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#157384
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redeeming lucas
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Originally posted by: Adamwankenobi
That's a purely subjective idea. Lucas is Lucas, always was, and he hasn't changed character. The SE and PT were what he wanted them to be. The OOT, was not.
Bullshit. I accept that there were budgetary and technological limitations back in 77 when he was making Star Wars and perhaps the movie was not quite the grand space opera he envisioned in his head. However, story changes and all the rest of it are the actions of an aging, obsessed Billionaire. What can redeem him? Realise and acknowledge his mistakes and rerelease the original trilogy as it was. If he really wants he can then release a new special edition, with vastly improved effects but NO character or story changes, which I would actually quite like to see.

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#157212
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Remember when.....
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157212/action/topic#157212
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I don't remember the exact moment when the world began to suck for me, but whenever that moment may be (sometime when I was very young, I'm sure), I am positive that the world sucked long before my awareness of it's suckiness came to be, and therefore I cannot possibly remember a time when it didn't suck, because there was no such time. I am not talking about my world, I am talking about THE world.
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#157204
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Remember when.....
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157204/action/topic#157204
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Originally posted by: Cable-X1
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Originally posted by: ricarleite
Remember when we first saw the teaser trailer for TPM and thought it would be great having prequels?
1998 - "Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to...suffering" Man, this film is gonna ROCK LIKE A BITCH!!
1999 - Hmm...



Anybody think that line should have gone like this....

"Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate...leads to the dark side."

Yes, I agree. But that's the least of my prequel gripes.

Anyone remember when the world didn't suck?

Me neither.

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#157181
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Violence
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157181/action/topic#157181
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Sorry to resurrect this rather sombre thread, but I felt that this was the best place for this story. My younger brother works in Blockbuster and last week, after setting the alarm, he and his coworkers where leaving to go home when 3 guys wearing masks attacked them and dragged them back into the store. One of the guys was bashed over the head with some kind of club or truncheon while my bro and the other guy were pinned to the ground with large kitchen knives at their throats. The guys told them to take them to the safe, and to not even think about sounding an alarm, so my bro told them that in about 20 seconds the alarm which they had just set before leaving would be going off and suggested they let him disarm it. With the alarm disarmed, they took my brother (the only member of staff present who knows the combination to the safe) upstairs and held the knife to his stomach while he opened the safe. They then stole £5000 and left. Luckily, noone was seriously injured, but my brother is pretty shook up. I keep telling him he done the right thing, and acted calmly and cooly by taking control of the situation, volunteering his knowledge of the safe combination, warning the burglars of the alarm, etc (imagine what could have happened if the alarm had started going off and the thieves had panicked), but he still feels like a chump and is basically doubting himself and mankind as a whole. These pricks come in and take in 5 minutes what it takes him 5 or 6 months to earn, with no concern for the people they have to walk over to get it. It makes me sick.

P.S
A few days after, I remembered some of the discussions some of us have had in the politics thread, and I asked my brother if he thinks things would have panned out differently if there had been a shotgun under the counter. He said no because they rushed him at the door and he wouldn't be able to get to the gun in time. But he then said that maybe if he personally had been armed, he could have seen them off, or maybe if we lived in a country where it's possible the guy you are attacking has a gun, the thieves might not have chanced it, or if it was common knowledge that every Blockbuster store had a gun and it's staff were trained to use it. I don't want to get into the gun debate here, and we've already been through it to the point of exhaustion, but I just thought I would mention it here.

P.P.S Rik, if you want this post removed, let me know.
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#157175
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ANH Space Battle aka The Battle of Yavin
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157175/action/topic#157175
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The original is brilliant because it was the first really good use of models in a fast moving battle scene. before that, it had all been 2001 style static or slow moving model shots, but in Star Wars it was a whole new ball game. However, as a 21st century viewer, I find the newer version a little more captivating, so I vote for the SE in this case.

(see Adam, I'm not just a biased old anti-CGI fool)
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#157165
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The Blackadder
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157165/action/topic#157165
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"The path of my life is strewn with cow-pats from the devil's own satanic herd!!"
"She's got a tongue like an electric eel and she likes the taste of a man's tonsils."
"A chat with you and death loses its sting."
"As capacious as an elephants scrotum, and about as difficult to get your hands on."
"Don't call me 'aunt'! For aunts are relatives & relatives are evidence of sex! And sex is hardly a fitting subject for the dinner table!"
"the devil farts in my face once more."
"Oh, God! God! What on earth was I drinking last night? My head feels like there's a Frenchman living in it!"#


You need to go out and buy/borrow/steal/download them RIGHT NOW!!!
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#157153
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HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/157153/action/topic#157153
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What's the deal with the trendy long haircuts? I mean, if you had ginger hair like Ron, wouldn't you wnat to shave it off, not grow more of it? Th erason I am moaning is becaue I have long hair, and I had it when it wasn't so cool, and now iot is cool again I look like a trend follower, when you all know I'm a setter.

The Catcher in The Rye is one of my favourite books, BTW.
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#156868
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Jokes thread : Reloaded
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156868/action/topic#156868
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CHUCK NORRIS FACTS

•Chuck Norris uses a live rattle snake for a condom.
•Chuck Norris can slam revolving doors.
•Sliced bread is the best thing since Chuck Norris.
•Chuck Norris recieves mail on Sundays.
•Chuck Norris can simply walk into Mordor.
•Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
•Chuck Norris shaves with a chainsaw.
•When Chuck Norris told the Microsoft Word paper clip to go away, it never came back.
•Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried.
•Rather than being birthed like a normal child, Chuck Norris punched his way out of his mother's womb. Shortly thereafter he grew a beard.
•Chuck Norris sold his soul to the devil for his rugged good looks and unparalleled martial arts ability. Shortly after the transaction was finalized, Chuck roundhouse kicked the devil in the face and took his soul back.
•Chuck Norris recently had the idea to sell his urine as a canned beverage. We know this beverage as Red Bull.
•A man once asked Chuck Norris if his real name is "Charles". Chuck Norris did not respond, he simply stared at him until he exploded.
•Chuck Norris was the fourth Wiseman. He brought baby Jesus the gift of "beard". Jesus wore it proudly to his dying day. The other Wisemen, jealous of Jesus' obvious gift favoritism, used their combined influence to have Chuck omitted from the Bible. Shortly after all three died of roundhouse kick related deaths.
•To prove it isn't that big of a deal to beat cancer, Chuck Norris smoked 15 cartons of cigarettes a day for 2 years and aquired 7 different kinds of cancer only to rid them from his body by flexing for 30 minutes. Beat that, Lance Armstrong.
•The original theme song to the Transformers was actually "Chuck Norris--more than meets the eye, Chuck Norris--robot in disguise," and starred Chuck Norris as a Texas Ranger who defended the earth from drug-dealing Decepticons and could turn into a pick-up. This was far too awesome for a single show, however, so it was divided.
•Chuck Norris can make a woman climax by simply pointing at her and saying "booya".
•Chuck Norris once shot a German plane down with his finger, by yelling, "Bang!"
•Chuck Norris is currently suing NBC, claiming Law and Order are trademarked names for his left and right legs.
•If you can see Chuck Norris, he can see you. If you can't see Chuck Norris you may be only seconds away from death.
•Chuck Norris doesn’t see dead people. He makes people dead.
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#156234
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Episode 3: Fan Editing Ideas Discussion
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/156234/action/topic#156234
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Yeah, that angle was super-gay anyway. Anakin fell to the dark side because greed, anger, etc, got the better of him, not because he was trying to save his love - if that was the case, it kind of sorta makes it alright, which destroys the lesson/moral, and weakens Luke's victory ove rthe dark side because we don't know if maybe, when faced with the same dilemma if he would have done exactly what his Dad did. Imagine if Leia was dying and Palps said he could save her...Maybe Luke would have turned too. Nah, forget all that 'Anakin turned bad but he had a good reason' crap - he fell to the darkside because it is 'quicker,easier, more seductive' plain and simple. I like where you're going, Scumb.