Bossk

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Join date: 10-Mar-2003
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Post: #52433
Topic: CGI and Digital or Real models and actors-whats your prefferance.?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52433/action/topic#52433
Time: 8-Jun-2004 10:09 AM

I enjoyed Titanic the two times I saw it. Haven't seen it since it was in theaters. But I did enjoy it. Save for, like HotRod said, that damn Celine Dion song.

Plus, Kate Winslet is topless. How can you go wrong? I don't care what people may think about KW and those who think she's overweight can just take a flying leap. She's a beautiful woman and a good actress (loved her in Quills).

Post: #52432
Topic: Stupidest Prequal complaints
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52432/action/topic#52432
Time: 8-Jun-2004 10:06 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
It makes sense really. It explains why some people are more powerful with the force then others and why droids can't use the force.

I agree that it does a nice job of explaining it, but I would've rather not had it explained. I enjoyed the whole mysticism of it. I thought that made it so much cooler when no one knew how to explain it really.

Post: #52431
Topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52431/action/topic#52431
Time: 8-Jun-2004 10:05 AM

I'm missing Yak Face, tall blue Snaggletooth (damn northeast US exclusives), Luke in Stormtrooper disguise, Han in Carbonite (removable), and the B-Wing Pilot. That's about it for what I'm missing of the originals.

Post: #52416
Topic: Missing threads
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52416/action/topic#52416
Time: 8-Jun-2004 8:22 AM

again I ask... and?

Post: #52413
Topic: Missing threads
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52413/action/topic#52413
Time: 8-Jun-2004 7:30 AM

And?

Post: #52412
Topic: Harry Potter 3
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52412/action/topic#52412
Time: 8-Jun-2004 7:29 AM

Nope. Read a story about it in Entertainment Weekly and Cuaron and Steve Kloves (screenwriter) butched it beforehand. There is very little actual cut footage. They made the edits before shooting and shot only what was absolutely necessary. So the DVD is gonna be pretty sparse on extra footage. Fine by me.

Post: #52408
Topic: Stupidest Prequal complaints
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52408/action/topic#52408
Time: 8-Jun-2004 7:25 AM

People complain that by using midichlorians, it ruins the mysticism of how people are determined to have the Force. Now, it's knocked down to nothing more than a blood test to determine if you have the Force or not instead of Jedi having "a feeling" about a certain person. Honestly, I agree with the argument. It would be like saying Jesus was the Christ not because of faith but because he has the right number of chromosomal alleles to be the Christ. Takes the faith factor right out of the equation.

Post: #52390
Topic: Motti and dayv are missing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52390/action/topic#52390
Time: 8-Jun-2004 5:01 AM

I was kinda worried about that too.

Post: #52389
Topic: Catwoman
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52389/action/topic#52389
Time: 8-Jun-2004 5:00 AM

Wrong skin color.

Post: #52388
Topic: BaseBall talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52388/action/topic#52388
Time: 8-Jun-2004 4:59 AM

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Originally posted by: Warbler
Hey Bossk, the Phillies are going to play the other team in your city on tuesday for the first time since the 1915 world series (I think), not counting exibiition games of course. any thoughts? I have always wondered what it was like to have two teams in your city (in the same sport). Philly once had had two baseball teams(The A's) but that was way before my time.

It's kinda cool to have two teams to choose from especially since Cubs games are so damned expensive to go to. Sox games are much cheaper. However, the thing I don't like is the polarization of people that results from having two teams. I'd rather see unified support for one team. If you want more baseball than just one team, go see the minor league teams in the area. We've got a couple of good ones (Kane County Cougars who are single A for the A's and the Schaumburg Flyers but I have no idea who they are minor league for). The Cougars actually play four miles from where I live. A couple years ago, the Cougars were minor league for the Marlins. There was a big billboard outside Elfstrom Stadium where the Cougars play after last year's World Series that had a bunch of the Marlins on it including Pierre and a few others saying "They All Got Their Start Here." Pretty cool even though that same bunch beat our home pro team in the NLCS.

Post: #52387
Topic: Missing threads
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52387/action/topic#52387
Time: 8-Jun-2004 4:55 AM

Why would you want to do that?

Post: #52386
Topic: Harry Potter 3
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52386/action/topic#52386
Time: 8-Jun-2004 4:54 AM

I'm just afraid that there are so many missed details that even if you added in a half hour, you still wouldn't get through enough of them and then you all would be bitching that they didn't flesh these details out enough. Play it safe and cut them. That's the best solution.

Post: #52385
Topic: Regan dead at 93
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52385/action/topic#52385
Time: 8-Jun-2004 4:53 AM

"Roland Regan" is the typo. The former president spells his name "Ronald Reagan". Invert the "l" and "n" in Ronald and add an "a" in Reagan. The only acceptable bastardization of his name is the old Mad Magazine "Ronnie Ray Gun" joke. At least I think that was Mad. Could be from elsewhere.

Post: #52384
Topic: CNN HEADLINE NEWS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52384/action/topic#52384
Time: 8-Jun-2004 4:49 AM

Of course he does, Jimbo. None of us are arguing that point. But there is a difference. If I continue to work on a painting that no one has seen for years and years and completely alter it, it doesn't make a difference because nobody but I have ever seen the thing. With Lucas, millions and millions of people have watched the original versions of his movies so they are part of the public consciousness. We are more than aware of their existence. In fact, many of us prefer them. So, he can change them all he wants, but he should keep copies of the originals out there for us as well. If I had ever displayed that painting of mine for people to see, I would feel obligated to keep copies of my original work out there before I alter it. It's just the decent thing to do for those people who made you the multibillionaire that you are (not that I am one... I can wish).

Post: #52302
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52302/action/topic#52302
Time: 7-Jun-2004 6:25 PM

SEAN!!! YOU'RE LETTING US DOWN, MAN!!!!

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Post: #52299
Topic: David Blaine tricks revealed (SPOILERS!!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52299/action/topic#52299
Time: 7-Jun-2004 11:11 AM

Obviously you wouldn't have an audience for this trick or they'd see the "helper" in the glass. Great trick for kids to do in front of their parents or the like, though.

Post: #52271
Topic: Jokes thread : Reloaded
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52271/action/topic#52271
Time: 7-Jun-2004 11:04 AM

Yeah, I noticed it didn't work, too. Just never posted.

Post: #52295
Topic: David Blaine tricks revealed (SPOILERS!!)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52295/action/topic#52295
Time: 7-Jun-2004 10:06 AM

I never dug much on David Blaine. Never really thought of him as a true "magician" per se. Never understood how sitting in a block of "ice" over London was a magic trick. He just seemed far too desperate to be in the spotlight and maybe that's what turned me off.

Post: #52294
Topic: OT bootleg DVD reviews
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52294/action/topic#52294
Time: 7-Jun-2004 10:03 AM

Unlike DC, this one's all pleasure.

Post: #52289
Topic: OT bootleg DVD reviews
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52289/action/topic#52289
Time: 7-Jun-2004 8:59 AM

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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
hey Bossk where ya going???

LA LA Land. Los Angeles.

Post: #52270
Topic: Regan dead at 93
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52270/action/topic#52270
Time: 7-Jun-2004 5:03 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
God Bless Roland Regan. He was a great President, cared about the country, was a good man. May he rest in peace.

"Roland"? Did Shimraa take over your body, Jimbo?

Post: #52269
Topic: Harry Potter 3
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52269/action/topic#52269
Time: 7-Jun-2004 5:02 AM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
As a movie to book adaptation Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is by far the worst of the three.

I agree. But then again, I gave up on having books accurately translated to film years ago. It's been three or four years since I read this book and I'm glad I didn't reread it. I loved the movie. Obviously stuff has to be left out and Cuaron reasoned that he did it because he wanted to focus on one theme and leave the rest out. Rowling agreed. Although she did veto a couple of Cuaron's proposed changes. If you think this translation is bad, wait until HP4 or HP5. Those will be horrible.

I think Cuaron did a fantastic job. I'm trying to think of this as a bit of a stand alone movie and that makes it easier to digest just how radically different everything was in this as opposed to the first two movies. I hated how "rich" and "beautiful" everything was in the first two films. It wasn't what I think of when I imagined Hogwarts while reading the books. This is a castle for chrissakes. It's grey, stone, uninviting, cold. That's how castles are. They are fortresses. They were meant to be a source of defense against opposing armies (or, in this case, wizards, dragons, et al). They are not "pretty". Besides, with as clean a look as Columbus gave the movie, the CGI stood out like a sore thumb. Pitiful effects. Here, the Quidditch match was spectacular. Harry flying on the Hippogriff was just an amazing scene. You get my drift.

Easily the best of the bunch and I am not looking forward to Newell's interpretation in HP4.

Post: #52268
Topic: Have you guys discussed this movie yet? Bubba Ho-tep
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52268/action/topic#52268
Time: 7-Jun-2004 4:55 AM

Yep, we were already talking about this in another thread. I think the DVDs of 2004 thread.

I just lay here wondering 'how'd I wind up here? In a rest home? In west Texas? With a sore on my pecker?'

Yeah, I bought it sight unseen as well. Not great, but definitely enjoyable.

Post: #52267
Topic: Troy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52267/action/topic#52267
Time: 7-Jun-2004 4:53 AM

I don't think Johannsen could pull off Helen. Sorry Scumb. I know you love her. But she doesn't have that radiance you associate with Helen. Or the universal definition of "beauty". I agree that she's great looking, but not as Helen.

Monica Bellucci on the other hand... yum. She would have been great. But she was a little busy doing some little film about some dude named Jesus or some such around the same time. I heard the movie did modestly at the box office.

Post: #52266
Topic: Motti and dayv are missing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/52266/action/topic#52266
Time: 7-Jun-2004 4:50 AM

Alrighty, we got some signatures going.

As for the ECU, I found a spare in the storage closet at the Mangler Worldwide Headquarters. Doing a little spring cleaning. Oh Shimmy shim shim. Here boy!