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#573987
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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Tyrphanax said:

Why did we never see Ewok slave labour camps in ROTJ? As far as we knew from the film alone, the Empire never really bothered them (in fact, one could go so far as to say they coexisted peacefully because I assume the Empire knew about them and deemed them not a threat), possibly even had good relations with them.

They should have thrown in some forest-clearing scenes or something where AT-AT's step on Ewok orphanages or stormtroopers dump toxic waste into Ewok wells or something so we could actually feel like they were being wronged in some way.

Something like this?

StarWarsTales014-04.jpg

 

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#573888
Topic
Cameron revises one shot for 3D release of Titanic
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I just remembered that I once planned to write a story back in the 6th grade that would have had the Simpsons taking a voyage on the second Titanic, only for Godzilla to show up and start laying eggs and wrecking havok on the ship. Beyond a chapter or two and a few drawings I never got anywhere with it.

Heh, this actually reads like the kind of plotless plot that would make up a typical episode of The Simpsons today.

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#573717
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Cameron revises one shot for 3D release of Titanic
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georgec said:


As a 13-year-old I made a commitment to never see Titanic.

Still going strong on that.


You're not missing anything important, anyway. There's the lukewarm love story, Kate Winslet's bad dye job, Kate Winslet's nipples (which you can easily Google, BTW), and Billy Zane's hammy overacting. That's it, fade to black.

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#573651
Topic
Songs That Tell a Story
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ALANIS MORISSETTE - I WAS HOPING

 

As we were talking outside,
It was cold,
We were shivering, yet warmed by the subject matter.

My wife is in the next room,
We've been having troubles you know,
Please don't tell her or anyone,
But I need to talk to somebody.

You said, wouldn't it be a shame if I knew how great I was
Five minutes before I died? Id be filled with such regret
Before I took my last breath.
And I said, you're willing to tell me this now, and you're not going to die
Anytime soon.
And I said I haven't been eating chicken,
Or meat,
Or anything.

And you said yes, but you've been wearing leather and laughed and said
We're at the top of the food chain.
And yes you're still a fine woman,
And I cringed.

I was hoping,
I was hoping we could heal each other.
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could be raw together.

We left the restaurant where the head waiter (in his 60s), said
good bye, sir. thank you for your business sir. you're successful and
Established, sir, and we like the frequency with which you dine here sir. and
Your money.
And when I walked by, they said thank you too dear.
I was all pigtails and cords.
And there was a day when I would've said something like,
hey dude, I could buy and sell this place, so kiss it.
I too once thought I was owed something.

I was hoping,
I was hoping we could challenge each other.
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could crack each other up.

I too thought that when proved wrong, I lost somehow.
I too thought life was cruel.
It's a cycle, really.
You think I'm withdrawing and guilt tripping you.
I think you're insensitive and I don't feel heard.

And I said do you believe we are fundamentally judgmental?
Fundamentally evil?
And you said yes.
And I said do you believe in revenge, in right or wrong, good or bad?
And you said well, what about the man that I saw handcuffed in the emergency
Room,
Bleeding after beating his kid, and she threw a shoe at his head.
I think what he did was wrong, and I wouldn't have had a hard time feeling
Compassion for him.
I had to watch my tone for fear of having you feel judged.

I was hoping,
I was hoping we could dance together.
I was hoping,
I was hoping we could be creamy together.

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#573644
Topic
Random Thoughts
Time

Ziggy Stardust said:

I was getting a face cast so I can look like this.

I'm in a production of Bernard Pomerance's The Elephant Man at my school, with me in the title role. I have more pictures of this process, but I thought that one was the most interesting of them all.

I'll post a picture of me in the finished product when I'm done.

So there's a Lynch connection after all.

How prescient of me.