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#146466
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The Beatles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146466/action/topic#146466
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Been one for nearly nine months myself, and it's really not as hard as it seems to be. I never feel like I'm missing anything anymore. They have a wide selection of substitutes anyway that range from nearly as good, just as good, and much better than the actual meat product it's based on.

And that's awesome that you are too, YIYF. I had no idea. What's the stigma toward vegetarians over in the UK? Because being one in the southern US isn't a very popular thing.
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#146139
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NES games that you haven't beat
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146139/action/topic#146139
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I beat Punch-Out twice today. I got my roommate and my girlfriend to try. I've never seen anyone come so close to losing to Glass Joe! I remember, though, a rumor a friend of mine told me when I was ten or eleven that it was possible for Mike Tyson to kill you in his fight with you, and that the closing shot of the game will be him at your grave. I don't have the Mike Tyson version, so I don't know. I'm sure it's probably just one of those child urban legends that you hear a lot of, but I wouldn't mind a definitive answer.
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#146137
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Can you imagine Han fighting Luke, that is what the duel in ROTS should have felt like.
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146137/action/topic#146137
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Yeah, I always thought that Qui-Gonn was the most useless character in all of Star Wars. Don't get me wrong, he's a good character, but his presence at all really hurts the story. The whole movie is spent developing this relationship between Anakin and Qui-Gonn, a totally useless relationship since he dies, and Anakin never mentions him again. And Obi-Wan seems to resent the little brat being around the whole time and only changes his tune because Qui-Gonn makes him promise.

To be honest, though, I could have handled more Luke/Han interaction in the original trilogy. Besides the first movie, they hardly spend any time together at all. I would like to have seen more arguments between them, their opposite morals getting in the way of a common goal.
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#146030
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The Beatles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146030/action/topic#146030
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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
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Originally posted by: theredbaron
Oh yeah, and 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' is also one of my faves.

'With A Little Help From My Friends' sounds awesome coming out of Joe Cocker's mouth. I didn't really like the original, though...seems passionless.


I used to prefer that version as well and dislike the original, but now it's grown on me a lot, and I like both versions.


Thing is Ringo just can't sing, so they had to lower the key and make it into a 'Ringo's shit voice' friendly tune. Still, I do like Ringo. He's definitely the coolest living Beatle. His son Zach is now drummer in Oasis, which is pretty cool if you ask me.


It's not that he can't sing, he just has a lower and smaller range than the others. I think his voice has a very good quality that I enjoy listening to. Also, when I sing along, I enjoy when that rare Ringo song comes up, because, being in a lower and smaller range, they're much easier to sing. It's like Pepto Bismol for my voice. ^_^
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#146024
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What are your 10 best/worst character names from the SW movies?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146024/action/topic#146024
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Until reading this thread, I had no idea that the deathstick dealer had a name, nor that that name was so... stupid. I mean, I thought the scene was actually one of the funniest bits of Attack of the Clones, much better than 3PO's horrible dialogue. But giving him the name Sleazebaggano, or whatever it was, that just crosses the line into way too preachy territory, and it drains it of some of its humor, in my opinion.
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#145949
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Return of the Jedi - was it what it was meant to be?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145949/action/topic#145949
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Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
While ROTJ has some great scenes it, I'm not going to lie: As a kid, the only reason I took any liking to it was the fact that it was 'cleaner' and 'newer' than the other two films. As I grew up, I realized just HOW much better the first two were, especially ESB. Since the restorations of the original source materials to make the films crystal clear and crisp, ROTJ is loosing it's standing more and more.

I ranked it below ROTS, something I thought I'd never do of an OT film from a PT film. And if ANH did get THAT good after the jumping off point at Mos Eisley, ROTS just might have pulled ahead of it.

We often forget how slow and muddled the beginning of Star Wars was from the point the droids leave the Tantive and end up at Ben's place. From a film study point of view, that kind of pacing is generally the kiss of death for a film. And don't forget, George had even more exposition of Luke as a teen in the desert before the studio laughed at him.

But don't get this criticism confused. I love all Star Wars films more than most films. But I'm also realistic about them. ESB, in my opinion was probably the 4th or 5th best movie made in the history of American cinema. So, for ROTJ to be such a let down is absolutely a failure.


I'm always torn on the issue of the pacing in the original Star Wars. Part of me agrees that it's a bit slow to get started and wonders if I only put up with it out of nostalgic purposes, and that I know it will pick up. But the other part of me says it's pretty good, and it's interesting enough to keep people involved. Besides, it worked in Hidden Fortress...
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#145926
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Rankings
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145926/action/topic#145926
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I'll take the liberty!

Ahem! Essentially the Rankings thread exists for the sole purpose to keep other members up to date on how many posts you have racked up. And it's a great place for some people to post countless useless messages to build up their post count, so they can brag about it on the same thread. It's cyclical in nature and multi-functional.
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#145923
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145923/action/topic#145923
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Originally posted by: TheSessler
Originally posted by: segaflip
damn all you people with the nice hot weather


Hot weather is not nice, and neither is the ocean as impressing when you see it everyday.

Which reminds me: I don't like sand! It's coarse and rough and irritating, and it gets everywhere.


Wow. That's become the most-often quoted line from a Star Wars movie to appear on these boards!