Han's Girlfriend

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Post: #46210
Topic: Out of town...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46210/action/topic#46210
Time: 27-Apr-2004 12:57 PM

yeah I have, and like I said, couldn't stop reading it either, but I'm starting to get tired of his style. his recent books have all the same structure: there is a new technology being discovered, something goes wrong, a group of scientists (everyone with a different special skill) is sent there to repair it, but it doesn't go as planned, scientists are in trouble, some survive and some don't, at the end threat is annihinlated. This works for Jurassic Park, Lost World, Sphere, Timeline and Prey.
On the plus side, it is true you get to learn a lot, it is explained in an approacheble way, Crichton's research is well done. And there are books which escape this scheme: Great Train Robbery, 13th warrior, airframe, rising sun. But these are older ones. Recently he hasn't changed much. Nevertheless, I know I will be buying every book he is going to publish...

Post: #46083
Topic: Star Wars Trivia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46083/action/topic#46083
Time: 26-Apr-2004 2:38 PM

altogether, although i can't remember that he killed also non-imperials by force-strangling them. but my memory's not that good after all.

Post: #46080
Topic: Star Wars Trivia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46080/action/topic#46080
Time: 26-Apr-2004 2:13 PM

thanks. although i watched ANH just today, I just couldn't remember that number. i'm not good at remembering details.

so, this may seem easy, but it's the only thing I could think of: how many officers does Darth Vader kill by strangling them using the force?

Post: #46074
Topic: Out of town...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46074/action/topic#46074
Time: 26-Apr-2004 1:57 PM

they're really good too.
actually I think I prefer the lost world more because I own it. I don't have Jurassic Park, rented it from a library years ago, so don't really remember it.

Post: #46073
Topic: Multiple Languages?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46073/action/topic#46073
Time: 26-Apr-2004 1:53 PM

BTTF trilogy are my favourite movies. mainly for sentimental reasons. It's something between my sister and me. Sometimes we even call each other 'butthead' and 'slacker'! There are so many things I like about it so I better stop writing about it now before I get started...

What Doc would say about the petition "If you put your mind to it, you can accomplish anything".

Post: #46071
Topic: Out of town...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46071/action/topic#46071
Time: 26-Apr-2004 1:31 PM

wanted to edit my post but didn't work. got a message that said that i'm not allowed to post in this thread.

basically i wanted to correct some typos and the sentence "I just write down what I write about them as I go." should read "I just write down what I think about them as I go."

Post: #46070
Topic: Out of town...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46070/action/topic#46070
Time: 26-Apr-2004 1:20 PM

checked out ur site bossk, it's really cool.

I like the review of the Michael Crichton books, I've read all those on your site and also Jurassic Park, Lost World, Sphere, Airframe and Congo.
Prey is one of my least favourites, I guess it's because I got too much used to his style. I read almost all of his books so could predict some things that happened in the book. i didn't really like Rising Sun either. Felt too much anti-japanese, and now it seems outdated since now Japan isn't as powerful as it was when the book was written.
What I like about MC is that his books all explore different domain. So he's not like John Grisham who only writes about the legal world for example.
My favourite book by him is Lost World. Was the first one I read and it completely blew me away. But that's also mybe because i've always been interestes in biology and evolution theories. You should definitely check that one out. It's totally different from the movie (they changed a lot of things)

I also write movie reviews sometimes but they're not good ones. I just write down what I write about them as I go. If anyone is interested you can read some in my
blog.
(i've also included a link to this website in it

)

Post: #46062
Topic: Please tell me you love the original TCM over the remake!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46062/action/topic#46062
Time: 26-Apr-2004 12:57 PM

right, thought he was talking about a remake. didn't know that Renee Zellweger and Matthew McConaughey were in a TCM sequel. They were young and needed the money I guess...

Post: #46051
Topic: Please tell me you love the original TCM over the remake!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46051/action/topic#46051
Time: 26-Apr-2004 12:48 PM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
Unless you, like I was as a child, are introduced to the remake without realizing that an original exists. Damnable thing.

what movie was it?

Post: #46048
Topic: Star Wars DVDs selling fast
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/46048/action/topic#46048
Time: 26-Apr-2004 12:46 PM

maybe it's for USE the force?

Post: #45848
Topic: Last line of episode 3?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45848/action/topic#45848
Time: 25-Apr-2004 1:37 PM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
lol "The Video Game"? That's the title for episode 3? Sounds ok by me...

with all that CGI, it would make sense...

actually you're right. acting in the prequels must be less exciting than acting in the OT. there there were all those creatures walking around, even if they were actually guys in costumes, but it must have been fun.

Post: #45845
Topic: Last line of episode 3?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45845/action/topic#45845
Time: 25-Apr-2004 1:17 PM

SPOILER PICS!!

just found this pics, thought you might like'em:
(they are from the SW insider and i saw them on another forum, sorry if they have already been posted)

if pics don't work try here, it's the board where i've found them.

What is this strange feeling? No...it's not possible...Could it be that I'm actually really looking forward to Ep3...? It can't be...

Post: #45841
Topic: Last line of episode 3?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45841/action/topic#45841
Time: 25-Apr-2004 12:15 PM

if only! tell me you have read the official ep3 script...

Post: #45840
Topic: Custom avatars uploaded (finally)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45840/action/topic#45840
Time: 25-Apr-2004 12:13 PM

no he uses "prpoer" english.

Post: #45839
Topic: Please tell me you love the original TCM over the remake!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45839/action/topic#45839
Time: 25-Apr-2004 12:11 PM

ditto
also thought that he was talking about TPM maybe and that he just misspelled it.

haven't seen either of the Texas movies though. but i definitely would prefer seeing the original one first.

Post: #45838
Topic: Star Wars DVDs selling fast
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45838/action/topic#45838
Time: 25-Apr-2004 12:09 PM

ROFL!
but what if he changes that one too? how would THAT be called? Extreme Suckage Edition?

Post: #45837
Topic: BOYCOTT (the 2004 OT SE DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45837/action/topic#45837
Time: 25-Apr-2004 12:05 PM

that's precisely what this debate is all about. and why it makes me really angry, if it's advantageous for both parties why tf don't they release the two versions?? artistic integrity? yeah, right...

Post: #45836
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45836/action/topic#45836
Time: 25-Apr-2004 12:02 PM

If he does stuff out of spite or only because he does not want to satisfy people then he's even a worse director than I thought. I don't say that he has to make what the fans want him to make but deciding to change something only because he knows that this will piss people off is equally wrong.

Post: #45823
Topic: Carrie Fisher vs Natalie Portman
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45823/action/topic#45823
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:38 AM

nah...mark hamill would win hands down anyway.

Post: #45822
Topic: COUNT DOOKU
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45822/action/topic#45822
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:36 AM

we know he has some force since at the beginning of ESB in the "snowman" cave he was able to get his sabre with it. now, it is not clear if he used it to cushion his fall, but i think he definitely used it to call Leia. i think he thought of her because instinctively he knew that she has some force too and that she would be able to "hear" him.

Post: #45820
Topic: Discussion: does anyone has $1000 to spare?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45820/action/topic#45820
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:30 AM

the good ol' times eh? maybe they'll come back soon, ya know. Especially if all those rumours about the changes in the DVDs are true...

Post: #45819
Topic: How does Grand Moff Tarkin fit into Ep 3?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45819/action/topic#45819
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:15 AM

i think it's not very good make-up. makes him look even older than the original one. his eyes have sockets and are red, and his skin is so pale, almost looks like a zombie...

Post: #45818
Topic: When Han Solo was Frozen in Carbinite How did he survive so long without Water ?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45818/action/topic#45818
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:13 AM

another movie with someone cryogenically frozen would be Austin Powers 1. but I think they're spoofing demolition man at that point.
btw, i think dm is not that bad. has some funny moments.

Post: #45816
Topic: MORE CHANGES!!! (for the 2004 OT DVD release)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45816/action/topic#45816
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:11 AM

no, we're just bashing Lucas, and this is one of the healthiest things to do, it shows good movie taste.

what about adding a scene were they are all at a fun fair celebrating?

Post: #45815
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/45815/action/topic#45815
Time: 25-Apr-2004 11:05 AM

maybe he feared that if he would start training jedis, then the emperor and vader would sense their presence in the force and get them killed or try to bring them to the dark side.