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#104980
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A question in regards to Samuel L. Jackson
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104980/action/topic#104980
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Originally posted by: Windexed
During the filming of AOTC, N'sync was allowed to visit the set in Australia while they were filming the arena battle. It gets a little fuzzy here, but they ended up dressing up as arena Jedi and being filmed. This isn't a rumor, but there were plenty of rumors as to why they were there. Given that the arena Jedi were nothing more than LFL employees, I'm not surprised. Anyway, their footage ended up 'not being used'.


Yeah Windexed, I'm glad you used quotes on 'not being used'. I wouldn't be able to pick NSync out of a crowd if they were the only people standing in front of me and for that very reason I have to believe they WERE in one of the charging Jedi crowd shots and that GL just backpeddled because SW fans and the media were so ticked off. I can't imagine trying to use takes where they just didn't appear.
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#104975
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Under-Rated Sci-Fi Films
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104975/action/topic#104975
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I'll probably get flamed for this one!

I didn't see the following movie in the theater and was told by a friend that it truly sucked, but when I finally got around to watching 'The Chronicles of Riddick' on DVD I really had a good time watching it! Don't get me wrong- I'm not saying its classic cinema or anything (far from) and not saying that it doesn't have ridiculous moments to it. I really don't even care for Vin Diesel much at all... but I think I *got* what the filmmaker was trying to do. Which, harkening back to my earlier post here, was to make a modern sci-fi, 80s-style barbarian movie. Seriously- it has all the trappings of one of those cheeseball movies I loved as a kid and a tone that takes its seriously but not *seriously* seriously if you know what I mean.

I sorta had the same feeling after watching it that I did after seeing 'Buckaroo Bonzai' (one of my all-time favorite films!!!)- many general audience people didn't *get* 'BB' either... but those of us that did...
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#104961
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Under-Rated Sci-Fi Films
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104961/action/topic#104961
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I've heard that Krull was, and I quote,

"Freakin' stupid." But I know nothing about it.


Like many older genre movies, I think it truly was a 'you had to be there' kind of flic. Back in the 80s, during the pre-CGI heyday of genre films, there were lots of Star Wars knock-offs and there were lots of cheesy but fun 'barbarian' style movies (which I miss!) as well as some just weird movies. These days it seems everything skewed towards a younger audience it based on a video game or comic book. Back then some 'big' films could be made that were just plain strange. And of course they don't always stack up to modern viewers. Case in point Krull. Pure cheese- but fun, silly, rousing (to a young crowd back then) action/adventure. And a neat sci-fi/fantasy blend. Great cinema? No. Does it hold a dear place in my heart like many other such genre flics? Yeah.



It just depends on the individual as to how they view movies and what they will and will not watch; for the life of me I can't get my wife to sit and watch either a black and white film or a film that *looks* dated (clothing, hairstyles, etc) and I know lots of people like that. So basically, if you can watch with an open mind, you might wanna give several of the films the people here talk about a try.

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#104925
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Back to the Future & Time Travel
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104925/action/topic#104925
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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
Read Michael Crichton's Timeline. I like its interpretation of the impact of time travel much better.


Is the book worth it? I've read and enjoyed lots of early Crichton (up to about Jurassic Park) but made the mistake of seeing the movie based on 'Timeline'. PLEASE tell me the book is far more redeeming than the utter shite that movie was!

On other time notes (one of my favorite subjects as well) has anyone read the original novel 'The Time Machine' (as opposed to the films) or any of the more 'general audience' works of the likes of Einstein and Hawking?
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#104896
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The Things We Hate And Love Thread .
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104896/action/topic#104896
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab

That's awesome!!! I hate not having Greencapt's wit.


Originally posted by: Warbler

it was funny.


LOL- if you guys want, I could split it in two and give you both a part- not perfect but at least you'd each be a half-wit!

Originally posted by: Warbler
You were warned greencapt!

*fills greencapt full of lead*


Oh crap... nevermind.... I am slain!

but... there is.... another.... gree....nnnn...capttttt........ *ack*
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#104791
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What happened to the 'used' universe?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104791/action/topic#104791
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I didn't mean to say everything (IE Tatooine) looked pristine, but I do get the impression that less thought and effort were put into making things in the PT more visually consistent with the OT.

Kinda like in 'flashback' or time-travel movies- why is it that when a character goes back to, say, the 1950s that everyone drives brand-new 1950s cars... wouldn't there be some old junkers driving around still of 1940s or 1930s models?
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#104770
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A question in regards to Samuel L. Jackson
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104770/action/topic#104770
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Originally posted by: Windexed
I'm glad SLJ is in the PT. However, I too think he is underused and isn't given enough to do. Another nitpick, is that I don't like his (or probably GL's) approach to the character. I know it's SW and that they speak with a 'classic' dialect, and that Mace is supposed to be this stoic Jedi master, but I still wish he were more lively and earthy. SLJ's best acting usually comes when he's allowed to be animated and intense. I'm not saying he has to be Jules, but he comes off as too wooden in the PT. There should have been a middle ground somewhere.


The man does have a really good range and its a shame when he can't use it. Heck, 'Jurassic Park' was on last night and I watched his bits- a great minor character who, IMHO, stole much of the show in his own little way.
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#104766
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Press views of advance ROTS screenings
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104766/action/topic#104766
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Originally posted by: Warbler
I just have to say that the people on that site who said it was better than Empire and the original classic Star Wars are either drunk or stoned. The movie may be good, but its not going to be that good.


Maybe its like this: you get captured and starved for a looooong time. You forget what food tastes like, let alone *good* food. Then you get served a big bowl of poop. Starving, you eat it- you have your reservations and can't say its really good but what else do you have? Then sometime later you're given another bowl of poop to eat- this bowl of poop has chocolate sauce and candy sprinkles on it. It seems like it should be better, its a bit more polished, but under everything its still poop. So some more time passes, you're still starved, but now they throw you a curveball: A nice fresh-baked pie of undetermined flavor. But you can't see right away that its poop. Doesn't smell like poop before you see it, doesn't quite taste like poop going down. In fact it has little hints of some of your favorite flavors in it.

So is it poop? At that point do you really care... especially because you can't remember that good food and your captor is about to cut you loose...

(wait... does that make any sense? )
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#104737
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What happened to the 'used' universe?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104737/action/topic#104737
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This has been randomly bugging me- in the OT Lucas wanted all of the tech and the planets, etc to have a 'used' or 'lived-in' look to them which greatly added to the 'reality' of the characters and situations. Then along come the prequels, and everything is in bright shiny and/or colorful brand new condition- even the 'slums' of Coruscant for the most part. That alone made me feel like I was watching cartoons or something.

Has anyone seen or read anything in which Lucas or the production team explains why this is per the story, or do I just chock it up to 'no time to age stuff, we need to digitally clone more droids'?
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#104721
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A question in regards to Samuel L. Jackson
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/104721/action/topic#104721
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My 2 Cents:

I don't mind seeing SLJ in the PT anymore than I mind seeing any other 'name' actor (Liam, Ewan, Natalie, etc). One of the things that let one latch onto the OT was the relatively unknown nature of the major players with a few 'genre' actors scattered about. That let you focus on the *story* more than the actors. That said, SLJ is a fine actor and I do feel he has too little to do in the PT. His 'party over' line was atrocious and out of place, but other than that I at least feel he takes the role very seriously and handles it respectfully. I also don't think the quality of a role should be determined by the amount of profanity a character uses- and trust me, I curse like a sailor...