A Fan-Made Indiana Jones Filmumentary
There are a handful of different DVD versions of Raiders of the Lost Ark, some even carrying boasts like “Special Edition” and “The Complete Adventure Collection.” But none of them contain a definitive film commentary complete with director Steven Spielberg’s thoughts and remembrances of making the film.
Into that void has stepped Jamie Benning, a sci-fi [...]
R2-D2 Ballerina
Leeloo’s costume for this year makes me think that the original Star Wars trilogy could make a great ballet. We must see Jabba dance with the outer grace that he hides within.
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Star Wars According To Someone Who Hasn’t Seen It
Everyone has that iconic movie that they have never seen. For example I have never seen the film Titanic, but know enough about it. Amanda Boone has never seen the Star Wars trilogy so her filmmaker friend decided to animate her narration of the classic space opera.
Filmmaker Joe Nicolosi’s friend Amanda Boone has not [...]
All Chewie, All the Time
Want to see every Chewbacca appearance in the original Star Wars trilogy? Of course you do; you’ve got nothing better to do today. Chewie only gets thirteen minutes of screen time in A New Hope and just over nine in Jedi — but he looms much larger in our minds. Enjoy, my sweet nerds:
Warning: the [...]
The Star Wars Prequels in a Hurry
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How can you make the three Star Wars prequels watchable? Volumes have been written on how they could have been better, but making them into one two-and-a-half minute Lego version goes a long way! This video is from the same producer who brought us the Lego Star Wars Trilogy in 2 Minutes last year. [...]
Awesome Minimalist Star Wars Posters
Yep. it’s another batch of fan-made Star Wars posters. You probably think these get reported on a lot, but the truth is there are like a billion of these created daily, the percentage of them that actually get coverage is tiny. It’s a crowded field, and the Internets only really stand up and take notice [...]
The Late Movies: The Wonderful World of Lego
Ah, the wonderful world of Lego. There’s something nostalgic and captivating about their simplicity, something that reminds us of a simpler time, of exploring creativity, of building whatever our imaginations could conceive. Tonight for the Late Movies, we have a few clips from Legoland that have taken that childhood delight and transformed it into some [...]
xkcd Movie Graphs
Randall Munroe of xkcd has posted intricate movie graphs that help explain the sequence of characters for those who have trouble figuring out what went on over a long narrative. The most helpful is the largest graph, which deals with the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Grouping of lines shows which characters are together over [...]
