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#901717
Topic
All Things Star Trek
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It’s not the transfer, the episodes were literally edited on video tape. Except for going back to re-edit the original film from scratch (which is what they did for TNG), DS9 and VGR are stuck like that. And since not many people bought the TNG remaster because no one knew about it because CBS didn’t promote it, CBS won’t pay to do the other shows.

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#896284
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The Force Awakens : Fan Edit Ideas
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oojason said:

^^ in the ops room on D’Qar with many of the Resistance around the holo-table…

POE: The scan data from Snap’s reconnaissance flight confirms Finn’s report.

SNAP WEXLEY: They’ve somehow created a hyperlight speed weapon built within the planet itself.

YOUNG OFFICER: a laser cannon?

SNAP WEXLEY: We’re not sure how to describe a weapon of this scale…

MAJOR EMATT: It’s another Death Star!

POE: I wish that were the case, Major. This was the Death Star… (a hologram of the Death Star appears, then Starkiller Base appears next to it - dwarfing it in size) … and this is Starkiller Base…

(gasps from many of the people in the room)

HAN: So… it’s big.

ACKBAR: How is it possible to power a weapon of that size?

FINN: It uses the power of the Sun - as the weapon is charged the Sun is drained until it disappears…

Leia receives notice that they are the next target, and the weapon is already charging - the group then come up with the plan to destroy Starkiller Base…

Sure, but I wish that it could be edited to make it seem like they take down superweapons every other week. “ANOTHER planet destroyed? Is it the thing where it shakes the planet apart with giant walker things? Oh, it’s a hyperspace weapon, that’s different at least.”

And I was mostly joking.

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#896237
Topic
The Force Awakens : Fan Edit Ideas
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Suggestion: Add the voice of someone saying “Again?!” when it’s revealed to the Resistance that the First Order has yet another superweapon. I still like my idea that this is a weekly occurrence, and that’s why no one really cares when the system is wiped out. 😉

About the map, I don’t think it’s a map to Luke specifically. They say in the movie that Luke was looking for the first Jedi Temple. This is a map to the first temple that Luke found and erased the last step so people couldn’t find it. Heck, Obi-Wan and Yoda may have deleted that section of their maps while they were in the Jedi Archives so Palpatine wouldn’t just nuke it, Luke found the final piece, hid it on that flash drive, then went off to stay there.

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#891397
Topic
All Things Star Trek
Time

Welp, Axanar got sued. Unfortunately, they’re not going down without a fight, which means that things are going to get REALLY ugly out there. I read through the motion, CBS/Paramount are not wrong. Axanar needs to prove that they aren’t making ANY money from the project, and even then that might get them out of only some of it.

It’s the “potential damages” part that worries me. Axanar fans are well known for not being fans of the new franchise direction and are already talking boycotts, which plays right into the hands of what they’re fighting against. If CBS/Paramount can say that they missed out on a multi-billion dollar movie like TFA because of Axanar fans, they could sue for millions.

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#891313
Topic
The Marvel Cinematic Universe
Time

RicOlie_2 said:

Why is it that Cumberbatch is just about the only actor that I almost always see as himself rather than whatever character he’s supposed to be playing?

I think its because so far (for me at least) he usually is playing the same character. Cocky (Smaug), suave (Khan), if not the villain than morally questionable (Sherlock). I’m interested in him playing a hero.

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#890585
Topic
General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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TV’s Frink said:

LexX said:

joefavs said:

LexX said:

Does anyone here own the 2015 BD Saga set? Does it still have Fox logos in TESB and ROTJ? Or is it 100% similar to the 2011 set, with no Disney connection anywhere?

The actual films are the same as far as I know, but I believe the Roman numeral episode numbers were removed from the physical discs themselves. Ultimately pretty meaningless, but people made an enormous deal about it in comment sections round the world.

Haha, that’s interesting. I’m just wondering if I should sell the 2011 and buy the new one because I hate that old packaging on my shelf. Not that I would watch the films themselves anyways.

Just put it in storage or in the back of a closet. Problem solved.

That’s what I do. Along with putting them in my custom snarky Blu-ray Covers.