Force-Abel

Valheru_84 said:

If the recently updated plot leaks are true then TROS will somehow actually be worse than TLJ, at least insofar as the writing of the story and characters.

Can’t wait for TROS to release to DVD, watch it once out of morbid curiousity and then try to forget the ST altogether for the rest of my life…

I think there is more chance that people who won’t / will not like TROS, and some indeed seem to have made their minds up on IX before seeing it, will be endlessly posting about it everywhere.

Much like they have for TLJ or other new Star Wars films they don’t like.
 

Closed minds - closed hearts. Fandom seems to be more about hating on things these days, and letting others know endlessly about it. I can’t see many of the ST bashers forgetting about it just becuase the ST are coming to an end. Hate begets hate.

^ I remember the 1980’s version with fond memories, a really good concept let down by the budget and likely weekly grind of making a lot of episodes back-to-back for tv in that era.

It did have some shonky acting at times too 😉

Has anyone here seen or can recommend ‘I Am Mother’?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6292852/

It looks quite alluring - though I hope it is not in the vain of an expensive Sy-Fy channel ‘movie of the month’ type film…

HanDuet said:

** ANNOUNCEMENT **
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TUIG updated to v6.0.
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This major revision of the guide (and supplemental references) replaced all obsolete content, provides access to to active download sources, and includes many other improvements. Thanks for everyone’s patience; it took a lot of research, conversations, and coordination to make this happen! Enjoy, and please send me a PM with any feedback.

Status updates about TUIG are posted on my Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/HanDuet.SWDE/

Thanks to SnooPac for significant help making this all work, and to Harmy for his ongoing willingness to provide me quick feedback as I prepare and publish these “official” guide updates.

Wow! 😃

Thankyou very much for this HanDuet, and for all your hard work on TUIG, it is very much appreciated!

MonkeyLizard10 said:

mykyta-R4 said:

MonkeyLizard10 said:

In ESB when Han says “Then I’ll see you in hell.” that line used to be “Then I’ll see you in HELLLLL!!!” with the “hell” part really screamed and loud, later on they seemed to mute that down a lot.

Is this true, a fact?

Well at the least it is true that I heard it in theater way back with the “hell” sounding a lot louder. I suppose there is always some chance it could just be that some theaters had speakers that had some sort of spikes that matched his voice and the way he said that and it made it sound more boosted, although that seems far less likely and reasonable of an explanation than that they just dampened it down a bit to not stress a semi-swear word as much or something.

This seems a little anecdotal to be included as a change here? Maybe it is more likely to be an issue with the theater you were viewing the film at, with nobody else apparently having this experience?

My little town cinema struggled with some TLJ scenes - there was pixelation during key scenes with explosions. At the larger cinemas there were no such pixelation problems.

Carrie Fisher’s birthday is today, the 21st October.

She would have been 63 years old. It will be quite a strange experience, maybe a poignant one to see her in Episode IX, and hopefully receive a fitting end to her portrayal as Leia.

https://www.empireonline.com/people/carrie-fisher

I do not think I played another game on the Gameboy. Just Tetris on it, and took turns with the rest of the family - from grandparents to younger children.

The infernal music is coming back to me! Argh!

Is this from an EU book or game?
It sounds a like a good idea for them, or a short story or fan film.

‘Blizzard bosses reduce gamer’s ban and release prize money’:

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-50026401

It appears too little too late to be of any honest intention from Blizzard, the damage has already been done, to what signifcance, who knows?

Is there a reason why not many people post in here? I thought a tech news thread would be more popular on a sci-fi site like this?

Did the sequel to this, ‘Turks in Space’ (AKA ‘The Son of the Man who Saved the World’), contain any Star Wars footage, or footage form any other sci-fi shows and films too?

(I am too scared to watch it myself! 😉)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turks_in_Space
https://letterboxd.com/film/turks-in-space/
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0808240/

‘Ginger Baker: Legendary Cream drummer dies aged 80’:-

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-49827436

I think an evening of listening to Cream and the Blind Faith album is in order.

^ I enjoyed watching that, it was quite well edited and explained some of the changes made before we even get to the Special Editions. Thankyou 😃

RIP Diahann Carroll!
 

‘Diahann Carroll, pioneering star of Julia and Dynasty, dies at 84’:

https://ew.com/tv/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-dead-julia-dynasty-star-dies

& some tributes here:

https://ew.com/celebrity/2019/10/04/diahann-carroll-dead-celebrities-react

I hope this doesn’t suffer from a lack of awareness or publicity due to the prominance and publicity drive for Episode IX. I haven’t seen or heard much about this series returning other than the initial announcment, and was hoping for a trailer or series of interviews for the return of The Clone Wars by now.

(Patience, I must learn patience 😉)

I love both those videos linked above 😃 and am looking forward to seeing more of the ‘STAR WARS CHANGES’ videos too.

https://twitter.com/pablohidalgo/status/1179062039911649281:

‘The media push for Space Movie 9: The Risening starts this week. Even if you’re sticking to quote-unquote “official” sources, you may want to consider drawing your online curtains to avoid seeing something you’d rather not. Tastes vary.’

He does later clarify…

‘(Before some clickbait movie site runs too far with this, I meant magazine covers and interviews and Force Friday this week)’
 

So it looks like we’ll be seeing some more publicity, and possibly some spoilers within later this week.

(and maybe an official trailer sometime soon too!)

There are many versions of Highlander, and alos many threads for Highlander too, it is quite most confusing.

Is there a website or good article that covers the many versions of the films?

^ I wish I did too now. Thank you - I enjoyed watching that again 😃

‘Triple Force Friday Global Reveal Livestream’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj4t7vIuRDY - 45 minutes in length

^ from the Star Wars youtube channel

They are lovely trailers, but for that the price being asked for the the blurays, they should be! 😃

I will wait until they come down in cost.
 

Many thanks to whoever posted the link in here to the official Doctor Who youtube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/doctorwho/videos - if is fantastic, so much content on there for all fans of different Doctors, and fun moments as well 😃

770m US
930m ‘Foreign’
1.7b total

I think it will do better than some belive. I mean, all the haters for TLJ and ‘Disney Star Wars’ will have to go watch it if only to endlessly complain and nitpick over and again for years to come.

Especially the clickbaiters, and the toxic and negative channels = more money made for the film they will hate or bullshit on. Some of them will no doubt be so hateful they will need to go see it multiple times to write down everything they will be angry about, find fault with, or dislike about it to make money themselves 😉

A fascinating video - ‘Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: The Original Trilogy ILM Special Effects Makers’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85MK2GDkoxo

a 1 hour documentary focusing on the people at ILM doing the special effects for the OT movies. Try not to let the length of it put you off, the video flies through the time and leaves you wanting to know more! 😃

DuracellEnergizer said:

V.I.N.Cent said:

A shame about the 90’s though 😉

I suppose it depends on which decade you grew up in - or prefer?

But you are wrong, Mr Duracell HoneyBunny 😉 ‘The 80’s Rulez, OK!’ 😃

‘Common cold stopped by experimental approach’:-

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-49682583
 

'Scientists think they have found a way to stop the common cold and closely related viruses which can cause paralysis.

Instead of trying to attack them directly, the researchers targeted an essential protein inside our cells which the viruses need to replicate.

The approach gave “complete protection” in experiments on mice and human lung cells.

However, the US-based researchers are not ready for trials in people.’

^ there is more in the article 😃

I saw this and thought it may be interesting to some here…

a breakdown of character’s screen time for TFA (I do not know if it accurate or not - I imagine it is) - ‘Star Wars Force Awakens Screen Time’:-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK9b74G0zrs
 

May also be interesting for those who like to see graphs or bars move around the screen with some chilled synth music in the background for five minutes 😉

‘YouTube advertises big brands alongside fake cancer cure videos’:-

https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-49483681

‘YouTube’s algorithm promotes fake cancer cures in a number of languages and the site runs adverts for major brands and universities next to misleading videos, a BBC investigation has found.’

‘Searching YouTube across 10 languages, the BBC found more than 80 videos containing health misinformation - mainly bogus cancer cures. Ten of the videos found had more than a million views. Many were accompanied by adverts.’

^ more information and other links are within the link.

I will aim to find some more positive news on the subject of the internet and technology next time 😃

Jasmer said:

Update: Bluto posted a guide for Usenet here! Thanks!
https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Guide-to-Downloading-Projects-from-Usenet/id/69476

This is just what I have been looking for! (I am not very technical, though willing to try and learn). Thankyou Bluto for taking the time to put togther such a helpful guide. This site is amazing.