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Post: #279957
Topic: Mel Brooks Movies Poll
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279957/action/topic#279957
Time: 30-Mar-2007 4:08 PM

Wow, what a coincidence. I just saw Blazing Saddles in the theater a couple nights ago. The big theater here in town shows old movies on Wednesday nights. My fave is still Spaceballs though. Dark Helmet rules.

Post: #279927
Topic: LOST
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279927/action/topic#279927
Time: 30-Mar-2007 1:24 PM

I thought it was kinda cool. Not great, but pretty interesting. I liked how they put the two into the flashbacks from the first & second seasons. I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Ethan talked to them about something else besides clothes.

Post: #279804
Topic: Fanfilm contest at atomfilms.com
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279804/action/topic#279804
Time: 29-Mar-2007 5:20 PM

That would be interesting. I actually wrote a treatment for a fan film for this contest, but I decided against doing it because of time constraints. The X0 Project has priority...

Post: #279741
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279741/action/topic#279741
Time: 29-Mar-2007 3:29 AM

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.

Post: #279721
Topic: Color Matching
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279721/action/topic#279721
Time: 28-Mar-2007 10:16 PM

When you use the search function, make sure the forum you want to search is checked. Or use Google to search the site.

The way I found it though was to scan the list of threads til I found one started by Laserman, since I knew he started it.

Post: #279716
Topic: PT: Directors, Actors, Writers?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279716/action/topic#279716
Time: 28-Mar-2007 9:36 PM

I bet if the guild thing hadn't happened and Spielberg had been able to direct ROTJ, the PT would have turned out a lot different (ROTJ too).

Post: #279667
Topic: Article of interest
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279667/action/topic#279667
Time: 28-Mar-2007 5:05 PM

"The great British faggot is full of flavour and a great belly warmer at this time of year."

Classic.

Post: #279643
Topic: What are you listening to now?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279643/action/topic#279643
Time: 28-Mar-2007 1:12 PM

Zao - "liberate te ex inferis"

I think Autopsy has to be my favorite song right now.

Post: #279561
Topic: Color Matching
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279561/action/topic#279561
Time: 27-Mar-2007 11:09 PM

Nope, you just need to look a little harder.

Post: #279550
Topic: Expanded Universe Unacceptance
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279550/action/topic#279550
Time: 27-Mar-2007 8:25 PM

I haven't read any Star Wars books or comics. I really don't get into anything outside the films except for KOTR and occasionally the clone wars cartoons. Aside from that, EU really isn't my cup of tea.

Post: #279549
Topic: LOST
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279549/action/topic#279549
Time: 27-Mar-2007 8:22 PM

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.

Post: #279537
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279537/action/topic#279537
Time: 27-Mar-2007 7:02 PM

You guys suck. Mine was just under 70 hours but I used no strategy guide and I think I was lost in the Sky Temple for a good 4 hours.

Post: #279513
Topic: LOST
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279513/action/topic#279513
Time: 27-Mar-2007 4:39 PM

Yeah, but CHEECH was in that episode!

Post: #279429
Topic: What were your original expectations for the PT?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279429/action/topic#279429
Time: 27-Mar-2007 2:53 AM

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.

Post: #279249
Topic: Newb question: Lucas originated vs. fan fiction
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279249/action/topic#279249
Time: 26-Mar-2007 3:23 AM

What you want is an explanation of Star Wars canon vs. expanded universe.

Read this.

Post: #279246
Topic: Looking for a good magazine about 3D imaging.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279246/action/topic#279246
Time: 26-Mar-2007 2:18 AM

I'm going to be taking Maya courses starting in the Fall and it looks like I have to take at least one traditional art course as well.

Post: #279245
Topic: Idea: my NOT-SO-SECRET PROJECT
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279245/action/topic#279245
Time: 26-Mar-2007 2:12 AM

If it has anything to do with roller derby I'm going to be very disappointed.

Post: #279244
Topic: Newb question: Lucas originated vs. fan fiction
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279244/action/topic#279244
Time: 26-Mar-2007 1:55 AM

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.

Post: #279124
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279124/action/topic#279124
Time: 25-Mar-2007 4:05 AM

Man, I seriously need to go back and play that game again. I beat it about a week after it came out and haven't played it since.

Post: #279091
Topic: Six-Movie Star Wars Marathon at Celebration IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279091/action/topic#279091
Time: 24-Mar-2007 9:57 PM

Haha, nice. I actually made it down to the convention center about 10:30-11ish and my friend told me had I been there about a half hour earlier, I would've been able to walk right into that third show.

And something tells me there's no way Lucas will be at this one...

Post: #279072
Topic: STAR WARS: EP IV 2004 <strong>REVISITED</strong> ADYWAN *<em>1080p HD VERSION NOW IN PRODUCTION</em>
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279072/action/topic#279072
Time: 24-Mar-2007 7:43 PM

Originally posted by: INv8r_ZIM

QFT

Post: #279065
Topic: Six-Movie Star Wars Marathon at Celebration IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279065/action/topic#279065
Time: 24-Mar-2007 5:38 PM

Yeah, I got back to my hotel around midnight and could see the line already forming from my window. I was supposed to meet my friend in it and hang out all night, but I sat down on the couch and the next thing I knew it was 8am. I missed GL but at the same time I didn't get pneumonia from standing out in the rain all night.

Post: #279064
Topic: The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279064/action/topic#279064
Time: 24-Mar-2007 5:34 PM

You two lovebirds should get a room.

Post: #279058
Topic: 300
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279058/action/topic#279058
Time: 24-Mar-2007 3:50 PM

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.

Post: #279054
Topic: Six-Movie Star Wars Marathon at Celebration IV
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/279054/action/topic#279054
Time: 24-Mar-2007 2:54 PM

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.