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Man, that's a lot of spare time somebody had.
Trailer looks great for an amateur production. I'll have to check out the whole thing.
I'll see if my system can do it - I doubt it though. But thanks for the ping.
Emporer Soros 
Darth Dean 
Teddy the Hutt 
I'm thinking "Obi Ron Kenobi"...
First off, I think it's stupid to put so much effort into something that isn't your dream, isn't an original screenplay, so you can later sell it. This was a lot of work just to make a copy of someone else's idea. But I wonder if the people who made this would have gotten together and actually made it without the bait of being on Lucas's turf.
Another possibly good thing about copying Lucas is that one can do a point-by-point comparison--a potential employer doesn't have to wonder how these folks would match ILM's FX, they can SEE them working with the same type of material.
OK, so first off, this thing is fatally flawed because the script and acting are gawdawful. The attempts to recreate Darth Vader and the Emperor are a joke. We're talking cable-access awful. I started skipping after the first big FX sequence. The music is fake John Williams and isn't very good because it doesn't share Williams's musical instincts.
BUT...
The people who did the sets and FX on this should be getting calls from Hollywood--if not, they certainly deserve to, because the effects work is every bit as good as any FX on television. (I haven't seen it on anything bigger than my computer screen, so I can't say for sure, but I would bet it's as good as any movie, too.) Yes, the FX are THAT good. The fannish nature gets the better of the filmmakers--we see some FX shots because, it seems, they wanted to show how good they could make a spaceship approach to a planet. But so what? It's a fan film.
So the script sucked, the acting sucked, the story sucked, but the visuals were truly surprising. I hope everyone involved with this gets to work in the business, because based on their work here they deserve to.
Bad acting but pretty decent special effects.
Much better acting, IMHO.
Such a spectacular epic of Star Wars-nerdishnes must only have come from one source. I think I've found the Troika's been up to these last couple of years.
(BtVS fans will understand...)
I just watched it.
I
AM
JEALOUS!
Okay, I finally got a chance to watch it. It was short but enjoyable, however, left me with more questions than when I stazrted. It was only a taste.
As far as the acting, I think the tone was set in that early scene. The first woman was simply awful and remained so throughout the movie. The longhaired guy was sucky in the first scene but improved, as well as the short haired guy in that first scene.
The effects were simply staggering. They did for gree what the pros charged millions for.
I was dymfounded by the credits. It seems upwards of 1500 people were involved, maybe more. Whoever organized and led these troops needs a job in Hollywood -- STAT.
Disregard my original acting comments.
I would like to support the videos. BUT, when will these fans ever learn that these knockoff videos will have no future other than the same people who wear phony Rolexs watches in public. Those fakes only impress the "unknowledgeable". And the "knowledgeable" may just give you a pity smile, may turn you in to the MPAA and will subject you to a legitamate lawsuit by the ORIGINAL copyright owners.
If these video makers have any original talent or ideas, I have yet to see them. Most of the time, they publicize "their" (LOL) work on the Internet in hopes of gaining some fleeting acclaim. You can't even put these videos in any reputable video competititions because of the video competitions don't want to be sued along with the video makers.
These videos are strictly amateur night laughs for an uninformed fan. Let's not make them "Gone with the Wind" because they aren't.
a fun and geeky topic, a link (from me), and a heartfelt goodnight.
Hardware Wars (on VHS or DVD):
http://www.mwp.com/films/hardware-wars/special-edition.php4