Nanner Split

Maybe the voice was just Ben Burtt trying to fill in?

I heard Neeson wasn't in ROTS because he was busy filming Batman Begins.

So maybe a force ghost was supposed to appear in the movie after all, and all these plot retcons have simply been a result of Liam Neeson's injury? :P

From Liam Neeson's IMDb page:

On 11 July 2000 he fractured his right pelvis and chipped his left pelvis and sustained multiple abrasions to his legs after hitting a deer while riding his 1989 Harley-Davidson motorcycle in Connecticut. He was thrown off the motorcycle just before it smashed into a nearby tree. A passing motorist found him crawling along the roadside. Due to this accident he was unable to appear as a "Force Ghost" in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), and is only heard as a disembodied voice in the scene following Anakin's slaughter of the Tusken Raider Camp.

Has anyone brought this up on here before? Because I don't remember anyone here doing so.

Ziz said:

skyjedi2005 said:

After the prequels and Indy 4,  i am not too sure i want to hand over ten bucks to the cashier in the theaters to see another favorite film series be destroyed before my very eyes in mockery of there once brilliance as movies.

And if your so emotional tied to the characters or series by nostalgia or just like them for whatever reason its like getting punched in  the gut or kicked in the nuts.  Supposedly that is what people felt after seeing Crystal Numbskull.

 

[telephone rings]

Hello, Kettle?  This is Pot.  You're black.

 

BAHAHAHA!

This thread just twists my pickle like you wouldn't believe.

Sorry, I may be way off base here, but would I be right in assuming that English is not your first language?

Name: Hank Hill. I sell propane and propane accessories.

Church: The Church of the Subgenius (Praise "Bob"!)

Mielr said:

Darth Ideias said:

I hate Catholics. 

 

Nice.

Well, he does have "Darth" in his username. Makes sense, really :P

In regards to the "Tatooine being under the Empire's control" discussion, I always thought that it was outside of Imperial control, and the only reason the stormtroopers were there was because they were sent to hunt for the droids. Because ANH is the only film where we actually see any sort of Republic/Imperial troops on the planet, isn't it?

I think I'll echo TheBoost's sentiments here: Huh?

Either way, looks like I can't join, being atheist and all. :P   

What the heck does "spiritually mature" mean anyway?

Gaffer Tape said:

 

And, sky, if you're going to complain about so-called science fiction concepts finding their way into fantasy (considering time travel has never been a concept limited to science fiction), you should hate Star Wars for its fantasy concepts infringing on a science fiction world.

My thoughts exactly. Apparently traveling faster than light is a snap in the Star Wars universe.

Because FUCK Einstein.

:P

I didn't convert to PDF, but I did convert it to a .cbr : lost scenes.cbr

Now just download CDisplay and it'll read just fine! CDisplay

In case you're unfamiliar to CDisplay, it's a sequential image viewer most often used for comic books.

Hunter6 said:

skyjedi2005 said:

Hunter6 your forgetting that the best Trek film of all was directed and Helmed by someone who was neither a fan nor well versed in trek lore, Nicholas Meyer.  Remember Bennet and Meyer were brought outside of trek after the motion picture to breathe new life into trek.

 

No, I did not forget Nicholas Meyer.

Nicholas Meyer and Gene Roddenberry were real alike in their visions of Star Trek.

Gene Roddenberry's Star Trek was Horatio Hornblower, but on a starship. 

Meyer described his script as "'Hornblower' in outer space", utilizing nautical references and a swashbuckling atmosphere.^[8](Hornblower was an inspiration to Roddenberry and Shatner when making the show, although Meyer was unaware of this).^[26]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek_II

 

Also Nicholas Meyer's ST: II was more like the swashbuckling TOS then ST:TMP.

Nicholas Meyer did not need to know trek lore because he got what Star Trek was about and it showed.

 

 

JJ Abrams is NO Nicholas Meyer and it shows.

 

 

At least your empire wasn't taken down by Ewoks.

Oh, piss off with your silly 2-XL's. I've got control of over half of the galaxy's Dalek population! No one shall stand a chance! Muha! MuHA! MUWAHAHAHA!

I read the six-book Jedi Prince series when I was a kid (The one that began with "The Glove of Darth Vader"). I remember enjoying them when I was young, but I hear they're really bad, so I haven't really had any desire to hunt down my copies.

Another stinker I read was "Darth Maul: Shadow Hunter". Yeah....don't bother with that one.

"Shadows of the Empire" was decent, but the only reason I read it was because I was really into the N64 game back in the day. I still haven't gotten around to reading the Zahn books yet.

I own Splinter of the Mind's Eye, but have yet to read it. Since this week is my spring break, I may get around to it.

Gaff, you have a PM. :)

And I can see why the early eps aren't available in the US. Lots of naked Goku/crotch-checking by Goku. :P

So I finally got around to watching the first few episodes of Dragon Ball. It's...not what I was expecting. A bit dirtier. :P

Well, I found the manga and the anime, but I figured I'd start with the manga and work my way up.

It'll take months. :P

Well, I wasn't quite sure where I should start, but it didn't take much searching on the internet to find pretty much all of it, so I guess I'll just start from the beginning.

I love the internet. :D

Okay, so I'm not quite sure that this is the right thread for this kind of post, but since you guys all seem fairly knowledgable, I figured I might as well.

I don't know the first thing about Dragon Ball, or anything related to it. If I wanted to watch it, where would I start? What is the difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z? Did one come before the other?

I know some of you reading this post may have just cringed at the extreme noob-ness, but I promise it's motivated purely by a thirst for knowledge. :P

AxiaEuxine said:

C3PX said:

You seem very insistent on failing to understand us...

Sorry about that...you could be right. I had just come from a thread with bashing running rampant...probably set me in the wrong mood.

Cant decide if I want to continue working on just covers or seeing what I could do with an inside page.

 

No one said we dislike anything done to the originals. Just as long as it's not done poorly (like this! '97 SE Jabba, from ANH. You'll find most of us that have seen Adywan's OT edits to be improvements on the originals, in an "alternative viewing" kind of way (although I've heard a few people say that his versions have now become their default versions of the OT now.)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Adventure Game!

Just type the serial number on the screenshot at the top (it's 851108 for those of you too lazy to look :P ) and type it in in the little box at the bottom of the screen. Bam! Instant adventurin'!

C3PX said:

Nanner Split said:

That's too bad, because the audio dramas of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is some of the funniest stuff ever recorded, and are my personal favorite version of the stories (and before you ask, the radio dramas actually came first, even before the books).

Still, not for everyone, I suppose.

 

Very true! For anyone who is a fan of quirky humor, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is definitely worth tracking down. 

The fairly recent HhGttG movie was rather unfortunate, introduced millions of newcomers to the series, then turned them off of it for good.

As Nanner said, the first two phases (think seasons) of the radio series came first. Then they were both adapted into a book, and about everyother form of media you can think of (TV series, comics, a video game, towels, etc.). Three other books were written in the series, and just a few years ago they each received a radio adaption, which, while not near as good as the originals, are pretty cool. They too are worth a little effort to get you hands on.

Also, for anyone who doesn't mind archaic videogames, the H2G2 text-based video game from the early nineteen eighties is a lot of fun. It takes a little bit of effort to get into, especially if you didn't grow up with pure text adventure games, but it really is a lot of fun, and was written by Douglas Adams himself. I bet you'd like it Nanner. It is easy to find on the net these days, and if you have troubel getting into it, you can always use a walk through to get you through the first few screens to get a feel for the game. Though it is very rewarding to figure out the puzzles on your own.

The text adventure is actually on  Douglas Adams's website as a Java application. There's an updated version on the BBC's website that includes graphics and stuff I believe, but I haven't played it. I hold that the Babel Fish puzzle is impossible without a walkthrough.

Personally, I thought the movie was pretty good. I'd noticed before seeing it that every version of the story had lots of changes from the others (i.e. the radio shows were different from the books were different from the TV show were different from the game, etc. ; I guess Adams just got bored with telling the same story over and over again) so I was actually expecting it to be different, and some of the new ideas were brilliant (such as the creatures on the Vogon homeworld that smacked you in the face if you had an original idea, which explained the Vogons' upturned noses).

Vaderisnothayden said:

C3PX said:

Vaderisnothayden said:

C3PX said:

Again, might as well watch the movie with your eyes closed. Absolutely pointless.

 

 Well I never saw any particular point to the radio dramas in the first place.

 

Well, there is your problem right there.

 

I don't see it as a problem. I've never been a fan of audio drama. It's not a format that works particularly well for me.

That's too bad, because the audio dramas of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is some of the funniest stuff ever recorded, and are my personal favorite version of the stories (and before you ask, the radio dramas actually came first, even before the books).

Still, not for everyone, I suppose.