ricarleite

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Post: #44512
Topic: Lucas to give the Oscars back to the Academy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44512/action/topic#44512
Time: 20-Apr-2004 8:26 AM

I go to the movie theater not only because of the big screen and the great sound system, I go because I enjoy going out with my friends, I enjoy the antecipation of standing in the line, waiting to watch a movie I always wanted to see... It's way better than downloading movies. I must confess I do download movies, but only those that are impossible to get over here (like dr strangelove, which was totally unavailable over here until about a year ago, or the mst3k movies/episodes, which are not aired here).

Besides, I never eat popcorn or drink sodas, and I'm always talking/joking during the ads, so...

Post: #44509
Topic: How do obese people use the toilet?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44509/action/topic#44509
Time: 20-Apr-2004 8:19 AM

I once thought about how people with no arms go to the toilet.

Post: #44508
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44508/action/topic#44508
Time: 20-Apr-2004 8:17 AM

Don't you ever mention this... abomination called star trek.

Post: #44444
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44444/action/topic#44444
Time: 20-Apr-2004 5:09 AM

Two theories:

1- In the star wars universe, there was no Earth, and never there will be. Humans are just an alien race that looks like us, and for some reason, they are a dominating alien race. This is probably the answer.

2- Maybe they have some conection with us... maybe time is cyclical, and we are them in the future/past. Or maybe they will become us...

Post: #44413
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44413/action/topic#44413
Time: 20-Apr-2004 3:24 AM

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Originally posted by: Samatar
Oh, and I just thought of another "plot hole": Isn't it an incredible coincindence that "A long time ago in a galaxy far,far away" there just happened to be a race who looked just like us, spoke English... and called themselves "humans"? :-)

I assume you are joking, but if not: they speak in basic, and the movie "translates" basic to english. About the humans thing, I've always wondered about that too, but maybe... one day, a ship full of humans crashed on a distant and unknown planet called Earth...

Post: #44352
Topic: best crane machine ever
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44352/action/topic#44352
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:27 PM

I prefer...

L

Stands for "laughing".

Post: #44351
Topic: COUNT DOOKU
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44351/action/topic#44351
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:26 PM

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Originally posted by: Warbler
which is somthing I don't understand. Jango is not a Jedi. Obiwan is a Jedi. Yet Jango was able to fight him to a draw. Should Obiwan being a Jedi be able to kick Jango's butt?
I know Jango is great assassin but he is still not a Jedi.

Jango has been through a lot of s**t, I mean, who knows what fights/adventures he has gone through? A professional bounty hunter, in a star wars universe, that is NOT an easy job. Besides, he got lucky.

Post: #44348
Topic: Last line of episode 3?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44348/action/topic#44348
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:23 PM

Since we're discussing episode 3 here, lemme ask you something: is it true/confirmed that James Earl Jones will voice Darth Vader in episode 3? I mean, I've heard of puberty voice changes, but this is ridiculous...

Post: #44347
Topic: Okay, what did we LIKE about the Special Editions?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44347/action/topic#44347
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:19 PM

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Originally posted by: GundarkHunter
But they wouldn't be able to do so without Lucas' permission, because of a little legal snag called moral rights. Unless GL waived these @ the time he made the films (and I doubt he did), they still need his permission.

God forbids, I'd never wish for the death of another human being, and I like GL, but... what if he died? I mean, WHEN he died.

Post: #44346
Topic: Lucas to give the Oscars back to the Academy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44346/action/topic#44346
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:15 PM

Well, the thing is, for non-portuguese speaking movies, on a movie theater, it's almost always subtitled, except when it's a kids movie. The funny thing is, both the Special Edition and The Phantom Menace where released with dubbed versions as well (on few selected theaters), I think it's very obvious why.

On cable, it's about 75% subtitled, on a open network TV station it's almost always dubbed, but you can sometimes swich to the alternate audio channel (SAP) and listen to it on english (thats what I do).

I remember that when The Phantom Menace was released over here, both the "long time ago" and the "episode I" titles where written on portuguese (I belive that was done by Lucasfilm on every foreign release), and I remember people booing this, because they did not want it to be changed, they wanted the original titles in english. On AOTC this was corrected, and it was displayed in english.

This language thing is kinda funny when it comes to star wars characters name. For episode I, there was a character named Panaka, which sounds like "panaca", which is a brazillian slang for "idiot", "jerk". For episode 2, on theatrical release, Dooku and Sifo-Dias were changed to Dookan and Zaifo-Vias because the original names were kinda similar to cuss words in portuguese (when it was release on TV, about 1 or 2 weeks ago, the names were changed back)

And about the "cheap" movies: they show about 20 minutes of ads before the previews (they pay the movie theater for showing the ads, not the distributor), and popcorns and sodas are pretty expensive, so they have their profit there.

Post: #44342
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44342/action/topic#44342
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:03 PM

I yhink Luke and Obi-Wan have met before ANH, but briefly, maybe didn't even talk to each other properly, and he always introduced himself as Ben Kenobi, never as Obi-Wan.

Post: #44193
Topic: I can't insert a banner onto my site! Help!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44193/action/topic#44193
Time: 19-Apr-2004 10:30 AM

Seems to me you corrected the image link, but still, the file is not on you geocities folder. Did you copy the right file, into the right place?

Post: #44166
Topic: Lucas to give the Oscars back to the Academy
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44166/action/topic#44166
Time: 19-Apr-2004 9:01 AM

Brazil: weekends it's about R$15.00 (about US$5.50), students pay R$7.50 - during weekdays it's about R$5 to R$10, depends on the location, and the time.

Post: #44160
Topic: How do Star Wars people go to the bathroom?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44160/action/topic#44160
Time: 19-Apr-2004 8:24 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
I, for one, enjoy the ability to be able to pee when necessary. If we engineer it out, what happens to all those classic "yellow snow" jokes?

Reminds me of that horrible scene from Jackass the movie, where the guy actually eated his "yellow snow cone". No, couldn't do that in Hoth.

Post: #44159
Topic: Star Wars DVDs selling fast
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44159/action/topic#44159
Time: 19-Apr-2004 8:09 AM

I have to add my two cents here. Those minor corrections happen all the time. A visible camera reflection was digitally removed in the Eyes Wide Shut DVD. There's the Indy DVD's, where those minor problems were removed. You see, when it's a correction, like visible camera, visible prop, it's ok. If the SE only corrected the sound, restored the image quality, corrected the light sabers cuts and any other problems like that, I'd love the SE's. But what they did is to change the movie adding scenes and CGI. So I'm ok with the Indy DVD's, and I still consider them "originals".

Post: #44120
Topic: Banning Jimbo??
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44120/action/topic#44120
Time: 19-Apr-2004 4:31 AM

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Originally posted by: SpecialEditionSaboteur

2. Ricarleite (delusions of grandeur)

Oh, shoot, I'm #2 on the list! Maybe I should stop posting for a while and give you guys a rest. Damn my delusions of grandeur! My doctor said the medication would cure that!

This is not a dead thread, it's a zombie one.

Post: #44009
Topic: top movie monsters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/44009/action/topic#44009
Time: 18-Apr-2004 1:39 PM

Yes, but the bunny was cute, and only a few inches tall. Monsters must be big, and scary.

"Right. One, two, five!"
"Three sir."
"Three!"

Post: #43968
Topic: top movie monsters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43968/action/topic#43968
Time: 18-Apr-2004 11:07 AM

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Originally posted by: motti_soL
you have to start off by being a monster? hmm... i disagree.

In order to be a monster:

* Must be born a monster (godzilla) or be created as one (frankenstein monster)
* Must be evil, or do evil related things (thats why Chewbacca is not a monster, and frankenstein did some bad things)
* Must not be able to speak clearly, or at all
* If you have been human for one day in your life, you are not a monster, but a freak (Tetsuo, The Fly, Barbra Streissand)

Post: #43941
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43941/action/topic#43941
Time: 18-Apr-2004 7:12 AM

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Originally posted by: motti_soL
even the EU in its infancy stated that the stormtroopers are clones...

Oh. Uh... ok then.

Post: #43940
Topic: top movie monsters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43940/action/topic#43940
Time: 18-Apr-2004 7:04 AM

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Originally posted by: motti_soL
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Tetsuo is not a monster.

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!?!?!?!?

have you even read/seen Akira? Tetsuo is a huge monster at the end... and i DO mean huge!

I've seen it about 10 times. Yeah, I know, but he starts as a human, and then get his powers. A real mosnter must be born a monster, or created as one. If you have been human once, you disqualify for being a monster. You could be a freak, though (Elephant Man comes to mind).

Post: #43892
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43892/action/topic#43892
Time: 18-Apr-2004 5:32 AM

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Originally posted by: HotRod
Actually in Jimbos defense...

In 1980 when Empire cam out, you could by a folding poster thing. On the back was a load of info an shit!!
One had a piece about the Empire, and it stated there that the Stormtroopers were clones...

Also, Jimbo is correct in saying, if Goerge Lucas says they are Clones, then they are Clones.
They may not have been once, but they are now!

They are now, I totally agree. I was just saying that he changed his mind.

And if this folding poster thing is official, and states clearly that they are all clones, and it came from GL or Lucasfilm itself, then I'll have to agree with you and Jimbo, and give GL a little bit more credit. But still, it conflits with the EU material, which clearly stated the opposite, and the official EU material is always aproved by GL, so... unless he didn't bother to read it:

"Mr. Lucas we have some new expanded universe material for you to approve."
"What? They still write those things? Ok, ok, tell me what are those about."
"The first one is a work of fiction called Tommy Skywalker, in which the band The Who meets Luke and decides to do an album about him."
"Approved. Next."
"We have 'Star Wars: ER', the story of a emergency hospital in Tatooine, during the events of A New Hope."
"Approved."
"And we have here... 'Star Wars Forbidden Love', in which Luke and Leia decide to ignore the fact they are twins, and decide to make noisy love inside an A-Wing, during the clone wars, which I belive is not even possible. It was written by a 13 year old boy, and it's 3 pages long."
"Whatever, approved, approved!"

Post: #43891
Topic: I can't insert a banner onto my site! Help!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43891/action/topic#43891
Time: 18-Apr-2004 4:59 AM

I'm sure you didn't forget the disco dancing part, eh?

Uh seems to me you linked the image file to your computer. Look at the source code, it's linked to the "My Documents" folder. You need to upload the image into your geocities account, and then link it like this: <img src="ot.gif" border="0"> - or else it will not appear to anyone who is not using your computer.

Post: #43889
Topic: James bond is awesome
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43889/action/topic#43889
Time: 18-Apr-2004 4:45 AM

Agree on all of those, but not on Brosnan, I kinda like "The World is not Enough" better. And with "Die another Day", the CHEESE got back into the Bond series, something I haven't seen since Moonraker.

Post: #43887
Topic: top movie monsters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43887/action/topic#43887
Time: 18-Apr-2004 4:41 AM

Tetsuo is not a monster. If they are considering animes, why not include Evangelion on the list too? Those are monsters, in a way. And how about every creature Ultraman fought?

Seems there is a thin line between "monster" and "freak".

Post: #43833
Topic: Plot holes in the SW saga
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/43833/action/topic#43833
Time: 17-Apr-2004 4:20 PM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
They are not recrutes they are clones. They all look alike in terms of size and build. George has stated that the original trilogy stormtroopers are clones several times. So they have different voices. Not much different really. Maybe in the 2007 versions Lucas will make all there voices the same. It stated so on ain't it cool news.

Ok, so bring me a GL quote (before the SE please) in which he states that the stormtroopers are clones. Besides all the EU material has stated clearly that they are not clones at all. Can't you see he wanted to change it all when he began working on the prequels? This is George "Plot Holes" Lucas we are talking about.

GL is working on the prequels scripts, when he suddenly just raise his arms and says: "I just don't know!"