Bossk

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Post: #59163
Topic: Info: Real or Fake? Biggs figure...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59163/action/topic#59163
Time: 11-Aug-2004 7:01 AM

How the hell'd you find that info?

Post: #59161
Topic: Cringe Factor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59161/action/topic#59161
Time: 11-Aug-2004 7:00 AM

Yeah, I figured. Just wanted to make sure we don't mislead any younguns around here who don't remember it as well as we do.

BTW, nice new avatar there!

Post: #59160
Topic: The emperor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59160/action/topic#59160
Time: 11-Aug-2004 6:58 AM

Chaltab, it's really all about the fact that the scene did not need changing. Yes, he looks a little different from how he appears in ROTJ. Whoopy-dee-doo. You knew he was the same person, didn't you? Hell, I knew it was the same person and I was 8 years old. So, why change it? The hood over the head added this great air of mystique to his persona. Now you see his whole face and, like I said earlier, it makes him look like a sad, pathetic old man, nothing more, nothing less. How is that scary? It's not. And the dialogue change? Why bother? I know it "ties up ends" to a degree, but it is insulting to think that George doesn't believe that people can make that connection on their own. He's turned a masterful watercolor painting into a paint-by-number schlock job.

Post: #59130
Topic: Horror movie fans...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59130/action/topic#59130
Time: 11-Aug-2004 4:55 AM

Warner is releasing both versions?!?!? SWEET!!! Hats off to them!!! I'd buy it sight unseen just to have the Schrader version.

DJJD, don't you hate when movies are mismarketed? From what I've been told, The Village is the same way. Not a horror movie yet it's hyped as one. Cabin Fever was also hyped as a horror movie here in the States.

On The Village topic, I've heard so much about what a let down it was and how it is not a horror movie and this and that, that I actually was able to figure out the surprise twist ending without even seeing it. How sad is that? I read an article yesterday about how Simon & Schuster is thinking of suing Shyamalan because the movie is a rip off of a best-selling children's book of theirs right down to the ending. And (with big spoiler warnings attached to the article) they revealed the ending to show the similarities. I just read it and said, "I KNEW IT!"

Post: #59129
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59129/action/topic#59129
Time: 11-Aug-2004 4:49 AM

I don't buy new versions of old discs either. But the difference for me with LOTR is that I never purchased any of the two-disc sets that came out. I just hold off for the four-disc sets. I like knowing that a new version is coming out. I never bought the original Rounders because I know a new set is coming out later this year. And some of my old DVDs are not being replaced with new versions that have since come out. I never bought the special edition of A League of Their Own because there was nothing much to it. Just a few bonus thingies that I never wind up watching anyway. I like deleted scenes, alternate endings, and blooper reels. But sometimes those aren't even enough to make me buy a new version.

Post: #59128
Topic: TV on DVD resurrected (kind of)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59128/action/topic#59128
Time: 11-Aug-2004 4:45 AM

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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
wow thats really weird...
what's the reasoning behind that?

My thought was that each spine color was going to be a different color. However, they (HBO) just got lazy and used the old set up when season 3 came along. Just my opinion. But I was actually looking forward to different colors after 1 and 2 came out. When 3 came out with the revert back to clear spine, I knew it was going to be a problem.

Post: #59127
Topic: Cringe Factor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59127/action/topic#59127
Time: 11-Aug-2004 4:42 AM

galahad, you also have to remember that when Yoda said that about Luke's age, he was saying it as a copout. He was looking for excuses to not train him. Remember the tone of voice he used when he said it? Very indicative of a copout. Yoda was holding on to old Jedi ideals from the days of the Council and seemingly not facing the fact that Luke was the last one and that he needed to be trained regardless.

Post: #59010
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59010/action/topic#59010
Time: 10-Aug-2004 4:16 PM

Ohmigod, I just read it. Yep. Pretty bad.

Post: #58947
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58947/action/topic#58947
Time: 10-Aug-2004 11:08 AM

It's the whole homophobia thing. There's now a locked thread in this section (the "just gotta get it off my chest" thread). You can check it out for details.

Post: #59008
Topic: TV on DVD resurrected (kind of)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59008/action/topic#59008
Time: 10-Aug-2004 10:14 AM

One thing I hate though is when the season sets don't fit together well based on the covers. The Friends and Simpsons sets fit nicely. However, there are changes in the Dawson's Creek sets that I don't like and my second season of Sex and the City is a blue spine instead of the transparent spines that the other five seasons have. If you buy the set now as part of the big seasons 1-5 bulk box, you get an s2 with a clear spine, but you still cannot get it individually.

Post: #59007
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59007/action/topic#59007
Time: 10-Aug-2004 10:11 AM

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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
did anyone else have a heart attack taking that damn thing off?

That and popping the DVDs off the trays for the first time. I swore I was gonna break the discs.

Post: #59006
Topic: Cringe Factor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59006/action/topic#59006
Time: 10-Aug-2004 10:09 AM

Obi Wan I cannot explain really. Luke's age as opposed to Anakin's and the comment by the Jedi Council can be explained away by the fact that Luke was the "last hope". I don't think they're gonna discriminate based on age when he's the only one left. Just my two Lincolns.

Post: #59005
Topic: Have you ever seen this photo before?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59005/action/topic#59005
Time: 10-Aug-2004 10:07 AM

I would love to see the Ewok tossing contest.

Post: #59004
Topic: The emperor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/59004/action/topic#59004
Time: 10-Aug-2004 10:06 AM

While this change doesn't bother me as much as many others, it does look like ass. He just looks like a sad old man. Not some ultimate evil. Man, if he walked up to me and threatened me, I'd laugh, knock him over, and walk away. No, I'd just laugh and walk away, that's how unthreatened I would feel.

Post: #58957
Topic: Have you ever seen this photo before?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58957/action/topic#58957
Time: 10-Aug-2004 6:21 AM

From that Leia's Metal Bikini site...

Post: #58951
Topic: AVP
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58951/action/topic#58951
Time: 10-Aug-2004 5:20 AM

I'll wait for video.

Anyone see the new Entertainment Weekly issue? In the vein of AvP, they pit some of the classic sci fi films in heads up competition and predict who would win.

Terminator v Robocop - Terminator wins because of directives refraining Robocop from doing too much damage
Them! v Starship Troopers - Starship wins

Several others as well, but the creme de la creme is...
SW IV The Empire Strikes Back v ST 2 The Wrath of Khan - while both are superior sequels and Khan is a great villain in their minds, Empire kicks Khan's ass because no one can touch Vader. I liked it.

Check out the issue while it's still on newsstands. It has a photomosaic of Julia Roberts on the cover so you know which one to grab.

Post: #58950
Topic: New Star Wars film coming out (Not Ep III)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58950/action/topic#58950
Time: 10-Aug-2004 5:16 AM

I like Floyd for their creativity and contribution to music in general. However, I can no longer listen to them. They are so overplayed on the radio. I wound up selling all my CDs. Still got an original copy of The Wall on vinyl and that's it.

Post: #58949
Topic: General DVD Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58949/action/topic#58949
Time: 10-Aug-2004 5:15 AM

Just the four disc set. Not the whole gift pack thing. They did that with the first two movies and I never bought them. Just more crap to collect dust. I just want the blue fold out set.

Post: #58948
Topic: TV on DVD resurrected (kind of)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58948/action/topic#58948
Time: 10-Aug-2004 5:13 AM

I never expect cover art for TV shows to be that great. They never really had much to cull ideas from in the first place. Movies have all kinds of print ad spots in addition to multiple posters from which to create a great DVD cover. TV shows don't really have that. Just gimme the shows.

Post: #58946
Topic: Horror movie fans...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58946/action/topic#58946
Time: 10-Aug-2004 5:06 AM

There is no Exorcist 2 or Exorcist 3. Don't try and tell me there is, because there isn't (we need a denial emoticon now).

As for Cabin Fever, been wanting to see it. So you say that I should watch the extras before watching the movie?

Post: #58945
Topic: Info: Real or Fake? Biggs figure...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58945/action/topic#58945
Time: 10-Aug-2004 5:03 AM

I have never seen or heard of a Biggs Darklighter figure. I used to have a SW collector's price guide and it didn't mention it either. It's gotta be a fake. But a damn cool fake, that's for sure. I'd buy it if I could.

Post: #58774
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58774/action/topic#58774
Time: 9-Aug-2004 12:26 PM

Good, it wasn't just me. Not going entirely nuts here.

Post: #58707
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58707/action/topic#58707
Time: 9-Aug-2004 12:18 PM

Originally posted by: Warbler
I'm afraid I'll have to agree with Shim. I will keep on posting but unless Jimbo leaves or gets banned again , I doubt I'll be able to overtake him.

But I will try

He's on the verge. Jay just gave Jimbo his final warning regarding his bigoted comments.

Post: #58770
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58770/action/topic#58770
Time: 9-Aug-2004 12:09 PM

Nope. Only the theatrical release. Why? Did it change?

Post: #58760
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58760/action/topic#58760
Time: 9-Aug-2004 11:33 AM

And, last I checked, none of them sounded of Kiwi descent like their New Zealander "father", Temuera Morrison. Hmmm...