Another classic LP...
"Well we were born within an hour of each other. Obi-Wan said we could be sister and brother"
Warbler said:
hmmm, interesting. So technically speaking, the Queen could choose whomever she wants as PM.
If an odious far-right Candidate like the BNP leader Nick Griffin got elected as PM (Although this is more or less impossible for the reasons below) then the Queen could indeed refuse to except him as PM and it would be down to who the armed forces sided with to decide if there would be another election. I suspect as her Majesty's armed forces all swear allegiance to her they would back her up. There was talk of a secret millitary coup in the 60s/70s (I forget which PM) that almost happened because they thought the Labour party was in league with Russia.
Warbler said:
That still doesn't explain how Cameron got elected to Parliament in the first place. He had to get elected to Parliament before he could become the head of his party, yes?
The local party decides on who their candidate will be. A number of factors impact on this: electability, charm, influence, being the husband of the local party chairman's daughter etc etc.
If an area is a "safe seat" (e.g. the area has voted for a candidate from the same party for the last 20 years) then it's effectively the local party officials who select the MP. Of course if they choose to put up Hitler as their candidate they'd lose that seat, so they are constrained to choose somebody that appeals (To some small degree at least) beyond their own party grassroots.
So Cameron coming from a background of wealth and privilege could easily get elected as the candidate by his local party. Then if his seat is "Safe" he's in parliament... boom. It's not a perfect system but it could be much worse. At least this way a local born man/woman with little or no financial backing has the chance of being PM (Just by being well-respected/popular in their local town/city). However the evidence of the current Eton political set suggests otherwise :-(
Many weeks since I did one of these. Probably one of my top 10 albums...
"There you are standing in the bar, and you're giving me grief about Ponda Baba not liking me, and that chip on your nose gets bigger as you get older"
If they can reboot Indy sucessfuly It could be amazing. Give the project to the Marvel team I say.
Suggestions for actors?
I'm gonna start with a man who has set out to conquer every pop-culture franchise one by one, Carl Urban...
^ Thanks!.
I just recut Cellblock1138 and Kenobi evading Vader, so I'm getting towards the finish line now.
Not sure if recutting the battle of Yavin is gonna be fun or a nightmare... probably a bit of both.
^ Damn you Bingowings! You cost me a TV with that Bullingdon Club photo as I just involuntarily put my fist through the screen ;-)
...first I notice from the more than 20,000 envelopes we received this week, we've been entered into the Reader's Digest Prize Draw, and that there's a postcard from a Mrs. Trellis of North Wales. She writes:
Dear Mr Mandela,
That big statue in Trafalgar Square looks nothing like you.
Yours sincerely, Mrs. Trellis
Barbican
ray_afraid said:
it'll be their kids running around cracking 'wise' and swingin' laserswords.
I'll take over the boredom of the PT anyday (Of course perfect sequels would be nice too).
Moth3r said:
Coldcut refrence earns you bonus cool points IMO
Wow this is a big one...
Idris' film only came out this week. Gonna make it even harder to watch...
^ Nice, I see what you did there.
sonofjones said:
Okay, first off, it's not even close to the same thing. The Man with no name was supposed to be nameless (and even then the good the bad and the ugly called him blondie), second Boba Fett is clearly supposed to have a name, but the movie fails to mention it at any point. It dosen't come off as them trying to add to a mysterious character so much as forgetting to mention his name. He's obviously meant to be named, but you have to have outside resources to actually know it.
The so called "Man with no name" bounty hunter has names in all 3 dollars films. In Fistful he's named and credited as Joe, in Good/Bad/Ugly he's refered to as Blondie and in 'A Few Dollars More' he is named as "Manco".
The "Man with no name" moniker was a genius marketing ploy. In a similar way, the less we knew about ESB's own nameless bounty hunter the better.
btw Shouldn't Adywan change this line to...
"Put Captain Solo in the cargo hold of my ship Slave1"
sonofjones said:
Name one other major character in the entire saga who is simply known as "that person that does that thing"
Bib Fortuna probably has more screentime than Fett but he's never named. The Emperor is never named as Palpatine in the OT. Leia is never refered to as Organa anywhere. Lobot is probably also on screen in ESB as much as Fett without needing a name. Oh and the biggst one, is this random guy...
^ He was in the very first crucial scene in ROTJ (And many others) and because he wasn't named I found the rest of the movie made no sense... even after a hundreds views... Joking ;-)
Not leaving the PT out so just who where these dudes? I only know them as "that person that does that thing"...
This character is in all 3 PT films and I don't know anything about him?
This alien fellow is all over TPM and has numerous lines but I'm none the wiser,
and who the flamin' 'eck was this notorious rogue...
plus this ship was pretty iconic to a lot of kids in 1977...
...but they didn't know what to call it to their friends in the playground until 3 years later at the very end of ESB when a (Nameless) Imperial guy mentions it.
So in conclusion I don't think it's needed, consistent, or desireable to name Boba Fett in ESB:R.
^ PM sent.
http://www.fanedit.org/ is a good place to start.
Mudchute? You've made that up! I'd never stoop to such an obvious and low down double entendre. My next move will be...
Cockfosters
and at this festive time of year let us not forget the motto of The Turkey Breeders Association: "Norfolk & Good".
and also the motto of the same counties' Society Of Norfolk Bakers: "100 Years In Bread"
Speaking of Barry, I recently read that a sniper tried to assasinate him. Luckily the bullet hit Barry’s wallet... and missed his heart by eight miles.
Damn! Bank was an obvious play on reflection, I'm kicking myself for not spotting it before you. I guess I'll have to resort to... Arnos Grove.
lpd said:
I think JLC was recently done for beating his missus up and some other weird marriage type things I think thats why he aint on british tv anymore.
Yes, the OP is actually bang on. The evidence presented at JLC's trial did indeed sound very creepy... plus he was a tw*t anyway ;-)
darth_ender said:
This sounds like a stuffy game to be played while eating crumpets and snorting snuff. ;)
By "Crumpets" do you mean Samantha and Sven?
West Kensington
btw It turns out Samantha had some difficulty obtaining the records this week, as relations with the gramophone library have become strained. The archivists in the vinyl section are concerned that her failure to return all the singles she's borrowed will have long term financial implications for the library. They say Samantha has had nearly all their 7 inchers out this month, and they warn that they could end up stuck in arrears.
Mrebo said:
Reegar said:
Nonsensical casting. Khan in "Into Darkness" is an example.
More nonsensical than casting someone of Spanish descent?
Or indeed a Canadian as a Scottish Engineer or an Englishman as a French Captain. I think Star Trek has always operated by 'Connery's Law' e.g. "If your performance is good enough, nobody cares if your accent is wrong".
I'm pretty sure 'Chancery Lane' is an illegal move under 'Rushton's Second Adjustment Rules (version 3)'.
I think your getting confused with the rules of 'Rushton's Second Adjustment Rules (version 2)' where 'Chancery Lane' is and has always been allowed. However I concede I may be wrong...
"We need a ruling Humph!"
By the way, it's come to my attention that some people are still unaware of the technical difference between an 'optician' and an 'optometrist'.
Well, an optician is someone who's qualified to examine the eyes and prescribe spectacle lenses, while an optometrist is someone who always looks on the bright side.
emanswfan said:
Ryan McAvoy said:
Found 'Behind The Magic' while rooting round in a few old storage boxes :-)
Wonder if it has any useable shots?
^ Scratch that, the b*stard won't install on Win7
Couldn't you run it on Windows 98 or XP in a virtual machine, and transfer it over to your normal machine?
Not sure what a 'virtual machine' is, an emulator?
Anyway, update time...
I'm within 45 mins of the end now so I'm gonna make a final big push to get the video side of things finished off. At that point I'm thinking of streaming a workprint. Then anybody who is interested can use it to help with suggestions on the music/audio side going forward.
- Added more Threepio lines that weren't used until the SE.
- Added two deleted/alternate lines/angles from the E-Book.
^ Once again the audio is only a rough and temporary mix.
The 90s videogames that had fully realised FMVs would be ripe for the treatment. Especially 'Rebel Assault II' (Near verbatim)...
...and all the videos from 'Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II' linked by a minimal ammount of in game footage. Of course DF2 would need two cuts.
