Adamwankenobi

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Post: #157672
Topic: Can someone explain to me Star Wars: Galaxies?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157672/action/topic#157672
Time: 24-Nov-2005 2:42 AM

Yeah, I've heard about the flaws. After checking Amazon.com, the new SWG starter pack alone had an average customer rating of 1 star. Ouch.

Post: #157668
Topic: Idea: Sifo Dyas removal from AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157668/action/topic#157668
Time: 24-Nov-2005 2:19 AM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"2001 did it. I supopse Kubrick failed?"

LOL...now you clump these two films together to make your point? Nice try.

I'm sorry you didn't get 2001, but don't blame that failing on Kubrick.

No one truly "gets" 2001, since in a film, people come away with their own ideas. Everyone merely "gets" their own interpretation. Hell, even Clarke's book is an interpretation, except it is directly from the creator of the story and it lays out everything out for ya'. And, as you should have noticed, I was making a comparison. What the fuck is wrong with that? I praise Kubrick for making nearly every element of 2001 ambiguous. That is the sign of a master filmmaker. I posed my libne about Kubrick as a question to you, of how you feel about him, not as a statement of my own personal feelings. What on earth gave you the idea that I have anything against Kubrick? I think you were a little too quick to jump to conclusions there, buddy.

Post: #157652
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157652/action/topic#157652
Time: 24-Nov-2005 12:43 AM

Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Maybe compared to other fried chicken CHAINS (all 3 of them), but nothing beat Grandma's fried chicken and mashed taters!

(Damn, now I gotta go over to her house tomorrow and have some!)

Well, you do have a point! Homemade is sometimes better.

Post: #157649
Topic: Can someone explain to me Star Wars: Galaxies?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157649/action/topic#157649
Time: 24-Nov-2005 12:33 AM

OK, I'm soon to be a new user of this game, which, from what I hear, seems to be an incredible experience. First off, what's the gameplay like? Where can I buy the complete package with all upgrades, etc included? Can you really live your ultimate star wars fantasy?

Post: #157645
Topic: If the O-OT ever came out, the future of SW is with the PT fans.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157645/action/topic#157645
Time: 24-Nov-2005 12:04 AM

Thankfuly (IMO), for the future, we still have the two new TV series (possibly more) to look forward to. Not to mention a massive supply, and constant flow of EU to keep the adventure alive. You put into words my exact feelings on the quality of the films, that ROTS, ANH, and ESB are the true classics, while TPM, AOTC, and ROTJ will always be flawed.

Post: #157639
Topic: Who's gonna read "Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader?"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157639/action/topic#157639
Time: 23-Nov-2005 11:41 PM

I don't "hate" the OT effects. They're great, but it would be nice in my opinion if he could do a little work on them. And I'm sure he agrees with me. I don't have a major problem with the effects, I only feel they could possibly be improved. They in no way effect the "excellent, excellent" story. In order to tell a good story, however, you need a good continuity within that story to make it a beliveable story. And effects at times are part of that continuity, like it or not. And the OT takew place after the PT, so no, the PT should not be made to match the OT, the OT, taking place after the PT, needs to be altered for continuity's sake.

Post: #157637
Topic: Idea: Sifo Dyas removal from AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157637/action/topic#157637
Time: 23-Nov-2005 11:35 PM

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"So, you are left guessing if it was really Sifo-Dias, whether Dooku/Palpatine forced Sifo-Dias to do it before they killed him, etc."

If the book has to be read to understand the movie, then Lucas failed. Lucas has called himself a "visual storyteller", so it's preposterous to think that he left this little nugget in for the fans who read.

2001 did it. I supopse Kubrick failed? And with 2001, you are left guessing a whole hell of a lot of things that you decide on your own unless you read the book which flat out tells you what happens.

Post: #157627
Topic: Idea: Sifo Dyas removal from AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157627/action/topic#157627
Time: 23-Nov-2005 11:09 PM

^^Yes, yes, to Kaal-Jhyy you listen!

Post: #157617
Topic: Idea: Sifo Dyas removal from AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157617/action/topic#157617
Time: 23-Nov-2005 10:13 PM

Lucas decided not to include it in ROTS, in order to focus more on Anakin's story, and had it explained in Labyrinth of Evil. Besides, it was best, IMHO, to leave it the mystery it is in the films. You know someone named Sifoo-Dias ordered the clones, but you know little about his him. So, you are left guessing if it was really Sifo-Dias, whether Dooku/Palpatine forced Sifo-Dias to do it before they killed him, etc.

Post: #157615
Topic: If the O-OT ever came out, the future of SW is with the PT fans.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157615/action/topic#157615
Time: 23-Nov-2005 10:10 PM

They were the first to have achieved many of the techiniques of CG. They have lead the industry in achievements in CG.

Post: #157611
Topic: Idea: Sifo Dyas removal from AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157611/action/topic#157611
Time: 23-Nov-2005 10:06 PM

That's what I'm wondering. If anything, it adds to the plot.

Post: #157610
Topic: If the O-OT ever came out, the future of SW is with the PT fans.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157610/action/topic#157610
Time: 23-Nov-2005 10:05 PM

Masters of CG, as in they are the leaders in the industry.

Post: #157607
Topic: MSN?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157607/action/topic#157607
Time: 23-Nov-2005 10:04 PM

Guess I was wrong...

Post: #157604
Topic: MSN?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157604/action/topic#157604
Time: 23-Nov-2005 10:01 PM

Perhaps he means that the first part of his msn email address can be found within his profile. He probably means his name, Stephen Hill.

Post: #157602
Topic: If the O-OT ever came out, the future of SW is with the PT fans.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157602/action/topic#157602
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:58 PM

I had no problem with the CG in either of the two series. Besides, Lucas and his team are the masters of CG. Of all people, he and his team can do it best.

Post: #157600
Topic: MSN?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157600/action/topic#157600
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:54 PM

For his msn email address.

Post: #157599
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157599/action/topic#157599
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:53 PM

So be it... Nanner. I must differ, however.

KFC is the best, IMHO, compared to the other fried chicken I've tasted.

Post: #157596
Topic: If the O-OT ever came out, the future of SW is with the PT fans.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157596/action/topic#157596
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:51 PM

I'll admit that TPM, AOTC, and ROTJ have their flaws which prevent them from being "perfect." But, IMHO, as I have said before, the Star Wars films have had only three masterpieces: ROTS, ANH, and ESB.

Post: #157592
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157592/action/topic#157592
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:46 PM

In contrast to?

Post: #157588
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157588/action/topic#157588
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:43 PM

*AWK gets scared and says "time to abandon ship." He runs into the eastern kentucky coal mines to hide.*

Post: #157584
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157584/action/topic#157584
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:37 PM

Correct, but I didn't say I didn't like some of their products.

Post: #157583
Topic: Any Star Wars TV stuff coming up?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157583/action/topic#157583
Time: 23-Nov-2005 9:34 PM

I've noticed that the last time they showed the OT on TV, they've finally, after all these years, began to call the OT films by their proper names like "Star Wars Epidsode IV: A New Hope," instead of "Star Wars." It always made me cringe when they would use "Star Wars" for the title when they clearly knew it wasn't, they being FOX, the distributors..

Post: #157575
Topic: Was the Frankenstein Walk Shortened in ROTS DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157575/action/topic#157575
Time: 23-Nov-2005 8:47 PM

Completely understandable. However, I'll elaborate on the specific scene I was referring to:

In ROTS, you know when the scene shifts, near the end, from Obi-Wan and C-3PO inside the cockpit of Padme's ship leaving Mustafar, to Vader clawing his way up the lava bank? Well, in the theatrical version, a wipe is used to shift the scene. However in the DVD, it is a straight cut from the first scene to the next.

Post: #157567
Topic: If the O-OT ever came out, the future of SW is with the PT fans.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157567/action/topic#157567
Time: 23-Nov-2005 7:59 PM

The LOTR trilogy has just as much of an "overuse" of CG, and perhaps more, than the PT. People seem to like the LOTR trilogy so much becuase it is new, and they have nothing to judge against it.

Post: #157555
Topic: I have seen the Holiday Special!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157555/action/topic#157555
Time: 23-Nov-2005 6:53 PM

I just over at the OS, and, on the main page, over on the right, where they display Star Wars artwork, they have a big drawing of Chewbacca and his family. Hmmm...