I like how the darkness seems to be constantly eating off your face. I quickly figured I'd enjoy it more with all lights off, and I did.

You're a great actor. I'll watch it again soon to make sure I haven't missed anything (I did find it hard sometimes to understand what you said, especially while playing the piano), but the story is touching, and the way you filmed it made it all about how you'd act and show us your character. You nailed it, quite frankly.

It's with great shame that I must confess I have never read LotR either. I'll get them right after i'm done with a Song of Ice and Fire.

It did make some wonderful shots possible, though. Especially this kind, with bolts of lightning created by the smoke.

You guys are fucking insane. I wish I could have done this with you, but that'll be for a next time. Still popped in the chat for a while, though.

Congrats to everyone. You guys rule.

I loved what the said on www.ralphmcquarrie.com :

Anyway, I raise my glass to this guy. His matte paintings for the trilogy still amaze me.

Currently reading book 3 (A Storm of Swords) of A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin.

You don't count, you live in a wonderful place.

Seriously dude, I sometimes dream of what your night sky must look like.

Plus, auroras.

Looks amazing.

Jesus Christ, dude, your pano looks like a fucking Terragen render. I hate you. Can I please come live with you?

So I just made my own pano. I'm back at my parents' right now, and to be honest, the view is much more interesting than that from my apartment in Montpellier.

This is in a little town called Digne-les-Bains (now this could be a fun thing to hear you guys pronounce), south-eastern France, in what we call the pre-Alps. When you look south, you have the low hills of Provence, and when you look north, you can already see some high mountains. Quite a diverse landscape.

This Kids featurette video perfectly shows which audience Lucas has been aiming at for the last years. That's just sad, but it doesn't even shock me anymore.

I'll see it. I actually like the prequels, despite everything that's wrong with them. I agree with almost everything that's been said about them, I agree with everything that's been said in the Episode I DiF commentary, but I still like them, because... it's Star Wars.

I'm a young one here, I've discovered Star Wars with the prequels in 1999 - I was 8. When I watch the prequels, I don't watch movies as much as I enjoy being in the Star Wars universe. I've spent my adolescence being a SW fan (still am, but in a different way). Seeing the prequels that way prevents me from hating them. There may come a time when it stops - and I'll completely disconnect from Star Wars. But I don't wish that to happen anytime soon, because SW still is the universe I'm the most fond of.

So yeah, I'll see them. Because I love this universe, and because I just want to enjoy it on the big screen once again - although I don't care much for 3D.

And because I can't wait to see that awful Yoda puppet removed from Episode I. I'm not the kind of guys who think CGI is always better - but the Episode I Yoda is fucking terrible.

So just you guys know, I'm gonna do some overdriven guitar for the chorus, and hopefully, some quiet solo notes during the interlude.