Bossk

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Post: #60008
Topic: Reminder: Bootlegs of commercially available DVDs (such as the upcoming trilogy release) are NOT PERMITTED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60008/action/topic#60008
Time: 17-Aug-2004 5:01 AM

Thought Police

Post: #60007
Topic: Wolfman Back In?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60007/action/topic#60007
Time: 17-Aug-2004 4:59 AM

I always wished I had bought that figure. Weird they made the figure when, by the time that series was released, he was eliminated because the SE was already out.

Post: #60005
Topic: 1995 VHS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/60005/action/topic#60005
Time: 17-Aug-2004 4:57 AM

Well, that's also because the widescreen VHS from 1995 were in such low production. Very few people then realized what the difference was. Plus, as I recall, the widescreen were pulled off the shelves nearly a year before the pan and scan were. I got my copy at a Media Play in Rockford, IL. And the friend that picked them up for me (I didn't own a car at the time and he lived in that area) told me the clerk there said they were to pull the copies off the shelves a couple days later so I got mine just in time. The P&S copies kept selling for a year afterwards. The copy I got was like one of only three or four they had in stock while the P&S was all over the place. Also, you had to go to specialty video stores to get the widescreen. The P&S could be purchased everywhere. Almost literally. Hence why buying copies of the widescreen 95 VHS is so damned expensive.

Post: #59901
Topic: Reminder: Bootlegs of commercially available DVDs (such as the upcoming trilogy release) are NOT PERMITTED
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59901/action/topic#59901
Time: 16-Aug-2004 9:41 AM

Nah, it wasn't intentional, Galahad. Just people finding similarities and things like that. Kinda like the whole thing with all the smiliarities between President Kennedy and President Lincoln. You've heard all those, right?

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1) Lincoln was elected in 1860, Kennedy in 1960, 100 years apart

2) Both men were deeply involved in civil rights for African Americans.

3) Both men were assassinated on a Friday, in the presence of their wives.

4) Each wife had lost a child while living at the White House.

5) Both men were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.

6) Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company.

7) Both men were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were southern Democrats and former senators.

8) Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908, exactly one hundred years later.

9) The first name of Lincoln's private secretary was John, the last name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln.

10) John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 [according to some sources] Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later.

11) Both assassins were Southerners who held extremist views.

12) Both assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.

13) Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.

14) LlNCOLN and KENNEDY each has 7 letters.

15) ANDREW JOHNSON and LYNDON JOHNSON each has 13 letters.

16) JOHN WlLKES BOOTH and LEE HARVEY OSWALD each has 15 letters.

17) A Lincoln staffer, Miss Kennedy, told him not to go to the Theater. A Kennedy staffer, Miss Lincoln, told him not to go to Dallas.

Coincidences? Absolutely.

Post: #59885
Topic: Re-edits
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59885/action/topic#59885
Time: 16-Aug-2004 5:01 AM

Re-edit it to the point where it doesn't exist anymore might be a nice start.

Post: #59884
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59884/action/topic#59884
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:59 AM

Yeah, I concur on the moron comment.

However... GO BEARS GO!!!

Post: #59883
Topic: does anyone want to be an astronaut here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59883/action/topic#59883
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:57 AM

I wanted to be an astronaut when I was a kid. But I now have an old high school friend who works as an engineer at NASA and, just to razz him, I say there's no way in hell I would ever board something he may have had a hand in designing.

RRS!!! Where the hell ya been, buddy?

Post: #59880
Topic: I have lost all hope in humanity!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59880/action/topic#59880
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:50 AM

Hey, I wonder if it was an LFL rep trying to shut you up.

Hmmmm.... conspiracy theorists unite!

Post: #59878
Topic: I have lost all hope in humanity!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59878/action/topic#59878
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:50 AM

Damn Luke. That is not cool. I'm pullin' for ya buddy. Pullin' for the idea that you catch the bastards, pull their finger and toenails out one by one and then pull each knuckle of their finger out of its socket.

Post: #59877
Topic: Signature Pics
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59877/action/topic#59877
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:45 AM

He (Jay) hasn't said anything to the contrary about it. There is one other guy who has been using a sig photo as well.

Post: #59876
Topic: Star Wars Bloggers
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59876/action/topic#59876
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:37 AM

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Originally posted by: Pagz
And for still others, it's an internet "soapbox".

And this would definitely be the term to use to describe mine. Every once in a while, I even sign off a rant by saying "soapbox dismounted." Heh heh.

Yep, I'm a blogger, too. However, mine isn't all about Star Wars so I don't list it here. Mine is a bit of this and a bit of that. Nice well-rounded ranting.

Post: #59875
Topic: Good Lord. WTF... (Holiday Special)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59875/action/topic#59875
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:33 AM

Apparently, Luke had time after landing his X-Wing to pull down the visor and open his makeup mirror for a little touch up before his grand arrival at Life Day or whatever the hell it's called.

Post: #59873
Topic: I'm thinking lawsuit...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59873/action/topic#59873
Time: 16-Aug-2004 4:24 AM

You can also try e-mailing view askew. Unlike many directors, if something interesting comes across the eyes of his screeners, he will respond. Another good way to get all View Askewers involved is to e-mail a help request to the guys at newsaskew.com. They are the official information source for View Askew stuff. Good guys.

Post: #59361
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59361/action/topic#59361
Time: 12-Aug-2004 12:14 PM

Not bad at all! I got mine the day it came out because CA is one of my favorite movies of all time. Definitely my fave Kevin Smith film. I only paid US$25 though so it wasn't too bad.

Post: #59359
Topic: AVP
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59359/action/topic#59359
Time: 12-Aug-2004 12:11 PM

Hey Switch! Wanna save yourself some hell? Ditch Safari and IE and go to the Mozilla.org site and nab the latest version of the Camino browser. Best one I've found so far for Mac OS X. I'm running Camino v 0.8 (yes, that is the correct version number).

Post: #59358
Topic: Avatar Upload
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59358/action/topic#59358
Time: 12-Aug-2004 12:10 PM

E-mail the webmaster. It is jay [at] originaltrilogy [dot] com (I do it this way for Web spiders that track actual e-mail addresses for bulk mailing purposes. He doesn't always check the threads so he may not see your post.

Post: #59357
Topic: Discussion: Hasbro Vintage Collection figures
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59357/action/topic#59357
Time: 12-Aug-2004 12:09 PM

Hey all, I was just in Target and I saw a bunch of these Vintage Figs. They're not entirely bad. But I have a couple of questions...

1. Is only the first series coming out in the plastic keepcases? I ask this because I found a loose Greedo sitting there without the keepcase, but could find no others from that series (or so I'm thinking) outside the keepcase. They had Han, Ben, Leia, and Luke all in keepcases.

2. Did you know that they are also releasing Vintage Collection vehicles and 1/6 scale figures? I saw a 1/6 scale Luke vintage and a Millennium Falcon vintage.

3. Lego is doing the same repackaging some of their vehicles under the Vintage tags. Saw an AT-AT and a Millennium Falcon at Target as well.

Post: #59355
Topic: Discussion: I Finally Got One! vintage Millennium Falcon
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59355/action/topic#59355
Time: 12-Aug-2004 12:06 PM

I'll get my figures and come over and play!

Post: #59332
Topic: AVP
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59332/action/topic#59332
Time: 12-Aug-2004 4:33 AM

"Slime and Gore"?! That had better be some wicked slime and gore if it's PG-13.

Post: #59330
Topic: Athens Greece 2004 Summer Olympic Games
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59330/action/topic#59330
Time: 12-Aug-2004 4:32 AM

SUMO WRESTLING!!!!!!

I don't think there will be a terrorist attack at the Olympics any worse than that pipe bomb in Atlanta several years ago. Nothing huge, honestly. Al Q'aida's too busy planning for the presidential election. Yikes.

Post: #59329
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59329/action/topic#59329
Time: 12-Aug-2004 4:29 AM

I, too, love my Criterion Robocop. Damn good disc. If any of you ever have the chance to nab it, I highly suggest it. I also really love my Criterion Chasing Amy. Another fave is the Almost Famous Bootleg Edition.

Post: #59328
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59328/action/topic#59328
Time: 12-Aug-2004 4:25 AM

Olympics are once every four years. NFL is every season and, let's face it, this is only the preseason. Go with the Olympics. Watch the NFL preseason opener tonight to get your fill and then turn on NBC for the Olympic telecast. That's what I'll be doing.

Did you watch the Hall of Fame game at all? I watched some of the first quarter. As much as I like the Broncos (not more than the Bears, of course), I'm glad the Skins beat them. Denver needed to be taught a lesson for making the damn fool mistake of letting Portis go.

Post: #59187
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59187/action/topic#59187
Time: 11-Aug-2004 8:57 AM

I don't own any SuperBits. But I have watched the Panic Room SuperBits since it was the only one available. And, to be honest, it didn't strike me as being too much better than many other DVDs I had. I'd rather have some deleted scenes than SuperBits designation. Maybe on a better system it's more noticeable. But I got nothing out of it.

Post: #59186
Topic: Info: Real or Fake? Biggs figure...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59186/action/topic#59186
Time: 11-Aug-2004 8:55 AM

The coin thing cracks me up.

Post: #59164
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59164/action/topic#59164
Time: 11-Aug-2004 7:05 AM

I would've been happy with a three-disc for each LOTR as well. I can't say I've watched any of the bonus features on the first two EE sets. But I love the extended versions of the movies. The EE footage in Two Towers made that movie my fave of the bunch.

As for Mohicans, that is one of my fave films, too. I don't have it on DVD yet, though. I'll hold off. I've held off this long. Another one I'm waiting for an SE of is the original Batman. Burton's gotta have something up his sleeve. And hopefully Warner will push for it come time for the theatrical release of Batman Begins.