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#127225
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Star Wars TV Update
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Yeah, I get what you're saying too, and I actually had a tingle of excitement when you suggested a matinee feel to it. I could envision it being even better than the movies... a multi-chapter (in double or even triple digits) telling a huge, grandiose story. But then I came back down from the clouds thinking that it could never be done effectively... like you said, it probably won't be carried in that direction. And I still think the story is key, as are the characters. A lot of people's complaints about the prequels is that its characters aren't as memorable and endearing as the characters of the originals... and they had characters that were directly linked to and even were some of the same characters as had been in the originals. I feel that a TV series would just be a further departure and would only exist to cash in on the name Star Wars a little longer. I hope I'm wrong, and I'm still getting tingles thinking about that Saturday matinee cliffhanger serial style.

But Hollywood today just doesn't understand the old adage, "Leave 'em beggin' for more!" They exist more for, "Keep feedin' it to them until they throw up and refuse to eat it anymore." I, for the most part, simply think that the canon of Star Wars should just stop now. I might be swayed if the TV series is any good... however, I wouldn't be surprised if a TV series chronology set in between the two trilogies might cause George to go back in and edit the original movies even more. Yeah, it sounds ridiculous, but I wouldn't put it past him to gratuitously stick a popular TV character in the background at the Mos Eisley cantina or a new ending celebration at ROTJ. It wouldn't be the first time... think of the connection between Clone Wars and Revenge of the Sith. That gives me the shivers... something very different from the tingles. ^_^
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#127212
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The Princess Bride
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I forgot I had that as my signature. God, Wallace Shawn was great in that movie, wasn't he?


Hell, Wallace Shawn is great in anything he's in, isn't he? Taxi, The Cosby Show, The Incredibles. I'd love to see more of that guy.

And funny this topic should spring up just now since I'm in the middle of staging my own Wonder Years marathon at the moment.

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#127211
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Star Wars TV Update
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127211/action/topic#127211
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I think it's a bad idea because it'll be Star Wars in name only. It'll take place in the same galaxy and follow the same story, but there will be these crappy characters that no one could possibly care about. The expanded universe novels were cool because they continued the adventures of Luke and the others. But does anyone remember that Galaxy of Fear series for children? I own one, but I was never able to read it because all these new people just didn't do it for me at all. One of the only series that has been able to pull that off is Star Trek, but even that has had its share of spinoffs that no one has cared about. Mark my words, this will be considered the Mayberry R.F.D of the Star Wars saga (to be honest, I liked that show, but hardly anyone else does, so it's a good example...).
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#127209
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What is your favourite reference to Star Wars films in other shows (TV and Film)?
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^ That episode did air on Cartoon Network. It wasn't Meg's eye, though. It was one of those fantasy cutaway things after Lois forbade Meg from getting lasic surgery. Luke is about to use his lightsaber to perform it on a patient when Ben comes in and says, "Use the force, Luke." Luke replies, "But I was just gonna..." "Use the force!" Luke sighs and levitates the saber in the air where it comes down on the patient, going through the back of the head. "Are you happy?" Luke asks. "I'm never happy," Ben replies.
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#126982
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Worst changes to OT in '97 and '04
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[QUOTE]"New improved" Death Star goes boom. The ringed explosion was cool...when it was in Star Trek 6!!! The DVD botches an iconic shot even more, by draining all the color out of the original pyrotechnics and adding that weird blue gas. Who knew the DS ran on propane?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it got kind of stupid when he decided that every single explosion in the trilogy had to be marked with these stupid praxis explosions. I'm surprised he didn't add them to every exploding starfighter. Actually, that'd be kinda funny... in a really sad way.

[QUOTE]ESB
New Wampa shots. It was more scary when you saw less of him. The irony being it ended up that way originally because they had troubles with the Wampa costume back then.[/QUOTE]

Plus the new costume's head looks absolutely nothing like the Phil Tippett puppet. Oy.

[QUOTE]The new Cloud City extras listening to Lando on the PA react like he's reading the lunch menu. And they could have given Ice Cream Maker guy a new scene![/QUOTE]

I always hated this one too. As if we need to see people hearing the message. It's obvious the citizens did hear the message from the throngs of people who are running past them twenty seconds later. Plus, it practically ruins the timing of the R2 getting electrocuted gag. They actually had to rearrange shots just to make sure we could get the extras looking around confusedly and a crappy CG shot of the city that they also make sure we see at the end of Jedi. Now that I think about it, that's probably why the put it there, so when you saw it in Jedi, you'd know what location it was. The only change that was in worse taste was the Vader shuttle thing that replaced more important shots of Luke being rescued.

[QUOTE]ROTJ
The herd of Banthas in the new shots of Jabba's barge on it's way to the Sarlacc pit looks very flat for some reason. Like they cut out a photo of the original creature and animated it or something. And turning the Sarlacc into Audrey II is unintentionally funny... [/QUOTE]

Too bad it didn't sing, "Feed me, Jabba!"
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#126741
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Worst changes to OT in '97 and '04
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I actually liked the Luke/Biggs scene. That is, it's something I wish he hadn't originally cut. It should have stayed in a deleted scenes category. But that's simply because I don't believe in movie tampering.

With that out of the way, I have to admit that re-inserting this scene actually makes the movie a little bit better. Even the scenes on Tatooine weren't necessary with this scene in place. It tells you enough. You can easily figure out that they are old friends, and that's really all you need to know about Biggs to make his death meaningful.

I have a really old Star Wars storybook that came out when the movie was released. My older cousin gave it to me before I was even into Star Wars. And that storybook contained all the stuff from the Biggs scene on Tatooine with pictures, which is how I knew who Biggs was when I finally got into Star Wars. It almost seems like it was a cut that was made at the last minute, what with it being in a childrens' storybook and John Williams giving Biggs that little horn solo at his death.

But I stand by what I said that it shouldn't have been reinserted, just like any Qui-Gon or Yoda on Dagobah scenes should not be added to Revenge of the Sith's DVD. ^_^
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#126677
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Harry Potter *Spoilers* (Serious Discussions Only, No Flaming)
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Here's another reason I have to think that Book 7 will follow the same time scheme as the others.

After Harry's next visit, he will most likely not have any reason (or desire) to ever return to the Dursleys'. Rowling has already said that there's more to Petunia than meets the eye. Hopefully it will explain why they kept Harry all that time when they hated him, and he was always inadvertantly causing horrible things to them (Aunt Marge, Ton-Tongue Toffee, Dudley Demented). But, anyway, unless Petunia suddenly rides in on a broom and kills Voldemort herself, I'm thinking her part of the story will have to come in at the beginning, which would be right after the end of the 6th book.