Warbler said:

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Dear Jesus!
Happy Birthday to you!

And many more! (like Jimmy Buffett!)

Lots of neat stuff today!

DVDs

• Several classic Doctor Who stories (mostly Tom Baker, but also a William Hartnell, The Beginning set)

• The Complete original Transformers series

• MST3K vol. 2

Blu

• The complete 60s Batman series (and Return of the Caped Crusaders)

• Star Trek: Roddenberry Vault

Other

• Star Wars: The Original Marvel Years “Epic Collection” book 1

• Star Trek newspaper comics vol. 1

And a few other little things.

EDIT: And how could I forget this beauty?!

• NES Classic Edition

Smithers said:

1: Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (9/10)
2: Star Wars (8.5/10)
3: Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (8/10)
4: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (8/10)
5: Star Wars: Rogue One (7.5/10)
6: Star Wars: The Phantom Menace (5.5/10)

Reasonable enough.

7: Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith (5/10)
8: Star Wars: Attack of the Clones (4/10)

Way too high!

The only downside to the new rules is that now I miss Off-Topic when I’m scrolling fast and I’m used to seeing “(unmoderated)” in the link. In fact, when I first checked it this morning, I thought Off-Topic had been totally shut down.

imperialscum said:

Warbler said:

Possessed said:

Warbler said:

I have to say I think it was a bad idea locking the politics thread. It punishes everyone for the acts of a few.

On another I am now seriously wondering if Darth ID is paying something to mods. I mean, can anyone think one, just one good reason to keep him around?

Until they add “no rustling warbs feathers” to the rules I don’t see why you think he should be banned.

HE’S A TROLL!!!

Maybe. But so am I and I am the Supreme Authority of Truth™ as officially declared by Me and no one else.

Bumping for tomorrow.

doubleofive said:

Warbler said:

SilverWook said:

So, all the original TOS FX shots weren’t lost forever? Can we get a redo on that remastering thing? 😉
http://screenshotcomparison.com/comparison/192846/

correct me if I am wrong, but didn’t they release the original versions the blu ray discs with the remastered versions?

Right, but they didn’t have the original elements like they did for TNG, so it’s more that they cleaned up the many-generations old final edit version.

Yep, and I’ve spent just about all afternoon watching it. Wheeeeeee!

Could be both.

Sequels are supposed to spoil their predecessors. Sequels are created to build upon prior material.

SilverWook said:

I think of that scene every time I see one of those chair lift commercials.

If the manufacturer had any sense, they would add “100% Gremlin proof” to the sales pitch. 😉

Chair lifts make me so mad, they drive me up the wall!

Erikstormtrooper said:

• I have a coworker who loves the movies, but struggles to remember what order they go in, or some details and names. He’s a Star Wars fan.

Reminds me of when I was little and the OT ran together in my head, and I could never remember what happened in which movie. It didn’t help that the only way I could watch them was renting them from Movie Gallery and they were usually out to someone else; unlike my most common rental, Tron, which my brother and I were the only ones to ever rent, and we eventually knew that movie like the backs of out hands.

Okay okay, I’ll stop reminiscing on defunct video stores.

TV’s Frink said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

TV’s Frink said:

Spuffure said:

Toy story 4 is comin YEAH.

Are you complaining?

Dek is, although I might too at this point.

What? How does this have anything to do with Spuffure’s comment or my question?

Toy Story 4, two movies past Toy Story 2, which Dek has been known to complain about thanks to his cat or something.

ZkinandBonez said:

Jeebus said:

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Chair

Excerpts from the Legends article;

“Like many objects in the galaxy, chairs could also function temporarily as ad hoc weapons.”

“Han Solo owned a chair considered to be the “most comfortable chair ever designed.””

The fact that someone actually sat down at wrote this, presumably with a straight face, amuses me.

Was it really the chair itself that was comfortable?

TV’s Frink said:

Spuffure said:

Toy story 4 is comin YEAH.

Are you complaining?

Dek is, although I might too at this point.

Dek Rollins said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I heard a truly awful version of Jingle Bells on the radio recently, but I can’t find it anywhere online to prove to my brother that it exists. The lyrics were wrong, and were instead like;

“Jingle bells
jinglejingle
jingle all the waaaaayyyy
O what fun it is to ride
in a [incomprehensible word or phrase] Chevrolet!”

It’s not incomprehensible. It’s slurred, but I’m not sure how you can’t hear “57 Chevrolet!” in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L90G_QXgExc

EDIT: I’m also not sure how it’s “truly awful.” I mean, it’s not my numba-1 jam or anything, but it’s certainly tolerable by my taste. It’s a rock groove adaptation with some altered lyrics, so what.

“Truly awful” was hyperbole, and idk why I didn’t hear 57
¯\ _(ツ)_/¯

Handman said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I only just noticed Spuffure left. He reminded me of myself in my earlier days of my time on this site, only a hyperbolic parody of me.

EDIT: Also just realized that today marks 1 year since I joined here!

Wow, I’ve been on the site almost twice as long and it feels like you’ve been here forever. That’s a compliment

Thanks!

I only just noticed Spuffure left. He reminded me of myself in my earlier days of my time on this site, only a hyperbolic parody of me.

EDIT: Also just realized that today marks 1 year since I joined here!

I heard a truly awful version of Jingle Bells on the radio recently, but I can’t find it anywhere online to prove to my brother that it exists. The lyrics were wrong, and were instead like;

“Jingle bells
jinglejingle
jingle all the waaaaayyyy
O what fun it is to ride
in a [incomprehensible word or phrase] Chevrolet!”

DuracellEnergizer said:

She wore silly headdresses.

That could be said about any female character in the Prequel era, really.

Didn’t Obi-Wan have a sort-of love interest for a little while in TCW?

Jetrell Fo said:

(double quoted because of length)

No amount of ignore button is going to magically change things back to the way they were. The problem comes down to our members. We want people to stop bitching while we ourselves are bitching about others. We want people to respect each other while we disrespect other members in the process. We want people to stop being rude to each other while we continue to be rude to whomever we want. I can’t call Frink the “t” word anymore but others including himself can call people trolls all day long. Frink was asked to stop going after others about their posting habits yet I still found him in project threads doing just that. I reported him but he’s still here. You’ve got folks like warbler who demand certain people be banned but his own behavior isn’t exactly saintly.

This affects everyone. We can’t have our cake and eat it too here. Maybe what some of you should be asking for is a “certain members only” section so you can limit who gets to enter. This way you can probably still pick and chose which requests from Jay you want to follow as you do here in off topic.

In the end, I don’t think anyone figured that some members would come out of the woodwork because they were tired of the project threads being littered with some of this BS by some that resided mostly in off topic. Once it happened, the person who came was the problem, and not the person that eventually brought them here.

I was completely happy in the projects section of the site. I never gave off topic a real look. It was Frink and his incessant off topic meanderings about people he didn’t like in the project threads that ultimately drew me here. I reported him so many times in the project threads that I lost count but nothing ever changed. He kept coming and kept egging people on. I finally had enough so I came here. Now, magically, it’s my fault that off topic sucks.

Maybe we need to take a real hard look at what actually upsets us and why. It might help people take a look at their own behavior instead of always complaining about others.

FTR, I will say that I have had some fairly unsavory moments myself, mostly out of frustration. Since Jay made public requests for things to mellow I believe I have had far better conversation between some folks and less haphazard ramblings. To me that is a plus. It shows that adjusting ones tactics to how they post can help. If everyone took this opportunity to do so I think we’d see things change for the better and people who really need to be weeded out get booted.

tl;dr
’Have I mentioned that I don’t like it here? Because I don’t like it here. Frink dragged me here somehow. He’s a witch. Burn him!’

Normally I try not to get involved in these petty squabblings, but really Fo, calm down. I’m sure Jay and the mods have good reason for not banning people immediately because you reported them, and that they know what their doing.

TV’s Frink said:

Tobar said:

His caboose is the most important element to me.

WITYWGTS

Yeah, I don’t think they’re gay either, but if anyone was, it would probably be them.

Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

I sure hope he complains about the gay couple.

?

Baze and Chirrut maybe?

generalfrevious said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

generalfrevious said:

Wazzles said:

My guess is that it’s the SE, and that if something is happening, it will be announced in May

Unfortunately I think you’ll be right about it being the SE. I believe that all iterations of the SE are counterfeit versions of the OT. George Lucas is a sociopath with a double digit IQ who cruelly took away our movies, and now Disney is tragically respecting his wishes.

While I guess I agree with some of the basic general sentiment there, the words you typed read like PT writing.

Can’t we all agree that Lucas is still a terrible person?

Misguided and bitter, sure, but he’s not a “terrible person.”