You know the old saying. Fiction has to make sense, reality doesn't. Plus, while the book is an autobiography, that in no way means it is accurate. Bad memory and unconscious embellishments undoubtably had an effect, and what is striking on the page and in your mind may just not work up on the screen.

People in the biz don't take the tour, so are the last to hear these stories

Kids would get beat up less if, instead of saying they were in the school band, they just went around saying they were "in a band".

Well, has anyone seen Bigfoot since Salinger died? Just saying...

There was the hint of an attempt at this with Star Trek. When they brought the show back with the first movie, you had two new characters, Decker and the bald woman. They were gone at the end of the movie. Then, Savak was brought in... and then written out after two films and one scene in Voyage Home. There's no reason they couldn't have kept these characters and kept the film series fresh by rotating crew in and out. Well, apart from actor ego and the fans, that is

It's interesting. This is one of those movies which, while I know it's probably great, I've never had any interest in watching. Nothing about the idea was something I could see myself caring about. I'll have to see if I wait for the Netflix DVD, or just listen to the commentary without the film.

Hell, some of the TV series have actually been pretty good. There are existing stories to draw on if they really wanted to.

She only sang for a couple moments, and the other is mostly instrumental

What I find amusing is many think Disney has always done musicals, where as most of their animated films only have one, maybe two songs.

As long as this thread is open again, I had a thought regarding the "footprint in the snow". We all know these films were changed in the editing room, sometimes quite a bit. Is it at all possible that, according to the original shot list, that scene of the AT-AT's foot coming down WAS first? That it was later changed for pacing reasons? Whatever the intentions of the FX people, that all gets thrown out the window once things get deep into post production.