willson.uci%Rand-Relay@sri-unix.UUCP (06/29/83)
From: Stephen Willson <willson.uci@Rand-Relay> For some reason, this discussion has switched over to sf-lovers and out of movies. For those of you who read movies, but not sf-lovers, you missed some interesting stuff from Jim Hester about Jedi. Anyhow, I agree with Hester's ideas. His plot improvements and complaints are quite good. Also, Marshall's observation that the emporer was so intent on frying Luke that he didn't respond to Vader's attack quickly enough makes sense to me. I liked the Star Cruiser smashing into the Death Star II too. (Question: will there be a Death Star //e?) But I thought the process photography for that particular shot was a bit cruddy. But let's face it. This movie was made only for the effects. George has lost it. My friend Paul, who is a student at USCinema, quoted one of his teachers to me once. This teacher said, "Old directors don't die, they become cinematographers." What that means, is, when old directors lose their story-telling ability, they start concentrating on the imagery. George has clearly lost his story-telling ability. We'll have to see about Spielburg... (He's my other hope.)
diy@sb1.UUCP (07/15/83)
SORRY GUYS..I'M NEW TO THIS, AND I'M TRYING TO POST MY THOUGHTS!! DENNIS