Some dorkery I just noticed: The Star Wars Collectors Galaxy podcast. http://imperialcommissary.com/podcast/c ... 1/#more-48 Haven't listened yet, not sure if I will, but this seems a fine board to mention its existence to.
Well, in terms of manufactured 'holidays', it isn't the worst thing out there. At least this one was started by fans* (before the consumerist machine took over). It's Star Wars Day! Happy May the 4th everyone! * http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/4/115840 ... definition
I do so love that Chewie. In a world saturated with SW toys, it is easily one of my favourites to come along in some time. Excellent toy and great post G!
Saw these on BoingBoing today. I think The Yoda and Chewie are pretty good, but R2D2 is pretty lame. Vader is not quite sinister enough. http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/irvt/? ... ki%20tikis
Yeah, I think they could have spent some more time working on incorporating individual elements into each of them, rather that just having blocky character glasses. They are cool in that if I happened to see one for cheap or secondhand I might pick it up, but I wouldn't go out of my way to order a set or anything. Thinking about it now, I am actually more surprised it is only OT characters; not very often (if at all) you see that anymore. Now if you want a SW ceramic mug, here is a suggestion or, for the real posh drinkers,
First thing I thought, too. I'm still on the casual hunt for a web hub that makes mention only of the existence of the OT, the Marvel comics and the early writings of Mr. Alan Dean Foster. I wonder whatever happened to George Lucas after 1985?
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Okay, this is pretty sweet. Star Wars rendered as an entire web page for you to scroll through and 'watch' the movie. What an ingenious creation, not to mention great way to waste some time at your desk, you know, where watching an entire movie might be frown upon. For some reason. Not that anyone would do such a thing.... http://swanh.net/ The making of the site is pretty intense as well. Excellent work Martin Panchaud!
It is time to celebrate.... sort of. Star Wars fans and cult cinemaphiles rejoice! because it turns out the last known surviving 35mm copy of "The Man Who Saved the World" has been found. Apparently, a Turkish projectionist had 'kept' the print back after its showing, claiming it had been accidentally destroyed, and it had been stashed away lo these many years. It was recently rediscovered thanks to the efforts of Ed Glaser (of Neon Harbor Entertainment), who was also responsible for the recently re-issued copy of the Turkish Rambo. So where do we go from here? Well, apparently according to Ed's statements, he is only acting as "custodian" of the print right now, with the intention of running it through an eventual 4k scan for archival purposes. Okay, so here is the bad news. As completely excited as I am for this, and the general preservation of the film, I cannot in all honesty seeing it ever getting a release. Certainly not as is, and frankly, I would not want to see any kind of butchered remnants that would have to result for this to fly. Given how liberally the film... errm, 'borrows'... directly from other movies (including Star Wars) as well as film and tv soundtracks (e.g. Flash Gordon, BSG, Godfather), the nightmare of trying to get the licensing rights/approval to release this are in all likelihood insurmountable. Apparently the original could be part of the public domain, but I remain skeptical this argument would hold up. Let's be honest, none of those other properties involved will ever want this movie to see the light of day. So ultimately, the film will have to rest in the shadows as an incredible history and hunted down bootleg. Which is part of its charms as well, and not unlike bootlef toys, the roughness of it, cowboy nature of its production, and underground distribution, adds to its substance. But all that said, I would still looovee to see a proper quality scan of the film. And for that, I am at least very happy with news of the preservation of this little acorn of Star Wars history, if nothing else. So massive Thank You to Mr. Glaser for his efforts, the filmmakers responsible for this opus, as well as the projectionist who saved it and kept it all these years (and props to the fans who keep the legend alive).
They are indeed. The whole movie is filled with delicious little surprises like this. (Though they are not quite that massive, I think it is more of a perspective thing in that one image.)
Oh, yeah, you're absolutely right. And it does look like there's a lot of awesome stuff going on. Ha, not sure why I zeroed in on the gloves.
I definitely have slowed down on my SW figure and memorabilia collecting but that's for several reasons... However, as a member of my local 501st chapter, the drama surrounding Star Wars is insane. Just because I built my own gonk droid doesn't make me crazy....I have plenty of Universal monster, horror and tiki mug stuff too. hahaha
I have a friend who recently joined his local 501st. I think he's still at the point where he can't actually wear his costume at functions yet. It seems like it might be a cult or something? He saw The Force Awakens 13 times within the first two weeks of it's release, which just sounds insane to me and actually made me question the guys mental volition (hopefully he's not reading this, sorry Jesse, if you are). I mean, I've been alive nearly half a century and I don't think I've ever seen any movie in it's entirety more than twice. Not even my most beloved films. There's just been to many great films made over the years. i can see revisiting something you love every couple years or whatever. Not something I do, but it's sensible activity. And was the movie even that good? It was OK. I didn't really pick up on a lot of nuance or subtext that would reward repeated viewings. I don't know.
Oh I have a friend who saw it 21, kid you not, 21 times in the theater and I was beginning to question her sanity. She or she and her husband just kept going over and over and over again. But she also saw Pacific Rim like 16 times and that freaked me out too. Maybe my perspective is skewed, hell I've only seen Deadpool and Now you See Me 2 in the theater this year and that's it for me so far hah
It took Fury Road to get me in theater. If that hadn't come out I'd be having trouble even remembering the last time I went out to catch a movie.
I don't get how people can honestly go out and see that many showings of a film in theaters.....That stuff's expensive. The popcorn alone will put you out of house and home.
@MisterYuck When people are really into stuff, they tend to have little systems worked out. Like, they probably have different compartments sewn into their pants legs to accommodate Jujubes, Sno-Caps, popcorn, etc. But, yeah, even without snacks it's still pretty pricey. Actually not even sure if Sno-Caps and Jujubes are still a thing you can get at the theater. They gotta still have Raisinettes, though. That's my jam.
