I was, based on a conversation that Jaymiel and I had over dinner*, this close to going out, buying a whole bunch of Star Wars Legos and using them to redo Episode III, only this time it wouldn't suck. I'd do it in photonovel style,much like Irregular Webcomic** - using the digital camera that we've put on the registry - and, I don't know, post the dialogue on the bottom or something. I had it all freaking blocked out, people. All about the hypocritical nature of both the Jedi Order and the Sith Lords tumbling down their respective paths to disaster, with Anakin trapped in the middle trying to find a middle way and failing miserably. A real tragedy, not the rush-to-the-black-life-support-suit that we actually got. And dialogue that didn't make people cringe.
What happened? I don't have the cash for Star Wars Legos, I don't have the time, either - and it's a little obsessive, don't you think?
Besides,
(waving fingers)
George Lucas is dead to me.
Moe
*Jaymiel (I paraphrase and condense): "So, you've got the Jedi, who are good, and clueless, and have no plan. Then, there are the Sith, who are evil, but who have both a clue and a plan. So, we have Anakin, who is good, but also has a clue, and then he gets a plan. So, the scene you're imagining is where he goes to the Jedi Temple and tells the Jedi kids that it looks bad, but it's all for the best, really, and that they have to trust him to get them out: but, being good, and clueless, they attack. And he at first tries to just hold them off, but then he loses his temper - like Sith do - and eventually kills them."
**DAVID MORGAN-MAR IN THE HOUSE!!!!!
I didn't find EP3 so bad, if you did most of the following: Pretend Ep1 didn't exist, pretend Ep2 didn't exist, or, alternatively, view it as a silent movie that you provide meaningful dialog for, fully embrace the Clone Wars series, and then pretend that Anakin and Obi-wan really were good friends and that Anakin's relationship with Padme was for real.
That helps tons. As far as my obsessiveness goes, I was pretty close to buying some editing software so I could load all three movies in and cut a decent 3 hour movie out of them. And redub some lines. I think there is a killer story in there trying desperately to claw its way out of the wreckage. In fact, I'm still pretty close, but I got distracted by RC helicopters about a month ago, and hey... one obsession at a time.
Posted by: Neolith | August 24, 2005 at 12:53 AM
The main thing my husband (then-boyfriend) and I accomplished the week between the end of finals and college graduation was building a Lego imperial walker--from scratch, as it were; no Star Wars legos, just what he still had in his closet from when he was 10.
Neolith, I liked ep 3 okay, but I can't see how any amount of cutting would make the love story anything other than crap.
Posted by: Katherine | August 25, 2005 at 08:11 PM
Have you thought about using MLCAD? Seems like the obvious choice for anyone without the cash for real Legos who wants to do Lego-inspired animation or images. The learning curve can be a little steep, but much less so if you're familiar with POV-RAY.
Posted by: Catsy | August 26, 2005 at 12:50 PM
Reverse order:
There's just something so deeply wrong about using a computer program to do CGI for Legos, Catsy. :)
I'm impressed, Katherine. We won't have room for Legos, although if everything on the registry gets bought I might ignore that*...
Never saw Clone Wars, Neolith. It was good?
Moe
*Jaymiel: that was a joke, dear.
Posted by: Moe Lane | August 26, 2005 at 01:09 PM
Never saw Clone Wars, Neolith. It was good?
Clone Wars was hands down the best prequel. I particularly like what they term "Season 2" (episodes 11-20 of the original series).
And Katherine? You are much, much woman. And your then-bf is much, much man.
Posted by: Anarch | August 28, 2005 at 12:33 AM