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#972711
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Star wars v.s Star trek
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Density said:

Star Wars destroys Star Trek. TNG never fails to puts me to sleep, and TOS is campy as hell. Never even seen the others. Frankly, and I’m sure I would be shot by Trekkies for saying this, the first time I’ve genuinely enjoyed Trek is the JJ movies. Sue me.

How DARE you? How dare you to have a different opinion than millions of other people? Don’t you know that in this modern era you’re supposed to like everything that other people like?

Seriously, yes, TOS is campy as hell and that’s just one of the many reasons it’s great. But I don’t agree about TNG. There are many episodes which are simply dumb, but I don’t remember a BORING episode. JJ movies are dumb AND boring for me 😃

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#972207
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Will we ever see the original trilogy released
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Density said:

Cartoons made by people lower on the food chain and mostly watched by kids don’t tell us anything. We’re talking about a cartoon that resurrected Darth Maul FFS. And TCW was not made by Lucas directly anyway (he probably had about as much to do with most of it as he did with TFA), plus it was generally better received than the prequels themselves. The fact that Disney has referenced it tells us nothing at all about the possibility of an OUT release.

Actually he was involved with every bit.

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#971062
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<strong>STAR WARS: REBELS</strong> (animated tv series) - a general discussion thread
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Tyrphanax said:

Lord Haseo said:

pittrek said:
Because the trailer evoked the feeling of a bad guy turning into a good guy.

Yep, him saying he’s going to “pull the Rebels apart piece by piece” really gives off a good guy vibe don’t it?

I’m not sure English is their first language so maybe it doesn’t make sense to them.

But no, Thrawn is solidly an Imperial lifer.

Correct, and unfortunately the the trailer didn’t have subtitles. Thanks for the info

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#970727
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<strong>STAR WARS: REBELS</strong> (animated tv series) - a general discussion thread
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Tyrphanax said:

pittrek said:

Just a quick question - who is supposed to be that Thrawn guy? At least is he a hero or a villain?

Man, you must not be big on EU or at least missed the Thrawn Trilogy books by Timothy Zahn. He’s an Imperial Grand Admiral and arguably one of the most popular EU characters ever created (not to me but a large section of the fan base).

Correct, the only thing I know is that there is something called “Thrawn Trilogy”, but I have never read any SW novel / comic book. So he’s a big villain? Because the trailer evoked the feeling of a bad guy turning into a good guy.

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#965881
Topic
All Things Star Trek
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So … for those of you who don’t know it yet, they made Sulu gay in Beyond. I thought it’s a horrible idea and it looks like George Takei agrees. Why do they have to do things like that? I don’t understand this type of writing. If they wanted to have a gay character, they could create a new gay crew member or multiple members.

George’s reaction : http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3680060/George-Takei-says-s-unfortunate-Sulu-character-played-Star-Trek-decades-depicted-openly-gay-latest-movie-directors-wanted-honor-LGBT-activism.html

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#965292
Topic
Yoda and Palpatine NEVER should have been given lightsabers.
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I said it a million times before - giving Yoda a lightsaber is like giving Gandhi a tommy gun.
And why would the Emperor, a guy who shoots lightning bolts out of his fingers need a lightsaber? It’s just stupid. Wouldn’t it be much more creepier/scarier/effective if Palpatine would kill the Jedi who came to arrest him by simply breaking their necks with his mind and slowly going away smiling?

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#965290
Topic
All Things Star Trek
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TNG was started in 2011 and released between 2012 and 2014.
And the Blu-rays were a mix of upscaled SD footage (live action scenes for which they didn’t find the negatives in time), CGI scenes (effects scenes shot on film for which they didn’t find the elements, and effects scenes done originally in CG) and new digital composites of new HD scans of original effects elements.

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#962072
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Extended original cut of first film released way back?
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I wrote it so many times in this forum, but I clearly remember:

  • the grappling hook scene - Luke missed for the first time, Leia kissed him, and then he tried it for the second time and was successful.
  • Luke meeting Biggs in the hangar before the Death Star battle was for me always there, and I thought they have actually made it SHORTER for the 1997 SE
  • during the briefing when Luke says he used to shoot womp rats from his T-16 to the other guy, they shake hands and introduce themselves. I remember he introduced himself as Wedge, it was weird to see that there’s another Wedge in the battle and this guy appears in any other scene

Were these scenes in the movie? I used to grow up with different high generation bootleg copies of different European prints, so originally I thought that maybe some European country has received a different cut or something like that, but they still can be only a part of my imagination. Why? Because I have absolutely no proof that they existed.

So yes, maybe the memory can play tricks on you. You can’t be 100% sure about anything what happened 4 decades ago unless you have a thing which can be considered a PROOF.

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#960473
Topic
team negative1 - star wars 1977 - 35mm theatrical version (Released)
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Thanks for the replies.
So, the mono mix sounds like a low bitrate mp3 because it was source from an mp3? 😃 Thanks for the link, I’ll get it asap.
There is a very strange thing with the “We seem to be made to suffer” shot - I tried it 3 times, and 3 times it behaved the same as I wrote. I closed PowerDVD and re-opened it. I played it again and the scene now plays correctly. Weird, but it was definitely a problem on my side.

So, after watching the whole Blu-ray I have to again say THANKS ! I loved it, I was actually excited during the trench battle sequence and DS destruction, which I found hard by watching the DVD/official BD versions