Thanks for the correction. That's what I get for posting an anecdote from memory going back about 33 years instead of taking a moment to check Wikipedia.
Thanks tooth! If I were writing a formal essay or talking about vinyl toys, I would have fact-checked. Maybe I can make up for the error with another irrelevant anecdote. Hey, stop groaning. I heard that. I saw "Star Wars" in its original run at the age of 13 with my best buddy Craig Hayes. We were both science fiction geeks and had already been to some Star Trek conventions together. Craig had an exceptional artistic talent even as a kid. The movie convinced him that he wanted to pursue a career in cinematic special effects. He started dumpster-diving at the original ILM studios to retrieve strips of film, bits and pieces of props, anything inspirational. He created animation models of creatures from Star Wars using wire armatures and latex, various materials from hobby stores. Later he created fantastic full costumes and meticulously detailed blueprint-like drawings of the spacecraft. Not too many years later he worked for Lucas on "Willow," co-founded Phil Tippett Studios, designed the robots for "Robocop," the insect-like creatures for "Starship Troopers," an ingenious dinosaur model with electronic nodes crucial for the production of "Jurassic Park" that won him his first Oscar and subsequently worked as lead effects director for other familiar films. 100% self-taught as an engineer and artist. If it weren't for the inspiration that "Star Wars" ignited he might have ended up doing boring problem-solving for Lockheed or something. No names or facts were misrepresented in the recalling of this friendly memory.
I got dropped off at the theater in the mall by my parents at age 9 and was told "You're going to love this movie". Which in 1977 was just mind blowing. I ended up seeing all of them in the theaters and when the started coming out again went to all of those. Am I a Star Wars Geek? No. Had all the toys as a kid but can you believe I've never owned any of them on DVD. Every time I think about getting them I go "Ehhhhhhhh" to myself.
Ha Ha! Exactly. I love Star Wars but am burned on all the everything everywhere all the time with SW. I can still appreciate some of what is out there though. I picked up the "Remastered" DVDs of the first 3 movies about 9-10 years ago and go "Ehhhhhh" every time I think think about that bustling Mos Eisley with rodded out speeder bikes... I 've never watched those DVDs and can't buy any of the new ones until they release the original movies in their original state (I know we've been there before...). p.s. - That Star Case is awesome!
every time I hear a titular line in a movie, I can't help but blurting 'I'm just so tired of all these star wars' out at the screen.
I love UCB soo much! one of the best secenes right there. besides Amy Poehler asking the unabomber for some sprite with some sugar in it.. "..yea, theyre in the back of the millenium falcon..and theyre holding on to his feathers..." soo good!
I was fortunate enough to live a block away from the UCB Theatre in LA for 5 years. Some great stuff that doesn't exist on the internet happened there.
evian waterbottles. more items for sw completists to buy. i wonder if merchandise has surpassed ticket sales yet.
Just saw this. Mr. Brainwash has a new show coming up. Guess he hasn't read this thread. I think this Vader is made of tires. He has another sculpture of the Michelin man made from actual tires.
The retrofitted 3D version of "The Phantom Menace" opens here in San Francisco today. I may be sick of Uncle George's endless revisionist recycling of the double trilogy, but I'll never be sick of the original film. I recently came across this 1977 Kenner Star Wars toy catalog in my surviving "Escape from the Death Star" game, and thought I'd share here as an antidote to mixed feelings about the ongoing saga.
I could care less about SW, but I love the UCB references. I saw them (original cast) several years ago when they were touring. I got to spend a half hour or so speaking with them before the show. They were all very cool people. Amy Poehler was incredibly friendly and wonderfully chatty.
man I miss kenner I was just talking with a friend the other day about how all there licenses split and asside from nerf I don't think anyone is doing them the justice that kenner did
