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#52262
Topic
Changes in 2004 DVDs
Time
Luke30... saw it. Pretty well done trailer, I will admit. They avoid showing any of the new scenes although I did notice one that I don't seem to recall. From when Han is chasing the Stormtroopers in the Death Star in ANH, he runs into an entire phalanx of them and it shows them all. Many of them standing rank and file in the background. Was this an SE scene or is it new?

Also, for those wondering about sound, the trailer announces that "for the first time" it will be available in 5.1 Surround EX. No more details other than that.
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#52261
Topic
MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Time
Quote

Originally posted by: shanep
Re-read my post Bossk. I said it was never released. It was offered for order with the firing jetpack on the blister packs for Star Wars figures. The BG toys did have firing missiles and one family sued the maker when their kid shot himself in the eye with a Viper missile.

I'm sorry. I was reading it quickly and when I caught the bit about kids being hurt by firing missiles, I assumed the Fett figure was what you were referring to. I missed the Battlestar bit entirely. My bad.

Another expensive figure was the very rare Yak Face. He never quite caught on and, since his figure release coincided with the boom in popularity of G.I. Joe, few sold. This is one of only four or five figs I need to own all the original SW figures. Too expensive to buy one though.
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#52131
Topic
MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Time
Falacy (sp?).

The shooting jetpack was never actually released as a toy. It was a concept only. I've seen the concept toy. He comes in the all grey-blue that most of Boba is molded in and his rocket is red and the launch pin is also red. He was never painted and never released. The accidents, if they ever happened, were in test groups. I've read in several places that the figure was never released. However, some of the concept models have gotten out and are worth more than the lives of any ten of us combined. If you've seen a shooting jetpack Boba Fett figure and he's painted, then it was a customized figure that someone made. Several people did do it. But the difference, if you're looking at one, is that the actual concept model was never painted.
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#52043
Topic
Harry Potter 3
Time
Many people were surprised enough that Azkaban didn't get a PG-13 rating. I'm on the fence about whether it should have or not. But if this one warranted a PG, then the first two, by comparison, should have been rated G. It is darker and more violent. PG13... dunno. Higher rated than HP1 and HP2... definitely.

By the time HP5 comes along, none of our kid wizards will be virgins anymore. In HP7, they will be having Whomping Willow Sex Fests and the film will be NC-17.

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#52032
Topic
Funniest Movie Ever
Time
I own it and I've got to see it again. Been quite a while. I don't think I've ever watched my DVD copy yet I wore my VHS down to nearly nothing. I did the same thing with Edward Scissorhands. Watched the VHS like there was no tomorrow but have yet to watch the DVD and I've owned that for nearly three years. Sad, eh?
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#52029
Topic
Harry Potter 3
Time
Quote

Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Harry Potter???

Isn't that for kids?

Ummm... no.

The books are quite unfortunately shelved in the young adults section despite being longer and more intense than many of the "adult" books I've read in my lifetime. The first two movies are rather youth skewed (thanks in large part to Chris Columbus' glossy treatment of them), but not this one.
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#52005
Topic
Harry Potter 3
Time
Quote

Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
That's just WRONG! Besides, it would cause droputs in the soundtrack.

Killjoy.

Actually, seeing nude shots of Cameron Diaz might cause a dropout of my lunch. But that's just me. Not a Diaz fan.

Oh, and I really dug on HP3. Cuaron did a spectacular job and I would love to see him back for HP4 even though Newell is officially the director of it. Yes the film was much darker and grittier and, let me tell you, it works. The look and feel of Hogwarts and the surrounding territory is 100% different than the first two. The land is hilly and steep and even slightly uninviting and that's how my wife and I always imagined it. Everything has a creepiness to it which I would expect from a world of wizards and witches. And it makes all the CGI look that much better. The Quidditch match looks so much more realistic and believable. None of the CGI stands out like a sore thumb anymore.

Bravo Cuaron. You did a fantastic job.
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#52004
Topic
Hockey Talk
Time
So much for that new keyboard helping your typing skills, shimmy.

However, since you misspelled one word twice the same way, I assume you do not know how, so I'll attempt a correction here (and, no, this does not make me his official translator again)...

not "feness", but "finesse".