Invader Jenny

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Post: #166275
Topic: Star Wars and gambling
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166275/action/topic#166275
Time: 29-Dec-2005 1:05 PM

I don't gamble (I find it boring) but I would totally blow 100 pennies on that thing.

Post: #166135
Topic: Lines you thought they said...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166135/action/topic#166135
Time: 29-Dec-2005 1:14 AM

This is a bit of an insperation thread here.

In ANH I always thought that the line was "Negative, Negative. It didn't go in. It just pecked in on the surface."
Adam corrected me and it is "impacted on the surface." Huh. I did not know that.

Another common one for me grown up was "Gentlemen wastes time to be traveling lightly." When it really was "The Juttland wastes are not the be traveled lightly."

And I recently found out what the hell Han Solo said in ROTJ when he goes "Mumble mumble" and Luke says, "Yeah, she coming up." He actually says "Got her warmed?" refering to the emperial ship.

What other lines have you confused as something else?

Post: #166132
Topic: You know you’re an O-OT fan when............
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166132/action/topic#166132
Time: 29-Dec-2005 1:09 AM

You learn something new everyday. Though both lines work.

Post: #166130
Topic: You know you’re an O-OT fan when............
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166130/action/topic#166130
Time: 29-Dec-2005 1:03 AM

You know what, until now I always though the line was "Negative, negative it didn't go in. It just pecked it on the surface." Is it really "impacted on the surface?"

Post: #166121
Topic: You know you’re an O-OT fan when............
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166121/action/topic#166121
Time: 29-Dec-2005 12:26 AM

Some good old fashion fun!! How many of these things have you done? Or should I ask, how many of these things, HAVEN'T you done...?
(I personally have done them all.)

1) You pretend your flashlight is a lightsaber.
2) When you are about to finish a long job you say, "Almost there..."
3) When you see something you like you say, "Impressive. Most impressive."
4) Your car is called "The Falcon."
5) When sweeping/raking/mopping/shoveling you can't help but swing your handle around and "Bzzrroom! Zrroom!"
6) When the grocery store register beeps, you can help but say, "Thank you R2."
7) You’re not quite sure where to put your copy of TPM, AOTC, and ROTS on the video shelf - Before or after the original trilogy? In the middle of the re-mastered set? After the original releases but before the Special Edition box set? And where should the 2004 DVD's go?
8) You don't care how something works - it just does.
9) Any school notebooks are doodled with pictures of X-Wings, Tie Fighters, star destroyers, and lightsabers.
10) Midichlorians don't exist. They never existed. Ever.

11) It's not a car - it's a land speeder.
12) When ever taking off or landing in an airplane, you wish that the Captain would say over the intercom, "This is it! Lock S-foils in attack position!"
13) Other people look at the stars and see empty space with stars billions of miles away. You look up and imagine an X-wing pulling a split-S dive, levelling out and totalling two TIE Fighters and you're fighting along right next to them as "Red 9."
14) You refer to your University as "The Jedi Acadamy." Or if your university sucks, "The Emperial Acadamy."
15) You nod and smile while reading this list.
16) You draw comparisons to Star Wars in casual conversation.
17) When your alarm goes off in the morning you say, "Unexpected this is...and unfortunate."
18) You know the names of all the major cast members and what they are doing now.
19) When ever you buy a new appliance you make sure that it speaks Bocce.
20) When something is out of reach you close your eyes and try to bring it to you by using the force.

21) Yoda and Obi-Wan appear to you in your dreams and you take their advice on a regular basis.
22) You plan on naming one (if not all) of your children with a Star Wars name somewhere in their legal names.
23) You listen to Star Wars music for insparation.
24) You have tried to force choke people that have pissed you off.
25) When people make fun of your car/van/boat/bike/jetski you say "She'll make point 5 past lightspeed."
26) You defend the acting of Mark Hamill passionately.
27) You wave your hand purposefully and "use the Force" to open automatic doors or elevator doors.
28) You bought the game Wing Commander III and/or IV just because Mark Hamill was in it.
29) You've referred to Wedge Antilles or Boba Fett as "The Man."
30) Any time you are putting on a glove on your right hand it is because you have to cover up the cybernetics that are now showing.

31) You watched/ bought "Scream 3" because Princess Leia is in it.
32) You know the connection betweed Wedge Antilles and Ewan McGregor (and actually give a crap.)
33) Whenever you see a picture of Saturn's moon Mimas, you freak out because it looks just like the death star is on it way to blow up earth.

http://voyager.jpl.nasa.gov/science/images/saturn5.gif

Post: #166115
Topic: The Sad State Of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166115/action/topic#166115
Time: 28-Dec-2005 11:40 PM

Originally posted by: Cable-X1
I was going to head over there and get myself permanently banned. Anyone have any ideas on what I should do? I don't want to spam or troll or anything. I just want one great post that causes me to get a permanent lifetime ban.

Well, you can take some advice from me. Basically say anything about how much you hate the changes George Lucas has made to the OT and how he has basically turned into one insane crazed up fruit-loop in the past 9 years. When anyone disagrees with you, stand your ground and just keep posting your same message. I've been banned twice now from TF.n for that exact same thing in less than 32 hours. *giggle* If it works for those suckers, it will work 100% at the sissy boards over at starwars.com.

Post: #166102
Topic: New member, first post, forgive me.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166102/action/topic#166102
Time: 28-Dec-2005 10:32 PM

Thanks. And remenber kids, keep spreading the wOOOOoooord!

*flys off like batman* Swoosh!

Post: #166076
Topic: You know you’re an O-OT fan when............
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/166076/action/topic#166076
Time: 28-Dec-2005 7:37 PM

22. You've rented different movies that the OT cast members were in just so you could see them act.

23. You've listened to all 3 Radio Dramas.

1. You refer to the original Star Wars as “Star Wars” and not “A New Hope” - You bet 'cha.
2. You’ve seen each OT film at least 10 times. - multiply by 10
3. You can play the entire movies in your head and have most if not all the lines memorized - indeed
4. You have seen the Holiday Special - recently yes...it sucked
5.You own a laserdisc or dvd transfer version of the O-OT. - both baby
6. You hate the changes to the OT, but you own the special edition and 2004 DVD anyway. - I own the SE, but not the DVD.
7. You rarely, if ever refer to SW, Empire and Jedi by their episode numbers, but you do so with the prequels. - I would never use such blasphamy
8. You blame any and all plotholes on the prequels and NOT on the original films - hell yeah
9. You think the special effects from the O-OT are much more believable than the cgi stuff from the special editions and prequels. - real props always make for real effects
10. You’ve cringed at three or more special edition changes while watching the movies. - I fast forward now. I was sick of cringing
11. When you watch the updated versions, you often yell at the TV. - So much so that my aunt has gotten into yelling at the TV too
12. Han shot first, end of story. - No sh*t.
13. You hate most or all of the OT changes, but wouldn’t mind seeing changes made to the prequel trilogy - changes are our only hope
14. You know what O-OT, OT, PT and ILM stand for. - and a whole list of others too
15. You prefer puppet Yoda to CGI Yoda. - puppet yoda is real
16. You love and hate George Lucas. - I want to hug and bitch slap that man
17. When watching the updated versions, you can point out every tiny minsicule change that was made. - pretty much
18. You wish the prequels looked and felt more like the OT. - isn't that what we ALL wished for?
19. You would pay over $20 (per film) to see the O-OT on the big screen. - for one ticket? Yeah. For all three showings? Hells Yeah!
20. You think the cgi changes made to the O-OT did little or nothing to enhance the films. - in fact it made them worse

Post: #165889
Topic: The Sad State Of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165889/action/topic#165889
Time: 27-Dec-2005 9:07 PM

Basically say how much of a fool George Lucas is for not releasing the O-OT, and that anyone who buys in to his "this was my original vision all along" crap are bigger fools than him.

Also threaten the safety of anyone who thinks Lucas is a god, namely the mods at that stupid site. And Rick McCullen

Post: #165854
Topic: I wish Anakin and Padme had been played by......
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165854/action/topic#165854
Time: 27-Dec-2005 4:10 PM

What would have been neat is to see Nate Hamill play Anakin (Mark Hamill's son). He was the right age but the kid really isn't that big of an actor. Which is a shame because that might have been neat.

http://www.loresdelsith.net/3po/bios/minibios/bin/1979-06-27.jpg

Post: #165843
Topic: I wish Anakin and Padme had been played by......
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165843/action/topic#165843
Time: 27-Dec-2005 3:34 PM

I had no problem with Hayden and Portman in the PT. My biggest beef was the fact that their acting sucked (mostly due to Lucas's directing). They looked the part perfectly, its just that the script screwed them over.

Post: #165841
Topic: A More Elegant Weapon, a More Civilized Age
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165841/action/topic#165841
Time: 27-Dec-2005 3:33 PM

Originally posted by: Scruffy
(It's a bit vague on where the Imperial fleet goes after the Death Star is destroyed.)

You know what, I didn't even think of that until now. I bet that the survivors got to transports and got off the moon in much the same way that the emperials got off the Death Star as it was blowing up. Like rats leaving a sinking ship.
As far as the ground troops, I bet that they were all prisoners of war. It's a big moon and the Rebel fleet was still orbiting the moon.

Post: #165840
Topic: Green screen, CGI and the 'Minute' documentary from ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165840/action/topic#165840
Time: 27-Dec-2005 3:27 PM

I too try to blame the actors as little as possible. I don't know Hayden personally, but I'm sure he is a fine person. I have a cousin who saw him in another film and said that his acting was way better in the other film. ROTS just totally screwed him over.

It almost seems like Lucas only had one or two takes on most of the dialogue in the film. Maybe once for rehersal, a second time, and then a third time to make sure that they said all the words in the script. I don't think that any emphasis was placed on HOW the words were spoken.

GL: "Okay, twirl your saber! Good! Now look to your left, look to your right! Now pause, good, walk forward. Cut! Okay, good, that was good."

HC: "Uhh, what exactly were we filming?"

GL: "Oh this was on mustifar when you see Obi-Wan coming at you."

HC: " 'Kay... so what was I supposed to be doing? Was I angry? Determined? Planning my attack? What?"

GL: "You were about to engage in the fight. You were fine, we'll fix it in editing if there are any problems."

Post: #165836
Topic: digitally remastered
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165836/action/topic#165836
Time: 27-Dec-2005 3:18 PM

I agree with Adam on this one. Grain is a natural part of the film itself, but so are water spots and it's ilk. I like to see clean clear images with out little hairs on the film or grain or anything like that. It's just distracting.

Post: #165794
Topic: The Sad State Of Star Wars
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165794/action/topic#165794
Time: 27-Dec-2005 12:35 PM

I would gladly part with my money for Star Wars stuff, if it was what I wanted. All they are offering is cheep crap and rendered OT DVDs. And most, if not ALL the toys are marketed from the PT. I see nothing from the OT out there. And believe me, I wanna by me a 12 inch Luke Skywalker actionfigure/doll. I already have Princess Leia and Han Solo. I should have bought that HUGE Luke on the Tauntaun toy back in 1997 when I saw it. But it was like $50 and to a 14 year old girl, that is a hell of a lot of money. So I just bought Leia for $20 instead. I don't regret it, but I wish I could have the chance to still pick up Luke. Sigh...

Post: #165789
Topic: Holograms...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165789/action/topic#165789
Time: 27-Dec-2005 12:26 PM

I say get rid of the Jabba scene all together. It's redundant and the movie was fine without it for 20 freakin' years!!

And do you honostly believe that Jabba would allow Han to walk all over him like that? No seriously, look at the Jabba we know from ROTJ and tell me that he would just make a funny face and let Han keep talking. Jabba would have had Han shot on the spot right then and there. No questions. Jabba is a motherf*cking ganster! In TPM they didn't even want to take the Queen to the damn PLANET because the Hutts were there.

Han disrespectinly walking on Jabba's tail like that? Oh no. I don't buy it. And I hate that scene.

Post: #165786
Topic: Green screen, CGI and the 'Minute' documentary from ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165786/action/topic#165786
Time: 27-Dec-2005 12:14 PM

Originally posted by: Master Sifo-Dyas

Originally posted by: twister111So mabye the reason he uses all this green screen stuff and, tries to make the actors go "faster and, more intense". Is because he's shy and, wants to not have to direct the actors for long periods of time.

Yes, there is a good amount of truth to this as far as Lucas' statements from interviews and making-of documentaries are concerned. His dream is to have some sort of "magic wand" that just lets him turn his story ideas into a film he can frankenstein on until he deems it finished - without the need of money, actors and all the other things usually required to make a film these days (i.e. getting rid of all the parts of the filmmaking process that gave him a headache during the production of the classic trilogy).

I have a quote I keep in my sig at another star wars board"

"I have a sneaking suspicion that if there were a way to make movies without actors, George Lucas would do it." -Mark Hamill

I believe every word of it.

Has anyone seen Drew Carrey's "Green Screen Show"? Now that is some funny stuff!! I die laughing every time I see it, and the acting is 100 times better than what the cast did for the PT. Those guys are acting against nothing too, but they are hilarious! The people in the PT are funny too, but they are not supposed to be...

You an tell when they use props and when they use CGI too and it DRIVES ME NUTS!! Like in AOTC. You see Obi-Wan landing on the rainy platform on Camino. His ship lands, it's all CGI. Next frame, he's getting out of his ship and now it's a real prop!! You can tell by the way the water runs off the ship and the way the lights reflect of the wet windshield. It looks real because it is real. You look at the wet and rainy CGI and you and tell it's just graphics. And I hate it.

Post: #165785
Topic: digitally remastered
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165785/action/topic#165785
Time: 27-Dec-2005 12:01 PM

Yeah, for one thing Luke Skywalker's light saber on the Falcon during ANH is GREEN! And Vader's lightsaber is PINK on cloud city. Dear god...

Post: #165644
Topic: Green screen, CGI and the 'Minute' documentary from ROTS
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165644/action/topic#165644
Time: 26-Dec-2005 7:30 PM

I agree. "Graphics do not a movie make."

I mean sure, they had the same problems...sorta... during the filming of ESB. Mark Hamill was concerned on how he came off in the scene and everyone else was worried about the snake not moving or the smoke machine not working. But at least they came back to Mark to see how his acting held up. In the PT, they just swept it under the rug and it shows.

Acting is about pretending but is about becoming a new character. It's not so much about "make-believe" and imagination. I pretended all the time. I imagine myself as a hero on an amazing journey, but I'm just playing around in the back yard. You put me in a blank green room and my acting skills suddenly suck and my reaction to that evil lord (the tree in the back yard) is really lame.

You can't become a good character and react to something that isn't there. You can see that in TPM too. You've got Ewan looking at something just above Jar Jar's head, but not exactly looking at him. Or most of the time they are looking in Jar Jar's direction, but they are looking THROUGH him, not AT him.

Post: #165543
Topic: ROTJ Script help
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165543/action/topic#165543
Time: 26-Dec-2005 12:03 AM

Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi

Originally posted by: battlewars
i find it funny that the music exists for that scene too, really would like to see it

Patience, my friend. 2007 will come.

No it won't. That's a lie. It never will. Mwah ha ha ha!!

Post: #165519
Topic: I have seen the Holiday Special!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165519/action/topic#165519
Time: 25-Dec-2005 8:08 PM

Okay I'm watching it right now. I downloaded a crappy, crappy version from Blue Harvest.com and I'm 10:03 minutes in to the thing. So far I have rolled my eyes about 5 times, but I haven't been scarred yet.

Then again, the picture is so pixilated and tiny that I really can't see anything anyway. Maybe that is what is protecting me from the horriblness of it.

EDITS:

14:09 - nothing is more fun than watching the security footage of our favorite character's lives....

16:51 - oh I love how the guy was being all cryptic and sneaky (seriously, well done) with the Emperial guard there, and then blows it. "Your carpet is on it's way. *wink wink* [pause] You do know what I'm talking about Malla don't you?" Dear god...

23:01 - Whip stir, whip stir, whip stir!! Dear god, make it STOP!!! That guy is just getting a little to frisky with the food there.

29:50 - and now we are to Wookiee porn. Holy. Hell. I don't know if I can watch any more. My brother can hear my crying from the other room and now he is crying too. I...I don't think I can go on...

41:12 - my brother left, he got fed up, and now I'm just bored. Oops spoke too soon. Now Jefferson Starship is playing and apparently using a sex toy as his mic. Nice.

55:50 - The cartoon is pretty good. How uncharacteristically nice of Boba Fett to help out Luke and Han like that.

And now the rest of the story:

Okay, I now have seen this stupid special and well, yeah it sucked, but it ... well, I don't want to say that it made my skin melt, but now I have to cry. Nah, I'll get over it with time.

I have to laugh that Harrison Ford had the biggest role out of the three main characters. Now that is just a riot. Poor sap. Sure Luke got more dialogue in the little cartoon, but Ford had to suffer through a lot more live action sequences. He he he, sucker.
And Carrie's singing wasn't THAT bad. I mean, she's better than me.

Now that I've seen it, I'm left feeling hollow, confused, like I'd just been jail shower raped. But yet, I'm left wondering...did I like it?

The answer is no and I'm just rationalizing the whole situation. I think that I watched it on a 2 inch screen helped scare off most of the pain. Plus, fast forwarded through some pretty boring stuff. But that is an hour of my life that I want back.

Post: #165514
Topic: I have seen the Holiday Special!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165514/action/topic#165514
Time: 25-Dec-2005 6:31 PM

I don't want to wait forever with file sharing. I just want like a clip or two, not the whole thing.

Post: #165502
Topic: ROTJ Script help
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165502/action/topic#165502
Time: 25-Dec-2005 12:58 PM

In the Radio Drama, Luke constructs his lightsaber in Ben's hut. Might fine listening, that radio drama. Yes, sir-ee.

Post: #165395
Topic: A More Elegant Weapon, a More Civilized Age
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165395/action/topic#165395
Time: 24-Dec-2005 12:40 PM

The real reason for the saber display.

This is all I can think about when I see that stupid "twirl the lightsabers" move from the film. It was pointless and left them both open for attack. What were they trying to do? One-up each other? Try to impress the other with is "mad saber skillz" that the other might just get fed up and leave? Geez.
(love that song though, got it on my mp3 player and everything.)

Post: #165393
Topic: I have seen the Holiday Special!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/165393/action/topic#165393
Time: 24-Dec-2005 12:34 PM

Is there any place I can see clips from the Holiday Special? And I don't mean the two non-essential clips from Holidayspecial.com. I mean, like a real clip from the special. I just wanna see a chunk, not the whole thing.