The Yoda I will always remember.

I am not religious, lol. I do not believe in any religion. I am not trying to convert anyone, I am just saying that if a person does not believe in the stories of this plant then why not give it a shot? Instead of getting mad about something many of you clearly do not know anything about. Scared of what it will show you? Yes, UM (Yoda voice).

I think calling it pseudoscience is hilarious because a person is experiencing something of science. A marvel of science. And when you guys find out, no need to apologize.

I met him in a swamp down in Dagobah
Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda
S-O-D-A, soda

I saw the little runt sitting there on a log
I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said "Yoda"
Y-O-D-A, Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Well, I've been around, but I ain't never seen
A guy who looks like a muppet, but he's wrinkled and green
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Well, I'm not dumb, but I can't understand
How he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Well, I left home just a week before
And I've never ever been a Jedi before
But Obi Wan, he set me straight, of course
He said, "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Force"

Well I'm not the kind that would argue with Ben
So it looks like I'm gonna start all over again
With my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

So I used the Force
I picked up a box
I lifted some rocks
While I stood on my head
But, I won't forget what Yoda said

He said, "Luke, stay away from the darker side
And if you start to go astray, let the Force be your guide"
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

"I know Darth Vader's really got you annoyed
But remember, if you kill him, then you'll be unemployed"
Oh, my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Well, I heard my friends really got in a mess
So I'm gonna have to leave Yoda I guess
But I know that I'll be coming back some day
I'll be playing this part 'till I'm old and gray

The long-term contract I had to sign
Says I'll be making these movies till the end of time
Oh with my Yoda
Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda
Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda
Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda
Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda

Couldn't agree more, Playhouse. Saw him live on his "Running with Scissors" tour and has been my second favorite concert so far (#1 was Yes, in-the-round).

And not only did he perform all his greats, run through multiple costume changes, but he also did two of my personal favorites: Yoda and One More Minute. Phenomenal show.

Watch me all Yoda that shit right out of there.

When I was 10 years old, I played with Star Wars figures. At some point, I lost two of the guns for two of the characters. So I wrote Kenner, the maker of the the Star Wars figures at the time, wondering if there was some way I could get just those two guns.

A few weeks later, I received a padded envelope in the mail. Someone at Kenner had received my letter, gone down to the supply area and hand scooped parts and accessories from the line. Not only did I get the two guns I was missing, but at least 8-10 dupes, 1-2 copies of every other type of gun, replacement plastic capes for Darth Vader, Obi Wan, Bespin Leia, the newer cloth capes, Yoda's plastic snake and walking stick, in-arm lightsabers, hand grip lightsabers, you name it, it was in that padded envelope - including stuff for figures I didn't even own.

Someone took five minutes out of their day and it made my year. I've never forgotten that lesson.

Yoda says water harmless real enemy will come!!

May the force be with you!!!

>> ^arekin:

Is that Yoda at the cave trolls birthday party?

Yes:
>> ^YouTubeDescription:

There are also two easter eggs for the highly observant out there! Who can spot Gollum, slinking in the shadows, and who can spot the Star Wars cameo?

Is that Yoda at the cave trolls birthday party?

With that walking stick and that hunch, looks more like Yoda.>> ^Kofi:

Gizmo was a Mogwai! Dear God

>> ^EvilDeathBee:

>> ^JiggaJonson:
@EvilDeathBee "reaching" ain't there yet. Still looks like a cartoon to me (probably bc I play too many games). And nomatter how good it gets, it will always look like the actors are talking to/interacting with empty air. Say what you will about animatronics and puppets but meeting a puppet's eyes is never a problem for actors.

Completely disagree. Did you seriously think Prometheus looked "cartoony"? Also, the CGI Yoda in the Blu-Ray Episode 1 was so much better than the rubbish puppet from the theatrical release (regardless of how shit the film is). No matter how good a puppet or animatronic is, it will always be limited in what it can do and especially how it animates.
And if and actor has trouble meeting the eyes of a digital character, that's poor setup, poor direction, poor editing and even poor acting. As I said, it's knowing when to use CGI and when to use puppets/animatronics/models. All can be blended to work well together, depends on the shot.

Ok, so the Yoda puppet was pretty shit, but I think I still prefer it to the CG one. Whether something is believable seems pretty binary to me. Its not as if either version really does a good job of hiding the man behind the curtain. Some CG I am totally fooled by. Backdrops, a lot of special effects but when it comes to something organic, something thats going to be the focus of the camera CG never really holds up. I've seen tech demos of CG faces, and tbh, I can't really tell the difference. I think the problem often is blending this CG in with the rest of the scene. Our brains seem very good at detecting inconsistency in lighting etc, too often CG elements really seem painted on top and it spoils the illusion. A lot of animatronic stuff matches CG in terms of its animation, but because its actually in the scene it never jumps out at you.

But hey, maybe one day our films will be made entirely in front of bluescreens. Pehraps the performers won't even have to wear makeup or costume, it'll all be superimposed on afterwards. For the moment I still think animatronics has the edge in realism.

Prometheus looked great to me - in 3d. But so did avatar and it loses a lot without 3d.

I have to say when i saw digital yoda hopping around for the first time i burst out laughing. I think it looked utterly rediculous.

>> ^JiggaJonson:

@EvilDeathBee "reaching" ain't there yet. Still looks like a cartoon to me (probably bc I play too many games). And nomatter how good it gets, it will always look like the actors are talking to/interacting with empty air. Say what you will about animatronics and puppets but meeting a puppet's eyes is never a problem for actors.


Completely disagree. Did you seriously think Prometheus looked "cartoony"? Also, the CGI Yoda in the Blu-Ray Episode 1 was so much better than the rubbish puppet from the theatrical release (regardless of how shit the film is). No matter how good a puppet or animatronic is, it will always be limited in what it can do and especially how it animates.
And if and actor has trouble meeting the eyes of a digital character, that's poor setup, poor direction, poor editing and even poor acting. As I said, it's knowing when to use CGI and when to use puppets/animatronics/models. All can be blended to work well together, depends on the shot.

Yes, the same one. VS will approve the code (with a different ID and not a dupe), but after it changes it for the final submission, then it gets rejected to say code is invalid.

In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
Are we talking about the same video? The one in the post is

Speaking Correct Order of Words Yoda Is
http://vimeo.com/39507943

...which was posted by critical_d here - http://videosift.com/video/Speaking-Correct-Order-of-Words-Yoda-Is
When I modify the clip ID to one that hasn't posted, I get something like:

<br /> &lt;object width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;281&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowfullscreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowscriptaccess&quot; value=&quot;always&quot; /&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=39507943&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;
color=FFFFFF&am">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=39507943&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portr
ait=0&amp;amp;color=FFFFFF&am</a><br /> p;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&amp;amp;wmode=transparent&quot; /&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;<a rel="nofollow" href="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=39507943&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_portrait=0&amp;amp;
color=FFFFFF&amp;">http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=39507943&amp;amp;show_title=0&amp;amp;show_byline=0&amp;amp;show_por
trait=0&amp;amp;color=FFFFFF&amp;</a><br /> amp;fullscreen=1&amp;amp;autoplay=0&amp;amp;loop=0&amp;amp;wmode=transparent&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; allowscriptaccess=&quot;always&quot; width=&quot;500&quot; height=&quot;281&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;<br />

Which ends up as:


The thing to notice is that the clip_id= parameter is the same id as the original URL, so it's easy enough to modify one embed for another video.

In reply to this comment by ant:
Weird, VS didn't even tell me it was a dupe.


In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
What was the original vimeo URL? That embed does seem to be missing a few bits...
In reply to this comment by ant:
>> ^oritteropo:

Try this:
Open the submit page (not just the pop-up box)

• Paste vimeo URL into the embed box
  
• Hit "validate embed"
  
• Copy transmogrified embed
  
• Paste as comment on your profile
  

Are we talking about the same video? The one in the post is

Speaking Correct Order of Words Yoda Is
http://vimeo.com/39507943

...which was posted by critical_d here - http://videosift.com/video/Speaking-Correct-Order-of-Words-Yoda-Is
When I modify the clip ID to one that hasn't posted, I get something like:


<object width="500" height="281"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=39507943&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=FFFFFF&am
p;amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;wmode=transparent" /><embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=39507943&amp;show_title=0&amp;show_byline=0&amp;show_portrait=0&amp;color=FFFFFF&
amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;wmode=transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="500" height="281"></embed></object>


Which ends up as:


The thing to notice is that the clip_id= parameter is the same id as the original URL, so it's easy enough to modify one embed for another video.

In reply to this comment by ant:
Weird, VS didn't even tell me it was a dupe.


In reply to this comment by oritteropo:
What was the original vimeo URL? That embed does seem to be missing a few bits...
In reply to this comment by ant:
>> ^oritteropo:

Try this:
Open the submit page (not just the pop-up box)

• Paste vimeo URL into the embed box
  
• Hit "validate embed"
  
• Copy transmogrified embed
  
• Paste as comment on your profile