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#151826
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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Sh*t sage, sounds bad. Funny you mention it because I have been suffering from a bout of anxiety lately and I can't figure out why. I'm talking shortness of breath, weird feeling in my stomach, the works. I've had anxiety issues in the past and unless I know you and feel comfortable I'm not the best socially, but this is different. Anyway, I hope it gets better for you soon.
Originally posted by: JediSage
Or have to deal with my in-laws.
Don't we all mate - bloody in-laws
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#150773
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This Movie must be stopped!!!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150773/action/topic#150773
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Originally posted by: RRS-1980
Getting back on the subject "movies which production should be stopped" - I'd like to bring up again one title... even though this choice may be shocking to some of you:

"Indiana Jones 4"

Seeing how Lucas and Spielberg lost their magic with age, I don't want Indy Trilogy to be ruined in the way STAR WARS was ( in this case - by introduction of prequels). I like old Indy flicks too much to witness the same process as in "new Star Wars".

I simply hope that this movie will remain only a rumor posted on certain websites.

...

The problem is that even 10-year old rumors sometimes become reality... DOOM anyone?


Geez, I went off topic for 1 post and I'm getting called up on it. Man. Anyway, yeah, Indy 4, super-bad idea. Personally I'm not convinced it will ever get out of the production stage, and every day Hrrison Ford gets a little older, so we might get lucky. But then they could just use a CG Ford...

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#150465
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If George had only changed Special effects for the SE and DVD, would people have complained as much?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150465/action/topic#150465
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I wacthed the theatrical ESB last night. It's been a while since I saw it. I have to say, there was absolutely NO NEED for any changes. The 1980 effects still hold up today. I will never ever ever ever watch the Special editions again. Never. And the prequels, well, I've tried to give them a chance, but they just don't fit into the Star Wars universe created by the original 3 films. I'll take the general story arc as a kind of history overview, but I never want to watch them again. 3D Yoda had nothing on puppet Yoda, NOTHING!! I'm not just being an anti-lucas anti-CGI snob, you just have to look at the puppet Yoda and see that he bears no relation to the CGI Yoda. It's like a whole different character. That's it, I'm never going to talk about this again. The O-OT ROCKS, AND THAT IS THE FINAL WORD.
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#150463
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Gripes and B#tches for Office Workers
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150463/action/topic#150463
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Yeah man, office christmas parties....Shit, what crap. And not just office parties. I used to work for a large digital effects company and even though their party was a large, lavish affair, deep down it was still the same old shit.
Originally posted by: eros
I always thought all you sad office f*cks used your xmas parties to bitch and moan.
I hope that was a joke man - I'm here by neccessity.

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#150462
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Worst cartoon characters ever
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150462/action/topic#150462
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Originally posted by: Warbler
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
But the Matrix chose Hot Rod.



then the Matrix is stupid/insane. And I have always theorized that the Matrix "chose' whoever first touched it after Optimus gave up the ghost. I say Hot Rod was chosen due to dumb luck.

Or perhaps it was meant to happen - Hotrod catching it I mean. Preordained even.

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#150460
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This Movie must be stopped!!!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150460/action/topic#150460
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Originally posted by: 3RA1N1AC
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
I love Rambo 3 for exactly that reason - it highlights America's dualism in international matters while at the same time higlighting Hollywood's habit of jumping on the bandwagon and making stupid patriotic films that double as propaganda

the funny thing about the series is that rambo isn't a hero at all in first blood. just the opposite, he's a psycho. any normal person would just keep on walkin' to the next town when the sheriff makes a point of personally giving him the bum's rush... but oh no, not this guy, he goes flippin' ballistic and kills half of the local police force. they had originally cast kirk douglas as colonel trautman, but he insisted that trautman must double-cross rambo at the end and kill him (per the ending of the original novel) -- only fitting that he should destroy the frankenstein monster that the army created. apparently the producers were not too keen on that idea.


The first movie, First Blood, was actually a really good social comentary movie with pretty much no relation to it's action packed sequels. I wouldn't call Rambo a psycho though, he was an anti hero - a character to sypathise with because of the horrors inflicted on him by his own country and the non-caring society that he fought to protect. It's a really f**cking good film. Damn inferior hollywood sequels, damn them all to hell.

P.S I just had a thought - If you look at how good the first Rocky and Rambo movies actually were compared to their generic hoolywood crap sequels, you could argue that if Stallone had fought the temptation to cash in and had left both those movies as standalone classics, his carrer might have taken a different path and today he might br considered a fine actor who makes serious yet entertaining movies, instead of the poor-man's Arnie that he turned into. Let that be a lesson to anyone considering a sequel.
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#150272
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YIYF's Long Bridge Club
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150272/action/topic#150272
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That doesn't always work. I tried screengrabbing from my Simpsons DVD and it wouldn't let me - when I pasted into paint I got a screen grab of my screen, but instead of a simpsons image there was just black. I figured it was some kind of built in protection.

Edit - just realised Rik posted pretty much the exact same answer at the same time.
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#150247
Topic
This Movie must be stopped!!!!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/150247/action/topic#150247
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Yoda Is Your Father
Rambo 4 - Rambo Vs Bin Laden.
Which would be ironic, because Rambo 3 has John Rambo fighting with the Taliban against the soviet invasion of Afganistan. Oh the irony!

Originally posted by: Bossk
Pretty much a reflection of how it began for the U.S. anyway. We supplied the arms to the Taliban to resist the Soviet invasion. Hell, Bin Laden was trained by the CIA.

I love Rambo 3 for exactly that reason - it highlights America's dualism in international matters while at the same time higlighting Hollywood's habit of jumping on the bandwagon and making stupid patriotic films that double as propaganda - in this case it highlighted how evil the commies were and how America helped the poor and needy afghanistan rebels in their hour of need. Plus it has that great scene where Rambo and the colonel are facing the entire Russian army:

The colonel, looking at the vast army before them, turns to John Rambo - 'what d'ya say john?'
Rambo - 'fuck 'em'
With that Rambo starts firing his machine gun.

Classic.