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#289699
Topic
Twilight Zone
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289699/action/topic#289699
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Any fans? The ORIGINAL show.

LOVE that show. Still quality and timely after all these years. Got a timer on my DVR for it. Sadly it's on Sci-Fi channel so it's whacked up ever 7 minutes for a bunch of commercials. Thinking of getting that definitive dvd edition.

Favorite eps:

A Stop at Willoughby
Mr. Denton on Doomsday
I Shot an Arrow in the Air
The Monsters are Due on Maple Street
Five Characters in Search of an Exit
A Kind of Stopwatch
The Obsolete Man
Printer's Devil
Time Enough at Last (Perfect ep, IMO)
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#289698
Topic
star trek XI J.J. Abrams
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289698/action/topic#289698
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Originally posted by: Sluggo
Originally posted by: Number20
It seems like they are determined to do a Trek film, but don't really have anything they can make, so they are desperate. It seems like TNG has run out of stories. (As said with Nemesis, a blatant remake of Wrath of Khan.) Plus, most non-trekkies immediately think about Kirk and company when they think Star Trek. I doubt any of the other Star Trek series made, such as DS9, Voyager, or Enterprise would make a film that many would want to see, so, to make a Star Trek film, they simply have nowhere else to go. I'm afraid of this one.


There hasn't been an original Trek film since Search for Spock.


I think that film is really underrated.
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#289636
Topic
celebrating 20 years of star trek the next generation
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289636/action/topic#289636
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
any other fans of this show out there?

what does anyone think about them doing a siimilar thing with the next gen that the did with tos with cgi and updating things?


While I'm not a fan of TNG any more after seeing how great BSG is (oh, Berman, what did you do to our beloved Trek?), I do think that the changes made to the original series are actually well done. Not obnoxious, and they don't change the nature of the characters or story. For example, at least we don't see a CGI Chekov being inserted into Space Seed due to inconsistencies with ST:II TWOK.
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#289634
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Indiana Jones IV
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289634/action/topic#289634
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Originally posted by: skyjedi2005
it is official now that Sean Connery will not be in the movie although Henry Jones senior was in the script, connery turned the movie down preferring to remain retired. I wonder if it has anything to do with the less than specatacular prequels.

Still the scenes in the script that reportedly had all three generations of the jones men in adventure together will only be two.


I was disappointed by this. Too bad they couldn't work something out.
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#289233
Topic
Article in the LA times about movie theaters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289233/action/topic#289233
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Originally posted by: zombie84
The rudeness of theater patrons really depends on where you live, what specific theater you go to, what movie you see and also what time. If you live in the suburbs and hit the multiplex at 9 PM to see the latest summer blockbuster of course it will be overrun with rude, blabbering, cell-phone using, obnoxious teens. More mainstream films in more mainstream theater locations during peak hours (ie 7-10 PM on weekends) produce the biggest percentage of obnoxious patrons because during this time a lot of people there aren't there just to see the movie but to be part of a social engagement, so you often have larger groups of people that are at the theater after dinner but before they hit the club or whatever so their attention is more on the social aspect of being there rather than actually enjoying the film, hence you get stuff like cellphone ringing, saying stuff at the screen, and group chatter when more than four minutes goes by without an explosion or car chase.

I personally don't see a lot of the blockbuster type films anymore so I don't really have to deal with this stuff. I've found that most audiences even in such a hugely populated area such as downtown Toronto are pretty decent even at the city's biggest theaters; its more about the type of film itself--I'm sure the experience of watching Fast and Furious 3 in a theater would be more painful than the actual film because it attracts a lot of people more prone to be jackasses. There's also the fact that rudeness varies on a regional basis--usually in areas less metropolitan in my experience, but again, my theory is that its entirely dependent on the type of film myself; if you were to see a foreign film in a Florida suburb (just hypothetically) chances are that the one or two people in the theater would be there to enjoy the film and would be respectful of the enjoyment of anyone else in the theater, whereas if you were to see Spiderman 3 in the same theater chances are it would be packed with a lot of people that would make for an irritating viewing experience.
I'm not sure why, but just based on reports and observation, this whole thing as a significant problem seems to be more prevalent around the southern US states; movies have always had annoying patrons, and certainly it seems to have sharply increased since the late 90's, but I always hear of the worst problems from the south US for some reason; maybe films just aren't treated as seriously there? I've noticed that rude patronage sometimes corresponds to a lack of respect for whats onscreen.


I agree that it seems to vary from region to region. I live in the North East U.S. and it's quite an epidemic here, unfortunately. One thing I believe is key is that if there's something around that the teens and riff-raff will be attracted to then you're more likely to have a problem. For example, the theater at the mall near here is the big problem one. If I drive 15 minutes up the interstate to a theater that's JUST a theater with no malls around the problem won't be as bad. However, I still try to go during the week to an earlier show. That's sad. If it comes to that to enjoy a movie then we may as well just build the home theaters and write off movie houses now. The only hope are the more upscale, expensive theaters. There's one in a major city near me that shows mostly art-house stuff, but also classics on Sundays. They serve alcohol so it's 21 and over only. Not enough of those places around. The other folks are right though, the theaters need to grow a pair and start tossing these a##holes.
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#289119
Topic
LOST
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/289119/action/topic#289119
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Originally posted by: Zion
(Kate especially I guess, since she, you know, killed someone).


This is something I'd not considered 'till now. Good point. She probably doesn't want to wind up in the slammer, though I wouldn't mind Evangeline Lilly in a Women in Prison type movie

For now, my $$'s on Locke. Everyone would be pissed at him for trying to keep them there...
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#288849
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Article in the LA times about movie theaters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288849/action/topic#288849
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Honestly, every time I go to the theater some people have ringing cellphones, another group of jackasses keeps talking throughout the movie, etc. Fucking obnoxious. I only go to the theater these days when it's a movie I really "need" to see on the big screen, otherwise I wait for the DVD and enjoy it in my home theater.


I'm with Dinkins (Stinky?). The only movies I've seen in the theater since TPM were ROTS, Finding Nemo, Charlette's Web and Night in the Museum - all of which were mainly to take my children. I always, always, ALWAYS get the dude talking or the kid kicking my seat right behind me (this even at a recent baseball game. They were also blowing whistles for every fucking play.). One time I had kids throwing skittles from the back of the crowded theater.

It's just not fucking worth it. All that money and time wasted on gas, tickets and food? Not for me. Netflix has made my life so much easier.


Amen. This is why I want to invest in a decent home theater system. NetFlix and iTunes are God-sends IMO. The only movies I've seen in theaters this year are Spidey 3 (BLEH) and Grindhouse (RULED).
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#288770
Topic
Article in the LA times about movie theaters
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288770/action/topic#288770
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Originally posted by: Arnie.d
Originally posted by: JediSage
Looks good. They need to get a handle on the noise and such as well, though. I refuse to go to the theater at the mall near me because the locals bring their babies in, talk on cell phones, and are generally rude. If they did that I'd feel good about going again.

Babies in the theatre? Talking on cell phones? WTF!?! If someone is talking on a cell phone in theatre and he's within range I would punch him.


Sadly it's a plague here, at least in my area.
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#288740
Topic
LOST
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288740/action/topic#288740
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Had a dream about Lost last night. Locke and Jack were fighting about something gone horribly wrong, then Jakob came in the room and jumped ugly with them.

Lost is one of the best shows on tv and definitely got back to it's quality that it was lacking in the beginning of the season. Twill definitely be interesting to see where it goes from here.