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#161991
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A Deep, Abiding Emptiness
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161991/action/topic#161991
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Discuss this with your minister, and if venting to a psychologist isn't comfortable, perhaps a pastoral counselor may be more appropriate. At the end of the day, we're all a bunch of schmoes on some chat board -- we shouldn't be the real things in your life -- and I doubt any of us are qualified for genuine advice.

That said, here I go anyway. Mission work is always a good option -- depending on the ties may or may not exist in your life -- for feeling productive for the right things. This country needs a LOT of help in the Gulf Coast still. Depending on your church, there is probably some local area mission team you could join for even a small stint that could get you doing something productive with your faith. That may lead to other callings, but take one step at a time.

Churches need rebuilding down there. Homeless shelters need to be built too. After all, the homeless had nowhere to go when everything was obliterated.

They need a lot of THINGS there too, but I'm talking the essentials. Houses. Water. Toothpaste. Band-Aids. The things we take for granted. And money to buy things as well. And while you could sell everything you have and nobly donate it all, you may actually better serve by helping to raise money, putting in what you feel is an appropriate amount. Organize a fundraiser for those who are still suffering. Perhaps a churchwide auction or bake sale or clothing drive. Lots of summer stuff got donated to relief efforts in September, but now three months later they need warmer things when people are forgetting. It may be warmer in the gulf coast during winter, but it's not always HOT.

These are all things that could give you a better sense of purpose when bombarded by the messages of gross materialism that have overridden the true spirit of Christmas.

The main thing is to find something positive and constructive. The opportunities are there and the need is great. It's much better than allowing yourself to slip into a depression or worse. Your emotions are valid. Your faith is an advantage. The avenues are present and your minister is probably best-suited to help you find some real purpose.

Best of luck, and God Bless.
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#161975
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Time to grow up.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161975/action/topic#161975
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There is enough room in my heart for just about everything in the SW universe. While the O-OT may be my favorite, I respect most of the SE changes (we know the ones I hate). Furthermore, this site has taught me the most important thing ever about these films: how to fix the stuff that in my eyes is broken, so I can enjoy what Lucas created once again. Thus, I also love virtually everything about every fan-edit and the positive guys who post in that area of the board.

Politics thread excepted, I have tried to be gentlemanly in most if not all of my postings and hope that good will is paid forward even more than the tangible things we've shared. I believe the golden rule still has merit -- but only if we actually try to follow it.

The wide age range that posts on this board is often forgotten, but I hope the more mature of us will continue to set an appropriate example that grownup talk comes first from intelligent, thought-out discussion, not about trash talking. It's especially pointless in the virtual environment where we're protected by anonymity and by distance. I'm confident not one of us would hurl the kinds of insults and threats we do if we were face to face. It's an empty gesture to do so on the board.

It is equally important to know and understand that the discussion of illicit behaviors, even academically, has no purpose on this forum. All it does is draw attention to this board unnecessarily, undermining the reason why this board exists: preservation of Star Wars as we know and love it, which has about as many interpretations as The Bible itself. Whether the Latin Vulgate is your canon or the New Revised Standard Edition (tell me those analogies don't apply), what is behind them both is what should draw us together. Then and only then can we sift out the differences and come to some understanding of our different points of view.
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#161947
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Movies you enjoy even though you know they're bad
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161947/action/topic#161947
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One of my fave movies of all time is considered bad by most, but I actually think it's good. "Hudson Hawk." I think the dialogue moved faster than people could chase ... kinda like "Arrested Development." Now that I think about it, a LOT like "Arrested Development."

"Yellowbeard" is another one of these.

But in terms of truly bad, bad, awful movies, that I enjoy in spite of (or perhaps because of) it's badness is "Les Patterson Saves The World." Any movie that casts Joan Rivers as President is not aiming for Oscar.
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#161845
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hardcore haters only
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161845/action/topic#161845
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
But you know, as well as I, that there HAS to be more to it than that. Characters don't simply cease to exist before, after, and between each film, therefore the EU is allowable.


Of course. That school of thought has led to FANTASTIC cinematic moments. I'm thinking:

Scarlett
Return to Oz
Caddyshack II
The Return of Jafar
More American Graffiti
Speed 2: Cruise Control
The Color of Money
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
EDIT: Grease 2 ... don't forget that crapfest either

I'm specifically leaving out franchise-killers like Batman & Robin or Rocky V and focusing on "blood-from-a-stone" first sequels that never should have happened. Any more dead horses we can beat?

I can't wait for that sequel "The Passion of the Christ: God's Vengeance." Throw in a resurrected Judas in a robot suit doing space battle with his old nemesis The Nazarene and it'll outgross the original.
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#161069
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X-Men 3 trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/161069/action/topic#161069
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Originally posted by: Bossk
Yeah, I guess one of the big changes that Brett Ratner enacted was to have the actors do a majority of their own stunts instead of CGing the whole affair. I give him snaps on that decision. And Kelsey Grammar looks badass as Beast.


I was thinking the very same thing. As I watched the trailer I was surprised at how much it still looked like Bryan Singer's visual style, but then I read the "we want it to look totally differnent" line in an interview and I immediately thought "Oh great, new director tries to put his style all over an established one."

After I got over that "Schumaker sticker shock" I realized a few things. Ratner, who isn't all that imaginitive a director, did do a good job making Red Dragon look and feel a LOT closer to Silence of the Lambs. Hopefully he's respecting the look and feel and, as Bossk cited, is making some GOOD decisions like more tactile, less CG-driven stuff. Then when I saw Beast, I actually had a very good vibe. Considering the character was cut from both 1 and 2 because he was going to be such an expensive, all CG-character, I'm glad somebody realized all he needs is a good makeup job and the right actor to make him believable.

I hope this movie doesn't suck. The trailer gives me a LOT of hope for the first time. And I'm still worried about Superman, 'cause that trailer didn't show us anything.
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#160696
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***The "Darth Editous" Episode IV DVD Info and Feedback Thread*** - a partially "de-specialed" DVD
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160696/action/topic#160696
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Pardon the cross-post, but it is hopefully clear why one would be necessary.

For those of you who expressed interest in such a project, there is a separate thread now for The Darth Editous / ADigitalMan Hybrid Edition of ANH. To cut down on confusion, lets keep the conversation about that edit in that thread.
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#160695
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<strong>The &quot;ADigitalMan Special Editions&quot; DVD Info and Feedback Thread</strong> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160695/action/topic#160695
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For those of you who expressed interest in such a project, there is a separate thread now for The Darth Editous / ADigitalMan Hybrid Edition of ANH. To cut down on confusion, lets keep the conversation about that edit in that thread. Frankly, it's the one I'll be watching instead of the one I did back in May.
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#160693
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<em><strong>The &quot;Darth Editous / ADigitalMan Hybrid Edition&quot; Info and Feedback Thread</strong></em> (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/160693/action/topic#160693
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Darth Editous completed his monster edition of Ep IV right about the time I did mine, and I quickly realized how much more I preferred his edition; yet, I was still a fan of a few things in my edition. So I decided to create a hybrid of the two, so that I could have my own definitive edition that I’d want to watch every time. Using his video as a base, I re-inserted six sequences from my edit; namely the extended sandtrooper scene from the SE (I especially liked the music behind this scene) the Greedo scene (Greedo doesn’t shoot in either edit, but it’s handled a bit differently) the Jabba scene (which will immediately prejudice most of you against this version, I admit) the head bonking scene, the Biggs scene, and lastly the post-credits scene I concocted. Otherwise, it’s all Darth Editous’ work, which was just too painstakingly detailed to mess with.

Then, for the audio, I re-synched my custom 2005 mix throughout (that straightens out the tie sounds, and then plugged DE’s audio back in, keeping several of DE’s corrections. Especially the scenes where he fixed particularly bad audio with Owen, with Ben, and with Tarkin / Alderaan’s destruction. This created a “best of breed” that took advantages of different corrections we both made to the audio. It should absolve any issues noted in the Alderaan / Hyperspace scenes where the subwoofer was overdriven by lopping my edit out at those points … 'cept on the Heresy Mix, which really doesn’t matter anyway.

I should note that the audio did not need to be recompressed again from our respective mixes. Because they were both generated at 448kbps, Womble let me stitch the regions together without recompression. To my ear, they blended quite seamlessly without the need to rip them apart, crossfade them, and then re-compress them back into AC3. Thank Womble for small wonders.

As it stood, the Hybrid Edition was only about 4% larger than the length of a SL disc, so I created two versions. A SL version that is compressed only 4% from the source, and a DL version that includes the Heresy Mix, resynched. Now that I think about it, I should probably put the 1997 mix in the DL version as well. But I’m leaving the 2004 mixes off entirely, even though space permits. They’re just not worth the time.

Anyway, first and formost, the thanks goes primarily to Darth Editous, not only for making the basis of this project but also being cool enough to agree for me to let it escape my private collection. I remain appreciative for all of his help on the prequel and ANH re-edits and wanted to acknowledge him publicly once again.

This thread is separate from our respective threads to cut down on confusion, and I’ll try my best to keep feedback on this particular version directed into this thread to keep the distinction from becoming muddy over time.

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#159160
Topic
***The ADigitalMan non-Star Wars DVD Info and Feedback Thread***
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/159160/action/topic#159160
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I don't quite have the guts to send this to Bruckheimer/Bay. I'm not terribly concerned about my own a$$ since I do own the movie outright. But I do worry about bringing unneeded attention here. The hope (and admonishment) is that everybody who sees this will pick up a used copy on the cheap to properly license every re-edit they posess. But these rich Hollywood screwballs don't take constructive criticism well and love to lash out with punishment.

I've wondered if Affleck would actually appreciate this flick. Now that J. Lo is out of the picture he sounds like he's becoming a down-to-earth guy again.