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How did that petition system work? I didn't sign either the old one or the new one, but I think it is too late for me to sign the new one because the blu-rays have already officially been announced by George Lucas not to include the originals. Should I sign it anyways in case they decide to come out with the version later?
The Terminator franchise is an excellent example on how to turn a terrible concept into a fantastic movie by just using good writing and directing. The story is about a computer called skynet, sending a robot back in time to kill the mother of the child that will basically destroy skynet by starting and leading a rebellion against skynet's genocide of the human race. It sounds like the story of a cheesy Saturday morning cartoon. So many things could have gone wrong but James Cameron pulled off a believable, dark, exciting movie by using good acting, casting, cinematography, writing, and special effects. A lot of people defend the prequels because they say it was hard material to work with, but really the material has very little to do with the effectiveness of the movie. You could make a movie about a bunch of people in a room and depending on how you write direct and film it it could potentially be a very interesting and entertaining film.
It's pretty obvious that most of the people here are guys. I'm assuming that most of you here are in the introvert category and probably more on the nerdy/loner/bad with ladies side. I myself am getting quite fed up with the whole thing. It's been a really long time since I had a girlfriend. I go in spurts of trying to find one to not really giving a damn. It really pisses me off when I meet a girl that I think might like me but then I go and look them up at facebook and find out they're not single. By the way guys, for those of you who haven't thought of this yet, facebook is a great way to find out if girls are single or not. It saves you the embarrassment of having to ask them.
So I was just wondering what the social life is like for the people here including girls (if there are any) is like and what dates/dating is like for you?
Adywan I'm sorry about posting our private email and dragging you into this. Thanks for returning you did a good job. I wasn't trying to be pushy, I was just joking about the "I'm getting impatient and this better be good" part. I'm going to bed now, goodnight.
Nobody has answered my question of when the site was officially started, I google searched but can't find when.
http://www.petitiononline.com/Syboltma/petition.html
I thought about buying the latest blu-ray version of The Terminator but returned it before I opened it when I read the reviews on it not being very good at blu-ray.com. I did buy the blu-ray Skynet Edition of Terminator 2 and while I was okay with the image quality and special features, people were complaining about that too. Now I hear a new blu-ray version of T2 is in the works. I wish these movie companies would slow down and take their time with these DVD releases and just release one version in each format instead of releasing 4+ different versions per format that are slightly different with all the same complaints. How many times has Star Wars been released on DVD like 4 or 5 times now? I wish these studios would go to forums like this one, imdb.com, and others and actually READ what fans want instead of assuming what they want or think they are too good to read what fans want.
I know with Star Wars it is a matter of George Lucas's ego why the DVDs have been so terrible, but it seems like with a lot of these DVDs they are ill released and don't serve justice to the fans.
I don't know about you guys but I have been going to Suncoast to buy my DVDs/Blu-rays. I know they are usually the most expensive, but I find goods deals and I like to support them because a lot have closed in my area and I would hate to see them all go.
I was wondering if you guys have Suncoasts in your area and do you go there for DVD/Blu-rays? Recently I have started downloading content off the internet and I may stop buying DVDs/Blu-rays altogether. The problem I have with downloading vs. DVDs/Blu-rays is you're not sure what you're getting. With Blu-rays you know it is official 1080p with all the extra features attached, but with downloading often time the files don't match that of a DVD/Blu-ray size and most people don't include the extra features included with the movie. Of course I only download from legal sources.
Removed due to Adywan's request
It's about oranges now
Serious speaking what is your favorite? I'm still going through them and I cannot decide.
So I saved the image to my computer but it doesn't play as fast as it does on this website. TV Frink, what do you think is the funniest classic LOL moment?
Where did this permabanned gif come from anyways? I can't put my finger on what movie/TV show it came from?
Where did you find that? I found that hilareous coming from Moth3r, but I could've sworn it was slightly different. Also where's the thread where this dude who posts an image of Moff Tarkin standing with Leia and it has Moff Tarkin saying "Ziggy, soon Moth3r will own your ass" could you help me find that too?
TV Frink, I was going through your list of "Classic LOL Moments in OT.com History" and I noticed a particular GIF image that I wanted to save on my computer. But it wouldn't save in motion. It was a GIF Image of this dude laying on a bed and then this dude comes in and hits him in the stomach and it says PERMA, and the he gets hits him in the head and it says BAN! I was wondering if you could help me refind it and save it to my computer , I can't remember where I found it.
I'm just waiting for Adywan's input on all this now. Hurry up Adywan, I'm getting impatient and it better be good.
One thing that surprised me about the prequels was how bad Ian McDiarmid performance was in in AOTC. I remember the first time I saw him in that I was like, that's it, what happened to the snaky performance he had in TPM? So much character of him in that movie compared to AOTC. He just seemed to be standing around stiff saying a few lines. In ROTS he was better, but still was missing something.
I don't care what people say about Liam Neison, I thought he did a great job in the TPM and comes off as one of the few people to pull off a believable and convincing performance in the prequels.
I also have the Tron 20th Anniversary DVD Edition, do you think that is worth more than $13? Have you guys had good luck selling DVDs on ebay/amazon? I have a lot of DVDs I have no interest in watching again.
It is said that this site was founded in late 2003 right? Around November 2003? Back then it was not announced yet whether the originals would be on the 2004 DVDs or not right? I can't remember when it was first announced the Star Wars 2004 DVDs would be released, but I think it was not until 2004?
Was this site founded on the knowledge the originals would not be included on the 2004 DVDs or was it founded for other reasons?
ChainsawAsh said:
"I'm not trying to get into a pissing contest with you here."
It's more fun that way ;)
Oh and about the "reply quote" thing, ever since my ISP has been having DNS problems and I switched mine to google's public DNS, the reply quote thing has not been working for me properly.
ChainsawAsh said:
"That is absolutely ridiculous. Of course Macs can handle "high end video editing." That's my job (as in, not a "fan editing" hobby), so I think I would know if Macs can do it."
I asked Adywan awhile ago why he prefers PCs over Macs and he told me that PCs have a lot more compatibility with add-ons that he uses for Adobe After Effects and I think he said they are not powerful enough to handle what he does and he can expand storage/memory/videocards on the fly etc. I will go and find that email, but I hope Adywan sees this and adds his opinion to all this because he's going to own you.
Screw you guys I thought it was funny. I thought the "creative adjective" would be more amusing than "bad".
Now you guys are probably going to go on and on and on about me being a troll.
Save your breath.
I really want to know though how such awful things like the "I love you dialog" in ROTS got to screen? Or how Anakin's motivation to the dark side was not questioned by anyone? Did anybody object anything to George Lucas in the prequels?
Huh, for some reason it double posted, I can't remember now if I edited or double posted.
ChainsawAsh said:
"Macs are slower?" Nope, sorry.
"Harder to multitask?" Again, nope.
The biggest reason why having a Mac in the video editing world is so important? Interchangeability.
What if I'm cutting something in Avid on a Windows machine, and then it turns out the colorist wants to work in Apple's Final Cut Studio Color (which is not available on anything but OS X)? This is a huge obstacle that is immensely difficult to work around.
What if I'm cutting something in Avid on a Mac, and the colorist wants to work in Final Cut Studio's Color? Guess what, that exact same thing happened to me last semester. We transferred it in a day. You know what my post supervisor said to me? "Thank fucking Christ you weren't working in Windows."
Plus, I've found Avid to run much better on OS X than Windows."
I don't do video editing so I don't know what your are talking about. I heard that macs require a certain ISP.
I still don't like Macs just because I'm used to working on Windows and I'm used to their GUI. I still think Mac's GUI sucks. One thing is that I don't like how you can't maximize the programs to fit on the whole screen and when you click the "X" located at the top of the screen it really doesn't close it. It still is running. If my memory is correct you have to right click it to close it right? Like I said before, there's really no task bar, it's just a bunch of fancy logos for software they assume you use. Can you even customize that thing? Where do you find out what programs are running? Task manager? Do macs even have one of those? Where do I find it because I would really like to know?
Adywan doesn't like Macs either. I would like to hear your opinion on this Adywan? When you're doing high end video editing work like Adywan you have to go with a PC anyways, because I don't think even the most expensive Macs can handle that kind of work.
ChainsawAsh said:
"Macs are slower?" Nope, sorry.
"Harder to multitask?" Again, nope.
The biggest reason why having a Mac in the video editing world is so important? Interchangeability.
What if I'm cutting something in Avid on a Windows machine, and then it turns out the colorist wants to work in Apple's Final Cut Studio Color (which is not available on anything but OS X)? This is a huge obstacle that is immensely difficult to work around.
What if I'm cutting something in Avid on a Mac, and the colorist wants to work in Final Cut Studio's Color? Guess what, that exact same thing happened to me last semester. We transferred it in a day. You know what my post supervisor said to me? "Thank fucking Christ you weren't working in Windows."
Plus, I've found Avid to run much better on OS X than Windows."
I don't do video editing so I don't know what your are talking about. I heard that macs require a certain ISP.
I still don't like Macs just because I'm used to working on Windows and I'm used to their GUI. I still think Mac's GUI sucks. One thing is that I don't like how you can't maximize the programs to fit on the whole screen and when you click the "X" located at the top of the screen it really doesn't close it. It still is running. If my memory is correct you have to right click it to close it right? Like I said before, there's really no task bar, it's just a bunch of fancy logos for software they assume you use. Can you even customize that thing? Where do you find out what programs are running? Task manager? Do macs even have one of those? Where do I find it because I would really like to know?
What frustrates me about all this is how long it is taking. I wish there was a way to speed up time and make Adywan's family stop having problems, and for Adywan not to need food or sleep so he can work on this 24/7. Oh and not have any computer problems. And I wish he had a computer that could operate at a million frames per second!
When I'm watching the SE and the prequels, some of the acting and special effects are so bad, I wonder how did they even got past quality control? Didn't George Lucas hire anybody to do that kind of work for him? Nobody said, um George, this looks fake, or um George, these performances were really lousy. Who ever did quality control on the prequels/special editions needs to get fired.
Here's two good articles on why Macs Suck. The second one is outdated though, it's from 2006.
http://collegetimes.us/top-10-reasons-why-mac-sucks/
http://nerdynick.wordpress.com/2006/11/05/top-reasons-why-macs-suck/
There's also macs-suck.com, but I don't think it has been updated since 2007.
http://www.mac-sucks.com/switch_why.php