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#101791
Topic
Under-Rated Sci-Fi Films
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101791/action/topic#101791
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Some people consider the trilogy as one whole unit. While others are able to distinguish them as separate movies. It's just how peoples' brains work sometimes. Some prefer to think of the LOTR trilogy as one giant movie. Same with Star Wars. Matrix was meant to be one long movie by the Wachowskis (sp?) so that is how some think of it. I, personally, separate them out because I've only seen the first two. Never saw the final one. After seeing the second one, I decided not to finish the series and ruin the original. It took some time, but I finally blocked out the second one and now consider the original as the only movie. But it took some time.
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#101789
Topic
The Pope
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101789/action/topic#101789
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Okay, everyone. Before you all start to come off as 100% ignorant by claiming that the only reason for abortion is because a woman "can't keep her legs closed" (God, I hope your girlfriend read that), consider RAPE.

Why should a woman be forced to deliver a baby when she was raped? Are you that blatantly ignorant? If your wife, girlfriend, sister, daughter, etc., was raped and became pregnant as a result, would your views stay the same? And think before you answer. Don't just spout out biblical doctrine. THINK about if it actually happened to you. She didn't ask for it, she wasn't ready for it; but it happened. Will you welcome the new baby as your own or as your nephew/niece, grandchild, etc., knowing that s/he was the result of rape, one of the worst things that can happen to a woman?

YIYF, good to see someone who can think on their own.

Warbler, sorry about that. Thought the comment was for me.

I've done a good job of avoiding controversy for quite a while on this board and now I see why. I hate this crap that starts up. I'm done. Thread closed for me.
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#101787
Topic
Enterprise
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101787/action/topic#101787
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Originally posted by: Count Dushku
Kinda cool idea, wonder why they've never thought of this before. Maybe that should be the new series...have two regulars "watch" and "interact" with other new characters within old missions in the holodeck.


Sounds like Quantum Leap to a degree just without the ST influence.
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#101785
Topic
I have to write a Letter to George Lucas...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101785/action/topic#101785
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Why do you feel the need to neglect the fans that have supported you and the Star Wars movies for over 25 years and with millions of their hard-earned dollars by refusing to acknowledge that the films they grew to know and love even exist?

or

Do you support the idea that the original Star Wars film should be removed from the AFI Top 100 Films list seeing as how they have the movie listed as "Star Wars (1977)" and that movie, by your own claim, no longer exists? How can a non-existent movie be one of the all-time greatest?

or

How long will it take before your head finally dislodges itself from your ass?
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#101711
Topic
What would you like to see in a scifi/fantasy web site? The time has come for a change...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101711/action/topic#101711
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Jay, as much as I want to do the toy review section of the site, I think I'm going to have to bow out of it. Financial and time considerations make it a bit difficult for me to be able to do something like that. I wouldn't mind still being a part-time contributor of movie/music/book reviews, but I cannot provide you with a committment in terms of how often that would happen.

I'm sorry, man. But, like you said, best to know now.
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#101703
Topic
The Pope
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101703/action/topic#101703
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For those of you wondering about the Nazi thing with Ratzinger, here is a paragraph taken from a Reuters article...

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But Israelis and Jewish groups praised Benedict, saying he had atoned for his wartime membership -- that he says was enforced -- in Nazi Germany's Hitler Youth by playing a key role in John Paul's efforts toward Jewish-Catholic reconciliation.
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#101702
Topic
Discussion: MIDNIGHT MADNESS !!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101702/action/topic#101702
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This just had to be posted. I got this image and snippet of the review from my buddy Michael at mwctoys.com. First, check out the picture, then, read his review of the sculpt. It's just too damn funny.

1:6 scale Darth Sidious...



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Sculpting - **1/2
This is such a confounding figure. Why? Because the sculpt is so good - and yet so bad.

The detail work on the head sculpt is great. The hair, the Shar-Pei skin, the scale of the head, all great. There's no softness to the sculpt either, with deep, sharply cut detail work. So how come it's so bad?

Good God, just look at that expression! I'm assuming this was supposed to mimic the picture on the box, with the evil grin of Sidious peering out from under the cloak. Ignoring that the photo makes him look a tad too much like the Grinch, the actual expression on the figure looks nothing like this.

What it does remind me of is my old Uncle Wilbur when he found out it was Jell-O night at the rest home. Oh, he's happy all right, but not in a "I'm an evil master of the universe!" sort of way. No, it's more of a "Hmmm, I wonder if I can get some marshmallows in my hot chocolate...you know, I really love marshmallows in my hot chocolate." sort of expression.

Often I mention situations where a concept is great, but the execution ends up flawed. Here is the more rare reverse case - the execution of the sculpt is great, with artistic talent and detail, but the concept of this goofy expression is completely flawed.


Here's the whole review...

Darth Sidious review at mwctoys.com
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#101699
Topic
The Pope
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101699/action/topic#101699
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But by believing everything that organized Christianity claims and what the Bible says, then yes, anyone who is not of Christian faith is burning in hell or sitting in limbo (take your pick).

640 AD? Really? I'd've sworn it was around a lot longer than that. I take that part of my statement back. My bad.

I don't know that salad bar religion is necessarily bad. I think having everyone buy into all the same belief patterns is inherently more dangerous. One people, one thought, one way of living. Sounds rather robotic and Nazi to me. I think the Salad Bar theory allows for people to pick a belief system that works best for them. In fact, if you were to read Christopher Moore's "Lamb: the Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal," you'd see that, even though it's a comic farce, he proposes that Christ's development of Christianity revolves around a Salad Bar method chosen from other existing religions including Buddhism among others.

All I think is important is that you believe in God and celebrate him somehow. Doesn't matter how and I truly do not think God cares either. Ironically enough, I know so many people who go to church on a regular basis but somehow think that's all it takes. The other six days of the week are their's to do with as they please and, consequently, they often times come off as some of the most Godless people around. Religion should not be reserved for one day a week.
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#101687
Topic
The Pope
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101687/action/topic#101687
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These Christian doctrines may date back to before Gutenberg (1454 AD) and they may even predate the Chinese invention of moveable type (1040 AD), but they don't date back further than year 0. Buddhism, Islam, and several other religions do, however. So all those people are burning in hell? I refuse to believe that.
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#101681
Topic
The Pope
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101681/action/topic#101681
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Originally posted by: Warbler
I think that is a matter of opinion. Many people have many different interpretation of the Bible.


And that is exactly the problem. Which one do you subscribe to? And how can you discount another person who interprets it a different way? That's just sheer ignorance.
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#101678
Topic
The Pope
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101678/action/topic#101678
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Well...(please keep in mind I have no wish to offend), speaking as an ex-Catholic, I still realize that some things within Christian doctrine are not open to debate, such as the items you listed above (with the possible exception of contraceptives). The rules against those issues are biblical in nature, not dogmatic in nature.


Yeah, but how much of the Bible, as it exists now, do you really believe existed when it was originally being passed around in oral tradition? Before the days of Gutenberg's printing press when copies could be mass produced? I feel that so much of the Bible was "created" by ministers and priests who, trying to pass on their own ideals to their flock, "added" bits and pieces as they felt necessary. These changes became "doctrine."

So, sorry, but I put no faith in the belief that people hold that the Bible is 100% correct and should be lived by in its entirety.

I truly do not believe that our Lord would hold prejudice against those that have alternate religious faiths. How could God, who created the Universe, discriminate against people who practiced religions that existed for thousands of years before Christianity? And if you believe in this concept, then you must start to question some of the other things that the Bible states are "bad."