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#730704
Topic
4K?
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We have those vast majorities to thank for VHS being more popular than Beta and Laserdisc though. ;)

Were there even any 4K cameras available when AOTC and ROTS were being made?

Yeah, 4K is  mostly a marketing thing at the moment, much like DVD's that touted HD masters. Titles like Ghostbusters have been remastered, and according to reviews look better than the early releases though.

4K sets are bound to come down in price, so it will eventually be a no brainer.

IIRC, 40 inches was the limit for a CRT. Anything bigger would implode too easily, and that's almost as bad a 200 pound monster sitting in your living room that's already a bit nose heavy.

When I replaced the 30 incher in the living room five years ago, I almost ended up like the Wicked Witch of the East. Why most analog tv's didn't have freaking handles on them, I'll never know.

Didn't Sony's first 4k set have a bunch of movies built in on a hard drive or something?

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#730628
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Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
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TV's Frink said:

timdiggerm said:

Oh and a one-armed wampa. I dunno how long those live.

 http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Wampa

Wampas were even said to possess, at least in one case, the capacity to retain long-term memory.[15] During the Rebel Alliance occupation of Hoth during the Galactic Civil War, Jedi Luke Skywalker was attacked by a wampa while patrolling the planet's ice wastes, but he escaped the creature's clutches after slicing off its arm with his lightsaber. Almost a decade later, during a return visit to Hoth, Skywalker re-encountered the same wampa whose arm he severed years before.[1] Skywalker claimed that the one-armed beast remembered both him and his lightsaber.[15]

But I dunno, I suspect the Wampa just pretended to remember Luke so things weren't awkward.

LUKE: Wampy!  Hi there!
WAMPY: Uh, hi....you...

 http://youtu.be/ZxAYii0TDSw

The most unsettling sketch Robot Chicken has ever done.

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#730534
Topic
All Things Star Trek
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Many years ago, I read an unsold Voyager script that was posted online by the writer that wasn't half bad. It involved the Voyager crew finding the Defiant from the TOS episode The Tholian Web.

IIRC, it didn't sell because of the expense of recreating all the TOS sets. The Defiant did appear later on Enterprise of course.

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#730369
Topic
Episode III: Revenge of the Ridiculousness
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TV's Frink said:

I'm not sure I understand how it fits there.

 It would be funny to hear the song starting up as the helmet is powered up and lowered on his head, (use that tinny AM radio effect?) implying he's going to be hearing it the rest of his days.

If Bob Garcia ever returns from the edge of the galaxy, maybe he could put a Vader alarm clock next to the bed? ;)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Darth-Vader-AM-FM-Talking-Alarm-Clock-with-Battery-Backup-/131311321301

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#730363
Topic
Episode VII: The Force Awakens - Discussion * <strong>SPOILER THREAD</strong> *
Time

unamochilla2 said:

Luke also used a lightsaber on Endor, but the only witness died... or so we know.... there's a lot of hiding places on Endor. ;-)  If Boba Fett survived (and according to Lucas, he did), he saw Luke with a lightsaber as well.

 An Ewok did witness Luke taking out that speeder bike. Unfortunately, it was Corpsey. ;)

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#730283
Topic
Fright Night Part II 1988 *RELEASED*
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fright-Night-Part-II-1988-Blu-Ray-PROMO-Copy-HALLOWEEN-VAMPIRES-/221564564399

I'm guessing this is a bootleg of some sort. What caught my eye is that the bonus features sound a lot like Team Blu's version.

And someone else has been bundling Team Blu's disc with retail copies of the first film and the remakes.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Fright-Night-Part-2-2013-1988-Blu-ray-/111451830190