logo Sign In

Gaffer Tape

User Group
Members
Join date
2-Jun-2005
Last activity
13-Nov-2019
Posts
7,996

Post History

Post
#179900
Topic
Rankings
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179900/action/topic#179900
Time
Sadly, I really don't think it's possible to stop it, even if Warbler was posting at this minute. Adam just posts too damned much for anyone to stop. I mean, everyone else in the top ten has been around quite a while. A lot of you have been here since the beginning. Adam's been here a little over six months, and he's already almost on the top ten. Sigh. If he hadn't been banned, he'd probably have overtaken everyone but motti and Bossk a couple of months ago.
Post
#179889
Topic
hot like fire thread
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179889/action/topic#179889
Time
Hey, depending on the girl, that actually might not be a bad idea. A lot of people go out for movies as dates, so what's so unromantic about watching Firefly? My girlfriend loves Firefly, and while I don't think that's going to be my Valentine's Day plan, there's no need to shoot Adam down for suggesting that. There're plenty of other reasons to shoot Adam down, and you'll run out of ammo if you get trigger-happy.
Post
#179884
Topic
The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179884/action/topic#179884
Time
I hate how films like Brokeback Mountain get a free ride simply because they're about homosexuality. And if we criticize the film, we're automatically criticizing homosexuals. I haven't seen Brokeback Mountain, so I can't comment on the film one way or the other, but I have the freedom to like or dislike whatever I choose to about it. And if I criticize the homosexuality of the film, it doesn't even necessarily mean I'm criticizing homosexuals. Just like if I criticize the CG of the Star Wars prequels, it doesn't mean I'm criticizing all CG.

So I also hate political correctness.

EDIT: And I don't see the big problem with making fun of racial or ethnic groups. Stop being so damned sensitive, people. I'm of Polish decent, for crying out loud, and, in case you haven't noticed, we're the brunt of a lot of jokes regarding intelligence, but I think they're really funny. But you haven't seen anyone since Mike Stivic of All in the Family get pissed at Polish jokes. Yet if you make jokes about homosexuals or African-Americans, you're suddenly being a bigot or close-minded, and everyone makes a huge tizzy about it. Just get over it! No one's immune from criticism or stereotyping or deprecating jokes, so you might as well just learn to live with them and find the humor in them.
Post
#179875
Topic
Changes you want (or don't want) to the 2007 archival editions
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179875/action/topic#179875
Time
Originally posted by: Knightmessenger
That's a good question. Luke didn't want to fight his father but why wouldn't he try to block the emporor's lightning with his lightsaber? I don't think it was because Luke knew the prophecy said only the chosen one could bring balence to the force.

As for future changes, well it's obvious what should happen to the Greedo scene. I have compiled the 3 best proposed ideas. NOT!
Bro hug (Mad Magazine did this in their "Day in the Life of George Lucas" feature. It was the cover that had Obi Wan & Anakin shocked to see Alfred E Neuman as Palpatine)
Greedo's shot hits the wall, bounces back and hits him. Han doesn't shoot.
They settle it with rock, paper, scissors.

Well, I don't think Luke knew there was lightning to worry about until it actually happened. And he'd obviously already thrown his lightsaber away before it happened. I doubt he could concentrate enough to bring it to him as he was getting fried, and it probably wouldn't have done any good by that point anyway.

Im curious to find out what changes he is gonna make to the Prequels in 2007, I know Yoda is going digital but wonder what else will happen....................


Whatever they are, I'm never going to find out about them unless I read about them here.
Post
#179581
Topic
Jabba on the Dais!!!
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179581/action/topic#179581
Time
Originally posted by: InfoDroid
So, I'm eating one of those little bite-size Milky Way bars I have left over from Halloween, just happens to be promoting ROTS on the wrapper. Each one has a trivia question on it with a glow-in-the-dark answer, most of them are obvious. But, the question on my wrapper is: "Who is R2-D2's master?"

As I'm chewing on the chocolatey-caramel goodness that Milky Way provides, I'm thinking... To us fans of the OT, of course we'd immediately answer "Luke". But then if they're promoting ROTS, the answer might be "Anakin". But then, he originally belonged to Padme and was supposedly given to Anakin as a wedding gift. And then there's also the whole "Captain Antilles" thing. Or the "he claims to be the property of Obi-Wan Kenobi" line. So, suddenly I'm intrigued, not by the question, but more by the curiosity of what the people at Milky Way selected for the answer. Because, honestly, it's a toss up.

Okay, normally I wouldn't do this, but my curiosity and my Star Wars-inspired childhood took over my body and made me waste ten seconds to go check this answer out. So, I hold the little wrapper up to the light and go into the bathroom and close the door. I felt like I was five again, by the way.

And what's the answer?

"Jabba the Hutt"!!! And there's a little glowing cartoon likeness of Jabba smiling back at me, mocking me almost!

I'm like, "What? Jabba the f*cking Hutt??? What the hell?"

I mean, yes, technically that's true for an extremely brief period of time. But come on... Where do these marketing people get their info?

I was baffled. Had it been a Jeopardy question, I'd have lost everything.

And now I'm telling you about it so you can make fun of me.

--InfoDroid


Calm down. That particular question (and candy bar) has several different answers. You just happened to get the Jabba one. Other possibilities are Luke Skywalker, Anakin Skywalker, Queen Amidala, and Princess Leia.
Post
#179539
Topic
Unorthodox Star Wars Beliefs
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179539/action/topic#179539
Time
I simply don't think that Scruffy's views on the prophecy are at all unorthodox, as me and many others here have shown that we all believed the same thing. They're certainly very good ideas. I really don't think Qui-Gonn would knowingly bring a ticking time bomb into the Jedi Order, though. Of course, I could have an unorthodox belief that Qui-Gonn was simply a desert mirage constructed my Obi-Wan to relieve some of the guilt he felt for bringing Anakin around in the first place. That'd be a cool idea, I think. What if the prequels were all told from Obi-Wan's point of view? I mean, the prequels make him out to be a lot more selfless and perfect than he described himself as an old man. And a Master?! And on the Council?! Please!
Post
#179230
Topic
Star Wars becoming "mainstream" and "popular"
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179230/action/topic#179230
Time
Originally posted by: skye_solo
Once a geek, always a geek!
Last year my best friend started yelling at people in the theatre for ROTS midnight showing. He was pissed cause he feels there's all these band wagon fans, and people used to tease him in high school about liking Star Wars. I just kept sinking further and further down into my seat saying, "Shut up, shut up, shut up." I never cared in school if people didn't like Star Wars. I thought, "Well, they're missing out, I don't feel bad for them. "
The originals were way more relevant during their time, than the prequels have been these past few years. Actual number of tickets sold is a huge undeniable indicator.


I would have done that too had I thought about it at the time. Making people uncomfortable is fun... especially college students in Mississippi in Greek organizations!
Post
#179057
Topic
The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179057/action/topic#179057
Time
Yes, Warbler, you really shouldn't. I like that you brought up the ignoring bullies comment. I was often victimized by bullies as a child myself, and ignoring them certainly didn't make them go away. You're absolutely right. And it's pretty nearly impossible to make all trolls or bullies go away. This or any board or any microcosm is just like a playground at school, and you can't choose who plays on that playground with you, so you just have to let the insults and immature behavior not affect you, and just try your best to have fun with it. If they get under your skin, they win, and then they continue with increasing frequency.

I've reread this post, and I'm afraid it might sound like I'm being condescending, but I'm really not, so please don't take it that way. I'm just trying to relate it to something near and dear to my heart.
Post
#179054
Topic
Inserting deleted scene of Yoda's exile into ANH??
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/179054/action/topic#179054
Time
Originally posted by: Scruffy
I place internal consistency over the author's intent. Lucas isn't even the sole author of the Star Wars films -- he collaborated with countless artists, designers, actors, etc. In the case of the RotS "Death Star," ILM for whatever reason modeled and rendered something that is not consistent with the Death Star of episode IV. Lucas can say that it is the Death Star, but that's not what's on the film. (And by film, I mean an some kind of MPEG file or whatever cinematic digital video is rendered as.) If he meant for it to be the Death Star, he should've gone to ILM and told them to get the proportions right. Saying that something on film is something it is not is the worst kind of Special Editionizing -- expecting us to accept a change that he hasn't even bothered to film.

If you'll forgive a reductio ad absurdum, where do you draw the line? What if Lucas says that Luke was actually a female cat-like being with four eyes and a prehensile tail? I mean, if Lucas says Luke is a female cat-like being with four eyes and a prehensile tail he is, simply, a female cat-like being with four eyes and a prehensile tail.


Heh, point taken, Scruffy.