Yoda Is Your Father

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Post: #239999
Topic: For Parents: Letting Go
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239999/action/topic#239999
Time: 31-Aug-2006 1:55 PM

Strong people will always be able to take what they are told by others and filter out what they do or don't believe, even if it takes them years to do it. I'm sure your son is or will develop into somebody with a mind of their own who is able to read between the lines and choose their own viewpoint, just like yourself.

Post: #239978
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239978/action/topic#239978
Time: 31-Aug-2006 12:31 PM

I definitely felt like the whole thing was crammed into a movie and needed expanding.

Post: #239912
Topic: Sending the SEs back
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239912/action/topic#239912
Time: 31-Aug-2006 4:11 AM

Although if you are one of those people intent on defacing the discs before returning them, I can strongly recommend the use of a microwave.

Post: #239910
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239910/action/topic#239910
Time: 31-Aug-2006 4:09 AM

Drop what? Geez - All HSvsIJ did was cuss a movie he didn't like (SR) and all Chaltab did was say that HSvsIJ was being particularly harsh towards said movie. Where's the problem?

Post: #239909
Topic: Comics Fans
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239909/action/topic#239909
Time: 31-Aug-2006 4:06 AM

I just finished watching V For Vendetta and while I thought it was a very good story, I don't think it quite worked as a movie. Has anybody read the graphic novel? How well does it translate to the screen? Is it worth a read?

Post: #239882
Topic: The Music Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239882/action/topic#239882
Time: 31-Aug-2006 12:57 AM

Cool!

Post: #239877
Topic: The Music Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239877/action/topic#239877
Time: 31-Aug-2006 12:43 AM

Currently listening to: Empire Strikes Back Soundtrack

Post: #239870
Topic: Selectable crawl on new DVD? Or just the old one?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239870/action/topic#239870
Time: 31-Aug-2006 12:12 AM

Originally posted by: boris
LOL those aren't off the official discs. The very last places that would the DVD's more then 2 weeks ahead of time is rental stores.

Not true. My brother is Assistant Manager at Blockbuster and I have seen many films days and sometimes weeks before the release date thanks to him. I have no reason to doubt these are legit and I am pretty content with the image quality.

And apart from the dodgy photoshop recreation poster covers, the rest of the packaging looks pretty nice (i.e. back cover and inserts)

Post: #239868
Topic: SUPERMAN RETURNS REVIEW
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239868/action/topic#239868
Time: 31-Aug-2006 12:08 AM

I actually liked SR....

But it's clear I'm in the minority (and I do agree with many of the grumbles people have about the film - I just see past them). It probably helps that I wasn't a big Superman comic fan before I saw the film (although it has inspired me to seek out and read some Superman graphic novels, so that's a good thing, right?)

Post: #239867
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239867/action/topic#239867
Time: 31-Aug-2006 12:04 AM

I hate that everybody treats my Father-In-Law like he is some kind of hard-working hero when it is obvious he is a workaholic who does everything he can to avoid spending time with his family and facing up to his emotions.

So you like fishing? Good for you, but don't make out you are some kind of heroic hunter-gatherer and we should be grateful to you for 'putting food on the table'. In my opinion hanging out on a boat in the sunshine for 8 hours then coming home and handing your wife some fish so she can cook them does not earn you my respect. Maybe if you could break free of your small-town social conditioning and cook the fish yourself then go and do some laundry, then spend some time with your lonely wife instead of running off to help fix your brother's car or bail some hay or whatever other excuse you've found to escape from your life, maybe then I would respect you.

Yet I am the only one who sees this. To everyone else he's a good 'ol hardworking 'real man'.

Post: #239692
Topic: Movie production updates for Terminator 4 And Star Trek XI
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239692/action/topic#239692
Time: 30-Aug-2006 1:38 PM

Originally posted by: Number20
Another Next-Generation movie can work, if you could get the cast back, but I think that they have all said they are through with Star Trek.

They are also getting too old IMO. The last episode of TNG made a point of showing that Data does not age, yet Brent Spiner continues to develop wrinkles, etc - although that's a moot point because they killed Data in Nemesis. Jonathan Frakes is getting on a bit too (I met him during post production of Thunderbird and he seemed kinda hunched and was limping - great guy though, one of the nicest movie people I've met). The only member of the cast who seems to never age is Patrick Stewart - I saw him do a one man version of a christmas carol in London on Christmas eve and he looked thhe same as he always does (the show was great too, btw).

Having said all that, I would still really like to see another TNG movie, but that's just me.

EDIT: I agree with everyone about the Terminator series though: 3 never happened and we sure as hell don't want (or need) a 4th.

Post: #239674
Topic: Ducks in Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239674/action/topic#239674
Time: 30-Aug-2006 12:22 PM

Originally posted by: JarHead413
Anakin.

I think Anakin is an actual name like Luke or Ben, isn't it?

Post: #239608
Topic: So, this is how the DVDs are going to look...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239608/action/topic#239608
Time: 30-Aug-2006 12:46 AM

So who wins the geek 'I know more about digital film stuff than you do' contest?

Post: #239607
Topic: Sending the SEs back
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239607/action/topic#239607
Time: 30-Aug-2006 12:45 AM

I was originally up for this, but as time has passed and 9/12 draws closer, I really can't be bothered any more.

Post: #239509
Topic: Ducks in Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239509/action/topic#239509
Time: 29-Aug-2006 4:54 PM

Originally posted by: JarHead413
By that same logic YIYF, it's possible that on some other planet we have not encountered in the SW universe there was a cultural equivilent of the 50's style of living. Let's just say it's not impossible, but infinitely gayer than mentioning ducks or Hell or Falcons.

Yes, it is possible I suppose.

I'm surprised that the retcon people at Lucasfilm haven't tried to somehow explain Hell or Falcon now that you mention it. But like Lord3vil said, none of these things really bother me - I can accept that the scriptwriters simply slipped up when they had Han say 'Hell' and Millenium Falcon sounds cool so whatever...but a Fifties diner on Coruscant?! Come On!! Where were the bad idea police when that one was conceieved?

Post: #239474
Topic: Ducks in Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239474/action/topic#239474
Time: 29-Aug-2006 2:27 PM

Yeah same here. Ducks are creatures and could theoretically evolve elsewhere in the universe, but the 1950s were a cultural thing. Earth Culture. It never should have been in there.

Post: #239473
Topic: The x factor
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239473/action/topic#239473
Time: 29-Aug-2006 2:25 PM

!!!

Post: #239439
Topic: Ducks in Star Wars?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239439/action/topic#239439
Time: 29-Aug-2006 11:55 AM

Originally posted by: Scruffy
But that's how real people spend their time. Fictional people spend their time meditating or pontificating.

Yeah, and they don't even need to take bathroom breaks.

Seriously though, this Duck entry on databank is nothing more than another Lucasfilm retcon attempt to try and explain a scriptwriting mistake in TPM when the guy says 'we're sitting ducks'. I know they were mentioned in the original novel but I think we can excuse Alan Dean Foster for making that mistake back in 1976 before Star Wars took off.

But as I said last time this was bought up: Thanks to the prequels there's a Fifties diner in the Star Wars universe, so why not ducks?

Post: #239438
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239438/action/topic#239438
Time: 29-Aug-2006 11:51 AM

So does that makes Gaffer a miracle baby?

Watch out guys, he 20 years old, which is about the age that most miracle babys turn evil.

Post: #239436
Topic: iPod Question
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239436/action/topic#239436
Time: 29-Aug-2006 11:49 AM

Then spend the next 4 days straight renaming 30 gb worth of MP3s.

Post: #239343
Topic: Rankings
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239343/action/topic#239343
Time: 29-Aug-2006 12:21 AM

My Mum was born in '56 and my Dad in '57, and I'm 5 years older than Gaffer.

Saying that though, by the time my parents were my age I was already approaching my first birthday, so I think they started kinda early. I couldn't imagine having a one year old kid at this point in my life. There's times when I can't even believe I'm married to tell you the truth.

At the other end of the spectrum, a few years ago I went to my best friend's Dad's funeral. My friend is a few months younger than me but his Dad was almost 70 when he died. RIP Rolis, you are missed.

Post: #239342
Topic: The R.I.P. Thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239342/action/topic#239342
Time: 29-Aug-2006 12:19 AM

I'd be interested to see pictures of her as a young woman. The article mentions she used to like to dance, but we tend to forget that our elders were once young and mobile like us.

Post: #239339
Topic: General Batman Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239339/action/topic#239339
Time: 29-Aug-2006 12:16 AM

I hear ya. All I have is the original releases of Batman and Batman Returns (in the shoddy cardboard Warner Bros cases). If I was in a 'more favorable' financial postion I would like to get those movies in a decent presentation with some extras etc.

And I still stand by my belief that the Burton films should not be lumped in with the Schumacher films, even though they are supposedly part of the same continuity (although apart from Alfer and Commisoner Gordon you would never, ever know it).

Post: #239335
Topic: General Batman Talk
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239335/action/topic#239335
Time: 29-Aug-2006 12:11 AM

How cool would it have been if the series had continued to be decent (i.e Schumacher was never hired and Burton curtailed some of his more fanciful ideas) and Billy Dee Williams had played Two-Face in a later movie? Well I think it would have been cool anyway.

Post: #239333
Topic: Star Wars before 1977
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/239333/action/topic#239333
Time: 29-Aug-2006 12:07 AM

Yep, Ben refers to him as Darth. I always notice that too and it definitely backs up my theory. But we all know George Lucas is delusional and/or a liar anyway so it's hardly a revelation.