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Anchorhead said:

No doubt about it, whatever it is that makes a muse is as mysterious an emotion as there is. I always find it interesting to see who is moved by whom. In no particular order and for no reason other than something strikes me as beautiful about these women, here are the first four who came to mind. 

Zooey Deschanel

 

She is awfully purdy.

We always knew how and when he was going to die, the real interesting part was how he'd figure it out.

...

too soon?

theprequelsrule said:

TheBoost said:

Super HD Blu Ray on a nice HD super TV is a new kind of image, and frankly I'm not sure I prefer it.

I must admit, I loved me some NBA Finals in HD though.

I watch a lot of pro wrestling... and when I got HD it was too much. I don't need to see needle tracks, boob-job scars, and decades of skin damage from tanning beds.

theprequelsrule said:

Maybe it's the transfers, I don't know, but I really don't like the look of movies on blu ray. They look, well, cheap; almost like home video.

Please correct me if I am crazy for thinking this.

I'll see you, and raise you that HD TV can look wrong.

I don't know what it is either... can't phrase it but it looks TOO real, too clean, to 'fast' somehow. I'm sure the more tech saavy memebers here can clarify the terms for us.

Partly it's that our eyes are trained to recognize certain types of images as certain things: home movies, standard films, security cameras, Mexican soap operas, and even if we dont consiously identify the different aspects of the video image, our brain categorizes how it looks.

Super HD Blu Ray on a nice HD super TV is a new kind of image, and frankly I'm not sure I prefer it.

What a guy.

Seriously. You got no love for Isaac? Screw you.

Ziggy Stardust said:

I miss Sluggo.

We need somebody to ask him where he went.

It should probably be me. After all, we used to be in that band together.

TV's Frink said:

^You were discussing robots.  That's on-topic without a picture.  I refer you to the rules in the OP.

lol at another 90 year spoiler.

Rules. Yeah, your type love referring people to rules.

CP3S said:

TheBoost said:

And for our first ever use of the word "robot," Karl Kapek's play RUR coined the term in 1921!

Fantastic play it is too! I've long wanted to adapt it to a screen play, but when it comes to padding it out and adding content I feel weird doing that with someone elses story.

Given it's significance, I've always wondered that RUR has never been adapted (except I think a BBC TV show in the 50s, could be wrong).

Of course, it has lots of wierd, dated, and very Czech things in it, like all the men proposing to the same chick and stuff, but it's still a very chilling tale.

Although anything that ends with...

90 YEAR OLD SPOILER ALERT

"and they're Adam and Eve...!" needs a little updating. :)

And just to be on-topic enough for Dictator Frink (another 90 year old spoiler!) here's pro-wrestlers SHOCKWAVE THE ROBOT and MECHA-MUMMY!

Like you didn't know.

doubleofive said:

 

TheBoost said:

Do spaceships in Star Wars use fuel?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Fuel ?

 

Thanks.

Do spaceships in Star Wars use fuel?

There's no mention (that I recall offhand) in the OT or the PT of 'running out of gas' or anything. But a fan-project I'm working on is set at a fueling station, and if anyone knows if there's an EU refrence to what type of fuel these ships use, or how much, I'd appreciate any info.

Thanks.

THE AUTOMATON!!! The first ever movie evil robot! He battled Harry Houdini in 1920!

And for our first ever use of the word "robot," Karl Kapek's play RUR coined the term in 1921!

ferris209 said:

CP3S said:

Along with Ferris I really should have been born in a different era... That outfit Hepburn is wearing at the top of this page is incredibly hot.

I've nailed down the exact year for me, I should have been born in 1929 instead of 1979. I would have been in my 20's through the 50's, oh man what a time I would've had!

That would be great, except that the women weren't actually in black and white, and myself being part Jewish I don't know how that would fly. ;-P

Tyrphanax said:

TheBoost said:

But it is just a trailer. It doesn't have to or try to tell a real story or have character development or any depth. I seem to recall the trailers to TPM were awesome-possum as well because they too didn't have to do anything but look neat and remind of us of other things we already liked.

So... er... doesn't that mean it's just about perfect as a trailer?

Yes. I'm just pointing out that the bar for success for a cool trailer (TOR or TPM) is radically different than what counts as a successful movie.

greenpenguino said:

TheBoost said:

 

(except making me ask why you'd need a hat in space?)

Yeah... why would he need to wear a hat....

Hmmmm...

Allow me to rephrase. Replace hat with "huge freaking sombrero."

TV's Frink said:

Time for some housecleaning....

TheBoost gets PROBATION!!! (rule 19)

You think you're SO SMART don't you!?!?!?!?

Well this thread is now about DICTATORS!!!

Mr Ghostface said:

There is no in-universe reason for her speaking this way, it's just her performance being, shall we say, variable. It isn't an English accent as such, it's an American slipping into received pronunciation for a few seconds, that's all. As for not sounding British if you are British, well, I'm British and the way she begins her line "Governor Tarkin" sounds a hell of a lot more like RP than any American accent.

I always figured that the RP accent was kind of an aristocratic air she put on, and she slipped back into her regular accent when kicking-butt.

I for one do a much more mid-Atlantic accent at work, and sound very Southern Californian much of the time. It's so automatic I don't even know I do it except when my wife calls me at works and makes fun of it.

This film still makes me uncomfortable.

I stand that if your focus for animosity towards George Lucas is that you didn't care for the prequals, that's overreacting. Artists change, times change, talents fade, you cant be revolutionary twice, and flipping out about it is silly. I won't even get started again on "George Lucas raped my childhood." That's what the website and the trailer seem to show this film is about.

Whether someone likes a movie is ultimately so irrelevant to the actual lies, deceit, and suppression of film history that the man does on a daily basis.

It's like saying you hate Al Capone, but the reason is you don't like how he dances. It might be true, but aren't you missing the point?

Ziggy Stardust said:

Grace Kelly:

 

While Grace Kelly's beauty borders on divine, I also think women and men are both more lovely in b/w films.

Gaffer Tape said:

Oh, wow. Has this been going on for a month?! As much as I love my new The Beatles in Mono set and how they've perfectly reproduced the original album covers (and even the inserts and ads), I'm not going to post any of them. Instead, I'm just going to say

THREAD IS OPEN!!!

It's about time.

This thread is now about WORLD WAR ONE ERA AIRPLANE COMBAT!!

adywan said:

I can't really blame him for removing the first post and link after the reaction it got. This actually looked like a much better site than that NNRRPPB one. Maybe, instead of jumping on anyone new in here to rip into them, we should give them a chance. No wonder this site is getting a really bad name in Star Wars fandom.

Ok... I missed this one. What was homeboy's post even about? Even reading the reaction I'm not sure.

I'm currently a bit in love with Gabrielle Miller, Canadian actress once in the series "Highlander" and the sitcom "Corner Gas"

In college I was part of an improv comedy team, as well as being active with a bunch of film-making enthusiasts.

Those two loves led to these, a series of films conceived, shot, and produced in a single day, edited that night, and debuted the next morning. We made several over the years. I have them all on DVD and about once a year the fellas come over and we down some beers and do a marathon.

I just now discovered/remembered that I had uploaded many of them to MySpace (remember THAT?) a few years ago. I thought what the hell, I might as well share the better ones with my OT pals. If you're bored or interested, here they are.

The video quality is a bit sketchy due to the size limits MySpace had. Sorry. They are all intended as genre parodies, so if they suck, much like The Room, it was on purpose. :)

My personal favorite is EVERYBODY DIES, a whodunit mystery that I think is as good a film as can possibly be made under the circumstances (with no pre-planning outside of the title). Was it the adulterous lumberjack? The escaped mental patient? The corrupt businessman or the evil twin?!? (24 min)

Next is COMING OF AGE, a coming of age drama about a young man coping with all of lifes challenges. Somewhere between "A Separate Peace" and "Cannonball Run," this tale is semi-autobiographical and semi-hilarious. (14 min)

BLOOD AND BREAKFAST is a standard vampire-runs-a-hotel kind of picture with femme fatales, rock stars, and sword fights, and I'm proud of the original score (15 min), and TWO SCOOPS OF TERROR is a college-kids-killed-one-by-one-by-ice-cream-man affair, but it's only 10 min. BLOOD HOUSE is the story of a will reading at a haunted house, with evil rednecks, Irish hooligans, mediocre special effects, and cultists everywhere! (14 min)

Lastly is THE OTHER SIDE OF HUMAN, a futuristic thriller about humanoid robots so exciting you don't notice that the movie doesn't exist. (4 min).

If anyone checks these out, all rights reserves and no animals were harmed in the making.

twister111 said:

 

LOL Kay I need to give more details to keep the luls going. It was before lunch and, others watched.

 

What's the big deal. Obviously you were playing TWISTER, and you put your right hand on blue, left hand on red, and you were so skilled you earned a nickname based on that prowess.