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Post: #164011
Topic: what did you get for xmas this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/164011/action/topic#164011
Time: 17-Dec-2005 9:29 PM

Do you keep the old ones, and, if so, how many do you own?

Post: #164010
Topic: McCallum comments on the TV series and the prequel special editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/164010/action/topic#164010
Time: 17-Dec-2005 9:23 PM

I can see how Clone Wars is considered EU since it was made by someone else, but isn't George heading up this new TV series, so wouldn't it be what you call G-level canon?

Post: #163971
Topic: what did you get for xmas this year?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163971/action/topic#163971
Time: 17-Dec-2005 5:24 PM

Lots of DVDs, I'm sure, and I'm finally going to be able to start myself up on DDR! ^_^

Post: #163969
Topic: McCallum comments on the TV series and the prequel special editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163969/action/topic#163969
Time: 17-Dec-2005 5:17 PM

Well, here's an argument for that, Adam. You say you're always big on canon, and whatever George decides to put in or change is what Star Wars is, the end, no argument, right? Well, in your earlier post, you said that you'd be looking forward to the TV series, "regardless of quality." Well, what if the quality is so bad that it introduces horribly stupid plot points and just, overall, leaves a bad taste in your mouth. You'll now have to accept it as canon, and it will always be part of the Star Wars universe. Wouldn't you wish then that he had just left well enough alone?

Post: #163837
Topic: McCallum comments on the TV series and the prequel special editions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163837/action/topic#163837
Time: 16-Dec-2005 6:48 PM

I like how he claims that no one in the fanbase had any complaints about the cause for Anakin's turn being love for his wife. Um, I'm raising my hand! Can't you see me? It's as frustrating as being in class, knowing the answer to a problem, but the teacher refuses to call on you!

And, lo and behold, it turns out that the TV series is going to be a convenient little loop hole for them to rectify all the plot holes they should have dealt with in the movies. "What about Ben and Owen?" "Um, we'll deal with it in the TV series." How much you want to bet that there'll be an episode where a 4 year old Leia has a Force-induced dream of Padme, waking up to say, "My mother is very kind, but sad."

Pathetic.

Post: #163823
Topic: SNOW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163823/action/topic#163823
Time: 16-Dec-2005 5:31 PM

Sigh, it hasn't snowed here since Christmas aught aught. I remember I was playing The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask for the first time. Well, I'm playing Majora's Mask again this Christmas, in hopes I'll see some snow for the first time in five years!

Post: #163822
Topic: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163822/action/topic#163822
Time: 16-Dec-2005 5:26 PM

I'm certainly glad they aren't! I'd never heard that rumor before, but she was one of my favorite characters in that book! Phew. Bill and Charlie Weasley I can live without, but not Looney Lovegood!

Post: #163821
Topic: Time to grow up.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163821/action/topic#163821
Time: 16-Dec-2005 5:24 PM

Eh, just a few arguments spread over a few threads of the board stopped being about anything constructive and de-evolved into bickering and name-calling. Most of it, I believe, is in the "Star Wars From a Newcomer's Point of View" thread which, at the time of this posting, is near the bottom of the second page.

Post: #163686
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163686/action/topic#163686
Time: 16-Dec-2005 1:22 AM

Actually, they would be Batman Begins and Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. I can't judge either of them as movies because I sadly haven't seen either of them, but I doubt they could be considered the two best movies in the entire history of cinema.

Post: #163685
Topic: ESB (OOT version) - My thoughts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163685/action/topic#163685
Time: 16-Dec-2005 1:20 AM

But I have a question. Since you were introduced to the Star Wars trilogy through the '97 Special Editions, weren't you already familiar with Clive Revil's Emperor?

Post: #163683
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163683/action/topic#163683
Time: 16-Dec-2005 12:37 AM

Yeah, sometimes I can't stand our generation either. I have a friend who can't stand black and white movies. It doesn't matter what it is, she just takes a firm stand that they're boring. And that two of the three best movies ever made were made this year.

Post: #163632
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163632/action/topic#163632
Time: 15-Dec-2005 7:00 PM

Assuming that he actually did his own singing, I thought Ewan sounded damn good in Moulin Rouge.

Post: #163629
Topic: Should Stanley Tookie Williams have been executed?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163629/action/topic#163629
Time: 15-Dec-2005 6:53 PM

I guess it didn't get as much media coverage, but here in Mississippi, we just had our first execution in three years last night. Seventy-seven year old John B. Nixon is the oldest person to be executed since the death penalty was reinstated. He was convicted of a murder by hire in 1985.

Post: #163627
Topic: ESB (OOT version) - My thoughts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163627/action/topic#163627
Time: 15-Dec-2005 6:46 PM

Yay! The boy has taste! I knew he had it in him!

In all seriousness, I'm glad you liked it. We all knew you would. Congratulations.

"You have taken your first step into a larger world."

Post: #163624
Topic: Who hear thinks Jedi would have been more dramatic if Han Solo died?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163624/action/topic#163624
Time: 15-Dec-2005 6:44 PM

I think Han dying would be a nice alternative version of the story, but I like the way things are now. I really don't agree with Harrison's quote that Han no longer had any story responsibilities. I mean, there was still the Han/Leia relationship that was just getting off the ground, and that needed to be resolved. I mean, Luke being her brother was already a cop out enough, but having Han die as well... well, we'd just be getting into soap opera territory.

And YIYF, I don't think Lando should die either. Wasn't the idea that he would die just an urban legend anyway, not based in any kind of fact? I think Lando paid his price by sacrificing everything he had built up in his life. Bespin was everything he had. He had reached a level of respectability, and he abandoned it to join the Rebellion, not to mention risking his life to save Han from Jabba. I think he paid his debt to Han and then some.

Post: #163621
Topic: General Star Wars Caption This
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163621/action/topic#163621
Time: 15-Dec-2005 6:35 PM

Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi

Meet... the Needa family!!!!!

That Needa mama is hot!

EDIT: Well, except for that red eye problem that makes her look evil.

RE-EDIT: Well, evil is hot, so no complaints there!

Post: #163619
Topic: SFX details you never knew were in the OT until you saw them on DVD?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163619/action/topic#163619
Time: 15-Dec-2005 6:31 PM

From what I've heard, and from what nearly everyone else on this board says, the fault is not due to Lowry, but to Lucasfilm rushing them through the job. To be honest, I don't really see anything wrong with the DVD picture, but maybe that's just me. But don't start namecalling on Lowry when it's really LFL's fault for pushing forward a slipshod product. And I do call it slipshod because while I may not notice anything wrong with the picture, I sure as hell noticed the audio problems that were supposed to be a creative decision.

Post: #163617
Topic: first "NOOOOO!" and now...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163617/action/topic#163617
Time: 15-Dec-2005 6:29 PM

No matter the view on his acting or his place in the Star Wars universe, it is kinda rude what that fan did, and I don't condone it. Geez, people who do that really need to get some maturity. If you're gonna do that to anybody, do it to George. ^_~

Post: #163365
Topic: Best movies of 05
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163365/action/topic#163365
Time: 14-Dec-2005 9:36 PM

Right there with you, Warbler. It's a completely different situation than The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe is the given title of the book, and Star Wars was the given title of the movie. The front of Lucas's scripts even said Star Wars or The Starwars.

Post: #163349
Topic: Best movies of 05
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163349/action/topic#163349
Time: 14-Dec-2005 8:11 PM

Yeah, I've heard it elsewhere too, but it's definitely not on Empire of Dreams, at least not the version on the DVD.

Post: #163348
Topic: General Star Wars Caption This
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163348/action/topic#163348
Time: 14-Dec-2005 8:09 PM

I wasn't complaining, just proudly exclaiming that I got your reference, as I did with this one too. Sorry if it came across that way. Awesome stuff.

Post: #163334
Topic: When will the recording industry ever learn?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163334/action/topic#163334
Time: 14-Dec-2005 7:13 PM

That... is the dumbest thing I've ever read in my life. Why in the hell?! I miss the Internet before everything it did became some huge affront to every industry in America. Back when no one really cared what the Internet did... But I agree with Bossk. It's the next logical step. I wonder what the next "logical" step after this stroke of idiocy is?

Post: #163332
Topic: Best movies of 05
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163332/action/topic#163332
Time: 14-Dec-2005 7:08 PM

Actually, it's hardly mentioned in Empire of Dreams and only in passing. The only time it comes up is during the start of production of Empire Strikes Back, where the narrator says, "The first movie, now dubbed Episode IV: A New Hope..." That's all that's said about it. It says absolutely nothing about what it was originally supposed to be called or why it was cut in the first place. Not saying your reasoning is necessarily wrong, but your reference is.

Post: #163331
Topic: HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163331/action/topic#163331
Time: 14-Dec-2005 7:03 PM

Yeah, the home market is much faster than it used to be, and that's simply because they start working on the DVDs before the movie is even released in theatres, sometimes while the movie is still in production. I was watching The Incredibles with commentary on, and they made some comment about having no idea how this movie was going to do, and I was totally floored that they'd go to all this trouble to make a DVD before they even knew if it was profitable. Now I understand that the real market really is in the DVD sales rather than the theatrical release.

Post: #163235
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/163235/action/topic#163235
Time: 14-Dec-2005 2:20 PM

1,100! Wow, I can't believe I've survived my first 100 posts as a Jedi Knight. No Sith's gonna break-a my stride!