bigbaddaddyvader

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Join date: 18-Feb-2007
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Post: #286320
Topic: The Matrix
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286320/action/topic#286320
Time: 12-May-2007 5:08 AM

Yup directed at Stinky.

Post: #286311
Topic: The Matrix
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286311/action/topic#286311
Time: 12-May-2007 2:49 AM

Perhaps we can all sponsor someone to make a sticker with "TOOL" written on it and just put it over your mouth rather than your forehead...........

Post: #286140
Topic: An interesting piece of news
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286140/action/topic#286140
Time: 10-May-2007 11:26 PM

I am very pleased to say that the interview with Lightning Bear is now available on my site in the interview section.i hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed doing it!

I am also glad to say that i will most likely be featuring on my site an upcoming interview with Jeremy Bulloch.

Post: #286121
Topic: The Matrix
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286121/action/topic#286121
Time: 10-May-2007 9:47 PM

The matrix is a totally top movie.This may not be a popular opinion but,for me,Reloaded is the best movie of the three.I lvoed the expansion of the themes,the action and effects and style of the film.Although disliked by a lot of people the scene with the architect remains my favourite scene throughout the three films.Revolutions was a bit disappointing but,as has been said,the super brawl at the end did make up for a lot of that as it was totally awesome.I have been very lucky recently in that I just acquired a screenused Agent Smith stunt gun used by Hugo Weaving in Reloaded.Also used in revolutions but in a scene that was cut.It was used in the scene where the Smiths shoot the keymaker though so I have been thrilled to get it.
I had a personal dream come true with reloaded which is another reason why I love it so much.My wife was pregnant with our first child when reloaded came out and was very,very sick and I was looking after her and couldn't really get out to see the film.So about a month after the release when she was asleep one afternoon I finally managed to get to the cinema to see it.Turns out I had the whole place just to myself.It was totally awesome having the place just for me and was something I had dreamed about for years-my own private cinema!I was sat there with my feet up on the seats in front of me (I am very tall so am usually cramped in cinemas) making kung-fu noises at the top of my vocie the whoel time.Just great stuff!

Post: #286120
Topic: .: The XØ Project - Laserdisc on Steroids :. (SEE FIRST POST FOR UPDATES) (* unfinished project *)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/286120/action/topic#286120
Time: 10-May-2007 9:38 PM

I am not too up to date on this although some of the screenshots have been great.Maybe this is a stupid question but please humour me.How,once finished,will this project be made available?

Post: #285858
Topic: for what it's worth.... a placeholder for the OT on blu-ray has been posted at amazon
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285858/action/topic#285858
Time: 9-May-2007 8:44 AM

Good grief.Relax,breathe-calm down man.

Post: #285529
Topic: Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285529/action/topic#285529
Time: 5-May-2007 1:58 PM

Personally I think this is the best book done on Star Wars to date and wouldn't hesitate to recommend it.Just one thing,though,that before anyone starts getting too cosy with the notion of Kurtz being some saint let us not forget that old Gary has been selling his name and sticking them onto highly priced and highly questionable if not downright damnably fake props for the past few years to rake in some cash.

Post: #285418
Topic: Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285418/action/topic#285418
Time: 4-May-2007 1:10 PM

I will take a pic of the scene in which this is mentioned from my script and put it up later.

Post: #285307
Topic: the force among us - preorder and get tunisian sand!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285307/action/topic#285307
Time: 3-May-2007 4:47 PM

Just ordered my 30th edition too.Sand is a nice touch Chris!

Post: #285103
Topic: An interesting piece of news
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285103/action/topic#285103
Time: 1-May-2007 2:51 PM

Yup that's the bear!He has had an absolutely amazing career and it is a great privilege to be talking with him.As I say I am greatly looking forward to publishing the interview on my site.

Post: #285093
Topic: An interesting piece of news
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285093/action/topic#285093
Time: 1-May-2007 1:52 PM

He did a lot of stormtroper stunts as he played a stormtroper in all three films however one of the most memorable is during the speeder chase Dr.Bear is one of the biker scouts that crashes into a tree and is also the scout who is knocked off his speeder by one of the ewok tripwire traps.He played a snowtrooper on Hoth in ESB and was one of the opening scene stormtroopers aboard the tantive at the start of star wars and was one of he troopers chasing Luke and Leia down before the bridge jump aboard the death star.

Post: #285080
Topic: An interesting piece of news
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285080/action/topic#285080
Time: 1-May-2007 12:36 PM

Dr.Bear has very kindly provided me with some photos to use in the interview article to compliment it.He has been just fantastic.A really great,genuine guy who has been courteous,helpful and pleasant in all his communications with me.Both he and his personal assistant have gone out of their way to arrange this interview for me and it has been just a thrill to talk to a man with such a fantastic career.Among his work,outside of star wars,he has also worked on the first three star trek movies,the towering inferno,planet of the apes and black rain to name but a few.A genuinely fascinating man with one of the best natures I have ever come across.I really look forward to publishing the interview on my site soon.
He also very kindly is sending me a personalised signed picture as a memento for me of this great experience.I mean,seriously,it's not every day you get to talk to an imperial stormtrooper!

Post: #285042
Topic: An interesting piece of news
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/285042/action/topic#285042
Time: 1-May-2007 5:00 AM

I got some very cool news today.I will be conducting,for publication on my site,an interview with the legendary stuntman and stormtrooper from all three original trilogy films Lightning Bear.I am so thrilled and delighted that he has agreed to do this for me so watch this space and my site for more news!

Post: #284955
Topic: Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284955/action/topic#284955
Time: 30-Apr-2007 6:48 PM

I now have a couple of pics of my script on my site and I will update it every now and then with different pages and scenes.A great piece to have and I am just thrilled as it has been one of my goals to obtain a draft script for star wars for some time.The Third Draft is very interesting reading although I wont be reading it too much for fear of damaging it!

Post: #284737
Topic: Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284737/action/topic#284737
Time: 29-Apr-2007 6:53 AM

No this is one I acquired recently and has been held by e crew member's relative for around twenty years or so.Be VERY careful about the things that are auctioned off by Gary Kurtz and Jason Joiner.They are rarely what they are claimed to be.
As I say I will be adding pics of certain scenes from the script to my site soon.

Post: #284604
Topic: Offical Holiday Special Figure!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284604/action/topic#284604
Time: 27-Apr-2007 6:48 PM

For a lot of great information,other than zombie's great book,visit this site:

Jedi Bendu Archive

Lots of great stuff there from the very beginning and on.

Post: #284603
Topic: Offical Holiday Special Figure!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284603/action/topic#284603
Time: 27-Apr-2007 6:40 PM

Yes but the talk is also that hasbro will be releasing a version of the other figure from this as Luke and the Kotobukiya one is labelled as Vader vs Luke so to the wider world this will be Luke I suppose.

Post: #284578
Topic: Offical Holiday Special Figure!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284578/action/topic#284578
Time: 27-Apr-2007 3:21 PM

It's taken from the McQuarrie concept sketch with Vader vs Luke:

http://img159.imageshack.us/img159/4209/vadersketchgf6.jpg

Kotobukiya have also released a vader vs luke concept statue which is pretty cool.

Post: #284434
Topic: Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284434/action/topic#284434
Time: 26-Apr-2007 2:58 PM

For those of you who may be interested over the next week or so I will be adding some pics of selected pages from my original third draft star wars script to my site.Will be in the Ep IV section.

Post: #284368
Topic: Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284368/action/topic#284368
Time: 25-Apr-2007 11:31 PM

Really?
Damn.

Post: #284348
Topic: Making of Star Wars (New Book) Discussion
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284348/action/topic#284348
Time: 25-Apr-2007 9:47 PM

From my perspective as a prop collector this will be an invaluable book.Very interesting with a lot of great detailed information and pictures of the bulding of models and such and there are some pieces of mine feautured in there I believe such as some interesting stuff about the pyro X-Wing models of which I have some examples and the construction of threepio is also detailed quite well I understand.I recently acquired an original third draft script as well so it will be interesting to see what it says about the evolution of the script from original through drafts to the final version.
Definitely a worthwhile purchase.Mine should be arriving soon.

Post: #284256
Topic: Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284256/action/topic#284256
Time: 25-Apr-2007 12:19 PM

To be honest the way things have been reported,particularly (no offence) in the US,have been very slanted and can be fairly misrepresented and the situation here is largely not understood outside the country.
I haven't actually seen any pics of Rice in a long time.Then again what age is she now?She must be in her fifties i would imagine.We none of us are spared the effects of age.I'm starting to get grey hairs and the face is showing some wear and tear!As a friend of mine likes to say:
"It's not the years,it's the mileage"
lol!

Post: #284240
Topic: Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284240/action/topic#284240
Time: 25-Apr-2007 10:43 AM

Are we still getting bad press abroad?I live in Northern Ireland-belfast as a matter of fact!i pride myself on having Ireland's largest collection of original Star Wars Props and Production material!
i actually cant believe these days that this country is still viewed that way.That's a bit sad actually.We haven't had problems in a long time.It was terrible here when I was growing up,dont get me wrong,i am in my mid-thirties and I remember it when it was at it's worst but the situation has changed so much now.
I actually didn't like Towsend as Lestat at all.He didn't manage the swagger that i always picture Lestat to have.he just seemed too..well...he seemed like a bit of a big wimp really!lol!

Post: #284209
Topic: "BRING BACK STAR WARS" Channel 4 UK documentary coming soon...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284209/action/topic#284209
Time: 25-Apr-2007 6:42 AM

Oh i hate that smug twat Justin Lee though.If ever there was a guy who just raelly needed a good slap round the head..........

Post: #284122
Topic: Any Anne Rice Fans Here?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/284122/action/topic#284122
Time: 24-Apr-2007 8:55 PM

Hell,man,you could get a negative picture of anyone anywhere from the net somewhere!I dare say there are people view all of us on here as a straggly bunch of whining,obsessed geeks (I include myself in there naturally

)
I live in Ireland so I basically never get to meet anyone as no-one ever comes here!I met Dave Prowse when I was about six or seven and he was opening a shopping centre in my home town.It was the biggest centre in the country at the time so they managed to get Dave to open it which was sweet and a great memory to have.
Outside of the chronicles I am not a huge fan.I didn't really get Taltos.The characters didn't appeal to me as much and seemed less defined than the chronicles.
My favourite moment in the film?
"Louis,Louis...still whining Louis!"
It seems a foregone conclusion now that we wont get an adaptation of The Vampire Lestat after that atrocity that was The Queen Of The Damned which is honestly one of the worst films I have ever seen.