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Post: #314743
Topic: New Avatars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314743/action/topic#314743
Time: 27-Mar-2008 2:59 PM

Yeah, how did you get it back, this sounds like a very interesting story. A tragic tale of two friends being torn apart by a mutual affection for an action figure of a wrinkely green muppet. I must hear more.

Post: #314687
Topic: Will your interest in the Star Wars universe be affected...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314687/action/topic#314687
Time: 26-Mar-2008 9:43 PM

I really don't have a lot of interest in SW anymore any way. It was a fun part of my childhood, and I kind of got hyped up about it again as a teenager back in 1999 when Episode I was coming out, but all it took was one movie ticket to dull that excitment. If the OT got released on a proper blu-ray, I would probably buy them if their introductory price was outstanding, otherwise I would wait it out and pick them up inexpensively whenever the chance presented itself to me.

So no, my interest would not be affected in the slightest.

I came to these boards around the time I first started buying DVDs and read someplace that George did not intend to release them on DVD until he could release them in a six episode saga. I had heard about bootlegs, thought to check and I stumbled across this site. I stuck around not because of any interest in Star Wars, but the whole idea of film preservation and the knowledge of film and video editing, though alot of those types are gone now, I had always enjoyed reading their discussions and debates.

Post: #314668
Topic: New Hulk Film
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314668/action/topic#314668
Time: 26-Mar-2008 6:38 PM

^ See Ricardo's avatar for details.

Post: #314667
Topic: Indiana Jones IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314667/action/topic#314667
Time: 26-Mar-2008 6:34 PM

Yeah, that is kind of a dumb thing for him to say considering the movies are widely availible on DVD where people can watch them anytime they like. I have gone back and looked at them countless times and have enjoyed them everytime. They hold up just fine in my memory and in the memories of everyone else who bought the movies on VHS and then again on DVD once they were release on that format.

Anyway, it is a good pre-emtive counter strike to all the criticism he is obviously expecting to get over this thing. I have heard too many people defend the PT by saying that the OT was too much to live up too, that is BS. Sure it will be different, but it doesn't mean it has to suck. The PT did not suffer from not living up to the standards of the OT, the PT suffered from being a series of really poorly written and executed money magnets.

Hmm, I kind of like that, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: Don't Get your Hopes Up. IJatKofCS:DGYHU, when a title gets that long, abreviations just don't quite cut it do they?

Post: #314665
Topic: The difference between fanatic Muslims and Christians...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314665/action/topic#314665
Time: 26-Mar-2008 6:23 PM

lj, I know all of that. You completely missed my point. I was simply saying that instead of judging them and talking about how they are going to burn in hell, he defended them from those kinds of people. No, he did not just accept them as they are and tell them not to change, he encouraged change, but he encouraged change through love, not condemnation and hate. Condemnation and hate are one of the things Christians are bashed about the most these days, my point was that when Christians engage in condemnation and hate they are not being very Christ like and should not be seen as a reflection of what a Christian ought to be.

While people acting under the banner of Christianity have done more than their fair share of horrible things, it is not because the Bible told them to do it.

Post: #314616
Topic: New Avatars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314616/action/topic#314616
Time: 26-Mar-2008 12:18 PM

Ah those were the days when men were real men, and toy Yodas were real Toy Yodas. I think I own at least five Yoda figures, I used to find bags full of Star Wars toys at garage sales when I was a kid at insanely cheap prices.

Anyone who owns any of the old figures knows that they tend to age funny, I have a Stormtrooper whose torso turned almost completely green, a few that have turned yellow, and some that are as white as ever. My Yodas range from almost neon green to a very dark green. I am very proud of my Yoda collection, though only one of them has his jacket and belt, though unfortunaltely I managed to loose his bright orange snake and walking stick.

Post: #314570
Topic: The difference between fanatic Muslims and Christians...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314570/action/topic#314570
Time: 25-Mar-2008 9:37 PM

zombie84 said:

Right.

Except this thread isn't about suicide bombers, Jihadists and the like. It was about a few nuts in Kabul burning a flag in response to some Dutch film.

Quick review question: what was the Dutch film about and why did these nuts in one of the worse places on earth feel the necessity to burn a flag because of it?

It all goes into the same bucket as suicide bombers, Jihadists and the like.

Post: #314553
Topic: The difference between fanatic Muslims and Christians...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314553/action/topic#314553
Time: 25-Mar-2008 6:36 PM — Edited 25-Mar-2008 6:47 PM

There is nothing wrong with comparing Islam to Christianity. They are both religions, of course people are going to compare them. Arnie made a very good observation, that many people manage not to make.

Here is the catch, though many people will roll their eyes at it, the obvious is often the most over looked and the most ignored. Especially with an issue like the Middle-East, people want to ponder to therorize, and talk about social issues and types of government, the obvious answer is simply to obvious and simple to be taken into account and it tosses the whole idea of tolerance on its behind, which is a big no no. "Islam is a religion of peace!" how many time have you heard that one? It is very common retoric today. You simply don't diss other countries religions, Christianity is Europes religion, so it is fair game, but to diss any other religion is simply a blatant display of intolerance. That does not really bother me in this day and age of political correctness, but the problem with this way of thinking is that people decide it really is a religion of peace.

This is a hard one for me, I have quite a few friends who are Muslim, and I have long ago decided it would be prudent to avoid discussing religion with them, though it comes up from time to time. Most of my Muslim friends never read their Qur'an, the one friend I have who does read his Qur'an sometimes makes me nearly pee my pants on account of some of the comments he makes. He says them half jokingly, but he still manages to scare the shit out of me sometimes.

I have studied the Bible extensively, and I have studied the Qu'ran a little, I admit I have not studied the Qu'ran as much as I should, and I intend to get back into it more sooner or later.

Okay, back to the obvious answer I mentioned in the first paragraph. The religion of Christianity is based on the New Testament of the Bible, the religion of Islam is based on the Qur'an. If we want to understand the difference between the two religions, let's look at their texts.

No matter what someone believes, you will find nuts and extremists, bad things have been done in the name of Christianity, as well as in the name of science and evolution. You have people who do bad things for all sorts of reasons. Science does not teach us to do these things, neither does Christianity*. The problem with the Qur'an is that it does support this kind of behavior. It does promote hate. It is not a religion of peace or tolerance, you would be very hard pressed to make even a poor attempt at an argument saying that it is. Their behavior is not a product of their culture, so much as that their culture is a product of their religion. This is not a very popular take on the situation, so I would not be surprised if I get some pretty harsh backlash on this one, but I would encourage anyone who disagrees with me to either send off for a free Qur'an or pick one up at the local library and do some reading. It will be an extremely enlightening experience.

*the Bible never even mentions abortion, let alone calls Christians to kill abortionist, it never says to hate homosexuals, only that homosexuality is a sin, the Bible teaches us to love everyone. It condemns liars, theives and prostitutes as heavily as it does gays, yet those are the kind of people Jesus chose to hang around. If you read through the new testament you'll find that it is all about tolerance. When "Christians" behave intolerantly they are not even obeying their own religious text.

Post: #314482
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314482/action/topic#314482
Time: 25-Mar-2008 1:35 AM

I just bought the Metal Gear Solid Essential Collection a few days ago, it is one impressive set for the price. I highly recommend it for anyone with a PS2 or a backwards compatible PS3, if you have never played them before but have the tiny bit of interest in them, or if you own one or two of them but not all three, or if you own just the initial releases of Sons of Liberty and Snake Eater, at thirty bucks this thing is completely worth it. Even MGS2 Substance alone sells for close to $30 for a used copy.

I owned MGS for my PC and I picked up a used copy of Son of Liberty last year, but it was worth buying them again for the matching packaging and Substance & Subsistence. Only things that makes this set less than perfect IMHO is the lack of the second disc for MGS3: Subsistance and the fact that the manuals are printed in black and white (which makes the pictures almost impossible to make out).

Post: #314452
Topic: Discussion: Awful Star Wars Collectibles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314452/action/topic#314452
Time: 24-Mar-2008 4:30 PM

Thanks for those Sluggo, those Jedi in sweaters cracked me up. Expecially Qui-gon, he looks like he could be in a shampoo commerical.

Post: #314079
Topic: I'm gone for a few weeks and this happens? WTF
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314079/action/topic#314079
Time: 19-Mar-2008 12:22 PM

It takes a bit to get used to, but once you get into it, it is great. Ruined our on going forum software joke though...

Post: #314052
Topic: Should there be a sequel to Manos: The Hands of Fate?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314052/action/topic#314052
Time: 19-Mar-2008 3:43 AM

Wow, that cover is so smooth I feel like throwing together a preservation DVD with dual audio tracks including both the original and the MST3K audio.

Post: #314038
Topic: New Avatars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314038/action/topic#314038
Time: 19-Mar-2008 1:07 AM

Mine needs no explaination, mine is a stretched out copy of the one I used with the old forum software. I choose it because after all my time of lurking at the boards, it was the only one that I had not seen anyone else use, which probably says something about its quality.

I am thinking about changing it though, it does look pretty bad. It is going to be hard though, feeling a bit of separation anxiety towards it.

Post: #314036
Topic: We've lost Arthur C. Clarke
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/314036/action/topic#314036
Time: 19-Mar-2008 1:00 AM

I was sad when I saw this, though I must say 90 is a pretty good run. What we leave behind is very important and Arthur's books will still be being read for generations to come. One more great writer of our time joins the list of the greats from the past.

Post: #313906
Topic: Mother arrested for leaving children "unattended"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313906/action/topic#313906
Time: 17-Mar-2008 2:31 PM

lordjedi said:

we're ending up with a nation of pussies..

Ending up? Take a look around, I think we have already ended up a nation of pussies, and we are ready to join the rest of the "progressive" nations of the world in teaching all the little "non-progressive" countries how to evolve and become pussies themselves, thus introducing to the galaxy an entire planet of pussies. I wouldn't be surprised if our police officers were running around without guns in twenty years time.

Post: #313862
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313862/action/topic#313862
Time: 16-Mar-2008 10:00 PM

bkev said:

Your second suggestion I like, but it might seem out-of-place to suddenly haveo no window in those closed corridors.

I guess you didn't understand what I was saying. I simply meant something along the lines of instead of having the whole wall window after window, change it so there is a window every so many meters, thus cutting down on the overall number of windows. In this manner the feel of the original could be somewhat kept, while at the same time we still get a few shots of what is outside. For example in a corridor shot that has five window panels all along it, cut it down to just two panels.

Probably pointless. It is just that the amount of windows in that place as depicted in the SE has always felt a little overwhelming, and I miss the steril, brightly lit corridors of the original, though I admit they felt a little bit too closed in.

Post: #313829
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313829/action/topic#313829
Time: 16-Mar-2008 1:39 PM

One change I have never been so sure about were the cloud city windows. Part of me likes it to an extent, but most of me does not. I really liked the closed in feel of the original, but a few windows makes sense. I wonder how it would work to fill in most of the windows to be like the original, but to leave an SE window every now and then. It seems like this could bring back the original feel that many of us OT fans miss, while also opening the place up a bit.

Post: #313798
Topic: STAR WARS: EP V "REVISITED EDITION"ADYWAN - 12GB 1080p MP4 VERSION AVAILABLE NOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313798/action/topic#313798
Time: 15-Mar-2008 11:26 PM

This is going to sound like kind of an extreme change, but I think it could add a lot of emotional depth to the film. It is a new scene with Darth Vader, the hard part will be getting someone who sounds like James Earl Jones, fortunately Darth Vader costumes are fairly easy to get a hold of. The scene I am thinking would be Darth Vader having a counseling session through a hologram. So we have him talking to the blue hologram of his counselor about his feelings toward his son who he now knows to be alive, and his feelings of guilt towards having choked Padme, and her having died without him telling her he loved her.

I really think this could add a great deal of depth to Empire Stikes Back, as well as to the whole saga, it also helps connect the good trilogy to the bad trilogy. It would be easy enough to film. Anakin was a pretty emotional character, surely he has to whine to someone, I don't thing Darth Vader could have gone through the gap between trilogies without partaking in a mass quantity of whining. I am sure this might not be a very popular change, but I think it would be worth staking your reputation on Ady. In the end people wont be able to hold themselves back from proclaiming your greatness.

Post: #313793
Topic: (SPOILER) new "STAR TREK" 2009 spoiler thread (SPOILER)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313793/action/topic#313793
Time: 15-Mar-2008 9:12 PM

I think if I were a new comer to the show I would absolutely hate TOS. I still find the majority of those episodes to be crap even though I grew up watching them. I could see an episode like "Spock's Brain" where the gogo chick aliens steal his brain and McCoy is controling his via remote control being a huge turn off to modern viewers.

If you end of finding you have a hard time sitting through them, I would recommend just skipping through it onto the films, or watching some of the better loved episodes and skipping over the majority, then you could always go back and watch them later. Just a thought. The series really gets at its best during the TNG DS9 era. It would really be a shame for you to grow tired of the show while working your way through TOS and TAS and never make it to the parts of the series that are really worthwhile.

Good choice on not beginning with Enterprise by the way, it really doesn't have that Star Trekkish feel of the others, in fact the first season was officially just titled "Enterprise" it wasn't until season two that they decided to add the "Star Trek" above the title.

Post: #313767
Topic: Mother arrested for leaving children "unattended"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313767/action/topic#313767
Time: 15-Mar-2008 4:03 PM

I couldn't agree more than we need to protect children, and sometimes parents are not fit to be parents. A lot of kids die tragically from neglect and incompetance. It is really ashame. However, there are many cases of an over stepping of boundarys and an invasion of people rights. Yeah, we only know one side of this story, and it seems she was dumb enough to refuse to give the officer information that she was obligated to give. It is pathetic if this woman ends up in jail for something so tiny, that certianly doesn't help her kids any. Even the fear and stress from having your mom get arrested in front of you and the drama of her going to court with the possibility of her being taken away for a period of time seems like it could be something pretty upsetting for a kid, maybe even tramatizing.

This woman doesn't sound like a truely neglectful parent, sounds like she made a bad judgement call at the absolute worst, while there are parents out there destroying their child's lives at this very moment. Kind of a shame when we put so much effort into nailing parents on things like this they do in front of the eyes of others, while the guy who is having sex with six year old unseen by anyone manages to get away with it.

Post: #313761
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 REVISITED ADYWAN *1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313761/action/topic#313761
Time: 15-Mar-2008 1:21 PM — Edited 15-Mar-2008 1:26 PM

Sounds like a good idea for an edit of your own, ImperialFighter. If you do decide on such an undertaking there are plenty of people around here willing to share they knowledge and help you on your way.

Good to hear the DVD-9 isn't too far away Ady, I bet you are ready to have it out there and be done with this thing for a good long while.

Post: #313744
Topic: Star Wars Prologue - Epic Prequel Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313744/action/topic#313744
Time: 15-Mar-2008 2:29 AM — Edited 15-Mar-2008 2:34 AM

Anti-Matter said:

Ok, thanks for responding.

Creating and chronicling a fanedit is NOT illegal. Selling or distributing a fanedit DVD is the part that will change the course of your life.

I am not giving a matter of opinion here, I don't care if it is illegal or not, you asked what happened to Editdroid and Jambe and I told you.

Anyway, I will apologise to you because I was the first one to really attack you. If you would be prefectly honest with yourself, other than me and OBwotsky, no one said anything rude to you before this thing took off. Moth3r simply said it was bad form to delete the first post, and it is, hardly anything to get your panties in a knot over. There was no mob mentality, Erikstormtrooper is hardly the type for anything like that, the poor guy really had a genuine interest in your silly edit and you pissed on him for it. Adywan was just saying how well it worked out for him here, it was just a suggestion and a personal testimony, he wasn't saying you didn't have the right to leave, he too seemed genuinely interested in your edit, and you pissed on him for it. Give people the benefit of the doubt.

Anyway, at this point you are pretty much working at trying to insult everyone on the boards, what do you say you call it a night and stop being an ass and insulting people who don't deserve it. I know I was being an ass myself, so again, my apologies.

Good luck with your project. May you live a thousand years and your beard grow ever longer.

Post: #313729
Topic: LOST
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313729/action/topic#313729
Time: 14-Mar-2008 11:44 PM

Zion said:

The date on Jin's tombstone was September 22nd, the date of the plane crash. So it would appear that The Six are telling everyone he died on the plane. I guess whether he's really dead or not is up for debate.

Ah, I didn't even think of that, of course it would have his death date as the date of or around the crash, especially if he is suppose to be one of the eight that "Kate pulled out of the ocean" but who she couldn't save.

Uh, did anyone else find it kind of creepy when Hurley asked Sun if there was anyone else coming and when she responded with "no" he very suggestively responded with "good". That has got to have been there for a reason. Please don't tell me Hurley romping with the widowed Sun now.

Post: #313726
Topic: Star Wars Prologue - Epic Prequel Edit (Released)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313726/action/topic#313726
Time: 14-Mar-2008 11:21 PM — Edited 14-Mar-2008 11:35 PM

Anti-Matter said:

I am expecting less attention to follow. If you read, you will see that I am considering a blog web space to take advantage of resources that are not available here. I'd like to see ONE person show me where my reasoning makes no sense.

It isn't that your reasoning makes no sense. The whole issue was that some people were interested in your project, and with your whole "moved/closed" and then the thing about knowing where to find the people that were interested and your not wanting to make the new location public knowledge except to those who contributed something, kind of felt like an "F you" to the ones who had an interest in this and felt like they were being left out of the loop. Perhaps it was misinterpreted. But you did a good deal of misinterpreting yourself, Erik said absolutely nothing other than expressing interest in knowing where to look for news on this edit in the future, and you called him and troll along with about a zillion other insults. Adywan did nothing but offer some advice and express how well this worked out for him, and you threw insults at him.

You have every right to move this, but for those people who had some interest in your project, it would have been nice to give them more information. Just because you were moving this didn't mean you needed to erase the first post. And of course you are not obligated to let anyone know, nobody said you were, they just said they think you should have. The fact that people were disappointed about what happened should have been taken as a compliment to you, the majority of edits announced on these boards people could careless about, many of them stop getting updated as the editor looses interest, and the threads simply disappear into the abyss. Any modicum of interest I may have had in this rapidly disappeared once you starting acting like such an ass to people who were being pretty nice to you. You might want to think about working on your people skills.

The reason why personal blogs have not gone over so well for fanedits in the past is that the blog is tied directly to you, you are much more in the open and much more vulnerable to the lawyer of the powers that be. Forms tend to get away with all kinds of things, but with a blog don't be surprised if you are contacted directly with a cease and desist letter. Just be sure you know what you are doing and be careful how you market this, it is after all copyright material that you have absolutely no claim of ownership to.

Post: #313717
Topic: (SPOILER) new "STAR TREK" 2009 spoiler thread (SPOILER)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/313717/action/topic#313717
Time: 14-Mar-2008 10:08 PM

Your chronological timeline just corrects the episodes that were aired out of production order, right? ST suffered a lot from being aired out of order, and I think I remember hearing one of my friends complaining about the DVDs having the episodes in air date order instead of production/chronological order. I could be wrong on that though.