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#248918
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things we Love
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248918/action/topic#248918
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I think I've had BBQ riblets at my girlfriend's house, but they weren't Gardenburger. I'll have to look into that.

Have you tried any vegan-specific products? I'm not a vegan, but I buy soy milk instead of real milk simply because I prefer the way it tastes. And I really love the soy and rice-based ice cream products.
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#248915
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For Those who bought the Sept. 12th Release, Thoughts so far?
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Well, I'm satisfied. With these and the bootlegs I got right before this, Star Wars became fun again. Like CO said, I got so lost in the movies that none of the prequel stuff even entered my mind like it sometimes does when I watch the '04 versions. Yes, I wish they'd been treated better, but this is good enough for me entirely. I said this was going to be my last purchase of the trilogy, and I'm sticking to that. These will be the versions I will show to my kids some day. I really don't give a care with whatever else Lucas wants to do to destroy his legacy and make him look like even more of a dumbass. I have my movies, and that's all I need out of Star Wars.
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#248834
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Where does your screen name come from?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248834/action/topic#248834
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Well, I've explained this a few times before, but since you asked, I'm willing to share it again. My user name, sig, and avatar all go together for the same effect.

In Star Wars lore, Carrie Fisher was not allowed to wear a bra as Princess Leia, so her breasts were bound with gaffer tape. I thought that was pretty cool and funny and would be a pretty good name and it was probably something that no one else had used. So there you go. I'm Gaffer Tape. And I'm a theatre major, so I encounter gaffer tape quite frequently. So it's only a cool name when I'm here.
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#248793
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Does anyone here watch Family Guy? They do a ton of SW spoofs!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/248793/action/topic#248793
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Originally posted by: Ozkeeper
Ha! That part with Brian and the glass is just awesome. The episode is Peter, Peter, Caviar Eater in season 2.

In the episode Let's Go to the Hop, Peter goes undercover at the highschool during the toad licking fad, and calls himself Lando Griffin.


Damnit, you beat me to it! I love that episode.

And, yeah, there is a lot of randomness. It seems like it's been beefed up a lot since it was restarted. Before, the randomness was minor compared to the plot. Now it seems like almost every other line is, "This is just like the time that I..."
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#247692
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JAWS: Special Edition (Star Wars, robot chicken)
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Originally posted by: ThunderPeel2001
[quote] At least spielberg would treat the original film with respect on dvd, giving it equal care as the special edition. LOL hilarious explosion at the end too. [/quote]

I don't see the original version of Close Encounters of the Third Kind on DVD anywhere


Damnit. I was going to say that. You stole my thunder! ^_^
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#247640
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The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247640/action/topic#247640
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This is not bashing the prequels, per se, but I'm just wondering if anybody felt the same way I did when they first saw TPM. Of course, we all remembered the line where Yoda says to Luke, "He is too old. Yes, too old to begin the training." Then we get to this movie where Obi-Wan says about Anakin, who is less than half Luke's age, "He is too old!" I know I was wondering, "Geez, how frickin' young do you have to be?!"
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#247561
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Weird Al's latest video (on topic)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247561/action/topic#247561
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Originally posted by: none
"MC Escher is my favorite M.C." MC = Microphone Controller, another rap/hip-hop reference to the guy who spits out the lyrics. But Weird Al is referencing a Dutch artist known for drawings which tweaked out perspective/perception.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._C._Escher

"Keep your 40, i'll just have an Earl Grey Tea" 40 oz. is a typical size for cheap beer, Earl Grey Tea is the favorite drink of Jean-Luc Picard captain of the Enterprise D and E.


Thank you. Now I know all the lyrics. But, yeah, I already knew who Escher was. ^_^
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#247560
Topic
The Merits of the Prequel Trilogy and the "Saga"
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247560/action/topic#247560
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Heh, I should hope it's true. I was just tested on it yesterday in my Dramatic Theory class! That was pretty much verbatim from my notes. ^_~

I agree with most of what you're saying, Tiptup. I really don't mind the children slaughtering, but it needed to have a more compelling reasoning behind it. In the original, if Anakin had convinced himself that the Jedi were evil, then maybe killing children would seem justified. But for Anakin killing children in the hope of saving his wife... I don't buy it.

Again, I don't mind seeing him get very, very evil to the point of not being likeable, because, after all, he IS the villain, no matter what George says now. The problem with the prequels is that they try to make him too sympathetic (even though it doesn't work) by diluting the reasoning for his turn. "His heart was in the right place. He sacrificed himself for love. He was the victim. Blah, blah, blah, blah." No! He's supposed to be "twisted and evil." He was supposed to be "seduced by the dark side of the force." There was supposed to be an impatience and a lust for power. Like he says to Ben, "When I left you, I was but the learner. Now I am the master." He did it for the kind of power he didn't feel he could get from Obi-Wan. I don't mind Padme being the catalyst, because it would work that way. But the way it is now, Padme is all the motivation there is, so, like I said, there's no reason for him not to open his eyes and realize he f'ed up once she's gone. There must be some choice beyond Padme about choosing the dark side. Like Tiptup said, it's all about choice. He could tell himself he's doing it for Padme (after having been seduced by the power of the dark side and resisting it a lot), maybe vowing to use the power once to save her. He does, but then he realizes how wonderful this new power is and refuses to give it up. There we have the wrong thing done for an arguably right reason (in fact, an ethical choice outlined in the definition of a tragedy: a choice between something that's ethically right and something not inherently ethically wrong) but then the choice to keep it when there's nothing at stake except for his own greed. His change to evil forces Padme to leave him, thereby losing the wife he just saved. Now that's much more compelling and leaves him with a much more lasting reason to stay with Palpatine.

I really hate the plot point that Vader spends the next 20 years trying to overthrow Palpatine exclusively. That makes no sense to me. I mean, in the original movies, he seems to be pretty comfortable where he is. Maybe he entertained the notion of becoming the leader himself, but it seems like he was mostly loyal or at least realized enough that he had no chance of doing so. And I always thought the line, "You can destroy the Emperor" to Luke was mostly a trick. But, Jumpman, you seem to think that everything evil that Vader does is just him realizing that it's wrong but he has to do it for his plot to destroy Palpatine? That makes no sense. Obi-Wan and Yoda had a plot to destroy Palpatine too, but it didn't involve them killing innocent people. If Vader was truly "good" the whole time and didn't believe in Palpatine's Empire, but just biding him time undercover, then why would he go to so much damned trouble to destroy the Rebellion, the only opposition the Empire has?
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#247530
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Weird Al's latest video (on topic)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/247530/action/topic#247530
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Ah, I knew it was something about spaces. At first I thought it was atomic spaces, and then I thought it was topic spaces. I've never used MySpace, so I had no idea whether concepts like that actually existed. And I had no idea that a gat was a name for a gun. See, Weird Al is educational. Thanks, none.

But damnit, I just realized there is one more section I need help on. I swear this is the last one since I've memorized all the rest of the lyrics. I just need help on the precise lyrics.

"MC Escher is Blank.
Keep your Blank."

That'll be the end of it, I swear!