Science of Star Wars, Discovery Channel
#1
Posted 23 May 2005 - 01:58 PM
Nahhhhhhh! That's crazy talk!
#2
Posted 23 May 2005 - 04:45 PM
#3
Posted 23 May 2005 - 05:27 PM
Nothing. I saw about 20 seconds of it last night. It looks pretty dumb but, being who I am, I really want to catch it all.
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#4
Posted 23 May 2005 - 05:31 PM
This post has been edited by jariten: 23 May 2005 - 05:31 PM
#5
Posted 23 May 2005 - 05:32 PM
#6
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:15 PM
I've been wanting to do a sword fight comparison documentary, so I wonder how much they paid for the rights to include all the SW footage. When I worked for Discovery Channel (who also did these shows), they can easily pay a quarter of a million dollars for the lifetime rights to 15 seconds clip of an atomic bomb dropping.
#7
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:18 PM
In all fairness, Jariten, Moby Dick (the movie) never included references to toilets.
Just kidding, I have all those visual dictionaries and cross-sections. Text is worthless, the pictures are neat. That's about it.
#8
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:21 PM
He's inspired me to have him hunted down and shot like a womp rat.. does that count?!!
#9
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:44 PM
He now believes he's up there with Homer, Virgil, Laxness and others...
"Well, I was really just trying to blow up models, make use of muppets, employ midget actors and push the special effects envelope to establish my dream of an SFX monopoly...but sure it's of mythic proportions"
#10
Posted 23 May 2005 - 07:57 PM
As to what GL has done with this awesome legacy now.. if lots and lots of people weren't still so blinded by his incredible work of the OT, I don't think he'd have even been funded to make Episode 2.
#11
Posted 23 May 2005 - 08:10 PM
I'm all over that! Let me know if I can help (even though there is no possible way that I can).
I would have liked that a lot more if it was an interview from the 80's. As soon as Moyers started talking about how awesome it was that Darth Maul looked like a demon I just switched it off.
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#12
Posted 23 May 2005 - 08:10 PM
For me, one of the main thrills of SW is that it stimulates the imagination and makes you fascinated enough to write posts such as this. I donīt see why this fascination should be confined only to the supernatural element, and not to the many brilliant gadgets and machines of the SW universe. I am, for instance, very anxious to see the blueprints of the first Swedish AT-AT walker - although I adnit that I probably will have to wait for some time.
#13
Posted 23 May 2005 - 08:15 PM
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#14
Posted 23 May 2005 - 08:15 PM
Otherwise it's a great documentary which sheds some light on all the symbolism prevalent in Myth. I think Campbell may have had a point now that GL is undoubtedly more famous then Virgil or Homer were in their times. We'll never live to see if he was right. Maybe GL wants people to analyze his ROTS piece centuries from now as a commentary on the times.