secracium
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i'd love to hear more from the principle cast and their experiences during filming, but i get the feeling that harrison ford and mark hammil don't want a lot to do with it. i kind of remember reading something that hammil is through with star wars and if guinness were alive, he hated the trilogy, anyway. i'm sure they could get minor characters and supporting cast to agree easily enough; anthony daniels, kenny baker, jeremy bulloch, billy dee williams etc . . , but honestly, we all want to hear from the mouths of solo and skywalker. also, based on how energetic the cast of the prequels seem to be in their latter interviews regarding the subject, they'd do it for money and then they'd be heavily critiqued by lucas during editing to be sure that nothing too negative was to be said about his baby. i can only think of mcgregor's appearance on top gear when the host said something like "oh, the new ones were really good" and ewan smiled awkwardly and looked away sheepishly. you don't have to be a master at reading body language to interpret that look. it was on par with someone you're not attracted to telling you how much they like you.
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i'm glad kershner's was mentioned as i really did like hearing what he had to say. i remember him explicitly stating why he filmed something so it would develop the character or give the story more meaning. i was starting to wonder why marquand wasn't involved in the jedi commentary, but a quick look on imdb proved that it would be quite impossible. i do like the the commentaries where those involved just sit around and talk about the movie as they watch it. it's pretty obvious that jj abrams and comany were doing that on the star trek documentary. on a side note, that movie is just awesome. i love what they did to trek with it and i especially love how engineering was portrayed. i know people complained about it being shot in the budweiser brewery, but i never bought this massive ships entire engineering department fitting into a small, neat little room the size of a condo.
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i just finished watching all six movies with the dvd commentaries and i was wondering what other people thought of them. i was talking with a friend of mine and we were both highly underwhelmed with what was presented. he made the comment that it seemed like it was used as a resume for all the technical work done on the film as just about everything that is discussed is how a special effect was accomplished, i.e. where the recording was done to get the ominous sound of vader's boot heels falling on the ramp in the beginning of jedi. there was practically no insight or discussion about the characters or insight into the story itself. as contrast, i thought the 2009 star trek commentary was interesting. i seem to recall liking the LOTR commentary, but i watched that probably four years ago, whereas i saw star trek just the other day. not to say that everything discussed was solely regarding the technical aspects of the films, but it seemed to center mostly on that aspect. i'm just curious as to what other people thought. one cool thing about the star trek commentary was hearing anecdotes from the filming; it would've been really cool to hear personal stories that stuck out for the star wars movies. actually, carrie fisher had a few, but she was the only one.
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and never watch a military based film with an active or ex-service member. my favorite current trend are how badly the army berets are worn by the actors, well, that and the consistently non-regulation hair styles worn; particularly by the female actors. a perfect example of how just about every aspect of the rmy is improperly portrayed was Home of the Brave. it was impossible to watch.
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it's not really an inaccuracy, but it's a continuity issue for me; where in the hell did han and luke have their clothes when they were disguised as stormtroopers? they magically appear in their regular, dry clothes once they escape the trash compactor. now, i can kinda believe that they just wore their clothes under the trooper body glove, but their boots? for some reason, this never occurred to me until last year or so and it's been bothering me ever since.
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i'm not interested in buying it, but the item description had no information and i was just wondering if anyone knew what kind this is. it looks a bit like the helmet from the rubies armor set. whatever the make, it's pretty hideous. http://cgi.ebay.com/STAR-WARS-Stormtrooper-crash-1-1-HELMET-hot_W0QQitemZ250568361594QQcategoryZ154QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D20%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8546704793614855049
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i'm kinda glad that lucas lost, mainly because he gets his way all the time and it's nice to see him finally lose. i'm just glad i got my armor before it was banned in the u.s.
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i'm wondering what the correct term is for the saga in it's entirety. i mean, there's "trilogy", but i can't find the correct term for a series of six literary or dramatic works; "sixology" isn't even a word, but i've seen a lot of people using it. what are some of your opinions?
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Stirrups to keep shin piece down?
secracium replied to TK5144's topic in Assembly, Mods, and Painting
i used to have the same problem, but once i put foam strips inside the shin armor, they never rode up again -
i did a stint in the reserves and i've considered going back, but i'm more attracted to the navy and being at sea, so if i decide to go back, it won't be the army . . . probably . . . i'm getting enough from unemployment that i don't have to move out of my house or sell any of my stuff, so i'm lucky there. it's just taking a while for it to kick in. i missed one very small point on my required online resume which prevented it from being in "online" status, thereby preventing my benefits from being deposited into my checking account. with that fixed, i should now, hopefully, be getting my weekly suckle from the government's overburdened teat.
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i'm not pissed about it, as i was pretty unhappy where i worked, but losing my position really threw a wrench in the cogs. so now i have to put my costuming aspirations on hold and focus on being as thrifty as i possibly can. luckily, my family is really supportive and is helping me along and living in alaska, i get free grand or so next month. this couldn't come at a worse time as i was just getting a nice, respectful heroin habit going.
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what i want to know is where han and luke kept their own clothes while disguised as stormtroopers. they changed outside the entrance to the crusher indicating that it was carried with them, but i doubt their clothes and especially boots could be hidden in whatever storage area is built into the trooper's armor.
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nevermind, kind of . . . looks like they'll be available in December of this year