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doubleKO

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#510231
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HI-Res Poster Art
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msycamore said:

Yes, doubleKO that was indeed from a six-sheet, sorry I was just teasing with you, I'll upload my collection as soon as I've sorted them all, I recently managed to find an even nicer Tom Jung one-sheet on my external HD.

Thanks msycamore, that would be great. Do you actually have a flat version of the six-sheet at that quality? The one-sheets all look a bit more "processed" from what I've seen, or does that just depend on the quality of the scan/photo?

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#510225
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"I am wondering.....why are you here?"
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CO said:

So trust me, there are a load of fans who don't think ESB is the greatest movie (I am not one of them as I love the movie), but if you look at the re-release in 1997, the total grosses of each movie do tell you something about the OT generation:

Star Wars:  138 Million

Empire:  57 million

Jedi:  45 million 

These figures could also be somewhat accounted for by people who were bigger fans of Empire or Jedi, but so disgusted with the 1997 changes to Star Wars that they refused to see the other two ;)

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#510220
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"I am wondering.....why are you here?"
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Anchorhead said:

The twenty-somethings who came into Star Wars after it was a finished entity are no different than the twenty-somethings who discovered Indiana Jones after the original three were a completed entity.  The experience of (and the reaction to) a story that took some of us eight years to watch, is going to be inherently different than it is for someone seeing all of it in just six hours. 

For us, there were several years between films.  Those years were full of life experiences - new friends, new schools, driving, girls, jobs, first apartments, new films to discover, etc, etc. We went into each film as a different person than we were three or four years earlier.

To the twenty-somethings seeing it all at once and for the first time, ten years after it's completed, they bring a single view point into that initial experience.  That view point is who they are that day, not who they were becoming over the course of a decade.

Thankyou for this Anchorhead. I enjoy reading posts that clarify your personal Star Wars experience as I feel they give me a larger understanding of the Star Wars community as a whole. I would say it is not just twenty-somethings that these statements speak to but a majority of us, even if we did experience the theatrical runs.

The reason you are one of the posters I have made a point of questioning is precisely because your view is outside "the norm" for this forum, and reading accounts of your experiences and perspectives helps me to better examine and understand my own; hopefully in a more objective fashion. By having a narrower focus you have broadened my Star Wars universe in your own way.

I also came for the preservations and stayed for the lols :P In addition I appreciate the knowledge, expertise, sense of humour and different viewpoints of the many different members here.

I myself do not particularly appreciate the prequels, I think George deserves the bashing that any of us feel is necessary at any given time and I think fans of any or all parts of the original trilogy and 97SE versions, fans of cinema and the general public (whether they know it or not) are having their own personal histories rewritten by an egomaniac.

I appreciate the freedom with which I can say this on ot.com and not be censored or banned from the site by Lucas yes-men - another reason I am here.

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#510209
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Last movie seen
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FanFiltration said:

"Superman 4: The Quest for Peace "

 

 

 

My rating too. Although I think I might have enjoyed IV more than III this time around. I used to think the same as xhonzi - that the junkyard scene was the best thing in Superman but not anymore. I think I'll stick to the first two from now on...

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#509954
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Random Pictures and Gifs (now with winning!) [NSFW]
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Tyrphanax said:

doubleKO said:

Rogue-theX said:

The silhouette furthest left looks like jim morrison.

The silhouette furthest left is a James, but not that one.

 

*edit* This has gone on long enough. At least you guys had a guess. The 3 on the left are James May, Richard Hammond and Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear.Their silhouettes appear in the intro. I made this as a prank on my brother and had to point them out when he hadn't noticed weeks later.

Dammit! I knew this!

 

Why oh why wasn't I here before. =(

Because you have been wasting your talents in General Star Wars.

At least you're here now!