Gaffer Tape

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Post: #145734
Topic: Unbearable HC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145734/action/topic#145734
Time: 5-Oct-2005 9:10 PM

Originally posted by: theredbaron
I honestly believe that O-OT purists have no choice but to disown the Prequels. I myself have no problem with that. I'll disown the PT any day of the week, without a second thought. Trying to rationalise or entertain continuities between these two trilogies is just not possible, unless you like and approve of GL's tinkering thus far, and leave the floor open for further tinkering.

Completely true. I'll watch the PT after I'm done watching the OT, but when I watch the OT, and they talk about the past, I don't picture the past as it is from the prequels. It's like trying to mix oil and water. They totally contradict each other.

Post: #145733
Topic: Return of the Jedi - was it what it was meant to be?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145733/action/topic#145733
Time: 5-Oct-2005 9:08 PM

Originally posted by: theredbaron

- Lando just being forgiven without really redeeming himself with some valiant deed beforehand (just a casual reference to the stunt he pulled at the Battle of Tanaab) - perhaps having him sacrifice himself in a warrior's death for atonement?

I always got the impression that Lando risking his life and giving up his entire life to save Leia, Chewie, and the droids to be a valiant deed of atonement.

Post: #145950
Topic: NES games that you haven't beat
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145950/action/topic#145950
Time: 5-Oct-2005 8:51 PM

You know, I never got around to beating the second quest on The Legend of Zelda. It's not exactly a game in itself, but it is pretty damned hard compared to the first quest, if I remember correctly.

Post: #145948
Topic: Episode I - Manga Comic.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145948/action/topic#145948
Time: 5-Oct-2005 8:45 PM

Bull!!!! Yeah, right, the limitations of the Japanese writing systems forced him to be unable to live his dream of writing from left to right, but he came to America to be free of that stigma. Yeah, that's what makes it great to be an American... left to right writing. [/sarcasm]

Post: #145946
Topic: The Beatles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145946/action/topic#145946
Time: 5-Oct-2005 8:42 PM

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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.

Post: #145925
Topic: Brosnan is no longer Bond, Daniel Craig is now Bond.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145925/action/topic#145925
Time: 5-Oct-2005 7:50 PM

I hate reality shows...

Post: #145921
Topic: Episode I - Manga Comic.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145921/action/topic#145921
Time: 5-Oct-2005 7:43 PM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Sessler, only if you are interested in reading in portuguese. Also, we keep the original format, from right to left, and some people dislike reading this way.

Bah! We're purists here, aren't we? We don't need any whiners who are gonna complain, "Awww, I hate reading from right to left! It's too haaaaard!"

Post: #145811
Topic: The Beatles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145811/action/topic#145811
Time: 5-Oct-2005 4:47 PM

Yeah, I love that part too. In fact, "A Day in the Life" just kicks ass period!

And I also love "The Long and Winding Road."

And just to be picky, it's, "Woke up, fell out of bed." ^_^

Post: #145731
Topic: Top 5 Moments in the Original Trilogy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145731/action/topic#145731
Time: 5-Oct-2005 3:02 PM

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Originally posted by: HotRod
OK 5 more (there's more than 5 good points in these films)

1) Yoda giving Luke the Force speech after Luke's failed attemp at lifting his X-Wing
2) "Between his howling and you blasting everthing in site, it's a wonder the whole station doesn't know were here" Scene..
3) Han's torture and the following Lando stare at Fett scene, then the conversation with Vader afterwards
4) Love the fight with Luke and Vader, when Lukes fly thru the window, then the race to the falcon after. Again, the music, the colours...just great
5) The whole carbonite scene...from start to finish...ever since I was a young boy I've loved that.

And how many of you here used to lay in the bath with the water full up pretending to be frozen in carbonite??...I did

And I used to freeze my figures in ice

Actually, to simulate carbonation, I used to wrap my figures in wet tissue paper.

Post: #145730
Topic: What are your 10 best/worst character names from the SW movies?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145730/action/topic#145730
Time: 5-Oct-2005 3:01 PM

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Dexter Jettster and Elan Sleazebaggano clearly suck. Jango Fett is lame as is commander cody. I never actually considered 'Fett' to be Boba Fett's surname, I never really considered it at all. I just thought 'Boba Fett, bounty hunter, cool, the end'. But now Fett is his surname, and Boba is a pretty crappy first name.

Yeah, now that you mentioned it, I never thought of that as his surname either. And saying just plain Boba sounds completely stupid.

Post: #145729
Topic: Episode I - Manga Comic.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145729/action/topic#145729
Time: 5-Oct-2005 2:56 PM

Well, actually, it wasn't your fault. I'm the one who first mentioned my katakana test (which I think I did pretty well on, by the way), which is what got us started on this tangent. Don't blame yourself. There was nothing you could have done. You'd have been killed too. And the katakana would now be in the hands of the... Yeah, I'm an idiot.

Post: #145287
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145287/action/topic#145287
Time: 4-Oct-2005 6:06 PM

Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
I HATE PEOPLE WHO HAVE NO BUSINESS BEHIND THE WHEEL OF A CAR. DAMN, STUPID DRIVERS.

I live in a college town, so that's pretty much the order of the day... staying alive by avoiding all the drunken (or just plain) idiots.

Post: #145286
Topic: Silly Pics
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145286/action/topic#145286
Time: 4-Oct-2005 6:05 PM

Originally posted by: ricarleite

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
They sure can.
So, Han (Me) on Guitar, 3PO (Ric) on Keyboard/Synth and Greedo (Chaltab) on Ocarina. This is shaping up to be one hell of a band. Vader or R2 are clear contenders for lead vocals IMO.

We need a bassist and someone on the drums. Chaltab really got the spirit of prog rock, an ocarina?? Quite Jethro Tull-esque!

How about me as Yoda on drums?

Post: #145279
Topic: Unbearable HC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145279/action/topic#145279
Time: 4-Oct-2005 5:57 PM

But still, you can't forget his classic line as Kevin Head in The Virgin Suicides: "Don't let it die a virgin!" Ah, timeless. A testament to acting. ^_~

Post: #145413
Topic: Personal Encounters?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145413/action/topic#145413
Time: 4-Oct-2005 5:34 PM

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Originally posted by: Warbler
or talk about J****.

How would you say his name in real life, though?

Post: #145227
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145227/action/topic#145227
Time: 4-Oct-2005 3:27 PM

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I would like to make Jedi Knight before the ranking system disappears, but I'm unwilling to cross the spam line, so it might not happen

Yeah, I'm really hoping I can make it too, but I have a much farther journey than you.

But, for once, I want to utilize this thread for its purpose...

700 posts!!!

Post: #145348
Topic: NES games that you haven't beat
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145348/action/topic#145348
Time: 4-Oct-2005 2:21 PM

Well, aside from the character and some added animations, it's really not that different. But there is a cool opening sequence that was all but lost.

You can see the changes here:

http://www.classicgaming.com/tmk/smb2_ddp.shtml

Post: #145337
Topic: Most Underrated Console System
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145337/action/topic#145337
Time: 4-Oct-2005 2:01 PM

Hello! I've already said Virtual Boy!

Not Nanner's Virtual Boy! Gaffer's Virtual Boy! Hmph...

Post: #145313
Topic: NES games that you haven't beat
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145313/action/topic#145313
Time: 4-Oct-2005 12:52 PM

Yeah, I was so disappointed when I realized I couldn't turn into a giant or shoot fire or become invincible in SM64. I mean, it's still a great game, and I love it very much, but it lacked all of those awesome elements that made Mario special in the past. They didn't even use pipes very much.

Post: #145299
Topic: NES games that you haven't beat
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145299/action/topic#145299
Time: 4-Oct-2005 12:19 PM

Good point. But I suppose the same thing can be said of Super Mario 64 and the transition to 3-D.

But SMUSA (or Dream Factory: Doki Doki Panic as it was originally released as) really pushed the series forward graphically.

Post: #145296
Topic: NES games that you haven't beat
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145296/action/topic#145296
Time: 4-Oct-2005 12:14 PM

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
Well our SMB2 is way better than their SMB2

Well, I wouldn't say that. I'm not going to deny the importance of the game. It gave personalities to Luigi, Peach, and Toad, was a great inspiration for the kickass Super Mario Bros. Super Show, and it added a whole lot of concepts and villains to the Mario lexicon. I like it, but I still wouldn't say that it was better than the real SMB2. It was like what Mega Man II was for the Mega Man series. It took the concepts of the original game and pushed them and tweaked them just enough so that it was completely awesome!

Post: #145292
Topic: Most Underrated Console System
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145292/action/topic#145292
Time: 4-Oct-2005 12:12 PM

I'd hardly think that Megadrive/Genesis was an underrated console. I mean, it and Super NES were in a pretty hot competition for the first half of the '90s. It was big! It was huge! I never had one, but still...

I think the most underrated console was Virtual Boy. It's the only Nintendo system I don't own, but I wanted it so bad. Sure, it's not perfect virtual reality, but I thought it was pretty cool from the store demos I played. And its failure caused Nintendo to severely punish Gunpei Yokoi (who also invented Game and Watch, the whole concept of a control pad as opposed to a joystick, and, of course Game Boy) who was killed by a car a few years later.

Very sad.

Post: #145283
Topic: NES games that you haven't beat
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145283/action/topic#145283
Time: 4-Oct-2005 12:02 PM

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Originally posted by: sean wookie
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: kev
There's no way you could play Super Mario Bros. 2: The Lost Levels, blind folded or upside down

That one I happen to agree with. Lost levels is too damn hard.

I know. But atleast it didn't come to america until allstars.

Why is that a good thing? I'm pretty sad that we didn't get the game originally, and it was solely for the reason that the powers that be thought that Americans sucked at games.

Post: #145276
Topic: Episode I - Manga Comic.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145276/action/topic#145276
Time: 4-Oct-2005 11:55 AM

Wow, you're right. I totally forgot about that. Too bad, since the kanji for ichi is probably the easiest kanji I'm ever going to learn.

Post: #145226
Topic: The Beatles
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/145226/action/topic#145226
Time: 4-Oct-2005 9:26 AM

I actually like Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da. Any of those "old people" type songs that Paul did make it on my list. I love "When I'm Sixy-Four" and "Honey Pie".