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#134753
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WHATS UR FAV PLANET IN SW
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134753/action/topic#134753
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I don't understand why everyone loves Tatooine so much... it's a frickin' desert! That's all there is to it! "If there's a bright center to the universe, it's the planet that it's farthest from!" "There's nothing to see." "It's too dangerous with all the sandpeople around." "You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy." So it's in the middle of nowhere, with nothing to see, and it's inhabited by dangerous, rabid people. Plus, it has all the elements of a desert, being too hot during the day and too cold at night. It's controlled by the Hutts. Slavery is (or was) acceptable. Neither Luke nor Anakin enjoyed living there. Sand is so coarse and irritating. I could go on... but why would you want to live there?!
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#134381
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October Batman Release
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134381/action/topic#134381
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Originally posted by: Number20
Serials are great. Yes, many of them are campy by todays standards, but are still solid. The 1943 Batman serial is much better than the "sequel" in 1949. That one is just plain dull. Hopefully this means that some other Columbia serials will come out on DVD, like The Shadow, Superman, and Atom man Vs. Superman. Of course Republic made some of the best serials, but that is another story.


Yeah, I still can't sit through all of Batman and Robin without getting bored. Granted, I only have the first tape of it, so I can't actually sit through the whole thing... only the first half, but you get my point. The original movie was better.

And, Dayv, sorry if I didn't make that clear, but I meant that the reason I'll be buying the DVD is so the DVD can give my poor decade and a half old tapes a rest because they're (especially Volume 1 since I've had that longer) starting to become quite worn from repeated use. Much thanks for the offer, though. I've never made a back-up for a DVD before. Is it a good idea to do so?
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#134316
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October Batman Release
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134316/action/topic#134316
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It is indeed. And if you check out imdb, you'll find that every single cast member is deceased. I know that's not too surprising, but it intrigued me some very light night in June when I looked up the bios at all the cast members. I mean, every possible way to die is covered by this cast. It bugs the hell out of me not knowing how Douglas Croft died, though.
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#134308
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Halloween (the holiday, not the movie)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134308/action/topic#134308
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Originally posted by: Bossk
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Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
I love Tootsie Rolls, and I love candy corn! I don't care what Lewis Black said (I was hoping to reply before someone brought that up), candy corn is THE best candy ever. I would kill for candy corn right now.


I won't say it's the best, but I do enjoy Candy Corns.

I always thought the bastard red-headed stepchild of Halloween candy was Double Bubble. Cheap as hell and the flavor is gone as soon as it enters your mouth. You can't even bite into it and the flavor is gone.


You're right. Double Bubble sucked. Actually, I consumed a lot of it. For the moment that it does have flavor, it's a pretty good flavor. It's hard as a rock, though, and requires superior jaw muscles to put it in a condition that is suitable for blowing bubbles. For real fun for the really brave, try about four pieces at once.

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#134292
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October Batman Release
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134292/action/topic#134292
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Okay, here's the scoop. It was released in 1943 starring Lewis Wilson as Batman and Douglas Croft as Robin. Yes, ric, it was a Flash Gordon-esque serial with cliffhangers at the end of every chapter. The whole Batman story was redone to have Batman and Robin be secret government spies (it's wartime, you know), but they still wanted Batman to have that vigilante image, so he was avoiding the cops the whole time. They faced off against Japanese spy, Dr. Tito Daka (J. Carroll Naish), who had rounded up an organization of crooked businessmen who had been "dishonored by America" (i.e. captured and sent to prison) in order to colonize America once Japan won the war. He had an electronic laboratory that he used to convert people into zombies, making them superstrong and unable to think without Daka's orders over a special microphone. His secret weapon was a cool-looking (for the time) radium gun, and a lot of the movie was spent trying to track down new sources of radium.

It is very campy now, but it's not purposefully campy. But by the 1960s, it was considered campy. Movie execs put it together in two parts (1-7 and 8-15, just like my tapes are divided) with redone narration and some censored lines but visually unchanged and entitled it "An Evening with Batman and Robin." Apparently, William Dozier saw this, and it gave him his impetus to create the 1960s Batman TV series.

And it did have some Japanese-bashing lines, although I haven't heard most of them, just heard of them. Like the original narration talked of Japanese internment like this: "... the wise government having rounded up the shifty-eyed Japs," was changed to, "... the wise government having rounded up the immoral hoods." Seems just as bad to me. Other lines by characters have been obviously redubbed since they sound nothing like the actor, but that just adds to the hilarity. Another racist gem is when Robin tells Daka, "You're as yellow as your skin!" which has also been censored out. To be honest, though, their treatment of the Japanese seems a lot more generous than cartoons of the time with the buckteeth, high-pitched, glasses-wearing Japanese soldiers fighting Bugs Bunny. I mean, Daka is cold and calculating and intelligent. He kills people, including his own men. I mean, I know ruthless isn't exactly a positive thing, but it's a much better villain than a bumbling idiot.

The cliffhangers range from pretty cool to kind of lame. Lame being when the cliffhanger ends with Batman being in a plane that crashes. How does he get saved? Well... it just shows him walking out of the plane unscathed in the next chapter. Most of them involve Batman ending up in some mortal peril and Robin coming in to save him at the last second. My personal favorite just for the craziness of it is the next to last chapter where the following episode takes about 5 minutes to explain how Batman didn't die.

Most people who have watched it with me have found it hilarious. I take it seriously most of the time. I've been watching it since I was 6, so I find it really enjoyable. When I watched it again this past summer, though, I finally caught onto some things. My personal favorite line is when Batman and Robin are interrogating some hoods in the Batcave (complete with bats held up by strings) when Alfred comes on over the PA system and says, "Batman, I want you." Seriously. He says that!

I'll come back and post some pics in a minute. But I'd recommend buying it and hoping that the uncensored version is finally released. To be honest, I was surprised that they were going to release it at all since Columbia is owned by Sony now, so kudos to them!
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#134290
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Official thread to complain about textbooks/bookstores
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134290/action/topic#134290
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Originally posted by: Darth Simon
Gaffer, couldnt you just give your book (since you couldnt sell it back) to your girlfriend? I mean, even if they issue a new release every year, they are generally the same book, maybe a couple pages change, they just release new books every year to screw the students.

I really hate when the professor makes you buy their own book for the class, thats pretty messed up. I had one professor that was in the process of writing the book and he would give us photocopy packets of each section, that was cool. But I also have friends that had to buy "books" their professor wrote that were just printed papers in a notebook.

You know what makes it all worse, that professors usually get a kick back from the publisher for using a certain book. Thats crap if you ask me.

Glad Im done with the college thing. now the only 'school supplies' i have to buy are Kendo/Iaido gear for my class that happens to be through the community college. Some of its expensive, but you also have choices on what to buy (and actually can get away with only spending like $35) and it lasts way more than one semester. Plus the class is fun.

-Darth Simon


I'm glad you mentioned that, since that is exactly what I did. The only problem was, each CD has its own access code, and that one was already registered to me, so it didn't work. Huge ripoff. You see, the CDs connect you to an online program to do your homework, and the server sends the data back to your teacher.

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#134218
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BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134218/action/topic#134218
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I hadn't. I kept notice and was surprised of how far back it had fallen. So I'm as much to blame for not saving it, but I've never really posted anything here. I just sat back and admire. And I am proud of that. It's been very fun. I'm glad it's back, and I hope it will continue to be a positive part of these boards.

God bless America and Beautiful Girls!
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#134209
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/134209/action/topic#134209
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
Alright, here's my thoughts on a ROTS edit. George and co. have already confirmed the Yoda on Dagobah scene will be back in the actual film. That's done. More of the Qui-Gon scene should be inserted (new shots could be done), the forming of the rebellion scene should go back in. George is insane for not adding the last one. It would do an even better job of relating ROTS to ANH. I mean, in ANH when Luke says "you know the rebellion against the empire?" that scene would reflect perfectly. Oh, and on the other prequels, TPM should have a CG Yoda, AOTC should have some of the "padme's parents' house" scene reinserted. And the original trilogy, Yoda should be all CG and Palpatine in ANH.


TPM should be a CG Yoda... No, but many others would agree with you.
AOTC should have Padme Parent Scenes restored... No, although some might agree with you. These scenes are already on the DVD's deleted scenes, and that's good enough for me.
Palpatine in the original movie... No, there's absolutely no reason. It would be completely gratuitous as he fits into the story no more than being mentioned as dissolving the Senate.
CG Yoda in OT... For goodness sake, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! Wash your mouth out with detergent!