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#289221
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Han never shot first! (NOT what you think)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289221/action/topic#289221
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I personally feel that it would help Han Solo's character if Vader picked up a blaster and shot at him on Bespin first. It would only be logical that Vader would shoot and miss anyway, since he's only skilled with a lightsaber. That would go a long way to creating continuity with Han's "I can't shoot you unless you shoot at me first at point-blank range and miss" character trait.
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#289217
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Article in the LA times about movie theaters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289217/action/topic#289217
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You're assuming going to a movie is a "right" in the first place. It isn't. It is a privilege. A theatre, on the other hand, has an obligation to provide the best level of service to its patrons. If that means refusing service to a group of patrons because of legitimate concerns that they will become disruptive, then the theatre is well within its rights to do so. While a theatre cannot use this argument to discriminate on the basis of race, sex, or ethnicity, there is no statute that prevents the exclusion of minors. The whole purpose of the ratings system is so that the industry can police itself without the need for government interference. If the government is getting in the way of that, as was the case by the judge even allowing this to come to trial, the legislators need to know.
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#289210
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What about the slaves?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289210/action/topic#289210
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Not to mention I figured that when he did go to free the slaves, (which I actually expected to see in Ep II) Watto would activate the detonator inside of Anakin, blowing his arm off. I also expected the slavery plot to tie in with the enslavement of the Wookiees. Again, Lucas just kept writing without looking back at what he'd written before or what was accepted as canon from the EU.

Instead we introduced some old guy named Dookie who cut of Anakin's arm, knew how to make force lightning stronger than the Emperor, and could do backflips from one level to the next and land on his feet. Obi-Wan was just a schmuck by Episode IV. Right?
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#289113
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IGN Star Wars movie poll.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289113/action/topic#289113
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The prequels are wretched in their official cut. All these re-edits do improve them, but compared to the unaltered OT, they still lack considerably. I just did a marathon of my prequel edits, followed by the GOUT and the OT blows the prequels AND their SEs away so much it has ceased to be funny. After finishing ROTJ I went back and watched the updated FX for Sy Snootles, and even when set to Lapti Nek, the whole scene falls flat compared to the original.

Just like we need to take away drivers licenses from elderly people who create mayhem on the roads, so should we take away the ability for aging directors to screw up their perfectly good films. I picture George Lucas ending up like Uncle Junior before it's all over.
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#289088
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Article in the LA times about movie theaters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289088/action/topic#289088
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Somebody sat a two-year-old next to me to see fucking JACKIE BROWN!!! I had half a mind to call social services on their ass right then and there. If you can't get a sitter, DON'T GO TO THE DAMN THEATRE! I used to see 1-2 movies a week at the theatre before kids. Now I'm lucky to see four a year, but that's life as a parent.

Somebody brought a child of the same age to The Da Vinci Code last year. Kid freaked the fuck out when Silas started whipping himself. I talked to the manager and asked him why the hell they didn't have a rule prohibiting kids under a certain age from seeing PG-13 and R movies. His answer: The theater chain got sued (by some fucktard in California of course) when they did just that. So every decent moviegoer now gets screwed because some dipshit wanted to take his underaged kid to see some R-rated gore-or-curse-or-fuckfest and sued for the "right."

What's the fucking point of MPAA ratings if the theatres cannot enforce them? Moreover, what are we coming to when a business cannot reserve the right to refuse service to people who will disrupt the business?

Think this sucks? Write the MPAA and NATO, plus your representatives in your state legislature. It wouldn't hurt to write the theatre chain as well, just so they know where you stand.
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#289071
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Holiday Special Cartoon/Deleted Scene DVD rumours at CELEBRATION IV
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289071/action/topic#289071
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What? Not the whole Holiday Special? I want to see Itchy watching Wookiee porn in fully-restored glory. And who doesn't want a remastered sountrack to hear Carrie Fisher sing
We Celebrate
A Day of Peace
A Day of Harmony
A Day of Joy
We all can share
Together, Joyously
A day that takes us through the darkness
A day that leads us into light
A day that wants to make us celebrate
The night
A day that brings the promise
That one day we'll be free
To live, to laugh, to dream, to grow
To touch, to love, to be

And the compelling dialog that ranks up there with "I'm haunted by the kiss ..." "Stir, whip, stir, whip, beat, beat, beat, stir"


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#289041
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.: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289041/action/topic#289041
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Originally posted by: Arnie.d

Well, that's just great..... THEY SHOULD TELL US IN THE OPENING CRAWL MAN!!!

A long time ago in a very different part of a galaxy far,
far away where stars may appear blue(ish)...


Had this concept been introduced during the PT, Lucas likely would have done that as an exercise in more pointless exposition.