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OFFICIAL Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith thread
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Has teh soundtrack come out over there? It was apprently out here a couple of days ago. Haven't had a good chance to listen yet but I'm scanning through the music video DVD.
Ian McDiarmid is obviously reading off some cues, and is bland at best. However, the music videos theselves, apart from being a little incongruent really put the story in perspective, especially alongside the wonderful music (from the whole saga). Some owuld even say better than the movies. Probably. unless.
Ian McDiarmid is obviously reading off some cues, and is bland at best. However, the music videos theselves, apart from being a little incongruent really put the story in perspective, especially alongside the wonderful music (from the whole saga). Some owuld even say better than the movies. Probably. unless.
IAmtheFMan
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I got my CD today, and popped the DVD in.
The DVD is basically a set of about 14 or 15 vignettes edited to a concert suite in somewhat chronological order. Sometimes there are just themes present, (the asteroid chase cuts between the asteroid chase from EP:2 and ESB, the Forest Battle Concert Suite cuts between the Ewok battle where it was made for, and the Gungan battle from EP:1 where it fits surprisingly well; and also gives the haters a very compact 4 minute package to hate on
) but most of the 70 minutes is simply a musical representation of the story.
It begins with the SW main theme and a few clips from all 6 movies, and then goes into a video of DOTF, Anakin's Theme, Across the Stars, and Battle of the Heroes (which I assume most have seen.) From there, it bursts into the OT with the Imperial March to highlight the arrival of Darth Vader, and then strictly goes into OT territory, with a few clips of the PT thrown in every once in a while. It ends with the Throne Room from ANH, and clips from all 6 again.
I kinda wish that they had more Sith video in the "all 6" sections. I know that they want to keep a lot of the video of that stuff under wraps until after May 19th, but it'll seem a bit awkward going back and watching this DVD post-May 19 and seeing the lack of Sith video.
The DVD is basically a set of about 14 or 15 vignettes edited to a concert suite in somewhat chronological order. Sometimes there are just themes present, (the asteroid chase cuts between the asteroid chase from EP:2 and ESB, the Forest Battle Concert Suite cuts between the Ewok battle where it was made for, and the Gungan battle from EP:1 where it fits surprisingly well; and also gives the haters a very compact 4 minute package to hate on
) but most of the 70 minutes is simply a musical representation of the story. It begins with the SW main theme and a few clips from all 6 movies, and then goes into a video of DOTF, Anakin's Theme, Across the Stars, and Battle of the Heroes (which I assume most have seen.) From there, it bursts into the OT with the Imperial March to highlight the arrival of Darth Vader, and then strictly goes into OT territory, with a few clips of the PT thrown in every once in a while. It ends with the Throne Room from ANH, and clips from all 6 again.
I kinda wish that they had more Sith video in the "all 6" sections. I know that they want to keep a lot of the video of that stuff under wraps until after May 19th, but it'll seem a bit awkward going back and watching this DVD post-May 19 and seeing the lack of Sith video.
FeedMeAStrayCat
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Guileless said:
And.. Rebellion.. let us not speak of that travesty.. I actually gave that game away to my friend.. and I never just give games away.. cripes..
ManaByte
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Even Lucasarts admits the games were crap. They call the Dark Times the years where they "lost focus".
TPM, Jedi Power Battles, Force Commander, Masters of the Teras Kasi, Rebellion, and Obi-Wan (it was started a LONG time before the Xbox was even an idea) are a product of that.
Obi-Wan was originally sort of Jedi Knight III.
TPM, Jedi Power Battles, Force Commander, Masters of the Teras Kasi, Rebellion, and Obi-Wan (it was started a LONG time before the Xbox was even an idea) are a product of that.
Obi-Wan was originally sort of Jedi Knight III.
Star Wars games are finally starting to come into their own, as a whole. There were some great games in the past to be sure, but now you can buy a SW game and at least be assured it's a good representative of the genre.
Man, I just watched all the trailers you posted Mana, I couldn't be more excited about this movie! The special effects are incredible in a few spots. Damn my bias against real spoilers. I should just get really drunk and then spoil myself. Then I wouldn't remember it in the morning
Man, I just watched all the trailers you posted Mana, I couldn't be more excited about this movie! The special effects are incredible in a few spots. Damn my bias against real spoilers. I should just get really drunk and then spoil myself. Then I wouldn't remember it in the morning
Ash Housewares
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galeninjapan said:
maybe he & Spielberg can make 1942 or 1940, whichever way they wanna go
Got my tickets booked for 8pm 19th May
Cant wait!
Quick question. Im introducing a friend who's totally new to starwars, he's interested in Ep 3 and asked in what order he should go about viewing the movies. Im thinking starting off with ep 1,2 then ep 3 on may 19th. After that we'll go and watch ep 4,5 and 6
Sounds good?
Cant wait!
Quick question. Im introducing a friend who's totally new to starwars, he's interested in Ep 3 and asked in what order he should go about viewing the movies. Im thinking starting off with ep 1,2 then ep 3 on may 19th. After that we'll go and watch ep 4,5 and 6
Sounds good?
Ash Housewares
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Prine said:
nononononononononono!!
if you want to expose someone to Star Wars try having him watch Star Wars!
or new hope as the heathen call it, start there, I don't even think ep I & II would be necessary, he might be better off for not seeing them
and I'm considering that game too, I'd really like for it to be good, looks like a fun action game at the least
FeedMeAStrayCat
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Ash Housewares said:
I'm guessing it'll depend on his age as well.. because my fiancee's brother is 15 , and he has seen the two new SW movies in the past 2 years or so, and really liked them. However.. he has now just seen the old classic trilogy and I think he likes them.. but not very much.
So.. if you want him to like the old trilogy.. get him to watch that first.
heh, I'm sure this logic doesn't follow everyone though.. or any one for that matter. It's not even logic really.. hmm.galeninjapan
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Someone who likes the prequals but not the originals?? That blows my mind!
Yea definitly show your friend the originals first.
Yea definitly show your friend the originals first.
I say show them the PT first.. the only people I have ever seen REALLY not like the PT is the OT fanboys who can't grasp that George just didn't want to tell the story they wanted. The handful of people that weren't into star wars that much that I know who saw the PT ranged from thinking it was ok to really liking it.
The PT first is the proper way to view it. it adds more to the story, creates a whole new set of surprises, and is a complete saga. OT first and the PT ends up being basically a prologue. It is basically the exact same thing as reading the Hobbit after LOTR. quaint and nice. but you read the Hobbit before LOTR and it holds much more meaning and gives LOTR a bit more character.
The PT first is the proper way to view it. it adds more to the story, creates a whole new set of surprises, and is a complete saga. OT first and the PT ends up being basically a prologue. It is basically the exact same thing as reading the Hobbit after LOTR. quaint and nice. but you read the Hobbit before LOTR and it holds much more meaning and gives LOTR a bit more character.
Christoff Yurievich
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:lol
ManaByte
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http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050504/D89SDE201.html
I can't believe I had to spoiler tag an AP news story, but people would cry if I didn't.
I can't believe I had to spoiler tag an AP news story, but people would cry if I didn't.
ManaByte
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The Daily Telegraph in Oz gave it a good review.
The question is, do I fork out triple the going price for a film to go see a charity premiere on May 16th? Given, you get a free drink and popcorn, and bally about with 'stars' Jay La'Gaiaaiaiaia and Keisha Castle-Hughes...
But I'm reasonably broke - can I afford to not wait for the 19th?
But I'm reasonably broke - can I afford to not wait for the 19th?
ManaByte said:
Wowza. Given this charity event is nothing like Skywalker Ranch -it's just a t alocal theatre. The ticket scost NZ$49 (Complimentary drink plus a snack for the film). normal Movie Tickets are around NZ$14. I just don't want to be too much of an eager geeky type, especially if I go alone.
Speaking of soundtracks, and this is pretty irrelevant, but I got the soundtrack and imported it into iTUnes. The thing is, there's this mark on the disc, that seems to be on the foil layer (not the plastic part - normally marks on that you can see reflections onto the foil). Anyway, it imported fine, but I'm fairly paranoid - curious as to whether my CD is bad, and I'm actually missing some of the soundtrack with a skip somewhere - it's hard to say, because a Star Wars soundtrack isn't exactly the kind of album you play and sit down and listen to it on its own.
Either way, the music is fairly good. Moody and stuff. The last track seems to really have a lot of my favourite themes all in one track, although it's odd to have it suddenly jump from one theme to the next (as is typical for the crdit sewuences, I suppose). Is the first half or so of
Either way, the music is fairly good. Moody and stuff. The last track seems to really have a lot of my favourite themes all in one track, although it's odd to have it suddenly jump from one theme to the next (as is typical for the crdit sewuences, I suppose). Is the first half or so of
Palpatine's Teachings supposed to be really lowkey chanting or something? -spoiler just to err on the side of caution
ManaByte
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Horrible quality (someone just filmed it off their TV screen), but hopefully the official site will get a quicktime up soon:
http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KJFT9I68W2QK3SEERZ3JU8S4O
http://s36.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=3KJFT9I68W2QK3SEERZ3JU8S4O
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Cold-Steel
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ManaByte said:
That was AWESOME.
Well, with two weeks left, I just wanted to chime in on this.
First off, thanks to ManaByte for all your efforts in this and the other Star Wars threads. Do you know everything that happens in the movie? And if so, does that decrease your anticipation at all for it? Just wondering.
Im probably one of the few people around here who saw the original trilogy when it first came out in 1977. The 19th will be very bittersweet for me. Anxious to see the film, but dont want it all to come to an end. Half the fun over the years has been speculating on the exact details that leads Anakin to become Vader. My friends and I have spend countless hours debating all things Star Wars and Im a little sad to see all that go away.
Im at the point now where Im trying to avoid all spoilers but still want to get in as many discussions with friends about it.
Anyone else in the same boat as me?
First off, thanks to ManaByte for all your efforts in this and the other Star Wars threads. Do you know everything that happens in the movie? And if so, does that decrease your anticipation at all for it? Just wondering.
Im probably one of the few people around here who saw the original trilogy when it first came out in 1977. The 19th will be very bittersweet for me. Anxious to see the film, but dont want it all to come to an end. Half the fun over the years has been speculating on the exact details that leads Anakin to become Vader. My friends and I have spend countless hours debating all things Star Wars and Im a little sad to see all that go away.
Im at the point now where Im trying to avoid all spoilers but still want to get in as many discussions with friends about it.
Anyone else in the same boat as me?
as someone who has followed the spoilers from the beginning, read the book, listened to the soundtrack, played the games, etc. I think I can answer one of your questions.
It not only doesn't decrease my anticipation for the actual movie, but in this case has heightened it. ROTS will be a movie that I watch hundreds of times over the span of my life. It is just THAT good. and as awesome as all of this stuff has been in my head while reading the book, and as sweet as the clips ehre and there have been, nothing comes even close to it all playing out on the screen.
two more weeks... I really can't believe it is only two more weeks.
It not only doesn't decrease my anticipation for the actual movie, but in this case has heightened it. ROTS will be a movie that I watch hundreds of times over the span of my life. It is just THAT good. and as awesome as all of this stuff has been in my head while reading the book, and as sweet as the clips ehre and there have been, nothing comes even close to it all playing out on the screen.
two more weeks... I really can't believe it is only two more weeks.
Birbo said:
I can't speak for Manabyte, but me, I'm not bothered by spoilers. I read the script a few nights ago and while I do know almost everything of what will happen in the movie, I'm excited to see those things materialize on the screen. It's not the same thing to read "-Anakin and Dooku clash their lightsabers fiercely as they battle-" than actually see it on the screen with sounds and background music.
I feel the same way as you though, even though I was about 4 when Return of the Jedi came out(which was my first SW movie), I'm sad to see it end. Star Wars has been the only constant as far as hobbies or entertainment in my entire life, from the toys as a child, to the books and the movies. I have gotten tired of and got over many games, movies, tv shows etc., but I've always loved Star Wars, even the first 2 sub par prequels.
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ManaByte said:
Damnit Mana, New link plz
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"File Transer Unavailable" For God's sake, someone put up a mirror!ManaByte said:
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