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#288301
Topic
The new look official Star Wars site is up
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288301/action/topic#288301
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Originally posted by: Scruffy
It's not a website. It's an interactive Flash animation. And not a particularly good one, at that. It did manage to bring down Firefox, which is impressive--the build I'm using has been rock-solid so far.

By website, I mean a collection of information substantially based upon and made available by the standards promulgated by the World Wide Web Consortium, such as (X)HTML, CSS, and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. The substantive content of StarWars.com is not described by the W3C standards, it's in a proprietary media format embedded into the a web page. Going this route will cost them some users and hurt their search engine rankings, but it's their choice. I'm sure there's any number of CSS geeks who would be willing to design a standards-compliant, accessible website for them when they get tired of the Flash.


Blah, blah, blah. Maybe you have a buggy extension. I've been using FireFox to view the site for 3 days straight and it hasn't brought me down. I'm on version 2.0.0.3.

The interactive front end is kind of cool. It's no worse than any other site that I've seen use it. The proprietary media format you speak of is available on every major platform that exists (Windows, OS X, Linux, and I think Solaris). Going this route won't cost them anything. The majority of their users probably use IE with the Flash plugin, which works just fine. It's not going to hurt their rankings either, at least not judging by this Google search:

fficial&client=firefox-a">http://www.google.com/search?q=star+wars&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-USfficial&client=firefox-a

Is it me or do people just hate everything that comes out of LFL related to Star Wars now, just because? It's almost like you're only cool around here if you hate any new Star Wars stuff that's not related to the OOT. I hate the PT as much as the next OT.com reader, but I think it's getting a little ridiculous.
Post
#288141
Topic
Blu-ray (or HD-DVD) questions
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288141/action/topic#288141
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
"They don't have the guts to follow through on that. Not even the movie industry is willing to alienate its customers that badly . . . is it?"

I guess you didn't hear about the Sony root-kits?


They took a lot of flack for that. I won't even buy a CD that comes from Sony because of it. I wanted Weird Al's latest, but he's published by Sony, so oh well.

Installing root-kits on peoples machines is one thing. Completely disabling grandma's hi-def DVD player is quite another. They don't dare disable a hardware based player. There would be so much backlash that it would be suicide.
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#288140
Topic
Browser problem
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288140/action/topic#288140
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Originally posted by: Windexed
Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
I'd say its time to switch to Firefox or Opera.


The first thing out of my buddy's mouth was firefox. But still, I'd like it to be fixed. Trying ad-aware.

<edit> ok says 52 critical objects. What does this mean? (I'm bad with pooters btw)


It means it should be cleaned. Run a virus scan as well. Failing all that, go into your Control Panel, Internet Options. Click the Programs tab, then the Manage Add-ons button. Disable everything. Then open IE and re-enable them one at a time until you find the one that's causing the problem. Then either leave it disabled or uninstall it.
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#288139
Topic
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288139/action/topic#288139
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Originally posted by: Marvolo
but now a days unless a character stares right at the audience and says " okay now listen, I am about to reveal something extremely important to later events so you might want to listen to what I am about to say" critics seem too stupid to get it.

QFT!

Originally posted by: Marvolo
And another thing, why is it so hard to set in a theatre for 3 hours? I mean come on, people can set on a couch in front of a t.v. watching a sports game for 4 or more hours but do not ask them to set for three hours in a comfortable chair in a dark room with a kick ass film, amazing sound, and digitaly projected picture.


A couch is more comfortable than a chair. Also, at home, one can easily pause their TV (most people have some kind of DVR these days). They can pause for the phone or to use the bathroom or for whatever. When you're in a theater, you're around a bunch of people you don't know. So, if you need to use the restroom, you know have to get in a bunch of peoples way to get out. And you're going to miss part of the movie. At home, you simply pause the movie, use the restroom, and come back. I personally had a system that I used when the LOTR movies were in theaters. I would wait until I was seated, go to the restroom before the movie started, and then not drink anything at all until after the end of the movie. I also didn't drink anything but water starting at 20 mins before showtime. I did that because I missed part of FOTR on my first viewing due to a bathroom break.

I personally wouldn't mind sitting in a theater for 3 hours, as long as all the other people were just as respectful as I am. Turn off your cellphone (or set it to vibrate), use the bathroom before the feature starts, don't yell at the screen continuously (that's forgiven during midnight screenings only), don't bring your crying children to a movie unless it's specifically for kids (Harry Potter is not specifically for kids, but Shrek might be considered for that category). These are the reasons I rarely go to the movies anymore.
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#288030
Topic
Tales of the New Republic - fan film
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/288030/action/topic#288030
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The 3D models look awesome to me. Not quite as good as something professional, but still very close. The site itself looks very amateurish and nothing like I'd expect from LFL. The trailer isn't playing from the link, but you can get it by directly ftping into the site and downloading it.

The reason most, if not all, fan films aren't shutdown is that unless they try to charge money for the end product, which most don't, LFL doesn't bother going after them. It's really only when you start trying to charge people to see your movie that you run into trouble.
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#287706
Topic
Heroes
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287706/action/topic#287706
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Originally posted by: Sluggo
AND....

If I might sneak this question into the fray...

Remember the lady with super-hearing? The one Sylar killed in her shop? She was listening to some kind of music on her mp3 player because "it was the only thing that drown out... nevermind". Then as Sylar shows up with Mohinder later, the noise from the headphones seemed to give him problems. What's the meaning of all of this? I have my ideas, but I wonder what you all think. Since you all seem to know it all aready


I definitely need to go back and rewatch the episodes.
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#287661
Topic
Heroes
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287661/action/topic#287661
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
They didn't even have enough material for one hour!


No, what we saw was barely enough material for one hour. We all know quite well how bad things can turn out in the editing. Maybe it was poorly written, but it's also possible that it was poorly edited or a rush job. I'm not defending it, I'm just saying that it's quite possible that they had a 2 hour treatment written and then were informed they only had an hour for it. That would force them to make cuts and drastic ones at that. Things that are not completely necessary would get chopped. And the result could easily be what we saw.

I'm not about to throw the show out like it's total junk like some of you sound, just because of one episode. We have no idea what's coming next and the finale proved that the future isn't written and that we don't know what's going to happen. The only part of Isaac's vision that came true is Peter blowing up and Sylar getting killed (which may or may not have happened).



Post
#287634
Topic
Heroes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287634/action/topic#287634
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Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
Networks have never been accused of intelligence.


Exactly. From what I remember, it wasn't until the marathon 3 or 4 episode run during a weekend (they ran repeats up to the 5th episode) and the 5th episode scoring such high numbers that they decided to order up a full season. I think it scored a 5 share, which is amazing since most "good" shows usually score no higher than a 3. It was at that point that they realized they had a hit, so they ordered up a full season. They (executives) may have told the writers they'd have a two hour block for the finale and then later backtracked and decided to only give them one hour. Depending on how the ratings did, maybe they'll get two hours for season 2. Actually, since they're going to do a "Heroes: Origins" series during the summer, I have no doubt that they'll give them that extra hour in season 2.

We just have to hope that the spinoff does have good writing and doesn't just milk the series. Nothing like draining all the talent early and having the main show go to hell because of it.
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#287622
Topic
Heroes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287622/action/topic#287622
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Originally posted by: crazyrabbits
So you're telling me I should just sit back and accept gratefully whatever gets shoved my way?


No. I'm saying that some parts are nothing but throwaways. Like Candice's line about "How do you know this isn't my real form?" It's simply a throwaway line since Micah was making assumptions and she obviously didn't like that.

I agree that the end battle was anti-climactic. From reading some other forums, the finale was originally suppose to be two hours. Maybe the executives, in their almighty wisdom, changed their minds and decided to make it only one hour, so the writers had to change it up to make it work in the time given. That would certainly explain a lot.

Maybe the DVD release will have some cut scenes where things are explained. Maybe it'll also have some commentary and why things were cut. I don't know, but here's hoping.
Post
#287596
Topic
Heroes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287596/action/topic#287596
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Originally posted by: crazyrabbits
Seriously, stop trying to "fanwank" the bad writing to suit your own personal tastes. The final sequence lasted all of a couple minutes. Who, aside from Parkman (who seemed to be busy getting to the battle scene) even knew about Niki? Damn it, I get so fucking sick of people who explain away the bad writing. I don't want this show to start sucking like the last few years of Star Trek.

Hell, it seems that you don't even understand Candice's dialogue either. That was my point, that it makes no sense in the context of the story. Of course there should have been people around the area. it's a hell of a lot more accurate than a city where not one person is on the street. In fact, the whole city is empty throughout most of the episode, and it's never explained why. When Claire jumps out the window, the street is empty. When Peter meets Nathan in the parking garage, it's empty. When Peter collapses in the street, it's empty. It would have been a lot more frightening to see Sylar picking off random innocents as he is battling with the heroes.

For Christ's sake. I didn't even think it was that bad.


Yeah, because this one episode is as bad as most of Voyager, Enterprise, and the last few seasons of TNG. Yeah, right.

I'm not "fanwanking" anything. I enjoy the show very much. Despite the possible bad writing of the finale (which I think is up for debate), it's the best show on tv now. I use to make it a point to watch 24 before anything else. Now, I watch Heroes and 24 can wait. I haven't even watched that finale yet and I probably won't until tomorrow night.

I doubt Sylar would've "picked off" random innocents. He freaked out when he thought he was the bomb. He even called Mohinder and said he needed to get away because there was no point to all the innocents dieing. Sylar hasn't been after anybody that doesn't have some kind of power. Even Ando was only attacked because he was trying to kill Sylar. Other than that, Sylar hasn't gone after anyone without power. Otherwise, he could've easily picked off a ton of innocent people while he was roaming the streets. That's not his style and it's not what he wants.

Aside from the one time Parkman ran into Sylar in that basement (or whatever it was), when did he encounter him? As far as I know, he didn't. And since he's a cop, his first reaction is going to be to just shoot him. So yeah, he shots 3 bullets into the air and then a fourth and they get fired back at him. It's obvious he didn't know what he was getting into, but he wasn't going to let that stop him from trying.

Does every little thing need to be explained? Do we need a scene in the building stairwell with Parkman explaining to everyone who Niki is and what's going on so she can do her thing when they encounter Sylar? That kind of thing ruined Star Wars EU. I'm pretty sure we can live on the assumption that they filled her in. Now, if they end up filling her in during season 2, then it'll be really bad writing.

Stop trying to read so damn much into it. If anything, by your standards, the show was ruined before the finale aired. Sylar is so damn powerful now that the only thing he can't do is regenerate, turn invisible, and fly. Not much need for any of those things when you're a walking A-bomb. If the writers wrote themselves into a corner and Sylar isn't dead, than it's just going to get even worse from here. I was just reading some other forums and the theory is that Sylar is dead, but the unknown evil that Molly didn't want to find, is what dragged him off. We won't really know though until next season at the soonest.

I think the worst thing they can do is explain every single little detail. Leave some things open to interpretation. Let the fans go wild.
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#287566
Topic
Heroes
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287566/action/topic#287566
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Originally posted by: crazyrabbits
Well, love dialogue aside, didn't Richard Roundtree's character make a reference to Peter ALWAYS having his powers turned on? Or am I missing something here?

I don't know, did he? I don't recall him saying anything like that, just that he was the one (images of Neo from the Matrix were conjured up at that point, especially since the fight in 5 years gone resembled Agent Smith vs Neo to me).

Originally posted by: crazyrabbitsOh, really? Sylar just decides to stand there and do nothing when a guy with a sword verbally calls his name and runs towards him with a weapon screaming? He had more than enough time to get out of the way, so either he's a complete idiot, or he wanted to die, but since this is Sylar we're talking about here, that's a little hard to fathom.

Sylar's a nut job. He's taking all these powers because it's his duty (that's what he told Mohinder). Nothing he's done has surprised me, with the exception of going to his mom's house and acting all shaken up that he could be responsible for the death of millions.

Originally posted by: crazyrabbitsOutside involvement aside (the Company had no reason to close the square off to outside individuals, because they don't have Molly to track Sylar, Thompson is dead, most of the security personnel in the building near the plaza are investigating Linderman and Thompson's murders, and there is no way HRG could have gotten through a blocked off section without being stopped by the Company [remember, he's still wanted by them]), there should have been at least SOME people outside (this is New York, after all).

In addition, I'm surprised that not ONE of the main characters were detained by the police or arrested. Considering the dead bodies in the building, the fact that there was a massive explosion right above the heart of the city AND a dead man laying in the plaza square, it's ridiculous that all of the characters were able to get away scot-free. For that matter, where was Agent Hanson? Why was she reintroduced in the previous episode? Wouldn't it have made more sense for her to show up at the end and get suspicious of what had happened in the plaza?

I've been to New York (that I can remember) all of one time. Sorry if I don't know what it's really like there. Would it have been better to have a bunch of people running around in chaos once the fight started? I'm sure that's why it was done. They could have had a bunch of extras walking around and then going into a panic, but for what purpose? Give the heroes people to save while Sylar attempts to pick them off as a distraction?

Originally posted by: crazyrabbitsThere's no reason for Candice to "play" Micah by suggesting she has a bigger shape. What, do you think Micah was supposed to be fearful that Candice would turn into a 500-pound woman and bodyslam him? Her comments indicated that her past form was different, but if she turned into the "regular" Candice at the end, why bother including those suggestions in the previous episode?


Her comments, to me, simply indicated that Micah did not know what her true form was and it could be anything (not that it was though). I don't think there was anything to it except that. Why make the comment? Why not? Maybe she was just trying to give Micah something to mull over. Perhaps make him realize that "things are not always what they seem". I don't think Micah was suppose to be fearful or anything else. He was just suppose to wonder "Is this her true form and will I ever know what her true form is?" How can anyone know what a shapeshifters true form is except the shapeshifter themselves.

Originally posted by: MeBeJediSylar wasn't trying to die. He thought he would be able to stop Peter and make himself the hero. It wasn't until after he was stabbed that he was happy to let Peter blow up.


I don't think so. That's what he said, yes, but it's clearly not what he meant. He'd stop Peter by killing him, but he'd still be the bad guy (no one else was around). All the other heroes would still want him dead, so he wouldn't really be a hero. His comments were nothing more than to make Peter doubt himself. Once he was stabbed, he saw that he was suppose to die by using Isaac's power, so he let himself go (except apparently not).

Originally posted by: crazyrabbitsAfter watching the end battle again, I found it very funny that Niki, who should have no idea what's going on due to the fact that she's never met Sylar or Peter, grabs a traffic meter and beats the hell out of Sylar just for no reason. I'm also surprised that Peter wasn't surprised to see Hiro, especially since the only time they met (if I remember correctly) was on the train, and that was Future Hiro.


Since a bunch of them were together before finding Peter and Sylar, I see no reason why they couldn't have explained the situation to Niki. She could be brought up to speed very quickly and proceed to kick ass. Remember, it's Niki, not Jessica, she's quick to act and doesn't think much about the consequences.

Peter may have been surprised to see Hiro, but there wasn't much time to react. Hiro shows up, stabs Sylar, gets thrown toward the building, and then vanishes. All of 10 seconds may have passed. It certainly wasn't enough time to react very much, especially since he still thought he was going to blow up right there.
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#287541
Topic
First Look: The Clone Wars Celebration IV Poster With looks at the character design!
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287541/action/topic#287541
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Originally posted by: ADigitalMan
Silly me. I thought they were going to continue with Genndy Tartakovsky's series. Glad we're getting something completely different yet totally redundant.


I wouldn't say it's completely different. It looks to me like 3D CG based on Tartakovsky's style. I'd even go so far as to say they used the Gentle Giant maquettes as models for the show.
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#287527
Topic
Heroes
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287527/action/topic#287527
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Here's what I got out of the finale. Sort of a reply to crazyrabbits.

I don't think Parkman knew how dangerous Sylar was, at least not until after Sylar stopped the bullets. Maybe Ando figured he could get the drop on him.

I think it was important for Peter to hear from someone else that he's strong and is the one that will make things right.

Claire shooting Peter. Got me on this one. Maybe, like others have suggested, he can only use one power at a time. Maybe he was so busy concentrating on trying to not blow up that it would have killed him. She was probably freaked out too. Since Peter saved her, she just couldn't pull the trigger.

Sylar's overconfidence was his weakness. Plus, I'm betting that he didn't think the future could be changed, so he had to be stabbed at some point. Since Peter didn't go nuclear in the square, he won't let it happen again.

My thoughts on the plaza being empty are that it was really late at night. Probably no one around for the short time they were there since everyone else was at home sleeping.

The same reason practically every series always stalls with a cliffhanger. It gives the viewer a taste of what's to come, gives them a reason to come back, and gives them something to look forward to. And in this day of DVD sales, it gives the studio more money when they release it on DVD. You can't buy season 1 and not want season 2, since it completes the story.

I think Candice's comments about being an entirely different shape were just her way of playing Micah. He really had no way of knowing what her true form was.

I too was kind of ticked that nobody bothered to keep an eye on Sylar. Oh well, it just means he won't be that easy to kill.

As for the rest of the episode, is it me or does it seem like it's a Christian allegory? Peter is "the one" (Charles words, not mine). Mr. Bennett's first name (He's gathering all the Heroes together I guess and protecting them). Yeah, it's only two references, but they're two big references.

Are we going to have a policy on posting spoilers? Should we wait a certain amount of time after the episode airs, or is it fair game once it's aired on the West Coast?
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#287463
Topic
Heroes
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287463/action/topic#287463
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Originally posted by: MeBeJedi
I was glad to have watched my daughter's TIVO'd cartoon this morning, as the recording was glitchy. That told me our plant-covered patio cover was growing over the Dish again, so I went out to cut it. I'd have been pissed if I wasn't able to record the show tonight.


LOL! Glitchy cartoons to the rescue!
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#287361
Topic
Transformers: The Movie
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https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287361/action/topic#287361
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Originally posted by: ferris209
Originally posted by: Cable-X1
Yeah...I've got a bad attitude. I realize it totally.


Hey, I'm cool with a bad attitude, I've found that a bad attitude is a sign of a realist and cynic, usually those kind of people don't become victims and I like that. Anyways, I was impressed by the trailer and I will give it a chance before I call it out as crap. I was a child in the 80's and had the toys, watched the cartoons, and everything so I do have high expectations. I also went over to the Transformers Movie website where there are some interviews of the writers, it seems they are really wanting to preserve the Transformers "idea" so to speak. So far, I know that they changed "Bumblebee" from a VW bug to a Camaro, but we all know they did not because Chevy paid a hefty sum to have it done. I would link their interviews here, but the whole site is flash based and hard to link. So, I recommend ya'll go check it out, I liked what they had to say. The interviews are under the "Videos" section on the website.

http://www.transformersmovie.com/


I read on another site that Bumblebee technically never was a "VW Bug". He was a car in the likeness of a VW bug. I've got nothing to back it up, but the guy said there was never a VW symbol in the cartoon or on the toy. Apparently he was always different enough that they couldn't be sued. When they eventually did want to make an exact copy of a VW bug (with the VW logo and all) for a re-issue, VW wouldn't let them do it.

I have somewhat high hopes for the movie, if only because the transformers "sound" is in the latest trailer.
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#287337
Topic
First Look: The Clone Wars Celebration IV Poster With looks at the character design!
Link
https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/287337/action/topic#287337
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I guess I'm the only one around here that liked the style of the Clone Wars cartoon. Then again, I also liked Samurai Jack.

I just wish the cartoons had been longer. Watching a 3 minute clip on cartoon network was pretty exciting at the time. I remember flipping to it between programs on the main tv at my mom's house. After it ended and I said they could change it, they both (my mom and sister) said "That's it?!". I was like, yep, later!