster of the film shows there is still a hell of a lot of interest for this film. Deal with it.
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Mar 09, 2005 8:23:17 AM CST
Not too bad. The lens flare is cheesy, but it's been in all the
by minderbinder
And it seems funny that the helmet at the top is off center. I'm sure that showing off Vader will get butts in the seats...but I say, as I always have, if DV doesn't show up until the end, people will feel cheated. You think the backlash was bad on the first two?
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This movie, without a doubt, will be the movie event of the last... well... since cinema began really.
Its a movie series that has taken what, near 30 years to finish? 28 or so I think actually...
Anyone who saw episode 4 5 and 6 when they were growing up, or saw episode 1 and 2, then the others.... essentially ANYONE whos seen starwars, will line up to see this movie. Its a sure fire hit, in fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the box office for this movie catapulted it into the single most succesful debut weekend or whatnot.
Its episode 3, its the final part of a hexology, I think thats the word, that I've been a fan of my whole life. And I know, like anyone whos seen the other 5... it's gonna be pretty emotional to sit there after episode 3 and think 'Wow... thats it... thats all the starwars movies... no more?' -
I'd like to have seen a Wookie on there, or Grievous. But at least there's no Jar Jar, or some other dorky , too-out-there, kind of creature. For example, I don't like the Jedi Counsel guy who had the long neck and tiny head. Don't like the one that's a snake, with the beard, or whatever it is either.
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It looks great, except for where the Vader mask touches Anakin, Padme, and Obi Wan's heads. Did they shrink the action portion of the poster and digitally paste on Vader's mask in the background? On my computer screen it doesn't look too good, so I hope they'll clean it up a little for printing. Or maybe it'll look better printed anyway. Otherwise I like it fine. I agree with the suspicions that Lucas is saving the Struzan posters for the HD DVD format release and that's why we get crappy photoshopped DVD covers. I just wish the Special Edition posters had more characters on each one. ANH only has the good guys, ESB only has the bad guys, and RotJ only has the aliens. I get what he's going for, but I don't like it. I prefer they were more like the original trilogy posters (and prequel trilogy posters) which try to capture the epic nature of each film by including most of the relevant players of each episode be they good, evil, or alien. Okay, so Dooku got screwed, but still...I had to bitch about SOMETHING.
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Let me just say that I like the prequels and I think Episode III has the potential to be the best in the entire saga (both trilogies) the ONLY concern (well concern is too strong a word) is that they're pushing Vader too much when he's only going to show up at the end (not a spoiler, Lucas said it in many interviews). It doesn't bother me, in fact if I had a choice between seeing suited up Vader fight and the human behind the mask fight, I'd choose the latter but some non fans or casual fans might be disappointed by his lack of screen time. Like I said i don't care, I just don't want to hear critics whining that they were misled by the marketing.
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I thought the poster was fab, gave me goosebumps so job done really as surely that is the aim?
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A good poster does not make a movie good and a bad poster does not make a movie bad. But a good poster does make a talkback funny.
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Cartoonish with a splash of regularity.
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I honestly don't see what'sd so wrong with that poster. I mean you make it sound like it's CINO (Catwoman In Name Only) Bad.
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... mt only gripe is why does Yoda have to be in attack position? I knwo we wanted to see him kick ass as we did in Ep II but Yoda is a spritual and wise character, not neccessarily a warrior (maybe more so in his younger days), I would have liked to see him more in a thoughtful pose with a look of despair on his face. Obi-wan looks good (Ewan has really made Obi-wan his own, an impressive feat considering the shoes hes filling). Other than that, why exactly did Lucas give Anakin hair like a greasy stoner?
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Are nothing like they were when they first came out in the 70's and 80's. So Lucas as to re-image those as well. Somebody just put a wall around his ranch, not to keep people out, but to keep lucas in, for good.
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Mar 09, 2005 9:08:10 AM CST
I love how Harry told us on the last SW post to quit bitching, a
by shigeru
whack.
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Is going over this poster like it's the Mona Lisa should tell you something about the rocker he's sitting on.
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nothing wrong with it - comments about the head being off-center are as amusing as they are pointless. As someone else said, the poster can be as shit or as great as anything I don't really care; I want the MOVIE to be good.
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on.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076759/
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It's been 4-5 years since the pre-pubescent lunatics of this site started the so-called Matrix/LOTR/SW wars. Methinks that those boys eventually grew up (at least I hope so). I'm looking forward to this "trilogy" closing soon -- for better or for worse.
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And Harry you liked Jar-Jar but not this poster? WTF IS WRONG WITH YOU.
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Shouldn't his character be prominently featured in this poster?
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...with the exception of excluding Grievous (but maybe they want to have some sort of big reveal moment in the film - assuming, of course, that everyone and their little brother hasn't already seen the images and the action figure)? The poster does its job... it makes the idea of the movie seem appealing. Now, please, George, follow through and go out on a high note.
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The way that Sam Jackson's character is situated in relation to Obi Wan makes it look like Obi Wan's hand is lifted with his middle finger extended. Apparantly when a Jedi gives someone the finger purple light emanates to really give it some zing. Maybe this is part of the final exchange with Vader. Sit n Spin Bitch!
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So many people are complaining about a poster. A POSTER! How? I don't know. It's a poster. It does what a poster does, it shows you what's in the movie. Does it not show you whats in the movie? I don't understand.
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... my only problem is with Mace and Yoda. Mace seems out of place. And Yoda... Yoda! Don't get me wrong, I love seeing Yoda in Jedi action. But when I think of Yoda I think of the reverent, wise, and even somewhat physically fragile character. The poster portrays him as an action hero. It just doesn't seem in line with Star Wars mythology and right to me, that's all. Anybody else agree? Disagree? Still, I generally like the poster.
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Smae old shit for what's going to be another fucking waste of time shitty fucking Star Wars film. Give it up already.
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Was he ever a lower rank? Shoveling shit? Cleaning camodes?
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Mar 09, 2005 11:08:59 AM CST
Thank you phoebe666, that was very informative and insightful. Y
by i dunno
Twat.
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Actually, I don't call myself a Star Wars Fan, too embarassing.
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We're all just as lost and confused as eachother in this world. To try and hide that confusion, people try to seem all knowing, ie. judging of posters. You think if other people see you as a master poster judger, or master anything at that, then they'll see you as a knowlegable powerful person rather than the confused creature that you, and all of us, hate to admit we are. You're not better than a poster, folks.
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I agree with you about Yoda. Not that Yoda wouldn't kick ass, but that he would do it without lifting a finger...
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I took existentialism in University also.
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... God, I don't even know why I still read about this movie, let alone post. I'm sorry people.
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Krikkit: His hair is like that because Lucas is attmepting to gradually close the stylistic gap between the prequels and the OT. Hence, he's given Anakin a bit of a 70s hairstyle so this movie naturally leads into Ep IV, which was of course made in the 70s. We're also seeing some kind of prototype Tie-fighters on this poster - cool! Nards - Great post dude; Karza and Furious - you both cracked me up! Funny shit, keep it coming! Lucas' character is called Papanoida (Papa Nerd - shows the guy has some sense of humor, at least!)
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so that would explain a lot
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Forgot to mention - in the new DVDs of Empire Strikes Back, he has replaced that other guy who played the emperor with McDiarmid - so it's all fair and square
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EXCEPT FOR THE ANNOYING LENSFLARE. On the right side of Lord Helmet (Darth Vader sorry).
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have a head breaking the frame, too.
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The Emperor looks like a big booger, or a wrinkly raisin. They could've done a better job showing off his nastiness and his transformation.
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I like the poster, but I think it is the weakest of all Struzan ones so far. That isn't really a slam as weak Struzan is better than 99.9% of the movie posters we see. I would of like the droids and a bunch of wookies, but no one asked me.
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There's an old saying in Tennessee - I know it's in Texas, it's probably in Tennessee - that says, fool me once, shame on ... shame on you. It fool me. We can't get fooled again.
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didn't really like the poster.i prefered theone with just anakin with darth vaders mask merging in with anakins cape.very moody,very dark.very sexy!!!
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20 years later he's "old"? I'll say this once. CGI YODA LOOKS NEITHER ALIVE NOR GOOD. Idiots being sucked in by action figure combat Yoda...Ugh.
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There are hints of the ESB teaser poster here. Personally, Struzan is way too cartoon-y and childish for me (just like the prequels). Comparing the painted ANH Chantrell and Jung posters, this doesn't hold a candle (just like the prequels). I think my favorite is still the Roger Kastel ESB poster. Maybe this will link you to that: http://www.theforce.net/collecting/posters/esb/images/esba.jpg
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http://www.theforce.net/collecting/posters/anh/images/anh-regular-a.jpg
http://www.theforce.net/collecting/posters/esb/images/esb-advance-41x27.jpg
http://www.theforce.net/collecting/posters/anh/images/swc1sht.jpg
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Mar 09, 2005 1:43:07 PM CST
The new trailer is pretty great. I think it will be darker, and
by silver_joo
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Mar 09, 2005 1:48:02 PM CST
Is it me or does Mace (Sam Jackson) have an evil lightsaber
by lost skeleton
I mean, the Jedi have blue lightsabers but Mace is carrying a red one in the poster. WTF? Besides that...okay, I guess. The flick will probably rock through. Even I can't see Lucus fucking this up.
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Ever thought that maybe Yoda was a concientious objector by the end? He detached himself from the cause of the Rebellion, and only a more philosophical belief in the healing power of the Force, and it's desire to balance itself out keep hims going in Dagobah. Perhaps watching what it did to Anakin's mind made him feel that the Force was far more powerful if wielded with the mind, than in its physical expression.
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what's up with anakin's Michael Jackson Hairdo?
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Mace is still holding the same old Purple light saber.
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I especially dug the line o' posters at the bottom. It kinda makes me sad though...it's the end of an era.
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Certainly it's not awful. It's a great movie poster. How often do you see those nowadays, when a shot of Will Smith doin "serious" looks will suffice?
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Damn, I'm a geek, but I don't overanalyze and obsess over a movie poster. I can understand doing that on a movie poster collecting site if that's your thing, but it just seems a little sick here.
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Damn, I'm a geek, but I don't overanalyze and obsess over a movie poster. I can understand doing that on a movie poster collecting site if that's your thing, but it just seems a little sick here.
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my trigger finger is a little itchy and I accidentally clicked twice..no way to edit, so I guess it stays. BTW, this movie will suck and everyone will agree 6 months after saying how good it is.
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Oh, a matrix line, and from about a million other movies, great writting once again....sigh
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http://www.worldofkj.com/
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...because I am not as good an artist as Drew Struza. You suck asses can go fuck a duck is you think it's shit.
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Whoa, if that was the trailer it sure looked cool, albeit poor video quality. Wow. If that's it I can't wait to see it tomorrow in good quality. Peace.
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I actually quite like it. Yoda seems a bit gratuitous, like they realize his fight in AOTC was a fan favourite and want to make sure we know there's more to come. Pretty cool overall.
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Not liking the poster is fine, its your opinion and you should be free to state it. But there are other people out there that blindly believe in some silly ass rumor from someone that claims that Drew personally told them that LFL edited his poster is asinine. It appears that just stating your opinion isnt enough. You always need need to start rumors or state them as facts to back up your posts. --- HIGHRES POSTER --- http://www.theforce.net/image_popup/image_popup_global.asp?image=/episode3/newspics/e3poster-big.jpg
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Right Bastard, do you know who did the artwork for all the Original Trilogy posters? Or what site might have that information? This poster is very mediocre. A bunch of floating heads like every other poster out there. Oh well, I'm not really expecting anything out of the movie anyway. Also, Yoda fighting in AOTC is the most ridiculous thing in the entire saga. If Lucas had made him athletic in Episode 1 and Episode 2, I could see him fighting (but not that pinball bullshit), and then ***SPOILERALERT*** after his confrontation with The Emperor in ROTS he is broken and hobbled, that at least would have worked for the entire saga. Not that it matters anyway, I look at the Prequel Trilogy like I do Alien 3 and Alien Resurrection, Terminator 3, Superman 3 and 4...you get the idea.
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They seemed to get a little carried away with the lens flares.... The merger of painting and digital to reflect acting and digital in the movies I guess. Ah well, not too concerned. My favorite posters remain some of the old Empire Strikes Back posters and I shall cherish those forever. You know, think what we will about the end product, I really like seeing George Lucas work in the director's chair. I like his approach and his intention. And albeit there are already so many postings on this topic and nobody will likely read this, I remain a George Lucas fan regardless of his hits and misses. He remains a filmmaking hero in my books.
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That's kind of a good point. I can appreciate Attack of the Clones the same way I can sort of appreciate Alien 3/4. Even though every time I say the name, I think of Will Sasso on Mad T.V. doing his Arnold impression: "Maria! I my next movie I will be a clone! Yuayuayua yua!" I still say The Menace is crap. Anyway, the site where I got those posters from was:
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WAAHHHH!H!!!!!!! That was amazing!!!
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A German poster for a movie better than Phantom menace:
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No wonder Jerry hated your ass. And yes, I realized my mistake after post so I deserve the cyber ass beating. And thus...its pudding and orange juice time here at the "special" home.
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Mar 09, 2005 4:29:15 PM CST
R.C.'s opinion on EIII poster: Am I the only here that thinks t
by r.c. the "wise"
Less is more people. The poster should be a dark profile shot of Hayden (nose pointing to the Southeast) with the silouette of Vader in the background. The only lighting that would cast illumination on both bodies would be from the red glow of the lightsaber in Anakin's "new" hand. NOW THAT WOULD BE A BITCHEN POSTER. WORD!!!
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Mar 09, 2005 4:46:49 PM CST
Then what are you wasting your time in a Star Wars thread, one9d
by i dunno
Damn you people suck.
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...about the prequels so far, Yoda's fight scene in AOTC isn't one of them. Something about seeing that little green monkey run up Dooku's arm and fuck his ear with a green lightsaber made me think of Richard Pryor's old Sunset Strip stand-up, and that's always a good thing. I think showing the little booger in action here is totally appropriate and I hope we get to see more of it in Sith. I also hope he gets good and fucked up by Sidious in their fight so as to explain why every move Yoda makes in Empire (a mere twenty-odd years later by Star Wars time) appears to cause him excruciating pain. As someone pointed out above, if he's long-lived enough to be in his fighting prime at 880, he better have some serious injuries to explain the mess he is at 900 and why he'd just be ready to lay down and die at 905.
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I dunno, Im kinda dissappointed. There's too much light-saber too. I wanna see blasters and space battles. I like the big Vader in the background though.
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Fits right in with the others. Pretty seamless.
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For my part, I do it mostly to talk with other people who wish to have a critical discusion about film. Isn't that the point of this site? (Also, to piss off the Lucas BJ givers. I haven't seen this much suction since "Inside Deep Throat".)
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It's almost like they're so angry about us liking the prequels, that it pisses them off, "how can they like these movies???" So they come here to give their long winded opinions on why they hate Lucas and what's wrong with SW, in the hopes of getting people on their side and bring SW down. It never works.
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I am not wasting my time in a Star Wars thread. The Prequel Trilogy is just as fascinating as the failure it is than if it had been as good as the Original Trilogy.
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Mar 09, 2005 6:03:23 PM CST
I still hate how the Emperor looks, but glad the final trailer w
by screenplaywriter
The only reason why I'm going to watch the crappy, teen soap-operish melodrama known as "THE O.C." is to see "STAR WARS."
Sure, there's hot chicks on "THE O.C." but there's hot chicks on other programs too.
I'm still not sold on how the Emperor looks, but I love the poster all in general. It screams "epic" and it brings the blending of prequel and original trilogy together.
However, if I would've made the poster I would've incorporated stuff from the "EMPIRE STRIKES BACK: SPECIAL EDITION" one sheet. Have Vader up high, the Emperor on the right side, those new Jedi Starfighters, and than Grievous on the left. Followed by Dooku, Mace, Chewie, Obi-Wan, the droids, Yoda, and a pregnant Padme at the bottom. It would've been cool, but still a very, very, VERY nice touch from Lucasfilm. -
Mar 09, 2005 6:08:36 PM CST
Drew Struzan is a GOD! Even if the new SW flicks do suck to high
by superhero
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Mar 09, 2005 6:08:50 PM CST
Haha, you guys are silly, you naysayers better get ready to apol
by orionsangels
I've read the whole movie on the Internet. It's not pretty. This is a long way from TPM and I think many of you prequel naysayers will be happy. I undrstand your complaints about the other films, but ROTS is violent. No JarJar, no kiddie crap here, more like disturbing.
They chop off limps like it's going out of style. It's very mean and serious this movie. It's going to scare children, remember it's the last SW film, Lucas has nothing to lose by alianating them. I'm very surprised by what happens in this movie, for a SW film. It's probably going to be PG13.
As for the acting, well I can't judge all the acting, but from the soundbytes I've heard it sounds like the best acted of the three. It's very dramatic and emotional, especially Ewan and Padme cries, when Natalie cries in a movie, they should give her an automatic Oscar. She's incredible at it.
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Mar 09, 2005 6:11:48 PM CST
GO HERE FOR THE TRAILER BOOTLEG: http://www.worldofkj.com/swTrai
by george newman
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Mar 09, 2005 6:22:42 PM CST
Orionsangels, i appreciate your optimism, but I feeling like tar
by george newman
I want this movie to be great, too, but dude you sound like an naive idiot. PG13 is official
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Mar 09, 2005 6:49:50 PM CST
No i'm not naive George Newman, i can be rather nonchelant in wh
by orionsangels
You're reading too much into it
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Show me, because if anyone else reported it i don't believe it, you little wiseass prick
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I Dunno(subject)is(verb)a(article) boring(adjective)sycophant(noun).
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I think a little projection is going on. We're not pissed that you like it. On the other hand, you seem to be pissed that we don't like it. I haven't seen anyone detract from the New Trilogy post anything venomously angry. The reaction to our posts, on the other hand... Yes, I will admit if this movie is not as bad as I fear, but that still won't take from Menace being crap and Clones being mediocre. The only way Lucas will "own me" will be if he released the untainted 70's Trilogy without all the special edition husafudge. Those editions are "special" in the same way that the Special Olympics are.
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"detracting" not "detract"; "releases" not "released"
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Yeah the copy and paste thing is a problem. I can't imagine they would let it go out like that. For those who don't see it, the image of Anakin was painted with a lighter background originally and there is a shade of reddish brown that comes through the "aura area" or the hair frizz area. When they put in Vader, it made the background dark causing the area around Anakin to look to bright and like a cut out. I'm sure Drew isn't happy and it could easily be fixed in Photoshop so I can only assume it will be. Other than that it looks fine to me.
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Mar 09, 2005 7:17:06 PM CST
Oh i'm sure you'll get your original trilogy untouched by Lucas,
by orionsangels
What with Blu-Ray, HD-DVD coming holding 100gigs. I'm sure Lucas will release the ultimate saga edition and on the Disc Menu they'll be an area called, "The Vault". When you click their the menu has that old school SW 70s look. you can look at pictures, deleted scenes and watch the OT there.
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Mar 09, 2005 7:44:57 PM CST
why you will never see the OT on DVD (HDDVD, BLU-RAY or any othe
by maulrat
Because George Lucas has disowned his original movie he said and I will try and quote him as near virbatim as I can recall.. "The original film doesn't fit my vision, the Special Editions are closer to the movie I wanted to make but couldn't due to restrictions on technology and budget at the time".. he has also been noted as saying that (and again, this is as near virbatim as I can recall at this point) "Why should I have to compromise my vision just because a handful of internet nerds desire to buy the original versions on DVD? I am an artist and have the right to do whatever I want to my creations.".. sounds like he was a shit of a child.. insolent little prick.. then has the nerve to say he does it for the fans.. having said that though.. I have to admit, the only people I've heard bitching about how there's no Classic OT on DVD have all been at his website
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THis website... not HIS website.. I'd say don't shoot the messenger, but it would be handy if the messenger would FUCKING SPELLCHECK.... *sigh* I'm okay now... *BAMF*
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Mar 09, 2005 7:55:42 PM CST
of course it doesn't fit the rest of the set- it's the best of t
by atomheartbrother
what's throwing you off harry is the fact that the episode III poster is DRAMATIC and more than a little INTIMIDATING than the rest, although looking at the episodes i - iii ditties it does fit nicely.
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I think the poster looks great... right up there with the rest of them... though I'm partial to the OT posters just b/c they were so cool when I was a kid seeing them for the first time. TESB poster (blue, images of Hoth, etc.) was the best. I'm almost 35 now, have a good job, am married with kids, love sports, etc. and still to this day I get giddy about Star Wars. I don't collect merchandise, don't go to conventions, don't play with the toys. But I love the movies and take some of the bad dialogue in stride. Me... I can't wait for May 19th.
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Mar 09, 2005 9:18:40 PM CST
Is the Emperor now played by a dead and digitized Lloyd Bridges?
by mosquito march
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In my opinion, this is the first of the prequel posters that recalls the feeling of the Original Trilogy.
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Mar 09, 2005 11:51:46 PM CST
It does look like the contrast needs a little correcting.
by theginger twit
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I've loved all of the Star Wars movies and their posters and you know what else, no one cares what I love.
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im sure itll look even better in HD tomorrow night
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I can't believe how serious and nonkiddie it looks, no i'm not being saracastic. It's so dramatic and epic
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Mar 10, 2005 3:54:36 AM CST
That new bootleg of the trailer lacks the emperor's great dialog
by george newman
Palpatine: "The dark Side of the Force is a pathway to many abilities, some consider to be, Unnatural." I wish the apsect ratio was correct. Ah well, the quality is still much better than the Peruvian one I downloaded this afternoon. Although the guy who got that one inserted the high quality footage from the 10 second teaser of the O.C. trailer... great stuff.
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Mar 10, 2005 4:20:54 AM CST
That is Grievous going hand-to-hand with Obi-Wan at exactly 1:00
by george newman
from what i can see, and according to the trailer description at theforce.net
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That trailer just made me forget the Sin City trailer.
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Some update......
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I would have preferred Sidious to have been at the top - Vader is already dominating the ESB one, but I guess he had to be on here somewhere...
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I thought he was so in control of The Force he didn't have to bust sick moves to prove how badass he is. He looks like the karate kid or something. The fightin' Yoda is the studipest thing I've ever seen in Star Wars. Yoda should be cool and detached like Neo was in the Matrix, not all wavin' his arms and his light saber like a freakin' two-foot tall Buccaneer. This is going to be such a disapointment. Yes, I'm basing that opinion on my impression of Yoda on the poster. Sue me. (Watch, Lucas probably will)
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The poster WOULD be better if it were just a picture of a dog taking a huge shit. Dude, if you were here, I'd high-five you.
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Mar 10, 2005 1:59:44 PM CST
At least it doesn't look like those shitty DVD covers...ugh...
by monkey_king
It reminds me of the teaser poster for Warrior's of Virtue. Someone do a comparison shot, please.
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Is it not possible that this opinion uttered by Yoda comes from character evolution? Perhaps after seeing the failings of battle, Yoda learns that greatness that comes to some in battle is truly over shadowed by the pain that was administered.
Yoda becomes the great Zen voice of the trilogy, but opinions that do not come from a learned experience are shallow and self serving. Maybe, just maybe, George can pull off something that shows Yoda learning that he no longer attacks with a sword, but instead he attacks with his soul. -
http://www.impawards.com/1997/posters/warriors_of_virtue.jpg
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Mar 10, 2005 4:14:59 PM CST
Is it just me or does Natalie Portman look like a Predator in th
by brokentusk
Oh, and Obi Wan looks pissed off. It's actually scary how much Ewan now looks like Alec Guiness. This movie better own my ass!
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"What with Blu-Ray, HD-DVD coming holding 100gigs."
Keep dreaming. The industry that develops these digital media technologies will ALWAYS engineer them in a way that you can still only fit 3 hours of material onto a single disk. If there is one day an optical disk that holds a fucking Terabyte, they'll have the video standard set at some new retarded mpeg standard that's like 1Gb\s just to make sure that the disks still only hold 3-4 hours max playback time. Lucas is NEVER going to put the whole library on one disc, and neither is anyone else. Even though the they will be capable of holding an entire season of TV on a single disk, they won't, you'll still get 10 fucking blue-ray disks holding a single season of Star Trek or whatever, and it will still cost $130. The new generation of optical media is pointless, and frankly should go fuck itself for another 5 years until the entertainment industry actually needs it. Ever wonder why DIVX never became an industry standard? -
Mar 10, 2005 6:12:18 PM CST
Ever wonder why DIVX never became an industry standard?
by right bastard
Heh, I still laugh at how DIVX was developed for studios to rip off the consumer, and is now used as the format of choice for movie pirates. The irony gives me a an extra little spring in my step.
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People just called MPEG4 movies DivX as a joke relating to the failed format. They are not the same at all, as true DIVX was basically just a DVD that dialed in to a server and charged per play.
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As it is... Blank DVD's using an MPG2 format can be manipulated to hold 5-7 hours of film on a disc, I make family movies of my little nephew, niece and my daughter for my brother in law who's in another country using DVD's without any picture or sound loss, but you find commercial DVD's have a limit of about 3 hours.. but there shouldn't really be any reason why it couldn't happen with HDDVD type media especially if HDDVD player will be backwards compatible with DVD video discs.. but you're right, commercially, the format will be tweaked to the shithouse to make it only fit so much on a disc.. this much is true. When the next gen burners come out which record Blu-Ray or HDDVD format, it will be a piraters wet dream, fitting 10-12 DVD's on the one disc ???. The computer industry is about to fuck the movie industry more than it did with the birth of the internet...
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So being a great warrior means you have to pose like the Karate Kid or something? Neo was a great warrior and he didn't have to look like a giant fag to do it. Yes, that's right, I'm sayin' Yoda looks like a GIANT FAG!!! Does he yell "Hi-YAH" before he strikes, just like Miss Piggy?
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DivX isn't DIVX? Thanks! I had thought the name came from using similar coding for each of the formats, like the technology used to share them online. Guess I learn something every day.
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