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bought five condoms, putting each

You failed to spell "was" with a "v", you vashout.

The budget wasn't big enough to support Walter Koenig, so Chekov was chucked and his role assumed by Arex.

I for one don't mind his absence, seeing as it led to the creation of one of Star Trek's few truly alien aliens.

The Hunger (1983)

Hmm ... this is a tough movie to rate. The rules for how vampirism works in this film's universe aren't that well defined, so as a result the film suffers storywise, especially towards the end of the film. On the other hand, the cinematography is breathtakingly beautiful -- it raises the picture above the material it has to work with considerably. Also, David Bowie.

A

I Am Stamos (2004)

I originally saw this back around -- oh -- 2005 or so. Back then I found it incredibly funny. Nowadays, though? Not so much.

I enjoyed Clint Howard's cameo, though.

C

Felicia's Journey (1999)

Another movie I find hard to rate, especially seeing as I fell asleep in the last half hour of the film or so and missed everything right before the ending. I guess I'll just say that while the pacing is a little too slow, Bob Hoskins and Elaine Cassidy both give decent-to-great performances (especially Hoskins).

C+/B-

No Country for Old Men (2007)

I don't get the hype for this movie, not in the least. Whatever everyone else is seeing in this film, I'm not seeing it at all.

C

Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965)

I admit I loved this movie. Of course, that's probably due to Vincent Price's presence more than anything else in the film.

B

Naked Lunch (1991)

Initially captivating, but the spectacle of seeing typewriters turn into giant bugs with talking assholes quickly loses its appeal and the film becomes dreary and rather unpleasant, especially in the scene towards the end where the arthropomorphic Julian Sands sodomizes the dummy of that Canadian actor whose name I can never recall. Methinks the entire movie would have worked better as a short film.

On the plus side, the animatronic effects were awesome and that chick from Barton Fink is nice to look at (even if she is a bug powder junkie).

B-

It's a fickle service?

The Merchant said:

Also interesting is your Hutt trilogy, any more ideas? And anyone else?

No big ideas as of yet, really -- I just have images of Hutt slave armies pitched in open battle against joint Imperial and New Republican troops in my head. I'd probably have Luke's children serve as the primary protagonists with a Hutt like this

serving as the primary antagonist.

I'm happy that near-humans have made their way into the nuEU.

Nanner Split said:

huh it's almost as if lady gaga and rush/the doors/led zep/insert-classic-rock-band-here don't have the same target audience

Seeing as I like many genres and subgenres of music from various different eras, this shouldn't be a issue with me if the artists in question have something going for them beyond having a nice voice.

Gaga -- and many other "artists" today -- are skilled when it comes to vocals, but in all other regards -- be it writing actual lyrics or the instrumentals that accompany them -- they're mediocre/inept.

also the doors are great if you like to listen to some dude fuck around on a vox continental for 8 hours at a time

Of course!

SilverWook said:

Scooby was my main Sat AM staple in the early 70's. The animation isn't better or worse than any other show that was on the air at the time, except for Filmation.

Honestly, I think most of the cartoons from that era were pretty crappy, so I'm not singling out Scooby-Doo. 

I've never understood the appeal of Scooby-Doo. Mediocre animation, lame, repetitive plots, ghosts who invariably turn out to be corrupt oil tycoons in bed sheets -- bleech.

Had I grown up watching this show as a kid -- being a fan of all things supernatural and paranormal as I was even back then -- I know I would have hated it. 

Would this be a good time for me to mention my indifference for South Park?

EPISODE I

Ben Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker -- best friends and moisture farmers living on Tatooine -- leave their world to train under Yoda at his Jedi academy on Dagobah. Once there, they both end up falling in love with the same girl -- Siri Tachi -- which causes tensions to rise between the two boys.

Soon after, a strike force of Dark Jedi arrive on Dagobah and raid the Jedi academy, taking many of the students -- Ben and Anakin included -- prisoner. These Dark Jedi then take their prisoners to the Shadow Academy, a Dark Jedi training station hidden deep in interstellar space, where their master Arca Jeth pressures the students of Yoda into studying the arts of the dark side.

In the end Yoda and a number of other Jedi come to the rescue, Jeth is defeated, the Shadow Academy is destroyed, Ben and Anakin's friendship is restored, and Siri chooses Anakin as her lover with Ben's full support.

EPISODE II

Years have passed since the events of Episode II and the Clone Wars are in full swing. Anakin and Ben -- who now goes by the name of Obi-Wan for whatever reason -- are now both full-fledged Jedi Knights, fighting for the Republic against the clone shock troopers of the Mandalorian civilization. 

For one reason or another, Obi-Wan eventually travels to Geonosis, a bitterly cold desert planet ruled by the Hutt Empire. There he meets Darth Vader, the young son of a sex slave who lives in bondage to the Hutts and their servitors.

Time passes, a decisive battle between the Jedi and Mandalorians is fought, and Obi-Wan takes Darth as his Jedi apprentice.

EPISODE III

Years have passed since the events of Episode III and Darth has grown into a young man with great skills as a Jedi warrior. Unfortunately for Darth, he has two problems going for him: He has never outgrown the anger he's fostered since he was a slave on Geonosis and he has an unhealthy obsession with Anakin's wife, Siri.

Eventually Darth fails in his struggle against the dark side and is consumed by it. He leaves the Jedi Order, rapes Siri, and then has a violent confrontation with Anakin, resulting in both of their (apparent) deaths.

As it turns out, Darth impregnated Siri; months later she delivers a pair of twins, a boy and a girl. When Palpatine rises to power and begins persecuting the Jedi Order, it is decided that the twins will be separated and placed into hiding; Obi-Wan will take the boy to be raised by his stepbrother Owen on Tatooine while Siri will travel to an undisclosed location to raise the daughter on her own.

EPISODE V

The same movie as TESB except that Palpatine is now physically portrayed by a beautiful woman and Han dies as a result of the carbon freezing.

EPISODE VI

Luke has his final confrontation with Darth Vader, finally consummates his love with Leia, and learns about his sister's existence from Yoda.

EPISODE VII

With Leia accompanying him, Luke travels into uncharted space in search for his sister, Nellith. Unfortunately for the young Jedi and his lover, one of Palpatine's Inquisitors is hot on their heels.

EPISODE VIII

An adventure involving Luke, Nellith, and a plot to cripple the Imperial war machine.

EPISODE IX

As the war between the Rebellion and the Empire reaches its crescendo, Luke and Nellith confront the Emperor.

EPISODE X

Years have passed since the defeat of Palpatine. The Empire is in ruins, the New Republic has become the dominant power in this region of the galaxy, and Luke and Nellith have begun to restore the Jedi Order.

Unfortunately for our heroes, the Hutt Empire wishes to expand into former Imperial space and they now have the power to do so.

EPISODE XI

The New Republic and Imperial Remnant ally together to repel the invading Hutt forces.

EPISODE XII

The Hutt War comes to an end.

timdiggerm said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

A planet with dinosaurs is not a planet of dinosaurs. Get with the distinction, people!

 Are you saying Charlton Heston visited a planet made entirely of simians?!

I wouldn't know. I've only seen two of the sequels and never on drugs. =P 

^Why I loathe the entire Legacy era in a nutshell. As craptastic as the NJO was, at least it didn't end with a member of the Skywalker-Solo clan falling to the dark side and the Empire/Sith coming back into power.

of the ladies' room. Just

mene, mene, tekel, upharsin, which

A planet with dinosaurs is not a planet of dinosaurs. Get with the distinction, people!

I worship satin. It being such a glorious, divine fabric, how could I not?

Tobar said:

There was talk in other parts of the forum about one of my favorite movies from childhood, Planet of Dinosaurs. Subsequently, it has now become a personal goal in my life to own a poster from that film.

Whilst looking around for an original print of the poster online, I stumbled upon the Lebanese version:

I like.

In all the years the EU's been around, I don't think anyone's ever really written a SW story set on a planet full of dinosaurs. That should be rectified in the near future.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

This may be a minor point but it has bugged me since I was a kid.  It seems like 99% of the time when I hear someone talk about Star Trek they call it Star TRACK.  Trek and Track are two completely different words that have completely different meanings.  It bugs me every time I hear it.

That's how I used to pronounce it myself when I too young to know how "trek" was supposed to be pronounced. 

What else do you have on that file, Frink? Nothing that'll led intimidating men in black suits and shades to pay your home a visit, I hope.

Annoying? Not from my point of view. =P

After watching this music video, I now officially loathe lens flare.

Nothing good on TV?