Tyrphanax

I am still here, just quietly.

Been slow here lately.

Hi, Frink.

EVERYWHERE I GO.

I'm going to start a podcast.

Jerks.

AntcuFaalb said:

AntcuFaalb said:

Fang Zei said:

We already heard Roger Christian say that his movie (forgot the name of it) might be included in said digital extras.

This reminds me: Black Angel (1980) is already on iTunes. Has anyone here deDRM'd it?

The answer is: yes. Looking into this nearly caused me to rupture my spleen. I may need medical attention.

I'M ON TO YOUR HINTS, FAALB!

AntcuFaalb said:

I'm so happy this film survived that my spleen hurts. Ouch!

IS THIS A HINT?

StarThoughts said:

SilverWook said:

It's not wise to recast a Wookiee. ;)

 But sir, nobody worries about recasting a droid.

 /thread

A ship. A cup. A speeder.

Seriously. We haven't even seen the first episode of this; we have no idea how dark it'll be. The Clone Wars was a pretty light series and even it had some very dark moments.

Humdingers has the right mindset here.

It looks cool, but it did really start the "meaningless battle" trend of the PT. I think the best PT duel were the ones involving Dooku, because there was dialogue (not the best, but still). Maul didn't speak, so there was no emotion in the duel (until after he killed Qui-Gon, and then you can feel Obi-Wan's anger as he attacks Maul), it was just a fight between the good guys and the bad guy; whereas with Dooku, you as a viewer could dislike him because he taunted the heroes like Vader taunted Luke. Most of the PT fights just seemed to be fighting for the sake of fighting.

A MUCH stronger duel, in my opinion, would have had Maul focus on Obi-Wan, being the younger and thus weaker of his opposition. Make him doubt himself, and have Qui-Gon reassuring him. Make the fight be Qui-Gon versus Maul for Obi-Wan's soul. It makes Qui-Gon look like a capable, confident master of the Force, develops Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan's relationship, and makes Maul a sneaky, underhanded jerk we don't like. We're so invested in Obi-Wan's wavering alignment that we're shocked when Qui-Gon dies.

After Qui-Gon dies I would have included Maul taunting Obi-Wan about how he skewered Qui-Gon like a helpless child, have him portend the fall of the Republic under his master's plan, have him close his eyes like Palpatine on the second Death Star (it's like poetry) and comment on how he can feel Obi-Wan's anger, and how only Obi-Wan's hatred could destroy him. Maybe have him tease Obi-Wan about his feelings for his master. Make us afraid for Obi-Wan, who was already wavering on the edge of the dark side before, and make us hate Maul, too. Develop what was a criminally underused character. Then it worries us when we see Obi-Wan burst out of the gate to attack Maul, has he fallen? Did Maul turn him? When Obi-Wan falls down the shaft defeated, take a moment to have Qui-Gon (who we know transcended into the Force) communicate with Obi-Wan, to remember his training, that he believes in him, and that the Force will be with him, always (more poetry).

I dunno. That's my two cents.

Of course this all has EU explanations where there are two distinct Sith fighting styles, one that includes taunting to demoralize your enemy and one that includes staying silent to demoralize your enemy.

Zombie! We missed you!

Awesome, thanks for the info!

Thanks, Ric.

Modern-day tactical gear. Star Wars is leather holsters and belts, not MOLLE gear and plate carriers.

Digging the latest shorts. If that's how the show is going to "feel", I'm excited for the real deal.

Gaffer Tape said:

Interestingly, I first heard this deleted music as part of the score of the N64 Shadows of the Empire.  I'm referring to the tune (un)used for Echo Base being the music in the file select screen.  When I first heard the soundtrack, it gave me quite a shock.

Yeah! Every time I listen to the Empire soundtrack, I hear that cue and I'm immediately transported back to sitting in the den playing Shadows of the Empire on my old N64. I was shocked to hear it on the soundtrack the first time as well, because I had always assumed it was part of the Shadows media blitz. But it's become one of my favourite cues from the entire trilogy.

Does anyone know what the most complete compilation of music composed for the films is? Official or fan-made. I haven't ever really looked into it very deeply, so I have no idea where to begin. Reading the rundowns that Deathsaurer posted really make me want to hear every possible second of all the versions of the scores as I can.

SilverWook said:

I don't think it's just movie theaters. There's just no appreciation for preserving "modern" structures in general. People will rally to save a 1950's style McDonald's, but would anyone care when the last 70's style one gets knocked down or remodeled into the current look?

They recently tore down an old Taco Bell in Calgary that still had the red, green, yellow colour scheme and had an ancient ad in the window for 69 cent tacos. I loved driving by it, because I had totally forgotten that Taco Bells all looked like that when I was taken there as a kid. It's a Tim Horton's now, which sounds like a joke but isn't.

There's also an "ancient" KFC on Seventeenth Avenue in downtown. It still has that amazing white wallpaper with the pastel pink and blue in the wispy brushstroke style with matching framed "artwork". Really takes you back. Kind of a shame they'll all be gone forever soon.

Anyway. I'm pretty sure the versions I saw first was the Faces set; those are the versions I remember from the Blockbusters and Hollywood Videos (also dead and gone) of the day, at least. I still have the image of Vader striding onto the Tantive IV burned into my brain. I believe I had paused it there to go talk to a friend who had knocked on the door. This would have been about 1995 or so. After that, I got the cropped standard-screen Special Editions for Christmas, and that's what I grew up with.

The first time I noticed the differences (despite watching the pre-movie mini-documentaries about the restoration process every time I watched the films) was when I watched the 1981(?) VHS version of Jedi at a friend's house. I remember not realizing until the end, and wondering out loud where the extended celebration was... but at the time I loved my SE. Hell, I didn't ever see the Sandperson Luke was talking about seeing by the Bantha until I saw my first fan edit. Once I got here, I never looked back.

Haha, no problem. Youtube is a powerful ally.

Leave Televisions Frank alone everybody

Harmy deserves every bit of this. I'm glad that the word is getting out in a big way.

So on this forum there is the belief that Vader personally hunted down an killed every living Jedi, and also the belief that there were billions of Jedi.

Interesting.

Personally, I'm okay with the PT numbers. In the tens of thousands, maybe even up to a hundred thousand or so. Plenty to have enough to send in pairs or so around the galaxy to mediate hot spots when they deem it necessary, enough that people will have heard tales of their power and prowess in battle, enough for them to have entered into a mythological state, but not enough for everyone to have seen one or even believe the tales of their existence or powers.

I honestly never saw this as a problem. Of course there weren't enough Jedi to send one to every planet in the galaxy at a time, but not every planet is going to be experiencing turmoil requiring Jedi mediation at the same time, and not every planet falls within the jurisdiction of the Republic.

Plenty of other ice worlds. Rhen Var would have made much better sense with the ancient Jedi ruins.

I'm sorry, but this show looks great. The more I see of it, the more of it I want to see.

RicOlie_2 said:

Probably for not using "would of".

Exactly. Seems like more people write it like that than they do the proper way these days, and it's refreshing to know that at least a few people didn't go that way.

So sad to hear this. I always felt he was the perfect John Hammond (though the movie portrayed him differently).

If you haven't played the Dreamworks Interactive game Trespasser, it features Sir Richard expanding upon his role and the lore in spectacular voice over. If you're a fan of Jurassic Park, it's worth slogging through that turd of a game for that reason alone.