Scruffy

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Post: #221969
Topic: Carmina Burana in Revenge of the Sith
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221969/action/topic#221969
Time: 26-Jun-2006 4:49 PM

Since Carmina Burana is like an hour long, which part did you think you heard?

Post: #221968
Topic: Why is Princess Leia the only main character who gets shot by the otherwise aim impaired Storm Troopers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221968/action/topic#221968
Time: 26-Jun-2006 4:44 PM

There was a lot of talk about this on the Theatrical vs. SE board. I don't want to go into it again, but most of the time, stormtroopers are fine shots. Consider the rules of engagement when you see them missing.

Post: #221966
Topic: Ages of Luke & Leia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221966/action/topic#221966
Time: 26-Jun-2006 4:41 PM

Originally posted by: Gaffer Tape
EDIT: Including starting the trend of planets having really dumb names (Tatooine is debatable, but he seems to love those oos)!

Tatooine is actually named after a city in Tunisia, where lots of Tatooine was filmed. Khoum Tatouine, I think.

Post: #221964
Topic: Ages of Luke & Leia
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221964/action/topic#221964
Time: 26-Jun-2006 4:39 PM

Originally posted by: auraloffalwaffle
Now really, is a 14 year old really someone you want to have in charge of a whole planet?

No wonder the galaxy descended into anarchy...

Queens aren't always absolutists, or even in charge of their governments. I haven't seen TPM in years, but I got the impression the office was basically an elected sinecure, with her only responsibilities being to act as a public face for the government and to sign what she was told to sign. Her refusal to assent to a treaty with the Trade Federation and her ability to stir nationalist sentiment were her only real powers. The TradeFed could've killed her and installed another queen, but they would've lost all popular support with the Nabooian people. They wanted the queen alive and cooperative, like MacArthur wanted the Japanese Tenno (Emperor) alive and cooperative after WWII.

Post: #221963
Topic: Should Princess Leia have gotten a medal in A New Hope?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221963/action/topic#221963
Time: 26-Jun-2006 4:30 PM

Originally posted by: Tiptup
In her official capacity as award giver, she had to appear impartial. Also, she's friggen' royalty; that's award enough.

Indeed. As the apparent sovereign of Alderaan -- though she is never acclaimed such and never styled HM -- Leia is the fons honorum, and cannot receive any Alderaanian honors. That's assuming, of course, she was giving them Alderaanian medals. I'm not sure what other medals she could possibly be authorized to hand out. Maybe the Rebel Alliance cooked up their own honors/decorations system, and Leia either holds sufficient Rebel rank to award them or was doing it on behalf of an Alliance commissioned officer, like Dodonna. But I think it's more likely that it was sponsored by the government(-in-diaspora) of a rebelling world.

Post: #221701
Topic: George ruined the drama in his own stories.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221701/action/topic#221701
Time: 25-Jun-2006 5:56 PM

Does anyone actually want Han Solo or Lando dead and Luke isolated and a "sad, bittersweet" Jedi? That sounds like the same "dark" poser-ing that a lot of older college-age fans say they want, especially in the 90s.

Yeah, the same "dark" college-age posers who made hits out of the sad, bittersweet endings to the mythical Norse cosmology, the Arthur story, Shakespeare's tragedies, just about every version of the Batman story, nearly every well-received World War 2 movie, the Lord of the Rings, the Empire Strikes Back, the Sandman, etc. Only a poser could appreciate the dramatic value of fatalities in a myth-patterned war.

Post: #221693
Topic: Shadow of the Empire (book)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221693/action/topic#221693
Time: 25-Jun-2006 5:30 PM

It's mostly forgotten. Even the EU publishers only picked up on one of three possible sequel hooks. You can do worse, but you can do a lot better, too. I heartily recommend the soundtrack, though.

Post: #221379
Topic: Watched ROTS on HBO, UGGGH!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221379/action/topic#221379
Time: 23-Jun-2006 11:31 PM

Originally posted by: ESHBG
Very bad analogy IMO because Obi-Wan ackknowledges both R2 and 3PO numerous times throughout the PT. I find it very hard to believe that you wouldn't recognize a toaster that co-piloted your best friend's ship, a toaster that flew Padme to the planet where you killed your best friend...

No, it's a fine analogy. I saw that toaster every day. I stuffed bread into it, and it returned it to me toasty and warm. But there are billions of other identical toasters out there, and over the decades, they kind of blend into one. I mean, seriously, look at this logically: By what identifying characteristic could Obi-Wan have recognized Threepio or Artoo and differentiated them from other droids of an identical model?

Post: #221227
Topic: Watched ROTS on HBO, UGGGH!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221227/action/topic#221227
Time: 23-Jun-2006 1:21 PM

Originally posted by: ESHBG
Speaking of R2 and the PT, it makes me laugh now more than ever when Obi-Wan says in the original SW, "Funny, I don't remember owning any droinds." Umm, okay, like you wouldn't recognize C3PO and R2!!! You know, the two droids you had so much interaction with in the PT!

I certainly wouldn't recognize them. They're common models of droids. It would be like recognizing a toaster that your roommate used twenty years ago.

Post: #221009
Topic: I would prefer a special special edition :O)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221009/action/topic#221009
Time: 22-Jun-2006 9:11 PM

Soccer is a girl sport. Can we get back to arguing about Star Wars?

Post: #221006
Topic: Darth Maul on Battlefront
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/221006/action/topic#221006
Time: 22-Jun-2006 9:06 PM

Don't know what Battle Front is, but it would be difficult for him to put in a worse showing than he did in TPM.

Post: #220877
Topic: Peter Jackson the new Luca$???
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220877/action/topic#220877
Time: 22-Jun-2006 2:43 PM

There's another difference ... the LotR releases have been gold from day one. There are essentially no problems with them. These rereleases are really just repackaging. If you want the new documentary, or a Gollum statue or whatever, you buy the rerelease. If all you want is the movie, you can be satisfied with the initial release. And I am very satisfied with the initial theatrical and EE releases. As far as I am concerned, Mr. Jackson can release his trilogy anew every week for the next year; he's provided me with a quality product, and that's what matters.

The Star Wars Trilogy, on the other hand, was junk from day one. Bad color, bad sound, bad content. And none of the releases to date have fixed any of that. If all you want is a good presentation of the movie, well, you're not getting it. Not in the Vaderface boxset, not in the poster art boxset, and not in the photoshop edition.

That's the difference. It's not about how many times something is released. It's about consistent quality vs. consistent ... not quality.

Post: #220797
Topic: Why the PT fans love the PT so much, not as diehard as we think
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220797/action/topic#220797
Time: 22-Jun-2006 10:34 AM

What's wrong with Trekkies?

Post: #220695
Topic: Watched ROTS on HBO, UGGGH!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220695/action/topic#220695
Time: 21-Jun-2006 9:39 PM

Originally posted by: Tachikoma-Kun
It's allmost absurd that Vader, the icon of Star Wars, gets 2 minutes of screentime in the entire PT. 2 minutes.

He had a lot more than 2 minutes. He was created Darth after defending Palpatine against Mace. Then, as Darth Vader, he proceeded to wipe out the Separatist Council, brood, argue with his wife, fight Obi-Wan, roll around on the ground, get suited up, and contradict Palpatine with a great deal of anger.

Post: #220592
Topic: anyone read SW Legacy: Betrayal?...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220592/action/topic#220592
Time: 21-Jun-2006 1:59 PM

Originally posted by: Shimraa
yeah everything before NJO(minus the zhan books) is crap so just start there.

I know a squadron of X-wing pilots that would like to have a word with you.

Yub yub.

Post: #220591
Topic: Peter Jackson the new Luca$???
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220591/action/topic#220591
Time: 21-Jun-2006 1:58 PM

Originally posted by: casualimp
Yeah, but won't the films be more compressed that way if branched compaired the EE ones?

The MPEG-2 video data for FOTR:EE is about 9.3 GB. A Dolby 5.1 soundtrack would probably be around 500 MB. Take that how you will.

Come to think of it, it would probably fit nicely on a dual-layer DVD so long as the transfer was not anamorphic.

Post: #220354
Topic: Watched ROTS on HBO, UGGGH!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220354/action/topic#220354
Time: 20-Jun-2006 7:23 PM

ROTS > AOTC > TPM

RotS and AotC were, to a great degree, letdowns. RotS dropped the one ball that the Prequel had to carry. AotC was a travelogue of the Outer Rim with a few artistic allusions to Aliens and Mega Man. TPM was not a letdown. It was actively, engagingly, aggressively, bad. It made me ashamed, which is strange, because I'm not responsible for it.

Post: #220178
Topic: **It has happened, Original films on DVD!!**
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220178/action/topic#220178
Time: 20-Jun-2006 9:35 AM

Holy poodoo! Who could've seen this coming?!?

Post: #220067
Topic: What are you going to do with your SE discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/220067/action/topic#220067
Time: 19-Jun-2006 9:51 PM

Originally posted by: Davis
I definitely think we should all mail the same letter. It'd be really fitting- when we complained about the 16x9 issue, they just gave us a form response.

So we give them a form response when we send our discs back.

I think that line of thought is too clever for its own good.

Post: #219909
Topic: "Original Vision"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219909/action/topic#219909
Time: 19-Jun-2006 7:49 AM

I think I did the, "Look, cows!" thing at Ft. Hood. In my defense, they were grazing around a cemetery in the middle of nowhere, and it was a singularly bizarre tableau. At least to us city folk.

And I agree on the shift in Lucas's tastes. Though I wonder if it was due to him becoming a parent, or simply realizing the increased merchandising potential with kids' movies.

Post: #219753
Topic: What are you going to do with your SE discs?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/219753/action/topic#219753
Time: 18-Jun-2006 3:56 PM

I agree with THX. Many individuals sending in discs will look like a grassroots, bottom-up campaign. Sending them all in at once will look like astroturfing. And the talk of the cost of shipping is a bit much. These are just 80mm plastic discs here; even if we somehow get a hundred, they can all be put in a spindle and sent via Media Mail for three dollars, or priority for $8.10. I think it's better to organize this as a project, with a permanent or long-term website encouraging people to send the SE discs home.

Post: #218773
Topic: I would prefer a special special edition :O)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218773/action/topic#218773
Time: 15-Jun-2006 2:16 AM

Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Yeah, jumping on somebody because of their age is gay.

Perhaps. But jumping on someone because of their sexuality is so thirteen.

Post: #218770
Topic: ORIGINAL STAR WARS TRILOGY OUT 09/2006 BY LUCASFILM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218770/action/topic#218770
Time: 15-Jun-2006 2:14 AM

"...the sets will include as special bonus material the original versions of all three films as they appeared on screen in 1977, 1980, and 1983! No enhancements, no remastering, no 'Episode IV: A New Hope' on the opening crawl Star Wars -- just the original versions as you (or your older relatives) first saw them in theaters. Ewoks song and all, straight from the Lucasfilm Archives and packaged by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment."

Ewok songs. Our older relatives. How quaint. They really are marketing this in a schizophrenic manner, aren't they?

Post: #218682
Topic: What scene in the (O-)OT do you hate/dislike the most?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218682/action/topic#218682
Time: 14-Jun-2006 10:49 PM

Regarding the two sites linked, one is focused on the Star Trek vs. Star Wars debate, but takes the whole thing fairly seriously. They've got some kind of running feud with TF.n and Karen Traviss, the EU author and "defense specialist" pushing the idea that the Clone Army was only 3 million strong. The second is the work of an astrophysicist, and it got him hired on to write a couple of the reference books. Both are generally informed and rigorous -- sometimes moreso than the original movies, but sometimes they bring to light the cleverness of Lucas's crew that we might otherwise overlook.

Post: #218582
Topic: Moving in from the Basher's Sanctuary (TF.n)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/218582/action/topic#218582
Time: 14-Jun-2006 5:59 PM

Why even have an ideology? Maybe I'm exposing my political naivete, but couldn't they just run the place as an agnostic Star Wars discussion site? I mean, I can go on TrekWeb and tell the appropriate forum that Voyager sucked, then enumerate a whole host of reasons. Or better yet, the Original Series sucked and Picard could beat Kirk in a fight. Such a post would be childish, garner few responses, and get lost in the shuffle of forum activity -- essentially failing to sell itself on the marketplace of ideas. Or, I could post a contentious idea that is well thought-out, polite, and original -- I might criticize the franchise's creator, or a favorite writer -- and there would be lively debate, adding to the collective knowledge on the subject.

How come the mods at TF.n aren't willing to let the marketplace of ideas determine value on their board? I know they're trying to stroke the egos of their "VIPs" (e.g. Karen Traviss), but why slavishly defend people who never even see the board, against opinions that are as valid as anyone else's?