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#546259
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Info & Ideas: ESB and ROTJ Wishlist
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All these accusation of Lucas using Sith Eyes because he's lazy or whatever smell like Lucas-bashing for the sake of Lucas-bashing, a trap these boards fall into all too often.

Sith Eyes were used in ROTS because they look cool.

You may say they look stupid, but you're also potentially blinded by your intense PT/Lucas-hatred. They look cool, so they put them in. To think that the audience would not understand that Anakin is evil after he killed Jedi "Younglings" is absurd, and it's completely unnecessary to accuse Lucas of that.

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#546149
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Ask the member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints AKA Interrogate the Mormon
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CP3S said:

I grew up in city that had a large enough Mormon population that we had a massive temple in the middle of it. If you were white and middle-class in that town, there was a very high chance you were Mormon. I once had an elderly woman approach me in the toy section at some department store when I was six or seven and tell me what an adorable young man I was, then asked if I was LDS. When I told her "no" her response was to look away, say "That's ashame." and not say another word to me. Creepy to start with, that just made it creepier.

My guess? She has a granddaughter and was looking for a nice, young, handsome LDS guy for her. Mormons can't marry non-Mormons, so she wasn't interested in your meeting her granddaughter anymore.

I'd be interested in hearing thoughts about the "white and middle-class" bit, though.

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#546092
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Ask the member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints AKA Interrogate the Mormon
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Earlier in the thread you said that Christians and Mormons don't really believe very different things. This struck me as odd, as I just read a blog post by Al Mohler, a very conservative Baptist with whom I disagree about a lot (particularly Genesis, age of Earth, etc), in which he went on and on about how Mormons and Christians believe very different things. I'm not particularly interested in his point ("Is it okay to vote for Mitt Romney?!?!?!"), but I was hoping you could respond to his points about the differences, some of which I've quoted below.

Mormonism starts with an understanding of God that rejects both monotheism and the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. The Mormon concept of God includes many gods, not one. Furthermore, Mormonism teaches that we are now what God once was and are becoming what He now is. The Mormon doctrine of sin is not that of biblical Christianity, nor is its teaching concerning salvation. Rather than teaching that the death of Christ is alone sufficient for the forgiveness of sins, Mormonism presents a scheme of salvation that amounts to the progressive deification of the believer. According to Mormonism, sinners are not justified by faith alone, but also by works of righteousness and obedience. Mormonism’s teachings concerning Jesus Christ start with a radically different understanding of the Virgin Birth and proceed to a fundamentally different understanding of Christ’s work of salvation.

So, uh, thoughts?

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#546064
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Best SW score
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Darth Bizarro said:

The Phantom Menace is by far the worst.  Other than Duel of the Fates, I can't think of a single memorable track. 

Given that several of us seem quite able to hum "Augie's Great Municipal Band", and I frequently recall that Trade Federation Droid Marching Theme, I have to disagree. Heck, as I write this, I suddenly remembered how Anakin's theme goes.

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#545580
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Best SW score
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DominicCobb said:

Serling1979 said:

And which one is the worst? *runs for cover*

Not the worst per se, but I never liked the vocal backing to the celebration at the end of TPM. Other than that I can't think of anything. Except Jedi Rocks.

The chorus is a little weird there... but it is the Emperor's Theme in a different key/octave/tempo, so that's pretty cool.

Also, what about Lapti Nek? Better than Jedi Rocks, but...

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#543621
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Harmy's THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK Despecialized Edition HD - V2.0 - MKV & AVCHD (Released)
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canofhumdingers said:

How is it the wrong thread?  This is something I noticed in the Despecialized Edition of ESB & I posted it in the ESB DE thread as something for Harmy to possibly fix in the next version he just mentioned doing.

Oh, sorry, you're right, more or less. I seriously thought I was in the ESB:Revisited thread.

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#541790
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Puggo GRANDE - 16mm restoration (Released)
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That makes a lot of sense, unfortunately. As I think I mentioned somewhere else on this great big forum, The Maker Movement comes to mind. Unfortunately, I can't find a good article summing the whole thing up, but it's basically people that make stuff. And by stuff I mean anything. There are things called "hackerspaces" in some cities now, where people get together to work on projects, and these projects include Book Scanners, 3d Printers, CNC Machines, as well as more mundane stuff. Given that these guys often have the ability to fabricate their own parts, I don't know why a 35mm scanner or telecine or whatever would be beyond their abilities.

Of course, with the Maker Movement, there is no real "they", because anyone could get involved. Still, I bet it's doable.