DuracellEnergizer

Prior to the PT, there really was a stark difference between the Sith and Dark Jedi (the EU of the 90's depicted the ancient Sith as more of a race than an organisation, and they weilded alchemically-forged swords instead of lightsabers), but Lucas along with the lamebrain EU writers who followed in his wake watered them both down into a monogamous pile of blandness.

That's First Men in the Moon, you fallacious felon =P

Before yesterday, I'd never seen anything with the actress Inger Stevens in it - I didn't even know who she was.

But then yesterday I saw both The World, the Flesh, and the Devil and then, hours later, The Twilight Zone episode "The Hitch-Hiker" - both of which featured her in a starring role; I didn't know that going into the episode, I just tuned in, and WHAM!, there she was.

It may be illogical, and I may come off as being less than serious here, but this is really the closest thing to a religious/spiritual experience I've had in some time. Now I'm starting to think there may actually be something to the whole notion of synchronicity.

The "Jedi vs. Sith" thing is played out and tired. If they need evil Force-users to appear in the ST, then they can use Dark Jedi or come up with a new darkside religion.

Jaitea said:

Jonno said:

i tried holding my breath when luke was under the water and i couldnt do it why didnt he die

Don't forget walking out of the Falcon without pressure suits in the belly of a space slug in ESB

To get round these scientific flaws I suppose you could say (apart from it's only a movie) that it's set 'A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away' and although the term 'human' is used in the films, the characters have a different biology to us

J

Genesis 2:18 (King James Version) said:

And the LORD God said, It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.

cain spaans said:

I don't care what Disney does as long as they don't rerelease the holiday special or make a new one because that will be a nightmare.

imperialscum said:

I was under the assumption that there isn't a sane person who would prefer a few new stupid changes to 2004 version (which is already on DVD).

^WRONG ACTOR!

imperialscum said:

TV's Frink said:

imperialscum said:

asterisk8 said:

What are you reading?

originaltilogy.com forums, mostly.

Ah, but I'm the one who isn't funny.

I was hoping you would notice it. :)

The difference between me and you is that my post is completely on topic and is not disrespectful. :p

LOL

BRUCE MCCULLOCH - ERASERHEAD


I walk around the house ... drunk. I'm wearing women's slippers. Man, I must be a sight to behold. But I'm not quite sure; I lost my mirror. And the pizza I ordered offers no reflection.

I walk around the house. I think about people who have fouled me and therefore should die. But then, I think of all the interesting crafts you can make with toilet paper rolls.

Once a year, I get drunk in a darkened house, for a week. I get drunk and watch ... Eraserhead, as I think we all do sometimes. It's my vacation.

Once a year I have a little black and white drunk-a-thon. No phones; not a single luxury. My horoscrope has been suspended. Loud, industrial noises.

The first three days I just watch. Well, I *drink* and watch ... Eraserhead.

The third and fourth day I find myself pacing, circling the TV, looking at the glow from behind. I'll pause for a pizza. I won't eat it; I just order it to prove I'm still -- in control. Eraserhead.

By the end of the week, I interact with this majestic little film. Not so much words as -- gesticulations. I kiss the screen. I rub my buttered belly on the screen, as I think we all do sometimes.

I roam around the house. The darkened, drunken house. Sometimes, and this has got to be an hour before dawn, I put a rose up my bum. You know, the business end sticking out. And I sort of improvise a playful dance in my surroundings. "La la la la la la la Eraserheeead.

If you were there, in my house, you could follow a trail of those rose petals, and they would lead to me. Curled up, fetal position, quivering, crying, my teeth chattering, industrial, Eraserhead-type noises coming from inside ... me.

And as you pick me up, and wrap me in a blanket, my vacation would be -- complete.

This behaviour might disturb me if Eraserhead weren't such a fine little film. Don'tcha think?

Seeing as the term "Star Wars Saga" existed long before the prequels were ever made and that "Tragedy of Darth Vader" bullshit was made up, all I can say to those TF.Ners is this

It annoys me when people identify this



as a werewolf. He is not a werewolf! He is a werecat! How can so many people not get this!? I knew it that first time I saw the music video, and I was only in the 2nd Grade! For Godssakes, just look at the eyes - what wolf has slit-shaped pupils?!

AntcuFaalb said:

This is <span style="text-decoration: underline;">terrifying</span>.

Here are the books I've read - and have tried to read - recently.

Dune by Frank Herbert

I really enjoyed this book. Strange thing is that I don't now what, exactly, it was about the novel I enjoyed so much; perhaps it was no single major thing - or things - but several small things working together.

I'm certainly going to buy a copy should I ever happen upon one, and I'm certainly going to go ahead and read the first sequel.

Fright Time #1 by various

Knowing this was a kids' book, I didn't go into it expecting stellar Stephen King-level material. Still, this has to be the lamest juvenile horror I've ever read, and I've read lots of R. L. Stine. Each of the three stories was weak - especially the second one, where a bunch of evil trolls and their robot annihilators(!) came out some artist's scanner.

Suffice it to say, I'm not keeping my copy, cool cover art notwithstanding.

Fright Time #11 by various

Unlike the above-mentioned entry in the series, this book actually contained some actually decent stories (the one with the albino ghouls was particularly interesting).

Unfortunately, it's not a book that I consider keep-worthy - especially in light of the limited shelf space I have available - so it goes.

The Death and Life of Superman by Roger Stern

The only reason I decided to buy and read this book was because I was hoping to get a version of the story that differed noticeably from the version told in the comics. Once I realised I was just getting the comics' story in novel form, I stopped reading; I've got better things to do (and read) than go over a story I've already gone over before in a more interesting format.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds by various

I had an epiphany while reading through this book - I have no interest in any Star Trek EU that takes place outside of the TOS era, none whatsoever; and all but about five of the stories in this collection are TNG/DS9/VOY-centric.

So, with that in mind, I stopped reading and I plan on getting rid of my copy (along with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds II, which I also - stupidly - bought).

Independence Day: Silent Zone by Stephen Molstad

The story was interesting at first, by it lost its energy halfway through and ended on a flat note. It was nice to get some insight into the aliens' culture/history/technology, though, so it wasn't what I would call a waste of time.

On Writing: A Memoir on the Craft by Stephen King

I regret buying this book. Not because it was bad by any means - it was fairly entertaining and insightful - but it really isn't something I can see myself reading again.

All in all, I convinced more than ever I should take a book out from the library and read it before deciding to buy it.

Cthulhuoids and hairy man-ass together in one image ...

DominicCobb said:

Production design and costume design are awful. Script is horrendous. Cinematography and editing is pretty dumb in some parts. Acting sucks all around, not just because of the material. 

To show that Georgey didn't have it all planned out from the beginning like he claims?

Of course, I'm sure everyone who frequents these forums is well aware of that by now, so ... *shrug*

I give it a 2 for enjoyability (I don't hate it quite enough to make it a 1), and 3 for technical quality (the special effects and cinematography are okay, even if the writing isn't, and the actors did the best they could with the material they were given (well, maybe not Thurman and John Glover)).

Perhaps he's just trying to drive home the point that Georgey's stupid idea to make Anakin Christ wasn't an idea he had come up with during the writing of the OT.

Col. Jack O'Neil vs. MacGyver (? ???? CE)

DominicCobb said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

*I've changed the way I rate movies. I've decided to abandon rating films based soley on how much I like them; now I'm going to take the overall technical quality of the films into account as well. So in other worlds, my final ten-star rating is actually two five-star ratings combined - one for how much I enjoyed the actual movie, the other for how well I feel the movie was made.

I like it.

Heilemann said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

ATMachine said:

TOSCHESTATION on the TFN forums pointed out that early on in the book, Rinzler digs up a snippet of plot notes by Lucas which appear to be "pre-Empire":

"The Emperor is the evil one - he kills Luke's father. Vader begs Luke to kill him - he does."

These notes would appear to come from the liminal stage between ANH and ESB, when Lucas was reconsidering both the backstory of Father Skywalker and the notion that Vader was a dyed-in-the-wool irredeemable villain. But the obvious solution--to combine the two ideas into Father Vader--hadn't quite gelled yet.

Hmm ... interesting. IMO, this only makes Georgey's failure to create complex villains for the PT all the more pathetic.

 

Eh, what!?

imperialscum said:

He isn't sacred of Vader.