xhonzi

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Post: #435194
Topic: Return of the Jedi cut-scene
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435194/action/topic#435194
Time: 26-Aug-2010 1:56 AM

avoidz said:

xhonzi said:

And I thought his comment about the ships' proximity to Jabba's was interesting... can Jabba's be seen in the painting? I looked at the painting for a solid 30 seconds and couldn't find anything looking like a palace...

So we have Lucas saying it was Hamill, Hamill saying it wasn't and then saying it was, and Kazanjian saying it wasn't. Whom do we believe?

I think what Kazanjian is saying about the Milliennium Falcon and X-Wing being so close to Jabba's Palace is they are relatively close, not actually right next to; in the same general vicinity where they might be spotted (since Jabba and at least Boba Fett know what the Falcon looks like).

I still don't get it. How close to Jabba's are they? They're on Tatooine, that's all the painting tells me. Is that what you're saying is "too" close? Or are you assuming they're within miles of the palace? Back to the former, are we supposed to assume that they dropped the Falcon off a couple planets away and took a cab to Tatooine?

Post: #435183
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435183/action/topic#435183
Time: 26-Aug-2010 12:23 AM — Edited 26-Aug-2010 12:47 AM

Regular Gamefly sale (some with free shipping(?)):

http://www.cheapassgamer.com/?f=2168

Rogue Warrior $9.99
Vancouver 2010 $9.99
James Cameron's Avatar: The Game $12.99
Bayonetta $14.99
Aliens vs. Predator $14.99
BioShock 2 $14.99
Cabela's Outdoor Adventures 2010 $17.99
Dante's Inferno $19.99
Assassin's Creed 2 $19.99
Dynasty Warriors: Strikeforce $19.99
Darksiders $21.99
Final Fantasy XIII $24.99
Mass Effect 2 $24.99
Alpha Protocol $24.99

Madden NFL 10 $9.99
NCAA Football 10 $9.99
Vancouver 2010 $9.99
Darksiders $14.99
Bayonetta $16.99
BioShock 2 $16.99
Aliens vs. Predator $17.99
Assassin's Creed 2 $17.99
Band Hero $19.99
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time $19.99
God of War Collection $21.99
God of War III $21.99
Final Fantasy XIII $24.99
MAG $24.99
Yakuza 3 $24.99

Family Party: 30 Great Games Winter Fun $7.99
Super Monkey Ball Step & Roll $9.99
Alvin & the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel $9.99
Data East Arcade Classics $9.99
Fast Food Panic $9.99
Food Network: Cook or Be Cooked $9.99
Rec Room Games $9.99
Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces $9.99
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen $9.99
We Ski & Snowboard $9.99
Yoga: The First 100% Experience $9.99
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal... $12.99
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince $12.99
Jillian Michaels' Fitness Ultimatum 2010 $12.99
Ju-on: The Grudge $12.99
Jurassic: The Hunted $12.99
MadWorld $12.99

SpongeBob's Truth or Square $12.99
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games $14.99
No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle $14.99
My Fitness Coach 2: Exercise & Nutrition $14.99
Hasbro Family Game Night 2 $17.99
Press Your Luck 2010 Edition $17.99
Biggest Loser $17.99
Endless Ocean: Blue World $19.99
Punch-Out!! $24.99
New Super Mario Bros. Wii $29.99

Safecracker: The Ultimate Puzzle Challenge $7.99
Alice in Wonderland $9.99
Chronicles of Mystery: Curse of the Ancient... $9.99
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs $9.99
Nancy Drew: The Model Mysteries $9.99
Battle of Giants - Dragons $12.99
Glory of Heracles $14.99
Legendary Starfy $14.99
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth $14.99
How to Train Your Dragon $14.99
Blue Dragon: Awakened Shadow $17.99
Percy Jackson & the Olympians... $17.99
WarioWare D.I.Y. $19.99
The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks $21.99

Darksiders, BioShock2 and Assassin's Creed II come highly recommended from me.

Post: #435085
Topic: Return of the Jedi cut-scene
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435085/action/topic#435085
Time: 25-Aug-2010 5:59 PM

??? I thought that was SuperShadow's suggestion?

Post: #435059
Topic: DTS is teh best! Dolby (and John Tesh) is TEH SUCK!
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435059/action/topic#435059
Time: 25-Aug-2010 5:04 PM

Ack! This almost got pushed off onto page 2, and it's far too important for that!

Post: #435050
Topic: New Politics (please read the Charter in the OP before posting).
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435050/action/topic#435050
Time: 25-Aug-2010 4:41 PM

I can't believe this thread got to 3 pages.

Post: #435021
Topic: Return of the Jedi cut-scene
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/435021/action/topic#435021
Time: 25-Aug-2010 2:36 PM

Thanks for posting the interview, mania. But is it just me, or does Kazanjian not really sound like he knows of what he speaks? He looks at the blank space in the matte painting and thinks it's unfinished? Clearly, he must know how matte paintings work/worked? And I thought his comment about the ships' proximity to Jabba's was interesting... can Jabba's be seen in the painting? I looked at the painting for a solid 30 seconds and couldn't find anything looking like a palace...

So we have Lucas saying it was Hamill, Hamill saying it wasn't and then saying it was, and Kazanjian saying it wasn't. Whom do we believe?

Post: #434993
Topic: LOST
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434993/action/topic#434993
Time: 25-Aug-2010 12:56 PM

http://www.highdefdigest.com/blog/lost-epilogue-review/

This is a short summary of the 12 minute mini-episode (chock full of answers! (and nuts)) released with the DVD/BDs. Seems pretty lackluster to me... I know my Dad will have this, so I'll ask him to bring it with when my parents come for a visit in a couple weeks.

Post: #434990
Topic: Things you like/need that they've discontinued
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434990/action/topic#434990
Time: 25-Aug-2010 12:50 PM

I bought a nail gun a couple years ago, and I dragged it out to work on my shed. The darn thing is leaking air at the gasket, which renders it useless. I head over to the tool shop where I bought it to buy a replacement gasket ($0.20 worth of plastic, I'm sure it will cost me $15 or $20 or something) but they don't sell them.

No one sells them.

Post: #434989
Topic: Video Games - a general discussion thread
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434989/action/topic#434989
Time: 25-Aug-2010 12:49 PM

Welcome to the thread, Nudist. I thought you might enjoy my ramble about UC2 when I finished it earlier this year: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/Video-Game-Thread/post/417953/#TopicPost417953

I'd give the game a solid 8/10. It was definitely good, but it didn't really resonate with me the way it did with other people (who might have given it an 11, were it possible).

Post: #434969
Topic: You're All Missing the Big Picture
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434969/action/topic#434969
Time: 25-Aug-2010 11:35 AM

I'm missing the big picture. As I explained elsewheres, my browser doesn't support "Rick Click->View Picture" so when Frink posts tiny pictures, it's a lot of work for me to actually see it.

Post: #434967
Topic: Last movie seen
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434967/action/topic#434967
Time: 25-Aug-2010 11:33 AM

Wahlberg is pretty good in the movie too.

Post: #434953
Topic: James Cameron uses DVNR on Aliens Blu Ray transfer.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434953/action/topic#434953
Time: 25-Aug-2010 11:04 AM

TV's Frink said:

Excellent advice from that highdefdigest post:

I have obviously not yet seen the ‘Aliens’ Blu-ray for myself. I will reserve judgment on its quality until I have the real thing in my hands.

Bah!

Post: #434951
Topic: Last movie seen
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434951/action/topic#434951
Time: 25-Aug-2010 10:59 AM

Thanks, Frink!

I really like Living Daylights... especially the opening scenes. It has been several years since I last saw License to Kill but I still found it to be unsatisfying to me. I'm curious what a 3rd Dalton Bond would have looked like, but I wouldn't trade GoldenEye for anything.

The wife and I watched The Departed last night. As I predicted, she really liked it. It seems like we've been watching a lot of DiCaprio recently (He so dreamy!) and I have to say that this is probably his best work. I really liked Inception, but I don't think it specificly due to DiCaprio's performance. In The Departed, he's definitely more of a highlight. Also: Lots of cursing.

From imdb:

237 F-words and its derivatives, 6 obscene hand gestures, 16 sexual references, 23 scatological terms, 32 anatomical terms, 5 mild obscenities, 3 derogatory terms for Italians, 3 derogatory terms for African-Americans, 1 derogatory term for Irish people, 1 derogatory term for Chinese people, 3 derogatory terms for homosexuals, 4 religious profanities, 10 religious exclamations

It's a little excessive.

Also, has anyone noticed that Scorsese's films often have really bad continuity? Just simple stuff, like a guy leaning forward in one shot, and then he's leaning back in the other actor's coverage, and back to leaning forward in the next shot. I first noticed it at the end of the Aviator where 2 characters are walking and talking... it cuts to a close up of them where they are stopped, and cuts back to them walking and talking and then they stop and face each other. Back to a close up of them stopped and talking. Then back to them walking and talking... normally I'm not the contnuity police, but it seems to really stick out in these Scorsese films to me for some reason.

Post: #434764
Topic: TIME QUIZ: How well do YOU know "The Phantom Menace"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434764/action/topic#434764
Time: 24-Aug-2010 6:55 PM

Where you at, indeed?

Post: #434704
Topic: New Politics (please read the Charter in the OP before posting).
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434704/action/topic#434704
Time: 24-Aug-2010 4:42 PM — Edited 24-Aug-2010 4:44 PM

ABC:
Who has vever understood DS's posts ?

I vever. At least, I used to did.

From time to time...

Post: #434701
Topic: George Lucas should change the name of his company to LucasFail LTD.
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434701/action/topic#434701
Time: 24-Aug-2010 4:32 PM

He probably won't do this, though.

Post: #434669
Topic: Random Thoughts
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434669/action/topic#434669
Time: 24-Aug-2010 3:16 PM

Let me know if she calls you C3PS...

Post: #434657
Topic: TIME QUIZ: How well do YOU know "The Phantom Menace"
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434657/action/topic#434657
Time: 24-Aug-2010 2:27 PM

BOOST!!!

Post: #434649
Topic: Hilarious fan-site, but could it be a fake? (I'm guessing you know which one already...)
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434649/action/topic#434649
Time: 24-Aug-2010 1:38 PM

Harmy said:

SuperSoakerGuy:

After the dreadful and disappointing results of The Empire Strikes Back, Lucas wrote and directed each movie episode of the Star Wars prequel trilogy in order to give Star Wars fans the genius vision of master film maker Lucas that they deserve.

Wait, I thought SuperShadow wrote the prequels??!?!??

Post: #434646
Topic: If you had your choice, would you have wanted George Lucas to stop after 1977?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434646/action/topic#434646
Time: 24-Aug-2010 1:30 PM

Anchorhead said:

xhonzi said:

Ah, I knew you'd pipe in here eventually, Anchorhead.

If I didn't know any better, I'd say that had a hint of "where's that kook from the 70s" in it.

No... it's more of an "I admire you for taking a stronger stance than I am willing to. I see where you're coming from, but I'm too much of a coward to cut my leg off to stop the spread of cancer. I'm also not quite sure what's it's like in that world, and I wonder if you have cupcakes there... And oxygen" kind of thing. It's like we all hate wearing pants, but you're the only guy willing to walk around without them!

Wait, does that help?

xhonzi said:

You're the only one I could think of that would be a definite 'yes' for this thread.

Definite is a strong word (maybe). There are three scenes in Empire that I think are fantastic.

Asteroid field chase.
Falcon's approach to Cloud City.
Luke hanging below Cloud City. - By far, my favorite moment from the entire film.

I love the scene where he throws the grappling hook at the weather vane on Cloud City and misses. ;)

Post: #434643
Topic: If you had your choice, would you have wanted George Lucas to stop after 1977?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434643/action/topic#434643
Time: 24-Aug-2010 1:26 PM

And no NNRRPPB.... :(

Post: #434642
Topic: Info: DVNR smearing in GOUT not in the master...? Or is the 1995 release a different master altogether...?
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434642/action/topic#434642
Time: 24-Aug-2010 1:24 PM

There's not a lot of mystery to it, right?

There was no interest at Lucasfilm to make the GOUT look good.

The. End.

Post: #434640
Topic: Return of the Jedi cut-scene
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434640/action/topic#434640
Time: 24-Aug-2010 1:22 PM

Oh, man... I miss 3POs Cereal...

Post: #434638
Topic: Who is Ignoring You, and Who are You Ignoring? (was: Who is Ignoring You? (was: Hello all, I'm back!))
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434638/action/topic#434638
Time: 24-Aug-2010 1:20 PM

I don't have a lot of options at work.

I suppose I could stop reading OT.com at work, but that would cut my reading time by about 1000%. Or 005%.

Post: #434631
Topic: Who is Ignoring You, and Who are You Ignoring? (was: Who is Ignoring You? (was: Hello all, I'm back!))
Link: https://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/434631/action/topic#434631
Time: 24-Aug-2010 12:55 PM

Gaffer:

Best way to see it is to right click on it and select "view image."

Chewtobacca:
right click on it and select view image.

Does this not work for anyone else? I use IE8 (I know, I know) and it is not on my right-click menu. I am forced to go to properties, look at the url, and copy that into a new browser tab.