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News 1st june 99
WHO'S THE ACTUAL PHANTOM MENACE?
I'm sorry to have put this
one in the latest news section as this is not really news, it's rather
some debated topics on Characters in TPM. We argued on two things actually,
Darth Sidous might be a different person and not Senator Palpatine after
all and the other was who is the phantom menace? Is Darth Maul, Darth Sidious
aka Senator or Anakin Skywalker? My clever friend(heh heh) from the net
say that Anakin aka Darth Vader is the true Phantom Menace, and Obi1 will
definitely found out in the next prequels! ---> for precaution, a lot
of this kind of rumours and nonsense theories are spreaded like wild fire
around the net, I would put up only the reliable ones, as we all know Lucas
himself still in the process of making the script of episode 2, but hell,
maybe he'll pick some of our ideas, huh?
Another Amazing Record, topped the
$200mil mark in less than 2 weeks. Yep,
this time Star Wars maintain the same 3 days weekend grossing with $64.3
mil make it the first movie ever to reached $200mil records in two weeks.
Independence Day passed the $200 mark in 3 weeks, so the record is officially
beaten! The preliminary figures showed it has reached an estimation of
$205 million. So, watch up 'Titanic'!
PIRACY VCD and VIDEOS in ASIA!
According to the Wall Street Journal,
video-disk copies of the film have turned up on the streets of Hong Kong,
Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Jakarta in what the paper calls "the quickest
rollout in piracy history." The paper reports that these discs are
already spreading out into other parts of Asia as well as Europe, South
Africa and Latin America.
From what I see, the copies are watchable though it doesn't give you a
full satisfaction.I did manage to but one. Don't get me wrong here, I'll
definitely get the original copy when it comes out! The problem with it
is, we can actually obtain a pirated VCD at a cost of RM 7 (about $2) and
the original VCD with RM 39.90 (about $13), so people definitely will go
for RM 7, but true fans won't mind spending RM40 for full satisfaction!
I still haven't watch the VCD copy, I'd prefer for my first time, to be
in a comfortable system surround THX cinema, that'll be as early as 3rd
June 99.
Episode I Cutscenes
Several readers have wrote in questioning
the appearance of some scenes in mass media publications that were not
included in the film. We're going to do a quick rundown of some of the
scenes that have been brought up through various emails.
Scene 1 - Obi-Wan
and Qui-Gon in the Naboo Swamp - According to the Illustrated Screenplay
and the novel, Obi-Wan's lightsaber burnt out, the cut scene would have
had Qui-Gon lecturing his padawan on lightsaber disciplines.
Scene 2 - Obi-Wan
and Darth Maul fighting on Tatooine. This scene never really happened,
from what I read in the book, and what was in the screenplay this never
existed. The image was created for use by Vanity Fair. Obi-Wan was never
meant to combat Maul on Tatooine.
never
really happen! maybe in Ep2???!?
So, Will Maul be back as a clone in the second part of the prequels trilogy?
And will Qui be back as a spirit(hologram)? more news on this click
here!
Film
been stolen (should we put this as an great achievement records?)
You knew it was just a matter
of time before this happened considering all the mania last week surrounding
the release of Star Wars: Episode One – The Phantom Menace. Now, according
to central Wisconsin’s Leader-Telegram newspaper and the AP, and in spite
of security that seemed to be above and beyond anything seen before, a
complete film print of The Phantom Menace has been lifted from the State
Theater in Menomonie, WI. It’s reported that the film was stolen right
of the theater’s project after the final show on Friday night, and before
the manager returned to begin showing the film on Saturday afternoon. Police
and the theater believe the job had to be to have been done by more than
one person because the film, which originally took up five cans, had been
edited together on the projector. The final print is said to weigh over
40 pounds. Not a whole lot, really, but pretty cumbersome.Theater owner
Nick LeGros told the paper, "We lost the Saturday matinee and evening
show, but we had another film flown in from Chicago, so we were back on
for the Sunday matinee. In the 23 years
I've been doing this, this is the first time I've had a film stolen."
This stolen film can be converted to VCD and videocassetes, here we go
again the piracy!
Cool
infos on the upcoming Star Wars 2
I've added quite a few stuff
in the episode 2 corner you can check them by clicking
here!
Remember, rumours can be facts, and facts definitely an info!
The Video Released
I bet all of you fanatic
fans all around the world can stay put till we get our own copy of Star
Wars Episode One. Now, it seems that you might be able to buy a copy of
Star Wars: Episode One -- The Phantom Menace on video by December (world
wide ). However, Movies-On-Video.com
reports that Episode One will be on store shelves by November.
Finally,
Weekend Box Office reviews, SW passed the figure but Failed in 3 day Weekend
grossings.
So, finally, after its first
week of opening, Star Wars managed to gross up to $105.7
million which surpassed the record before
held by Steven Spielberg Jurassic Park. Bad news is, It's the kind of disappointment
most studio executives would fall on their light sabers for: The ``Star
Wars'' prequel failed to beat the opening-weekend record set by ``The Lost
World: Jurassic Park,'' $72.1, Star Wars only managed to get $64.8
in its first 3 days. I expected it to
be better as say reached $150 mil, but this didn't happen due to a few
reasons.
STAR WARS' A SUCCESS:
Other records made by Star Wars Episode 1
Episode I has become the
fastest film to ever reach $100M in domestic
receipts (five full days) and set new opening-day
and single-day records
with its $28.5M haul on Wednesday.
4 reasons WHY IT FAILED TO BEAT $72.1
record?
But the record that many
box office observers were certain would fall was the $72.1M in sales that
The Lost World generated over the Friday-to-Sunday portion of its Memorial
Day weekend holiday opening in 1997. That milestone remained intact as
the new Star Wars prequel came in 10% below the ferocious bite of the dinosequel.
However, The Lost World opened over a holiday
time when moviegoers had more available time to entertain themselves plus
its Sunday was followed by a day off so it played more like a Saturday
when sales are strong throughout the day and night. Plus The Phantom Menace
opened on a Wednesday
thereby pushing sales from die hard fans out of the weekend and into the
earlier midweek period. Also with all the hype in recent weeks on how the
movie would be sold out during its opening weekend, many casual fans of
the film may have stayed away to avoid the
anticipated crowds. Furthermore, the Spielberg
sequel benefited from roughly 300 more theaters
and 600 more total screens than The Phantom
Menace.
THE FULL FIGURES for its first
week
Fox's final daily grosses
for the opening five-day weekend of Star Wars Episode I are as follows
:
Wednesday - $28,542,349;
Thursday - $12,307,918;
Friday - $18,467,513;
Saturday - $24,414,123;
Sunday - $21,929,334.
The Friday-to-Sunday final weekend gross came in at $64,810,970 while the
complete five-day haul was $7.5 Million in mere 6 Hours!
First of all, I won't give
my reviews, not until the 3rd of June! Good news is other prequels' starwars
site have a very positive review of Episode I. Also, Episode I made around
$7.5 Million
in its first 6 hours.If
you ask me, If the grossing continue constantly for one week, we shall
have $214.0 Mil
for its first week of opening, excluding the sneak preview shows, and ofcourse
we cannot based on my based on maths calculation figures as cinema won't
be opened 24 hours a day,eh? So, we can cut the figures into half and have
$107 Mil, the
target was $115 Mil.
Amazing isn't it? We shall know in another 4 days time after the final
figures came out.
Special
contribution to best buddy Spielberg?
This something good to watch out, During
the Senate scene, when the Queen calls for the vote of no confidence in
Chancellor Valorum, the camera does several quick jump cuts to various
delegates reacting in various ways (positive or negative for the vote).
at one point, a group of delegates is shown reacting in the foreground,
if you look below them and to you will be looking
down into the seating area of a delegation of 3...
E.T.'s. I'll have more news on this. Me, myself
haven't watch the movie.
check
this one out!
Coppola Defends Lucas
Francis Ford Coppola is one of George
Lucas’ oldest buddies. While talking to the AP, the director-writer-producer
responded to questions about how Lucas might be taking the mixed reviews
Phantom Menace has been getting. Coppola responded, "George worked
very hard on it. I know he's gotten some bad reviews, but he didn't slough
it off or anything. Nonetheless, it's going to be an extraordinary success.
It's all-out Star Wars. I don't think people really will be disappointed."
Star Wars and fanatic fans
Huh, not only star wars itself is an amazing
cool thing that ever happen, these fans are seemed cool too. Not to mention
how kick-ass the movie is.(as if i have watched em'), can't wait for the
it to be released here. Malaysian's fans aren't this fanatic maybe are
afraid of being too obsessive, mmm but i'm sure we will have to wait for
long ques for the tickets!!
Animal and Starwars: Pet Of The Force
See
anything familiar? I ot tis from my friend, and e told me that there is
a site containing pets with costumes.. mmm sounded like unique. I'll put
in the link to that site later.
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