Anchorhead

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Join date: 12-Jun-2005
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Post: #122011
Topic: "Oh, Thank the Maker!"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/122011/action/topic#122011
Time: 9-Jul-2005 3:28 AM

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Originally posted by: Mavimao

There's an easy answer to all of this:

C-3PO was never built by Anakin. Just erase that from your memory banks. It never existed. Why George Lucas decided to do that in the PT is beyond me...

Post: #121201
Topic: I'm liking the prequels more and more....
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121201/action/topic#121201
Time: 6-Jul-2005 4:03 AM

For me, along with their strengths and best score in my opinion;

Jerry Goldsmith - tension and atmosphere. Alien, 1979
John Williams - drama and fanfare. Star Wars, 1977
John Barry - weight and drama. Dances With Wolves, 1990
Bernard Herrmann - mystery. Vertigo. 1958

Post: #120949
Topic: What about you? The moment when you "divorced" from the Lucas policy about SW?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120949/action/topic#120949
Time: 5-Jul-2005 5:08 AM

I said goodbye to anything new regarding Star Wars in 1983. Return Of The Jedi was so bad, that I knew back then that the first two films were all I would ever care to see. Of all that has been done since, I've only seen Phantom Menace. I decided to give him one more chance. That's seven dollars I wish I had back.

No big deal really. I can watch the original version of the first film whenever I want and I listen to the original soundtrack several times a year. That's all I need, so I'm happy. Fact is, I haven't seen Empire Strikes Back in about 6 years.

Star Wars circa 1977 is all I'm really interested in.

Post: #120744
Topic: Did George actually have an "original vision?"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120744/action/topic#120744
Time: 3-Jul-2005 10:30 PM

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Originally posted by: fans own the trilogy
Well if you did any digging yourself you could easily find information that contradicts his statement of having it all planned out before hand.

Shimraa is only interested in contradicting the people who post on this board.
Contradiction gives Shimraa a feeling of control - the ability to cause agitation and generate debate.
All boards, regardless of their subject matter, have a few people like Shimraa. People who take an opposing stance solely for the purpose of keeping things stirred up. It's empowering for them. Someone who really likes all 6 films the way they are now, has no real reason to be on this board. However, if Shimraa were to go on the other boards where there were people who felt the same way, he\she would be lost in the crowd. Here, Shimraa gets to stand out, to have an identity, to have control.

Post: #120387
Topic: The Annie Angst Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120387/action/topic#120387
Time: 1-Jul-2005 9:28 PM

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Originally posted by: oojason
Anchorhead - Tis a good job Hayden didn't get a job opposite William Shatner on Trek - imagine the... long pauses... between... the... words... - for dramatic effect

That!...
wouldhavebeen...kind
of
strange..
Bones!

Post: #120296
Topic: The Annie Angst Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120296/action/topic#120296
Time: 1-Jul-2005 11:52 AM

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Originally posted by: oojason
Hayden may look a little mean and angst ridden - though his acting/delivery/ability left a lot to be desired

He always ...sounds...like...he's...reading...from...

*turns page*

..a...script.

Portman is even worse than he is.

Post: #120295
Topic: From a Certain point of View...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120295/action/topic#120295
Time: 1-Jul-2005 11:39 AM

Yes

Post: #120292
Topic: From a Certain point of View...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/120292/action/topic#120292
Time: 1-Jul-2005 11:30 AM

There was no saga to release in any kind of order . There was a single film - Star Wars. In 1977, he released all there was of the story .

Post: #119938
Topic: Anakin & Obi-Wan: The Friendship We Never Really Saw
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119938/action/topic#119938
Time: 30-Jun-2005 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by: Shimraa
...but how would you have liked them to portray it.

Post: #119839
Topic: Question...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119839/action/topic#119839
Time: 30-Jun-2005 6:56 AM

Originals only, for me.
Then I'd break up the set and give ROTJ away.

Post: #119832
Topic: The Prequels - my personal opinion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119832/action/topic#119832
Time: 30-Jun-2005 6:16 AM

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Originally posted by: Mavimao
...to demonstrate how "wonderful" Jar Jar was, they wrote in captions under a picture: "Look how his fingers curve around the door realistically!" Ooo. How exciting.

Post: #119804
Topic: Did George actually have an "original vision?"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119804/action/topic#119804
Time: 30-Jun-2005 3:44 AM

Just one movie, just it's story. Read his early drafts. They aren't part of some grand saga. Nor do they lend themselves to becoming one. Which is clearly obvious in how the movies aren't even close to consistent from one to the next. The plot holes (what little plot there is) out him as a liar.
Around 1980, he made the switch from filmmaker to businessman.

Post: #119577
Topic: Six DVD set to look like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119577/action/topic#119577
Time: 29-Jun-2005 8:41 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
How does combining the two really hurt the sales situation...

Because there would only be one thing to buy. If he makes it so there's two things to buy, people will buy both. No matter how similar the two are.

Post: #119523
Topic: Six DVD set to look like this?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119523/action/topic#119523
Time: 29-Jun-2005 3:42 AM

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Originally posted by: Zebonka
Isn't it funny how GL means both George Lucas and Good Lord.

Or,
Greedy Lardass

Post: #119504
Topic: Empire of Dreams on A&E last night
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119504/action/topic#119504
Time: 29-Jun-2005 12:15 AM

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Originally posted by: Max Reebo Rocks
..it's crazy to think that much of the model work and other SFX discussed in that documentary is now obselete thanks to the Special Editions...I know this has been discussed ad nauseum but it never ceases to amaze me that more people aren't pissed off about Lucas steadfastly refusing to release the OOT on DVD.

Maybe alot of people have given in to thinking there's no way to see the original film so they've just accepted that it'll soon be gone forever . Until recently, I had. The only difference was that I refused to watch the altered versions(never have, never will). I was content to keep my LD copies of the original until I could find a way to convert it - watch my VHS of the original once every few years so the tape wouldn't wear out or get damaged - and to listen to the soundtrack every few months.

It wasn't until I started to try to find someone to convert the LD to DVD for me, that I stumbled onto this site.

Post: #119234
Topic: Just an idea I thought of a coordinated effort to inform SW forum members of the OOT preservation efforts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119234/action/topic#119234
Time: 28-Jun-2005 6:32 AM

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father I have so far bought the O-OT legally on VHS 3 times...therefore I consider my LD rips to be backup copies

LFL isn't really interested in what you consider your LD rips to be.
They'll be interested in stopping us from getting the movies we want.

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I have no worries about the legalities or morals of our cause and drawing attention to it is what we need to do, not hide away worried about getting sued (which we won't be).

Better be careful. You may end up making "a deal that'll keep the Empire out of here forever".

Post: #119146
Topic: The Prequels - my personal opinion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119146/action/topic#119146
Time: 27-Jun-2005 10:25 PM

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Originally posted by: Mavimao
Gary Kurtz gave a calm and fruitful balance to George's wild imagination and created history. Without Kurtz, the star wars movies became bloated with commercialization and weak plots.

Excellent point.

Post: #119136
Topic: A revised opinion of George Lucas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119136/action/topic#119136
Time: 27-Jun-2005 9:55 PM

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
In 1999 I painted a portrait of a friend ....6 years after the painting was originally completed, I started to put together an updated portfolio ...I wanted to include what I considered to be one of my best pieces, but I didn't want to include the faults, so I took a high res photograph of the portrait, loaded it into photoshop and got to work rescaling the messed up perspective...

You're misrepresenting yourself to prospective clients.

Post: #119129
Topic: A revised opinion of George Lucas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/119129/action/topic#119129
Time: 27-Jun-2005 9:46 PM

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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: Caster

So before you go insult/bash Lucas again, remember.... He's offering you Diet Coke..... Do you accept the Diet Coke and thank him, or do you whine about the fact that it's diet?

You say "No thank you George, but I'd prefer a regular Coke. A Coke Classic I think they call it. Its a good thing that I have the option...

Post: #118936
Topic: Just an idea I thought of a coordinated effort to inform SW forum members of the OOT preservation efforts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118936/action/topic#118936
Time: 27-Jun-2005 1:05 PM

" Our operation is small enough not to be noticed, which is advantageous for everybody -
since our customers are anxious to avoid attracting attention to themselves."

Post: #118908
Topic: A revised opinion of George Lucas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118908/action/topic#118908
Time: 27-Jun-2005 11:41 AM

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Originally posted by: starkiller
You better come in again.

You'll have to say the bit about - Our chief weapons are ...

Post: #118812
Topic: A revised opinion of George Lucas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118812/action/topic#118812
Time: 27-Jun-2005 6:40 AM

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Originally posted by: greencapt
I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition!

"NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise....
Our two weapons are fear and surprise... and ruthless efficiency....
Our three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency..."

Post: #118790
Topic: A revised opinion of George Lucas
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118790/action/topic#118790
Time: 27-Jun-2005 3:26 AM

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Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas
... it's not just a matter of disrespect towards the fans who'se devotion to StarWars helped him to get the possibility to do what he's able to do today, it's also a matter of disrespect towards all the participants in the StarWars project, which was a collaborative effort. George Lucas seems to think that he's a master at everything film......he has forgotten that he's not the only person to be credited for his immense success.....Nowadays it's just more about him and toy sale figures

Post: #118627
Topic: I haven't watched a SW movie since midnight ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118627/action/topic#118627
Time: 26-Jun-2005 2:18 PM

Post: #118273
Topic: George and, Hayden interview
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/118273/action/topic#118273
Time: 25-Jun-2005 12:43 AM

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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
Yeah. How does George get so damned lucky? My guess is that, if a tough interview does come along, Rick McCallum comes around later, kills the interviewer, hides the body, takes the tape, and destroys it, so no one will know the interview ever took place.

Actually, they'd just take the tape, convert it to a digital image, and in place of the interviewer, they'd CGI Jar Jar singing "somewhere over the rainbow....".