Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Review

Postmodernism etc...look at previous and the peoples reviews ebooks

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Today we learnt about the Hermeneutic circle which is the bigger picture and the smaller details and the need to understand reference. To understand the text as a whole we must also learn the text in its smaller details that add up to the bigger picture.
The Era of the old Star Wars being 1977 and how the special effects and visual effects have changed from history to now e.g. the remastered Star Wars 2011.
We spoke about Death of the Author and whether the text is still theirs or not? And public conscience like existence after death..who owns the conceptual rights? Are they aloud to be brought back to life? What is the differences between George Lucas and new creators that are recreating the film and what did it mean to people and the legacy.
Should that be replaced or not?.
We saw that a lot of CGI scenes had been added to fill un shown gaps and more of the background through the buildings and better sound and more detailed effects and quality.
In the text 'Postmodernism and Film' there is a quote that states "The term 'Postmodernism' and Cinema, links together a particular historical period and a distinctive aesthetic style." (Constable,2015,Pg3) This could relate to how the backdrop of the environment is used more in the remaster and therefore provides a more colourful aesthetic as the corridors now have more artistic flair and sense of the surroundings which provides a reminder of the atmosphere and mood. Figure 2 shows the Cloud city Background.

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The other argument is that the audience actually own the film in a sense and that provides a lot of different opinions on the original and remaster for example this quote "however the changes to Empire are less obvious than those to Star Wars, which were subtle enough in their own right. There's nothing in the special edition that changes the scope or quality, or intent of the film, its a little bigger, and a little louder." (Berardinelli.J, 2018) This could then go on further to pronounce that it is an ancient relic now and that the movies are now dead.

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Others would argue that George Lucas use of splicing is why it became to be Hollywoods first conquering collage of genre. I realise that Star Wars is really a part of culture and thats why I looked to see what a culture editor had to say "Star Wars is a Western. Star Wars is a Samurai Movie. Star Wars is a war film. Star Wars is a fairy tail." (Wickerman,Slate Magazine,2018) This could be why Star Wars is living on now and hasn't ended and has been remastered e.t.c because of the culture aspect also and is perhaps why this is allowed also allowing the fans to see more details but really it is but its hard to know for sure as there will be a lot of opinions and therefore its hard to know what could be correctly tor bias allowing the individual to decide themselves.

Bibliography

Constable, C. (n.d.). Postmodernism and film.

Anon, (2018). [image] Available at: https://thequantumcretin.files.wordpress.com/2013/11/star-wars-empire-strikes-back.jpg [Accessed 21 Sep. 2018].

Anon, (2018). [online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=618&v=FmWjPoqEhzg [Accessed 21 Sep. 2018].

Berardinelli, J. (2018). Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back | Reelviews Movie Reviews. [online] Reelviews Movie Reviews. 

 Slate.com. (2018). [online] Available at: http://www.slate.com/content/dam/slate/articles/arts/culturebox/2015/12/star_wars/151212_CBOX_Star-Wars-02.jpg.CROP.promovar-mediumlarge.jpg