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#103885
Topic
Your Jedi name
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Originally posted by: JangoxFett
I would guess "Friend of the Family" is not good ether? I take back "Related" and change that too "A Friend who was NOT part of MY Family untill after Marrage". Yes thats better. Right?? :-\


Friend of the family would work. That means that she is friends with someone in your family who can, ideally, give you the hook up.

There is no blood or legal relationship involved in being a "friend of the family." You'd be set.
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#103883
Topic
How Many Times Have You Seen The Original Trilogy?
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Well, I've only watched the SEs once each. I was never a big fan. But I do own them. I'm sure I've got some kind of magnetic dropout problem with those tapes by now considering I've owned them for almost eight years and watched them only once. I still watch my original VHS and my Faces THX edition (widescreen) when I need a SW fix. Although I have been checking out my Faces LD rip on DVD lately.

All told, probably right around the same number of times as you two.
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#103881
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Geek-O-Meter
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Originally posted by: Rikter
Douglas Adams wrote the screenplay and was VERY involved in the project - JUST think "Infinite Improbability" and everything will be alright.


Actually, Adams only wrote part of the script. He died part of the way through the process and they brought in someone else to finish it.
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#103880
Topic
Food
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I get mayo on burgers on occasion. Not all the time. It's something that I picked up on only recently. Otherwise, my burgers have nothing but ketchup, lettuce, tomato, and cheese. I don't like any of the other crap on it. I live in Chicago and the only thing I'll put on a hot dog is ketchup and, sometimes, cheese. Chicago-style dogs are the nastiest thing I've ever seen. People in hot dog shops around town will refuse to sell you a dog if you order it with ketchup or cheese. They say it ruins the flavor of the dog. How the hell does ketchup, by itself, ruin the flavor of a dog, but putting hot peppers, cucumbers, pickles, relish, and mustard on it does not? How you can even taste the dog through all that crap is beyond me.
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#103878
Topic
WTF George and Steven?!?! More Indy 4 stuff...
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"The Groonies" was rumored at one point to be the name of a sequel to The Goonies. It is actually a misrepresentation of a description of a proposed sequel in which a bunch of kids, who hang out at Data's electronics shop (he's an adult, of course), are dubbed "The Groonies" by Data because, with his thick accent, he cannot properly pronounce "Goonies." It doesn't seem to ever have been intended to be the title. Yet some people spread the rumor that it was. Sad cultural joke.

The most recent actual title idea for the sequel, according to director Richard Donner, was "Goonies Never Say Die." Harry Knowles of AICN is a big proponent of this title although it doesn't look like the sequel will happen.

Here's some information, in reverse chronological order, about the sequel...

Goonies 2
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#103869
Topic
UPCOMING DVDs
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Yep. My wife and I plan to get the run of the series of DVD.

And now we get to start on Scrubs.

For those of you interested in Scrubs, it has been announced that Best Buy will have a bonus disc with their sets that includes more deleted scenes and an interview with Sarah Chalke. I know greencapt will be all over that one.
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#103863
Topic
Different chronology for the prequels
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Originally posted by: Anakin's Mannequin
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Originally posted by: grifter
- 896: birth of Yoda



For some reason, I picture a green baby with big ears and a bottle saying "Not the Jedi, Not the Jedi!" (Only funny if you've ever seen the puppet sitcom Dinosaurs )


Oh hell yes! Somebody who knows Dinosaurs!?!? Sweet!!!

But he has to be hanging on the back of his father's neck smacking him in the head while yelling "Not the Jedi!"
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#103646
Topic
The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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Originally posted by: greencapt
Yeah I suck- sorry all! I'll pay more attention... just got excited.


No big deal, man. It's cool. Excitement is a good thing in this thread as people tend to forget about it after a while.

Glad to have some fresh blood in here.

Richard Deacon (The Birds) Veronica Cartwright (Kinsey) Liam Neeson --> Qui Gon Jinn

Also from Battlestar Galactica... Lorne Greene.
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#103632
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The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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No we didn't. A link is the movie that ties together two actors. I've been counting and we've had some with six on the money, but none over. If you can find some that did exceed the limit, let me know and we'll have to redo them. If we do not keep it to six degrees, then we're not adhering to the rules of Six Degrees (hence the name). The Six is not my choice. It is the standard used in all variants of this game. That's the theory of Six Degrees of Separation... that everyone in the world can be linked together by six degrees or less. They don't all have to be family members or good friends. Just passing acquaintances and whatnot. This theory is why the game was created.

Dirk Benedict is still out there.
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#103692
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Geek-O-Meter
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Of course, I just keep reminding her that she married a geek.


Okay, I don't feel so bad for being one who does that as well. And my wife is constantly reminding me what a geek I am.

One time, I displayed a lifesize Boba Fett helmet on my desk at work. I even wore it for a little while. Wasn't too lambasted though, as it was Halloween.
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#103588
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Rankings
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It would seem like he's catching up. But he still does need to pass Shimraa, and then Gundark. Yeah, so I think Dayv's safe for a while at least...

Top 10 User Listing
13958 Bossk
10799 motti_soL
6389 PSYCHO_DAYV
6349 GundarkHunter
5311 Shimraa
5043 Darth Chaltab
3885 Luke Skywalker
3310 sean wookie
3103 ricarleite
2802 TheSessler
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#103583
Topic
The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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I'll repost the rules here to save some time for anybody new who wants to join up in this thread. Here goes...

1. The first person to respond correctly gets to make the next challenge. It does not matter if someone else comes back with a shorter linkage; the first response is the winner.

2. You don't need to wait for the challenger to confirm the response. Anybody can go to IMDb to confirm that the link is correct.

3. ACTORS ONLY!!! No directors, producers, etc. unless they have a confirmed role in a movie. For example, you can use Rob Reiner as a link but only in movies in which he has acted. Voice actors are fine (James Earl Jones) as are stand-in actors (Ahmed Best as the bodily stand in for the CGI Jar Jar Binks).

4. No TV shows, miniseries, made-for-TV movies, direct-to-video movies, videos, or video games can be used. It would be nearly impossible to confirm that Joe Schmoe had a cameo on one episode of Saturday Night Live in a single sketch, so we do not use them. You can tell what's what in IMDb by looking carefully at a listing... (V) after a listing means it's a video, (TV) means it's a made-for-TV movie, "TV Series" means just that, (VG) means video game, etc. Just look carefully.

5. The only eligible links are made using theatrically released movies. I don't care what country it was released in, just so long as it was on the big screen there. I also don't care if they are deleted footage appearances. So long as it can be confirmed via IMDb. Movies that have not yet been released cannot be used either.

6. Along those lines, "archived footage" does not count. So, for example, Jimmy Stewart appears in archival footage in the movie Gremlins in a scene where his film It's A Wonderful Life is playing in the background. That does not mean that Stewart was an actor in Gremlins. Nor were JFK or Lyndon Johnson actors in Forrest Gump.

7. You can link to any actor that has appeared in any SW FILM that was in theaters. "Droids," "Ewoks," and the Holiday Special among other TV released shows or videos do not count. That means Episode I, II, IV, V, and VI. When May 19 comes around, Episode III will be eligible to be used in this game. But not until then.

8. Some people, in the past, have preferred to only use the OT actors as opposed to PT actors. That is your personal preference. I don't care. But I am not making a rule regarding it. PT and OT are fair game.

9. Only one challenge at a time. If a first responder opts to give up their chance to pick the next challenge, the first person to post a new challenge is the active challenge. If two people post a challenge at the same time, the first post listed chronologically on the forum is the next challenge.

10. One (1) movie linking two actors counts as 1 degree of separation. Obviously, six is the maximum. If you exceed six, don't even bother posting it. It won't count.

11. Appearing as yourself in a documentary or any film, for that matter, is fine. Archived/Stock footage is not. This means that if the footage of a person was not originally shot for the film in question, then it does not count as an acting appearance. IMDb makes the distinction by listing archived footage appearances as just that "Archived Footage." An example of this is George Bush "appearing" in Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit: 9/11." His footage was copped from a previously used source. He was not filmed specifically for this movie. So, Bush would not count as an actor in F:9/11.

12. These rules are subject to change, but since this is my thread, I make the official rule changes. If you have an idea for a rule, post it. If I, and others, like it, I will make it canon and add it here.
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#103582
Topic
The Return of Six Degrees of Star Wars
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Greencapt, would love to have you in here to play, but check out the rules on page 1 first. Very specific in terms of details (as I wrote them). No TV shows allowed. Only movies. And, if I recall correctly, only theatrically released movies; no made-for-TV movies.

So, Dirk Benedict still stands.

But I'll answer Marilyn Monroe for kicks and without IMDb...

Marilyn Monroe (Some Like It Hot) Jack Lemmon (JFK) Tommy Lee Jones (The Fugitive) Harrison Ford

We still have Dirk Benedict out there.