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Post: #173740
Topic: Joss Whedon's Greedo Revenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173740/action/topic#173740
Time: 27-Jan-2006 9:08 PM

Like I said about greencapt's friend, if you're interested, you should really watch the series first. In my opinion, it's better than the movie, and it makes the movie mean so much more, even though it's great on its own. And it's not as though watching the series is a huge commitment. Fourteen episodes. If the pilot was an hour and a half, and the other thirteen were about fourty-five minutes (this is running time excluding commercials), the total amount of time spend would be eleven hours and fifteen minutes... to watch an entire series of television. Well worth your time.

Post: #173732
Topic: Lucas and CGI in the Prequels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173732/action/topic#173732
Time: 27-Jan-2006 9:01 PM

Because your theatre's version was most likely a film copy while the DVD was taken straight from the digital source, which makes all the CG stand out like a sore thumb in comparison to Phantom Menace, which was shot on film.

Post: #173731
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173731/action/topic#173731
Time: 27-Jan-2006 9:00 PM

Call me immature if you'd like, but this thread was actually pretty boring until Stinky-Dinkins entered it. Now I'm just loving watching all the reactions from different offended and amused people. I can't wait to see what twists and turns it takes next. It's like watching a little ant farm. Keep digging those tunnels, guys! ^_^

Post: #173729
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173729/action/topic#173729
Time: 27-Jan-2006 8:55 PM

Well, I think we can let this one slide. I don't think it'll be breaking any laws. But maybe you should have linked to it. I mean, that's full nudity. Not exactly work safe. ^_~

Post: #173726
Topic: Joss Whedon's Greedo Revenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173726/action/topic#173726
Time: 27-Jan-2006 8:54 PM

Have you gotten around to seeing Serenity yet, AWK?

Post: #173725
Topic: Lucas and CGI in the Prequels
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173725/action/topic#173725
Time: 27-Jan-2006 8:53 PM

Yeah, I think that is pretty well done, but it has a few things going for it. It's rainy, and it's only visible for a split second. Too fast for anyone to really catch. I had no idea it was CG until I watched the documentary.

Post: #173682
Topic: Female Wookies
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173682/action/topic#173682
Time: 27-Jan-2006 5:25 PM

I thought you said before that you hated variety shows.

Post: #173670
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173670/action/topic#173670
Time: 27-Jan-2006 4:52 PM

I'm just wondering about the inevitable explosion when hlf returns. I'm on the edge of my seat.

Post: #173636
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173636/action/topic#173636
Time: 27-Jan-2006 3:28 PM

Wow. There could be a movie based off that picture. I'd see it.

Post: #173623
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173623/action/topic#173623
Time: 27-Jan-2006 3:00 PM

Hehe, yeah, this is getting quite fun. I'm just planning on sitting back and watching for a little while longer. Someone break out the popcorn and soda!

Post: #173563
Topic: Joss Whedon's Greedo Revenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173563/action/topic#173563
Time: 27-Jan-2006 11:07 AM

I have read many stories about people who saw Serenity and immediately went to find out more about it and ended up becoming huge Firefly fans because of it. In fact, it was the same for my friend who introduced me to Firefly. She had seen Serenity in theatres and then borrowed Firefly from a friend of hers, and then she showed me the pilot episode.

Post: #173533
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173533/action/topic#173533
Time: 27-Jan-2006 9:49 AM

Why couldn't it be Osama bin Laden putting down video games? If that was the case, there'd be a huge ad campaign to get all true Americans to play video games! "If you're not playing Pong, you're riding with bin Laden."

Post: #173529
Topic: Joss Whedon's Greedo Revenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173529/action/topic#173529
Time: 27-Jan-2006 9:42 AM

Originally posted by: greencapt

I think I'm going to try to show 'Serenity' to a non-Firefly, non-Serenity fan/newbie tonight. He should dig it I hope.

Originally posted by: battlewars
joss whedon is overrated

I actually used to agree with that battlewars. I *liked* the Buffy series but was far from ga-ga about it and would probably not buy the series on DVD. Angel, as a series, I could care less about. I thought 'Alien 4' was pure ass and that more than anything kept me from following anything Joss had done since.... until.... I actually had completely missed even hearing about 'Firefly' when it was on TV for its brief stint. But much like I did with the new BSG series on Sci-Fi, I gave the series a look on DVD... and got hooked! I actually think that Whedon's fans tend to over-rate him to the degree that George Lucas' fans do but the difference being Joss doesn't seem to buy into the hype. Maybe he's a great actor or something but I honestly believe him when he does interviews- believe that he's a geek like us and found a way (as many of us would like to) towork that geekness into a career doing the things we love.

Lucas on the other hand went all Howard Hughes on us and fully buys into, apparently, his own bullshit.

Why don't you show your friend the Serenity episode instead of the movie (unless that's what you're talking about)? I am continually grateful for having seen the show before the movie as nothing was spoiled for me, and the pilot is done so well (and it's only about half an hour shorter than the movie) that that alone is what got me hooked.

And I agree about Joss. I never cared for anything he did before. And I'll probably never really be into Buffy or Angel. I never heard of Firefly until a few months ago. But he does seem to be a champion of geeks. The Mick Jagger of geeks if you will. He genuinely seems to care about what he does and cares about the people who care about what he does. "I'm never interested in making things that people like... only what they love."

Post: #173467
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173467/action/topic#173467
Time: 27-Jan-2006 2:13 AM

Quick question... what's HBA?

And, a message board bodyguard? Hmm, I'm... skeptical.

Post: #173466
Topic: Joss Whedon's Greedo Revenge
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173466/action/topic#173466
Time: 27-Jan-2006 2:11 AM

I went through the special features again on my own, and I finally found the quote you're talking about, greencapt. It's in the "Future History: The Story of Earth That Was" documentary. It has Joss talking about how he read this book about the Civil War... "and it made me think of the Millenium Falcon... because a lot of things make me think of the Millenium Falcon." And then it cuts away to a shot on set while filming, and, for reasons I can't quite figure out, one of the crew shouts to an area offscreen and says, "You think we should send a picture of that to George Lucas?" and people laugh.

Post: #173461
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173461/action/topic#173461
Time: 27-Jan-2006 2:07 AM

Hehe, pure genius. How refreshing.

Post: #173460
Topic: New Gary Kurtz interview!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173460/action/topic#173460
Time: 27-Jan-2006 2:05 AM

I wouldn't even say that. He does his job. The end. That's what everyone else who works for George, or anybody else does. Period. And maybe he is a bit "fond" of George and a lot of his crazy ideas, but he does seem to be very professional about what his task is.

Post: #173454
Topic: New Gary Kurtz interview!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173454/action/topic#173454
Time: 27-Jan-2006 1:55 AM

Yeah, but to be fair, you can't really blame McCallum for the prequels sucking. He was just doing his job. It's not as though he was a big driving force in the direction of the story.

Post: #173432
Topic: The School Assignment Help Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173432/action/topic#173432
Time: 27-Jan-2006 12:43 AM

I'm not sure how much help it will be, but when I did a term paper on video games, a great book my friend had entitled Game Over was used for the bulk of my information. It's a very, very good book, mostly about the rise of Nintendo, starting from its beginnings in the 19th century, but I believe there are some parts in it about video games and their effects on users. I've actually tried to find this book to buy it, but I've heard it was out of print. I'd love to be able to find a copy, though.

Post: #173384
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173384/action/topic#173384
Time: 26-Jan-2006 9:26 PM

Heh, I'm glad you brought it up first, Warbler. I haven't been around too long, but I'm used to Jay being the straight man, the father figure if you will, and this does seem rather out of character. Maybe this is a Pseudojay. And I like the emoticons too. People get in enough fights around here over misinterpreted intentions, and that would probably be even worse without them.

Post: #173383
Topic: 'Merge' Article- Lucas in his own words
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173383/action/topic#173383
Time: 26-Jan-2006 9:20 PM

I guess he took too many drugs during the rest of the '80s.

Post: #173344
Topic: hot like fire thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173344/action/topic#173344
Time: 26-Jan-2006 5:05 PM

Hell, travel all that far, it better be an experience of mythical proportions!

Post: #173331
Topic: 'Merge' Article- Lucas in his own words
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173331/action/topic#173331
Time: 26-Jan-2006 4:02 PM

Eh, I think it's a bit too short, but you're right, he does look very youthful in that picture.

Post: #173325
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173325/action/topic#173325
Time: 26-Jan-2006 3:47 PM

Eleven's a very important number. Eleven goes into the house of one eleven times and always comes out eleven.

Post: #173323
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/173323/action/topic#173323
Time: 26-Jan-2006 3:44 PM

Well, Happy Days managed to hang on for, what, three of four more seasons after Ron Howard left, right? And then Scott Baio and Erin Moran left... and then came back for the last season. And then they brought in all these new characters... and them dumped them for the last season. It was weird. Glad to see Fox's cancelling frenzy has at last reached a show that needs it.