DuracellEnergizer

That's a memo TCW and Rebels apparently never got. ;-)

The manbiles will be fixed.

I feel your pain. Years back, when I still bothered watching TV for something other than older movies and shows, it happened to me all the time. 

Why doesn't anyone ever spell "Lucas" as "£u¢a$"? If you're going to mock his name, you may as well go for broke and replace as many letters with symbols of currency as you can.

Ringu 'round the rosie, a pocket full of posies. Ashes! Ashes! we all fall down!

...

Leonardo said:

It's a shame that Murphy didn't take more roles like this one, and left the fat suits in the closet.

You mean they're ...?

Akton said:

The PT is so full of jarring discrepancies and displays such a cavalier, wanton disregard for OT-established facts about the era it purports to cover, that one simply cannot accept it for what it claims to be (the canonical first three episodes of the Saga). Looking at the saga as an extended history laid out in a tome like The Journal of the Whills, one would have little choice but to consider the PT apocryphal; a gloss added so long after the fact (and so clumsily) that its historical veracity must necessarily be doubted.

That said, the route for remaking the PT that I think Disney could feasibly take is this: Present it as an "alternate" telling of the events - a "What If" or "Elseworlds" type of thing... One that just so happens to be in perfect accord with the PT-era references in the OT and which respects the plot twists of the OT and flows like a proper story when viewed chronologically. They could even leave the episode numbers off of them and treat the remake as though it were the apocryphal version (but, wink-wink, nudge-nudge we'd all know it represents the proper version of the events). That way the PT, TCW, Rebels and all that other crap can stay "on the books" as the official "canon" and we can have our PT which everyone but us would ghettoize as a "Legends" story.

OT-ers are happy. PT fanboys are happy. Disney makes money.

I doubt it could happen before, say, 2030... But as long as it happens and I get to see it, I'll be satisfied. 

Of course, not every OT fan agrees on how a proper PT should play out. I for one know things I'd like to see featured in an alternate PT would be reviled by other fans and vice-versa. Do we then start making multiple alternate PTs to suit the tastes of everyone?

So the franchise is doomed to serve as the brainless host for the malevolent parasite that is the PT for all time?

Oh, well, there's only one course of action left for me to take ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZOsfhJ4kvo

^Were I Palpatine, I wouldn't tear the temple down. I'd convert it into a training centre for darksiders.

Of course, were I Palpatine, I also wouldn't have had a bunch of Force-sensitive children I could have brainwashed into loyal Dark Jedi followers needlessly slaughtered either.

Post Praetorian said:

I cannot write often as the day is full...and I must log off before the security protocols are armed...but I feel I may be able to check in from time to time as opportunity allows!

Godspeed on escaping whichever ultramodern maximum security prison you're currently being held in. 

This thread is turning into a stark reminder of why I hate math so very much ...

msycamore said:

skyjedi2005 said:

Would be interested in finally finding out why Boba Fett and Han Solo hate each other so much and Boba seems to be gunning for Solo.

But even filling in those blanks could be really lame if done prequel style.

Hate each other so much? What film did you watch? Boba Fett wanted to collect a bounty on Han Solo. I doubt Solo even knew who he was, he wasn't even referred to by name by any of the characters in The Empire Strikes Back.

That idea of Fett and Han having a mutual grudge is something from the EU. It's nowhere to be found in the films themselves.

Seeing that sky has spent a great deal of time lately mentioning things which have been rendered non-canon since the PT/Great EU Purge occured, it's funny that he failed to recognize this EUism.

eiyosus said:

I actually like those colors in that Lando pic.  :P  It's got a real Flash Gordon vibe.

And a minty freshness that can't be beat. 

Frank your Majesty said:

Akton said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Ah, Labyrinth ...

*ultraswoon*

 

Thanks a lot... Now I have to go watch Career Opportunities.

Title of the movie in Germany: Kevin's cousin in the supermarket alone. *facepalm*

LOL. I love inaccurately translated movie titles. 

GlastoEls said:

Great discussion, but they're never, ever, ever going to reboot or ret-con the prequels.

Prequels feed into Clone Wars, which feeds into Rebels, which may feed into Rogue One, which feeds.... etc.

Yeah, that's the biggest problem with rebooting the PT.

If you choose to make a PT that's radically different from the original, it's not going to mesh with TCW or Rebels. That means you'd have to initiate another purge of the franchise, decanonizing those two shows and everything tied to them, which would send the franchise into a tailspin.

If you choose to reboot the PT, but make it such a way that it fits with TCW and Rebels, you're still going to have to keep all the shitty prequelisms like "youngling", "padawan", midi-chlorians, desert hermit Jedi robes, "Darth" as a title for Sith, lightsaber-wielding Yoda, lightsaber-wielding Palpatine, the RGB lightsaber colour scheme, etc. In effect, you'd end up with a PT that may be somewhat better than the original PT, but it'd still tell the same basic story with the same basic interpretation of characters. What would be the point?

As much as I'd like to see the PT we have discarded and replaced, that ship has sailed. At this point, the most we can hope for is for Lucasfilm to declare the PT apocryphal -- a heavily inaccurate depiction of true events, if you will -- and hope writers choose to build on that idea in future stories told outside of the main saga.

^Same dream twice in a row? =P

Ah, Labyrinth ...

*ultraswoon*

Yeah, but there's nothing in there about me committing sex crimes, thus nullifying it's credibility.

KyloGirlN said:

Hi guys!

Please check this funny parody of Kylo Ren lightsaber! You're guaranteed to laugh :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWH9rTprWbQ

^Then give me a lawnchair and a radiation suit, 'cause I wanna lay back, relax, and watch as things go nuclear.

moviefreakedmind said:

I had a nightmare that I was a member of my college concert band and that my high school band teacher was conducting it. 

*ahem*

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/The-Dream-of-the-Giant-Fractal-Woodlouse/topic/16077/

Do you make thoughtless remarks or accusations which later you regret?

YES

When others are getting rallied, do you remain fairly composed?

MAYBE

Do you browse through railway timetables, directories, or dictionaries just for pleasure?

MAYBE

When asked to make a decision, would you be swayed by your like or dislike of the personality involved?

MAYBE

Do you intend two or less children in your family even though your health and income will permit more?

YES

Do you get occasional twitches of your muscles, when there is no logical reason for it?

MAYBE

Would you prefer to be in a position where you did not have the responsibilities of making decisions?

MAYBE

Are your actions considered unpredictable by other people?

MAYBE

Do you consider more money should be spent on social security?

MAYBE

Do other people interest you very much?

NO

Is your voice monotonous, rather than varied in pitch?

MAYBE

Do you normally let the other person start the conversation?

YES

Are you readily interested in other people's conversations?

NO

Would the idea of inflicting pain on game, small animals or fish prevent you from hunting or fishing?

MAYBE

Are you often impulsive in your behavior?

NO

Do you speak slowly?

NO

Are you usually concerned about the need to protect your health?

YES

Does an unexpected action cause your muscles to twitch?

NO

Are you normally considerate in your demands on your employees, relatives, or pupils?

MAYBE

Do you consider that you could give a valid 'snao judgment ?

HUH? MAYBE

Do your past failures still worry you?

YES

Do you find yourself being extra-active for periods lasting several days?

NO

Do you resent the efforts of others to tell you what to do?

YES

Is it normaly hard for you to 'own up and take the blame'?

MAYBE

Do you have a small circle of close friends, rather than a large number of friends, speaking acquantances?

NO

Is your life a constant struggle for survival?

NO

Do you often sing or whistle just for the fun of it?

YES

Are you considered warm-hearted by your friends?

NO

Would you rather give orders than take them?

MAYBE

Do you enjoy telling people the latest scandal about your associates?

NO

Could you agree, to strict discipline ?

NO

Would the idea of making a complete new start cause you much concern?

MAYBE

Do you make efforts to get others to laugh and smile?

NO

Do you find it easy to express your emotions?

NO

Do you refrain from complaining when the other person is late for an appointment?

MAYBE

Are you sometimes considered by others a "spoilsport"?

MAYBE

Do you consider there are other people who are definitely unfriendly toward you and work against you?

YES

Would you admit you were wrong just to "keep the peace"?

MAYBE

Do you have only a few people of whom you are really tend

WHAT? NO

Are you rarely happy, unless you have a special reason?

YES

Do you "circulate around" at a social gathering?

MAYBE

Do you take reasonable precaution to prevent accidents?

MAYBE

Does the idea of talking in front of people make you nervous?

YES

If you saw an article in a shop obviously mistakenly marked lower than its correct price, would you try to get it at that price?

YES

Do you often feel that people are looking at you or talking about you behind your back?

NO

Are you 'always getting into trouble'?

NO

Have you any particular hate or fear?

YES

Do you prefer to be an onlooker rather than participate in any active sport?

YES

Do you find it easy to be impartial?

MAYBE

Have you a definitely set standard of courteous behavior in front of other members of your family?

NO

Can you start the "ball rolling" at a social gathering?

NO

Would you "buy on credit" with the hope that you can keep up the payments?

MAYBE

Do you get an after-reaction when something unexpected such as an accident or other disturbing incident takes place?

MAYBE

Do you consider the good of all concerned rather than your own personal advantages?

MAYBE

When hearing a lecturer, do you sometimes experience the idea that the speaker is referring entirely to you?

NO

Does 'external noise' rarely intertere with your concentration?

MAYBE

Are you usually "up-to-date" on everyday affairs?

NO

Can you confidently plan and work towards carrying out an event in six months time?

NO

Do you consider the modern "prisons without bars" system doomed to failure?

MAYBE

Do you tend to be careless?

MAYBE

Do you ever get a 'dreamlike feeling toward life when it all seems unreal?

YES

Do you speedily recover from the effects of bad news?

NO

When you criticize - do you at the same time try to encourage?

NO

Are you normally considered "cold"?

MAYBE

Are your opinions insufficiently important to tell other people?

MAYBE

Are you so self-assured that it sometimes annoys others?

NO

Do you keep "close contact" on articles of yours which you have loaned to friends?

MAYBE

Do you enjoy activities of your own choosing?

YES

Does emotional music have quite an effect on you?

YES

Do you completely condemn a person because he is a rival or opponent in some aspect of your relations with him?

NO

Do you often "sit and think" about death, sickness, pain and sorrow?

YES

Are you perturbed at the idea of loss of dignity?

YES

Are you always collecting things which "might be useful"?

NO

Would you criticize faults and point out the bad points on someone else's character or handiwork?

MAYBE

Are you openly appreciative of beautiful things?

MAYBE

Do you sometimes give away articles which strictly speaking do not belong to you?

NO

Do you greet people effusively?

NO

Do you often ponder on previous misfortunes?

YES

Are you sometimes considered forceful in your actions or opinions?

MAYBE

Do you accept criticism easily and without resentment?

MAYBE

Are you usually undisturbed by "noises off" when you are trying to rest?

YES

Are you likely to be jealous?

MAYBE

Do you tend to put off doing things and then discover it is too late?

MAYBE

Do you prefer to abide by the wishes of others rather than seek to have your own way?

NO

Do you find it easy to get yourself started on a project?

NO

Do you bite your fingernails or chew the end of your pencil?

NO

Do you "turn up the volume" of your emotions just to create an effect?

MAYBE

If we were invading another country, would you feel sympathetic towards conscientious objectors in this country?

YES

Are there some things about yourself on which you are touchy?

YES

Do you have few interests and activities that are your own choice?

NO

Do you ever get a single thought which hangs around for days?

MAYBE

Are you a slow eater?

NO

Can you be a stabilizing influence when others get panicky?

NO

Would you stop and find out whether a person needed help even though they had not directly asked you for it?

MAYBE

Are you prejudiced in favor of your own school, college, club or team, etc,?

NO

Do you pay your debts and keep your promises when it is possible?

YES

Do you sleep well?

YES

Would you use corporal punishment on a child aged ten if it refused to obey you?

NO

Do you prefer to take a passive role in any club or organization to which you belong?

MAYBE

Are you logical and scientific in your thinking?

MAYBE

Does the youth of today have more opportunity than that of a generation ago?

MAYBE

Do you throw things away only to discover that you need them later?

NO

Would you give up easily on a given course if it were causing you a considerable amount of inconvenience?

YES

Do you "wax enthusiastic' about only a few subjects?

MAYBE

Do you rarely suspect the actions of others?

MAYBE

Do you sometimes wonder if anyone really cares about you?

YES

Do you turn down responsibility because you doubt your fitness to cope?

MAYBE

Do you sometimes feel compelled to repeat some interesting item or tidbit?

NO

Do you tend to exaggerate a justifiable grievance?

NO

Is your facial expression varied rather than set?

NO

Do you usually need to justify or back up an opinion once stated?

MAYBE

Do you openly and sincerely admire beauty in other people?

MAYBE

Would it take a definite effort on your part to consider the subject of suicide?

MAYBE

Would you consider yourself energetic in your attitude toward life?

NO

Would a disagreement affect your general relationship with another person?

MAYBE

Does a minor failure on your part rarely trouble you?

YES

Do you sometimes feel that you talk too much?

NO

Do you smile much?

NO

Are you easily pleased?

NO

When met with direct opposition would you still seek to have your own way rather than give in?

MAYBE

Provided the distance were not too great, would you still prefer to ride rather than walk?

MAYBE

Do you ever get disturbed by the noise of the wind or a "house settling down"?

NO

Is your opinion influenced by looking at things from the standpoint of your experiences, occupation or training?

YES

Do you often make tactless blunders?

MAYBE

Are you suspicious of people who ask to borrow money from you?

YES

Are your decisions swayed by personal interests?

YES

Can you get quite enthusiastic over "some simple little thing"?

MAYBE

Do you frequently take action even though you know your own good judgment would indicate otherwise?

NO

Are you in favor of color bar and class distinction?

NO

Are you aware of any habitual physical mannerisms such as pulling your hair, nose, ears, or such like?

NO

Can you quickly adapt and make use of new conditions and situations even though they may be difficult?

NO

Do some noises "set your teeth on edge"?

MAYBE

Can you see the other fellow's point of view when you wish to?

MAYBE

Do you go to bed when you want to, rather than "by the clock"?

MAYBE

Do the "petty foibles" of others make you impatient?

MAYBE

Do children irritate you?

MAYBE

Are you less talkative than your associates?

YES

Do you usually carry out assignments promptly and systematically?

NO

Would you assist a fellow traveler rather than leave it to the officials?

MAYBE

When voting, do you vote the same party ticket straight rather than studying the candidates and issues?

NO

Do you frequently dwell on your past illnesses or painful experiences?

YES

Do you get very ill at ease in disordered surroundings?

MAYBE

Do you usually criticize a film or show that you see or a book that you read?

MAYBE

When recounting some amusing incident can you easily imitate the mannerisms or the dialect in the original incident?

MAYBE

In subjects about which you are not expert, are your own ideas of sufficient importance as to tell others?

MAYBE

Do you have a tendency to tidy up a disorder of somebody else's household?

NO

Can you accept defeat easily without the necessity of "swallowing your disappointment"?

NO

Do you often feel depressed?

YES

Are you ever ill at ease in the company of children?

MAYBE

Do you get frustrated at not being able to do something rather than finding a substitute activity or system?

YES

Are you sometimes completely unable to enter the spirit of things?

MAYBE

Do you rarely express your grievances?

YES

Do you work in "spurts" being relatively inactive and then furiously active for a day or two?

MAYBE

Does the number of uncompleted jobs you have on hand bother you?

MAYBE

Do people enjoy being in your company?

MAYBE

Could you allow someone to finish those "final two words'in a crossword puzzle without interfering?

YES

Do you consider the best points of most people and only rarely speak slightingly of them?

MAYBE

Do you laugh or smile quite readily?

NO

Are you detinite and emphatic in voice and manner?

NO

Are you effusive only to close friends if at all?

YES

Are your interests and tields of knowledge so important as to give little time for anything else?

NO

Would you like to 'start a new activity' in the area in which you live?

MAYBE

Would you make the necessary actions to kill an animal in order to put it out of pain?

YES

Is it easy for you to relax?

MAYBE

Do you have little regret on past misfortunes and failures?

NO

Does the idea of fear or apprehension give you a physical reaction?

MAYBE

Can you trust the decision of your judgment in an emotional situation in which you are involved?

MAYBE

Could someone else consider that you were really active?

NO

Do you find it hard to get started on a task that needs to be done?

YES

Are you opposed to the "probation system" for criminals"

NO

Do you spend much time on needless worries?

MAYBE

In a disagreement do you find it hard to understand how the other person fails to see your side, and thus agree with you?

MAYBE

Do you cope with everyday problems of living quite well?

MAYBE

Are you usually truthful to others?

MAYBE

Would you rather "wait for something to happen" as opposed to you causing it?

YES

Do you spend too freely in relation to your income?

NO

Can you take a "calculated risk" without too much worry?

NO

If you were involved in a slight car accident, would you really take the trouble to see that any damage you did was made good?

MAYBE

Do others push you around?

YES

Do you make allowances for your friends where with others you might judge more severely?

MAYBE

Do you often ponder over your own inferiority?

YES

Do people criticize you to others?

YES

Are you embarrassed by a hearty greeting such as a kiss, hug, or pat on the back, if done in public?

NO

Do you frequently not do something you want to do because of other people's desires?

NO

Are you sometimes convinced of the correctness of your opinions about a subject even though you are not an expert?

NO

Do you often find yourself "going off in all directions at once"?

MAYBE

Do your acquaintances seem to think more of your abilities than you do?

NO

Is the idea of death or even reminders of death abhorrent to you?

YES

Having settled an argument out do you continue to feel disgruntled for a while?

MAYBE

Are you friendly in voice, attitude, and expression?

MAYBE

Does life seem rather vague and unreal to you?

YES

Do you often feel upset about the state of war victims and political refugees?

MAYBE

Do "mere acquaintances" appeal to you for aid or advice in their personal difficulties?

NO

If you lose an article, do you get the idea that "someone must have stolen or mislaid it?"

NO

It you thought that someone was suspicious of you and your actions, would you tackle them on the subject rather than leaving them to work it out?

MAYBE

Do you sometimes feel that your age is against you (too young or too old)?

YES

Do you have spells of being sad and depressed for no apparent reason?

NO

Do you do much grumbling about conditions you have to face in life?

YES

Do you tend to hide your feelings?

YES

Do you consider you have many warm friends?

NO

A serious project? Well, now ...

Danfun128 said:

You inadvertently distorted the image in a way that looking at it gives me a headache! Couldn't you have taken it in a way where the lines at the top aligned with the screen properly?

What, and conform to Euclidean geometry?

You, sir, are a square.