darth_ender

A: Somebody who just loves to tease.

Q: Why the heck does Ziggy have such an obsession with David Bowie?

The slight differences don't really matter that much to me.  Frankly, DJ's release with the various audio mixes fits that niche nicely for me, and if simply a single high quality widescreen disc of the OUT were released that had all the audio versions, that would suffice for me.  I like variant versions, so I wouldn't mind the 97, 04, and 11 releases as well on separate discs.

MrInsaneA said:

darth_ender said:

I like it.  My concern is that the message might be confusing considering Anakin is mourning his mother at this moment.  I enjoy the music and the voiceover, but I'm not sure it fits perfectly with the scene itself.  Two thoughts come to mind: continue with this idea, but find ways to incorporate Qui-Gon voiceovers in at least one or two places prior to give the impression that he communicates often with him, or find a different scene to show Anakin regretting his attack on the Tuskens, maybe while confessing to Padme.  I'm not sure if that would work, but it's a thought.  Again, let me emphasize that I do like the music and the Neeson clip (from Batman Begins, yay!), but I simply feel it might work better elsewhere.  (I always worry my critique may be offensive; if you are pleased with how it turned out, don't listen to me of course)

 

Nonono, I asked for your thoughts sir. Be as blunt as you need to be.

I agree that there needs to be prior communication between Qui-Gon and Anikan. And I tried to put Qui-Gon's voiceover during his talk with Padme about killing the Tuskens, but no matter where I put it, it felt out of place to me. 

 Just thinking...a possible time to include some sort of quote could be while Anakin is standing outside meditating after his bad dreams of mama.  Again, I'm not technically savvy, but is it possible to stretch out moments with no dialogue and little movement without making it obvious that the shot was slowed or reversed?  That could give you a little more time both there and while grieving with Padme.

Also, you should raise the volume of Qui-Gon shouting, "Anakin! Nooo!" when Anakin kills the Tusken Raiders.  Until I used the subtitles I was unsure that was even him.

Along with these suggestions, and keeping with the spirit of the thread, I am liking Qui-Gon putting his arm around Sebastian/Anakin more and more as I think about it.

Any other thoughts on how to unify these trilogies better, whether specific or generic changes?  What about the lightsaber battles?  I thought GL's explanation of an old cripple vs. an untrained boy as among his lamest.

EDIT: Another potential voiceover could take place when Anakin is waiting outside the Lars home, just before Padme comes and hugs him.  You could even leave Padme out and simply have the voiceover, then cut to him racing away on the speeder bike.

Didn't you see that I said week instead of day?

And where the heck have you been?

Don't I start one about once a week?

I was considering starting an "argument clinic" thread, just for fun, but that's when I decided to see if we could talk about this guy.  He stole my thunder on too many occasions and I saw no point after that.

I think parts two and four of the Indiana Jones movies fell flat in a number of ways.  Must've been the bad humor, lack of intelligent dialogue, and just being way over the top on so many levels.  I bet somebody put too many commas in the scripts as well.

It's fun catching up on all the fun I deliberately avoided at the time.

How do you play the Questions game?  Don't you know?

Ha!  My feigned lack of confidence had him fooled!

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Is this all still in effect, or has the eviction resulted in free gossip time?

georgec said:

TV's Frink said:

I think Jackson and his co-writers did a great job of cutting a bunch of crap out of the novels.

I haven't read LOTR but everyone I know who has read them says the same thing.

 After getting through Tom Bombadil, the story has taken a much more familiar direction when compared to the movies.  It took me a long time to finish this, but I finally got through Fellowship.  I'm certain a number of people do not enjoy the various aspects of the story that give it depth and history, such as the many songs and mythologies, but I really do enjoy this.  In my opinion, the best change made by the film is increasing the menace of the Ringwraiths.  Overall, though, both stories are enjoyable and I can appreciate their differences.  Now to start The Two Towers.

A: Either he figured out his problem or lost interest...probably the latter given his ADHD.

Q: What would it take to keep this thread in competition with the "OR" thread?

Just spotted another one:

wwdarth

This is like easter egg hunting.  What fun!

CP3S said:

I really like how deodorant is misspelled in the title of this thread. Classy.

Yeah, the Dark Lord of Spelling screwed up again.

I guess I'm the first guy to misspell in a thread title.  I've got you on my list now, C3PS.  I'm gunning for you :P 

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Am I cool enough now?

DoubleKO, always fighting with his sweetie pie, always ending up like this:

DOUBLEKO!

Davnes007 said:

CP3S said:

I propose the next overly personal thread be titled, "What is your mother's maiden name and your social security number?"

 

Smithson

650 851 911

 I tried this and it didn't work.  Is there perhaps a typo somewhere....;)

From Newport to Aberdeen: Mr. Methane on Tour  [actually there may already be such a movie]

A Convenient Lie--Bill Clinton, not to be outdone by his former VP, takes advantage of an established movie title in order to tell the story of his life.

Mala'ikah and Jinnkind--The sequel to The Kamal ud-Din Behzad Code (though the book was prequel to the latter) where a symbologist travels throughout Tehran in order to rescue several prominent imams who potentially could succeed the recently deceased Supreme Leader.  It appears to be the work of a subversive Zionist group, but in the end it turns out to be the craftiness of President Ahmadinijad.  This movie is really expected to be a big hit among liberal commentators and Shi'ites, much as the Code really did well among Muslim audiences in general.

PS mrebo, your significant other must have a fantastic sense of humor ;)  I'm glad my titles are appreciated.  This is a fun thread!

Opening crawl to this grand tale.

Ugh...the sick thing is you are right.  Even when I was a youth and the most recent EU release was the Crystal Star, I realized how stupid it was that all the stories were bound by an eternal Mandalorian bond to agree in every conceivable detail.

DuracellEnergizer =

Yeah, you're right.  Still, I simply don't like that set very much.

Well then, let me see if I can come up with any ideas for you.  I'll get back to this later, maybe tomorrow :)