oojason

chyron8472 said:

Warbler said:

oojason said:

chyron8472 said:

Personally, I think a football player sitting during the anthem is ineffectual. It’s less effective even than temporarily adding an overlay to your Facebook avatar after a crisis.

If the people who sit want to help the cause for which they protest, they should do so in a way that matters. You can’t show solidarity to the BLM community by sitting unless the camera notices you doing it and the media jumps up and down accordingly. So I think the people who sit should be ignored, because it deflates their method of protest entirely.

It’s similar to how Trump wouldn’t have won the primary had he not been given all the media attention. Just ignore them, and their opinion becomes moot.

A player sitting during the anthem is so ineffectual you think the media should ignore it (instead of jumping up and down accordingly) - so it will deflate their method of protest entirely?

Erm… what?

His argument is that if people and the media stop making a big deal out of it, they will eventually stop protesting the anthem and move on to some other sort of protest.

Yes.

No, the protesters likely won’t - or shouldn’t stop protesting during the anthem - they should keep on whether the media report/censor/ignore it or not - though they may take other different forms of protest too. Media suppression of an incident can help that protest in itself.

We on here may be talking about the sitting thing in the main - but I hadn’t really a clue about any of it (from the UK, not an NFL fan) - did a little research and now I know the reasons why, and researched it further - others will likely do (or have already) the same… and the point of the protest is made.

Others, especially those around the world (that are allowed to do so) have no qualms protesting against symbols of their own Govt or country when it is failing it’s citizens, or there is an inequality perceived to be taking place with no-little appetite for change.

The raising of awareness for a cause is one of the first and most important steps in the long, slow and difficult road to implementing change. Media suppression or censorship certainly does not help that.

chyron8472 said:

Personally, I think a football player sitting during the anthem is ineffectual. It’s less effective even than temporarily adding an overlay to your Facebook avatar after a crisis.

If the people who sit want to help the cause for which they protest, they should do so in a way that matters. You can’t show solidarity to the BLM community by sitting unless the camera notices you doing it and the media jumps up and down accordingly. So I think the people who sit should be ignored, because it deflates their method of protest entirely.

It’s similar to how Trump wouldn’t have won the primary had he not been given all the media attention. Just ignore them, and their opinion becomes moot.

A player sitting during the anthem is so ineffectual you think the media should ignore it (instead of jumping up and down accordingly) - so it will deflate their method of protest entirely?

Erm… what?

Z6PO said:

oojason said:

LexX said:

What the heck is this?

It’s a micky-take from the lads working on ROTJ - they put in a dragon from the 1981 film Dragonslayer and took a couple of photos for laughs, I think…

It’s THE dragon from Dragonslayer, Vermithrax Pejorative !

And yes, it’s a fun picture from the ILM guys.

😄

I bow to your knowledge of this film, good sir - I was more a Flash Gordon fan at the time.

Though that is one cool name for a dragon - in fact that is one cool name for anything 😃

LexX said:

What the heck is this?

It’s a micky-take from the lads working on ROTJ - they put in a dragon from the 1981 film Dragonslayer and took a couple of photos for laughs, I think…

^ 😄

by ‘sahinduezguen’ at https://sahinduezguen.deviantart.com/gallery/

^ all by ‘Cranimation’ at https://cranimation.deviantart.com/ - has a fair few more Star Wars pieces on there too…

a few more plex / media centre style covers by ‘PREDATOR-ASSASSIN’ over at deviantart:-

https://predator-assassin.deviantart.com/

and a few more besides, all nicely done…

The Saga (so far) posters:-

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/75doku/all_posters_together_updated/

chyron8472 said:

chyron8472 said:

One thing I didn’t like about The Force Awakens was how Carrie Fisher seemed to have had one of those surgeries on her face that makes it impossible to open one’s mouth more than a slit nor produce normal mouth/cheek-related facial expressions. Her upper lip is nearly incapable of movement.

dahmage said:

classy post. you know, people age.

ray_afraid said:

In 40 years, I’d love to walk up to all the idiots that say these kinds of things, gasp and say “Damn! You look like shit! What happened? Drugs? Surgery? DAMN!”

Why should I be chastized for wishing that Leia’s mouth/lips in TFA actually inflected? She looks like she’s trying not to move her mouth when she talks; nor do her lips curve down when she frowns or up when she smiles, and it bothers me.

My mum (is deaf) struggles to lip read some of her older friends these days due to the way people’s faces change around the mouth area (especially the ornamental groove and vertical rhytids) as they get older. It leaves a thinning of the area between the mouth lips and nose - appearing less curved and fleshy when younger - and due to the lack of fat/muscle there as we age - it can appear ‘flat’ or stiff.

Age can be a bitch - and affects some harsher than others.

£4 from https://www.iposters.co.uk/star-wars-40th-anniversary-montage-poster

^ from jdesigns79 over at deviantart - https://www.deviantart.com/art/Star-Wars-Retro-Style-Poster-306890257

Does make you wonder if there is anything in store for 2018 - if Lucasfilm continues with the '97, '04, '11 timeline of meddling / changing the OT…

There is always the option of just scrolling down past the person you wish to ignore 😉

Free and easy to use photo or image sites like http://imgur.com/ may well be a lot better for linking pictures of covers and art etc on to here and other sites, for the future…

Photobucket has really dealt a lot of people a big blow by disabling their ‘3rd party hosting’ - a lot of quality covers and art etc lost over time…

some cool, yet simple and striking DVD covers from ‘Uebelator’ over at deviantart - https://uebelator.deviantart.com/gallery/

and lot more Star Wars stuff in his quality gallery

The following thread may be a good way to help focus on helping taking there sort of profiteering pirates down…

‘Dealing with People Selling Fan Projects’:-

http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Dealing-with-People-Selling-Fan-Projects/id/56133/page/1

^ nice one and thanks DigMod - very much looking forward to seeing this 😃

Sweet, sweet work Ron - nice one - looks like a full bundle package of Star Wars goodness 😃

All the best of luck with this Ady 😃

CarboniteSolo has done some sterling work in the ‘DVD Covers, Disc Labels, and Other Fan Artwork’ section of the ot.com.

His work can all be found via here - http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/CarboniteSolos-artwork/id/56292

and via his googledrive link, here - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0ByRzZa2orZnNOE1DZzRFYnBJRDg?usp=sharing

one69chev said:

The other 2 cover, minimal text, no Despecialized.

Epic mate - really nicely done - and thank you for that and also for sharing too 😃

a few cracking pictures starting to appear for this now… (especially as merchandise and promotional stuff is released) 😃

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/6xf0nx/new_poster_for_the_last_jedi/

^ from https://www.flickeringmyth.com/2017/08/new-promo-image-of-luke-skywalker-from-star-wars-the-last-jedi/

^ from http://movieweb.com/star-wars-last-jedi-plot-details-topps-trading-cards/

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/70ayt0/made_a_retro_the_last_jedi_poster/

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/707rhr/the_last_jedi_classic_poster/

^ from https://www.reddit.com/r/StarWars/comments/758sef/i_did_this_yesterday_out_of_hype_for_todays/

and the official ‘The Last Jedi’ poster - released on the 9th October…

StarWars,com’s poster gallery for The Last Jedi - http://www.starwars.com/films/star-wars-the-last-jedi-poster-gallery?cmp=smc|1195790351

one69chev said:

Another option, again not my artwork, just a different approach.

They look great, quite stark colouring and different choice of artwork - I hope you do a set without the Despecialized text on too - so we can use it as a generic OT cover set?

Falle said:

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Still working on the seventh. The front took a while to make 😃 I might remove the stars though. But first, on to the back!

Now there’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time… 😃

Welcome back - and cool covers.

FanFiltration said:

Anyone know this guy’s name?

That was Alvin Stardust mate - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_Stardust

solkap said:

Just noticed something. On the Obi Wan leaflet, Chapter 44 should probably have a different title. “Luke and Biggs” fits the scene from the SE, but Biggs is not in that scene in the DE. It’s a scene between Luke and Leia.

But I do think your choices of shots for your cover art are superb!

I knocked up some chapter times for the DeSpecialized Editions a while back…

http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/906562 (in this thread http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Inside-Covers-and-Inserts/id/47624 along with titles for ESB and ROTJ)

^ according to that ‘Chapters 24 & 44 were Chapter Titles with names from the Special Editions (‘Jabba The Hutt’ & ‘Luke & Biggs’)’ so may need changing - I just made up two titles to replace them in the link above.

Superb work Tyler0013 😃

DominicCobb said:

oojason said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Game of Thrones - anyone else feel like this season is the show on fast-forward? They should’ve stuck with two 10-episode seasons to even out the pacing instead of this weird 7- and 6-episode final seasons business.

Unfortunately that wasn’t possible given the technical and proficiency aspects of filming due to the stories told this season (20+ locations in 5 countries with several units) - plus the contractual aspects of the cast and crew (mainly time available)…

They had little option but to reduce the number of episodes - yet lengthen those episode run-times so in essence it is an eight episode season (fewer scenes apparently ended up on the cutting room floor for this season than previous helps).

I’m skeptical of this explanation. In previous seasons that’s kept them to the 10 maximum but there’s nothing new this season about the various locations and scheduling headaches that would require 3 less episodes. Only thing I can think of is their weather excuse (Winter being here and all) but that’s kinda silly because A) we haven’t seen much sign of winter outside of the North, and B) rarely are shows/films shot during the proper season (movie magic and all).

I think the real thing that happened was the show runners only wanted to do seven seasons, which meant that they had to jam pack the final/seventh season with a bunch of wrap up stuff. However two problems arose in that they had a 13 episode final season mapped out, but it was not feasible to shoot a 13 episode single season, and HBO wanted to stretch it out another year. So the season was split in two, and instead of taking the chance to look at how they could further flesh out their planned, rushed final 13 episodes and expand them into 20 (or hell, even 18 or 16), they probably got a bit cocky and thought “nope our plan is perfect, we don’t need anymore than that.”

Speculation but it seems to me to be the case.

A quick look into the ‘Inside the Episode’ videos by HBO may give an insight into the bars raised for this season compared to previous - as well as the time considerations for cast & crew contracts as a result, budgets and the (money-consuming) use of quality CGI. It’s also really 2 less episodes given the average running times…

Just my two-penneth, of course.