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Gaffer Tape

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#224780
Topic
Favorite Stuff of All Time
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224780/action/topic#224780
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I'm only missing Volumes 41 and 42... or 25 and 26 as Viz would have me call them. But I plan to soon get them. I'm a bit disappointed with Viz's translations and censorship lately. Hercule?! What the crap?! Oh, an Ingo, if you need any more proof that there really is no DBZ manga, just look at almost any of the cover images. Toriyama almost always includes the volume number, sometimes subtlely, sometimes overtly (No. 40, I'm looking in your direction!) in that image, almost as if he knew someone would come along and screw around with his numbering. Plus, no one's gotten this specific, but the DBZ part of the anime doesn't actually come at a perfect division between volumes of the manga. So Viz cut off the first two chapters of Volume 17 and later tacked them onto the end of Volume 16. That's why "DBZ Volume 1" is so short, while DB Volume 16 is so long.

And, yes, I need more shelf space!

EDIT: And, ric, I've actually heard (but not seen) that there is a DBGT manga, but, of course, it's based on the anime rather than the other way around like with the rest of DB. Maybe it's simply an animanga, but I have heard it exists.

EDIT AGAIN: Also to ric. You're just a bit off the mark by saying that Toriyama had no involvement with GT. I don't consider it canon myself (and I've not watched a lot of it either), but Toriyama did do the character designs (including GT-exclusive characters), and he did help set up the original premise of the show. But his participation was extremely limited. He also designed a lot of characters for the movies and TV specials.
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#224219
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Remember when everyone hated Return of the Jedi?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/224219/action/topic#224219
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Originally posted by: spaint
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
While I found that scene entertaining, I've always thought that it clashed with 3POs previous statement that he wasn't very good at making interesting stories.


It's funny, I've always thought of this as showing that even Threepio had grown by the end of the tale.

Steve


I don't know, it's funny. I've always thought of this as showing that Threepio might have been reprogrammed at some point in the tale. ^_~
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#223950
Topic
Favorite Stuff of All Time
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223950/action/topic#223950
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Just so you know, there is no manga called DragonBall Z. But I'll do my list too.

Favorite Manga: Dragon Ball
Favorite TV series: Eh, I'll go with Firefly for now. I have too many, so it's pretty much whatever tickles my fancy at any given time.
Video Game: The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past/Ocarina of Time (I used to like LTTP more, but OOT has caught up purely on nostalgic value)
Song: Penny Lane by The Beatles

Eh, that's all for now. I might do more when I think of them.
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#223936
Topic
Explaining the shoddy OOT treatment in public
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223936/action/topic#223936
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Yeah, you can post photos. I'm just curious to see what your average joe with home video-editing software can do with a horribly unusable piece of film, to further justify being angry at Lucas, the head of a corporation with state of the art equipment, could do with much better-quality prints, you know what I mean?

But especially since I've seen your signature pic, I'd love to be able to see just how far you've been able to get in restoring it. Sounds awesome!
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#223928
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Should Wedge have been tried for cowardice?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223928/action/topic#223928
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Yeah, I was thinking about that, too. It makes it almost impossible to pursue your target independently, sure. But you have much less stress about having to survive a dogfight if you're entirely focused on just shooting anything that comes in your path. Then again, I've never been in a real dogfight before, so take everything I say with a grain of salt.
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#223814
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Lucas may have caved, here is a link to Barnes & Noble early review of the O-OT DVD's:
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223814/action/topic#223814
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Grr, I don't know what to say. Somehow, I doubt it's true, because it's just too good to be true. And if it was, you would think it would be announced. Sigh, but then again, this is Lucas. He never admits mistakes nowadays, he just changes things and hopes nobody will notice anything was bad to begin with. But if it is, this is great, and I don't care if he won't admit anything. But I'm going to withhold any further praise or criticism until it can be confirmed.
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#223590
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The Emperor & line change in ESB SE 1997
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/223590/action/topic#223590
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Well, here's a little counter-argument. Up until this point, the Empire had no conclusive idea that the Falcon's hyperdrive was busted. I'm sure they might have figured it out, but there was nothing to prove it. Yet they'd still spent the first half of the movie causing destruction for the Empire's fleet. They caused several TIEs to be lost in the asteroid field. They'd caused a few Star Destroyers to sustain significant damage in said asteroid field. And they almost caused three Star Destroyers to crash into each other! For all they knew, the Falcon's crew could be suicidally insane or at least have some kind of plan as to why they were screwing around with the Empire instead of escaping. So maybe they were just being cautious, and that's why they decided to force Lando to trap them instead of continuing to attempt (and failing miserably) at trying to capture them themselves. It makes perfect sense to me.