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#760681
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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD**
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DuracellEnergizer said:

I've grown sick and tired of Maul, to be quite honest. Over a decade of existence, and the guy had virtually nothing going for him beyond looking and sounding cool; the only time he managed to gain any bit of substance was when brought back in TCW.

He's like Boba Fett, only moreso.

 Darth Maul : More like Boba Fett than Boba Fett. You heard it here first.

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#760400
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Warbler said:

Possessed said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET ANYTHING DONE IN REAL LIFE 

 Cocaine?

 Some get a kick from cocaine

I'm sure that if

I took even one sniff

That would bore me terrically, too

Yet, I get a kick out or you

 

 Are we just singing Frank Sinatra songs now?

I can see it in your eyes


That you despise the same old lies you heard the night before


And though it's just a line to you, for me it's true


And never seemed so right before

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#759955
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Random Thoughts
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Warbler said:

YES!  1776 IS FINALLY COMING OUT ON BLURAY!

http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/1776-Blu-ray/60288/

I can't wait until July 4th : )

 No, there's no theatrical cut included! I don't care if the director's cut is better, this is originaltrilogy.com, we don't like when the theatrically released cut of a film isn't released.

State-of-the-art 4K digital technology made it possible to address problems and restore color fidelity to a level not possible at the time of the earlier restoration, which was done through photochemical processes.

This makes me worried of color grading alterations.

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#759728
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Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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manaeem said:

Hey guys,

I wanted to watch the original trilogy for the first time and heard that the original version was the best. I stumbled upon this trying to find a copy of the original trilogy and was wondering if someone could possibly send me an invite to myspleen? I just wanted to download the files so that I could watch it with some friends for the first time! Thanks!!

 You won't find an invite in this thread. Go look in another one. There are other places to get this, though, where you don't need one.

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#758792
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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Warbler said:

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Ryan McAvoy said:

TV's Frink said:

Possessed said:

I've never read a single comic book or manga.  Has my life  been void?

 Hell, no.  I support this fully.

On another subject, I think "If you need something to B*tch about... this is the place" would be an equally relevant title for this thread.

 I wonder how many people use that term know that it's a racial slur?

Makes me wonder if as some point in the future we will start calling all stupid tasteless people "niggers" and have no idea what the word really means or why we use it.

 its a racial slur?  I thought it was a term for these people http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philistines

 Yeah, I always understood the word philistine to be more like "african american" than the n-word.

 fixed. 

 https://youtu.be/dF1NUposXVQ

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#755951
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Musical Obsessions
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EyeShotFirst said:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k5oR8V3o7s

Best introduction to Stravinsky you can get. This recording is considered by myself and many others the finest recording of The Rite of Spring, which is Stravinsky's most popular work. Disney's Fantasia introduced me to the piece, but Leonard Bernstein took it to another level. Igor Stravinsky said "Wow!" when he heard this recording!

The Rite of Spring ends at about 34:41. The rest of the video is a second, lesser known piece, The Petrouchka.

 Wow! Thanks so much. Reminds me of something you might hear in an Alfred Hitchcock film.

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#755842
Topic
Musical Obsessions
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EyeShotFirst said:

^Classical was my first love. My parents had a CD a month kind of a deal with The Musical Heritage Society, so I got a lot of great recordings from the more popular composers.

Very interesting, I wonder if anything like that still exists? Yes, I still use CDs, but that shouldn't be surprising around here where Laserdiscs are the norm.

I think I listened to the Amadeus Soundtrack hundreds of times.

Me too! Amadeus changed the way I listen to music. I can't even listen to things I used to be able to tolerate anymore.

I have listened to classical as far back as I can remember. I have memories of being a toddler sitting in front of my parents floor model stereo console for hours. I'd come down stairs on a Saturday morning and start up the music.

My parents listened to classical music all the time in my young childhood, perhaps that had an impact on me to this day?

Now my classical collection has become huge. I didn't become obsessed with the collection of the albums, it was more a collection of sounds. Mozart is probably my favorite composer, as far as sheer volume of works. I really love the Russian composers from Tchaikovsky to Stravinsky. Beethoven is pretty much tied with Mozart in quality, but Mozart edges him out in quantity.

Compared to you, I haven't listened to near as much as I want to. I haven't even heard Stravinsky, but the Russian composers certainly contribute their own twist on music that I can't help but love. As for Beethoven v. Mozart, I think many of Beethoven's works have been so overused in movies, commercials, etc. that I can barely listen to them as much as Mozart. I know that sounds terrible, but I can't help it. Mozart is my favorite of the two.

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#755753
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If you need to B*tch about something... this is the place
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DrCrowTStarwars said:

I realize this is a little silly and petty and I am the only person on earth who cars about this but it bugs me so I am talking about this.

I like playing video games on my TV and I prefer not to have to install games on my PC if I can avoid it, but with my movement disorder I find it much easier to control games with a keyboard and mouse.  Now all the modern video game systems come with a hard drive and USB ports and they run off of stripped down versions of PC OSes so is there any reason why I can't just plug in a USB keyboard and mouse?

I mean I know I am in a small group but I really wish I could play console games with a keyboard or mouse.  Right now I tend to pick the PC version only because of the controls.  I wouldn't care about this so much but it seems like it is such an easy feature to include so I just don't understand why it isn't included.

Maybe I am just an old stick in the mud but I would love to play the latest Halo with a Keyboard and Mouse.

 I do believe this exists.

http://xim4.com