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Darth Chaltab

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#204350
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An exact quote from Lucas on Greedo shooting first.
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Slapping a Rodian would probably be painful, but that is besides the point. Greedo was pointing a gun at him and clearly WANTED to pull the trigger. He was probably GOING to do it, just gloating beforehand like a Bond villain. So Solo shoots him. Self defense.

Lucas' assertion that it's cold blooded murder reflects, I think, his increasingly liberal world view.
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#203410
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New Star Trek Movie
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203410/action/topic#203410
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Well, you could suggest that by the time of the Romulan Wars, space ship production was more important than certain conveniences, so they left off the viewscreens to make more ships faster.


As for Nemesis... I actually liked it a bit better than "Wrath of Khan" though it may be because I'm more partial to the TNG crew.
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#203292
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Worst Cliches in Films
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203292/action/topic#203292
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Originally posted by: skyman8081
This is another cliche that there is not way around for a filmmaker, unfortunately.

A plan that is not explained on screen ahead of time will go perfectly, a plan that is explained onscreen ahead of time will fail.


The Death Star destruction plan did not fail in ANH, nor did the second one in Return of the Jedi (though it would have if not for Chewie and the Ewoks)
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#203290
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New Star Trek Movie
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/203290/action/topic#203290
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Originally posted by: JediSage
Should wait until 2010, then go in a completely new direction, including tossing... out the window.. the utopian worldview crap..


Amen. Am I the only one who physically cringes when Picard gives that stupid speach about how great the world is to Max in "First Contact"?? If I were writing that flick, I would have had Max be so skeptical that she FORCED Picard to admit that society wasn't perfect.

Because that's impossible--surely Gene Roddenbury knew this.
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#202793
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Worst Cliches in Films
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202793/action/topic#202793
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On a similar note:

-Comptuers have become so advanced that they can delete people from a photo and logically construct what would have appeared behind them automatically, no user input required.

-Even the blurriest of photos and videos can be enhanced to the point that the image of the face/liscene plate/serial number/important information can be made out plain as day. Even on a twenty year old recording. Taken at night. With the lights off.

-Operating systems, loading times, stubborn programs, ect. on computers don't exist. Computers run ONLY programs relevent to the plot, and never crash unless it enhances the drama.

-Passwords are always the name of a friend, relative, pet, obsession, ect, possibly spelled backwards. Nobody ever makes a random word like snickerdoodle or humanoid their password, and they NEVER include numbers.


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#202790
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202790/action/topic#202790
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
First, being hit by a lightining on a shower is as improbable as being hit by a lightning anywhere at your own home.


Uh, Ric. Tap water + metal water lines = conductor of electricity.

As for a 'lockdown'... It means basically that we can't leave the classroom for any reason unless it's a major emergency. And it was due to a death threat note found at the school--the storm had cleared up by this point. But it began right before lunch, meaning that we couldn't GO to lunch for another 30 minutes all because some kid had to put his stupid grudges down on paper.
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#202721
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/202721/action/topic#202721
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Ugh. I hate my city school system. STUPID, STUPID decision makers.

We awoke this morning to a terrible thunderstorm, lighting striking near houses and such, and yet not a single hour of delay. Let's just let our students get zapped by lighting while taking a shower, why not. THEN... we get through the day.. FIVE MINUTES to the lunch bell, we're suddenly in lockdown without an explanation.