- Post
- #417351
- Topic
- The 100,000 Posts Topic!
- Link
- https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/417351/action/topic#417351
- Time
In celebration of this 100,000 post milestone, I provide a link to one of the posts that got us here.
In celebration of this 100,000 post milestone, I provide a link to one of the posts that got us here.
Jeez. We've had a clutch of celebrity deaths lately.
CO said:
As a kid growing up in the early 80's:
1. Star Wars2. Jedi
3. Empire
As an adult:
1. Empire2. Star Wars
3. Jedi
I see what ya did there, CO.
Wow. I'm pretty shocked.
KOTOR 1 and 2 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic) are video games for the XBOX. Completing each game takes dozens of hours. Replaying several quests many times is sometimes necessary. The voice acting is good, not great, the graphics are good by 2001 standards, and some missions take you out of the story from time to time.
Despite these shortcomings, both of these games smoke the hell out of any of the prequels; hence my inclusion of both on my movies list. As video games, they're better than any Star Wars movie made since 1983. Therefore, they go on my list.
Mielr! You're supposed to do all six, like I did in post #2.
STINKY!!
TV's Frink said:
Yeah, remember the VOPT, or Murder! at Jay's Place, or OT.com LOST, or The Free Puppy Thing, or...
Did I miss any?
Allow me to take these in turn:
1) VOPT - ORIGINAL Post Trilogy. I made all three posts. I did renege on doing the Prequels, but I mean, come on! I had to watch that garbage again to do the jokes, and there just isn't enough alcohol in the world to get me to watch them again, except in fan edit form.
2) MURDER at the Sylvester Estate - I have no defense for this one. I just preferred not to inflict a LOST-esque finale on the board and take lumps for that, so I instead elected to take lumps for that. Speaking of LOST...
3) OT.com's LOST - this was never intended to be anything serial. I threw it out there to see if anyone else wanted to NNRRPPB! on this board, and it quickly deteriorated into more gun/anti-gun stuff. Therefore, I left it alone.
4) The Free Puppy was to be given to participants in the Greatest Song Ever search. Only myself, bkev, and MothThreeAre presented a list, which is hardly a good sampling of posters.
The only item on the above list I deserve to get nailed for is MURDER at Jay's.
Yes, but that was under the old regime at VFPacom. The new network and CEO is committed to giving Programming a longer leash. Here, I have a quote given at an industry summit from March of this year:
CEO of VFPBC, Arch Merkner (pictured below):
"I like Internet forum shows"
I haven't voted yet, but I have no qualms in admitting that my vote is for sale.
I'm just sure the Korn-stuff is coming, and I know how sensitive CM is to blue material.
CM! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, DO NOT ANSWER! AGAIN, I REPEAT: DO NOT ANSWER THAT QUESTION!!
My people already have a deal with tvbracket, the UK's number one brand for tvbrackets. But thanks for the personal appeal.
Why don't you post more, tvbracket?
So...The VFP Show? Anyone else?
Here are some high(low)lights from the Fridge Brilliance page:
I just noticed something about the titles of the Star Wars films. Compare:
- The Phantom Menace - A New Hope, both refer to a person of importance.
- Attack of The Clones - The Empire Strikes Back, both refer to attacking.
Revenge of The Sith - Return of The Jedi, both refer to an old power coming back
While I was always far more forgiving toward the prequels than many people, one part that seemed too dumb to put up with was Anakin's conception: Jesus rip off? Born of The Force? Gimme a break. But then Palpatine explained his master's preoccupation, and the stupidest part of the prequel trilogy suddenly became the most ingenious.
At first I thought the midichlorians in Star Wars was a stupid way to explain away the Force. But then I realized that Star Wars is a combination of science fiction and fantasy, with your wizards flying in starships and whatnot. So, the magic of the Force having scientific roots is very fitting, and it explains why everybody in the Star Wars universe doesn't use the Force, because they can't. Even then, the Force is not generated by the midichlorians, the Force is still that mystical energy that surrounds and binds us, but the best way for humans to use it is to quiet your mind and listen to your midichlorians, who just happen to be the best conductors of the energetic Force.
Also, don't forget that the way one becomes the Sith Master is by killing the previous Sith Master. And at the end of Return of the Jedi, Darth Vader kills Palpatine followed by Luke killing Vader (by removing his helmet). So one could argue that at the end, Luke is both the last remaining Jedi AND the last remaining Sith.
Up until ROTS, this troper used to think Vader's black lenses were just that. But as his mask is being lowered, we see the lenses show red and black LCD. Red and black were the two dominant colors of Mustafar, so as Vader, Anakin sees the world looking just like the one which changed him forever. It lends a greater impact to his line "Let me look on you with my own eyes".
I realized something about the OT: Luke's first and last spoken lines in the OT have to do with choice. In ANH, when we first meet Luke, his Aunt Beru asks him to remind him to tell his Uncle Owen to make sure a translator droid can speak Bocce, to which Luke says "Doesn't look like we have much of a choice, but I'll remind him". And towards the end of ROTJ, he says "Father, I won't leave you" as his redeemed father Anakin dies.
EVERYBODY STOB IT! STOB IT NOW!!
Sadly, GKS is nowhere to be seen.
NO!!!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
...I will not sacrifice the Holocron. I've made too many compromises already, too many edits. The Korn/Corn/Bananas invade my thread, and I fall back. They show up all over the internets, and we fall back. Not again. The line must be drawn HERE! THIS far! NO further!! I....will make them PAY! for what they've done!!!
Holocron updated!!
I'm not defining...that.
**
I wish I had written that. It's hilarious.
You all, everybody
You all, everybody
Acting like you're stupid people
Wearing 'spensive clothes
You all, everybody
You all, everybody
You all, everybody
Everybody did a TV show
Everybody watched for six straight years
Everybody waits for a big fab end
Now everybody really doesn't know
what the hell happened on the island, yeah
they're just all dead down in a church
CHORUS
I'm glad I watched episodes for free
All I lost was a little time
with no DVD sets here to sell
I'd be ticked if I started watching
Time invested without a real payoff
I hate you, LOST, I hate hate hate you
Some of this was made up.
The person responsible for that graphic must have been my cousin Mickey. When we were kids he would insist that Han Solo was played by Billy Dee Williams and Lando Calrissian was played by Harrison Ford. He said it with such conviction I wondered then if I had the names right.
I admit it, I missed the joke. Besides, you were probably coming on to Ted, not me.
Davnes, you do remember that you're on OT right now and not NNRRPPBB, right?