I finally solved the mystery movie mistake in “Episode III”, and also talk about some of my favorite revealing movie mistakes from my favorite films.
The Movie Mistake Mystery from "Revenge of the Sith"
http://fxrant.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-movie-mistake-mystery-from-revenge.html
I’m pleased to say that NO ONE has yet to ask me to reveal the artist who did the shot. (Yes, I know whose shot it was. No, I won’t tell you.)
The whole point of the piece is that mistakes happen all the time in movies and that’s a fact of life. We’re all a team, doing our best.
who is the rigger
i wish to meet them
and buy them a
nice refreshment
@tvaziri With our tools nowadays it’s so easy to get obsessed with perfection, but it’s nice to see that real people were working on these movies.
Creative processes have to be a little messy, that’s where all the ideas come from! 😊
I honestly think by that point in the prequels, the audience was going, Yeah, whatever…’ if something seemed cheesy, fake, wrong by that point we took it in stride with a disinterested ‘oh that too’. We were SO over it.
And I may have projected a bit more inherent value on them than many. Without truly thinking they were good, I think they served to add value to 4,5, & 6, even serving a bit of current affairs social commentary. Can almost defend them
I remember The Nicholson Joker scene with him throwing colored paste or sludge at the paintings in the art museum being rife with errors.
I see a lot of mistakes in intitial theatrical releases I think were fixed before they made it to home media. Gollums feet in the first Jackson LOTR bled through the ground in compositing in practically every scene.
When a ‘tentpole’ had to hit a particular ‘opening weekend’ date, errors became more frequent.
@louie I said it because most people who meticulously analyse sci-fi footage online are ardent fans - and many such fans share a similar view to mine about RotS. I didn’t know he was involved in the production, hence my immediate apology.
Regarding art, there’s a difference between statement art & what goes into mass market entertainment, IMHO. Studios look to make millions off us - as such we do have a right to criticise that overall product as a paying customer.
@tvaziri sometimes you just want to tell the artist the painting is done, put the brush down.
I don't mind retouches, as long as the imperfections are left in a variant edition. Let the audience decide.
@fnordius yep - there's ZERO precedent
when it comes to “special editions" the best caretaker has been Cameron (best exemplified with Aliens, The Abyss and T2, keeping them in parallel) but even he has made tweaks to Aliens and T2 and that's bad)
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