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Post: #100588
Topic: Star Wars haikus
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100588/action/topic#100588
Time: 12-Apr-2005 4:53 AM

Okay, what the hell happened to this thread?

The 12th is the date
And not a haiku posted
Since last Saturday

Get Haikuing!!!!

Post: #100587
Topic: Office Space
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100587/action/topic#100587
Time: 12-Apr-2005 4:50 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
And the best part is: they payed my consulting firm the hours I spent there - and I only really worked for like, 3 hours that week.

You are my god.

I could only wish.

Post: #100585
Topic: UPCOMING DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100585/action/topic#100585
Time: 12-Apr-2005 4:45 AM

I know you're looking for the Dean Cain Lost, but in terms of the TV show, for those interested (me especially), it is coming out on Sept. 6 and will be a seven-disc set. And, from what I've heard, J.J. Abrams is going all out on the extras disc. I'm so stoked.

Post: #100584
Topic: Who should play Wonder Woman?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100584/action/topic#100584
Time: 12-Apr-2005 4:43 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I've heard Elektra was pretty mediocre.

From what I've heard, "mediocre" is being far too kind.

Post: #100583
Topic: Seen Jake Lloyd recently??? Ewwww!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100583/action/topic#100583
Time: 12-Apr-2005 4:40 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
1- I feel like Ewan hated working on 90% of the films he has made.

Well he has spoken out against the resulting film versions of TPM and AOTC. But I wonder if that's just PR propagandizing because he always follows each gripe with praise for the upcoming film. And each gripe is timed just a few months before the release of the next film. Go fig, eh?

Post: #100308
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100308/action/topic#100308
Time: 8-Apr-2005 1:11 PM

There are no plurals in Japanese? Really?

Post: #100340
Topic: Jedi Masters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100340/action/topic#100340
Time: 8-Apr-2005 12:17 PM

No. That works nicely. Gracias.

Post: #100339
Topic: Sequels that should never be...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100339/action/topic#100339
Time: 8-Apr-2005 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by: agr1170
I even have PAL Laserdisc player and some PAL Lasers which I play through my DVD recorder and they play fine also.

Wow! How do you make those big ol' discs fit in that tiny little DVD tray?

JK

Seriously, though, if using DVDXCopy, how do you make a disc region-free? Is there a setting I don't know about?

Post: #100338
Topic: Star Wars haikus
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100338/action/topic#100338
Time: 8-Apr-2005 12:14 PM

I'm with you, Sessler and Ric and SK.

Aye aye aye.

"There is only one punishment for setting alight the Grail-shaped beacon..."

Post: #100315
Topic: Who should play Wonder Woman?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100315/action/topic#100315
Time: 8-Apr-2005 7:46 AM

I haven't quite gone that far yet. Personally, I prefer her outfits in Daredevil unless there's some really incredible outfit in Elektra I haven't been told about. All I've seen in previews is her in the leather costume and a gi. Don't care about the gi. Can get the leather in Daredevil and still be able to say that I never saw Elektra.

Post: #100313
Topic: Jedi Masters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100313/action/topic#100313
Time: 8-Apr-2005 7:15 AM

HTML code doesn't work in this forum.

Here it is coded for this forum. (Note: next time you want to display a picture, click the image frame icon above the posting area -- next to the Bold, Italics, Underline buttons -- and paste the URL in the pop up box that you get.)

Got a bigger version of this image?

Post: #100311
Topic: Star Wars haikus
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100311/action/topic#100311
Time: 8-Apr-2005 7:13 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Knights who say ni?

What does that mean? Something Japan-related?

Okay, apparently no knowledge of Monty Python either. Boy, you need to rent yourself some movies this weekend.

Post: #100309
Topic: Who should play Wonder Woman?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100309/action/topic#100309
Time: 8-Apr-2005 7:12 AM

Find any scene with Jennifer Garner, put the movie on mute, and just watch her. That's all Daredevil is really good for.

Post: #100307
Topic: Sequels that should never be...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100307/action/topic#100307
Time: 8-Apr-2005 7:10 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I've not heard anything of it.

But you know how sucsessful it was despite not being good. And success means a possible sequel even if it's worse.

Too true. Unfortunate, but true. God I hope they don't do it.

Post: #100306
Topic: Seen Jake Lloyd recently??? Ewwww!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100306/action/topic#100306
Time: 8-Apr-2005 7:10 AM

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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"We all know he demands numerous reshoots."

Yes, but the majority of these tend to occur 20 years later.

For the most part, he's usually in a hurry to get the shooting over with and get to the editing room.

I like the first line. Good stuff.

And, yes, he tends to hurry, but he has been known to reshoot what he can't digitally alter in said editing room. And he's also known for correcting mistakes made by doing so in an editing room. Maybe if he rushed less and paid attention to detail more (say like Peter Jackson during the LOTR shoots), we'd have better quality movies. I can't slag ROTS as it hasn't come out yet. But I can definitely slag TPM and even parts of AOTC which I liked a lot more.

Post: #100295
Topic: Sequels that should never be...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100295/action/topic#100295
Time: 8-Apr-2005 5:04 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
On topic: Who thinks there will be a sequel to Sharktale? Man I hope not.

Are they talking about it?

Post: #100294
Topic: Who should play Wonder Woman?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100294/action/topic#100294
Time: 8-Apr-2005 5:04 AM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
The Kingpin is supposed to be a fat-looking white bald guy with semi-super strength. End of story.

True. But who could've pulled it off? I can't think of anybody but Chiklis, but, like I said, he wasn't a name then and probably wasn't even a consideration. And if you say that they should CG an actor to look as big as he needs to be, I'm gonna smack you one. That's just what that movie needed was some CG-enhanced actors to make it even worse. Affleck fighting against a CG-enhanced Kingpin. Oh, that would just be great. He's already a pretty bad actor and now you want him to fight a blue screen?

Post: #100292
Topic: SW fans wait at wrong theater
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100292/action/topic#100292
Time: 8-Apr-2005 4:59 AM

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Originally posted by: SilverWook
The same way people raise money in walk-a-thons I guess. There are details on the fundraising here.

I have a newfound respect for them. I never realized that them waiting in line was anything more than personal in motivation in terms of being the first to see the movie. Okay, I'll stop slagging them.

Post: #100291
Topic: Seen Jake Lloyd recently??? Ewwww!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100291/action/topic#100291
Time: 8-Apr-2005 4:57 AM

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Originally posted by: TheSessler
Remember that filmaking is not just about the Directors and the Actors exclusively, there are a hundred other people that could possible shoulder more blame than Lucas himself: Screenplay writers and the dialogue coach that they may have had on the set of I and II(they must have had someone give them advice other than George, only they weren't officially "dialogue coaches").

Okay, I can agree with that. However, if there are foul ups, it's the responsibility of the director to call them on it and then have it fixed. We all know what a self-proclaimed "perfectionist" GL claims to be. We all know he demands numerous reshoots. In my mind, this is GL calling his cast and crew on foul ups and directing them to do a better job (at least, a "better job" in his mind). So, the resulting movies are his best effort at directing a cast and crew of hundreds, maybe even thousands, to produce the end result he so desires. If these are his "end results," then it's obvious his directing is lacking.

Post: #100223
Topic: Who should play Wonder Woman?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100223/action/topic#100223
Time: 7-Apr-2005 12:15 PM

I don't know that I necessarily consider race changes to always be an example of PC gone awry. Some may be, yes. But not all. In the case of Michael Clarke Duncan in Daredevil, I don't think there's a white actor who could have embodied the role as well as Duncan did. The only one who would have come close might have been Michael Chiklis but I think casting was complete before Chiklis really came on peoples' radars for The Shield (that is his show, right?).

Post: #100221
Topic: Do you think that Lucas' directing style has changed since 1977?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100221/action/topic#100221
Time: 7-Apr-2005 12:12 PM

Rikter nailed it. 'Nuff said.

Post: #100219
Topic: Seen Jake Lloyd recently??? Ewwww!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100219/action/topic#100219
Time: 7-Apr-2005 12:11 PM

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Originally posted by: Mictantecutli
Stop blaming Lucas for the ineptitude of lousy "actors". He didn't make Christensen, Lloyd or Portman stink - they do it themselves. Was Alec Guinness bad in the OT? Is Ewan MacGregor bad in the PT? Is Liam Neeson bad? How about Ian McDiarmid? Christopher Lee? Hell, Ray Parks isn't a Shakespearian thespian, and yet he was five hundred times better in TPM than all MTV-made "stars" are in any film they infect.

I don't think any of them were particularly good, to be honest. All of them were restrained from other acting roles I've seen them in. No, not all of them are great actors. But this is far from a good acting gig. Not a single acting job was up to any snuff in my book. Hence why I blame Lucas. And, yes, I will continue to blame him because I think it's his fault. DEAL WITH IT.

Post: #100157
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100157/action/topic#100157
Time: 7-Apr-2005 11:12 AM

From the Digital Bits...

Buena Vista has announced a slate of five films in UMD format for playback on Sony's handheld PSP game system. The titles include National Treasure, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Reign of Fire, Kill Bill, Vol. 1 and HERO. Specific release dates are unavailable, other than that they're expected this spring. Additional UMD/PSP titles will likely be announced by the studio later in the year.

Post: #100204
Topic: Star Wars haikus
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100204/action/topic#100204
Time: 7-Apr-2005 11:01 AM

Troo. Sorray.

JK

Post: #100203
Topic: 24-Hour Reality Channel... God save us all!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100203/action/topic#100203
Time: 7-Apr-2005 11:00 AM

2 million? I was told it was 1.1 million. 1 million for her as the winner and 100K for him as the runner up. Maybe there's been more due to appearances and stuff like that, but they only won 1.1 million.

It's not lame. I think it adds a whole new dimension to the game because now everybody is not trying to win so much as just try to beat Rob and Amber. Also, I love how Rob schemes. He's a genius schemer.