Before I go, I will say one more thing. Looking at that list of names that George first brainstormed, does anyone else find it creepily prescient that "Hayden" is one of the names he came up with?
Then again, maybe that's why he hired him...
Yeah, it was the earliest version that I have, although I plan to buy the hard copy eventually. But in regards to that, has new light come to the Journal of the Whills apendice, or am I still relatively on point in regards to that?
Nope. Still doesn't explain where "rouge" comes from. Look at it carefully...
Did you read the appendices, or has the book changed since the draft I own? As far as zombie concluded, the CJ Thorpe draft never existed outside of that one-line description of it.
My only concern is that "rouge" is such a prominent word in the script for ESB. I don't recall the use of any rouge in that movie, but then again, I didn't read the script...
I had a hard time getting into Paper Mario for that very reason as well, but once I did, I really enjoyed it. Thousand-Year Door is pretty much the same thing as the first, but it does it so much better that I love it as well. My biggest complaint with the Paper Mario games is the characters. Unlike in Mario RPG where your teammates were fleshed and actually characters, like Mallow, who's trying to find his parents, and Geno, who's a heavenly being trying to repair the Star Road, the teammates in the Paper Mario series are just devices. They exist only to perform a single action, and a lot of those are repeated by carbon copies in the sequel: Goombario/Goombella=information, Kooper/Koops=shell toss, etc. They aren't characters. They just do stuff. And while I like that from a gameplay perspective, it lacks in the story department. Also, it seems nearly every sidekick in the first two games are just reformed enemies. That seems to be a problem with a lot of modern Mario games where they've run out of ideas for characters, so they simply start turning all the bad guys into good guys, unlike Mario RPG that actually created new, unique types of chracters to interact with. Again, I love the games, but that's my main complaint. Super Paper Mario alleviated this by having the characters be established Mario characters: Mario, Peach, Koopa, and Luigi, while relegating the Pixls to gameplay devices, except for Tippi, who actually does have a character.
As for me, I love the Mario & Luigi series, even though I've only played the first (don't have a DS). It's nice to see Mario and Luigi function as a team and as individual characters, when the modern staple is to have Luigi either absent or functioning separately from Mario. It reminds me a lot of the old Mario cartoons I grew up with.
Let's just agree that David Wise obviously knew what he was doing.
Stickerbrush Symphony and Forest Interlude.
The soundtracks are also great, but I think DKC2 wins at that one as well. Again, DKC3's a bit lacking, but it was scored by someone else.
I just completed a runthrough of that game a couple of months ago. I think DKC2 is even better than the original. It's like the ESB of the trilogy. DKC3 is okay as well, but it lacks the spark, kinda like ROTJ.
Whoah. Crusade certainly does not take place in the same year as Raiders. I just checked Wikipedia, and it lists Doom in '35, Raiders in '36, and Crusade in '38.
Funny, though, because I remember it as '36, '37, and '38.
Thank you!
Heh, I had to make use of your vixy link in order to get some stuff off YouTube. That was my biggest challenge this time around. Sometimes it would work, sometimes it wouldn't. Most of the time it would get the video but not the audio, and the audio was the only thing I wanted! Ultimately, I just had to download the desktop version, and that finally did it, but only after about an hour of screaming at my computer failed. ^__^
Certainly a legitimate criticism. Lots of people do criticize Return for being a rehash of Star Wars.
People who spell "a lot" as a single word also have a lot more problems than watching crappy movies. ^_~
I'll agree with you that in terms of faith, tenets, and objectives, Judaism and Christianity are very different religions. But in terms of history, they are very much the same, as Christianity is simply an offshoot of Judaism, hence the term Judeo-Christian being so popular. The Ark is certainly more religious than the Grail, which is straight-up not Biblical, but they're certainly cut from the same cloth. Add in Nazis, the same characters from Raiders who were passed over in Temple of Doom, and it certainly can feel like a similar movie and probably the overall reason why a lot of people feel that it's a knockoff of Raiders. That's all I'm saying. Again, I feel that Crusade has its own identity, and I certainly agree that the McGuffins are different enough to keep it fresh. I'm just stating why I think people feel they're similar, and I can agree with that viewpoint too, just like I can agree with your viewpoint that Crusade is more invigorating even if I don't necessarily feel that Raiders is boring or lacking.
Geez, come on. I'm on your side here! I could have simply said Christian because both the artifacts have meaning to Christians, but since both religions have their roots in the exact same place, I used the blanket term Judeo-Christian to cover them both. But, really, covenant of God, cup of Christ... we're not exactly moving too far away, are we? And again, I love Last Crusade, but the setup, the motivation, and the artifacts are very similar in both Crusade and Raiders. It doesn't bother me, but it's the truth.
I enjoy the sequence. I'm simply saying it's contrived. He gets his scar, his hat, and his trademark weapon all at the same time? Contrived. You can see where the Star Wars prequels get it from. Again, I enjoy it. I find it fun, but I have to say, from an objective standpoint, that it pushes the suspension of disbelief nearly to the breaking point. I accept it because I like it.
Just so Vaderisnothayden isn't on his own here, I also think that Crusade is the best. I know I've been through this before and recently, so I'll try not to repeat what I've said. I don't think Raiders is boring. I enjoy Raiders. I think it's a great film. I can certainly see why Crusade is seen as a knockoff of Raiders because, in a way, it is. Nazis want Judeo-Christian artifact, Indy and Sallah, go and get it! Yes, it's a knockoff. I'll be the first to admit that, and it certainly loses originality points because of it. And, yes, it goes over the top at times. The River Phoenix sequence is a bit contrived with Indy receiving all his trademarks in one adventure. But I can certainly understand why Vaderisnothayden feels that Crusade took what Raiders did and made it more frenetic, more humorous, and a lot more of everything. That doesn't take away from Raiders, in my opinion. After all, Raiders has the originality that Crusade lacks. And it also has a more sophisticated feel in places. But I can't help but love the interactions between Indy and Henry. The chemistry is great, and none of the other movies have that. It's not as complex or polished as Raiders, but it's quite a lot of fun.
Oh, and I love Short Round.
Sorry this has been verbal diarrhea, but I had to get my words in here.
Amazing. Being a bit too young to have caught the movies in theatres, I've always wondered how people reacted to the shift in episode numbers, especially how kids reacted to it. I've never heard a story like that before, but it's a pretty well-informed rationalization.