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Post: #230516
Topic: Quit Whining
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230516/action/topic#230516
Time: 30-Jul-2006 12:48 AM

Originally posted by: Jay
The genius known as "Whiners" attempted to change the e-mail address he has on file with us to an invalid address so that he could continue to post without us contacting him regarding his trollish behavior. What he probably didn't know is that when you change your e-mail address, a new random password is automatically generated and sent to that address to prevent specifically this type of thing from happening. So "Whiners" can't login now.

I think I'll leave it that way.

Duplicate accounts will be deleted, in case the genius is reading this.

Wow. That's fun! He banned himself! That's a first, isn't it?

Post: #230513
Topic: What Special Edition changes (if any) did people like?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230513/action/topic#230513
Time: 30-Jul-2006 12:45 AM

I agree that I like the new song better than Yub Nub, and that the new corridor works well. But I don't see the real need for changes at all, so I'd prefer them not to be there.

Post: #230503
Topic: Lucas Announces Plans for Prequel Special Editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230503/action/topic#230503
Time: 30-Jul-2006 12:25 AM

No, his tweaked SEs of the prequels came out in 2000, 2002, and 2005 with the DVD releases.

Post: #230356
Topic: Simple Storytelling
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230356/action/topic#230356
Time: 29-Jul-2006 2:47 AM

Meanwhile, Johnson shook his head and laughed as he finally caught the literary reference!

Post: #230355
Topic: Jay?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230355/action/topic#230355
Time: 29-Jul-2006 2:39 AM

What?! It's real! Real, I tell you!!! I saw that gun-toting leopard goat baby in my backyard! I swear!

Post: #230353
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230353/action/topic#230353
Time: 29-Jul-2006 2:36 AM

Yeah, I did say it didn't bother me as much. I mean, it's a change, so I have to hate it on principle. I still felt it was a bit unnecessary, though, as Qui-Gon's line gave the scene much more closure. Honestly, if I was the director or editor, I'd have a hard time cutting it, but I think, overall, it didn't really need to be there and did more harm than good.

After all, that's what deleted scenes are for. For most good movies, a lot of them are entertaining, humorous, or informative, and you yell, "Why did they cut this?! This is so good!" But you watch the completed film, and you realize there was really no place for it.

Post: #230256
Topic: More changes ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230256/action/topic#230256
Time: 28-Jul-2006 6:17 PM

As far as I know, that's the only thing, but I think I heard some rumors about a change during the Palpatine/Mace fight. They reused a close-up or changed a close-up. Something like that.

Post: #230185
Topic: Simple Storytelling
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230185/action/topic#230185
Time: 28-Jul-2006 2:31 PM

Growing up anachronistically, John Wayne spent a lot of time playing the board game Mouse Trap, so his evil plan was based almost exactly on that convoluted way of catching mice!

Post: #230184
Topic: Quit Whining
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230184/action/topic#230184
Time: 28-Jul-2006 2:29 PM

You're a good man, garethxxgod!

Post: #230183
Topic: More changes ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230183/action/topic#230183
Time: 28-Jul-2006 2:25 PM

Yeah, I agree. I'm so sick of these special "Unrated" DVDs or "Extended Editions." Just get it right the first time or live with the best job you could do! I mean, filmmakers are the only people who get to go back and correct "mistakes." You don't see athletes going, "Uh, sorry. I messed up on that last play. That wasn't my vision of how it was supposed to go. I really think the fans will enjoy it better if I get it right. Do you mind if I do it over again?" No! You get your shot. You do the best you can, and then you move on!

Post: #230181
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230181/action/topic#230181
Time: 28-Jul-2006 2:19 PM

I don't know. I'd say that anything that is added into a movie that makes the plot simply come to a screeching halt for it is something that negatively effects the pacing. At least, that's how I see it. I've only edited together short scenes for class, though, and I was never allowed to take anything out. But the scenes they edited back in were completely unnecessary. As if we really need to see Anakin and Jar-Jar fly to their next destination. As if we really need to know who any other racer besides Sebulba is. Take the movie Cars, for example. They didn't waste time giving a big introductory sequence of every car in the race. They only showed the three that mattered that mattered to the plot.

Post: #230127
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230127/action/topic#230127
Time: 28-Jul-2006 5:02 AM

Congrats! Even if you missed the anniversary, three years and three days still has a nice ring to it.

Post: #230126
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230126/action/topic#230126
Time: 28-Jul-2006 4:59 AM

Well, except that there's not a demand that I know of for several thousand year old cake, it's really not that different. But, yeah, it is a joke. And once again, the ice cream kid analogy. And once again, my same refute. If any person goes up to an ice cream vendor and is offered chocolate ice cream and pays for chocolate ice cream and is given vanilla ice cream, he has reason to complain. Only in this case, it's vanilla ice cream with worms. I'm a vegetarian, so that's already a no-no, but I don't think I'd find worms palatable to begin with.

Post: #230093
Topic: Confession: My favorite movie is ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230093/action/topic#230093
Time: 28-Jul-2006 1:45 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Glad to be of service.

Post: #230084
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230084/action/topic#230084
Time: 28-Jul-2006 1:08 AM

Well, I certainly hope so. I guess we'll just have to see if boris is right. If so, I guess we owe him an apology. If not, then maybe we can... I don't know... do something bad. ^_~

Post: #230063
Topic: Simple Storytelling
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230063/action/topic#230063
Time: 27-Jul-2006 11:05 PM

In the middle of the western wilderness, Johnson found a bullet salesman. Not wanting to be in the same stupid situation as before, he decided he'd better get some. EDIT: ...bullets, that is.

Post: #230062
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230062/action/topic#230062
Time: 27-Jul-2006 11:04 PM

Well, yeah, I admit I thought of that too. But at least I can poke fun back by saying that a year and a month is hardly close to a year and a half! ^_~

Post: #230060
Topic: Confession: My favorite movie is ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230060/action/topic#230060
Time: 27-Jul-2006 11:02 PM

I wouldn't call it hate. I said myself that he has every right for that to be his favorite movie. It's not an OT-loving thing. We're just teasing him a bit (or at least I am) because of the way he chose that as his favorite movie. It's rather silly. But it's not a crime.

Post: #230059
Topic: The "original crawl" on the new DVD is NOT the original crawl! Screenshot inside!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230059/action/topic#230059
Time: 27-Jul-2006 11:00 PM

Or if it was a cake marketed as, "The first cake ever baked! This is the original cake, preserved to be with us today!" and then gave us a cake that was articifically aged to the point of being disgusting but in actuality being a brand new cake, rather than an old preserved cake.

Heehee, this is a fun game.

Post: #230039
Topic: Simple Storytelling
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230039/action/topic#230039
Time: 27-Jul-2006 9:51 PM

But Johnson knew what he had to do. He called upon the magical western properties of the Pikachu card he'd been dealt earlier. Actually, the back of the card just had the address of the nearby horse doctor written on it, but this doctor was especially gifted, utilizing medicinal practices at least 100 years ahead of his time!

Post: #230038
Topic: Quit Whining
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230038/action/topic#230038
Time: 27-Jul-2006 9:48 PM

Honestly, I have to admit that I was thinking along the same lines as to his origin. Hehe, communists. That made my day.

Post: #230033
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230033/action/topic#230033
Time: 27-Jul-2006 9:38 PM

The second change is something that's not quite as bad. I don't know, I have mixed feelings about it, but I still prefer it not to be there since it's a change.

When they first get to Coruscant, Qui-Gon ends the scene by saying something along the lines of, "We must meet with the Jedi Council. I'm afraid the situation is much more serious." I thought that was an awesome way to end the scene. But George decided to add in the rest of what they filmed, where Anakin isn't sure where to go. Qui-Gon waves him off. He gets into a sky car with Jar-Jar. They're taken off to Palpatine's building or wherever it is they're staying. And it's basically an excuse to show "awesome" CG establishing shots of Coruscant because, according to Rick McCallum, we hadn't seen enough of the planet to get a feel for it. Riiiight. The only thing I like about it is seeing Anakin's confusion at getting passed off and not knowing where to go, but it totally dilutes the scene and the transition. And, once again, it ruins the pacing.

Post: #230028
Topic: Star Wars 3-D?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230028/action/topic#230028
Time: 27-Jul-2006 9:34 PM

It's not a terribly bad idea, especially if they did incorporate physical elements like that. However, it just reeks of milking the cash cow. And they'd be spending their time more constructively if they did something decent with the OOT instead.

Post: #230016
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230016/action/topic#230016
Time: 27-Jul-2006 9:14 PM

Yeah, it was already boring. But they added more of the second lap to it, making it even more boring. And, before that, they had an extended introduction to all the useless racers, which also works as a good bedtime story.

Post: #230010
Topic: Anyone got the original 'theatrical' release of TPM or AOTC?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/230010/action/topic#230010
Time: 27-Jul-2006 9:02 PM

Yeah, as funky as he looks, he still deserves to live. Although since Yoda's role in that movie is so small, I still think the stupid pod race additions are even worse. I mean, seriously, in the commentary, George says they were taken out of the movie because it made it too boring. "But now we get a chance to put that back in." I swear, that man needs tranquilizers.