Okay, I'm going to ask this question. Where did the idea originate that they used a plate to cover the bottom of the Graflex? Maybe they used chrome tape from the very get-go?
I’d love to know this as well...
I think TFA graflex is the one Luke hands rey. I also think it’s the same one she pulls out of her back pack before she cuts the rock
Every other graflex we see (hero) is much shiner, and the grips look softer, like rubbery-er.. you can see where they are riveted in they are distorted
This is just my personal belief
They used both, but they used the newer graflex’s more..
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Always been some kind of air duct tape in my eyes, I like roys metal plate instead though, and on my builds use roys plate over tape
If you look back in one of these old threads when we got Blu-ray images of her pulling it out of her bag in TFA I took a picture of the tape my dad has, just enough reflection
We use it on our hvac ducts
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Just watched that scene from TFA again. The way you can see the D-ring reflect off of the bottom. You're right it certainly looks like chrome tape.
You mean here in this shot, right?
https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20180419/74d3e059b1c74e3d56065ac22e0f3ae6.jpg
It's reasonable to assume that this hero version is the same as the hero in TLJ.
I'm admittedly a rookie and it might be a dumbo question...but wouldn't it have been easier and cheaper just to get a graflex copy and cut it in half? I genuinely don't get why bits had to be CGI-d. I'm not that bothered by the result all that much, coz it'd probably only be a few seconds in the movie and not really apparent unless you study screencaps like here but just don't get the logic.
Had the same reaction when Vader was CGI-d on the Star Destroyer at the end of ROTS when they had the full costume and a set piece at their disposal...
It may not have planned as a CG shot, but once they looked at the footage they could have decided it needed help for a variety of reasons. Though again, choosing to spend time on the broke flex and creepy uncle, which were arguably fine, and letting all the close ups of that various stunt flexes go baffles me.
You can tell it looked different in the establishing shot, they probably weren't happy with how it looked.
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^ One of the pics ARKM posted on the previous page
100% agree with ya buddy.... especially the shot of kylo pulling the stunt threw snoke and rey catching it... kills me
The hero was really neglected in this film..
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I see a flat head screw holding the bulb release in place here
Eh - I'm not buying it. Everything above the grips looks computer altered to me.
Fascinating it certainly looks like one. So who all makes replicas with a flat head screw?
Could that perhaps be a reflection, instead?
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