Tiptup

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Post: #299681
Topic: Dragonball Z
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299681/action/topic#299681
Time: 22-Oct-2007 7:44 PM

I'm interested in seeing this show uncut and in the original language, otherwise the American version was pretty lame.

Edit: Oh and the original Street Fighter was a crappy game that did not resemble the Dragonball series.

Post: #299677
Topic: Steven Colbert Running for President!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299677/action/topic#299677
Time: 22-Oct-2007 7:38 PM

I don't know. Maybe it's because I don't like O'Reilly, but I find Colbert's routine rather funny myself. O'Reilly's a jackass. And then he tried to title himself our cultural warrior. Uhg.

Post: #299594
Topic: When did the Jedi become monks?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299594/action/topic#299594
Time: 22-Oct-2007 6:49 AM

Good thoughts. It's obvious that the PT Jedi cannot be reconciled with the OT Jedi. Just look at how the "old men" were so slow in the OT while Yoda (the oldest man in the room) can bounce off the walls like a freakin', jet-propelled, ping-pong ball.

Originally posted by: Scruffy
And who can forget the Jedi leaving Schmi Skywalker in slavery on Tatooine, to be eventually raped to death by Sandpeople? Evidently I could.

That ALWAYS made no sense to me. I thought the Jedis were noble knights and were allowed to go around the universe doing good things. Instead they're a bunch of do-nothing pricks who forbid a kid to go help free his mom from slavery?! What, you can't help/love the universe as whole by helping individual people? I don't get it.

(At the very least, wouldn't their midichlorian scientists want to study a woman who gave birth to a "VERGENCE" IN THE FORCE?!!)

George Lucas is such a lazy writer.

Post: #299591
Topic: Steven Colbert Running for President!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299591/action/topic#299591
Time: 22-Oct-2007 6:32 AM

Originally posted by: lordjedi

Originally posted by: Tiptup
The lack of government action is not a solution though, that's just passing responsibility back to the people who should have it.

And what is the problem with that?

Nothing except for the fact that it is more difficult for a politician to argue for. He (or she) has to talk about the positives of private responsibility and freedom, and those virtues don't give people the warm mushy feelings they enjoy. Leading poor people to take good private actions as apposed to encouraging bad private actions (by merely promising that we'll throw money at every irresponsible person that comes along) often seems like a losing battle.

[Edit: fixed loosing to losing.]

Post: #299567
Topic: Steven Colbert Running for President!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299567/action/topic#299567
Time: 21-Oct-2007 9:29 PM

Originally posted by: lordjedi
Really? All of them? Everything from Ron Paul's "If it's not in the Constitution, we shouldn't be doing it" to the other candidates "We have to finish the job"? Or were you just referring to the Democrat solutions?

Changing the government so that it stays the hell out of things is always a good idea, but apart from Ron Paul I don't really see a candidate truly advocating that. The lack of government action is not a solution though, that's just passing responsibility back to the people who should have it.

Absolute crap solutions like expanding socialized health care, where the government decides what kinds of health-care services you can get, are seriously being considered by around half the population of this country. Another issue is how Democrats want to cover the landscape of our country with ugly wind turbines (and having the government subsidize ethanol is a big republican issue). It's all so pathetically stupid that I often want nothing to do with any of it.

The only problem is in the area of legitimate government action. Issues like having a strong national defense, being tough on criminals, standing up for our common social values, and having judges that uphold our laws (as apposed to judges that think our laws should mean whatever they feel it should at any moment) are too important to leave in the hands of a boob like Colbert. (Though I have a slight suspicion that he'd be better than Hillary.) Oh well.

Post: #299526
Topic: Steven Colbert Running for President!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299526/action/topic#299526
Time: 21-Oct-2007 5:28 AM

Every political solution being offered today is such a joke anyways, why not vote for Colbert?

Post: #299476
Topic: How did you envision the prequels?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299476/action/topic#299476
Time: 20-Oct-2007 8:50 AM

I honestly didn't envision much about what the movies would be before they came out. At most I thought it would dwell on other characters and other stories, but in way where they would impact what we think about the OT. After seeing the final films, however, I've thought of many, many, many ways they could have been better. It's kind of depressing.

Originally posted by: C3PX
I never heard too many people complaining about old Tom until after the movies came out, then suddenly he became a gay and annoying character that was cool to hate.

Nobody should pick on a dude who can land a chick as hot as Goldberry.

Post: #299409
Topic: ‘Artist’ Chains Up Dog Until It Dies… Is This Art? Or Animal Abuse?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299409/action/topic#299409
Time: 19-Oct-2007 7:12 AM

Definitely abuse. The animal wasn't asking to be captured, chained up, and deprived of all food. Dying of starvation probably isn't fun. If dogs are overpopulated down there, then there are definitely kinder ways to kill this particular dog.

Also, I see practically no way in which this is art. I liked the one poster on that page who said that chaining a dog to a wall is about as artistic as someone feeding the dog against the supposed artist's will. Pointless.

[edit: fixed "god" to dog at one point.]

Post: #299396
Topic: Humourous Rant about Lucas on MSNBC
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299396/action/topic#299396
Time: 19-Oct-2007 1:00 AM

Originally posted by: GoodMusician
I still maintain that the PT lost a lot in the editing room. Far too much to editing. all so the movies could be shorter. I'd pay to see the movies (especially AOTC) 30 minutes longer with the material that should be in there, back in, and maybe some of the unnecessary material cut out... like a bit of the fighting on Geonosis.

Longer? Especially AotC?!

Post: #299324
Topic: Steven Colbert Running for President!!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299324/action/topic#299324
Time: 18-Oct-2007 11:06 AM

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
There is only one psycho in the republican primary--Ron Paul.

Wha? He has some weird people supporting him, and his views aren't perfect, but he's no psycho as far as I can tell.

Post: #299028
Topic: Rocket powered Y-wing and X-wing
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/299028/action/topic#299028
Time: 14-Oct-2007 9:33 PM

Here's audio of the pilot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ0SNjMGra0&mode=related&search=

And here's an explanation why it crashed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KyHPJi_Hmpo&NR=1

Oh, and I found both of those after watching this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFPI54fOWoo

Post: #298937
Topic: ignore this thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298937/action/topic#298937
Time: 13-Oct-2007 7:08 AM

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Hey, all! I'll be back in about 2 weeks. I'm gonna be rather busy in a hot tuxedo tomorrow and busy the following week honeymooning. I'll miss all you guys. But not that much...

Have fun honeymooning.

Post: #298909
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298909/action/topic#298909
Time: 12-Oct-2007 5:46 PM

Sonic the Hedgehog

Hehe, SSB Brawl is looking to be fantastic. A much bigger upgrade than melee was and at least another excuse to spend a lot of time with my friends.

Post: #298582
Topic: Mr. McGregor hated SW?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298582/action/topic#298582
Time: 6-Oct-2007 6:08 PM

Aside from the fact that they were called "Star Wars," the prequels were completely forgettable movies, just like all the other the cgi crap-fests released around the same period. I have trouble seeing how someone could get "typecasted" for starring in them. That and I've never felt all that sorry for a typecasted actor or actress, since they're complaining about being too well known.

Post: #298581
Topic: What If The SE Were Only...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298581/action/topic#298581
Time: 6-Oct-2007 6:03 PM

I've always said that I would still like the SEs had they merely been given the status of an alternative version in comparison to the real films (the originals). Heck, even if George wanted to make the SEs definitive while still providing high-quality attention the originals, I'd at least be able to accept the SEs since I'd still have the versions I prefer. But, as it is, George declared war on anybody who thought the originals were magnificent works of art, and therefore, no, even a version with just upgraded special effects would piss me off at this point.

Originally posted by: MJR80
Please omit the "thet" in the previous post... I hate typos!

You can edit your own posts.

Post: #298580
Topic: Jerry Seinfeld on "Bee Movie"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298580/action/topic#298580
Time: 6-Oct-2007 5:51 PM

Nice article.

The movie sounds interesting. I loved the TV show he made, and so I'm definitely curious what this will be like. Is it a fully animated film? Or will it involve live action as well?

Post: #298303
Topic: Deep Space Nine
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298303/action/topic#298303
Time: 2-Oct-2007 9:18 PM

I loved Deep Space Nine, but its overall story had the crappiest ending ever.

Post: #298282
Topic: Bionic Woman 2007
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298282/action/topic#298282
Time: 2-Oct-2007 4:23 PM

I am of the opinion that tv shows and movies have always been fairly lame and repetitive. Out of CO's list, I really only think Cosby and Seinfeld are truly redeemable (though, Family Ties, Cheers, and Fraiser were generally alright).

A new bionic woman show might be good, though I have no intention of ever watching it. Maybe if one of my friends thinks it's great and plays a DVD set or something.

Post: #298151
Topic: Prequelize the OT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/298151/action/topic#298151
Time: 1-Oct-2007 12:08 AM

Originally posted by: MJR80
END SCENE OF ROTJ: LUKE IS BURNING VADER’S ARMOR:

Obi Wan and Yoda appear as ghost.

Luke: Hey! My former masters are here! Yee pee!

Yoda: Arrived, we have… Bad at directions, Obi Wan is…

Obi Wan: Well, perhaps if I owned a good navigating droid to guide me to a random moon in the middle of the galaxy instead of being paired with a figment of bad CGI, we’d be here a lot sooner…

Yoda: But own a droid, you did. Lost in the atmosphere of Coruscant, it is.

Luke: Wait, you told me that you couldn’t recall ever owning a droid.

Obi Wan: Well, technically I never owned it. My friend, Dex, another bad CGI creation, let me borrow it. He was pissed when he found out about it being destroyed. The bastard never spoke to me again…It’s okay though, he smelled like boiled onions.

Luke: Why are you telling me this?

Yoda: A lot of things, he told you not. Drinking problem, he has…

Obi Wan: And you were the embodiment of honesty to Luke? Why did you attempt to make the Force seem as though it is a mysterious power? Didn’t you say, “Its energy surrounds us and binds us.” Why not mention midichlorians in that little speech?

Luke: Midi-what?

Yoda: Nothing, it is… Inebriated, he is.

Odd silence ensues as the flames grow higher.

Obi Wan: Ahh, Luke, I hope you don’t mind more intrusion on your teddy bear prom, but we have some company that came along with us.

Anakin appears as he looks in Episode III.

Luke: Wait, who’s this?

Anakin: I’m your father, Luke.

Luke: What the hell? I just saw you, and you were old, cracked, scared and had no damn eyebrows… Hell, you look younger than me!

Anakin: When one becomes one with the Force, they become smooth like the placid waters on Naboo. I am no longer rough and irritable like the sands of Tatooine…

Luke: Wait, you know Tatooine? Why didn’t I know that, Obi Wan?

Obi Wan: You’re uncle thought it best to make up stories about your real father, his step brother…

Luke: Step brother?

Anakin: Yeah, Owen was my step brother. Didn’t you ever see the grave of my mother outside the compound?

Luke: No… What graves? (Pauses, then) Wait a minute, if it was so important to hide me, why would you take me to the one place, let alone the one planet, he’d surely find me, Obi Wan?

Obi Wan: Oh, I’m just unoriginal.

Yoda: Morons, you all are.

Luke: (Puzzled) Well, thank you, Father, for your lightsaber. I’m sorry that it was lost on Bespin.

Anakin: I never gave you my lightsaber. Obi Wan took it from me as I was burning to a charred crisp on the volcanic planet of Mustafar.

All three look at Obi Wan in disgust and amazement.

Obi Wan: What? He was being an ass… Over ten years with that brat, and I can’t watch him burn?

Suddenly, Qui-Gon Jinn appears, and puts his hand around Anakin’s shoulder.

Luke: (Surprised) Who are you?!?!

Qui-Gon: I’m Qui-Gon Jinn, the one who discovered your father, and trained Obi-Wan…

Luke: (Looking at Obi-Wan) Trained? You said that Yoda trained you!

Obi-Wan: Technically, both did. Yoda trained me when I was a youngling-

Luke: (Interrupts) Youngling?

Yoda: Yes, youngling. Younglings, I like. Don’t interrupt again, or a bitch slap, you will receive.

Luke: Man, this is confusing…

Suddenly, Mace Windu appears.

Mace: Am I late? I want to see that bitch Anakin finally suffer!

All turn to Mace. He then realizes that Anakin is standing before him.

Mace: What?!?! That mother-f***** kills me, murders children, slaughters millions of people for years, and then has five minutes of redemption, and he is part of the Force? What the hell!

Luke: (Shaking his head) Who are you?

Mace: (Annoyed) Man, Obi-Wan and Yoda! You never told him about me? You bitches suck! (Mace faces Luke, while giving a menacing look.) Normally yo' ass would be dead as f***ing fried chicken right now, but you happen to pull this s*** while I'm in a transitional period and I don't want to kill you.

lol, that might be the funniest one yet! Though Davis' stuff was fantastic and everybody's material has at least been hilarious.

My stab:

Ben: That cannot be a moon; my senses are telling me that it is a space station and that we are all in great peril if we do not flee immediately.

Han: Your powers amaze and confound me, master jedi, and though I do not know how your powers work, I will assume that what you say is correct, just to be on the safe side. Chewbacca, prepare to turn us around!

:: our heroes escape and never join the rebellion since it is blown to pieces a few days later ::

Post: #297863
Topic: "Lucas can't find home for Star Wars spin-off"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297863/action/topic#297863
Time: 26-Sep-2007 8:19 PM

He just wants a sweeter deal than what he's being offered, that's all.

Post: #297441
Topic: Mods, Please Delete this.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297441/action/topic#297441
Time: 18-Sep-2007 5:37 PM

Originally posted by: sean wookie
Do you think this is ziggy?

Yeah, I have that suspicion too. But, who knows?

Post: #297418
Topic: General Harry Potter Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297418/action/topic#297418
Time: 18-Sep-2007 6:55 AM

Hmm, he'll be an interesting Slughorn, but I always envisioned someone like Roy Brocksmith myself.

Post: #297414
Topic: Mods, Please Delete this.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297414/action/topic#297414
Time: 18-Sep-2007 6:16 AM

I know very little about this film. Looks interesting, but not really the kind of thing I'd be a fan of. Maybe you'd have better luck with your threads and petitions if you went to a site with a focus more oriented towards what you're posting about, Lan.

Have you had a user name on this site in the past? Or were you a lurker? I'm just curious why you chose a Star Wars site, and this Star Wars site in particular, to start making posts on.

Post: #297357
Topic: Why the hell did the lazy Emperor even think Luke would join the dark side and become his new apprentice?!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297357/action/topic#297357
Time: 17-Sep-2007 9:08 AM

Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
"I do not agree with the logic behind your statement, Your Highness. From my point of view that is an evil statement. Soon I will be dead and you will also be dead, and my father will also be dead. You both will be dead along with me. We all will be dead together. Your overconfidence in your plan to lure me to the dark side and have me kill my father to take his place because of the psychological issues with me not knowing my parents growing up while you have had a vision of the future, which is always in motion anyway, is your weakness."

lol

Originally posted by: miker71
The dark side is "quicker, easier, more seductive". It does take a certain other strength to continually "do the right thing" in an ego-less manner, without thanks and without recognition.

I think this approach to the force should be closest to the truth (as far as the Star Wars universe goes). The dark side of the force seems like it has more power in an immediate sense, but it is wild and self destructive in the long run. The good side of the force, however, accomplishes more in the long run and is therefore stronger in that sense. Yet, can the good accomplish anything without the bad?

Post: #297149
Topic: SUN Bites the Dust - Becomes Windows OEM
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/297149/action/topic#297149
Time: 12-Sep-2007 5:45 PM

Heh, I enjoyed the historical chart of Sun's business strategies. I can't really say I ever liked their idea of hub computers. Maybe something will come along like that someday (when internet speed is almost unlimited), until then a personal computer is fantastic and will remain more popular (unless you think of the internet itself as a computer you access, which would makes more conceptual sense to me).