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#258739
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See, George, This is how it's done ...
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According to The Digital Bits about the screwed up Superman Discs:
Here's the deal - we've just spoken with Warner Home Video. They ARE going to be issuing corrected discs for both Disc One of the Superman: The Movie - Four-Disc Special Edition (also Disc One of the Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition 14-disc set) AND Disc Eight of the Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition. Disc One will feature the CORRECT original 2.0 audio track for Superman: The Movie and Disc Eight will feature the new Superman III: Deluxe Edition. ALL of the other discs streeting tomorrow are correct. The mistakes in the Superman: The Movie - Four-Disc Special Edition and the Superman: Ultimate Collector's Edition were apparently just honest authoring/replication errors - not deliberate decisions - and Warner is already in the process of correcting them. NO recall of existing sets is planned at the moment, but we'll have an 800 number shortly that you can call and arrange to have the corrected discs sent to you via mail. The official statement from Warner will follow shortly, so be sure to check back in a little while.

I have to applaud WB on this one. Loudly. And to George Lucas I say "See, this is how it's done. You admit your mistakes, you remaster, you offer it freely to all who are interested, and you reap the good will from your fanbase." WB could have pulled the "Deliberate Creative Decision" shit but they did not. They owned up to the mistake and are actively doing something about it. Bravo. Lucasfilm is a bunch of pantywaists incapable of admitting mistakes and this further underscores it.
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#258732
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The Most Needlessly Melodramticly-titled Thread Ever
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258732/action/topic#258732
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Originally posted by: vbangle

WHO GIVES A SHIT ANYWAY.....

A lot of people. Warbler was one of the great original members of this site. It's one thing for you to say "GO AWAY" but quite another to assume that nobody on this board gives a shit about any of the old crowd leaving. If it was no big deal, so many keystrokes wouldn't already be devoted to the topic.
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#258082
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morals
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258082/action/topic#258082
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Originally posted by: Tiptup

Oh, so if we voted to create a federal pillaging force to invade your neighborhood, murder/rape your friends and family, and steal every possession you own, that would be legitimate because our government gave everything its approval?

Stealing is the unethical seizure of private property, whether individuals or democratic governments do it. Sorry.

If. Condition contrary to fact. You're confusing an event that hasn't come to pass with something you say has already happened simply because a government program you don't support is nonetheless in effect. Go take a logic course and get back to us when you know the actual tools of debate.

Which morals in particular would you like to discuss?

We've already been discussing them. You were quick to piss on the words of Christ that I quoted earlier.
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#258027
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morals
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/258027/action/topic#258027
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You keep saying that the government is stealing. Please explain how the government is "stealing" by enacting programs that you disagree with. The tax base is no one person's private piggy bank. Not every citizen supports every bill that the government enacts. That's what it means to live in a Republican Democracy: Representatives are chosen by the people to decide and approve what gets spent on their behalf. This is not theivery. This is called government.

For all the morality that gets claimed by the religious right in this country, the very morals Christ tried to impart are frighteningly absent in their politics.
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#257945
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Bond, James Bond
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257945/action/topic#257945
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Originally posted by: Obi Jeewhyen
No, I was just saying that in case someone had no idea who Chris Cornell was. But he got a solo credit on that song, whereas "Live and Let Die" was formally credited to Paul McCartney and Wings.

*sigh* My point goes missed, once again. We'll try some analogies.

Paul McCartney is to [blank] as Chris Cornell is to [blank].

[a]Wings
His Solo Career
[c]That little-known group, The Beatles

[x]Audioslave
[y]Temple of the Dog
[z]Soundgarden

Like in the SATs, many answers could be correct. However, in the absence of an "All of the Above" option, one should be the obvious choice above all others.
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#257836
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morals
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/257836/action/topic#257836
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I'm currently learning a lot about morals from Tiptup in the Politics thread.
Yes, how unfortunate it would be if a people were forced to take responsibility for their own actions. How unfortunate it would be if they had to stop having sex when it wasn't wise for them to do so. How unfortunate it would be if people were required to raise their worthless, bastard children on their own without government assistance. People can afford their own damn condoms.
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#256886
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Chronicles of Narnia (The movie) striking similarities with The Lord of the Rings (the movie)(s)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/256886/action/topic#256886
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Remember: C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien were the best of friends and colleagues at the time they wrote these seminal works. The similarities go back to the printed page.

Then remember that Weta Workshop and Weta Digital handled the designs for Narnia just as they did LOTR. Just as ILM and Sony have a style, so does Weta.

The similarities aren't accidental. But that doesn't mean Narnia is a rip off of LOTR either.