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#704888
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The Secret History of Star Wars Audiobook Giveaway!
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TV's Frink said:

TK-949 said:

Why should I store mp3s on a telephone?
 *old man yells at cloud image*
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Leonardo said:

And I'd really love to hear the audiobook... Not only is it "Secret History", but narrated by Geoff Peterson... Oh myyyy!
If ryanvb doesn't return to this thread in two days and doesn't decide to give the code to someone else I'll give you the one I got.


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#704881
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The Secret History of Star Wars Audiobook Giveaway!
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ryanvb said:

May the code be with you.
I thank you for the code but this:

doubleofive said:

TK-949 said:

Is there a possibility to download the mp3 without installing a 3rd party software?
As in, without using AudibleManager to download it? No, I don't think so.
I wasn't really aware of until now. I had heard of audible before but never looked too much into how to get an audiobook from there until today. So yeah thought it would be easier than needing to download some software/app. In that case muchas graciashttp://s12.postimg.org/3z9utjpa1/8vxldt.gif but I'd rather not download some random software to listen to a single audio file. Someone else can use the code you gave me instead.

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#704724
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Random Thoughts
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I typically eat pizza crusts. I make exceptions every once in a while. Like this one time I had already eaten a grilled cheese sandwich and a big hamburger and I had 6 slices of pizza left to eat. I unfortunately could only eat 3 slices at that time even with the exception. I WANTED TO EAT IT ALL!!!!!

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#704282
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The Marvel Cinematic Universe
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DrCrowTStarwars said:

that is an impressive feat for a show that has to set up it's own universe for viewers that have not seen all the movies,set up it's own characters that don't come from comics,and tie into movies two of which came out while the series was airing.  I can't think of any other show that has ever had to do that
Shows generally have to create their own characters not in some comic so that's not exactly new. Plus interconnected movies/tv has been attempted before Star Trek, Power Rangers, X-Files, and plenty more. You can argue the MCU does it better if you like but it's not entirely new ground. That's okay though so long as the show continues to get better it doesn't need to be "First!" at doing interconnected movies/tv.

DrCrowTStarwars said:

I agree the show is great and I think the early episodes were needed,the episodes we have had over the past few weeks would not have had nearly as much impact(For me at least)if we hadn't been given time to get to know the characters and if a normal pattern for adventures had not been set up first. Once you have that pattern then when you shake things up it has a real impact. For instance The Best of Both Worlds is one of the best Star trek stories ever but would have had nearly as much impact if it had been the pilot instead of an episode at the end of season three? I don't think so. The reason these stories have the impact they do is because they shake up what we were told to expect,if you don't know the characters then it really has no impact when their world is shaken up. Some people may think the first 12 episodes or so were filler but I see them as fun adventures and needed set up for what we have now and so far I have enjoyed every episode of the series to some degree.

While I agree that the previous episodes weren't filler or even that bad the thing that killed a lot of the momentum from them was the airing schedule. The types of episodes they were producing with the time they were airing really doesn't match. To justify the 1 or 2 new episodes a month they were doing for a while they needed the episodes to be more like a well written twilight zone episode. Episodes that work sort of like a movie themselves sort of like Batman:TAS. The episodes they were giving weren't that except for two the pilot and Yes men. Well actually just the pilot "Yes men" may work as an "event" type episode but the original twilight zone episodes I've seen are better written. The pilot isn't exactly that level, writing wise, but it's close enough. They're episodes that really needed a steady weekly schedule otherwise it creates the disdain many people have for those episodes right now. Calling them "filler" and whatnot. I just hope that they don't do the same airing schedule faux pas next time.

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#703303
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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD**
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Tobar said:

Anchorhead said:
 Tossing out what most likely was a Lucas/Disney idea and bringing in Kasdan to help with a total rewrite is, to me at least, much more than half full. He's looking for guidance from someone who was very involved in the film largely considered the best of the series.  

 Again, this is Kennedy calling the shots. The Mouse Ears are watching from the sidelines. This new trilogy is based on an outline from Lucas and it was Lucas' idea to bring in Kasdan.

Kind of doubt that if there was something happening that the Disney people wouldn't want they'd still just be on the sidelines. Even if they're just watching the decisions right now it's not like they can't step in and make some. So regardless if they're merely "watching" right now, they're still approving of the decisions being made.

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#702908
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All Things Star Trek
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pittrek said:

One technical question for you guys.



Why does season 4 of Enterprise looks so HORRIBLY WRONG? What happened? I know they changed from 35mm film to 1080p digital Sony cameras, but that doesn't explain why everything looks and moves so weird...
To my understanding they were still figuring out the best way to make those cameras. So it likely boils down to the construction of the camera itself. Nothing the film crew could do about that.

Slightly unrelated but it reminds me how around that time the very chemical formula to develop film prints was changed from the old way. It was in order to give truer black levels to the image.

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#702707
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Random Thoughts
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So, I'm currently trying to send a message on tumblr. Problem is that it's hung up on the circle processing indicator thingy and not exactly clear whether or not the message has gone through yet. This circle processing indicator hang up thingy has happened to me before there. That's with posting a regular post or reblog. With that I open up another window/tab then see if the post has gotten through. Typically it has. However with tumblr messages there's no "sent" box so I can't check to see if it's sent out in another window/tab. I also didn't do my usual "right-click, select all, copy" thing to make sure that should problems arise I could just open up another such form and paste the info in. I also couldn't copy during it's hang up thingy because it's programmed to overlay the box with a semi-transparent white colouring after clicking to send. So I ended up retyping what I want to send in notepad. Though in retrospect I could've inspected the element and gotten to the text area text that way via the code and simply copied from there. Eh, oh well. Anyways I'm gonna let it sit there for a few more minutes then if it doesn't give the indication of a successful send of message I'll try again in another window/tab.

Leonardo said:

 Mmmh Thanks for the replies, guys, but on second thought, I think I'll have to go with Latin. I'm not sure the program I'm using will have 100% compatibility with the greek alphabet. And I kinda used to have a grasp on latin, anyway, so I get to have more control on what I'm doing. Or trying to do, anyway.

Unfortunately my Latin is still at a rather basic level since I haven't been focusing on it. Though I am curious what you're trying to do. Could I get a pm about it too?

Sfortunatamente il mia Latina è non buona. Ma sono curiosa quello che stai tenta di fare. Potrei avere un pm al riguardo anche?

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#702354
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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD**
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SilverWook said:

 Don't take it personally,
Well, I'm not. It's just,

SilverWook said:

but six animated gifs all at once is a little much. One of those is over two megs in size.
I wasn't really thinking of all this.(BTW it's 5gifs and 1jpg. I did have an additional gif in another post, the sigh emote, but I doubt that's what you're referring to.) Just wanted to share a fun post and it loaded up fine on my computer so I thought it was okay file size wise. So yeah... I'm not sure what you want from me about this.
...

Um, something about the subject of the thread now... Um J.J. Abrams directing the next Star Wars. Um, ....

emanswfan said:

Oh goodness, <a href="http://youtu.be/bx5xQRYVGYo?t=57s">Zac Efron might really be in Episode VII after all.</a>
Hope that doesn't happen.

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#702337
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Star Wars: Episode VII to be directed by J.J. Abrams **NON SPOILER THREAD**
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SilverWook said:

twister111, knock off with the bloated gifs, or I will!
Whu...?
I'm not intending to turn the thread into a gif thread. I just thought it'd make a fun post... http://i.imgur.com/dl6Vh6l.gif

Vozlov said:

SilverWook said:
His projects make money, which is the bottom line in Hollywood. And I'd rather have him direct an SW film than say, Michael Bay? ;)
Or you could just try a new director who doesn't phone in every single project they take on, someone who perhaps wants to make something even remotely substantial.
Or at least a director that didn't initially turn the project down because he had another large franchise to take care of. Someone that didn't need some hour or more meeting to get them to take the job. Someone with genuine desire to make the film.

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#702234
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Random Thoughts
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SilverWook said:

80's urban legend confirmed...

http://mashable.com/2014/04/26/legend-confirmed-atari-2600-e-t-game-discovered-at-new-mexico-dig/
... I knew about this but I thought it was just a historical fact. Feels weird to me to have it listed as an urban legend... I'm not sure why but I just thought it was a fact not a myth all along... Now it feels like it's a fact actual fact fact thing since it's listed as a "legend confirmed". To me it feels like someone is trying to make sure people remember this fact. I don't know just feels weird for me personally... Anyways nice to know they found it though! http://i.imgur.com/UK732.gif

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#701034
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Last web series/tv show seen
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Currently watching the majority of Farscape for the first time. I've seen the ending and several last season episodes but the start of it all and the rest of the seasons are largely unseen by me. I may have seen a few of the early episodes randomly on tv once though. I'm in Season 2. Enjoying it thus far :-)!

DuracellEnergizer said:

I've begun to rewatch Andromeda for the first time in years, and I'm almost through the first season. Some poor special effects/sets/makeup aside, I'm enjoying it, and finding most of the episodes to be better now than when I first watched them as a kid in the early-mid '00s.
When you're done you can read the Andromeda Coda, which explains the initial plans in script form. http://www.roberthwolfe.com/Insider%20Info.htm
Also you can read the thread wherein there are questions presented about where the show was going to go and the initial Roddenberry show notes that RHW had to work with. http://www.exisle.net/mb/index.php?/topic/28187-andromeda-coda-qa-thread/

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#700445
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RedLetterMedia's Revenge of Nadine [TPM 108 pg Resp. [RotS Review+RotS Preview+ST'09 Reveiw+Next Review Teaser+2002 Interview+AotC OutTakes+Noooooo! Doc.+SW Examiner Rebuttal+AotC Review+TPM Review]
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Just realized Disney now owns these too. Well they own the servers that the blip versions that these are hosted on.

Okay explanation time! I was watching Japancast on Blip. Scrolled down too far on accident saw the thing that said "Blip is part of Maker Studios". Well recently Disney bought Maker Studios. Ipso facto Disney now owns both Star Wars and the servers that store the RLM reviews about them.

THE RLM REVIEWS ARE NOW DISNEY OWNED!!!!!!!
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#700133
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Share your good news!
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RicOlie_2 said:

Now that you've really built us up for it, the theory is (probably) going to be really anticlimactic if you share it with us. :)

Actually no. If my theory holds up to the math it would actually cause scientists to rethink how they view the entire universe and time itself. I'm working through it right now and thinking about how to start a scientific publication about it. It's too big of a theory to just post here anonymously.


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#700056
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Share your good news!
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I thought up a theory earlier that, if proven correct, would change humanities perspective on history, the universe, and the future. It would also allow for a new age of space flight where ships can explore the cosmos with an ease only dreamt up before in fiction. Entire books on science would have to be rewritten and even the way we speak about certain things would be drastically altered. It would also serve as motivation for humanity to get big projects done now rather than later. The concept behind time would even get an entirely new meaning.

It's just a theory at this point though so yeah....

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