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#147578
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NOOOOOOOO!!! Electrodes, please!!!
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Originally posted by: theredbaron
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Does it ditch or greatly reduce the podrace? 'Cause the podrace is useless - 'sif the people on Tatooine wouldn't be all over Republic credits - just an excuse to rip-off some epic chariot race.


No, but it cuts most of Jar Jar's redundent lines and actions, cuts all Annakin's yippees, etc, totally cuts the journey through the core with the big fish, etc. When all that crap is cut, the podrace fits into teh movie pretty well because we haven't already been saturated with redundent crap.

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#147577
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Howl's moving castle
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147577/action/topic#147577
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Originally posted by: Han Solo VS Indiana Jones
So is this Howl's Castle movie worth seeing? Animation wise it looked like the Princess Monoke film.
I enjoyed it. Apart from some dodgy narrative that meant I wasn't really sure what the hell was happening and had to fill in lots of gaps myself, it was one of the better films I have seen recently. I'm quite into my animation though. Can't wait for Wallace and Gromit (it's not out here till friday, which is annoying because it's English. Why does America get it first?)

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#147371
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Team_Warb Secret HQ(was: FrobozzCo (was :WARBLER., INC.™©®))
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147371/action/topic#147371
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Getting out of a vent upside down, taking out a combat suit or diving suit and having a tuxedo underneath, the union jack parachute, cliché, cliché, cliché!

That was kind of the whole point. I know how my potential new boss Warbler likes his Bond. It's also an example of how tired and cliche the whole Bond franchise is. But surely you approve of my minimal violence approach?
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#147347
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MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147347/action/topic#147347
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The scene is a bathroom inside the Mangler building. A Mangler employee is settling down on one of the cans with a newspaper when he hears a noise and pulls the paper back to reveal.... YIYF, dressed in black combat gear, Hanging upside down from a vent. He flashes a grin then punches out the Mangler goon and slips down.
Removing his combat suit to reveal a pristine tuxedo underneath, YIYF slips unnoticed through dim halls, unarmed except for his wits and his fists, which when coupled with the urban survival skills honed on the mean steets of London, are deadlier than any gun.

He spots a gormless Mangler employee picking some fluff from his belly button and he walks up to an opening where he sees Mangler soldiers eating. This is clearly not the way to Dayv’s office. As he turns away...a dark shadow rises behind him. “Can I help you?” comes a voice. YIYF turns to see a beautiful blonde girl, hired by the Manglers as a receptionist/assassin. She looks YIYF up and down and YIYF seizes his opportunity. With little more than a whisper, he says, in an irresistible British accent ‘Yes my dear, I was trying to find Dayv’s office’
Unable to fight the instant attraction she feels for YIYF, the girl leads him directly to Dayv’s office, unlocks the door, lets him in and says ‘Make yourself comfortable. Dayv will be along shortly’. ‘Thank you’ says YIYF. This second dose of YIYF’s voice is too much for the girl, who throws herself at our hero, kissing him all over his neck and face as she straddles him.

15 minutes later, the girl emerges from the office, buttoning up her blouse, her hair ruffled.

In the office, YIYF straightens his bowtie and affixes Warbler’s Eagles poster to Dayv’s wall, as per Warbler’s instructions. He then sits back in Dayv’s chair, removes a silver cigarette holder from his tuxedo pocket, and lights up, waiting for Dayv to arrive.

A few minutes later, a furious Dayv marches into the office. He sees YIYF sitting in his chair. ‘HOW DARE YOU HAVE SEX IN MY OFFICE WITH MY EMPLOYEE!’ he then looks shyly at the floor and mumbles ‘I HAD A CRUSH ON HER. NOW I WILL NEVER HAVE HER’. YIYF feels no remorse. ‘Dayv’ he says, ‘I didn’t have sex with her. I made love to her’. With that, YIYF points to the Eagles poster on the wall. ‘The girl was for England, but that is for WARBLER., INC.™©®’. Dayv looks at the poster and lets out an ear piercing, Vader style ‘NOOOOOOOOOOO!!’, but YIYF is not around to hear it – his mission complete, he has leapt from the office window. Running to the open window, Dayv looks outside to see Yoda free falling through the air, seemingly to his death ‘THE DAMN FOOL JUMPED’ thinks Dayv. But no - suddenly a Union Jack parachute opens and YIYF floats safely to earth, waving at Dayv all the way down.

(A week later YIYF sends Dayv a note which reads ‘No offense Dayv, nothing personal – just following orders’)
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#147346
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Team_Warb Secret HQ(was: FrobozzCo (was :WARBLER., INC.™©®))
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147346/action/topic#147346
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The scene is a bathroom inside the Mangler building. A Mangler employee is settling down on one of the cans with a newspaper when he hears a noise and pulls the paper back to reveal.... YIYF, dressed in black combat gear, Hanging upside down from a vent. He flashes a grin then punches out the Mangler goon and slips down.
Removing his combat suit to reveal a pristine tuxedo underneath, YIYF slips unnoticed through dim halls, unarmed except for his wits and his fists, which when coupled with the urban survival skills honed on the mean steets of London, are deadlier than any gun.

He spots a gormless Mangler employee picking some fluff from his belly button and he walks up to an opening where he sees Mangler soldiers eating. This is clearly not the way to Dayv’s office. As he turns away...a dark shadow rises behind him. “Can I help you?” comes a voice. YIYF turns to see a beautiful blonde girl, hired by the Manglers as a receptionist/assassin. She looks YIYF up and down and YIYF seizes his opportunity. With little more than a whisper, he says, in an irresistible British accent ‘Yes my dear, I was trying to find Dayv’s office’
Unable to fight the instant attraction she feels for YIYF, the girl leads him directly to Dayv’s office, unlocks the door, lets him in and says ‘Make yourself comfortable. Dayv will be along shortly’. ‘Thank you’ says YIYF. This second dose of YIYF’s voice is too much for the girl, who throws herself at our hero, kissing him all over his neck and face as she straddles him.

15 minutes later, the girl emerges from the office, buttoning up her blouse, her hair ruffled.

In the office, YIYF straightens his bowtie and affixes Warbler’s Eagles poster to Dayv’s wall, as per Warbler’s instructions. He then sits back in Dayv’s chair, removes a silver cigarette holder from his tuxedo pocket, and lights up, waiting for Dayv to arrive.

A few minutes later, a furious Dayv marches into the office. He sees YIYF sitting in his chair. ‘HOW DARE YOU HAVE SEX IN MY OFFICE WITH MY EMPLOYEE!’ he then looks shyly at the floor and mumbles ‘I HAD A CRUSH ON HER. NOW I WILL NEVER HAVE HER’. YIYF feels no remorse. ‘Dayv’ he says, ‘I didn’t have sex with her. I made love to her’. With that, YIYF points to the Eagles poster on the wall. ‘The girl was for England, but that is for WARBLER., INC.™©®’. Dayv looks at the poster and lets out an ear piercing, Vader style ‘NOOOOOOOOOOO!!’, but YIYF is not around to hear it – his mission complete, he has leapt from the office window. Running to the open window, Dayv looks outside to see Yoda free falling through the air, seemingly to his death ‘THE DAMN FOOL JUMPED’ thinks Dayv. But no - suddenly a Union Jack parachute opens and YIYF floats safely to earth, waving at Dayv all the way down.

(A week later YIYF sends Dayv a note which reads ‘No offense Dayv, nothing personal – just following orders’)
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#147350
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A new quote for Lucas...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147350/action/topic#147350
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
A good move would be to call up George Lucas to host some award cerimony, and add some quotes to the telepronpter, such as his own quote from originaltrilogy default page, or this one. And when he realizes what is going on he would stop, embarassed and angered, and would walk away, while people boo. There would be a minor media frenzy, and thanks to that, he would be forced to release the O-OT.

If only we had the means of pulling that off.
I'm not a member of the starwars.com forum and I don't plan on being one, but if anybody is, please post that quote.

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#147069
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MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147069/action/topic#147069
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Originally posted by: Warbler
Well, do you have any combat or stealth skills? I grew up in a very rough part of London, so I have street survival skills.

Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
We don't get BBC here.
Originally posted by: sean wookie
I wish I had the BBC.
Don't you guys get BBC America? I remember watching it when I was out there. It isn't as good as the real thing because they only show a selection of programmes, but it had a lot of the most popular stuff.
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#147078
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George Lucas Caught Up in Union Battle
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147078/action/topic#147078
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
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Originally posted by: Cable-X1
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Originally posted by: bad_karma24
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Originally posted by: Cable-X1
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Originally posted by: TheCassidy
I wonder if this had anything to do with Burtt's abrupt departure.


Burtt did mention something when he departed about being really frustrated, but it was never elaborated on. Sounded weird to me.
You're the dude who makes the sound effects on the Star Wars films. How can that be frustrating, I have no idea...

So, something doesn't sound exactly right here....


Have you ever made a movie before? It's very frusterating. Try doing lightsaber effects... after a while of rotoscoping you wan't to kill yourself.

As for the article, this Roffman guy sounds like he's full of it. Another Yes-men...


Sorry, never made a movie before, but I don't think it's frustrating. It's hard work, yeah....and it can be challenging, but I don't think it would be frustrating. But since I don't make movies, I will ask if you do....if you don't, then maybe both of should pipe down cuz we both may not know what we are talking about.

Burtt didn't do any rotoscoping, dude. He came up with all kinds of wacky sounds from all kinds of wacky sources. Doesn't sound too stressful to me. I'd take the job.

I will reiterate....he's working on STAR WARS. Not some no-name sci-fi flick. I think Burtt was unsatisfied with something.......probably his boss. Burtt was with Lucas from the beginning. That would make Burtt less likely to be a yes-man since he knew Lucas when Lucas was a nobody with a few films under his belt.

Something sounds off....


I've made quite a lot for school and fun, and I'm a member of our universities' TV station.

I was using the rotoscoping as an example, I've done sound work too, and trust me, it's a huge pain to get the sounds not only in the right place, but to make it seem like they're in the environment and not canned.

And, yes, I'm sure it must be fun to work on Star Wars, but let's be reasonable. It's a serious job; what these guys do is shown all around the world. That's quite a bit of stress. I honestly don't know how they keep from going crazy.

I have worked on movie effects at a large effects company. It is monotonous and boring and after a while animating a floating candle sucks, even if it is for a Harry Potter film. I imagine working on a Star Wars film would be much the same after a while. I recommend watching and enjoying films, and letting some other shmuck work on them.

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#147077
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The Beatles
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/147077/action/topic#147077
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Originally posted by: eros
Mostly 70's, 80's hard/heavy rock, the harder 60's kinks stuff (the true pioneers of hard rock) and popular classic stuff like Holst, Elgar, Wagner etc.

As for the Beatles the mersey beat had been an ongoing underground thing 2 or 3 years before they hit the big time. It was going to happen that one of these bands would be big (prime example is the Sexpistols in the 70's, not the best but the first to be sold to the british public) the beatles were just lucky to be picked first.


But it's what they done AFTER they made it big that has cemented their place in music history. Their early stuff was throwaway, but they moved on while other bands didn't and pretty much shaped modern music. They tried things noone had tried, and sometimes failed, but they definitely pushed the barriers. You can always argue that somebody else would have done it, just like you can argue that if star wars didn't exist it would be something else, but we don't live in an alternate dimension so that reasoning doesn't fly. I play guitar and write songs, and the Beatles' structures and changes are amazingly inventive. We'll have to agree to disagree.
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#146870
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MANGLER BROS., INC. IS NOW CLOSED HERE
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146870/action/topic#146870
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Critcal analysis of Chaltab and Ric's English Accents:

Chaltab: Stereotypical, but not a bad approximation of an old English gent. This breed is rare nowadays, but can still be found among politicians and rich folk. The true test of an accent is weather or not the user would blend in to the desired country. In Chaltab's case, I suspect not, but 3 out of 5. Good effort.

Ric: Minus points for using bloody twice in the same sentence, which is just lazy (saying bloody may help your English accent skills, but saying it repeatedly makes you sound like someone who is trying to sound English but clearly isn't). Whereas Chalts went for the posh upper crust fox hunting English, Ric has gone for the salt of the Earth football fan (or hooligan) London Accent. I suspect Ric has seen Lock, Stock and two smoking barrels or Snatch once too often or is basing his English Accent on Michael Caine. Although it's not a word I personally use, starting the sentence with Blimey was a nice touch, so Ric also gets 3 out of 5.

Incidently, my accent closer to Ric's attempt than Chalts. I suppose to an American or in Ric's case a Brazilian, the closest example I can think of is a slightly more articulate version of the the guys from Spinal Tap!
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#146835
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/146835/action/topic#146835
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Originally posted by: ricarleite
Originally posted by: Warbler
I know what your mean Ric. Especially after today's Eagles game.


Don't take it too seriously. It's only a game.

(Although I do belive sports fans in USA don't take it as seriously as football fans in England, Spain, or south america)


Yeah, that's true. Americans love their teams and support them wholeheartedly, but they know it's a game. Over here, it's some people's lives. Pretty ghey if you ask me, but hey.