Gaffer Tape

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Join date: 2-Jun-2005
Last activity: 13-Nov-2019
Posts: 7,996

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Post: #234745
Topic: Silly Pics
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234745/action/topic#234745
Time: 13-Aug-2006 12:58 PM

Yeah, I could tell that wasn't the right font.

Post: #234744
Topic: Cardboard Leia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234744/action/topic#234744
Time: 13-Aug-2006 12:50 PM

I'm not even gonna touch that one, MeBe! And, yes, Darth-Adroit, I would consider her to b e a keeper. Thanks. After all, I hope I wouldn't have been with her for three years if she wasn't! ^_~

Post: #234670
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234670/action/topic#234670
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:17 AM

In another attempt to add some levity to this pretty heavy night for OT.com, I'm happy to announce that I've reached 3,700 posts!

And I'll go ahead and congratulate YIYF for his 3,800th post. I knew I was going to get this far soon enough, so I figured I might as well wait to congratulate him in this post rather than making two posts.

Post: #234668
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234668/action/topic#234668
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:14 AM

Oh, I thought the trend was insults that would typically be used by an old man.

Post: #234666
Topic: What did the Prequel Trilogy need?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234666/action/topic#234666
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:12 AM

Well, like it's been said, TPM fares much better as a standalone movie than as a part of the Star Wars "saga" (am I the only person who thinks the word "saga" is thrown about like feces lately in regard to Star Wars... also the word "scope," and if you don't believe me, look at the back of the box on all three prequel DVDs). On its own, it's a decent action/adventure, but as a Star Wars movie, it pretty much lacks any thing that can fit it with that universe. For those that say that its connection is through the other two prequels, well, maybe that's true, but that would be the equivalent of third cousins, right? And that's not a very close relation.

Post: #234664
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234664/action/topic#234664
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:08 AM

I'm waiting for you to call me a whippersnapper next!

Post: #234662
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234662/action/topic#234662
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:04 AM

Call me what you want, but I see that you did increase the size of the image. ^_^

Post: #234660
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234660/action/topic#234660
Time: 13-Aug-2006 4:00 AM

Not pretty lame so much as pretty small.

Post: #234658
Topic: Suggestive lightsaber ad...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234658/action/topic#234658
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:57 AM

This thread's been up all day, and I notice it hasn't gotten a reply. I read it when it was first posted and got a good laugh out of it, but I didn't really have any actual words to say about it. But I just want to give SilverWook props for an interesting find. The depths to which a dirty mind can dive!

Post: #234655
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234655/action/topic#234655
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:41 AM

Can I get an amen?!

Post: #234654
Topic: Expecting too much of George Lucas?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234654/action/topic#234654
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:38 AM

Wait, I think I'm confused. The line you mentioned is the preceding line to the one I mentioned, so I'm not quite sure where you're going with that. Sorry, but I could use some clarification.

Post: #234652
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234652/action/topic#234652
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:35 AM

I don't know, Warbler. I know it's not really my business, since, as I just said, I don't really post in this thread, but I figured some of the regulars to this thread would want to post some final thoughts and farewells to this thread before it died, you know?

Post: #234651
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234651/action/topic#234651
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:32 AM

And don't even get me started on okra... *shudders* *convulses* *vomits*

Post: #234646
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234646/action/topic#234646
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:28 AM

I guess not. I don't tend to buy any olives, because, as I said:

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I hate olives...

Post: #234644
Topic: MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234644/action/topic#234644
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:25 AM

Makes me regret that I was very rarely involved in this thread.

What a night, huh?

Post: #234642
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234642/action/topic#234642
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:24 AM

I tend to disagree.

In addition, I hate all peanuts... except boiled peanuts! Go figure, huh?

Post: #234640
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234640/action/topic#234640
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:21 AM

By the way, I hate olives... just so you know...

Post: #234632
Topic: General Batman Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234632/action/topic#234632
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:06 AM

Even in the comics, Batman figured out who killed his parents relatively early on. In a comic in the 1950s, Joe Chill is revealed to have been the thug who killed Thomas and Martha Wayne. Batman actually reveals himself to Joe, demasking and everything. Chill runs away to tell his goons in an attempt to get backup, but they get so pissed that Chill created Batman that they shoot him down in anger before getting to ask him who Batman was.

I'm not sure if any of this still holds in Post Crisis/Modern Era comics, but it wasn't just the movies that had that. Regardless, Batman still continued to fight crime.

Post: #234629
Topic: Audience reaction to the reveal?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234629/action/topic#234629
Time: 13-Aug-2006 3:01 AM

I'm glad. After all, it's an awesome movie!

I don't know. I find so many people who say that Empire's their favorite now, but as kids it was just too dark and too much heroes losing for them at the time, but it was always my favorite. I like the heroes having to struggle. I like it a bit darker. I like some bittersweet endings. When I was a kid, and I'd make up stories to play out on the playground when no one was around, I had plenty of scenarios where me and my other heroes ended up battered and bleeding and getting by by the skin of our teeth. I guess I'm just weird like that.

Post: #234627
Topic: Cardboard Leia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234627/action/topic#234627
Time: 13-Aug-2006 2:56 AM

Well, I'm sure she wouldn't have bought it for me if she didn't expect me to look at it. ^_~ But still, she recently bought herself a Captain Jack Sparrow cardboard replica. Grumble, grumble, pretty boy...

Post: #234623
Topic: General Harry Potter Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234623/action/topic#234623
Time: 13-Aug-2006 2:51 AM

Although it would be sadly humorous if M. Night cast himself as a 15 year old Hogwarts student who's an aspiring writer who has to get a push from Harry in order to fulfill his destiny. Oh, yeah, meanwhile, Harry's trying to convince the school that Voldemort's back.

Post: #234620
Topic: General Batman Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234620/action/topic#234620
Time: 13-Aug-2006 2:49 AM

I'm referring to the shift from Batman: The Animated Series to The Adventures of Batman and Robin, which I do believe was a decision from higher up in order to safeguard the kiddies by having Robin's constant presence lighten the mood. Don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of Robin, and I really liked that version of Robin and didn't mind the switch, but it does kinda wrinkle my nose when a network starts demanding a shift in the direction of the show, and I think it was simply the first nail that led to the horrible animation shift later on with the WB.

Post: #234618
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234618/action/topic#234618
Time: 13-Aug-2006 2:47 AM

Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
SELF EDITED. TOO MUCH BLOOD WOULD HAVE BEEN SHED WITH MY POST, AND I'M DONE WITH IT.

Phew, kinda glad you did. I was holding my breath over that one.

Post: #234613
Topic: Audience reaction to the reveal?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234613/action/topic#234613
Time: 13-Aug-2006 2:38 AM

So I take it it wasn't a very positive experience for you?

Post: #234609
Topic: General Batman Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/234609/action/topic#234609
Time: 13-Aug-2006 2:34 AM

Yeah, I'm not too fond of The Batman. I am, however, probably one of the few people who likes the character being preceded by the definite article, as it is what he was called in the 1943 serial. For some reason it just sounds cooler to me. But, anyway, the animation of The Batman just looks weird. Bruce Wayne/The Batman's head looks kinda deformed. And it just lacks the darkness and feeling of importance that the original Animated Series had. I feel sorry for today's kids sometimes.

It's a step up from The Batman, but when they had the animation change for the original animated series, most of the characters ended up coming out like they'd been put through the wringer. I think the only character who still looked cool was Batman himself... maybe even slightly cooler, but it's debatable. Everyone else, especially The Joker and every female character, just looked disgusting in comparison to their early-to-mid '90s version.