JediSage

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Join date: 22-Mar-2005
Last activity: 10-Jan-2011
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Post: #129204
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129204/action/topic#129204
Time: 9-Aug-2005 5:31 PM

Originally posted by: ricarleite
What? Already...? Really? It's like, 6 more months until Superbowl...

Anyway, go Titans.

That team always seems to do well. Jeff Fischer is a good coach. He'd move into the "great" category if he could win the bowl, though.

Post: #129203
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129203/action/topic#129203
Time: 9-Aug-2005 5:30 PM

I'm a lifelong Raiders fan. So close a few years back, only to get blown out by that little turncoat weasel Gruden.

Post: #129206
Topic: Any GI Joe fans around here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129206/action/topic#129206
Time: 9-Aug-2005 11:36 AM

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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
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Originally posted by: greencapt

The GI Joe comic series from Marvel was, IMHO, superior to the show in many ways and I followed it for quite some time after I stopped watching the show. Anyone else read the comic?

I've looked for the GI Joe comics but can never find them. I've talked to a few people who have read them, and they make me feel like I'm some kind of sinner for not being a die hard fan of Snake Eyes.

If they don't have them, nobody does

Post: #129202
Topic: Jedikev?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129202/action/topic#129202
Time: 9-Aug-2005 11:27 AM

I've observed his behavior at times and found it to be somewhat amusing, while also getting annoying and rude. As with anyone annoying, if you reply to him and get involved, you're only egging him on. I've seen numerous folks who've felt the need to respond to it when they could simply let it pass and move on. I do believe that if he's being honest about his age that his youth may be a contributing factor. I also feel that he's definitely cooled off in the past few weeks. Perhaps your earlier "discussion" with him has had an impact, and this will also serve to calm him down. IMO: One more chance, then if nothing changes, adios.

Post: #129041
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129041/action/topic#129041
Time: 9-Aug-2005 3:23 AM

Cool. Thx.

Is anyone else tired of DC's "event" stunts? I've only recently started collecting again, but it seems to me that they spend almost all year doing tie-ins and outs with their yearly crises (no pun intended). And now Marvel's getting into the act! Huuhhhhhh, God help us. Costing huge $$ to stay up on this stuff.

Post: #129037
Topic: NFL
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129037/action/topic#129037
Time: 9-Aug-2005 3:14 AM

Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV
THE PRESEASON GAMES HAVE STARTED !!!

ON MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL IT WAS THE CHICAGO BEARS OVER THE MIAMI DOLPHINS WITH A SCORE OF 27-24.

I didn't realize there was a game last night. Wow! On top of us already. Well, personally it's my favorite time of the year. Football is big for my family. Where I live, once the fall rolls around there's nothing like having a family dinner and kicking out on the couch afterwards and watching a game or two.

Post: #129036
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129036/action/topic#129036
Time: 9-Aug-2005 3:11 AM

Originally posted by: greencapt
Warbler- THAT sounds like a man who will be made vice president of the company soon- mark my words!

Really. We had a guy where I used to work, now keep in mind that the position was that of a computer network admin...when I got stuck with him I told him to format a floppy disk to put some data on it...he was like "How do I do that?". It's one of the most BASIC things you can do when working with a computer. He made a total disaster of everything he touched, and I told my friend: "Promoted to management in 6 months". Sure enough, he got "promoted" to the project management group, given a laptop, moved to HQ, etc. What a joke. The Peter Principal in reverse.

Post: #129038
Topic: Any GI Joe fans around here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/129038/action/topic#129038
Time: 8-Aug-2005 9:18 PM

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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
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Originally posted by: JediSage
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
I just got done subjecting myself to the CGI laden GI Joe: Valor VS Venom and while it was not the worst thing I ever sat through, it could not match the hand drawn GI Joe cartoons of the 1980s that dominated my childhood.

So I thought I'd pop in and see if anyone else here spent time with the GI Joe show.

I grew up with that version of Joe. I was really in awe when they were doing 5 part story arcs, like the weather control machine, etc; while other shows were doing one shots (except Transformers). The one thing that I could never really get over was that nobody ever died on the show. Everyone was the worst shot on the planet.

Funny you should mention that, Jedi Sage. In the original script for GI Joe: The Movie (1987), Duke (the rugged blonde guy who kinda looked like classic vintage Aquaman) was supposed to die, but the death of Optimus Prime in the Transformers movie upset a lot of kids, which led to unhappy parents, so the GI Joe people changed Duke's death to a coma, even though if you watch the scene [without audio] and just go by the reactions of Lt. Falcon (Duke's half brother), Scarlett (the jaunty red head) and General Hawk, then it's quite clear that Duke is dead. Now whenever I think of that scene and the coma line, a voice in my head screams "The man is clearly dead!"

And this all goes back to the fact that production actually started first on the GI Joe movie, but GI Joe ran into a series of production problems and delays, allowing the Transformers film to finish first, so release dates were swapped, giving fans time to freak out over the death of the great one (Optimus Prime), thus short changing Duke and GI Joe, leaving some fans to theorize that maybe if GI Joe's movie had gotten released first and kids freaked out over Duke dying, Optimus Prime might have been spared (although they did bring Prime back, which I guess makes him the Jesus Christ of Autobots).

Isn't it great that you have me to provide you with this useless trivia?

LOL

I didn't realize there was a Joe movie in 87 (where was I? Hmmmm...Oh yes, I was in hell, otherwise known as a Vocational/Technical High School). I had only watched the tv series that was on around the same time as the Transformers tv show, although I was quite traumatized by Prime's death. Rodimus Prime was a freaking loser.

*Edit* Also, I thought the Baroness was the hottest chick in that show!

Post: #128675
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128675/action/topic#128675
Time: 8-Aug-2005 7:01 AM

I hate one-way free speech (not a reference to Warbler's reply).

Post: #128710
Topic: Lord of the Rings Extended versions
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128710/action/topic#128710
Time: 8-Aug-2005 5:39 AM

EE's, definitely. They definitely add a lot of material that people who read the books are looking for. I can also tell you that there's more material out there that didn't make the cut, so I'm hoping in a few years they release a new version again.

Post: #128690
Topic: Quotes I Like
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128690/action/topic#128690
Time: 8-Aug-2005 3:07 AM

"We are moving toward a dictatorship of relativism which does not recognize anything as for certain and which has as it's highest goal one's own ego and one's own desires"

Post: #128635
Topic: The Princess Bride
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128635/action/topic#128635
Time: 7-Aug-2005 7:28 PM

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Originally posted by: TheSessler
From what I've heard its a pretty bare bones DVD, and the transfer isn't great.

But it is on sale for 10 bucks at most places, so its still worth a buy.

Actually the spec ed dvd is pretty nice. Pic quality is good, and the extras are excellent, IMO.

Post: #128419
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128419/action/topic#128419
Time: 7-Aug-2005 9:12 AM

Originally posted by: Nanner Split
Anybody read the comic series "Bone"? I heard about a game based on them being made so I decided to check them out, and I was reasonably impressed.

Haven't heard of that one. Which publisher?

Post: #128420
Topic: Any GI Joe fans around here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128420/action/topic#128420
Time: 7-Aug-2005 3:16 AM

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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
I just got done subjecting myself to the CGI laden GI Joe: Valor VS Venom and while it was not the worst thing I ever sat through, it could not match the hand drawn GI Joe cartoons of the 1980s that dominated my childhood.

So I thought I'd pop in and see if anyone else here spent time with the GI Joe show.

I grew up with that version of Joe. I was really in awe when they were doing 5 part story arcs, like the weather control machine, etc; while other shows were doing one shots (except Transformers). The one thing that I could never really get over was that nobody ever died on the show. Everyone was the worst shot on the planet.

Post: #128168
Topic: The Princess Bride
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/128168/action/topic#128168
Time: 6-Aug-2005 4:03 AM

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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
Out of curiosity, was "Princess Bride" a hit at the box office or a miss that amassed a great cult following like "Buckaroo Banzai"?

Has anyone read the book on which the film was based? I think there are like two different versions, an original and a "good parts" version.

You know, if they were making TPB now, it would probably star Orlando Bloom or some WB boy as Westley (played by Cary Elwes originally) and some underfed girl as a tougher, more feminist type Buttercup (originally Robin Wright Penn).

It was well receieved to begin with, but over the years it got even more popular.

There are two different books, the original and Morgenstern's "The good parts" version. Never actually read it.

You're right about a modern remake. They'd do the "multicultural" version, with the evil prince being a conservative white male Christian gun owner, while Buttercup would be played by the "hip-hop" star of the week like Christina Milian, or someone.

Post: #127194
Topic: BSG
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127194/action/topic#127194
Time: 2-Aug-2005 3:29 PM

Originally posted by: Jedikev
I saw the film BSG (1979) I thought it was rubbish

Rubbish because the story was bad, the acting was bad...what?

Post: #127224
Topic: The Princess Bride
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127224/action/topic#127224
Time: 2-Aug-2005 11:31 AM

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
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Originally posted by: greencapt
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
I've never heard of this movie before... At least I don't think so, I don't seem to remember it... I think it's quite unavailable over here...

WHA-WAA-WHHAAA??!?!?!?!?!

Dear God in heaven- someone get this man a copy of 'The Princess Bride'!!!!!!!!!

If I ever find this movie on DVD, I'll rent it and watch it.

You won't be sorry. A nice little movie. No profanity, good story and plot. Mis-matched but well cast actors (that's part of the fun with these whacky characters). Directed by Rob Reiner, of the tv series "All in the Family" fame.

Post: #127193
Topic: The Princess Bride
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127193/action/topic#127193
Time: 2-Aug-2005 9:27 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
I have always loved this film and it is just too quotable. You gotta love that fact.

Forgot about your signature. The scene with the iocane poison is priceless. "Never go up against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line...Ah ha, ah ha, ah h.........*thump*

The cast was perfect, although Robin Wright was kind of blaise. Billy Crystal and Carol Kane were awesome.

Post: #127135
Topic: The Princess Bride
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/127135/action/topic#127135
Time: 2-Aug-2005 5:19 AM

Anyone here a fan? Loved that movie...the Spec Ed DVD is pretty sweet. Mandy Pantankin rules..."I want my father back you son of a b#tch!"

Post: #126990
Topic: help with computer problem
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126990/action/topic#126990
Time: 1-Aug-2005 1:01 PM

Make sure you have the latest Windows security updates in place, as one of them may patch the vulnerability. I wouldn't be satisfied with leaving it on there and using another browser (although FireFox is the long term answer). Do you have a firewall running? Try a software firewall like Sygate or ZoneAlarm. They may alert you to any outbound traffic that could be causing this, which would allow you get rid of the source. Sounds like you may have other major problems given the results of your other scans. What OS are you running? Windows 2000? XP? Might be a good time for a rebuild given what else is going on.

Post: #126697
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126697/action/topic#126697
Time: 31-Jul-2005 9:29 AM

Anyone know a good combat flight-sim type game? Not looking for the WWII sims...looking for modern stuff. I also don't want to spend weeks trying to learn how to play it. I know that's a tall order, but god, someone must make a fairly easy to use game. I used to have a game called Commanche, which was a helicopter flight game that was awesome!

Post: #126588
Topic: BEAUTIFUL WOMEN NEW RULES IN FIRST POST (NSFW) UPDATED RULES
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126588/action/topic#126588
Time: 30-Jul-2005 4:18 PM

Originally posted by: PSYCHO_DAYV

Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
Gilbert's always been cute, and Landon knew it. I'd ride her "Highway to Heaven" any day of the week.

ROTFLMAO !!!

I remember when she wore this. Brad Garrett made a joke during the ceremony that now he knows where her salary from being president of SAG was going....she is definitely SMOKIN!

Post: #126618
Topic: CAFTA - The Beginning of the End
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126618/action/topic#126618
Time: 30-Jul-2005 3:46 PM

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Originally posted by: starkiller
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Originally posted by: JediSage

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Separate issue:
I do want to point something out...Canada and Mexico are not involved with CAFTA. They are part of NAFTA and that has been around for almost a decade.

Semantics...the governance that will result is the end to the means (GATT, CAFTA, WTO, NAFTA, etc).

Post: #126343
Topic: CAFTA - The Beginning of the End
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126343/action/topic#126343
Time: 29-Jul-2005 6:33 AM

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Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Shut your filthy mouth you inbred monkey.

How was that?

LMAO!! Very good...thank you. Should have capped it with something about trying to score on theforce.net, though.

Post: #126335
Topic: CAFTA - The Beginning of the End
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/126335/action/topic#126335
Time: 29-Jul-2005 6:09 AM

*sigh*...where's the Psycho when you need him?

Now all we need is a JediKev'ism to make this thread complete...LOL