Galahad_Skywalker

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Join date: 25-May-2004
Last activity: 11-Apr-2005
Posts: 508

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Post: #53820
Topic: Star Wars Pan Scan
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53820/action/topic#53820
Time: 28-Jun-2004 7:49 AM

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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Galahad, this also happens on my laserdisc of ESB.

Although not as extreme as you make it sound.

I wasn't trying to make it sound extreme, Hal. It was just very minor, and I didn't know if I was seeing things, or the transfer to DVD had caused it to happen, or if it was something else. It's a lot better than pan and scan.

Post: #53813
Topic: Best Flim Critic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53813/action/topic#53813
Time: 28-Jun-2004 6:09 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
Kapgar.com Movie Critiques is the best site out there

From what I've read of those movie critiques, they aren't bad, despite the occasional disagreement I have.

Post: #53812
Topic: Mark Hamill in Ireland Online Interview
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53812/action/topic#53812
Time: 28-Jun-2004 6:07 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker
To be fair to Jimbo, his posts today have been really sensible and controlled, and I for one am happy to see that and will encourage it as much as I can.

You mean, in a "fox-news-sensible-controlled-fair-and-balanced" way, right?

Well, I don't agree with his opinions, but he wasn't lashing out at us with constant streams of obscenities like he's tended to do over the past week.

Post: #53811
Topic: Knights of the Old Republic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53811/action/topic#53811
Time: 28-Jun-2004 6:03 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
I was supposed to send my avatar to Jay, I've kinda forgot. I'll be changing mine real soon. I'm just trying to choose between 2 different ones, don't know which one to pick...

So, Jay doesn't mind if we send him our own avatar for us to use? I'm going to have to do that.

Post: #53801
Topic: Knights of the Old Republic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53801/action/topic#53801
Time: 28-Jun-2004 4:54 AM

I haven't played Masters, but I would love to sit down with it sometime. It sounded like it would be a fun game.

As for the avatars, I think we all have avatars we would rather use over the ones we have. The upload avatar function apparently doesn't work, because I couldn't get it to work and I've also read other threads where people have had problems.

Post: #53785
Topic: Star Wars Trivia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53785/action/topic#53785
Time: 27-Jun-2004 8:05 PM

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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
R2 and C-3PO's kind. (Protocol and astromech droids, to be specific.)

Obviously, you are correct.

You get the next question.

Post: #53784
Topic: spider-man 2
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53784/action/topic#53784
Time: 27-Jun-2004 8:04 PM

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Originally posted by: Warbler
hmmmmmmmmmm,

what kind of animal are the Nazis? cats?

Actually, I didn't post what the Nazis were because I thought I was getting them mixed up with the Poles, but you are right, the Nazis are cats, now that I think about it.

Post: #53783
Topic: Music!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53783/action/topic#53783
Time: 27-Jun-2004 8:03 PM

Okay...well, those tastes strike me as more unusual in someone in my generation (I'm 19, and I enjoy listening to the classics like Sinatra when I'm in the right mood).

Post: #53779
Topic: Music!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53779/action/topic#53779
Time: 27-Jun-2004 7:28 PM

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Originally posted by: Warbler
my music tastes are strange for someone of my generation. I like Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, Nat King Cole, Judy Garland, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman...that kind of stuff.
I know I'm weirdo, but I am what I am.

Those are good choices...what generation are you from, Warbler?

Post: #53778
Topic: spider-man 2
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53778/action/topic#53778
Time: 27-Jun-2004 7:27 PM

Maus is really original, and very well done. It's done by the son of a Holocaust suvivor, and he tells his father's story, but makes each nationality a different animal--the Jews are mice, for example.

Post: #53765
Topic: Star Wars Pan Scan
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53765/action/topic#53765
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:50 PM

Is it just me, or is the widescreen on the anamorphic bootleg of ESB a little off? I'm asking because it looks a bit screwed up when the opening crawl goes past, as the full line of text isn't immediately readable as soon as it comes onto the bottom of the screen. Just a nitpicky question, and I guess I asked it here since it's the whole widescreen/pan and scan thread.

Post: #53764
Topic: Star Wars Trivia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53764/action/topic#53764
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:47 PM

The Ultimate OriginalTrilogy.com Star Wars Trilogy Challenge has ground to a halt.

If I were creative with trivia, I'd come up with a question, but I'm not.

Oh, well, I'll ask a really dumb one, just to jumpstart this thing:

Whose kind won't the barkeeper serve at the cantina?

Post: #53763
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53763/action/topic#53763
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:43 PM

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Originally posted by: Warbler
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Maybe you should just vote Nader instead.

that idea is how Bush got elected in the first place.

Everybody repeat after me: A vote for Nader is a vote for Bush.
I'm not crazy about Kerry, But I don't like Nader and I hate Bush. I think we really need to get Bush out of office, and the best chance of doing that is to vote for Kerry. But, I still won't make up my mind for certain untill election day. If there were an independent candidate that wasn't too liberal,too conservative, too stupid, too much of a nutcase, or crooked and had good chance winning I would vote for him/her. Nader is too liberal for me and has no chance of winning. All he will do is lower Kerry's chance of winning. if I had to vote right now, I'd probably vote for Kerry. But I would also have to take a good bath afterwards

This is all getting too complicated...I thought we were supposed to vote for candidates we believed in, not one we just groan and vote for anyway. If I had the nerve, I'd do a write-in for Jefferson Smith...

Post: #53762
Topic: Best Music/Best Song or Theme
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53762/action/topic#53762
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:40 PM

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Originally posted by: Count Dushku
Just to start a post that doesn't involve people complaining about dvds or prequels...

Which movie had the best music?

Which song/theme is your favorite?

Personally, I'm torn between ROTJ and AOTC for best music/soundtrack...and as for best song, it easily goes
1- Imperial March
2- Anakin and Padme love them
3- Duel of the Fates

and kudoes to the touching music from when Luke burned Vader's body...

Thanks for starting a nice discussion thread, Dushku.

I don't know what my absolute favorites are, but I do know my favorite album is ROTJ...two and a half hours of music from the film where the battle between good and evil came to a head. I vastly enjoy the thirty second piece from ROTJ called (I think) 'The Dark Side Beckons,' where Luke fights Vader and takes off his hand. Of course, the funeral pyre cue is amazing, and Binary Sunset is classic and should be a theme for all restless Midwestern youths.

I won't let nostalgia get in the way and say that Across the Stars was the best of the saga's love themes (far more fleshed out, quite honestly, the Han/Leia theme was great but more subdued). Duel of the Fates was spectacular also, and I feel The Battle of Yavin is the best battle cue that John Williams composed for the saga (though The Arena from ATOC isn't too far from it). I can't pick an all-time favorite...I have to assign favorites by type.

Post: #53759
Topic: Mark Hamill in Ireland Online Interview
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53759/action/topic#53759
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:32 PM

To be fair to Jimbo, his posts today have been really sensible and controlled, and I for one am happy to see that and will encourage it as much as I can.

Post: #53758
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53758/action/topic#53758
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:30 PM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
It would be nice to have third partys get some more press. Personally I wish someone better then Bush would run. Someone who won't destroy the environment or try to take our freedom with his God awful Patriot Act. Still Kerry is such a wrong direction for the country. The last thing we need is another Bill Clinton. Bush isn't perfect but he is a Hell of alot better then Kerry. What sucks is I turn 18 6 months after the election. So I can't vote. Though I know my parents are voting for Bush.

Jimbo, you sounded very reasonable in this last post of yours. I feel like I can discuss with you. And just between you and me, if I did vote for one of the major party candidates, it would be Bush. He's firm with his positions, and even though I don't agree with a fair amount of what he's firm on, at least he does stick to his guns, unlike Kerry. Is JK for or against the Patriot Act? Never could figure that out, along with many of his other stances. Oh, I get it...he's BOTH for AND against the same stuff, because he doesn't have to have views, since people are only voting for him because he's not a certain George W. Bush.

Post: #53757
Topic: Best Flim Critic
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53757/action/topic#53757
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:23 PM

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Originally posted by: Hal 9000
Me.

Critics suck.

Damn, Hal, you took what I was going to say.

You can take that to mean that I agree with Hal, Luke. I despise the critics, I only read the reviews for the film synopsis; if it sounds like a good concept, I give it a try. Also, I think the fact that most of them have panned a great many of my favorite films has something to do with it.

Post: #53756
Topic: Help Wanted: Phantom Edit - file type...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53756/action/topic#53756
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:20 PM

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Originally posted by: Mackey256
Does anyone know how to convert a .VOB file to an .AVI or .MPG for editing? I think that would be fun to mess with for a little bit.

Oh, Lord, Mackey...you brought back the nightmare of my afternoon...trying to find programs for converting. I don't know about editing tools, but for converting, I found a program called DVDX. It's free, and is the first of these programs that I've gotten to work (but the others were probably just me

). This page gives some good introductory instructions on how to convert from VOB to AVI and MPG with DVDX, also: DVDX Converting Instructions

Hope that helps!

Post: #53742
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53742/action/topic#53742
Time: 27-Jun-2004 6:46 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: Galahad_Skywalker

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Maybe you should just vote Nader instead.

That's what I'm doing, Gundark. I may not agree with Nader on everything under the sun (I'm a Republican; how can that be possible?), but at least Nader cares about the average American. I have to vote my conscience this year, and if that means 'throwing my vote away,' so be it.

And that's why the whole political system in the United States must change as soon as possible, or it'll be lead to a nazi-esque facist regime (maybe it's already like that, and you haven't noticed). More than 2 sides of the same coin. More than 2 opinions that lead to the same conclusion. Don't vote to defeat an opinion, vote to make your own opinion to be heard. Don't vote to conquer, vote to heal. Get envolved in your local politics. Don't let the corporations choose the puppet-leaders for you, let your voice be heard! It's your country, not theirs.

Well said, Ric. Though if we could unseat the power that the two main parties have over the televised debates, it would change a lot.

Post: #53738
Topic: Funniest Movie Ever
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53738/action/topic#53738
Time: 27-Jun-2004 5:59 AM

I don't why I haven't...I mean, Mel Brooks is a master. Maybe if they would put his other stuff on TV and quit repeating Men In Tights, I would've seen it by now (I've probably seen Men In Tights or parts of it, thanks to Comedy Central and ABC Family, at least twenty times, but I guess I'll just have to keep it in mind when I go to the video store when I'm home for the Fourth of July.

Post: #53737
Topic: Mark Hamill in Ireland Online Interview
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53737/action/topic#53737
Time: 27-Jun-2004 5:56 AM

Four.

Post: #53731
Topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53731/action/topic#53731
Time: 27-Jun-2004 5:33 AM

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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
I'm not the only anime fan here either, eh? I, too, have moved on from Cowboy Bebop. Which show do you speak of? As for Strangelove, it and Full Metal Jacket are the only Kubrick films I really enjoyed. My late grandmother laughed her head off while we watched it. She enjoyed it more than the rest of us.

I have yet to have enjoyed a Kubrick film. His stuff just doesn't do it for me, I guess. I've seen Spartacus, Full Metal Jacket, and 2001, and I walked away from them with a WTF feeling. I want to try Strangelove, but it's going to take a lot of my nerve to do so, after having watched some of Kubrick's other films.

Post: #53730
Topic: Funniest Movie Ever
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53730/action/topic#53730
Time: 27-Jun-2004 5:30 AM

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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
"What's that, Gabby?"
"I said, the sheriff is a ni-" BONG!"-er"
"What'd he say?"
"I think he said 'the sheriff is near.'"
"No, I said, 'the sheriff is coming, and he's a ni-" BONG!"-er"

Blazing Saddles has now been added to my to-see list.

Post: #53729
Topic: Harry Potter 3
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53729/action/topic#53729
Time: 27-Jun-2004 5:28 AM

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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
I'm afraid jimbo's responses are typical of his generation. I was talking to one of the managers of my theatre after seeing HP3, and he agreed that it was the best HP film yet (we're close to the same age); on the other hand, one of the punk theatre cleaners was complaining about some scene or other that he felt needed to be included. The manager and I just shook our heads. Anyone under 25 just doesn't get it. Sweyland, if you're under 25, I apologise in advance and hope you'll give me a better age to set the bar at.

Anyone under 25 doesn't get what? I'm just curious as to what you meant. There are a variety of things you could have meant, so I just wanted to make sure I fully understood your post before I commented. BTW, it's not to criticize what you said; I'm in agreement, but I just needed that comment clarified.

Post: #53725
Topic: Fahrenheit 9/11
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/53725/action/topic#53725
Time: 27-Jun-2004 5:21 AM

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Originally posted by: Luke Skywalker
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Or do you really want Kerry to have control of office, turn Iraq into another Vietnam

can someone tell me what the current US death toll is because of this war???

It has to be nearing 1,000 by now. Regardless of who gets elected, we're heading towards a second Vietnam. Think the 1968 Election: Nixon was elected because he promised to bring a swift end to the war, but instead he escalated the conflict. Kerry isn't even saying anything about concluding the Iraq debacle (or at least not saying it very loudly), so I shudder to think what he's going to do about the situation over there if he's in office. Bottom line: we're in a mess, and neither of our illustrious choices for President is going to do anything about it.

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Maybe you should just vote Nader instead.

That's what I'm doing, Gundark. I may not agree with Nader on everything under the sun (I'm a Republican; how can that be possible?), but at least Nader cares about the average American. I have to vote my conscience this year, and if that means 'throwing my vote away,' so be it.