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Warbler said:

wow, I didn't think Drumhead was all that bad.  I liked it actually.    What is wrong with proposing moral questions? 

 I'm all for proposing moral questions. I think the first two acts were great.

But that Picard can defeat the villian with his sheer self-righteousness; that the antaganists moral code is so weak it shatters and totally self-destructs when confronted with a little high-minded language... I found that hard to swallow.

To set up a climate of paranoia and persecution, and then fix everything with a short speech seems a little trite.

Krakatoa said:

I'm pretty sure Greedo and/or Jabba were speaking Quechua, just with gibberish sentences. Similar with Lando's copilot in Jedi (I think one of his lines translates as "A thousand herds of elephants are on my foot.")

I think the ROTJ commentary on the DVD says that Lando's copilot's lines actually translate well from whatever African language it's in, and in that country the theaters would erupt in applause when they heard their own language.

Warbler said:

all conflicts in Next Gen were like that?   What about "Measure of a Man", "DrumHead" and other episodes.  I think you are selling Next Gen a little short.  

I just have to say that "The Drumhead" was about the most trite piece of writing I've ever seen.

It proposes all these moral questions, and the villian suffers a complete mental breakdown the moment someone confronts her with moral superiority.

IMHO TNG at it's worst.

I get so MAD at "Face Off."

I just wish they'd cut the reality show cliches and little personal ticks, and show some of the make-up work.

Based in New Orleans, the WWE pro wrestling company has opened their own films division, making movies starring their wrestling superstars.

Last year, for just 6 million dollars they produced 2 films that had (very) small theatrical released and then national DVD distribution (that figure includes marketing).

One of the ways WWE Films keeps cost down is that it never shuts down production. If film "A" finishes on Friday, film "B" starts on Monday with all the same staff except for a few key creative personelle.

Obviously WWE Films has the advantage of a national TV brand and stars with some name recognition, even if not as actors. And this year the studio lost $1 million, although this might be due to the movies being stinkers rather than a flaw in the business model.

For some odd reason WWE Films decided to try to get away from blow-em-up action films into family dramas ("Legendary"), zany comedies ("Knucklehead") and kiddie farces ("The Chaperone").  Most of the studio was funded with profits made from the previous modest action hit "12 Rounds."

And I've used "I have been known to make mistakes... ... from time to time." so many times I sometimes forget I'm quoting 3PO.

zombie84 said:

They aren't whole languages, just a bunch of random sounds. But, for instance Huttese all has a similar "sound" to it, it's not an actual language they way Tolkien did. It's just sound designer Ben Burtt playing around. I don't know a whole lot about the sounds of Star Wars, but I do know that some of the "languages" are actually based off human languages, for instance I believe it is the character of Nien Numb the co-pilot to Lando in ROTJ, Ben Burtt had some 90-year-old Indian woman come in and speak some obscure dialect because it sounded "alien". I'm probably misremembering the details, but that is generally how it was done. It's not like Klingon or Elvish.

IIRC Niem Numb speaks an African dialect, and the Ewoks are based on the old lady, but she was some obscure Chinese dialect.

But I have been known to make mistakes. From time to time.

ray_afraid said:

Filthy Pierre said:

We all love to quote Star Wars as it has many great lines.

When have you used them in conversation or situations where it is funny or appropriate (or not appropriate)

A girl I was seeing once said to me "look at the size of that thing!" and I said "Cut the chatter Red Two." We both laughed and then, ahem, continued.

My friends and I quote SW all the time, but I can't think of a better instance.

Dude that so TOTALLY beats mine.

I've had fights with girls where I've used "Did you think I'd leave without giving you a goodbye kiss?"

I also once pulled a "I love you." "I know." although it didn't go over as well as I imagined it would.

This classic 1954 adventure film with Charlton Heston as a hat-wearing archeaologist on the trail of a valuable artefact is considered one of the main inspirations of the Indiana Jones films.

Despite it's star, it's never been released on video or DVD, leading some to say it's a conspiracy.

If that's true or not I don't know, but the film is currently available to watch on Netflix streaming! I'm totally stoked and will be watching it tonight.

Warbler said:

I think I've seen that before.   They need to update it,  I'm sure there have been more nuclear bomb explosions since 1998.

 Isn't there some kind of ban on that stuff? Wasn't France 'bad' in 2000ish when they did more Nuclear testing?

dark_jedi said:

luke.the.darkside.is.fun said:

hey jack ass your asses your selfs i am sick of the bs i have the fucking right to take up for my self and what i do and oh when i get messed with i call someone a ass u jump on me well thats bs you guys are better then george lucas messing with the films but the thing is he kinda has the right to even tho its not u guys are fans stop your fucking bitching u cant do shit about it to fucking wrongs dont make a right

can anyone even read this nonsense?

 I was trying not to. I ignored him... but just looking at that paragraph gives me a headache.

luke.the.darkside, does your mother know you talk like this? Can even she understand what you're trying to say?

Video of every nuclear bomb explosion ever!

This is really quite chilling. I had no idea there had been so many.

dark_jedi said:

TheBoost said:

My whole time here I'd only ignored one person, vbangle.

In the last week I've ignored twobyfour and now luke.the.darkside.is.

I teach high school, and maybe I've just lost my patience for people who sound like assy teenagers. Which might mean the internet will soon be off limits to me.

I am shocked everyone here has not put luke.the.whatever on the ignore list, this guy is something else, I recently took everyone that was on mine off but this guys posts are just crazy ass stupid.

 I kept hoping that he'd actually explain what he meant by being a ghost-hunter. Even insanity can be entertaining, but he just kept being assy and incomprehensible.

luke.the.darkside.is.fun said:

TheBoost said:

luke.the.darkside.is.fun said:

Warbler said:

TheBoost said:

 it seems that the ammount of actual discussion has gone down.

exactly my point. 

 

i think i can say whatever the f--k i want. its all just a joke how your acting is why fan boys get made fun of lol

 How many things are wrong with this post:

1. No one says or implied you cant say what you want.
2. Re-read you post and ask yourself, "do I sound like an assy 12 year old? Would I want to talk to me?"
3. The guy who plays Ghostbusters with his friends is implying someone else is the reason for mockery.

 

go fuck your self boot ill kick you in the nuts lol

 Indeed. Thank you for adding so much to the conversation my lad.

Ignored.

My whole time here I'd only ignored one person, vbangle.

In the last week I've ignored twobyfour and now luke.the.darkside.is.

I teach high school, and maybe I've just lost my patience for people who sound like assy teenagers. Which might mean the internet will soon be off limits to me.

luke.the.darkside.is.fun said:

Warbler said:

TheBoost said:

 it seems that the ammount of actual discussion has gone down.

exactly my point. 

 

i think i can say whatever the f--k i want. its all just a joke how your acting is why fan boys get made fun of lol

 How many things are wrong with this post:

1. No one says or implied you cant say what you want.
2. Re-read you post and ask yourself, "do I sound like an assy 12 year old? Would I want to talk to me?"
3. The guy who plays Ghostbusters with his friends is implying someone else is the reason for mockery.

Warbler said:

now that would be poetic justice. 

 What would be even better was if Vick was captured by super-smart dogs, and forced to cage-fight other people to death.

Warbler said:

I have to be honest.     I'm getting tired of all the nonsense and junk posts and threads that seem to be increasing around here.   The quality of the off topic section imho, has decreased alot in the past couple of weeks.     

 I don't disagree.

I don't mind the silliness quotient going up, but it seems that the ammount of actual discussion has gone down.

Tobar said:

Coraline was another great example of the old art done in modern times.

I disagree that it's 'old art.'

Coraline and Corpse Bride show that stop motion is just as living, vibrant, and evolving as CGI.

The Hellboy films show that men in suits is a special effect technology that has also grown by leaps and bounds. These aren't old art. This is cutting edge stuff.

It's a little quibble I know.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I love stop-motion animation - love the attention and hard work that goes into it. It pisses me off that it's been cast aside and virtually abandoned in favour of CGI. I'm sure in this day and age stop-motion can be made to look 100% realistic, something that's impossible with today's CG - regardless of how well it's done.

 "Corpse Bride" was an amazing demonstration of that technology.

TV's Frink said:

tl;dr, except...

twooffour said:

NO ONE CARES WHO'S ON YOUR IGNORE LIST.

If this were true, there wouldn't be a lengthy off-topic thread on the subject.  Anyway, I always interpreted ignore announcements as a polite way to say "this guy is acting like a dick."

I care.

TV's Frink said:

X-wing fighter said:

whats wrong with my titles?

They just tend to be a little vague, that's all.

 Don't be a butt. It's a thread about John Williams. It's a perfectly good title.

"X-wing Fighter's John Williams the Composer Thread to talk about his Compositions" wouldn't be an improvement. :P

STAR WARS- ANH:R

EMPIRE- SE DVD (Hardly notice the changes)

JEDI- GOUT (I really hate the ROTJ SE changes to the degree I cant enjoy the movie)

Q: What do you call the guy who graduated bottom of his class in medical school?

A: Doctor.

Well, I for one sure won't piost in this thread. Sounds very unpleasant.