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Star Wars Episode 1 first and only 3D attempt?

DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
edited June 2011 in General Movies & TV Posts: 24,273
http://3dradar.techradar.com/3d-tech/star-wars-3d-comeback-could-be-limited-one-film-14-06-2011

<blockquote rel="the article">Star Wars' 3D comeback could be limited to one film

Rick McCallum has suggested in an interview that, should the first Star Wars film to be converted to 3D prove a flop, then it could well mean that none of the others are given the treatment.

With 3D knocking now well on its way to becoming an Olympic sport, an interview in CeskaPozice with Star Wars producer McCallum suggest that George Lucas is dipping his toe in the 3D waters rather than diving in.

When asked about the spacing of the 3D movies, McCallum replied: "One a year, if they work. If they don't, then there will be just one [episode converted to 3D]."

Maul-ing?

There is certainly no guarantee that a Star Wars film, designed to be in 2D, will prove a big hit, but it certainly has more chance than a good percentage of newer movie.

The decision to re-release 3D versions of the Star Wars movies were, in truth, met with a multitude of groans from a fanbase that has now abided most transitions in format and the reimaginings of cinematic tinker-man Lucas.

But should you actually want to see all six in 3D this all begs the question, if you had to pin your hopes on getting an entire double trilogy made would you choose The Phantom Menace?</blockquote>

Personally I don't like 3D, in fact I hate it... with the exception of Star Wars. ;;) I'm yearning for those marvellous space battles and pod races in 3D big time. Granted, it's like looking forward to visiting a theme park for me, but there you are. I'm going to pay for this experience.

I so hope they'll put out a 3D version of Ep VI, since the battle of Endor is my favourite star battle of them all. Just imagine the Falcon and Wedge's X-Wing flying over the Death Star, then entering the Death Star, all in 3D. Oh boy. :P

<img src="http://www.vegatransports.com.au/starwars/otc/xwing_death_star_run.jpg">;

Again, I'm not a fan of 3D film making, let's be very clear about that. But my Star Wars fandom reaches far beyond that. Like the boy that never grew up, I want to be in a star fighter, I want to make those fancy loopings in an X-wing, I want to be in the Falcon when it spins free from the imperial Tie fighters, I want to sit in Anakin's pod racer...

Fingers crossed and please forgive a Star Wars geek for being... geeky. (A little...)
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  • 00Beast00Beast
    Posts: 4,762
    That's all right, DarthDimi. I'm a Star Wars geek myself! In fact, as very contraversial as it may be, The Phantom Menace is my number 2 favorite SW movie, just behind The Empire Strikes Back. I can't wait to see it in 3D. And I agree with you about 3D movies these days. They really lack in "popping out at you" effects, and to me, they're really nothing more than a higher definition movie, which is bothersome because you have to pay extra for it.
  • dragonskydragonsky
    Posts: 2,491
    wow star wars in 3D would look just marvelous i hope they will make it
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    I don't think this will work. If it doesn't I'll be annoyed they had to chose to do Episode I. Let's see what it looks like first though.

    It's due for release on 10th February by the way.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    I will probably go and see it since I promised my daugther to take her to the cinema whenever they would show a SW movie. A promise is a promise.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    Lucas just needs to let it rest already...... personally - i have no hard feelings towards the guy... but enough is enough - seriously..

    i'm all for re-releases (as i've been wanting them to do with Indiana Jones for years)... but in 3D?.. really?... *shakes head*
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Another possibility that I could easily live with is if they create a best-of compilation of all Star Wars gems worthy of a 3D treatment. You'd go and see this merely for the kick-ass experience, not for the satisfaction of a full film's story. Show us the pod race, the various space battles, some light saber duels and maybe a few of those wonderful landscapes and visions of Coruscant. It'd be two hours of a theme park ride, elegantly fused together so that it never loses its pace yet doesn't grow tiresome after a while. After all, I don't need to see Anakin and Padmé kissing in 3D. And I don't want to see JarJar (in 3D).

    Again I'm bringing up my point concerning the purpose of 3D in cinema: none. It's there for the sake of boosting up the 'wow' factor, which is what they do in DisneyLand. Tron 3D worked because Tron is a much more effects driven film than a story driven one. I never expected to see a deeply intellectualized film with great character development and amazingly artistic scripting. I went to see this film to be immersed in an intense video game experience. This is basically the same thing I want out of Star Wars 3D. I don't need the usual myth building or comedy. C3PO in 3D sound awfully silly in fact. No, please, just the fun stuff. For once, give me my nudie magazine without the articles. Indulge me with a fanboy's ultimate dream come true: to be part of the various battles and fights.

    Once again I'm just geeking out and I apologize. ;;)
  • j7wildj7wild Suspended
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    first it's the special edition, then it's the gold edition, then it's the gold silver VHS edition, then the extended VHS edition, then the special DVD Edition 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 all the way to 20, now 3D edition, and don't forget the 5th anniversary, 10th anniversary, 15th anniversary, 20th anniversary, collector's edition, star wars geek edition.

    How many time is Lucas going to dip into people's wallet and you will be amazed how many FOOLS out there will open their wallet for Lucas.

    I have an employee who is 50 years old, lives at home with Mommy, probably never consummated a relationship with another human being and he spent every spare penny he has on Star Wars.

    He would buy the Star Wars VHS and DVDs over and over just because the box cover art is different!!
  • LudsLuds MIA
    Posts: 1,986
    Since we're talking Star Wars, I'd pay for it. I know, shame on me... 8-X
  • DaltonCraig007DaltonCraig007 They say, "Evil prevails when good men fail to act." What they ought to say is, "Evil prevails."
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    I *do* want to see JarJar in 3D...
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
    edited October 2011 Posts: 24,273
    How many time is Lucas going to dip into people's wallet and you will be amazed how many FOOLS out there will open their wallet for Lucas.

    I have an employee who is 50 years old, lives at home with Mommy, probably never consummated a relationship with another human being and he spent every spare penny he has on Star Wars. He would buy the Star Wars VHS and DVDs over and over just because the box cover art is different!!
    So much contempt for someone with a fairly innocent hobby. Wow, j7.

    Anyway, if this SW project is as good as it sounds, I will open my wallet to Lucas. Guess I'm one of those 'FOOLS'.

  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    edited October 2011 Posts: 13,356
    A poster that ignores so much of the original film!:

    image

    The first trailer for the release will be on it's way soon too.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
    edited October 2011 Posts: 7,854
    Y'know, maybe if they started with A New Hope in 3D, they'd be able to do the rest of the saga. We should all know that, no matter what Lucas does to the movie, EVERYBODY will go see A New Hope in theaters. And, now that I look at the poster, I ask why put out a 2D release? I thought the whole purpose of this release was for 3D.
  • CoH_GHOST_007CoH_GHOST_007
    Posts: 303
    Now that is one badly designed poster...
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited October 2011 Posts: 4,399
    the poster looks like internet fan art.

    i take that back - it's brilliant.. notice how Darth Maul's lightsaber, the pod racers and Darth Maul himself extend beyond the off white borders - it's clearly showing that it's in 3D - and it's not playing around..... what a masterfully crafted piece of art - one that makes the works of Edvard Munch look like the finger paintings of a 3 year old........................................................

    ........... now excuse me while I go vomit for speaking such blasphemy..
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    I just want to see the OT in theaters, because I never have. :-(
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    edited October 2011 Posts: 4,399
    and like me, you never will.... the closest i got was the release of the Special Editions back in the mid 90s before TPM came out....

    sadly, i heard that Lucas, in his infinite brilliance is talking about rereleasing the Indy films in theaters in 3D.... i'd hate to give Mr Lucas any more of my money - but to get to see the first 3 films on the big screen, i may just have to :-(

    time to bend over, and lube up good sirs..
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
    Posts: 1,812
    LMFAO! Agreed!
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    Indy in 3D was just a rumour. It's not happening.

    As for these 3D releases you can be they'll use the new BD editions of the films.
  • HASEROTHASEROT has returned like the tedious inevitability of an unloved season---
    Posts: 4,399
    so that means we get to hear Vader's awesome NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! at the end of Jedi now in theaters.... boy oh boy, i guess i'll have to camp out for tickets now! L-)
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    SW looks best in cinema.

    I will be watching a cleaned up version of Raiders of the lost ark within two weeks, really looking forward to it.
  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    When I see that pod race in 3D, I'm going to have a stroke. Even then, nothing can prevent me from seeing this film in 3D. No-thing!
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    When I see that pod race in 3D, I'm going to have a stroke. Even then, nothing can prevent me from seeing this film in 3D. No-thing!
    I agree.
  • JBFan626JBFan626
    edited October 2011 Posts: 1,497
    A poster that ignores so much of the original film!:

    image

    The first trailer for the release will be on it's way soon too.
    I think this was actually strategic marketing. Little Anakin Skywalker wasn't very popular, nor was Queen Amidala and Jar Jar, I don't even have to tell you. So obviously they aren't going to punctuate those characters. So just give 'em the goods: lightsabers, POD racers, Yoda, Obi-Wan, and...eh...Darth Maul: I guess the kiddies liked him.

  • DarthDimiDarthDimi Behind you!Moderator
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    Yes, the place will be crowded by 40 and 50 years old kiddies, I can assure you. I, in my 30s by then, will be there as well. ;;)

    I take this thing for what it is: a theme park roller coaster ride. There's a story somewhere amidst all the special effects but at that point, I won't care. I'll be celebrating the adrenaline pumping through my veins. Any critic who will judge the film on anything besides the 3D effects doesn't understand the whole point of this re-edit. Also, since this film wasn't originally shot in 3D, Lucas will need some magic just to pull it off. But imagine he does. Just for a second, imagine he creates a new technology that allows existing motion pictures to be given the best 3D rendering thinkable. A lot of Cameron money might be shipped to Lucas' bank account.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    Y'know, I love the films anyway, so 3D isn't necessarily something that'll make me jump in again. 3D at this point may just make me appreciate 3D a little more. I've never been a 3D guy (I see it as an overpriced gimmick; to go see a 3D movie here, you have to pay the same price as a brand new DVD; I mean it, too, I payed the same price for the first season of "The Walking Dead"). IF I go see the movies in 3D, it'll only be because I never saw III-VI in theaters.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    For whatever reason, Star Wars on the big screen nothing can beat that, I will go anytime to the cinema to see that.

    I agree that the 3D is mostly annoying but with Avatar I found it brilliant (The DVD lacks something) and Alice in Wonderland was pretty good. Last movie seen in 3D was Conan the Barbarian and was quite entertaining.
  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I hate ANYTHING Alice in Wonderland, didn't want to see Conan, and just the premise of Avatar turned me so far away that it isn't even funny, so I have never nor will I ever see Avatar.
  • SaintMarkSaintMark
    Posts: 7,653
    I hate ANYTHING Alice in Wonderland, didn't want to see Conan, and just the premise of Avatar turned me so far away that it isn't even funny, so I have never nor will I ever see Avatar.
    Each his taste.

  • Agent007391Agent007391 Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start
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    I'm just not a 3D fan. Costs too much for far too little.
  • Samuel001Samuel001 Moderator
    Posts: 13,356
    First the poster, now the trailer:

    http://collider.com/star-wars-phantom-menace-3d-trailer/122030/
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