Sluggo

SilverWook said:

Sluggo said:

doubleofive said:

He hates sand?

;-P

I don't blame him.  It is coarse and rough and it gets everywhere.

Anyone else feel that the Jabba's palace sequence was just an excuse to revisit the Cantina experience from Star Wars as well as an excuse to throw a wacky musical number in the middle of a space opera?

The "Star Wars to Jedi" documentary makes Lucas' desire to redo the cantina scene perfectly clear.

That's right.  I knew it felt familiar as I was typing.

You disappoint me, Zombie.  There are plenty of valid reasons for the heroes to wait the year.

1. Luke had to wait the year to go to Dagobah to be at Yoda's deathbed.  One can't hear someones dying words when they are alive and kicking now can they?  Why would he go there with enough time to get the training he thought he needed?  Turns out he didn't need the training after all (convenient, ain't it!)

2. Lando had to wait the year to get full time at Jabba's palace.  Trust me, the dental plan alone is worth the wait.

3. Leia needed time to drop a few pounds and tone-up for when her attempt failed, she might be forced to wear an iron bikini.

4. Chewie.  Two words: Flea dip.

I'm sure there were plenty of other valid things the heroes could be doing in that year.

doubleofive said:

He hates sand?

;-P

I don't blame him.  It is coarse and rough and it gets everywhere.

Anyone else feel that the Jabba's palace sequence was just an excuse to revisit the Cantina experience from Star Wars as well as an excuse to throw a wacky musical number in the middle of a space opera?

Obi-Wan said:

The youtube-clip displaying indicating a snowstorm on Hoth's surface, looks great! It's one of those nice subtle changes the official Special Edition was short of because it "needed" to be obvious (Mos Eisley gags).

The original version with the blue blackground in the opening looks like there is a swimming-pool outside and Chewie is crying because Han and Luke having fun in it without him.

Just discovered (Star Wars, Episode IV):
Here's a nice overview regarding differences in the original Star Wars compared to the Special Edition and of the video versions published (unfortunately German only). "Schnittberichte" means "cut report". http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=4334040

That site has a pic that looks strangely familiar.

I feels plagiarized.

It has been a long time since I've been to nerd heaven.  

Bespin. 

Maybe if they release the movies in 3D, you might have more depth.

And hopelessly off topic again.

Almonkey, have you started the regular TIE model?

  You talking about clamshell cases?

Well, that's satisfying.  Nothing like a little white guy rap.

Man, it is getting nerdy in here.  Monty Python and Weird Al?  We just need a D&D reference.

So, getting back to the playoff system...

What about the argument that it would interfere with the player's end of semester final exams?  

Warbler said:

someone who doesn't like the classic specials!?!  that sacrilege!   Burn 'im at the stake! 

haha!  I'm just not into the commercialized, marketed version of Christmas.  I never really liked them as a kid, either.  I do like the old Grinch cartoon, though.  The Charlie Brown Christmas is great as well.

I just can't watch the old Rudolph or Frosty or any other of the animated specials.  Blah.

Warbler said:

I don't what to say.   To me,  watching sports is fun.  When you are talking about a team sport, the team represents some entity,  be it a city, a highschool, a college, or even a nation(the Olympics).  Its really not about pride in the 18-22 year olds, its about pride in what they represent.   When they win,  your city/school/country wins, you win.  When they lose, you lose.  When you cheer on a team for your whole life, after your father and grandfather did as well, you tend to get attached to the team.  You tend to live and die by them(not literally, but figuratively).  

I agree with Warbler.  Sports are fun.  They aren't for everybody and people can be WAY too into it.  But if your idea of fun is rooting for your team and showing an insane amount of school pride, I'm not going to look down on what you enjoy.  Unless your idea of being a fan gets you in fist-fights, I'm cool with it.

I lived in Knoxville for a number of years.  The people in the house next door to me had a hearse that they painted orange and white with the schools logo on the side.  Every weekend in fall, they'd load up a cooler and barbeque in the back and headed out to the game.

Ziz said:

Pick one up, sluggo.  They're a VERY EASY way to get back into building.  You can practically just throw an open tube of glue in the box, shake and out pops a completed kit.

 Good to know.  I've never felt like photographing my efforts.  Of course, when I was a kid, we barely had cameras.

Like Harrison Ford, I'm getting frantic.

thecolorsblend said:

ESHBG said:

Oh wow 2011, LFL you are soooo up on the new and current technology!  Hey maybe in 2012 we can get the super duper version on Betamax!!! 

LFL/Luca$ has shown us all time and time again that they are a total joke of the industry, the originals were flukes and only ended up as the magical masterpieces that they were because Luca$' fat hands were inadvertently kept out of most of it, and he has successfully killed SW and turned away all of the true fans...

Until I see a *TRUE* OOT restoration out there (no crappy Laserdisc rip, non-anamorphic crap either), they don't get another dime from me...

 I really don't understand this mentality.  Whether or not it's true, it simply defies logic.  This is LFL we're talking about.  Not Warner Bros, not Sony Pictures, not Paramount, etc.  LFL.  How many top tier releases does LFL have in their archives?  Well, there's Star Wars and Indy.  And that's about it.  WB has numerous hit titles.  If they screw up one title, they can learn their lesson and apply their new wisdom to some other title.  And hey, maybe rerelease the first title a few years later.

LFL?  Just Star Wars and Indy.  A lot less room for mistakes.

What kind of budget does your average big Hollywood studio have to work with when making DVD's?  I don't know either but 10:1 it's a lot bigger than LFL's budget.

Why should LFL automatically take the plunge on such a big venture when (A) the 2004 and GOUT discs are and were such nice, tidy sellers and (B) there's no reason to think the Blu-Ray market has even begun to peak just yet?

I'm not going to sit here and tell you that I'm this big Hollywood/DVD industry expert and all that but what I know of business and entering new ventures indicates that LFL (with their smaller catalogue and lesser budget) has been wise to stay out of the rat race like they have given how well their standard res DVD's are selling.

The LFL folks have made many mistakes (2004 remastering/audio problems) and bad choices (letterboxed widescreen GOUT discs) but keeping out of the Blu-Ray pissing contest isn't one of 'em.

Almost.

It isn't LFL renting a warehouse and ripping discs on a few desktop PC's.  They signed with 20th Century Fox for a reason.  And Fox does have plenty of experience with the format.  

Vaderisnothayden said:

It's not a step in the right direction, because there's no reason to think it's sign that it's a step towards getting the OOT on blu-ray. Any other Star Wars on blu-ray is useless.

 Ditto.  Unless it is the OOT, I ain't buying it.

Nice work, Ady!   Ben looked great.

Very nice!  If I ever pick up model building again, I'll have to try out one of those Fine Molds kits.  They look dope!

Ok Warb, do you have an idea of how to handle automatic qualifiers in a playoff system?  I'm not looking for a fight, I'm just curious to see what you think.

If it is anything like his "Jaws: The Sharksploitation Edit", it should be awesome!

I just know they need something other than the BCS.  A playoff system would be great, but there are a TON of things that would need to be straightened out for it to work. 

Really, there isn't much.  

Some versions have station id's plastered all over them, while others are more limited.

none said:

... And yes some programs like the AFI tribute to GL was archived by at least 4 or 5 OT.com members. 

none

I have at least 4 different Holiday Special preservations.