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Shirley Jones has got to be one of the most lovely creatures to ever walk the Earth.

CP3S said:

They need to serve massive tub beers at movie theaters. Would make the movies a lot better, and I'd probably go to the cinema more often.

Whenever something is showing there I can stand, I try to take in pictures at the local art house. Because they have a full bar. Which rules.

TV's Frink said:

TheBoost said:

Large Soda: 0-800 calories.

So it could be anywhere from zero to eight hundred, depending I'm guessing on how close to the bottom of the syrup barrel you are.

I like those odds!

I think it's because you could concievably order a diet coke.:-P

But who would do that?!?

Went to the movies yesterday.I usually get myself a big soda to enjoy during the picture. Now I know sodapop ain't good for you, but now the theater has the calories over everything next to the price.

Large Soda: 0-800 calories.

YIKES. I know a can of pop is 100+ calories, but I just never did the math on what a giant tub of soda would add up to.

That's a game changer. For that might as well go get a freakin' sundae. I enjoyed the movie with a nice cup of coffee (6 calories).

Tyrphanax said:

TheBoost said:

So a couple generic Jedi fighting a Matrix fight against a couple generic Sith lords while Not-Han-Solo flies the Mellenium Faux-con passed some Star Destroyers is somehow better than the prequals?

Wow, we're easy to please. I never imagined the problem with the prequals was that Lucas tried too hard.

I challenge you to write a better intro cinematic that feels Star Warsy without taking elements and concepts from already-established Star Wars lore like Bioware and Blur did. =P

The whole point of the thing wasn't to be different, it was to be Star Warsy, and it succeeded. They have about seven minutes to relay all of this information to us, so they use things we know on sight. Boom, these are the good guys, this is the cocky comedic relief, these are the Jedi, here come the bad guy ships, here are the Sith, good and evil fight, here's the good guys' escape route, and done. The themes are caricatures that are simple enough to invoke our memories of what we already know, but, at the same time, different.

You immediately know who everyone is and what their part is on sight because we're so well-versed in Star Wars, and even people who aren't as knowledgeable about such things will also know at a glance what it going on. I'm sure that if they had a two-hour movie (or three) to grow and develop characters, they'd have done that instead. If you had to show someone only seven minutes of the Star Wars trilogy, would you not distil it down to the most iconic scenes and character developments so you could still get the point across?

I'm not denying that it's really nifty. Hell, I love the KOTORS.

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.

twister111 said:

. The "111" is for a silly reason. I thought of a podium and, how the #1 spot is the winning spot. I then thought about how there's three spaces on a typical podium. So "111" would be like winning three times. 'Tis silly.

Wouldn't that actually mean you're part of a three way tie?

Madness.

twister111 said:

Username: The "twister" part I got as a real life nickname. There was this guy at camp I did something with my hands and, got the nickname "twister" from him for it. The "111" is for a silly reason. I thought of a podium and, how the #1 spot is the winning spot. I then thought about how there's three spaces on a typical podium. So "111" would be like winning three times. 'Tis silly.

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Monolithium said:

So much better than anything in the prequels.

I think that's a very exaggerated remark.

I think it's spot on and I've heard it from multiple people.

 Seconded.

So a couple generic Jedi fighting a Matrix fight against a couple generic Sith lords while Not-Han-Solo flies the Mellenium Faux-con passed some Star Destroyers is somehow better than the prequals?

Wow, we're easy to please. I never imagined the problem with the prequals was that Lucas tried too hard.

skyjedi2005 said:

Before Cameron went full bore leftist, he started the moralizing pc bull in T2 and it continued on from there.

Because it's definitely non-PC to say you're PRO nuclear war.

canofhumdingers said:

CATG?

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The most effective diet I was ever on was the 'not exercising' diet.

For several months due to an injury I couldn't excersise. All of a sudden I couldn't justify a slice of pie or a large soda pop with the mental excuse "eh, I'll work that off at the gym/court/trail"

In fact, it was the first time in my life I started to really think about and notice what I ate. It was paradigm shifting.

A combination of moving away from friends and not playing basketball anymore, aging, a new career, a couple nagging injuries, and my wife deciding that she loved to cook contributed to me gaining a bunch of weight about five years ago.

I was miserable. Tired, cranky, uncomfortable. I'm a big man, tall and thickly built, and always had a bit of a belly, but carrying another 30+ lbs made me feel like I just didn't FIT into the world, like every chair was an ill fitting pair of pants. It sucked.

After a couple years of effort I'm mostly back in shape now. Without sounding judegmental, I wonder if people who are really fat feel the same way I did, or are some people just fat and comfortable.

RedFive said:

Now I'm the sort of guy that really appreciates a full, even ludicrous bossom, but I really hope that picture is photoshopped, because my only thought is "that poor woman!"

doubleKO said:

TheBoost said: TNA Wrestling.

Surely this doesn't stand for what I was just thinking...

Why would you be thinking about "TOTAL NONSTOP ACTION" while looking at this page?

Oh wait... nevermind.

I hope the ridiculously attractive and charming Erica Durance can find another show that doesn't suck, now that the attrocious "Smallville" is over.

Lisa Marie Varon... aka "Tara" in TNA Wrestling.

A hot lady who could kick my ass is a real selling point.

doubleKO said:

 

Back to Spielberg and tools; is there anyone who disapproves of the CG in Jurassic Park? For me this proves it is a valuable tool. Didn't they kind of invent CGI in order to make Jurassic Park in the first place?

 IIRC they were going with go-motion models before some early CGI tests totally blew Spielberg away, and he said "let's do this."

Mrebo said:

 

 

CGI is a good tool in my view. But I think the debate over whether CGI is inherently good or bad is a red herring. What people actually object to (even when they inartfully declare CGI "bad") is the use of CGI when it doesn't work...which is becoming more frequent.

 More frequent compared to what? Is there really any moe bad-CGI in movies comparable to badly done suits, or puppets, or models in any previous era?

Is the Syfy channel original SS Doomtrooper...

...really somehow worse than the Giant Claw (1957)??!

In fact, I'd argue the opposite, that really BAD CGI is becoming less and less frequent as the costs go down.

theprequelsrule said:

Jabba looked great in ROTJ in 1983, in 2003, and will still look great in 2033. Gollum will be considered a joke in 2033. THIS IS WHY CGI IS BAD FOR FILMS UNTIL THEY HAVE 100% PHOTO-REALISTIC TECHNOLOGY. Filmmakers stop using FX in the proper manner; as slight-of-hand (as another poster put it), and instead put it front and centre where we can see how fake it looks.

 I agree. I prefer classic films, where the FX are subtle and don't draw attention to themselves, like King King (1933), The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad (1958), or Pete's Dragon (1977).

If you haven't seen them, go rent Hellboy 2 or Pan's Labrynth. Take a look at how far men-in-costumes and puppetry FX has advanced, and compare it to Jabba or the mutant from This Island Earth (1955) and you might reevalute how flawlessly those effects have aged just because they're physically real.

Harmy said:

 

But one thing is true, the CGI effects in LOTR are the ones that age the worst. Even Golum, although a great achievment at the time, doesn't actually look that great.

 I'm going to have to disagree with you. I think Gollum is one of the great SFX achievements of all time, still looks better than movies coming out a decade later, and accomplished what would have been impossible with any other effect technique.

Finally got to watch this. I kinda liked it.

Compared to the other TOR trailer, it seemed less needlessly 'uber-bad-ass.' Yeah it had a dual-lightsaber and a couple Darth Mauls fighting super-Matrix style, but I can ignore that. Frankly "Jedi/Sith" is the least interesting part of the EU mythos to me.

I really liked seeing the cowboy. The EU needs more of that, and I didn't think his costume was too much more 'on the nose' than anything Han wore. (except making me ask why you'd need a hat in space?)

I wish this wasn't an MMORPG, because then I'd play it.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Frankly, I don't think Superman III is any worse than the first two. All the Chris Reeve movies are corny and poorly written, IMO, especially the first one which has one of the stupidest, most illogical endings I've ever seen in a film.

And, again IMO, Margot Kidder's Lois Lane sucked. Lana in III has her beat as a good love interest.

 I'm not sure you're allowed to say this. (even though I might agree)

RedFive said:But if you're interested in X-Men, then do I have a comic for you.  Astonishing X-Men.  It came out shortly after the second film so as long as you've seen them you don't really need much other X-Men history in order to read it.  But it's brilliant, won some Eisner awards even.   Read Whedon's run, #1-24, if you get the chance.

Another great series to start at #1 with is Brian K. Vaughn's Runaways.  It's about a group of kids who find out that their parents are villains, and part of a crime syndicate, so they decide to run away and start their own lives as heroes.  Vaughn is one of the best writers in comics right now, and this was his baby.  I've read the first two volumes (#1-#18 & #1-#30) and loved them.

 

 I really enjoyed both these books. In fact, when they changed/stopped I stopped reading Marvel at all.

timdiggerm said:

Until you can provide me with a case in which the exception does not prove the rule, I will not believe that "the exception proves the rule" is a rule.

 The upper speed limit of the universe is the speed of light. There is no exception... therefore being in itself an exception to the rule that the exception proves the rule. That rules!

Mrebo said:

Well it's thousands of years in the past, but there are Stormtrooper characters, droidekas (had to look that up), a rogue character with a Millenium Falcon looking ship, and so many other blatant formulaic ripoffs so as to make your head spin. Despite being more bastardization of Star Wars, it looks like a fun game. I'm not too picky about artistic license in video games but I do wish creators could be more...creative.

 The last big TOR trailer had a girl-Boba Fett, a fake Darth Vader, and a thousand generic Darth Maul types, and the fan world gave a similar 'this is what the PT should have been' response... so maybe deep down we hate originality.