TV's Frink said:
"FEATURING MUSIC FROM:
The Aquabats"
Two of whom are Mormon. ;)
Updated first post.
As much as I enjoy some (a rather limited quantity) of the EU, I really hope you are right and that the ST is not limited by it. Star Wars has completely dried itself up in my mind, thanks to the EU, and unless it simply disregards most of it, I can't see a very creative or interesting ST.
But just think of how mad some fans will be. And just think about how the books will quickly drop in sales. They will become fun diversionary tales, much like the Trek novels, but otherwise non-canonical.
Brimley is a Mormon--a potty-mouthed Mormon, but Mormon nonetheless. I should update my you meen hes a mormon thread.
I'm starting to get a feeling that The Nerd might be a familiar 'friend'. Look at the way he is starting rather mundane new threads, how young he seems, how he asks for validation of his opinions. I'm not yet positive because it's not completely the same style, but then neither was blowfish.
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/A-true-conspiracy-why-dont-we-have-answers/post/630571/
http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/General-Star-Wars-Random-Thoughts-Thread/post/632355/
There was a large blast in Iraq today that killed 55. I wonder if this was coordinated.
Warbler said:
If you say so.
Does this phrase mean you want a chimichanga? ;)
SilverWook said:
DuracellEnergizer said:
Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984)
I remember the first and last time I saw this movie was back in the summer of '96. I hadn't yet seen ROTJ, so I didn't know this took place in the SW Universe. I found it an alright movie at the time, though it wasn't something I would have filed away in my category of "Awesome Movies I'd Love to See Again & Again & Again". Having watched it now, again, my feelings haven't changed all that much; it's well made for a TV film, and a decent time-waster, but nothing more than that.You have got to see Battle For Endor now. It's like Alien 3, if it was a kid's movie. ;)
A very accurate comparison. I couldn't believe how they started it off! But I still enjoyed it more than the first one.
That wouldn't surprise me. I made a few butt-kissy comments to try to "infiltrate" and gain their trust, but then I stopped caring and haven't really had anything to do with them since.
I think you can still log in. I was recently notified of the changes, and I could still log in.
As long as this is a genuine intro and not an "into" ;)
In all seriousness, welcome to the forum.
As for the cloning theme throughout, I think it's an excellent idea. As pointed out, there are ways in which our technology is more advanced than that of the Star Wars universe. Moreover, every bit of evidence is given in the PT and EU (for what that's worth to anyone) that perfecting the art has been difficult. Our earthly cloning is a laborious process. It requires the tedious removal of genetic material from an existing ovum, inserting DNA from the prospective cloned creature into the new ovum, placing that ovum into the uterus of a living creature of the same species, hoping implants and grows to term. If the creature is successfully born, there still remain some faults that result in reduced health and a shortened lifespan due to improper gene expression over time. As a result, cloning is still quite imperfect, and may remain that way for quite some time. Imagine how the Kaminoans have overcome that, dramatically increased the rate of growth during incubation, programmed personalities and vast knowledge into those brains, and have done so with a fiscally responsible success rate (check out the failure rate for Dolly the sheep: she represents 0.36% of attempts--the only success!). I think an entire race of clones could prove quite valuable, indicative of a technology worth stealing in preparation for war!
muddyknees2000 said:
One thing I would very much like to see is the underwater city of the Gungans turned into more of a hideout, or cloning facility. I hated that an elephant footed, floppy eared race of beings supposedly lived underwater......they do not resemble aquatic beings at all. If Ady is redoing much of the dialogue (or all of it) for the Gungans, then it should be very simple to bring across the idea that they live on land (and they actually DO spend more time on land in the film than they do underwater) (this would also aid in making it plausible that they also have trained many of the land based creatures on Naboo to be their pack animals and/or mounts). The underwater city should definitely be their secondary place of residence, or where they do their work, or a hideout of sorts.
If they were more primitive I would agree with you. But since they have technology that is actually more advanced than ours in many ways, I could easily see them evolving as terranean creatures, and then as they developed and competition between their race and the humans arose, they found a niche underwater that they could maintain with their little bubble city. In fact, Jar Jar calls Gunga City a hidden city, which could be interpreted as an exception rather than the rule for Gungan metropolises. So I don't think it's impossible to see them as creatures capable of enjoying both land and sea.
I am very happy to hear about this. Are you guys planning on uploading it to MySpleen? I've put off buying a BD burner for some time, but it looks like I'll have to get to it now :)
^ :D
...with or without fondness.
I love the whole BTTF trilogy, but the first is definitely my favorite. There is one glaring plot hole in my mind in the second. According to the time travel rules established in the series, if you go back in time and change the past, the future you return to follows the changes you've made. When old Biff goes back in time to give his younger self the almanac, he then returns to the same future that was properly his without any change to the timeline just yet. He should have returned to his own altered future rather than the future where Marty and Doc had been.
I too agree. People knock the Ewoks, and I admit they were made too cute, but I believe that they could easily be fixed up. As was noted, a few cosmetic changes could make them look a little more fierce. I'd also recommend redubbing for them, a little more mystery in cutting the Wicket/Leia intro (as has been demonstrated), and finally implications that they've already been upset with the Empire and have been preparing for an attack for some time. SSWR or something like that did some very interesting mockups with stormtrooper helmets strewn about the village, and using a few radio drama with C3PO implying that they are ticked at the invasion of their world. I incorporated some of his ideas in my low quality ROTJ edit which you can find in my signature. I am convinced that with edits and effects easily in Adywan's scope, the Ewoks can be toughened up, not to mention including the additional commando fighting to give better balance and further improve believability.
It is funny. I didn't mean anything personal. Just hearing stuff on the radio, and likely Adywan is not a fan either.
Kinda saddens me that people are celebrating her death. I'm no Obama fan, but when he dies, I won't be using those moments to make a political comment.
I wanted to take part in the flare joke. I actually was looking for a picture of Kronk imitating the "Nostril Flare of Total Rejection." I couldn't find any, and the joke died. I could have just captured a screenshot from my own DVD, but you know, that required a little work and all. Now I missed my window of opportunity :(
Langham has been a member for almost exactly 4 years, and as of this moment has a total post count of...1.
And what a first post!
There was little difference to the Revisited version. He included a more complete human Jabba scene (since Jambe had uncovered an additional resource for it) and made an additional color shot of Luke and Treadwell working on the vaporator, but I don't think there was anything else substantially different.