twooffour

"Touch me, and that hand will never touch anything again." -Trinity, The Matrix Reloaded

Bingowings said:

^ Lovely Bees.

I always go out of my way to gently lift them off the pavement when the weather takes a sudden turn and put them onto a leaf or something (no guarantee of safety but at least they aren't going to get stamped on).

Unfortunately insects find me bizarrely attractive (the time I had a live fly trapped in my ear...).

Holmes would be proud (if he was real).

When did a bee ever lift you from the pavement? :D:D:D

PS: You seriously look like Joseph Fiennes.

TV's Frink said:

I'm still not sure what you mean.  The link I gave shows the sketch in its entirety, IIRC.  Doesn't matter if it is on youtube or through the link I gave.  All I remember is what is in that one video (Spacey as Walken, Hammond as Dryfuss, and Spacey as Matthau).

If there is a sketch where Walken plays a stormtrooper, I'm not familiar with it.

Oh, sorry, I took your "Spacey impersonating Walken impersonating Han Solo" in the way that Walken did a sketch himself prior to that - should've known better since I'm familiar with this SNL skit and they're just randomly impersonating other actors.

Yea, Walken did some sort of Star Wars thing there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTLvpU4T8Rg#t=350

Looks awesome, never seen it though.

It's on the DVD I guess,

Which I couldn't find on Youtube.

Kevin Spacey's impersonation is obviously up there, but I couldn't find the one with Walken. Would it be that one sketch of whatever where Chris is in a stormtrooper suit and sort of winks at the camera?

As I said, haven't seen it, would really love to.

Gaffer Tape said:

This might only be tangentially-related to your question, but I was in a coffee shop the other night meeting up with a friend, when I overheard someone talking Star Wars with one of the baristas.  And I almost threw up.  Because he was "educating" this person with the official Lucas line:  "You know it was originally just one script.  And then he decided to cut it in half.  But then even that was too long, so he had to cut each half into thirds.  Then he realized that the first half was basically all exposition and the second half was where the action was, so he decided to film it first."  I mastered the impulse to get up and set him straight because, honestly, I didn't feel like getting into a very nerdy argument.  The most I did was mutter, "Bullshit," after every sentence he spoke.  After being forced to listen for another minute or two, I realized these weren't even TF.n gushers.  They certainly didn't seem to be fans of the prequels at all.  But they were still towing the sickening company line, and probably didn't even realize it.

 

Heh, funny story ;)

But hey, take it a bit easier, will ya? If it's really the way you suggest at the end, that those people aren't really fanboys or mad-obsessed about Star Wars, it's quite plausible that they just shared some passing interest in that and exchanged stuff they overheard elsewhere without really bothering to research.

Lucas said something in a DVD interview, the dude just repeats.

I mean, when I meet up with the one or other buddy in the cafeteria and we have a chat about this and that, exchange dubious "knowledge" and opinions on various things, then boy can I imagine someone else hearing some of that stuff and just rolling their eyes at it because they know so much more about a given topic and we just come off as a bunch of know-it-all teen boppers trying to sound smart.

I mean sure, criticize and roll eyes at will, that's great, but let's keep it in perspective - people exchange overheard bullshit all the time when they're sitting in a bar. I'd much rather they believed in misinformation about Star Wars than something else. Gee, whenever we switch to lighter topics in a conversation, it's like a relief from having the constant responsibility of being reliable and right all the time.

When talking about health stuff or whatever, one's like "interesting, but I'm still not sure about that, we gotta read a lot about that before really knowing", and then it's about some irrelevant geek stuff and you just start firing away dubious random stuff that'sin your head at the moment without any pressure, and ti feels great.

Dunno, doesn't seem like a big deal to me.

Just throwing it out there, I used to post on the RedLetter Media boards a while ago, and being a community based on the fandom of Stoklasa and Co., that place is pretty awesome, as well.

You do catch some occasional flashes of bias towards something, just like here and probably anywhere else, but I'd assume there are more forums  about this and comaprable topics that share this above-average posting quality.

TV's Frink said:

Was Han Solo a Jedi?

I choose Kevin Spacey playing Christopher Walken playing Han Solo.

That's awesome, would you happen to know where the original Walken one? Haven't found it yet...

This one's awesome, too :D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1T4zU9dbDs

Moth3r said:

Sorry it took me so long, I put Ghostbusters on ignore after the second annoying PM I received from him, so I hadn't been following his posts of late.

Based on the fact that this guy has 7 (yes, seven) previous accounts that have been banned, it was only a matter of time before he was banned again. I've therefore decided to save us all the trouble and get rid of him now.

A question, can you see that sort of thing based on his IP address, or is the evidence of different nature? Because if it's the IP address, why haven't you just banned the... IP address? ;)

The Aluminum Falcon said:

Hi everyone. I personally don't watch the series, not really liking the animated movie that started it. However, my friend and I were discussing that he didn't think I was truly a devoted SW fan, as I didn't follow the series. I had always assumed it was just prequel quality, but then I started looking into it. I kinda think it might be worth looking into, with the Qui-Gon appearance.

So, how many of you watch it? What do you think of it? Also, how does it compare with the older Clone Wars series (which I actually liked)?

I don't watch it, but my younger brother sort of does, and sometimes I'm just tired and bored and watch along for like 30 minutes, but mostly less.

What can I say? It's kinda fast-paced, has some wacky aliens and robots, some one-liners are cool, some ideas are cool, the action is really flashy... but like at least 70% of it is made of silly.

There was that one episode I "witnessed" the other day, it was about a wounded clone trooper who, after getting shot on some planet, got nursed to health by some farmer/hermit couple with two kids, and the family father was a deserted clone trooper who lost his "brothers" on Geonosis and found a new life with this chick he stumbled on.

So the wounded is first like "you're a deserter, I'm gonna have to report you!", but then they talk a couple times, the family father tells his story and about his devotion and obligation to his family, questions the trooper's convictions who insists that he wasn't programmed and is consciously doing his part of protecting the citizens of the Republic against evil enemies, and at the end they reach an agreement and the soldier does the "I'm gonna have to report everything, but guess the injury impaired my memory" cliché.

Their dialogue feels pretty much alive and is fairly interesting in the context, both show personality, but the lines they say are at the same time hardly inventive and really just clichés, mostly.

At the climax, the two STUPID, ANNOYING KIDS ask if they can go outside and PLAY, and then, no, they're not ambushed and eaten by evil robots, they play CATCH and ACCIDENTALLY GO INTO A FOREIGN STARSHIP, where they ACCIDENTALLY WAKE UP THE WEIRD SEP ROBOTS, who slowly crawl out of their space while the kids just run back home without any tension or drama.

Then they kinda all run upstairs, the two men protect the house ("I'm going to handle this; I need you to stay by my family in case I don't make it!"), and then the droids are defeated at the end without any real tension or drama, and the whole thing is just neatly wrapped up in a nice, typical Smallville fashion.

Oh, did I mention the wife looks like, um, those hot Jedi chicks with the tentacle hair? And wears titillating stripper clothing almost all the time? Then at the beginning she's like all tough and like "you can't go inside, we do not trust anyone", but then she quickly gives in...

Then it's discovered the kids have force powers which they use to randomly move things around, and Mum's kinda "I told you not to do that" (I guess she's a Jedi, too, because she looks like one from the movies), and they're like "we're sooory, muum", and... gee, they're ANNOYING.

The parallel plot was about Anakin and Obi setting some dispute between a Republic faction and a bunch of Natives on some planet, who looked like one of the Cantina aliens and were turned into proud warrior race guys for the plot. Wow.

The Republicans here are kinda weird blue guys, of which the leader is the typical, arrogant, aggressive warmonger who wants the Natives removed from the planet, and then he's accompanied by a "senator", who looks like she's 14 or something, whose haircut is exactly like Amidala's, and she's constantly blabbering on about "peaceful solutions".

Then, they start fighting... but then make piece anyway... and yea, somewhere in the episode, the clones, or Jedi, or dunno, playing 3D chess that looks exactly like the one from ANH... and it appears to be THE SAME MOVES.

Gee, what a bunch of SHIT. This show is complete and utter schlock, but then, Anakin's got more personality, the clone troopers are explored, and it's got a bit of cool stuff in it. But boy, does it SUCK.

Ghostbusters said:

TV's Frink said:

Stop talking about yourself please.

Nice try, you're not going to fool me into saying something that would reveal my identity.

That's... a good meta-joke there!

I honestly don't care who you are, but you almost had got me with that last one :D

Who's Janskeet?!

Bingowings said:

You could if you learned to duck like a quack.

That... was... linguistical genius! How, how do you come up with this awesomeness?!

Bingowings said:

the perineum shot is my signature move

Well the penis shot is mine ;)

I'd say the universe portrayed in the PT is visibly larger in scale than the one in the OT (more "exotic" planets and wacky aliens, that galactic senate mushroom, the overall scenery etc.), it's the STORY with its CONTRIVANCES that comes off as EXTREMELY UNBELIEVABLE.

Maybe it's just me, but when I see Kirk hit on College-Uhura in a bar, I don't think "wow, this universe is really SMALL", that's rather what I think when characters zip around from star system to star system without FTL - I just think, "wow, now that's convenient".

Leonardo said:

EyeShotFirst said:

They probably think George is gonna eventually replace them with jar jar.

or walkie talkies.

WWWWWWHAT!!!!

lordsidi said:

I um posted my points of view in several replies trying to give my point of view regarding...um,what I have read in a lot of Postings on this and other sites and that was a general distaste of anything Lucas has done with the star wars series after 1983.           

 

So how does "distaste for everything Lucas has done since 83" stand in any sort of conflict or contradiction to anything you said, or is invalidated by any of the points you brought up, such as "he does what he loves", or "it was his vision"?

My point about the original unaltered OT was that it is not gone and if your bitter that it won't be released*or maybe it will someday* ,I'm sorry. I didn't add my thoughts to offend or make fun of anyone on here but I guess its easy to be offensive to someone who has a different point of view when your sitting behind a keyboard....so fire away,full broadsides,if you want. 

Um LorJedi, I don't get what you're whining about. You're saying things like "yea, but George made movies he loved" or "he inserted trade disputes because he wanted" or "doesn't he have a right to fulfill his visions?", and even bring up criticisms towards the original trilogy.

Okay... AND?

What does any of the above matter to anything? Why are you posting that? There's a crapload of shitty movies out there, and their creators had every right to make them as they see fit. We all realize that. What's your point?

Um, the only real thing coming close to "hate" in Jorge's general direction stems from the fact that he's not releasing the original, unaltered versions of the old trilogy films in high quality, as far as I've seen.

Valid vision or not, his story or not, we all can sure complain and criticize about his horrible scriptwriting for the new movies, and every failure contained in them. You know... stop complaining ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKxILa9qK8E

Ghostbusters said:

bkev said:

oh God the pain, reading his posts is hurting my brain. Are there truly people this stupid?

Calm down it's just a joke.

Gee, this thread's turning into a bunch of schlock...

not "bowing out", but leaving in digust and confusion!

TV's Frink said:

twooffour said:

Okay, I'm bowing out as far as sock stuff goes, but Ghostbusters - as somewhat of a fellow internet addict, here's an advice: you should consider seeking out counselling if things are this serious.

I mean, you're asking other people to quit responding to you, because you just can't, can't quit on your own, but you have to because your studies require attention?

I know where I'm heading when it gets this bad (so far, I deem myself sufficiently in control),

twooffour said:

TV's Frink said:

It's curious that Ghostskeet hasn't been banned already.  That should seal it. ;-)

twooffour, your letting your own experience with sock accusations affect your assessment of the situation.  I'm willing to accept there's a reasonable chance you are not a sock.  But Ghostbusters is Janskeet.  There's no question about it.

Um, didn't I just say I'd "bow out" as far as "this sock business goes", because I didn't know enough?

Nope, you said you were bowing out, not why or what you believe.

"Bowing out" of any sort of discussion is usually what one does when confronted with lots of information about a topic that proves one wrong and one can't be bothered to immerse in and check out.

So first I'm saying "these sock paranoids are crazy lol", then lots of evidence and proof shows up as a reaction, and next thing I'm saying is "ok, ok, bowing out here"... hmmm, what could it mean?

Yea, just in case it still ain't clear, I see you've got your good amount of arguments in this case, but I'm not interested enough to look it up and study the history of all the suspected users, so I'm... bowing out.

Well, hey, you know... how about getting irritated at yourself for posting crazy, wild-eyed accusations for no reason, while you're at it?

All I was trying to say was that I don't know for a fact that you are VINH.

Yea, you know, there's quite a difference between "I don't know for certain if X, but the wording of this phrase implies that X likely is" and "there is a vanishingly improbable possibility that X, and I don't know for certain it's not X".

You're letting yourself "draw into" this discussion, yet you apparently still don't get it ;(

Ghost = Jan.  I know it for a fact, I have zero doubt.  You can believe whatever you want.

So you still believe I'm still trying to argue against that (i.e., after my first post on this thread)? Clearly, reading comprehension ain't your strength...

TV's Frink said:

twooffour said:

Well, then I guess you still haven't got it :(

This is a major reason I suspect your VINH-ness (right or wrong), because like he was, you are so convinced you are right you won't even allow the possibility that you are wrong.  you think?

So you've never talked to another arrogant person on the intternet? A bit strange, because I've met a lot of them.

And hey, you know, I explained to you at least twice why your "suspicions" are stupid and make little sense, and you're still stubbornly insisting on the reasonable probability of your accusations, so in that case, ANYONE would be convinced they're right ;)

Again, VINH could get arrogant about his opinions, but was he a deceptive TROLL? Because changing his opinions around by 180%, and starting the new track record by rebuking one's own earlier post, would be definitely a case of blatant trolling, and thus out-of-character, right?

But, hey, you know... if you think that far, you're only left with "Ghostskeet" or whatever, and where would be the fun in that...

 I know for a fact that Ghost = Jans, and if I am able to post the proof, you will sure look silly, don't you think?

I thought I had that covered already... °_°

Well, then I guess you still haven't got it :(

TV's Frink said:

Whether or not you are VINH really doesn't concern me anymore.  I've let it go.

Maybe because you quickly understood how stupid you were being in the first place, for the reasons just named ;)

Then, I'm saying "were being", even though, apparently, you still have doubts about stuff ;)