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#102292
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Favourite film out of original trilogy?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102292/action/topic#102292
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Originally posted by: Metallaxis
Read my second edit above. I wrote it before seeing your post, and I think that should set things straight. What I wrote had nothing to do with SW. It is my general comment on people rating stuff (teachers rating students, ratings on various contests etc...)

Edit: Talking about scientific ridiculness, have you ever thought that a Laser beam should not be visible to anyone unless you are the one being killed by it?


Heh heh. No harm done!

And yeah, we could probably start another entire thread (if there isn't one already) on inaccuracies of sci-fi flics in general. But then again, I'd *never* want to get rid of that kick-ass Tie Fighter whoosh sound... (vacuum... we don't need no sticking vaccums in space!)
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#102274
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Favourite film out of original trilogy?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102274/action/topic#102274
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Originally posted by: Metallaxis

Let's be a little more realistic...
I'm sick of seing people rating stuff, and never giving a rate below 7.
Have you ever heard of the Gaussian distribution?


Well actually yes I have heard of it and am not moronic to the ways of statistics. Perhaps I didn't make myself clear- those were my ratings as a child. And yes, like the '11' volume setting that Spinal Tap used, the movies had that much of an impact. You'll note that I *didn't* rate the PT films so far; and if I had then I would have used a 1 to 5 scale which I find is plenty enough to cover an expressive view of quality placement on a bell curve.

Might I also add that if your sense of wonder is so adherant to 'reality' I find it hard to believe you could enjoy films so rooted in un-reality and so ridiculous in the face of scientific thinking.

Or maybe I just forgot in my post that 11 and 12 were *above* than 10. Hmmm... perhaps that was just 'new math'.
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#102266
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Favourite film out of original trilogy?
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102266/action/topic#102266
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As a 34 year old, I used to lay it out to people like this:

On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being best)

Star Wars: 11
Empire Strikes Back: 12
Return of the Jedi: 9

For Star Wars, you had to be there at that age at the beginning to truly know what we went through. Seriously.

For Empire, it was more of the same but better... more, eh, realistic? Better character development, better director, better writer. And darker... darker was good.

For Jedi. Parts were great. Parts were shite. Parts were weird and disappointing to me at the age that I was. But, Ewoks aside, the redemption of Anakin and the triumph of Luke made it for me and I went away happy enough.
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#102265
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New Star Wars DVD's on the way...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102265/action/topic#102265
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Originally posted by: Hardcore Legend
Excellent! So when this comes out in a year and a half, I will have had a year and a half worth of enjoyment for $40. Not too bad if you ask me.


Not that I've bought the set (haven't taken the plunge yet) but I agree with your thinking here- I break everything down into entertainment dollars and to my mind that's a pretty fair bargain. That's one of the reasons I see so few flics in the theatre anymore- I have a decent home theatre system and I can wait to buy the DVD of any given title I'm interested in: Theatre=$7-$10 for commercials, disrespectful patrons and sticky floors and two hours of movie; DVD= $15-$20 for lots of extra content (usually), unlimited re-watches, my own kitchen and bathroom and the ability to pause at my leisure. Now THAT'S value to me!
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#102264
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So, are all the Stormtroopers from IV-VI clones?..
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102264/action/topic#102264
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OK. I can accept that the Stormtroopers are all clones. I can accept accelerated growth as a means to close the time gap between AOTC/ROTS and ANH...

BUT....

What I can't accept is that EVERY freakin' clone is Jango Fett. THAT is what I think GL was using just to add some sort of perceived 'coolness' and a nod to the OT without thinking about it very much. To my mind THAT is the big plot hole/problem with the clones. Some beings in the SW galaxy would be more genetically capable of doing certain tasks than others. What makes one frakkin' bounty hunter so great at everything??

So what about this:

The intial troops that were oredered and that start the clone war were the Jango clones. Liking how they worked out, Palpatine enslaves the Kaminoes, takes over production and starts plucking DNA from other people/beings who would meet certain tasks better than others. This would account for different voices/actions/levels of skills of troops in the OT. And stealing DNA to make disposable people does just seem like an evil thing to do!

But of course, why wouldn't the Empire have used even better DNA stock... like say that of the crispy critter who was once Anakin Skywalker? Just think- with all those shittychlorians in his blood they could have had some truly KICK ASS troops! Force sensitive/trained Stormtroopers??? Whoo-hoo! Then again, they would be more likely to rebel against their masters I'd think. Maybe that's a whole new OT plot we missed!!! Or maybe those Anakin clones were the Imperial Guards... you know, the ones with all the liquor and women!!
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#102226
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A New Tactic... refunds????
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/102226/action/topic#102226
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(sorry no posts for the last few days gang... me and the missus were in San Fran on vacation )

OK... reading and re-reading several posts regarding the OT and how the films affected both many of our lives (especially us 30 years old and uppers) and our formulative years and the many way Lucas has spit on us fans, I have come up with an idea:

We paid Lucas to see his movies. We made him and many other people very, very rich. Swimmingly rich. Filthy stinking rich. But we did so willingly, with grins on our faces and dreams of space battles in our heads as we slept on our Artoo and Threepio sheets. Many of us shaped aspects of our career dreams around the experiences of seeing the OT. And we continued to feed Lucas' pockets as we got older. And for what? To not even be thrown a wee little bone by his releasing of 3 little original versions of three big movies. To be told that those films 'don't exist'. To be told "and I'm sorry you saw half a completed film and fell in love with it. But I want it to be the way I want it to be.".

I say "Screw that, Mr. Lucas- I DEMAND A REFUND"

I demand a refund for every bloody cent I put in your pocket, as well as Kenner's pockets, 20th Century Fox's pockets, Underoo's pockets and every other pocket I lined with my and my parents money over the past 28 years.

I propose we draft a letter that each of us can customize and send it to whomever we can think of that we paid for Star Wars merchandise. I'm sure with a couple weeks of thinking I could get a fair idea of what all I've spent over the years. If those movies don't exist, then we all paid to support nothing. And I want my money back. There was no warning label on any of my movie tickets or action figure blister packs that said 'WARNING: This film will cease to exist in its original form several years from now and therefore you are pissing away your youth. Buyer beware."

Perhaps instead of refunds some of us would consider, say, a pristine film print of the OT to do with what we wish?

Any thoughts? Suggestions?
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#101124
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Dinner for Five with Mark Hamill
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101124/action/topic#101124
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Originally posted by: fusionaddict
JJ Abrams, the man who will forever be known to me as the man who made Lex Luthor Kryptonian, made Jor-El browbeat his son back to life, and who didn't make Krypton blow up.

Someone's been going to the Lucas School of Continuity.


What- did all that happen on Smallville 90120??? I *knew* there was some reason I never watched that show... and it wasn't just lack of Teri Hatcher...
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#101099
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Sin City
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101099/action/topic#101099
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Originally posted by: Bossk
That's not a family-oriented act?!?!??! NO!!!!

ROTFLMAO


... and while on vacation in Tijuana...

"Mommy, Daddy... look- a petting zoo!! Can we go, can we go???"

"Well dear... it says 'Donkey Show'. Nothing could be safer than *that*!"

"Yeaaaahhhh!!!"
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#101096
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Sin City
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101096/action/topic#101096
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
The female heads mounted on the wall was a bit disturbing..


LOL. As they were intended to be!

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Also, can someone explain to me why they had to say Marv's Parole officer was a lesbian... I mean.. I don't see how that adds anything to her character's motiviations and, since they used a rather... derogitory term to describe it, really all it does is to serve to make the women in the audiecne even more uncomfortable than they already are.


Rough city, rough language, rough character. And you took it roughly... again, I assume as intended to be.

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Plus it embarrased the crap out of me, considering that it was me who reccomended seeing it to my dad. And he just had to bring his girlfriend and her son. Which only made it worse.


Yeah, I'm gonna have to agree with Bossk on that point. Sounds like an error in judgment there. That's like saying, 'Let's all go to a concert... I've never heard of this 'Marilyn Manson' but with a name like that she must be sweet. Get the kids ready."

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#101055
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Star Wars: Deleted Magic (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/101055/action/topic#101055
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
ocpmovie: Of course I would kill hundreds for a release of the actual Lost Cut.

Rikter: Count me in on your quest


Which quest was that - to kill hundreds, or get the lost cut?


"The president wants to know if everything's ok, or should we nuke Russia?"
"Tell him 'yes' on 1 and 'no' on 2."
"Uh, was that 'yes' on 'nuke Russia' or, uh, number 2?"

(Only cool people will get that reference. )


Only one of THE GREATEST films EVER made!!!! "Laugh-a while you CAN, Monkey-Boy!!"
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#100980
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Episode II: Shroud of the Dark Side (the TM edit) (Released)
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100980/action/topic#100980
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Originally posted by: Trooperman
I'm doing the reference cut on Nero (kind of hard to work with, and not many options). For the final editing, I'm going to use Roxio VideoWave (along with MGI VideoWave, ArcSoft, and VirtualDub). Even so, I'm realizing more and more that for the types of things I want to do (including soft wipes and transitions, filters, and complicated color modifiying), I might need to invest in a higher-end program like Adobe (I've read that it is very good). I might purchase that in the near future and learn to use it.

As for the audio, I'm using AudioHQ, SoundForge, Cakewalk Pyro, and Sonar to do the sound mix, and I'll need every bit of it for the dubbing.

Thanks for asking!


To chime in my 2 cents, instead of buying Adobe Premiere (and don't get me wrong- I've edited on Adobe Premiere and it IS nice, but can be slow and is a system hog like most Adobe software) you might look into Sony's Vegas http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/products/vegasfamily.asp.

It has most (if not all now) of the same features as Premiere and has a much nicer flow to the user interface, IMHO.
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#100916
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Discussion: It's finally happened...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100916/action/topic#100916
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Originally posted by: Bossk
I wanna know what the actual TP looks like. Does it have characters on it? Can I wipe my ass with a Wookie?


So Chewbacca and Wicket the Ewok were squatting next to each other and taking a dump.
Chewbacca looked over at Wicket and grunted "Ewok- you ever have trouble with crap sticking to your fur?"
Wicket, puzzled, looked back at Chewie and said "Why no, I don't have trouble with crap sticking to my fur."

So Chewbacca picked Wicket up and wiped his ass with him.
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#100900
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Discussion: It's finally happened...
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100900/action/topic#100900
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The product name is better than most that Lucas has come up with for the PT anyhow...

"A hard rain fell in Coruscant. From the window of his small living quarters Obi-Wan Kenobi could barely detect a pulsing, throbbing beat. Not the just the window, he thought. No- everywhere. Damn. It must be that bastard Zewa Moll who had just moved upstairs. A Jedi Zewa may be, but a punk kid who played his music too loudly was all that Kenobi would ever see. It could be worse though- at least Moll wasn't into 'boy bands' like Anakin was."
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#100765
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Win a Vader Viper from Cingular
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100765/action/topic#100765
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Originally posted by: Klingon_Jedi
Well, I think I regged. It just gave me a blank screen. Probably one that was supposed to load the "we need your cell number" or something. What's "Vader" about that Viper? It just looks black to me.


Hmmm... I dunno... maybe Hayden sat in it or something.

Actually if you look here:
http://www.cingular.com/starwars
It looks like they put some lava graphics on it or something... but even if it was just black- c'mon man, its a free car!!
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#100733
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Childhood Past-time: Model Rockets
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/100733/action/topic#100733
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Awesome ric!!! You and I are peas in a pod!!! Myself and my highschools chums used to make the same kind of bombs, but we used muriatic acid (the joys of pool chemicals, right?). We took the empty 2 liter bottle, put 3 or 4 crumpled pieces of aluminum foil into the bottle and poured in the acid to cover... close the lid tightly, shake the bottle and THROW IT AWAY FROM YOU!!! LOL. No fire or smoke, of course, but... BADABOOOOOMMMM!!!!

Then again, we also used to make home-brewed napalm out of Ivory liquid soap and gasoline... those were the days!

(what the hell were we thinking?!?!?!?!)

Oh and yes... to answer the thread- we also built and launced model rockets. Fun times, but running after them and trying to figure out where they landed (inevitably in some wooded area) was a pain in the rear.