DuracellEnergizer

Something else to like about the EU: Vodo-Siosk Baas.

He's such a powerful Jedi Master that he doesn't need a lightsaber. He instead uses a simple stick made impervious through the Force.

Now imagine if Lucas had had respect for Yoda. He might have made him similarily awesome.

haraldo23 said:

This is more of a questions for those who saw The Original Trilogy back when it 1st came out, when prequels were years and years away...

This is a bit of a tangeant, but I think it would have been cool if Blue Harvest had been an actual film.

The EU writers should be making these kind of comics, as far as I'm concerned. It's not as if they're unable; they've got the Infinities imprint for out-of-continuity storylines. And it's not like there's no precedence for it; DC and Marvel Comics have been churning out alternate non-canon storylines for decades. But the EU has to be different, doesn't it? Everything's got to be continuity, continuity, continuity!!! Canon, canon, canon!!!

God, what a stifling, stagnant franchise.

I can just imagine George seeing those photos and then remarking on how all that can be done on computers now.

captainsolo said:

I revisited TPM, and have now jumped back into my EU collection.

Jedi Apprentice #1. This is the reason I don't despise the Prequels completely. The single best thing to come out of Ep. I-III. In this first book, 13 year old Obi-Wan is being thrown out of the Jedi Temple. He has reached the age where not being taken as an apprentice can no longer become a Jedi. He is to be a farmer.

Yes it's a kids book. It's better than most if not all the post Zahn adult EU. Still reads well today.

It works, it feels like Star Wars, the characters are well developed, and it only gets better. Book #2 pits Qui-Gon against his former apprentice who turned to the Dark side...these books really get darker as they go along, with surprising plot turns and virtually every bit of Obi-Wan's character is born then scrutinized then developed. Qui-Gon's past, war, turmoil, love interests, siege, genocide, depression, resignation, society, slavery and the list goes on...

And in the end of Book #1, Obi-Wan still has an uncertain future! Pre-OT tension? Yay!

Heck, I'm gonna re-read all 20. Damn well written, fun books. The first one has a different author than the other 19, so it's a bit rougher. 2-20 are exceptional.

10 training lightsabers out of 10 conniving Hutts, Togorian pirates and Yoda schemes.

 

I read most of these books back in the day, and really liked them. Most of them were written before the worst prequelisms from AOTC & ROTS were established, which adds to their appeal.

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

I get the impression that at LFL, the movies are seen as a sort of sandbox that everyone gets to play in once every few years. What a warped view of classic cinema.

Here’s some stuff I did in MS Paint.

These were drawn before I started using references on a regular basis, so that’s why they don’t quite match the style of the other drawings I’ve posted.

AlAnis Morissette

As one of my fAvourite musicAl Artists, I've found Almost All of her Albums to be greAt (except for her fourth And seventh Albums, which sucked Ass)

My experience with Lost in Space is pretty much limited to the film and a few of the film's tie-in novels and comics. I liked the film as a kid, loved the part of the film where they stumble upon and explore the ghost ship, but I haven't seen it in years so I don't know how it would hold up for me if I were to watch it again.

On another semi-related note, my dad, who was a fan of the show when he was a kid, recently re-watched the movie and didn't like it at all.

I saw The Secret of NIMH once, back in seventh grade, and didn't like it because it deviated too much from the book, which I really liked.

timdiggerm said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

 

theprequelsrule said:

Empire is a better movie, but Star Wars was the best Star Wars movie.

There's something about this statement that makes me feel like I'm seeing an impossible object in word form.

 

He's drawing a distinction between two systems of judgment. By the rules of "What makes a good movie?", Empire is better. By the rules of "What makes a good Star Wars movie?", Star Wars is better.

Well, Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation is the movie I said I hadn't seen since '96 ...

theprequelsrule said:

Empire is a better movie, but Star Wars was the best Star Wars movie.

Methinks Lucas should have gotten into the comics if he was so incensed with the inability to realize his full vision due to SFX limitations. In comics one never has to worry about going over budget creating fantastic alien creatures and worlds.

RedFive said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

I rarely give a rating higher than a 7. I've only given two films a perfect 10/10, and one of those two I haven't seen since 1996, so I may have to revise that one.

What are they?

A Goofy Movie and Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation. And no, I'm not joking.

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Here's some art from one of my other favourite artists and inspirations, M.C. Escher.

TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Watched Highlander last night. Great story, great hero, great villain. 7/10.

Great...great...great...

7/10?

You're a tough grader, I guess.

I rarely give a rating higher than a 7. I've only given two films a perfect 10/10, and one of those two I haven't seen since 1996, so I may have to revise that one.

Funny story. When I first heard about Jurassic Park I thought it was going to be a movie about long-dead dinosaur fossils brought back to life through magic. When I finally got to see the movie I was suprised at how different it was from my imaginings, albeit pleasantly; I loved JP, it was probably my first favourite movie at the time (saw it at least a year before I saw my first SW film), and I still love it to this day.