tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post4106004163070294519..comments2024-03-27T02:17:48.873-07:00Comments on Episode Nothing: Star Wars in the 1970s: John Dykstra, ILM and the special effects of Star WarsDarren Sladehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-83629173975243229402022-01-10T17:21:03.531-08:002022-01-10T17:21:03.531-08:00Truth is, all the credit should go to John Dykstra...Truth is, all the credit should go to John Dykstra, Richard Edlund and the rest of the ILM team, not Lucas. The team worked like animals 24/7 to present the most mindblowing, never before seen special effects in movie history - remember how many Oscars Star Wars got. It is a disgrace that Lucas do not accept to restore and preserve the unedited original. I saw it with my dad 1978 and it was only such a mindblowing experience because of the ultrarealistic special effects only seen before in 2001: A Space Odyssey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-26928974643285516952015-12-17T17:51:35.356-08:002015-12-17T17:51:35.356-08:00@michael yeah that pretry much sums it up. Back th...@michael yeah that pretry much sums it up. Back then a lot of the credit went to lucas since he set up ILM and there were many innovative people there. John dykstra was assuredly one of those people.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00659270536234481234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-3840751002497475232015-07-27T07:43:31.084-07:002015-07-27T07:43:31.084-07:00Never worked on a big movie again? I don't kno...Never worked on a big movie again? I don't know about that!<br /><br />How about (among many others) Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Firefox, Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, Stuart Little, Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, Hancock, Inglourious Basterds, X-Men: First Class, Django Unchained and the 2014 Godzilla movie?<br /><br />Michael Carrollhttp://www.michaelowencarroll.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-60846590652624993952015-06-09T15:22:18.042-07:002015-06-09T15:22:18.042-07:00Hi Luis. Welcome to the site. I'm grateful for...Hi Luis. Welcome to the site. I'm grateful for your comment - fair point!Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-16128539379366401802015-06-07T10:15:52.165-07:002015-06-07T10:15:52.165-07:00I can understand Lucas..... if somebody is taking ...I can understand Lucas..... if somebody is taking a year to make a single shot and spend the rest of the time sliding down in a pool, then I will fire that guy too...Also the fact that he never worked in a big movie again makes it look like Lucas deserves all the creditIllegally herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549470406152263216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-75813920450669511292015-06-07T10:15:44.547-07:002015-06-07T10:15:44.547-07:00I can understand Lucas..... if somebody is taking ...I can understand Lucas..... if somebody is taking a year to make a single shot and spend the rest of the time sliding down in a pool, then I will fire that guy too...Also the fact that he never worked in a big movie again makes it look like Lucas deserves all the creditIllegally herehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05549470406152263216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-37375891531425922372013-10-07T08:17:45.289-07:002013-10-07T08:17:45.289-07:00I can only suppose that at some point all of the m...I can only suppose that at some point all of the models will be replaced with CGI - especially if they do restart the 3D conversion plan.<br />That'd be tragic.johnnyivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00130386732383767651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-63819624220425962162013-10-06T15:25:45.938-07:002013-10-06T15:25:45.938-07:00The only shot I can think of that looks sub-standa...The only shot I can think of that looks sub-standard is the one of the landspeeder entering Mos Eisley, where there's a sort of red blur underneath it. I suppose you could also count the moment during the Vader/Kenobi duel when Alec Guinness angles his lightsaber so you can see it's a reflective stick, though I suppose that's a practical effect looking a bit ropy rather than an optical. <br />But there was absolutely no need for the wholesale replacement of shots with CGI from '97 onwards. Darren Sladehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10032557997444382751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3723667248028171672.post-55519717683677410952013-10-06T14:53:27.918-07:002013-10-06T14:53:27.918-07:00Yes, I'm struggling to think of anything in th...Yes, I'm struggling to think of anything in the film that looked poor by today's standards. Sure, the exposures on some of the back-projection shots were mis-matched [looking out of the Falcon's cockpit]; the close up of the Tantive being struck looks quite 'modelly' but not to any seriously detrimental degree; matte-lines/blocks... None of this matters much.<br /><br />The Tantive shot I mentioned has remained untouched, yet I believe the shot you pictured above was entirely replaced with CGI. To what purpose?John Whitehttp://starwarsage9.comnoreply@blogger.com