ChainsawAsh

Well, now that 3D TVs are available, it won't be long before 3D porn comes along.

How would you get around the Yoda fight looking implausible?

Easy.  Don't have Yoda fight.  Same with Palpatine.  They should be above lightsaber fighting, so powerful they don't need one.

At least, that's what I always thought before Episode II came out.

What I heard was that they didn't have enough time to get the 3D conversion done before the release date, so they're not releasing Part 1 in 3D at the same time as the 2D release.

Part 2 will still be released in 2D and 3D, and I'm pretty sure that Part 1 will be released in 3D a month or so before Part 2 is released.  Mainly so they don't waste all the money they spent on converting as much of Part 1 as they have done so far.

That's an interesting viewpoint.  I've just never looked at it that way.

I don't see how a creature that can repel the Force makes it anti-mystical.  Isn't there stuff like that in myths involving magic all the time?  They're basically a Jedi Kryptonite.

I think the difference is the ysalamiri aren't explained in such cold, scientific terms as midi-chlorians.  I don't have a problem with an anti-Force creature, but I do have a problem when you explain the origin of the Force in such a cold, biological way.

If only I'd paid more attention in Spanish class back in high school.

Ah, well.  My Translate widget says:

As you can well know that there am been working in the industry of the cinema during many years now and this discussion has gotten to be very idiot. George Lucas has not obtained a neck.

Bang!

My roommate didn't even finish it.  She didn't get to the more ... ah ... upsetting aspects.  She didn't like that it wasn't as funny as the series, and that Mal was much more of an "asshole."  She said it didn't "feel the same."

Alright, now, which of you just posted as "George Lucas"?  :-P

EyeShotFirst said:

Swank-mo-tron on October 8th, 2010 at 4:34 pm said:

Scanning the original print and tossing it on DVD as is would look like more crap than the 93 laserdisc

ChainsawAsh on October 8th, 2010 at 4:55 pm said:

Oh, so you’re just an idiot then. Okay. I’m outta here.

LMFAO

Sadly, I felt compelled to post another reply, which kind of diminishes the impact of that post.  But whatever.  I'm (most likely) done now.

Frink -

Yes, Buffy and Angel are both Joss Whedon shows.  He also wrote the script for the movie, but it got changed somewhat significantly between him selling it and the movie being made.  The first season of the TV show is a sequel to his original script for the film as opposed to the film itself.

And I do highly recommend Firefly.  Don't forget about Serenity, the Firefly movie - it takes place after the end of the series.  (Though my roommate, who loved the show, didn't like the movie for some reason.)

Um, yeah.  Don't do that.

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(The above was directed at Muddyknees' post, not Ady's or Frink's.  Just to clarify.)

captainsolo said:

Never have watched it. A lot of people love it though.

The movie just seems so delicious to me. Dumb cheerleader is stalked by Donald Sutherland, who then tells her that she has to kill vampires? Count me in!

And I so I watched 5 minutes of it. It's awful.

Just cannot dig modern vampire stuff.

The show has a very, very different feel compared to the movie.  If you're interested, give it a shot.

As Bingowings said, the show's not really about vampires so much as it's about the kids.  The monsters and such are metaphors for things kids go through.

I like the blue in TPM and AOTC, but not so much in ROTS.

Haha, I have that book, too!

I don't see how ysalamiri and midi-chlorians are similar in any way.

I don't mind vampires when they're done properly, and - with the exception of the weird "vampire face" thing - they're done very well in Buffy.

Plus, it's not like every episode is about vampires.  It's kind of like The X Files - you'll have your "mythology" (in this case, vampire) episodes, but in between you have a lot of "monster-of-the-week" episodes.

The Halloween costume episode I mentioned was about a costume shop that sells Halloween costumes that literally turn you into whatever costume you're wearing.  Another episode was about a cursed Incan mummy returning to life and sucking the life out of people.  Another was about a kid Frankensteining his dead brother back to life, then Frankensteining an undead woman for him to live with.

So it's not solely about vampires.

(this is the main reason I hate 'twilight' - it's pretty much ruined vampires forever for a lot of people)

Not a movie, but I've been watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer recently.  I'm about halfway through Season 2 now.

I'd never seen any of it before, but a buddy of mine whose taste I trust implicitly (he got me into Doctor Who and The X Files, how could he steer me wrong?) has been telling me to watch it for months.

So, now that I have a real Internet connection, I've been Netflix Instant-watching it.  And it's pretty fantastic.

The first season started a little rough, but picked up in its last half-to-two-thirds.  Season 2 has been superb so far, especially the Halloween costume episode.

I also watched the 1992 movie (with Kristy Swanson and Donald Sutherland) before watching the series.  I'm glad I stuck with watching the series, because the movie was a bit of a turn-off - a bit too on the ridiculous side.  And I start watching the series, only to find out it's not canon at all - vampires in the series don't fly, turn to dust when they're killed, and have weird "vampire faces" when they ... erm ... want to, I guess.  And Buffy never burned down the gym in the movie.  And her parents are huge cunts in the movie, whereas they're quite nice in the series.

Anyway, my point is, I'm enjoying the series, despite thinking that I wouldn't, and I'm excited for the next five-and-a-half seasons.

Oh, and for anyone who's seen it and Angel - would you recommend watching Angel in tandem with Buffy, or watching them separately (in which case, I'd watch all of Buffy before watching any Angel)?

I read some of the article and comments on the BigShinyRobot page.

I don't want to live on this planet anymore.

I wasn't a big fan of Shadows of the Empire or the Hand of Thrawn books.  Not really sure why, exactly.

So that's why I have such fond memories of TPM.  I still have every Jedi Apprentice book buried in the basement somewhere.

For me, my favorite is and will always be the Thrawn trilogy.  It has its flaws, sure, but it will always be Episodes VII-IX to me.

Plus, it's completely irreconcilable with the prequels, which is a good thing in my eyes.

There's no way in hell I'm seeing any of the six in 3D.  I don't know why everyone else seems to have the "I don't want to go, but I know I will" attitude.  I don't want to go, so I won't.  Plain and simple.

George won't get another dime from me until I can watch the OOT in 1080p.

"You Got the Silver" - Rolling Stones

I think that's a fan-made (that is, Photoshopped) poster.  I doubt it exists in poster form, though it may exist in higher res than that.

Oh, and you don't need to make 5 posts in a row.  There's an "edit" button for a reason.

See?  I just used it.

Much better than the second one.  I'd definitely recommend giving it a listen.  I wouldn't say it's closer to their first album, but I wouldn't say it's much like their second, either.

Arcade Fire - "The Suburbs"

Biff's ignoring me as well.  As AK said, it's definitely only happened in the last week or so.