MetaFilter posts tagged with Lucas

Taunting nerds can be dangerous

CunningLinguist — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 08:54:30 -0800

The Tauntaun sleeping bag. Adorable April Fool's joke from ThinkGeek triggers flood of demand. "We have decided to TRY and bring this to life. We have no clue if the suits at Lucasfilms will grant little ThinkGeek a license."

"Raiders of the Lost Ark" story conference

incomple — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 08:46:15 -0800

The "Raiders" Story Conference In 1978 George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Lawrence Kasdan spent five consecutive nine-hour days hashing out the characters and plot for Raiders of the Lost Ark. The 125-page transcript of their meetings, unreleased before now, details their insane talent and techniques for populist storytelling. (It also makes one wonder what happened to George Lucas, a man who once had a math formula for exciting cinema.) via Ain't It Cool News, unfortunately

Star Wars: A New Heap

vronsky — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:01:03 -0800

The Used Future + Star Wars: A New Heap

The History of Mother 1 (NES)

AZNsupermarket — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:53:50 -0800

The History of Mother 1 (NES) In honor of the new fan translation of Mother 3 (or Earthbound for the GBA), I've decided to post an article explaining what ever happened to the English port of the first game in the Earthbound/Mother trilogy.

A long time ago, in a galaxy far away...

infini — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 01:05:37 -0800

Since Georges Melies' 1902 'Trip to the Moon' cinema has been in love with science fiction. The romance has been rocky though, with many potential classics lost to spiralling budgets or studio whim. David Hughes the author of a new book, The Greatest Sci-Fi Movies Never Made, shares his favourites with us - The Top 10 Greatest Sci Fi movies never made Via The Times online

Twenty Thousand Still Images

doug3505 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 21:13:43 -0800

Global Warming Video, From Still Images Twenty days. Twenty thousand still images. A single message. Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk captures the issue of global warming in a video created entirely by using still images.

30 Years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards

ColdChef — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 07:28:51 -0800

30 Years of LucasFilm Christmas Cards (I triple-dog dare ya!)

The Force inspiration

tellurian — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 23:41:08 -0800

21-87 is a short film from Arthur Lipsett that has been discussed before.

Use the Force, Luke!

cerebus19 — Fri, 25 May 2007 13:54:00 -0800

30 years ago today
the dream of a man
named George Lucas
became a phenomenon
that changed the world.

Golden Ratios

digaman — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 08:21:30 -0800

Did the roof of the Pantheon influence Copernicus? Are the planets of the solar system aligned in accordance with a nearly-forgotten hypothesis known (unfairly) as Bode's Law? A fascinating wide-ranging discussion on BLDGBLOG with Walter Murch, the visionary editor and sound designer for such films as The Conversation, Apocalypse Now, The English Patient, THX1138, and many others. [Murch's film work has previously been discussed here and here.]

Wampa Anti-Defamatory League Strikes Back

cgs — Tue, 05 Sep 2006 10:31:19 -0800

151 Changes to The Empire Strikes Back Frame by frame analysis of the original movie vs. the 2004 DVD. Mostly cleaning and sharpening, but also more self-censoring on Lucas' part. [via]

The Star Wars Holiday Special, my god is it awful.

Mijo Bijo — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 15:55:00 -0800

Q. What was the worst program to ever air on U.S. network television that George Lucas has been trying to silence since its first airing?

A. T h e S t a r W a r s H o l i d a y S p e c i a l f r o m 1 9 7 8 c a n b e v i e w e d HERE.

Random highlights of this truly horrible program can be found here. (.mov, ~5 min.)

21-87: George Lucas Under the Influence

matteo — Mon, 02 May 2005 08:47:54 -0800

"When George saw 21-87, a lightbulb went off".
"21-87" is an experimental film made in 1964 by Canadian avant-garde director Arthur Lipsett ,who committed suicide in 1986. "George" is George Lucas, who was obsessed by underground movies until "a little movie called Star Wars lured him to the dark side". (more inside)

kebab — Mon, 13 May 2002 06:54:35 -0800

This is the winner of the Star Wars Fan Film Awards (as chosen by George Lucas). Did he get it right? Should it have gone to the very cool Gangsta Rap? Or one of the other finalists?

MegoSteve — Mon, 05 Nov 2001 08:43:06 -0800

Let the disappointment begin! Lucasfilm posted the teaser trailer to the highly anticipated Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones today.