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Post: #58526
Topic: Bringing back Futurama
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58526/action/topic#58526
Time: 7-Aug-2004 10:13 AM

Actually, I think it was 4 seasons, plus something like 5 episodes in a "5th season".

ThisThis link has information about how Futurama was produced and aired.

Post: #58389
Topic: Hey R2- Holiday Special truely isn't dead...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58389/action/topic#58389
Time: 6-Aug-2004 2:20 PM

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Originally posted by: Obi-wonton
I just watched the first ewok movie the other day, and OMG, thats awful too. "Mace" that obnoxious boy and the coughing whining girl...damn it was bad (that awful little house on the prarie announcer and music). So which is worse in your mind...the Christmas special or the Ewok movies. I might lean to the ewok movies being worse as the holiday special was intended to be funny to some degree.

If you haven't seen the second Ewok movie yet, you'll be happy to know that Mace gets blasted by the Marauders. We don't get to see it, but it does happen.

Post: #58320
Topic: Hey R2- Holiday Special truely isn't dead...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/58320/action/topic#58320
Time: 6-Aug-2004 9:11 AM

I opened my hotmail account today, and found a Homing Beacon newsletter (first one in many months for some reason). I thought you might find this paragraph interesting:

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In developing the look of Kashyyyk, the Art Department first turned to the much-maligned 1978 television special to see what had come before. "We watched that on a loop about four or five times, avoided suicide, and went back to work," laughs Church. Though produced on a variety show scale, the Holiday Special's Wookiee world (then called Kazhyyyk -- pronounced, oddly, as 'Kazook') did have an establishing shot of a Wookiee domicile rendered as a painting by Ralph McQuarrie. The set built for the show -- the inside of Chewbacca's home -- was a mix of flashy sci-fi tech and carved-from-wood naturalism.

So, the Holiday Special is still in the minds of the Lucas-ites, as much as some might say that Lucas tries to distance himself.

Post: #57611
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57611/action/topic#57611
Time: 3-Aug-2004 3:00 PM

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Originally posted by: R2
Of course, it made so much money that they continued the franchise.

I'm not sure, but I think there was a tremendous outcry about killing Spock. They had to make ST3 to bring him back to life.
Then, they had to make ST4 to resolve the huge storyline and bring the crew back to Starfleet.

Post: #57373
Topic: favorite characters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57373/action/topic#57373
Time: 2-Aug-2004 3:49 PM

Stitch???

Where I work, I'm around kids a lot of the time (probably 3/4 of my time), and I don't know any over the age of 12 that even cares about that movie.

But then, I also have 8-10 year olds coming in and listening to 50 cent, Eminem, D12 and Ludacris, so perhaps I'm not seeing mainstream.
(Or perhaps I am, and that fact scares me a lot)

Post: #57354
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57354/action/topic#57354
Time: 2-Aug-2004 1:27 PM

Couple comments:

1. ST:4 is the 2nd best of the original cast movies. The humor, as you said R2, is very good (Nuclear wessels and What exactly does exact change mean?)

2. I find it interesting that no one, at all, has mentioned Star Trek: Insurrection. I knew it was bad, but not even a word.

BTW: If I had to rank the ST films it would probably be:

2, 4, First Contact, 6, 3, Generations, Nemesis, 5, Insurrection, 1
(5 gets as high as it does meerly for its limited comedic value...Spock attempting to interpret Row, Row, Row your Boat or Scotty's hit on the head "I know this ship like the back of my hand." *smack

Post: #57352
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57352/action/topic#57352
Time: 2-Aug-2004 1:19 PM

I just want to fix jimbo's links...

Jimbo Link 1
Jimbo Link 2

1. Don't use the https link generator. That's for secure servers.
2. You don't want the http:// to be in the URL twice.

Now, I'll agree he looks good, but he's still looking like a 2D CG character.
The ROTJ looks real because it is.

Post: #57336
Topic: favorite characters
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57336/action/topic#57336
Time: 2-Aug-2004 11:49 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
Igor "You get the blonde and I'll get the one in turban" ... well, I dunno his last name.

Good old Marty Feldman...

If you're going to list favorite movie characters, don't forget the Animal House Delta boys.

Post: #57333
Topic: Bloopers on the 2004 DVDs!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57333/action/topic#57333
Time: 2-Aug-2004 11:46 AM

Think Lucas will use the same method for accessing the blooper reel??

(Meaning: Options, highlight THX, 11 enter 38 enter or Get to Title 3)

Post: #57277
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57277/action/topic#57277
Time: 2-Aug-2004 8:40 AM

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Originally posted by: Bossk
That cracked me up. Was it Twitch holding the bazooka or someone else? It's been so long I don't remember.

Yes it was (although I don't recall if the name of that character was Twitch).

Post: #57116
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57116/action/topic#57116
Time: 1-Aug-2004 9:04 AM

When I was little, I loved the animated series. They played it on Nickelodean during the mid to late 80s.
They are not yet out on DVD, but I've hard they are in the works.

Here's the TVTome.com page:
TV Tome's Star Trek the Animated Series

Everyone came back for the show to do their original voices.

My favorite episode is the one entitled "More Tribbles, More Trouble".

Post: #57007
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57007/action/topic#57007
Time: 31-Jul-2004 8:52 AM

I don't know...
Paramount is reissuing every Star Trek movie in 2-disk sets. I'm going to be re-buying First Contact because of it.
I've got the Wrath of Khan Special Edition. Really nice.

Anyways, they will most likely reissue Nemesis.
(I thought a lot of the design work was very good, but I didn't like the overall story as much)

Post: #57006
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/57006/action/topic#57006
Time: 31-Jul-2004 8:48 AM

Luke, sorry, it could get worse.

Remember the Southpark episode "Free Hat"??

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Announcer: In the version, the word "WOOKIE" has been changed to "HAIR CHALLENGED ANIMAL" and the entire cast has been digitally replaced by Ewoks.

Post: #56984
Topic: a Star Trek thread...
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56984/action/topic#56984
Time: 31-Jul-2004 5:55 AM

I've been into Sci-Fi for most of my life.
Star Wars was first.
Star Trek and other weekly shows allow me to feed my Sci-Fi needs until the next SW movie arrives.

My thoughts...
I think they should have approached Enterprise differently. Everyone knows already how the show will end...a massive time reset.
Its the only way for them to explain the show:
1. Where are the Xindi and Suliban in Original/Next Gen times?? We never see them.
2. Klingons look wrong (compared to TOS). Did they have ridges, then stop, then get them back??

I am, however, intrigued by what may happen this coming season. The Enterprise pod attacked by P-51 Mustangs and Archer lying on a cot in a Nazi tent hospital, with some blue-skin alien in a Nazi uniform looking down on him.

Do I watch, yes.

Favorites:
Well, I've got a few episodes from every series:
I, Mudd (Mudd and his androids)
Trouble with Tribbles

Most Borg episodes

Trials and Tribble-ations (a Trouble with Tribbles with the DS9 crew looking for a bomb)
Take me out to the old Holosuite (the baseball episode of DS9)
Voyager Episode...don't recall the name, with the Voth (the dinosaur episode...most would call it corny. I've loved Dinosaurs as long as Star Wars, and I think the episode was an interesting concept)

Post: #56886
Topic: Changes in 2004 DVDs
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56886/action/topic#56886
Time: 30-Jul-2004 3:50 PM

Definitely good that they took care of that lightsaber effect. That always bothered me as well. It looked like it was holding one of those glowing glass rods (the one's that really only glow from the tip...like non-bending fiber optics).

I like the idea of redoing the eye, however, I don't like how the new one looks.
It looks too cat-like.
If it looked more like the original, but was redone as digital, I think it would have looked good.

Post: #56877
Topic: Episodes 7,8,9?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56877/action/topic#56877
Time: 30-Jul-2004 2:01 PM

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Originally posted by: Pagz
Honestly, if the Heir to the Empire trilogy became episodes 7-9, I'd be a very happy star wars fan. One of the problems with the PT, for me at least, is the lack of a really strong villain. Sidious is a shadowy presence, not a strong villain lead. Darth Maul, while awesome, didn't have enough substance, and was killed far too quickly. Everything about Count Dooku left me cold, no menace or sense of threat inherent in that old man. Where as the OT had Darth Vader, and he was the focal point and personification of all the forces set against our heroes. And he was good at it. IF 7-9 were to be made, the first thing I'd want, is a really strong villain. Grand Admiral Thrawn is that in spades. This is all just my feelings on it of course.

In the immortal words of Slim Pickens in the movie Blazing Saddles, "Ditto."
I'd settle for a bunch of cartoon miniseries.
4 or 5 30-minutes episodes per book, so it would take between 12 and 15 episodes to finish a trilogy. That's about a season of TV (given how long Droids was on the air).
The next season, they could do the Jedi Academy series.

Individual books could be worked in for mid-off season broadcast.

Post: #56854
Topic: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (official)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56854/action/topic#56854
Time: 30-Jul-2004 11:36 AM

Were dreads a thing of the late 70s??
(I ask because I don't really know).

Lucas said he was going to make EP3 have a style similar to that of EP4, which explains Hayden's long hair.

Post: #56847
Topic: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (official)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56847/action/topic#56847
Time: 30-Jul-2004 11:16 AM

I apologize if someone already mentioned this...

Do I see...dreadlocks!!!

Post: #56843
Topic: 2004 box set changes
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56843/action/topic#56843
Time: 30-Jul-2004 11:01 AM

He was normal??

I suppose you mean as normal as Michael Jackson gets, right?

Post: #56842
Topic: Other SW DVD releases- expected by year's end
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56842/action/topic#56842
Time: 30-Jul-2004 10:56 AM

You're right. Ewoks lasted 2 seasons, compared to only 1 for Droids.

I cannot see them doing a "multi-season" setup for Ewoks, that would just, to me at least, see silly.

How many 30-minute (actually, 22-minute, because of commercial breaks) shows can fit on a disk?
Droids would probably be a 2-disk set, if nothing else was included.
That would make Ewoks be a 4-disk for the entire show.

Post: #56805
Topic: Other SW DVD releases- expected by year's end
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56805/action/topic#56805
Time: 30-Jul-2004 8:08 AM

Just to stay off topic:
My opinion of the worst movie ever made:
Waterworld

Why:
Gigli was made for...what, 40 million, and made maybe half that. It was such a bad movie, but it didn't cost that much.
Waterworld cost 300 million, and I dare say it made less than 50 million.

Post: #56803
Topic: Episodes 7,8,9?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56803/action/topic#56803
Time: 30-Jul-2004 8:03 AM

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Time May 23, 1983

"The sequels, the three movies that would follow Jedi, are considerably vaguer. Their main theme will be the necessity for moral choices and the wisdom needed to distinguish right from wrong. Luke, who will then be the age Obi-Wan Kenobi is now, some place in his 60's, will reappear, and so will his friends, assuming the creator decides to carry the epic further."

If we look at just this one entry and if Lucas decides to do a 7-9, we should expect them to come out in roughly 10 years.
Why??

Mark Hamill was born in 1951, making him 52-53 right now. In 10 years, he'd be the right age to reprise his role.

(I'd personally prefer to see some visual production of the books.)

Post: #56570
Topic: Other SW DVD releases- expected by year's end
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56570/action/topic#56570
Time: 28-Jul-2004 3:16 PM

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Originally posted by: jimbo
Ive seen Gigli. It is horrible. I was honestly laughing my ass off at scenes that are suppose to be serious. I didn't see all of it I couldn't stand it.

I'm surprised!! I would have thought you would have called it a piece of Classic American Cinema.

But seriously, I was tempted to go to The Day After Tomorrow so I could do that very thing...laugh at the "serious" parts.

Post: #56390
Topic: Other SW DVD releases- expected by year's end
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56390/action/topic#56390
Time: 27-Jul-2004 1:35 PM

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Originally posted by: R2
Galahad, the Holiday Special is pretty bad. I'd have to consider it one the top ten worst things to ever grace a TV screen. Granted, I have seen worse, but not by much.

Has Gili hit TV screens yet??

Post: #56175
Topic: Other SW DVD releases- expected by year's end
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/56175/action/topic#56175
Time: 26-Jul-2004 3:52 PM

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Originally posted by: StarTrooper3000
Lol, it was probably the same group of voters for both

I'd never even heard of Droids, sounds lame...

Droids tells the story of 3PO and R2 in the time after EP3 and before EP4, when they were owned by a bunch of other people not affiliated with the Alliance.