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"IT'S MINE!" said the other library.

heh heh... "Lance"...

Mystery: The numbers.  How soon I forgot.

So... I'm not sure when this became my private thread for just me to post in... (Frink's not even here... what does that say?)  But I thought I would update my pile of shame list and admit... that I fell off the wagon and bought like 10 more games.  :(

GRAW2 - 25% and DONE!
Call of Duty 4: MW - DONE!
inFamous - DONE!
Dead Space - DONE!
Uncharted 2 - 15%
Mass Effect - 30%
Terminator Redemption (for the old xbox! - 50%)
Mercs2 Co-op: 50%
Left 4 Dead Co-op: 99%
Left 4 Dead 2 Co-op: 0%
Gears2 Co-op 85%
LBP Co-op 90%
Burnout Paradise - 10%
Metroid Prime 3 - 50%
Reistance - 15%
Lotr: Conquest - 20%
Indy & Fate of Atlantis (again!)- 10%

To start:
Batman: AA
*BioShock 2
Assassin's Creed 2
Prototype
*New Super Mario Bros. Wii
*Wario Land Shake It!
*Conduit
Myst 4,5 + URU
Tex Murphy Overseer (again!)
Zelda Windwaker
*Guitar Hero 5

Still want to pick up Darksiders, Modern Warfare2, Mass Effect 2, and Fallout 3: GotY, Marvel Ultimate Alliance Borderlands, Monkey Island 2 SE, Zelda TP, Red Faction Guerilla and maybe Wolfenstein and the new AVP.

* Denotes 'falling off the wagon.'

It's been an interesting read.  Really makes you consider the consequences of all of that power.

Yeah, who's this Z6PO dude?

Also, can you all help me make a list (or maybe someone else posted one somewhere) of all the mysteries that remained unanswered?  I'll start:

What made Walt special?
Why did all of the babies/mothers die?
Where did DHARMA come from?
What was Widmore Labs' connection to DHARMA?
What connection did Ancient Egypt have to the Island?
What was the significance of the statue?
    Why did they call it Taweret when it didn't look anything like Taweret?
If the Island has generic healing powers due to its magical "life source well", then why did Ben need spinal surgery.
Why did Mikhail seem to die so many times, but then come back to life?
Why did Radzinsky make the map on the blast door when he already knew where everything was since he designed the Swan?
Why was there a picture of Anubis consulting with the Smoke Monster if he was created during the Roman years which most likely post-dated the Egyptian presence on the island?
Why did the MIB have no name?  Is it because his birth mother didn't pick 2 names?  Really?

I think the purgatory ending made about much sense as the ending of Grease where *SPOILERS*everyone gets back together, feelings are mended, and Sandy and Danny drive off in a flying car that shoots bubbles.*END SPOILERS*

I like too how Jacob is essentially the Voice in the Sky from Kung Pow: Enter The Fist.  The Voice from the Sky says to the chosen one:

VFTS: At your darkest hour, remember to look to the stars above, chosimba.
CHOSIMBA: Look to the stars above, what does that mean?  I mean, that doesn't make any sense, how is that supposed to help me?
VFTS: It won't.  But then once you've figured it out on your own, you'll go: "Oh...  Stars Above... I get it!"

TheBoost said:

So, they blew up a bomb and created an alternate timeline that for an entire season was totally consistent with being an alternate timeline, including Desmond who we've seen since season 3 can travel through time serving as kind of an intermediary.

Then with four minutes to go they have Jack's dad say "no, this isn't an alternate timeline, it's the afterlife." and before we can say "that doesn't make sense!" there's a cast party and a cliche white light.

In my mind... those 2 minutes Jack's dad talked didn't happen. THEN the show has an ending thats happy, and doesnt' require a whole new level of reality to be added in the SECOND TO LAST SCENE OF THE FINALE.

• The alternate timeline was created when they set off the nuke.
• Desmond, who's electromagnetically special, was able to mediate between the two.
• When a character was 'awakened' in the side-timeline, they were able to live out in peace the rest of their life in this better, island-less world, with full memories of the original timeline.
• Jack died on the island, and ALSO got to live out his life with Kate in the side-step timeline.
• Sawyer escaped the island with Kate and Mile, but ALSO got to be reunited with Juliet.
• With their memories restored, all the Losties reunite at the church and have a celebration. THE END.

 

If it was heaven/limbo all along, why did it have a sunken version of the island? Why did Juliet say 'the bomb worked?' What does Jack's dad know about anything, since apparently every time we ever saw him it was really the Smoke Monster? Nope. F that.

 Yes, this is my biggest problem with the "purgatory" explanation.  It really messes with the ending of season 5, if you think about it.  Why go to all of that trouble to create an alternate reality if it didn't work.  Though apparently Juliet's line: "It worked!" was about the vending machine.

I imagine they decided to "create this place for them to meet up before going to heaven" and Hurley was like,
HURLEY: Dudes.  How about this?  We're all on Oceanic 8-15 together.  We're stuck on a plane for 18 hours and we can all find each other there. 
And then Locke or Jacob or somebody says:  
JACOB: No, wait.  What if we don't meet on the plane, but, like, we keep running into each other for a couple days afterward, and we're all like, What the Frink?!?! and then Sawyer can be a cop, and oh!  Miles could be his partner... and Kate, you can still be a criminal on the run... but this time, get this... YOU DIDN'T ACTUALLY DO IT!
JACK: Can I have a son?
SAYID: Sure, but I want to be with Nadia again.
JACOB: You can be!  But then Sawyer and Miles will come and bust your butt and throw you in jail!
SAYID: Why?
DESMOND: Oh, so I want to actually be working for Widmore...
HURLEY: Dudes... this is way too complicated.  Can't we just meet at baggage claim?

I don't.  But it seems that Panaka does.  He's at least getting a kickback for mentioning them, it seems.

This has been the main focus on Charles Xavier in the X-Men comics from the past year or so.  They reveal that he manipulated the thoughts/decisions of a lot of the X-Men over the years, "For the greater good."  Turns out a lot of them don't really like it that much.

Panakacakes are in the Star Wars Cookbook Volume II right after Darth Malt.

Panaka on Naboo, after C3PS leaves:

 

"Whew!  It took Panaka a looooong time to get here, but he's here!" Panaka announces to the emptyish room, out of breath.  It's been a couple weeks, so Panaka is wekk recovered from his wounds received at the "training" he attended, which was actually a trap laid by the Rebels and the Traitor Olie.
"Panaka needs to sit down and rest Panaka's tired legs!" says Panaka between breaths as he grabs a nearby chair.  Erica was kind enough to drop him off at his Doctor's office in the Chommell system. 
"Panaka don't need no doctor!" grumbles Panaka.  "All Panaka really need is some panakacakesTM!"  Panaka reaches into his pocket to grab a couple of the delicious all-purpose foods.  They restore Panaka's strength.  He is tired after his long walk from Outer Chommell, though some college kids did give a ride for part of the way.
"Now think, fool!" Panaka says to himself.  "If The Traitor Olie isn't here, where could he be??!?!"  Panaka looks around and notices the place is actually quite thoroughly trashed.  Panaka closes his eyes and takes in the smell of the place.
"Coffee," says Panaka.  "Perfect with panakacakes in the morning..." he muses "and the favourite drug/drink of the Traitor Olie."  He closes his eyes and takes another bite of the delicious cake.  And mercenary/protocol droid oil, yes that was definitely the other smell.  The brand used by C3PS. 
"C3PS, my old friend.  What were you doing here?" wonders Panaka outloud.  But that was a mystery for another time.  A paper invitation is sitting at Panaka's feet and so he picks it up.
"Handsome Army?  Why wasn't Panaka invited to this party?" wonders Panaka.  He breathes in again, catching the full scent from the scattered coffee cups.  And then the thought hits Panaka like a whifflesabre to the back of the head!
"Quarterly teeth whitening" he says triumphantly, "Of course!  Tatooine!"
Panaka rises to his feet and takes in one deep breath.  And then another.
"OLIE!!!!" Panaka shouts.  "JUSTICE IS COMING FOR YOU!" and with that, Panaka breaks into a full run.  He bursts through the doors and into the courtyard.  It looks as if he's running toward a shuttle, but he actually just runs past it.  He just keeps running and running.  Running and more running.  So much running, that you would think he'd be tired already.  But a grown man can run for days on the calories from just one panakacake.  Panaka can run for a week.
"Maybe Panak should check some of these Naboobian shipyards for the Handsome Throne." says Panaka between huffs.  Nah, Solo is too wiley for that.  He'd never hide Panaka's Star Destroyer on his home planet.  Panaka thinks maybe he should reprioritize his two tasks... afterall... it's going to be a long run to Tatooine.

Fine.  Suck it with.

Well that sucks.  And here I thought I had it ready to go for the zombie apocalypse and everything.

But Die Hard ARCADE works, right?  Man, I've pumped so many quarters into that thing.

Even the threads that weren't started by me were moved here by my request.

I meant the Script Writing Forum, specifically.  Take a look at the thread list and tell me you don't see an obsessive compulsive theme.

If Midichlorians are genetic, then strong Jedi would be on the top of your "To Clone" list.  And I happen to like Clone-Memory-Bleed-Over in Scifi, so nyah.

I think it's because it's where we find the best versions of the characters.

Luke: Luke is not the whiny, innocent, or powerless farmboy from ANH.  He is mature, confident and powerful.  He is a leader or the Rebellion and the guy we know will win the day.  He is exciting!  He thinks he can take Vader at the end of the movie and we're inclined to agree. 
By the time RotJ rolls around, Luke is humbled and serious.  Knowing that <spoiler>Vader is his father </spoiler> has also cooled his sense of action and revenge.  This is where the character should go, logically... but it's not the best verion of him.  He's more exciting when he hasn't yet tasted defeat.

Han & Leia: This is the love story, right?  Their characters are a little thin in ANH and they are really three dimensional in ESB.  Again in RotJ, their characters are sort of already at the end of their arcs.  Han is whipped, Leia is a slave and then a boring rebel then an crappy speeder bike pilot, an ewok captive and eventually a wounded rebel. 

Vader: Similar to Luke, Vader really feels his oats in ESB.  Regardless of what Vader's motivation in serving Palpatine, The Empire and The Dark Side in ANH must be, he is on the hunt for one thing in ESB and it is <spoiler> HIS SON! </spoiler>.  He doesn't take crap or failure from anybody and he is on a mission.  This is the best Vader.  The story naturally takes him to a place after fighting Luke where he begins to change.  I think the RotJ Vader is the right Vader for that movie, but he's still less interesting than he was in ESB.

So, that's why it's the best.  In my humble opinion.

So... I had this idea that maybe Episode One could be written as a "rip-off/homage" to Seven Samurai similar to the way that Hidden Fortress influenced A New Hope.

All I've got so far is the idea that Obi-Wan is a loansome Jedi who gets sucked into a small conflict on the periphery of the war and then six other Jedi join his small cause.  In Episode 2, you can expand his ifluence into the rest of the War.

I've never actually made it all the way through Seven Samurai, but I have seen several versions of Magnificent Seven... so my comments are more based on that.

What do you think?

Yeah, I've been intending to show my hand here soon.  I'm sure you'll all hate it... :) 

I just didn't want to look like I was monopolizing this forum... any more than I already do.

005 said:

Also, throughout the whole movie my wife was asking me why this is everyone's favorite (hers is RotJ). I couldn't really narrow it down...

I can offer my opinion here, as I imagine the rest can.

But first, direct her towards my "The Way You Do the Things You Do" (or whatever)Thread: http://originaltrilogy.com/forum/topic.cfm/WHY-we-like-the-things-we-like-and-why-we-dont-that-which-we-dont/topic/11378/

Um... perhaps you heard of that little thing in Star Wars called "The Clone Wars"?  Like it or not, Cloning is in the DNA.  The way it's brought out often sucks... but it's in the DNA.

I thought Seasons 4 and 5 had some of the most mind-bendy, 4th-grade-unfriendly storylines ever. 

I think they were teasing mysteries they themselves didn't have answers for.  It was the only way to have mysteries the audience couldn't accurately solve... because THERE ARE NO SOLUTIONS! 

Oh my gosh!  LIVE BLOG really is GOLB EVIL backwards!