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#152020
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ROTS Extras: CGI TPM Yoda
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/152020/action/topic#152020
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Originally posted by: Cable-X1
Originally posted by: Mr Bungle
I am sure there will be a Special Edition of the Prequels

talking of the Special Features i found this amusing on the commentry.

"they had to go back and film Obi Wan picking up Anakins lightsabre after their duel- he later gives it to Luke in Episode IV- because "we kind of forgot about that"


and it's a wonder why the prequels sucked ass!?!??!?!

People tell me I'm nuts for thinking the prequels were good and I hear this statement from the people MAKING the movies!!!!!!!!

I already threw my steaming pile of crap at Lucas.....I just wonder when everyone else is gonna wake up and follow suit.

This is as much of a slap in the face as we're gonna get. They don't even know the events in their own saga to make films to properly fit.


Well, at least they did remember in time to fix it. It's a rather important detail to leave out, so hell would have been raised over it. What we should be complaining about is the continuity errors they didn't address, too numerous to mention.
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#151176
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RIP Rosa Parks.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151176/action/topic#151176
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You can't declare a thread dead, Warbler.

No one is trying to minimalize the importance of what Rosa Parks did, and what her action led to. And she has worked with civil rights since then as well. But you can't really compare her to someone like Martin Luther King who was constantly on the front lines fighting for equality. That's not to say that what she didn't end up being as monumental, but if you compare her actions to Dr. King... well, where as one is remembered for one action that got people's attention, the other is remembered for making a career out of it.

I think what she should most be remembered for is simply the remarkable power of one simple action to do something huge.
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#151054
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I need help for a Drama Class project
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/151054/action/topic#151054
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape

Hey, some of the best monologues are created by taking other people's parts out and combining things together. I find it very fun to cut monologues to fit a time length or transform a dialogue to a monologue, if I can pull it off. It just makes the work seem that much more your own, and it almost guarantees that if someone else does use the same monologue in an audition that it's not going to be the same cut.

And thanks again, ric. Good stand-up comics are definitely a joy. We have an improv troupe at my school that I've thought about joining if I'm not too busy. But they do stand-up as well.


By transforming a dialogue into a monologue, would you plainly describe the conversation, like someone saying "and then he told me...", or play both parts? Jonh Leguizamo used to do this play in which he played several different characters all by himself, it was interesting.

I was part once of this teathrical group that did improv, I was the youngest there... But then they wanted to do political satyre plays and go away from the wacky improv comedy so I decided not to be part of that anymore.


Well, it depends. The easiest way is if oen person is clearly talking much more than the other person. Then, the second person's lines can simply be cut to make a monologue. Of course, sometimes, the first person's lines will have to be slightly altered to cover that up. There are also some instances where you can incorporate some lines of the other person into your own monologue to make it make more sense, or it sounds better. But it's usually working around and removing the lines of the other person. But describing the conversation... well, adding made up lines is usually taking a few too many liberties with the piece.
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#150982
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I need help for a Drama Class project
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150982/action/topic#150982
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Eh, I don't know if I've really developed a specialty. I'm going for my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, and our classes are set up in studio style. We have three teachers who each have their own assignments in different areas (i.e., we have a voice teacher and we have a movement teacher) although they evaluate us cooperatively. So we pretty much get to dabble around in every kind of performance aspect.

And outside of performance, I'm taking some directing classes. More specifically, I'm taking Introduction to Film Production this semester, which leads to Film Directing. It required me to work crew for an independent film my teacher was making.
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#150975
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I need help for a Drama Class project
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150975/action/topic#150975
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Too bad it has to be a play. The "to the pain" monologue in "The Princess Bride" is brilliant, and would be fun to perform. I'll admit that it's not a pure monologue, but the interjections are so slight, it almost qualifies.


Hey, some of the best monologues are created by taking other people's parts out and combining things together. I find it very fun to cut monologues to fit a time length or transform a dialogue to a monologue, if I can pull it off. It just makes the work seem that much more your own, and it almost guarantees that if someone else does use the same monologue in an audition that it's not going to be the same cut.

And thanks again, ric. Good stand-up comics are definitely a joy. We have an improv troupe at my school that I've thought about joining if I'm not too busy. But they do stand-up as well.
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#150890
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Superman Movie
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150890/action/topic#150890
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Yeah, that'd actually be pretty cool. And Superman looked pretty cool with the long hair thing.

However, I didn't like when they made him into that blue electricity thing around '97. That was just... stupid-looking. How did they explain getting him out of that transformation? Or did they just reboot the continuity?
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#150876
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I need help for a Drama Class project
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150876/action/topic#150876
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Thank you. I'm done now, though. It was just a first round performance, and my teacher said it was going in the right direction, but the physicality was about 50% of where it needed to be. I'm actually very happy with that because he's a stickler, and I found out after the class that he actually hates The Comedy of Errors. And less than half the class actually made it all the way through their monolougues at all! So I feel good.