New Book: The Making of the Empire Strikes Back

yeah, that was full of thongs too

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Originally Posted by Timber

Jedi was my favorite until I was a teenager. It's the only one I actually saw in a theater as a kid, one of my earliest memories is jumping behind my seat at the theater when the Rancor showed up for the first time.

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This. Even later, really. Then eventually I realized that obviously IV is the best with ESB behind it.

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Originally Posted by gamevet

I love Empire Strikes Back and all, but to call Star Wars weaker is so wrong. Star Wars is the movie that created blockbusters, and Titanic and Avatar never sold anywhere near as many tickets as it; highest grossing is an overstatement, when you take into consideration that a movie ticket in 1977 was less than $2.50.

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The consensus is that ESB is the strongest of the 3, so it is fair to say the other 2 are weaker movies. I am not comparing Star War original trilogy to the other movies at the time. And highest grossing means nothing to me since I don't give a shit what 3 billion people in 1977 thought.

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Originally Posted by Josh

I watch kids shows and movies on the regular. Shit, the Brave Little Toaster is one of my all time favorite movies.

Star Wars is for kids. Dumb kids. Get over it.

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Word. I have this new channel called the Hub, and it shows the original G.I. Joe, G1 Transformers, and fucking Fraggle Rock. I love it.

I think this book sounds cool, but I like the creative process and seeing what could have been for famous things.

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Gone back and taken a look at that show, apparently Peter Chung of Aeon Flux had a big hand in the show; I'm guessing a lot of the weird angles and fish-eye shots had to do with him.

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Peter Chung is awesome and I still need to see Reign. But I agree with Mzo, Rugrats is hideous.

LET ME SEE THAT THONG THONG THONG

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Originally Posted by kingoffighters

The consensus is that ESB is the strongest of the 3, so it is fair to say the other 2 are weaker movies. I am not comparing Star War original trilogy to the other movies at the time. And highest grossing means nothing to me since I don't give a shit what 3 billion people in 1977 thought.

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Fair enough, but the American Film Institute doesn't even rank ESB in the top 100 of all time. I don't believe Tootsie or Fargo belong on that list either though. ;)

http://www.filmsite.org/afi100filmsA.html

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Originally Posted by gamevet

I don't believe Tootsie or Fargo belong on that list either though. ;)

http://www.filmsite.org/afi100filmsA.html

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How dare you, sir?

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Originally Posted by YellerDog

Other thing Peter Chung did: the opening sequence to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

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The guy is damn good at what he does. Not as good as Genndy Tartakovsky but still damn good.

I liked the first one the most (IV), its the only one I have seen as an adult though I think.