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#631535
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Roger Ebert R.I.P.
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People often deride film critics as unnecessary and pretentious. Neither of those labels applied to Rober Ebert. For the last two years or so I've frequently checked Mr. Ebert's website out of curiosity, and I can say I easily see why he has perpetually been held in such high regard. His written reviews remained eloquent while maintaining a fun, conversational tone. Even his on-screen persona during his tenure on At the Movies was great. Sometimes, it almost felt like he was speaking directly to you. Not just a general audience. You. That's something.

And plus, anyone who continues his line of work after the various problems he faced due to his thyroid cancer is worth noting in my book.

What makes this the worst though was that he was still planning. Only two days ago he announced that he was going to expand his interests while taking a break from reviews due to a return of his cancer. I can only hope he outlined his plans well enough that his wife, Chaz, will continue with them.

What a lasting impact Ebert will leave. Unfortunately, the balcony is closed forever.

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#631412
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What do you LIKE about the Prequels?
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darth_ender said:
Qui-Gon is probably my favorite PT character!  I think Neeson is a great actor, and I like that Qui-Gon is noble and good, yet often does things that are considered less than perfect: he lies, cheats, steals (in the book, though never explicitly on film--didn't you ever wonder where he got that power source for Anakin's pod?), resists the council's ruling and encourages Obi-wan to do the same, manipulates, belittles, attempts to use the Force to make a purchase using unacceptable to the seller, and imposes his will on those whom he protects.  Yet he remains a good guy, and really most of his actions were noble and saved or bettered lives.  I think he was completely unnecessary, and if they were to use him, why not make better use of him instead of killing him, but I think he is actually a very interesting character

This. Seriously, this. It really shouldn't have to be up to the extended universe/deleted scenes (Qui-Gon stealing) to make a character awesome, but believe me when I say as a kid reading the Jedi Apprentice books sold me on Qui-Gon. He's a flawed, highly opinionated character that believes in action at any cost, which is probably why he wasn't on the council. To be honest I would have liked to see Obi-Wan's training under Qui-Gon as a TV series, much of it directly lifted from said books, but I'm sure that's not happening. I think he's actually the only PT-exclusive Jedi that I found compelling. Then again, I didn't watch Clone Wars so I might be missing out.

edit: for that matter, it really fleshes out Obi-Wan too. Despite their target audience, I'd still recommend the series. Easy reads for anyone over ten, perhaps earlier, but compelling stories that still suck me in if I choose to revisit them. And they're not shoddily written, either.

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#630324
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Video Games - a general discussion thread
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SilverWook said:


One thing that hasn't changed much since the old days is video game commercials rarely show you the actual game being played. I was marveling at the Bioshock ad, when I saw "not actual gameplay footage" in microscopic font at the bottom of the screen.

Mind you, it's not as deceptive now as it was in the 80's, when ads for Atari 2600 games looked like something out of Tron, and Colecovision implied stuff would be flying out of your tv set.

"What? You still don't have a Sega CD?"