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#279741
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279741/action/topic#279741
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I popped in Wind Waker last night to see if I could remember anything about it. Nope, but I did realize that I never started the second quest so...

I do have to say though, when I first played it I had my Gamecube hooked up to an SDTV and I just never thought the graphics were that great. But seeing it for the first time on my 50" HDTV via the Wii component cable, I can really appreciate the cell shaded graphics. This is really one of the more visually stunning Gamecube games I've played, even if it is a departure from the perfection that was OOT.
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#279549
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LOST
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279549/action/topic#279549
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I think the last couple episodes have been great. I think the biggest problem is that they're trying too hard to establish characters in two places, so it always seems like we don't get enough of what's happening back at the beach while knowing a little too much about what's in Ben's refrigerator.
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#279429
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What were your original expectations for the PT?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279429/action/topic#279429
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I watched TPM the other day and I have to say it's still my favorite prequel. I think it's mainly because of Duel of the Fates and the Qui-Gon/Obi/Maul battle. I don't love this move like the OT, but it has it's moments.

Looking back, I think my main expectation was that it just not suck. When I left the theater, I thought it was pretty good, and I think I went back 5 more times.
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#279244
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Newb question: Lucas originated vs. fan fiction
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279244/action/topic#279244
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Lucas wrote the films. He wrote the novel for A New Hope. Everything else officially released has been written by other authors, but the content is OK'd by Lucas. This is what they call "Expanded Universe". Authors aren't just randomly writing Star Wars stories and publishing them.

For the novel adaptations of the other 5 films, Lucas gave the screenplay to the chosen author, who proceeded to turn it into a novel. Again, they are approved by Lucas before they get released.

Fan Fiction are the stories written by fans, not authors officially commissioned to write the books. These are the stories you see on message boards and blogs. I guess you could say they are "toloerated" by Lucas as fan adaptations of the saga, but that's all they are.


Edit: It appears that even the original Star Wars novel was ghostwritten by another author.
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#279058
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300
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279058/action/topic#279058
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Just saw this film last night. While it didn't live up to the hype I've seen for it, I did enjoy it. I can understand the graphical style seeing as this is a Frank Miller film, and I think it did help in making it feel more like an ancient mythological tale. I think it could have used a little more backstory about the weird guys with the oracle and what control they had (or at least explained why Sparta wouldn't send their whole army to begin with but suddenly did after their king and his 300 men were dead despite what the weird guys on the mountain top said.)

I liked the action scenes. Some of my friends said that the slow motion/fast motion/slow motion thing bothered them, but I thought it totally worked. I just didn't like how they never really showed more than about 20 spartans at a time. Even in the shots were they were all in formation together, it only looked like there were 15 guys fighting the Persians.
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#279054
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Six-Movie Star Wars Marathon at Celebration IV
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279054/action/topic#279054
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C3 actually had three entrances into the con every morning. If I recall correctly, there was a line on one side of the convention center for fan club people, one on the other side for everyone else, as well as the not-widely-known skywalk entrance from the building across the street. But yeah, even with all that the lines to get in were murder.

GenCon are the people that have handled the last three celebrations (2, 3, & 4) and while they did a much better job than Wizards of the Coast did with C1, they still haven't seemed to get it right. I remember them having to shut down the store at C3 on Saturday because there were too many people in line. The people who only had badges for that day went ballistic but all GenCon did was tell them to come back the next day. I'm sure that's a big reason why this time the store is running 24 hours a day. I just hope the rest of the con goes smoothly. From what I hear from someone in the know, there are a lot of cool things planned, but nothing is concrete yet. Apparently LA is much slower at planning things than Indy was.