Star Wars coming to Blu Ray (UPDATE: August 30 2011, No! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!) — Page 300

SilverWook said:

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

Perhaps, but I can't help but side with her when she tirades about the ridiculousness of the phrase "raped my childhood". While you could argue about whether or not the phrase is technically correct, the inescapable fact is that the word "rape" has heavy baggage tacked onto it. To use it in reference to something as trivial as a movie is nothing short of irresponsible.

SilverWook said:

Johnboy3434 said:

Also, I just read about the Twitter debacle with Katie Lucas. I won't hold a single word against her, because anyone who would take their grievances to her is an asshole to begin with. If people came on my Facebook talking shit about my old man, I'd treat them like dirt too.

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

It was something like "The haters hate, and then they go buy it." So it was a taunt of sorts. Whatever. She is captured on film forever as a big blueberry alien.

http://images.wikia.com/starwars/images/0/03/Chi_Eekway.jpg

Johnboy3434 said:

SilverWook said:

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

Perhaps, but I can't help but side with her when she tirades about the ridiculousness of the phrase "raped my childhood". While you could argue about whether or not the phrase is technically correct, the inescapable fact is that the word "rape" has heavy baggage tacked onto it. To use it in reference to something as trivial as a movie is nothing short of irresponsible.

Meh. When I was growing up, I recall Celtics' radio announcer Johnny Most screaming "Bird was raped!", implying that Larry Bird was fouled and there was no call. Was I supposed to take that literally?

Is the phrase "my childhood was raped" too much? Of course. But does it really belittle people who have been raped? Was someone who was raped actually offended by a geek saying "George Lucas raped my childhood"? There's sensitivity, and then there's needless sensitivity. And it doesn't have to have sexual connotation.

Third definition: an act of plunder, violent seizure, or abuse; despoliation; violation: the rape of a countryside.

I would just like to see some evidence that "our" side has really used it in the last 10 years. It seems like they're the only ones keeping it alive.

Can anybody tell me if Aayla is still green in ROTS? I'd like to satisfy my perverse Twi'lek snuff fetish, but seeing her with green skin just turns me off. I'd be forever grateful to anyone who can give me the answer, and promise never to try luring their wives/girlfriends/daughters into my basement.

Looks like that boycott called by hardcore fans didn’t amount to much. Nor were buyers perturbed by some very controversial changes in the 9-disc Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga with 40 hours of extras. Instead, the Complete Saga on Blu-ray release broke global sales records with 1 million units sold and $84 million filling cash registers. It quickly becomes the #1 pre-order and #1 catalog title since the launch of the high-definition format. Needless to say, Lucasfilm Ltd and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are high-fiving today’s announcement that Star Wars is the bestselling catalog Blu-ray Disc of all time, including 515,000 units sold in North America in its first week alone. This worldwide consumer spend included $38 million in North America – unprecedented for a 9-disc Blu-ray collection at a premium price:

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/star-wars-complete-saga-on-blu-ray-breaks-global-sales-records/

I, for one, am SHOCKED.

Adium said:

 

Looks like that boycott called by hardcore fans didn’t amount to much. Nor were buyers perturbed by some very controversial changes in the 9-disc Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga with 40 hours of extras. Instead, the Complete Saga on Blu-ray release broke global sales records with 1 million units sold and $84 million filling cash registers. It quickly becomes the #1 pre-order and #1 catalog title since the launch of the high-definition format. Needless to say, Lucasfilm Ltd and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are high-fiving today’s announcement that Star Wars is the bestselling catalog Blu-ray Disc of all time, including 515,000 units sold in North America in its first week alone. This worldwide consumer spend included $38 million in North America – unprecedented for a 9-disc Blu-ray collection at a premium price:

 

 

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/star-wars-complete-saga-on-blu-ray-breaks-global-sales-records/

 

I, for one, am SHOCKED.

They're high-fiving at LFL. "Yipeee!"

Mr. Bungle said:

Johnboy3434 said:

SilverWook said:

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

Perhaps, but I can't help but side with her when she tirades about the ridiculousness of the phrase "raped my childhood". While you could argue about whether or not the phrase is technically correct, the inescapable fact is that the word "rape" has heavy baggage tacked onto it. To use it in reference to something as trivial as a movie is nothing short of irresponsible.

Meh. When I was growing up, I recall Celtics' radio announcer Johnny Most screaming "Bird was raped!", implying that Larry Bird was fouled and there was no call. Was I supposed to take that literally?

Is the phrase "my childhood was raped" too much? Of course. But does it really belittle people who have been raped? Was someone who was raped actually offended by a geek saying "George Lucas raped my childhood"? There's sensitivity, and then there's needless sensitivity.

Have you ever been raped?  Do you know anyone who has been raped?  If not, then you have no way to know the answer to your questions.

I must admit, perhaps in folly, that I thought the Blu-Ray release might actually be impacted by people's reaction to the leaked changes. I constantly hear people talking about the BDs and the changes on the street (I live in Toronto). Sadly, I guess this is not the case.

I'm not sure what to think, what to feel. Maybe I should be disappointed, or outraged, or kind of sad, or wistful, or something. Instead I kind of feel just nothing. 

Mr. Bungle said:

Adium said:

 

Looks like that boycott called by hardcore fans didn’t amount to much. Nor were buyers perturbed by some very controversial changes in the 9-disc Blu-ray release of Star Wars: The Complete Saga with 40 hours of extras. Instead, the Complete Saga on Blu-ray release broke global sales records with 1 million units sold and $84 million filling cash registers. It quickly becomes the #1 pre-order and #1 catalog title since the launch of the high-definition format. Needless to say, Lucasfilm Ltd and Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment are high-fiving today’s announcement that Star Wars is the bestselling catalog Blu-ray Disc of all time, including 515,000 units sold in North America in its first week alone. This worldwide consumer spend included $38 million in North America – unprecedented for a 9-disc Blu-ray collection at a premium price:

 

 

http://www.deadline.com/2011/09/star-wars-complete-saga-on-blu-ray-breaks-global-sales-records/

 

I, for one, am SHOCKED.

They're high-fiving at LFL. "Yipeee!"

That is so wizard!

twister111 said:

 

SilverWook said:

Johnboy3434 said:
Also, I just read about the Twitter debacle with Katie Lucas. I won't hold a single word against her, because anyone who would take their grievances to her is an asshole to begin with. If people came on my Facebook talking shit about my old man, I'd treat them like dirt too.

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

The thing about Katie Lucas' twitter is that she seems to want to use it for both promoting Lucasfilm and, Star Wars. Yet also have the freedom of a personal account where she can pretend to be an anon and, just backlash against people.

Recent Examples:

KRLgrrl tweeted:

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116588177812238336
Just FYI-- putting CGI in a movie, adding a line, or making an ewok blink does not qualify as sexual abuse, and referring to it as such

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116588318640177152
makes you a heartless bastard. I dare you to look a victim of sexual abuse in the eye and say that George Lucas raped your childhood.

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116588607095046146
Hate the movies, be mad about them, cry about them-but don't equate them with being sexually violated,

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116588742332006402
because thats not even in the realm of what happened to you. Its not cute, its not 'new' anymore, it doesn't make you look more clever

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116588901283540992
it makes you look STUPID. USE THE FUCKING DICTIONARY. RAPE IS NOT WHAT A MOVIE DID TO YOUR CHILDHOOD. End of story.

McSquiggins tweeted:

KRLgrrl tweeted:

McSquiggins tweeted:

KRLgrrl tweets:
http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116616805140799488

@trooperchick use the common sense your parents gave you. there is a difference between sexual abuse and changes to a movie.

http://twitter.com/#!/McSquiggins/status/116617929201688576
@KRLgrrl Apparently you don't understand what a "figure of speech" is. Let me help you out.

http://twitter.com/#!/McSquiggins/status/116618315828441089
@KRLgrrl In the phrase, "George Lucas' daughter seems like a hypocritical, insufferable cunt", the word "cunt" is a figure of speech.

http://twitter.com/#!/McSquiggins/status/116618439300358145
@KRLgrrl I don't actually think you're a walking, typing vagina. See how that works?

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116619274990260226
@McSquiggins oh that was helpful. but i actually do think you're a talentless prick.

http://twitter.com/#!/McSquiggins/status/116619724070207488
@KRLgrrl Talentless? Probably. But not all of us can ride our father's coattails to fame and fortune.

KRLgrrl tweeted:

McSquiggins tweeted:

KRLgrrl tweeted:

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116619801245384705
@McSquiggins oh, and for the record, so does everybody else. hence, the 7 followers.

http://twitter.com/#!/McSquiggins/status/116620175415050240
@KRLgrrl OH SNAP! I wish my daddy was famous too so I could have more followers. :'(

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/116619977653628928
@McSquiggins go shove your 'insufferable cunt' up your own insufferable cunt, you coward.

KRLgrrl tweeted:

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/114821509855453184
Do we have any predictions for this season of Clone Wars?

KRLgrrl tweeted:

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/114823821151830016
Prediction: It's going to be awesome.

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/114824254968709121
And i can tell you this, it IS going to be awesome! More than awesome! One of my favorite seasons to date #spoileralert

http://twitter.com/#!/KRLgrrl/status/114824580480253953
I have four episodes this season that will be airing later in the season! I'm so excited for you guys to see them!

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Yes what McSquiggins posted is completely unacceptable. However, she is the one that decided to not only bait things with obvious hot topic tweets. She also decided to escalate things referring to him as a "talentless prick" and, taking a stab at him for his follower count. Recently, I lost about 10 followers when, I was mainly just trying to friendly communicate with my followers. It doesn't make one a "talentless prick" for having a low follower count any more then her 2,082 followers automatically make her talented. While I don't begrudge her using her account to promote her work. It does make it more representative of what LFL allows for public representation. If it weren't for the fact that her dad is the boss she'd probably be fired by now. Regardless of public opinion escalating things and, defending her father's work are two different things. While I do feel sad that people decide to trash talk George Lucas via her accounts mentions. She's not faultless in this either.

 

HILARIOUS. Why she gets into it with people like that, I'll never understand. It's tempting and forgivable the first couple times, but she seems to do it a lot. My opinion is that she is baiting and antagonizing to boot. That makes her pretty unsympathetic in my book.

TV's Frink said:

Mr. Bungle said:

Johnboy3434 said:

SilverWook said:

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

Perhaps, but I can't help but side with her when she tirades about the ridiculousness of the phrase "raped my childhood". While you could argue about whether or not the phrase is technically correct, the inescapable fact is that the word "rape" has heavy baggage tacked onto it. To use it in reference to something as trivial as a movie is nothing short of irresponsible.

Meh. When I was growing up, I recall Celtics' radio announcer Johnny Most screaming "Bird was raped!", implying that Larry Bird was fouled and there was no call. Was I supposed to take that literally?

Is the phrase "my childhood was raped" too much? Of course. But does it really belittle people who have been raped? Was someone who was raped actually offended by a geek saying "George Lucas raped my childhood"? There's sensitivity, and then there's needless sensitivity.

 

Have you ever been raped?  Do you know anyone who has been raped?  If not, then you have no way to know the answer to your questions.

They were rhetorical questions.

If you have seen a beautiful landscape raped by the building of a hideous, unnecessary edifice the use of the term in the context that Star Wars fans sometimes use it becomes less of a problem.

It's a word.

Just because modern parlance has stripped it of it original usage (to seize and spoil) doesn't mean it becomes redundant in any other context.

Yes it's something that should be used carefully but seeing as these films are very important to people and are being treated so badly I think it's a valid use of the English language.

If the OUT was available to see theatrically and buy and not replaced by the SE of the hour, the use of the word to describe the SEs alone would be stupid as nobody would be forced to watch only the SEs.

Seeing as at least a generation of people can only see the original versions of these films via inferior copies or illegal means I defend that choice of words even if I wouldn't use them myself.

Funny she brought up using a fucking dictionary, because clearly she didn't:

rape (third-person singular simple present rapes, present participle raping, simple past and past participle raped)

1. To force sexual intercourse or other sexual activity upon another person, without their consent.
2. To abuse an object in an extreme manner.

   The loggers raped the virgin forest

3. (slang) To dominate in a contest.

   My experienced opponent will rape me at chess.

Mr. Bungle said:

TV's Frink said:

Mr. Bungle said:

Johnboy3434 said:

SilverWook said:

On the flip side of the same coin, wasn't she also posting tweets that could be interpreted as baiting angry fanboys?

Perhaps, but I can't help but side with her when she tirades about the ridiculousness of the phrase "raped my childhood". While you could argue about whether or not the phrase is technically correct, the inescapable fact is that the word "rape" has heavy baggage tacked onto it. To use it in reference to something as trivial as a movie is nothing short of irresponsible.

Meh. When I was growing up, I recall Celtics' radio announcer Johnny Most screaming "Bird was raped!", implying that Larry Bird was fouled and there was no call. Was I supposed to take that literally?

Is the phrase "my childhood was raped" too much? Of course. But does it really belittle people who have been raped? Was someone who was raped actually offended by a geek saying "George Lucas raped my childhood"? There's sensitivity, and then there's needless sensitivity.

 

Have you ever been raped?  Do you know anyone who has been raped?  If not, then you have no way to know the answer to your questions.

They were rhetorical questions.

Thanks for either missing or ignoring the point completely.