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#299561
Topic
Steven Colbert Running for President!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299561/action/topic#299561
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The states are doing a shitty job with health care too. My "red" state restricts what policies you can buy based on geography. If I want better health care I need to move. Even five miles north into a different county would open up better options for me. And the more and more health care saps out of my self-employed pocket (already past $10k this year and still bleeding), the more moving looks like a viable option.
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#298688
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Movies you watch during the Halloween season
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298688/action/topic#298688
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Am I the only one here who commits to the old Universal Pictures horror classics with Lugosi, Karloff, Chaney, Rains, etc.? I just kicked off the Holiday Season with Dracula (1931) last night. I have a special folio where all my Halloween-themed DVDs are kept, and they only see the light of day during October. Here's what's in my collection:

Corpse Bride, The
Creature From the Black Lagoon, The
Crow, The
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1932, 1941)
Dracula (1931, 1977, 1992)
Frankenstein (1931, 1994)
Frankenstein, Bride of (& other sequels)
Halloween I & II
Halloween is Grinch Night
Ichabod & Mr. Toad
Invisible Man, The (1933)
It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
King Kong (1933), Son of Kong
Mummy, The (1932)
Nightmare Before Christmas, The
Nosferatu (1922)
Old Dark House, The
Phantom of the Opera (1925, 1943)
Sleepy Hollow (1999)
The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror (1-7, 12, increasing every time a new season is released)
Werewolf of London, The
Wolf Man, The
Young Frankenstein

I'm surprised that a few of those more modern flicks haven't gotten a mention before now.

I also have some "See Also" films that are very Halloween-friendly that aren't in my October-only collection:
Batman, Batman Forever (Returns is in my Christmas "See Also" cross-reference)
Beetlejuice
E.T.
Ed Wood
Edward Scissorhands
Ghostbusters
Hannibal Lecter movies
Harry Potter movies
King Kong (2005)
Practical Magic
Psycho
The Day The Earth Stood Still
The Goonies
The Mummy (1999)
The Shining
Willy Wonka
Wizard of Oz

Not surprisingly, there's a lot of Tim Burton stuff on the list.
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#298350
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Bionic Woman 2007
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298350/action/topic#298350
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I think the only really great comedies to come out in recent years were Arrested Development, Earl and Psych. I think it is interesting that all three ditch the laugh track and let you get the jokes on your own. Not to mention they're all incredibly "smart" comedies, and Earl cleverly disguises it by having all the characters (except Darnell) dumb as shit.

The Office and Scrubs in particular never gelled with me. The sitcom is, in a word, dead. Two and Half Men? Give me a break, CBS, that forced claptrap would have been bad back in the day, it's no better now.

I'm finding better fare on FX and USA than HBO these days. Now that Big Love is on hiatus I'm going to drop HBO for a while. FX meanwhile gives really deep character dramas like The Shield and Rescue Me, while USA's Burn Notice was the best Action/Comedy since Magnum P.I. I'm still giving props to Jericho though ... y'all HAVE to watch that show before the new season starts.
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#298259
Topic
Bionic Woman 2007
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298259/action/topic#298259
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That's right. It's another pointless "re-envisioning" because there are too many channels and not enough creative ideas.

Can you imagine if there were still only four networks including PBS and all the good shows were on with all the crap relegated to the dustbin of history? We'd never have a reason to get off the couch and take a walk.
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#298179
Topic
ADigitalMan's Guide to MPEG2/AC3 Editing
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298179/action/topic#298179
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Go with PCM, and then use that file as a reference for re-creating a 5.1 file in Vegas. MPEG audio is pretty nasty.

You shouldn't be using this process to do a GOUT/PCM transfer though. Instead: Go here and here. Womble is really designed to edit streams without the need to recompress. If you're re-synching the GOUT to the LD PCM, you should use different methods. I've done this recently myself.
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#298176
Topic
Prequelize the OT
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298176/action/topic#298176
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I normally eschew cross-posting, but this one merits it, and I'm embellishing what I put in the other thread in the interest of originality ...

Imagine the completed scene with Luke, Biggs and Red Leader, with Red Leader being a youngling who escaped Anakin's wrath:
Biggs: "Sir, Luke is the best bush pilot in the outer rim."
Red Leader: "Skywalker? I knew your father when I was a boy. Real asshole. Killed all my classmates. Good pilot though ... If you're half the man he was ... well, come to think of it, HE is half the man he was. I'll explain after we blow up the Death Star and kill Vader. Meanwhile, don't worry. You'll do well."

Or maybe Red Leader had nothing to do with the Jedi OR the Old Republic. Maybe he was that red-headed kid on Tatooine:
Biggs: "Sir, Luke is the best bush pilot in the outer rim."
Red Leader: "Skywalker? I knew your father when I was a boy. Punk-ass kid weaseled out of slavery piloting a Pod stolen from his own owner. Left all the rest of us and his own mom on that sweltering sand pit while he went off to be a Jedi. Don't worry. You'll do well. Now, let's go play ball."
Luke: Wait, you're from Tatooine too?
Red Leader: Uh, yeah. We're all from Tatooine ... mostly.
Luke: And he went with Obi-Wan when he was only a kid?
Red Leader: Who the heck is Obi-Wan? He went off with some mullethead Jedi named Qui-Gon who conned his slaveowner.
Luke: I'm so confused.
C-3PO: Hey, that's my line.
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#298174
Topic
Just noticed in ANH SE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298174/action/topic#298174
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I wonder if Red Leader was a youngling who escaped Anakin's wrath.

"I knew your father when I was a boy. Real asshole. Killed all my classmates. Good pilot though ... If you're half the man he was ... well, come to think of it, HE is half the man he was. I'll explain after we blow up the Death Star and kill Vader. Meanwhile, don't worry. You'll do well."
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#298170
Topic
Prequelize the OT
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298170/action/topic#298170
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Originally posted by: MJR80
Luke: No… What graves? (Pauses, then) Wait a minute, if it was so important to hide me, why would you take me to the one place, let alone the one planet, he’d surely find me, Obi Wan?

Obi Wan: Oh, I’m just unoriginal.

Yoda: Morons, you all are.

Obi Wan: It was your idea, Muppethead. Bail Organa only wanted the girl but you said to take the boy to his family on Tatooine.

Anakin: From my point of view you are ALL morons.
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#298076
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Bionic Woman 2007
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298076/action/topic#298076
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Why did they have to name her Jamie Sommers in the new series? It just becomes another rehash of what's been done. But if they'd just given her a new name, then Lindsay Wagner's Bionic Woman and this new one could peacefully coexist in the same universe ... Bionic Woman TNG so to speak. Is there ANY reason why they had to give her the same damn name and thus negate the original upon which this is based?
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#298073
Topic
Prequelize the OT
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298073/action/topic#298073
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Luke: So what do you think of the Princess that we just rescued, Han? She seems sharpish and bossy but there is some strange connection I feel towards her. It could be easily mistaken for lust if you were to read my facial expressions alone, but hopefully this dialogue will help to clarify that it is more on a platonic level, like a brother might have for his sister.

Han: I am trying not to think about her any more than is absolutely necessary. But then again, if I analyze my feelings more ... I do not know ... What do you think, Luke? Do you think it is possible for a princess of one of the royal houses of the core systems (which, incidentally, is no more, since the planet was destroyed, leaving her, what? A queen? Anyway I digress) Is it possible for somebody of noble blood to have a meaningful relationship with a mercenary who loves money more than people, who gambles, who runs illegal spice trading, who has a price on his head, and who has a crappy ship like me?

Luke: Nooooooooooooooooooo!
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#297757
Topic
<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297757/action/topic#297757
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I think the immaculate conception can be accepted as either the machinations of Darth Plagueis/Darth Sidious (Dark Side), or the Will of the Force itself (Light Side). By removing it as the dubious actions of some microorganism, the interpretation (however you interpret it) has much more resonance with the story.

As for "Queen" Amidala, to me it's pretty simple and clear: Queens are not elected, they're born. Queens can take the throne at the age of 14. It's happened in monarchies before. But no core planet in their right mind would elect a 14-year-old as a ruler. Naboo's tradition of electing kids to the top office is just plain stupid. Thrust the throne on her by happenstance and you have a believable story. And as the Queen matured, she would have increasing clout in the Galactic Senate, as we've seen. Look at Elizabeth II ... she has far more influence now on the world stage than she did fifty years ago.