Warbler said:
if that is how Shakespeare did it, that is how it should be done. Who am I to correct the immortal Bard?
Shakespeare also didn't have sets, and dudes played chick roles.
The idea that there would be CLONES involved never really occured to me as a lad, even though I knew what the word meant. It was just a cool sounding name with no hint of meaning to me.
Fang Zei said:
-Who built the training lightsabers those younglings are using in the temple?
Teachers? Wholesalers? The students themselves with a "My First Saber" kit?
Warbler said:
no offense intended, but I am not exactly crazy about the reinventing of old plays. I believe plays should be performed exactly as originally intended. This also goes for the all the Broadway revivals that change the original script and/or other things. For instance: I was horrified to find out that they redid the script for Guys and Dolls and got rid of the all the Runyon style dialogue. It just isn't the say without the Runyonese. Do it the way it was originally done. Let modern audience see the plays/musicals the way the original audience did. Hamlet was just fine the way Shakespeare wrote it, why change? Again, no offense to bkev is intended.
I gotta disagree. Unlike films, plays are living things. You can never recreate exactly a previous play. Different cast, different stage, different directors. .
I can't speak to "Guys and Dolls" but do you really want to see Hamlet the way Shakespeare intended, 4+ hours long? Or Julius Caesar in Elizabethean costume, which is how Shakespeare did it?
EyeShotFirst said:
It seems the more years go by, the more laws go against traditional discipline of children.
When I was a child, you still had to be good, or you would get a whippin'.
Around the late 90's it became a form of abuse to whip a child, so "Time Out" became the new form of discipline.
Now it is to the point where looking at your child wrong can have you charged with child abuse.
Are we actually talking about anything? What laws do you mean? What cases are you citing? Or is it just a general "kids today... liberals.... grumble grumble"
US Department of Justice statistics have juvenile crime down for the last 15 years. School violence is down. We in California had a law of that sort proposed, but it failed. To the best of my knowledge spanking is not criminal in any state. 21 states, notably Texas, still paddle kids at school. ABC News reports 65% of Americans favor spanking.
EDIT:
To be fair, I know some of you are Europans, and I can't speak to the laws or situations in Europa.
EyeShotFirst said:
It seems the more years go by, the more laws go against traditional discipline of children.
When I was a child, you still had to be good, or you would get a whippin'.
Around the late 90's it became a form of abuse to whip a child, so "Time Out" became the new form of discipline.
Now it is to the point where looking at your child wrong can have you charged with child abuse.
What are we talking about? Are there actual laws or incidents you're citing here? Or just a vague "kids today... grumble grumble" kind of sentiment?
I'm a high school science teacher and I've got a nasty cough.
First period I say after a particuarly long series of dry hacks, "Sorry I sound like General Greivous."
Nothing. No reaction. Blank stares.
Curious, the next period I said, "Sorry I sound like Darth Vader." and got a couple small chuckles.
I alternated the rest of the day. Here are the results.
My students are 14-15 years old of a wide range of ethnicities from the lower to upper-middle classes. It's not exactly a scientific study, but it gives me some hope for the future.
My kid is just under 2, and he calls R2 "Beep Beep" and Vader "Hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"
"...but somehow, just because you despise me, you are the only one I trust" -Peter Lorre, Casablanca
"Best Worst Movie"
An enjoyable look at the life of people who really aren't actors, but have an odd brush with a kind of fame.
adywan said:
The text commentary may not be viable for ESB:R as there are so many things done the text would just flash by too quickly to read
Understandle but a pity. I would have missed 2/3 of the changes in ANH:R if not for that.
Anchorhead said:
Girl scout cookies and a cup of coffee.
That was my breakfast today!
Anchorhead said:
My question (yes, I'm finally getting around to it); Why is this place so different? Other than the obvious (desire for OT), why is this the place of choice for open, intelligent Star Wars discussions?
You toss a lot out in that post, food for thought, but I'll respond just to this last bit right now.
I think part of it is that we as a group of fans DON'T have what we want. We love the real "Star Wars" and most of us are tepid at best towards the PT and the EU. Perhaps it is that distance from the object of our fandom that gives us a bit of perspective for our discussions.
doubleofive said:
A week sounds good.Sluggo said:
I think I'm switching back next week.
BloodnoseThePirate said:
So, ... how long are we supposed to leave our avatars like this?
But this is fun while this lasts.
And here I was thinking this was a permanent change to board culture... a step towards a more open and personable site. :(
xhonzi said:
Soooooooooooooooooooooo sophisticated!
Thanks. This was shortly after AVGN blew up, and it seemed every other video on youtube was a guy in a t-shirt cussing about stuff. I thought I'd just go the opposite direction.
Obviously anyone interested can see them all on youtube, but I thought I'd index the rest here, for giggles.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Prince of Egypt
I'm particularly proud of the writing and my hair on this one.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- GI Joe: The Movie
I love the 80s.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Rocky IV
Again feat. Jimmy the Hat. I like the narrative arc of this vid.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Eragon
Does this video contain a hidden message? 1st at my new house.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- First Knight
A sequal of sorts to "Rocky IV."
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Masters of the Universe
Good hair that day.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Fist of the North Star
Anyone else remember this flick? I do some cutting edge FX.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Flash Gordon
My final hurrah. Just kinda ran out of steam and movies I loved enough to do.
Darnit Frink you broke the thread!
I think one of the worst things in the PT was the duel betwixt Anakin and Dooku in the dark.
With nothing but lightsaber ambient light that should have been AWESOME. Instead they seem to swing their sabers randomly for about 8 seconds and then walk back into the light.
Quackula said:
You know, thinking about it, it doesn't really make a lot of sense that a planet with little to no moisture on the surface would have a plentiful amount of it in its atmosphere.
I figured it had small ammounts in its atmosphere, and that's why they needed to carefully harvest it all the time.
Anchorhead said:
Something else that seems just as insane is how they sort of casually mention that they interviewed 3000 kids and that it took three years.
To quote the line Vader never said, "how can that be?"
I mean, if you find the perfect kid to be Anakin, thee years later isn't he now 12 and too old? Or did they audition kindergartners?
Warb said:
*confused* you made a video that you can't see cause its blocked????
It wasn't blocked when I posted it 4 years ago. It's blocked now because I use a copywrited song. Shame on me. "House of Pain" no doubt lost a lot of money because I used 20 seconds of "Jump Around." It had half a million hits at one point.
C3PS said:
Whoa, somewhere in there you moved on from Mr. Black to Dr. Black.
Yeah. There was another Mr. Black doing movie reviews on youtube at the time, and his first vid predated mine by 6 days.
Alexrd said:
TheBoost said:
The entire Mandalorian civilization is created based on how cool Boba Fett is.
Which is stupid. As Filoni said, it removes Boba Fett from his uniqueness. All the Mandalorians were made a bunch of Boba Fett's.
I agree. I never dug the Mandalorians.
WhatsMyName said:
1. In the documentry as well as in the episode, GL confirmed this, Jango Fett is not a Mandalorian. Which I'm denying anyways.
I've said it before but as continuity, canon, and retcons go, this is the wierdest. Look at this sequence of events.
I did these a few years back. I have bad hair in a few and I never put as much care into the audio as I knew I should have, but they were a hoot to make.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Starship Troopers
My debut as "Mr. Black" the critic. My hair is really out of control, doing a Vinny Vega thing.
Greatest Movie Ever Made- Street Fighter/Mortal Kombat
feat. my brother as Jimmy the Hat. I can't watch this because it's blocked in the US.
Star Wars has kinda a reputation for being 'soft' sci-fi, but really the TIE Fighter is a fairly sophisiticated design for a zero-G fighter. No wings, no landing gear, not especially aerodynamic.
Lestrade said:
My wife and I have become devoted Clone Wars fans; we watch it every week and really quite enjoy it. I'm the real Star Wars nerd in the equation, but the show has made her like Star Wars again (me too, come to think of it).
She has said on many occasions: "If only they skipped the prequels and went right to this show, Star Wars would be unequivocally awesome again." (She may or may not have used the word, "unequivocally.")
Your wife and I would be in agreement.
