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So Jonathan Rinzler the man behind the awesome series of Making Of book for the Star Wars trilogy recently did an AMA on Reddit.

Out of that came this very interesting tidbit:

blackbetha 18 points 22 hours ago

Jonathan, In your mind, does Boba Fett Escape the Sarlacc Pit?

JonathanRinzler 38 points 21 hours ago

Yes, he does. I have been in meetings with George where he confirms that Fett survived. If it comes from George then it’s true!

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There are lots of interesting things in there like Coppola sitting in with George helping him edit animatics for ROTS.

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

As Mr. Toad said, "What have I been missing?!?" Great duology.

Cinderella (1950)

I was SHOCKED at how much of this film turns out was ingrained in my brain as a child. It was just a constant barrage of "I remember that!" throughout the whole picture. Quite a bizarre experience.

Alrighty folks, it's time for a Marvel news round up!

First up is the first official image of Ultron:

Followed by the first batch of promotional images!

Third, we have a slew of plot details that have been confirmed. Which I will leave as a link for those that want to avoid spoilers.

And lastly, we have some news about the Netflix Daredevil series:

Peter Shinkoda has been tapped for a major recurring role in Netflix’s Marvel drama series Daredevil set to premiere in 2015. The series was written by executive producer Drew Goddard, with Steven S. DeKnight as executive producer/showrunner. Daredevil is the first of four 13-episode superhero series set in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. Shinkoda, repped by D2 Management and Characters Talent Agency, will play Hachiro.

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So it looks like news of this is spreading elsewhere.

That article made my blood boil.

Edit: Ah, I misread it. I thought he was advocating they continue to bury the OOT.

Here's a direct link to their demo reel with the Star Wars footage.

Anyone care to create a comparison with the blu-ray?

I saw that ending. I think you're reading a bit much into that clock.

Wait, why does it sound like the ending you saw was different from the one I did?

I could have sworn I shared that here before. I'd love to see it adapted as an anime. =P

THE STRAIN (2014)

Guillermo del Toro needs to start developing more series immediately. The first episode of this new show premiered tonight. It has all the makings of something epic. This is going to be awesome.

I like this. Oh and happy birthday Harrison.

Sleeping Dogs (2012)

Went into this knowing very little. Just that it was an open world game set in Hong Kong. Turned out to be a fantastic game. Good story, solid combat and it's just fun to wander around the island. Definitely look forward to any sequels in the franchise.

Spec Ops: The Line (2012)

Like Sleeping Dogs I didn't know much about it before diving in. Just that it has a reputation for not glorifying war and making you question yourself. There's not much I can say about it other than that I do recommend it.

I know that this is beside the point but I felt I should point out that is just a water monitor. You'd never find a trainer willing to wrangle a Komodo Dragon, they're far too dangerous to have on a film set.

twister111 said:

Episode made me feel like I put the wrong disc in or something because the title of the episode happens after something that seems like it could be an episode title but isn't.

 I'm having a heck of a time trying to decipher this sentence.

My only question is, what in the world is a Jedi wig?

This thread is getting too serious.

Now for something completely different.

doubleofive said:

You have to hear Mike's side. I believe he feels that Trek 09 is the best movie, as in general audience movie. 

When asked what was the best Star Trek movie he chose Trek 09 and described it as Star Trek "coming into its own." and STID as being impressive. This even left the writer guests they had on speechless. =P

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Here is what the writers of the new trek just don't understand. The reasons we love Kirk and he has become a timeless character have nothing to do with internet memes about how awesome Kirk is.  We don't love Kirk because he beds green alien woman,we don't love Kirk because he kicks everyone's asses in fistfights,and we don't love him because he refuses to obey the rules.  No we love him because he has a strong moral core in addition to those things and without that moral core he is nothing. remember the framing device for Star trek is that these are entries from kirk's official logs that go to starfleet so every time he breaks the rules he is putting it in the ship's log,that is how much his word means to him.  He know it could cost him his job but he is not about to lie or put his crew in the position of having to cover up for him when he breaks the rules. If he breaks them it's for a good moral reason and his only defense he explaining why he felt the rules had to be broken that is one reason we love him.

 This.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

Sorry but they stated lazers can't pass through deflector shields and the Star Wars ships can't fight at lightspeed or faster and some of those number are way off.  I mean if the Empire's ships can travel that fast then there is no way Han could ever escape them with the falcon traveling at a mere point five past light speed and besides if we go by what is shown instead of dialog then in Star Trek five the Enterprise traveled from earth to the center of the galaxy in a couple of hours.

The infamous "no lasers" argument.

In one particular episode of TNG, we heard the following exchange:

DATA: Sensors report a minimum range combat craft of the Squadron Class, twenty-six crew.

WORF: Captain, they have locked lasers.

PICARD: Lasers?

RIKER: That won't even penetrate our navigational deflectors.

Literary method: they seem to be saying that their navigational deflectors are immune to lasers, probably because lasers are supposed to be less advanced than phasers. Some people feel that this means any Federation ship could shrug off any laser, even a monster laser that can blow up planets. Others feel that Riker was factoring the ship's small size into account, and that his statement was not meant to be so over-arching. However, it is impossible to conclusively resolve this argument one way or another unless we can get some kind of official statement from the author on the episode, and that's not forthcoming.

Suspension of Disbelief: it is scientifically impossible for any kind of shield to block infinite amounts of laser energy, because the second law of thermodynamics prohibits 100% efficiency devices and light carries momentum equal to U/c, so there are two mechanisms through which increased power levels would eventually overwhelm any blocking system. Therefore, Riker was either an idiot or he was taking the enemy ship's small size into account when he made his statement. Case closed.

The Federation controls a portion of a single quadrant of the galaxy. The Galactic Empire controls their entire galaxy.

When the U.S.S. Voyager was flung to the other side of the galaxy they estimated it would take 75 years to make it back home.

In Star Wars their galaxy can be traversed from one end to the other in a matter of weeks.

Crunch the numbers!

Star Wars Rebels: Meet Agent Kallus, Imperial Enforcer

Those were pretty cool. I ended up watching Rise yesterday and had completely forgotten about the virus subplot.

Fang Zei said:

You mentioned it was the only full-sized theater in your state. Out of curiosity, what state are you in? There's a list of all imax theaters (both film and digital) here:

http://www.lfexaminer.com/theaUSA.htm

 Arizona. The Arizona Mills has an 8-story screen while the Science Center is 5-stories and the Grand Canyon's is six.

It's interesting that that list still only lists the Mills as having 1570 when I know they also now do digital.

They call the AMC IMAX screens LieMAX because the screens are so small. I went into one once to see The Dark Knight and the screen was comparable to one you'd find in some people's homes. It was ludicrous.

The new digital projection we have at the 8-story tall IMAX near my house looks brilliant and is still capable of the full IMAX picture format. I think it was the trailer for Guardians of the Galaxy that had some scenes in the full format size and it was breathtaking. It's so big the film engulfs you.

doubleofive said:

Pre-ordering Alien Isolation lets you play as the original crew. Holy crap.

 I think my brain melted when I watched the trailer.

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