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#96271
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The Wal-Mart $6.88 Bin: What Bargains Have You Found?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96271/action/topic#96271
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No, I think this is strictly for movie deals. Hence the reference to the Wal-Mart $6.88 bin. That is their discount DVD bin. Let's keep it to movies. Gundark, you started the thread, you make the official declaration.

By the way, I also bought the original The Italian Job in the Best Buy discount bin for $5.50 and I almost bought Buffy the Vampire Slayer today in the Wal-Mart bin.
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#96249
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New ROTS Trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96249/action/topic#96249
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I gotta admit that the CG did look pretty spectacular this time around. The space battles looked far more "realistic" in as much as we actually know about fighting in space. CG not as choppy or with as much of a "sore thumb" quality. But who knows how the final film will really look. I thought it was interesting that they had Vader standing there with his arms crossed at the end implying that he really does have some sort of role in this film instead of just being the end of the film.

Anyone know the running time of this movie?
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#96245
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New ROTS Trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96245/action/topic#96245
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24 is not commercial free. On occasion, the season premiere or the season finale have been sponsored and made commercial free. Usually sponsored by Ford. But, otherwise there are commercials in the show. Time still elapses during the commercial breaks and it's timed to the second (I've actually timed it just to see). So it still winds up being an "hourlong" presentation, but we just don't see what is happening during the commercial breaks.
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#96236
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Things we don't hate...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96236/action/topic#96236
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
My dad really isn't a Star Wars fan either, but this trip would allow us some father-son bonding time.


Until he sees you run off from table to table in the convention drooling like a Pavlovian experiment at each new thing you see and that he'll never actually see you and, when you do have conversations, you'll be running your mouth off about SW the whole time and he won't get a word in edgewise. Some bonding.
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#96058
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Rankings
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96058/action/topic#96058
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Maybe not 95% exactly. But they've been going out of business steadily over the course of the last decade. Where my hometown and surrounding communities used to have 8 TCBYs, there are now none. I don't even know where to go here to still get TCBY. The store had a bad business model and overfranchised itself. Frozen yogurt was also a big fad thing. Yeah, some people still eat it, but not like the early to mid 90s. So many other yogurt chains have gone under completely as well. How some TCBYs are still staying afloat is beyond me.
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#96115
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Things we don't hate...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96115/action/topic#96115
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Originally posted by: Warbler
That said, Fear Factor should be taken off the air. Some day, one of their stupid stunts is going to get someone killed. Eating rats mixed up in a blender? What if the rats had some disease? Rats are known to spread diseases. Truly disgusting. I would not do that for all the money in the world.


Yeah, but I wonder how much of their stuff is real and how much of it is purely psychological. Blended rats? Could be anything. The stuff like the termites and cockroaches and whatnot I can see being real, but I get the feeling that they are bred in a controlled environment where stuff like diseases can be eliminated to the point where eating it won't be harmful to participants, but is still disgusting all the same.
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#96112
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New ROTS Trailer
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96112/action/topic#96112
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Originally posted by: Windexed
I guess it goes without saying that the trailer will probably be 45-50 mins into the show, right?


I would guess about 45 minutes in. That gives FOX time to do a real big buildup and a bunch of annoying commercials to sponsor this "special presentation" and still be able to do the wrapup and scenes from next week's all-new O.C.
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#96043
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Rankings
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96043/action/topic#96043
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Have you never been to TCBY?


Since 95% of the TCBY franchises have gone out of business, I doubt many people have heard of them.

For those not in the know, TCBY is "The Country's Best Yogurt" and it's a franchised frozen yogurt store.
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#96065
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Things we don't hate...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96065/action/topic#96065
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I don't hate when judges throw out frivolous lawsuits. My hat's off to you, sir!

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Judge Nixes Viewer's 'Fear Factor' Lawsuit
CLEVELAND - A judge threw out a lawsuit in which a viewer sued NBC for $2.5 million, contending that he threw up because of a "Fear Factor" episode in which contestants ate rats mixed in a blender.

U.S. District Judge Lesley Wells called Austin Aitken's lawsuit frivolous and warned him against appealing.

"Evidently, fear was a factor for him," Matt Kunitz, the show's executive producer, said on Wednesday. "We knew that justice would prevail and we're pleased with the outcome."

A message left seeking comment from Aitken was not immediately returned.

Aitken, a 49-year-old part-time paralegal from Cleveland, previously told The Associated Press that he watched "Fear Factor" often and had no problem with past installments where the reality show's participants ate worms and insects in pursuit of a $50,000 prize — but eating rats went "too far."

He said he sued to send a message to NBC and other networks about their programming.

Aitken's handwritten lawsuit contended the rat-eating made his blood pressure rise, resulting in being dizzy and lightheaded — and vomiting. Because he was disoriented he ran into a doorway, "causing suffering, injury and great pain."
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#96063
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What are you listening to right now?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/96063/action/topic#96063
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This world is pretty sick and twisted. I want Monty Python!!!

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The Last Song You'll Never Hear....
LONDON (Reuters) - Robbie Williams has topped the UK funeral music chart, leaving Mozart trailing in his wake, according to a survey Thursday.

Williams' "Angels" was the record most Britons would like played at their funeral, with Mozart's "Requiem" coming in at five in digital broadcaster Music Choice's poll of top 10 British funeral songs.

Frank Sinatra's "My Way" was second, just ahead of Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."

The rest of Europe favored a more soft rock approach.

Queen's "The Show Must Go On" topped the European chart, with Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven" and AC/DC's "Highway to Hell" in second and third place.

Over 45,000 music fans from across Europe were polled, with 20,000 Britons taking part.