'Same Time, Same Place'
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Oh, he also did the books of the Star Trek animated series. I knew I had read something by him besides the Star Wars novel....
I remember fondly the Pip and Flynx books. I stumbled across the Tar-Aiym Krang (the book that is, not the Krang itself) in the checkout of a DIY in Edinburgh. I haven't looked at the books in over twenty years, but I enjoyed them at the time.
And the ALIEN novelization. It was definitely a gig for him.
Oh yeah. Read that one too. Also before I ever saw the movie (my dad wouldn't let me see it when it came out).
There's also a Darth Vader dog costume.
Even though he gives RotS 3 1/2 stars, Roger Ebert still manages to bring on the snark:
To say that George Lucas cannot write a love scene is an understatement; greeting cards have expressed more passion...
In many cases the actors are being filmed in front of blue screens, with effects to be added later, and sometimes their readings are so flat, they don't seem to believe they're really in the middle of amazing events. How can you stand in front of exploding star fleets and sound as if you're talking on a cell phone at Starbucks?
This conversation cracks me up because it was a similar one over at another site that led to my current tag about Jimmy McNulty-Solo. I saw both SW and Empire on re-release and I never could finish watching PM or AotC. (In my particular instance, I'm not sure if it's Lucas or me. My ideas about what makes a movie good have shifted a lot since a saberfight was where it was at.)
Did anybody else read "Splinter of the Mind's Eye?" It was ok'd by Lucasfilm, but definitely existed outside of the original trilogy's storyline. IIRC, it was published between Star Wars and Empire, and took the "Luke and Leia hook up" path. I thought it was pretty well done, and a lot better than some of the later Star Wars-verse books.
Yep, read it way back when. Finding out about Luke and Leia in RotJ was an eye-opener.
What's the advance buzz on Mr. and Mrs. Smith -- the meta-free buzz, if there's any?
The trailer I saw before KoH looked wicked cool.
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I thought so too.
What's the advance buzz on Mr. and Mrs. Smith -- the meta-free buzz, if there's any?
The one person I know who's seen it thought it was great.