SilverWook

Heath Ledger's Joker was a very unique interpretation, and the actor's untimely death added to the hype.

What used to make Lex interesting was that he was someone who believed Superboy wronged him, and had a lifelong grudge. That went out the window in subsequent reboots of the DC universe. Lex has been more like an evil Donald Trump in more recent incarnations.

One reason behind the Spidey movie reboot is if the studio doesn't crank out a movie in a certain time frame, the rights lapse. Sony is going to milk the webhead for all they can get, before letting Disney get him back.

If they want a compelling villain we haven't seen in a Supes movie before, and someone Superman can fight toe to toe, there's only one way to go, and that's Darkseid. There probably saving him for the Justice League flick though.

Wow, Ernie Fosselius should have sued! Although it wasn't said in Mel's movie. ;)

The old cartoons I grew up watching had everyone from Brainiac to Mister Mxyzptlk. Even the Superboy series used some of lesser known baddies.

Try it now?

Great Scott! Can't they use some other villain from the rogue's gallery for a change?

Have you seen this yet?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/FANTASIA-1982-reissue-35mm-feature-Disney-with-Magnetic-soundtrack-/400516832977?pt=US_Film&hash=item5d40a9ded1

Many Disney projects were deemed to have educational value (they also made animated health and safety films) and were rented or sold to schools and other institutions on 16mm as well.

What do you darn kids think we watched before there were VCR's? ;)

That '82 Fantasia print might be useful for this project...

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Fantasia-1982-Soundmix/topic/13353/

imperialscum said:

Hey, it's me. said:

5. Clones as Enemies of the Republic from the start. Also, they're clones of extinct evil alien races thought to have been long gone. Not Boba fetts dad (Boba doesn't appear at all) 

6. The army of the republic being human conscripts.

Oh and yes, I get a headache when I see clone troopers. I think clone troopers are boring and stupid concept. I just wouldn't want any kind of clone armies. Clone Wars should only get the name after some incident involving cloning.

Much like the whole "Vader fought with Obi Wan and fell in a lava pit" story every fan picked up by osmosis, stormtroopers were thought to be all clones in the old days.

It's been done...

Do we really need to rehash this again? I'm reserving judgement until we see them in costume on the set.

The sheer number of celebs that have had some sort of surgery would boggle your mind. Some have needed it to resume a normal life and career, like Mark Hamill did.

Stumbled over this, and just had to share. I still haven't seen the movie, so someone else will have to verify the numbers. ;)

Yeah, we've seen that already. ;)

http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Star-Wars-Episode-VII-to-be-directed-by-JJ-Abrams/post/629818/#TopicPost629818

Carrie was on the Daytime Emmys recently, and she looks good! The rest of the gang are in good shape for their age as well. If Christopher Lee could do a SW film in his early 80's, I don't see any problems.

Another kind of catchy, yet annoying pop song for your perusal. The lyrics would need to be bleeped a tiny bit though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_q8L8Tksd8

Thanks to Frink, I like that accursed Friday song now. ;)

Overhead two ladies talking about WWZ when I was getting my hair cut. I realized I wasn't the target demographic for this movie.

I think two hours of Brad Pitt doing his laundry would make money. ;)

As Michael Bay is doing the Ninja Turtles, your comment fills me with a nameless dread...

Oh yes, it was great to use my expensive Wico sticks across all the systems I owned. Even my Vectrex had those connectors. Few companies made controllers with four fire buttons though.

And here's some iconic ancient hardware for you...

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/computer-wargames-going-sale-213632908.html

PM sent.

I spotted a 16mm reel of the old Walt Disney episode "Magic and Music" on Ebay. It featured the infamous censored Fantasia footage uncut. It "accidentally" aired on the Disney channel some years ago. Is it worth going after?

What kills me is they got Brent Spiner to do that.

I'd wager there was a sticker with the name that's been lost to time. There were so many controllers made, it's a real needle in a haystack scenario.

I broke more than a couple flight sticks like that before buying a Wico brand control. They made sticks for the arcades, and their home versions were just as tough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU4F7ntKQwk

Davnes007 said:

Okay. Time to show another thrift store find.

 

 

The only things printed on it are "PRESS", "LOCK", "OPEN", and "MADE IN HONG KONG". The round part on the bottom (The part that says "PRESS") can be turned to lock/open so that the cord can be wrapped around, and tucked away in the base. There's a little black button on top of the handle, and a large rectangular red button on the base.

 I have no idea who made it, or what it's called....besides being a 'joystick'.

It appears to be an Atari 2600 compatible joystick. Atari wasn't as strict as Nintentdo about third party products, so there were a lot of companies making all sorts of controllers. The fringe benefit was competitors such as Colecovision could use the same sticks too.

msycamore hasn't been on in over a week, so I hope nothing is amiss.

In the meantime, this was too cool not to share...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1-6-Custom-OOAK-THX1138-Police-Officer-Action-Figure-Doll-Star-Wars-/321151301432?pt=US_Action_Figures&hash=item4ac61bf738

Just the thing to keep your classic GI Joes, or Large Size SW figures from rebelling against authority. ;)

He's looking pretty good these days.

Is the Bob Hope one where Mark Hamill was a guest? My parents wouldn't let me stay up to watch it...

Duracell, that graphic is pushing it.