darth_ender

Sultana--An 1865 story starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett as lovers who meet on an ill-fated cruise, and culminating in the death of DiCaprio's character when the vessel is destroyed.  Directed by James Cameron

Lusitania--A 1915 story starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett as lovers who meet on an ill-fated cruise, and culminating in the death of DiCaprio's character when the vessel sinks.  Directed by James Cameron

Estonia--A 1994 story starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett as lovers who meet on an ill-fated cruise, and culminating in the death of DiCaprio's character when the vessel sinks.  Directed by James Cameron

Costa Concordia--A 2012 story starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett as lovers who meet on an ill-fated cruise, and culminating in the death of DiCaprio's character when the vessel sinks.  Directed by James Cameron

Celestial Skimmer--A 2499 story starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslett as lovers who meet on an ill-fated star cruise, and culminating in the death of DiCaprio's character when the vessel blows up.  The military gets involved, but is manipulated by corporate greed, and a group of blindly-obedient soldiers bossed around by a nerdy CEO deliberately bring down the vessel in order to gain an unobtainable mineral and a powerful alien they hope to use as a weapon, whilst showing no concern for innocent lives lost during the process.  Directed by James Cameron

Fantastic!  I love what you've done, and relatively little is actual visual editing!  The sounds give it such a greater SW feel!  Almost allows me to forvige you for wanting to work on anything but ROTJ ;)

1997: The Movie--based on George Orwell's Lucas's novel, which in turn was inspired by several threads in the originaltrilogy.com General Star Wars Discussion, most of which were started by a certain General Frievous.  After converting the nation to Star Wars mania, George Lucas takes control of everything.  Beginning in 1997, he makes changes to his films in order to lull the populace and push his propaganda that it was always his original vision.  George is so powerful that he tells the government what to do, reigns over Hollywood, and wrestles control of the Internet from Al Gore.  He knows everything you are doing.  Remember:

(Forgive me for using this image again; I just couldn't help but expand upon the idea.)

Only problem with this new theme is I can never remember to whom I am talking anymore ;)

Ah, perfect!  I love your reasoning!  I just had to know :)

Well, 005, I figured you were one of the obvious ones, considering your history with women and all.... ;)

So I was surfing the Internet the other day...I was using Google of course, for no truly explicable reason, but rather because I felt strangely compelled to use this search engine in place of any other.  Every website I clicked on would take me to an advertisment that I could not skip.  The ad was the same on ever site: "This website has been approved for general public viewing by Lucasfilm Limited."  And there was this raspy breathing sound at every one.  But one website seemed to be off limits, a site devoted to fans of 70s-80s sci-fi...and a different, intimidating ad popped up.  Man, I just about wet my pants!

I managed to grab a screenshot.  What do you suppose it all means?!?

I feel flattered to be included, though it's my first departure from an Ender-based avatar.  I'm interested in knowing your reasoning for the assignments, DKO.  Some seem obvious, but I'm curious about others.  Nice theme!

Fair enough.  I'll give my impressions when I have the chance.  Thanks :)

I have a feeling this relates to his desire for a Secret History of Star Wars audio book, which I have also hoped for.  I've had the same hope for the OT novels, but alas, I'm pretty sure every OT audio book is abridged to make it more closely resemble the films, thus losing much of the charm of what made them different.

I don't know of any Android apps since I'm rather behind the times when it comes to that technology, but it seems to me that you could use a decent program on your computer that could read the text, record it, and put the audio files on your player.  A little lengthier, but functional option.

EDIT: First thing that Google showed, and it seems quite promising!

http://www.naturalreaders.com/index.htm?gclid=CKuZ283gnq8CFUQRNAodGzdxcg

So I took a little hiatus from reading any novels for a while, partway through the LOTR.  But I recently picked it up again and made it through The Two Towers and I'm nearly done with Return of the King.  I have to say, for those who thought the movie's resolution dragged on for too long, but had not read the books, let me assure you that the lengthy ending of the film is nothing compared to the sluggish ending of the novel.  Overall, I really enjoed these books, but man, I really am ready to be done.

What sort of brief review can I offer?  Let's see...I for one like different takes on the same story.  For that reason, I have striven to collect all the official releases of the OT, the radio dramas, the novels, the comics, etc.  I just find it fun to look at a slightly different interpretation of events.  How does this relate to LOTR?  Well, certain characters I felt were much stronger and certain events more interesting in the novels while others were better in the films.  For instance, Faramir, a character I found noble but lacking in the films, is far more perceptive and intimidating in the novel.  He's a bigger guy than in the movie, on par with Boromir, but his greater capacity thus magnifies his humility and nobility, since he could have easily succumbed to human nature.  Sam, likewise a great character in the films, becomes the ringbearer bearer, so to speak, as Frodo's weakness is far worse and Sam keeps him going and goes to greater lengths to help him reach his destination.  I really liked Sam in the books.

But the relationship and humor between Gimli and Legolas, for instance, is far more interesting in the films.  The Ringwraiths are more intimidating in my mind, and the films dispense with some of the unneeded side story (I'll never get over the curious and ultimately pointless Tom Bombadil).  I like many of the actors' portrayal of their respective characters, and upon making it through the books, it's hard to picture those same actors playing their characters the way they are in the books.  And I think one of the best changes to enhance Aragorn's character for the films was the delay in the repair of the sword Narsil and the simultaneous insecurity of Aragorn, unsure if he was truly capable of being a good and strong enough human to lead his race given his ancestors' weaknesses.

A great series to be sure...but to make it through this ending....ugh.  This is all compounded by an intense desire to begin the Hunger Games series.

^Hmmmm....I do hear so many good things about the book.  Hopefully that is the only significant shortcoming.

I've stopped posting in this thread so much because I feel like a street urchin at a state dinner considering the varied and culturally influential films many frequent posters put here.  However, I can't hold it any longer.  I saw The Hunger Games last Saturday.  Like a good ol' poor boy who also steers clear of this sort of thing (never saw a single Twilight movie in the theatre, missed half the Harry Potters, still haven't seen Titanic), I figured I'd wait till it came out on DVD and check it out then.  But Saturday evening I came home from a church meeting, and it turns out my wife had already put the kids to bed and made babysitting arrangements.  So we went to see The Hunger Games, which I thought looked interesting, but not great.  I can't speak enough about how I enjoyed this film!  I've not enjoyed my theatre experience that much since The Dark Knight!  It was exciting and emotional, and Jennifer Lawrence played the character so well...I really was sad when the film ended and I'm going to start the books today.

22 deceased tributes out of 24 (only docking points for the "muttations" which inexplicably came from nowhere, like we're in a holodeck--the only thing I didn't like).  I loved it!

While I love this as news, I believe MySpleen is still experiencing issues, and therefore nothing can be uploaded until it gets worked out.  Am I right, someone?  Hopefully they'll get it fixed up soon so you can upload your another disc or two :)

Wow, I'm very impressed with the work on the deleted scenes.  You can bet I'll be checking this one out.  Nice trailer.

As am I.  Thanks for all your efforts; I check the preservation forum every day for updates to the Droids and Ewoks threads :)  I truly am grateful that you've put so much into this.

I'm sitting in a library trying very hard not to laugh too loudly.  I can't believe what I just saw!

The Twilight Saga: A Quarter to Noon

The Harry S. Truman Show--A man is convinced he is president of the United States, drops the first atom bombs on a population, institutes a military doctrine of Communist containment, and several other difficult decisions.  Little does he realize, he is actually the subject of a television show documenting his life, and every other person in his world is truly an actor.

The Polynomial--A prequel to The Matrix, explaining how it all began.

The Birds and the Bees: How to Sex Educate Your Toddler--an "enlightening" guide and visual aid when educating your children, with age-appropriate terminology such as "winky."

Flatland: In 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D, 4D, 5D, and 6D, with accompanying glasses for each perspective.

Victory!--The story of how superior Europeans came to the New World, subjugated the ignorant indigenous peoples, forcibly brought other inferior peoples to act as slaves, and thus civilized the world.

....Turning.....blue........still.......holding.....breath.......so.......very.....excited.......

Was this a wise thread to start at originaltrilogy.com? ;)

This is really fantastic news. These are the sorts of lies I like to hear! Looking forward to more progress :)

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I always enjoy your reviews, Anchorhead.  They make me want to find more time to really read Zahn.  I'm also glad you got to enjoy SOTME once again.  That book really has a fascinating nostalgic quality to it...things were different back then.