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#121642
Topic
"Spaceship Surprise" - parody
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121642/action/topic#121642
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LOL, guys, the truth is that "sense of humor" is not always universal. A large part of it is "regional" humor (not to mention "insider" jokes, running inside small groups), which will be always most appealing to the group (like nation etc.) where it was born. This is because such groups of people share experiences that may be not known elsewhere. Another problem are the jokes which rely solely on "playing with the language itself" and these can rarely be translated. And we can also say that some nations are more "fun loving" (e.g. France), while other are more serious (e.g. Finland).
The jokes from certain country may be more "international" than those from another. Thats why other nations create opinions that "country A jokes are cool, but those from country B suck". This is not necessarily based on who is your "traditional enemy or ally" - I can confirm from my experience that I love jokes from a certain country, which is ... err... not a natural friend of my country
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#121628
Topic
Test your geekdom
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121628/action/topic#121628
Time
60%, doh!
/me makes mental note to quit visiting those darned museums... and no Mensa for you, boy!


Wanna hear geeky story from the childhood?

When I was about 6 or so I planned to make a space-bound rocket. A miniature one of course (I wasn't stupid, LOL). The crew would consist of one or two mice (I can't remember exactly). I've started making blueprints. My Dad, seeing that I'm dead serious cooled me down by advising me to "make a cost estimate". OK, first thing: engine... it would be... (zeros from a large sum are running in my head...)... oh, you're right Dad, maybe I should start with something less ambitious, lol.

If I were living in US I'd sue George for messing up my imagination, starting with my childhood
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#121405
Topic
Jokes thread : Reloaded
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121405/action/topic#121405
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Why is it so quiet here?
This post is dedicated to my old friend: PSYCHO_DAYV


Who's that riding in the sun?
Who's the man with the itchy gun?
Who's the man who kills for fun?
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad

He sleeps with a gun but he loves his son
Killed his wife 'cause she weighed a ton
He's Psycho Dad

A little touched or so we're told
Killed his wife 'cause she had a cold
Might as well she was getting old
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Dad

He's quick with a gun
And his job ain't done
He's Psycho Dad

Who's that riding in the sleigh?
Who's that firing along the way?
Who's roughing up bums on Christmas day?
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad

Who's that riding across the plain?
Who's proud 'cause his wife is slain?
Who's the man who's plumb insane?
Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad, Psycho Dad
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#121373
Topic
Who are your 10 favorite and least favorite characters from all six SW films?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121373/action/topic#121373
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OK, let's try:


my "top 10" favorite (#1 = most liked)
note: sometimes I picked them just because of good acting

1. Darth Vader
2. Han Solo
3. Emperor Palpatine / Darth Sidious
4. C-3PO
5. Chewbacca
6. Lando Calrissian
7. Willhuff Tarkin
8. Ben (Obi-Wan) Kenobi
9. general Veers
10. Wedge Antilles

my "top 10" least favorite (#1 = most hated)
WARNING: it may shock you a bit

1. Jar-Jar Binks (should be erased from the movie)
2. Episode 2&3 Anakin Skywalker
3. Episode 1 Anakin Skywalker
4. Yoda
5. Watto (should be erased from the movie)
6. Darth Maul
7. Qui-Gon Jinn
8. General Grievous
9. Mace Windu
10. Luke Skywalker
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#121360
Topic
The Humanoid (1979), the Italian Star Wars
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/121360/action/topic#121360
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My goodness, after checking that website I found out that I DO know this movie! I saw it only a couple of years after RotJ
Sheesh, I'd never expect to learn its title etc. after so many years...

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Originally posted by: ricarleite
I know I said this before, twice, ....

Wow, you really hate that movie - you even posted a review to IMDb few years ago
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#113887
Topic
Can the Ewoks be cut out?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113887/action/topic#113887
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Darth Simon, have you ever played the game Homeworld? During the actual battles we get a real 3-dimensional mix of ships exchanging fire - true. This is how the battle is handled. But during cinematics opponents don't approach each other "upside down or whatever direction they see fit". Why is it handled in such "old fashioned way"? Because we need something we can relate to, something that is easily understood by our brain, something that easily speaks to our imagination. Average viewer gets confused by real 3D battles, it requires decent spatial orientation etc. I'm a flightsim fan, do you know how many people feel "lost" in air dogfights? You need some training to easily orient yourself in 3D space.

And this "unmentioned rule" stuff wasn't invented by me, I heard it in some SW documentary where people with far more knowledge about film making than you or me were describing their "tricks of the trade" used in Star Wars FX etc.
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#113616
Topic
Can the Ewoks be cut out?
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/113616/action/topic#113616
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Yes. Really.

With the technology at hand and experience under its belt ILM should have done in ROTS a space battle that will steal the first place once held by ROTJ battle.
What do we get?
Chaotic mixture of space vessels, we can't follow who is who, who's winning etc. Too much time devoted to those stupid buzz-droids, as if this was more important than the space siege of Coruscant - darn, that's the capital of the whole known universe! Instead of it I'd like to see a classic "dogfight" (read: fighters' maneuver fight), what was presented to us in ROTJ and ANH-SE. Star Wars always followed the unmentioned rule that space battles should take plane in one plane, as if it was a classic naval duel. See the ships that evaded Death Star blast - they're in circle more or less on the equator level, not "everywhere around". Imperial fleet was positioned on one plane, facing Rebels. In ROTJ when the ships exchanged fire they were side by side - not "hanging upside down" like in ROTS.
Compare the scene when Lando pursues a fighter around a Rebel frigate - this (I remind you - we're in 1982) is still FX masterpiece for me.

Fortunately they followed the path "we're getting close to the original trilogy" and so most of the space ships in ROTS had cool design (I really dig those Republican Star Destroyers, is that the famed Victory-class?). I also loved how they explained why air isn't sucked from the landing bays - it was known to hardcore SW fans, but not for casual moviegoers - the whole sequence with landing bay shielding was a good idea.
It was an "OK" battle, but not what we should expect from Star Wars. I guess modern Star Trek stuff has already battles like this one...

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Originally posted by: InfoDroid
I think a music change would definitely be in order (sorry, John Williams) to something less "cute", and integrate something more mysterious and/or threatening from one of the other films.

"March of the Ewok Empire"?
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#111087
Topic
Let Lord Vader read your mind
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/111087/action/topic#111087
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Holy cow! And I thought that the training I received at Imperial Security Bureau will make me at least a bit resistant to the "mind probe"... Lord Vader is indeed powerful

It took Him 24 questions to guess I was thinking of a gun/blaster.

And I agree - that's the best JEJ voice impersonation I've ever heard. I wish LucasArts hired this guy years ago, lol
He does that "modulation" thing (it's hard to explain for me, James Earl Jones sometimes accents his sentences in that way).

Doh! It was fun - thanks for the link!
(Of course it's fun as long as you want to play it... there is an easy way to confuse the algorithm...)