Gaffer Tape

I'm sure Lucas would roll with glee knowing that he has successfully changed history so solidly.

You have a point.  Luke's transformation into a flying pink bunny-god was a perfect end to the series, I thought.  Too bad it didn't stick.

It's a common mistake to make considering that both films feature Han Solo getting a job as a clown mascot at a space burger joint and Leia being dipped into a giant tub of pudding.  They're recurring themes in all the Star Wars films directed by David Lynch.

No, no, no, you're thinking of 78.  Ninety-nine is the film where Luke becomes a bumbling secret agent who keeps his lightsaber in his shoe, and R2-D2 comes out of the closet to a thoroughly disgusted C-3PO, who it turns out was really droidohomophobic all along.

Yeah, mine is 7, 0, 5, 5, 5, and 99.

Hmm.  I'm actually a bit surprised and a very bit disappointed that 1-6 won out.  I guess too many kids vote...

C3PX said:

Gaffer Tape said:

Wow.  I'm really beginning to sound like a nerd.

 

This must be some strange use of the word "beginning" of which I was not previously aware.

Heh, in the back of my mind, as I wrote that, I just knew you were going to be snarky.  =P

Touche.  But maybe a laser-powered superweapon is more cost-efficient in the long run.  But unfortunately, I'm not up to date on my dollars-to-credits conversions, nor do I know the difference between the cost of building and maintaining a laser-firing superweapon and building, somewhat-maintaining, and destroying a fleet of disposable light-speed-capable ships.

Wow.  I'm really beginning to sound like a nerd.

It probably would have required them to get too close to the moon to keep from being detected.  The whole plan was based on the element of surprise.  As soon as the Imperials realized that their shield generator had suddenly been blown up... BAM, the entire Rebel fleet shows up at their unprotected doorstep.

Then again, this is another thing about ROTJ that irks me (but only just a little bit).  Did Han just suck at coordinating his team or reading a watch?  They had only just met resistance when the Rebel fleet showed up.  It seemed like the fleet might have given them a tiny bit more time to complete their mission just in case of complications (or, you know, maybe keep in touch with one another to be sure), or maybe Han made a mistake of camping out with Ewoks all night and overslept.  Who knows?

Wow, I could have sworn I'd had this conversation in this same thread no less than three years ago!  ^_~  But here we go again.  Just to clarify:  immaculate conception is not in the least the same thing as conceiving a child without a sexual partner.  And now we know... and knowing is half the... sigh, that G.I. Joe movie sucked!

The answers to questions 2 and 3 can be found here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzoeEdW-EDQ

Heh, yeah, I'm well on my way to finishing Yellow.  Just kicked Team Rocket out of Saffron City and am about to go for my fifth badge against Sabrina.  Oh, and this morning, I traded a Kadabra to myself to get an Alakazam.  Because that's just what you have to do when you have no Pokemon-playing friends anymore.  ^_~

Haha, that's like running to the tree Christmas morning and opening the big box expecting an awesome new Nintendo 64 but instead opening a Phillips CD-i.  Granted, I used a Beedrill as part of my final team the last time I played through, but... a fucking Weedle.

Yeah, at first my plan was to replay Red, but then I remembered that I had never actually completed Yellow, so I decided to start over on that one instead.  I apparently hadn't gotten very far at all since my save file was about where I am right now, and I only started yesterday.  Sigh.  It annoys me, though.  I finished Red and went to great lengths to get all 150 Pokemon, but, of course, there's only one save file, so I soon saved over it to start again.  Didn't get very far.  And now it's not exactly as though I have a whole bunch of 12 year old friends anymore to trade with, so it looks like I'll never get all 150 ever again.

BUT I will make it so that I get Mew this time.  A little bit of internet research revealed that you can actually get Mew via a glitch without resorting to winning a contest or using a Game Shark.  And you can bet I'm gonna put that cute little moron in my party as soon as I get the chance!

Ooh, yeah, I have and love Pokemon Pinball.  I have to admit that's one Pokemon game I never stopped playing, because, well, I just love pinball.  I never really paid attention to getting any of the creatures, though... I just played pinball!

Nice to see I'm rekindling others' memories of Pokemon, and that's pretty crazy that you were doing the same thing, Chainsaw.

I never thought this game would happen to me again, but I came back to my mother's town to help her move into a new house, and while I was sorting through my old video game mags yesterday, I came across my Pokemon strategy guide.  Before I knew what I was doing, the nostalgia hit me, I dug Pokemon Yellow out of a box, and I'm already 7 hours into it and am a hair's breadth away from getting my third badge!

Well, as far as I know, the EU states that the Mon Calimari were a race oppressed by the Empire, and that Admiral Ackbar served as a slave under Grand Moff Tarkin himself, which is where he learned a lot of his own military strategies.  I can't recall exactly when or how the Rebellion assimilated the Mon Calamari into the fold, but it was considered a major coup for them, as the Mon Calamari cruisers bolstered their fleet considerably, and Ackbar was apparently the first Admiral the Rebellion ever had.

Yeah, I'm really ashamed that I helped contribute to those leaf bags.

Yeah, the commentary there was a refreshing change from the kinds of things we hear there.  In the first film, they talked about how they'd been approached about removing the wires visible on Doc Brown in one shot, but they also shot that down.  They even went so far as to remove the VHS-added "To Be Continued..." ending of the first film in order to get it back to its theatrical release and even kept in the trailer for Part III.  Granted, I wish they had kept in the tag of "Coming Summer 1990," as, again, it's a product of its time, but that's my only complaint about that set.

So, Chainsaw.  I haven't been keeping up with the new BTTF releases.  Why is the new set better than the old one?  I mean, I know it has new bonus features, correct?  But are the transfers of the actual films better?  And would this be due to the extras being on separate discs rather than being crammed into a single disc?  I always wondered how they managed to pull off putting so much content onto a single disc.

Heh.  There should be options for simply "IV, V, VI," or, hell, just, "Star Wars," for guys like Anchorhead.

BRILLIANT STRATEGY AT A RELEVANT ZINGER, INDEED!

Or... as the young folks might say...

P'WNED!

Ooh.  I own both Super Star Wars and Super Return of the Jedi on SNES, but I've never played Super The Empire Strikes Back.  It'd be nice to complete my collection.

Unfortunately, my Wii is currently packed away; otherwise I'd be all over those polls.

Unfortunately, no.  It does have a semi-equivalent, though.  You can dash through weak enemies and stun them without having to fight them.  The only drawback:  no experience.

Heh, yeah, I know what you mean.  Those nostalgia goggles do come into play, and, despite the curses getting in your way, they did go to great lengths to emulate the EarthBound translation as much as possible (me being a purist, a few of these get on my nerves, but you'll most likely appreciate it):  using the EarthBound font, changing "You Win" to "You Won," and a few surprises I won't spoil for you.  ^_~

But, overall, it's obvious they had English-playing EarthBound fans in mind when they made it.