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Possessed said:
The exorcist is so good it's absurd. Even if you take out the whole horror aspect and have it not be demon possession and have it just be a mental illness as the doctors believe it would STILL be a good movie. Epic win that will never be duplicated.
Except for the scene with the Pazuzu statue, I found the movie bland. I honestly prefer the sequels over it.
EXT. BASE CAMP – DAY
About an hour has passed and the base camp has been established. Erected atop the first large dune past the obelisks, the members of the away team are afforded a glorious view of the face of the pyramid.
Feretti, dragging over a final crate of equipment, drops it in the sand in the sun just outside the camp and takes a graceless seat under the shade of the great tarp that has been set up over each of the individual tents.
FERETTI: (fuming) I can’t believe we’re stuck here.
FREEMAN: Knock it off, Mr. Doomsayer.
BROWN: Yes, give it a rest – please.
REILLY: Besides, if we’re not back soon, they’ll just turn the gate on from the other side.
FERETTI: (incredulous) Weren’t you paying attention during the mission briefing, dimwit? The silo’s been emptied out – it’s deader than a church on payday. (beat) If we don’t turn the gate on from here, we’re screwed, alright? Now I’m telling you, we’re not going anywhere!
REILLY: (annoyed) Shut up.
INT. PYRAMID/STARGATE CHAMBER – DAY
Alone inside the stone chamber, O’Neal stands over the FRED, his back to the dormant stargate. Now free of its cargo, the FRED’s surface appears completely bare, unmarred by any visible seams.
Leaning over, the colonel feels along the side of the vehicle, searching for something. Finding a hidden switch, he presses it. With a soft CLICK, a hidden panel on top of the FRED pops open, revealing a secret compartment. Reaching inside, O’Neal pulls out a large metal cylinder.
Judging by the dark LCD timer and the label bearing the symbol of radiation on the side, the cylinder appears to be a thermonuclear bomb.
EXT. BASE CAMP – DAY
Trudging up the side of the dune, Daniel comes to the camp, his large, heavy trunk of books and personal belongings in tow behind him. Dragging it over to his personal tent with visible strain, he releases his hold on the handle then proceeds to plop himself down on top of it. Exhausted, the scholar runs a hand across his sweaty, sandy, reddening forehead. He then begins to go through his supplies for a bottle of sunblock.
DANIEL: Toothpicks … water purification tablets … two-ounce mylar blanket … a sewing kit … compass … processed fruit rolls … sunglasses … (he stops to clip them on over his glasses) breath mints … two knives … signal flares … cyanide capsules … a hammock … string … tape … bandages … first aid kit … everything but sunblock. (turns to the others) Feretti, Porro – didn’t any of you guys bring any sunblock? I’m burning up out here.
The airmen ignore him.
INT. PYRAMID/STARGATE CHAMBER – DAY
Setting the bomb up on its base atop the FRED, O’Neal reaches back inside the vehicle’s compartment and pulls out an arming mechanism. Bringing it over to the bomb, he slides it into place in a slot set in the top of the weapon. The timer automatically lights up with red zeroes.
EXT. BASE CAMP – DAY
FERETTI: (points toward the crate he left sitting in the sunlight) Jackson, we need that crate over here.
Sighing with exasperation, Daniel slowly rises to his feet, groaning from the effort, and begins trudging toward the crate. As he reaches it, Feretti gets up and walks over to Daniel’s trunk, opening the lid. As Daniel retrieves the crate, Feretti begins going through the archaeologist’s belongings.
DANIEL: (opens the crate) Jesus. You guys planning on fighting a war here?
There in the open crate, nestled in neat rows, are two dozen M4 carbine assault rifles.
FERETTI: (angry) Thanks to you, we’ve got the time to fight one.
Reaching deep into the trunk, Feretti pulls out Daniel’s book sack, heavy with thick volumes.
FERETTI: (approaching Daniel) Why don’t you do something useful, Jackson, like maybe a little reading!
He heaves the heavy sack at Daniel. Before the Egyptologist can prepare himself, it hits him square in the chest and he goes sailing backward with a yelp of surprise. Hitting the sand, Daniel and the books go end-over-end down the other side of the dune.
Satisfied with this small bit of retribution, Feretti grins. Turning around, he heads back to his tent, giving Freeman a high-five on the way over.
BROWN: (shakes his head; amused) That’s cold, man.
INT. PYRAMID/STARGATE CHAMBER – DAY
Before O’Neal can go further with the setup of the bomb, a flashlight beam comes shining down from the opening on the far side of the chamber, playing across the ramp leading inside, alerting the colonel to the presence of another. With silent haste, O’Neal pulls the arming mechanism back out of the bomb, deactivating it, then proceeds to place the weapon back inside the FRED’s secret compartment.
Kawalsky enters the chamber just as the colonel presses the panel down, resealing the hidden compartment.
KAWALSKY: Base camp is operational, sir.
O’Neal nods, his face as impassive as ever.
KAWALSKY: I want to apologize for losing my cool out there. It just seems like more is going on here than meets the eye. (beat) For instance, what was that you said about not coming back with us? What was that all about?
O’NEAL: Apology accepted.
Kawalsky just stands there, waiting for the colonel to answer his questions.
O’NEAL: You’re dismissed, airman.
Frowning with silent anger and suspicion, the lieutenant colonel turns away from his superior officer, returning back the way he came.
EXT. BASE CAMP – DAY
Having finished his business at the pyramid, O’Neal comes to the base camp.
O’NEIL: Come sundown, Jackson, Kawalsky and I’ll start off for the road. Like he said, it has to lead somewhere. (beat) Where is Jackson?
Feretti, Brown, Reilly, and Porro exchange glances, saying nothing.
CUT TO
Daniel, his near-empty book sack slung across his shoulder, making the slow climb back up the face of the dune, stopping every now and then to retrieve one of the many heavy books which had spilled out into the sand during their descent. Eventually completing his task and reaching the top, he sets the sack down in the sand and takes a seat, exhausted from all the exertion of the day.
O’Neal can only shake his head.
^Another thing we agree on ;-)
I don't know why I haven't brought this up before; I've hated it ever since I read about it.
greenpenguino said:
But... Superman isn't an example of an Übermensch. If anything Lex Luthor is more of an example of a Nietzschean Übermensch...
In this context, I was just using "Ubermensch" as an alternative for "Superman".
Wishmaster 3: Beyond the Gates of Hell (2001) - 5.8/10
Det sjunde inseglet AKA The Seventh Seal (1957) - 9/10
Alien vs. Predator (2004) - 5.7/10
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996) - 7/10
Well, knowing that I don't have to limit myself to realistic choices, my choices would be ...
Eric Stoltz as Luke
John Saxon as Han
Jennifer Connelly as Leia
Christopher Lee as Tarkin
Michael Ironside as Darth Vader
Clint Eastwood as Boba Fett
Alanis Morissette with pasty white makeup and yellow contact lenses as Palpatine (she's done some acting, so this totally counts!)
Clive Revill as the voice of Palpatine
Vincent Price as Bib Fortuna
Gillian Anderson as Mon Mothma
Kenneth Branagh as (young) Obi-Wan
Heather Langenkamp as Mother Skywalker (I will not refer to her as Padmé!)
Kyle MacLachlan as Anakin
Conrad Veidt as Dooku.
Tack said:
I can't tell what the hell is going on?
I see you aren't familiar with Friedrich Nietzsche and his concept of the "superman".
Bingowings said:
NoKnickers-El hasn't got an iron strong enough to take the creases out of his metal foil Supercape.
I was going to say that the classic Superman outfit is on the wrong Übermensch, but there's that, too.
There is a problem with this picture.
Can anyone identify what it is?
I personally like to go with the idea that Palpatine isn't very old -- only in his sixties or so -- and only looks the way he does because the ravages of the dark side have eaten away at his body and made him look far, far older.
Of course, I do also go with the idea that he's used up countless clone bodies over the decades, so he actually could be very old in my canon *shrug*
^I definately agree. I've even contemplated writing a short Star Wars story that works in that vein.
Can I go for the gusto and choose actors that weren't even born/adults/still alive when the OT was made, or do I have to limit myself to actors who could have realistically been in the OT?
RicOlie_2 said:
The last thing I was reading was a Discover magazine from April, 2009.
That's a long time to go without reading.
Sam married Samantha on the eve of Samhain.
Tleilaxu Face Dancer? Of course!
SilverWook said:
And what the heck does Marylin Manson have to do with Star Wars?
Nothing. I was just being goofy.
The PT Jedi lacked genuine humanity and warmth. They came off more as aloof superhuman enforcers than mystical guardians of peace and justice.
skyjedi2005 said:
I wish the sequel trilogy was built upon the original canon. I mean the original 3 films from 1977, 1980 and 1983.
Not the 1997 version, not the 2004 version or the 2011 version.
Alas, the wrong people are in charge of Lucasfilm.
darklordoftech said:
Did Lucas intend the Jedi to be so stupid in the prequels or is Lucas himself actually as stupid as they are?
Well, he is an ageist jackass who thinks "old" methods of filmmaking (silent, B&W, 2D) are inferior to "modern" ones (sound, colour, 3D), so I doubt he's the sharpest crayon in the box.
I finally watched the Plinkett reviews for the prequels. My various emotional reactions can be summed up with these four pictures ...
He may have only made two films, but William Peter Blatty is still one of my favourite directors.
Hollywood's not into "simple" anymore.
Actually, cross that out. Hollywood is actually into "simple" -- simple-mindedness, that is.
KilroyMcFadden said:
Is there a thread at OT.com just for keeping up with the TFN melodrama?
Well, there is this thread
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Jedi-Council-Forum-Laughs/topic/15057/
It's more for displaying selected TFN inanities than following their discussions in-depth, though.
darklordoftech said:
Is there anything (other than these people being in the movie) that would make my fellow originaltrilogy.com members walk out of the theater before the credits roll? I would walk out if the Jedi incorrectly think that the Sith are extinct again.
If any villain that looks like this
shows up, I'm getting the hell out of Dodge.