ferris, you've got to stop saying irregardless or I will put you on ignore.
Pooooooooooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr!
It's on wikipedia. Of course it is true.
(And it's still there after an hour!)
Ric Olie said:
You, sir, have obviously never seen an official Naboo Birth Certificate. Even in that blurry state, it is a clear forgery. I may have to turn you over to the Naboo Birth Certificate Council On Verifying Official Birth Certificates, Which Are The Certificates The People Of Naboo Receive At Birth, or NBCCOVOBCWATCTPONRAB for short.
As you have no doubt guessed, members of my family hold several positions on the Council.
You and your ilk, would be very well suited for the NBCCOVOBCWATCTPONRAB. They would be very good at observing who is born and at what time and to whom.
Oh, and also check your facts about this stuff before saying I'm not from Naboo:
Fang Zei said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHsn_PPDrEw
This will likely get found and taken down by the end of the day, but there will only be more people to come along and post it again!
I missed this. What was it exactly?
TheBoost said:
My wife and I are having epic battles over whether our six month old is going to be pro wreslter Samoa Joe or a bumblebee.
It might tear apart our marriage.
At first I couldn't decide who wanted what... but then I realized you said "...a bumblebee." I first read it as "BumblebeeTM."
ChainsawAsh must be Ric Olie! He's accusing the innocent (and frankly, incapable) Frink of being Ric to throw us off the scent!
skyjedi2005 said:
What if Episode seven came out ten years after return of the jedi in 1993?
That's what I meant. As long as we're suggesting the movies be made right after RotJ, then release the prequels in 86, 89, and 92 and release the sequels in 95, 98 and 2001. Then it's 12 years later for Mark Hamill and co and they can come back to play slightly different roles in the sequel trilogy.
Assuming they would have been quality somehow... I would have liked to have seen the Prequels come between the OT and the Sequel Trilogy. That would have given a few years for the OT cast to age. At least, it was always my thought that the sequels would be about a generation or so later that the OT.
It has EVERYTHING to do with vampires.
P.S. Just have your wife clip a lightsabre to her steinbelt and I think you're good to go!
Nice!
Yeah, Gideon (the six year old) is pretty Star Wars savvy, but I'm sure the meaning of the scene is completely lost on him. I came up with the Phantom Darth Vader bit, but I'll have to ask him if he thinks he could be that or if he is simply Darth Vader missing his mask.
Octo- I don't think that tact is far off subject: Why does [modern literature] hate [good and evil]?
It reminds me of a great line in Zero Effect (one of my faves, by the by): Zero has more or less stated that does his job to protect innocent people from evil people. You know, the bad guys. His assistant, goes off on him, There aren't evil guys and innocent guys. It's just... It's just... It's just a bunch of guys!
I do agree that there is good and evil in all of us. However, I do think there is actual good and evil. I do think that there are people we can accurately call "Good" because they are overwhelmingly so. And likewise I believe there are people we can call "Bad" or "Evil". Or, rather, "Heroes" and "Villains."
Moral relativism says that "This is true/good for you, but it is false/bad for me." That I don't agree with. I think truth is truth, and good is good, and that there are people who wrongly disagree. But that's me.
Ahh... page 1. Those were the days.
It's true, but he's got a point. Perhaps the Empire, once upon a time in Lucas's mind, was only concerned with human planets or planets with large human populaces. That doesn't really jive with my original or preferred take on the story, but the first two movies themselves could be read that way. The fact that they push a few jawas around while in pursuit of humans doesn't mean that they mean to rule over all aliens in the galaxy. And the name "Galactic Empire" could sort of be interpreted like "United Nations" or "United States of America." There are other nations or states in the area that don't belong, but that doesn't stop anyone from using the name somewhat globaly. Or galactically, as the case may be.
Post your costumes, your kids costumes, or your costume ideas.
The Xhonzi's are going, appropriately, Star Wars this year!
I am going as Dagobah Luke with my 3 month old son ("Baby Yoda") in my blue burlap backpack.
My 6 year old son is going as Darth Vader, except for at school and church where masks aren't allowed so he's going there as "Luke's vision of his own face under the mask of the phantom Darth Vader."
My 4.5 year old daughter is going as CinnamonBun Leia.
My 3 year old daughter is going as RD22 (Ardee-Tutu). Get it. Tu-tu? This is actually pretty cute, she calls him "Ardeetoo" and when the older kids tell her it's "R2-D2", she says, "No, I'm not Ardee-Tutu, I'm Ardeetoo!"
And my wife... it's come to attention that there is a dearth of good female characters in the Original Trilogy. So... she's going as Hanna Solo. Or "Generic Female Smugler of the Star Wars Universe." Or, since she's wearing a red wig... and we've been reading Zahn's trilogy for her first time... Mara Jade.
Anyways, we have them all done because we had our first halloween party last weekend. I'll have to post some pictures when we get some good ones.
TheBoost said:
Ghost said:
I also hate how the whole thing takes place in one little area. I wish there was a way to change the story around and make it more epic. Not just on a Sail Barge.
It's an escape from the sail barge. What more do you want? Random starfighters, a herd of rancors, dueling sarlacs and a one armed Wampa back for revenge with its own rival sail barge?
And that would be the besht mosht awesomesht thing ever!
Most of all I can remember is: "You kicked wolfman in the nads!" or something like that. (or was it "nards"?)
And an argument as to whether "Frankenstein" refered to the monster or the scientist.
Man did those prequels suck! George Luca$$ has totally lost it!
doubleofive said:
Of course, no one goes to a movie and roots for the aliens to win (unless it's Aliens vs Predator, of course. Or District 9).
We shall see how well that works in Avatar this December.
Actually, it was part of Smallville that I really liked circa Season 3. Clark's superpowers might have come from Krypton, but his sense of justice came from Kansas. When Superman Returns came out, one of the major turn offs to me was that Kal-El sent him to Earth to protect mankind, and also to show them the way to live. So humans were inferior on all accounts. Awesome.
Ah-hah, but he brought up the Original Star Trek... Where man travels from planet to planet in their fancy spaceship and mostly visit non-space-faring peoples. He also brought up Babylon 5 where they are middle of the road or slightly higher.
I, of course, fell back on every alien invasion story where they come to Earth.
Gaffer Tape said:
... or, maybe, just maybe, (although I doubt it) Lucas actually being aware of how corrupt the Jedi were at that point and demonstrating their own hypocrisy.
Nah....
Sort of like Hitler promising he wouldn't invade Poland. Until he did.
It seems they could have put a few masks in the Yain briefing scene (re-use ones from the cantina) if they wanted some alien presence.
Wait!
Are there any aliens in the Rebellion until Jedi? I was talking to my friend about the role of "humans" in SciFi. I offered the opinion that in 90% of SciFi, humans are shown to be technologically inferior, but somehow morally superior. He responded that in his experience, 90% of SciFi showed humans to be technologically superior. We both used Star Wars as our argument. He pointed out that humans run the Empire- humans run the rebellion. Aliens hang out at bars, are co-pilots, or are criminals. I pointed out that the Empire is run by humans and for humans, but that the Rebellion was "indiscriminate" and "equal work for equal pay." But then he pointed out that the Rebellion on Yavin is almost all middle aged white human males, and that Hoth is only a little better (if you count the female radio operator and all of the tauntauns).
So... was this a budget limitation? Or were aliens intentionally left out of the Rebellion till RotJ.
Akwat Kbrana said:
But it makes absolutely no sense.
Only a Sith deals in absolutes!
(I'll assume you did that on purpose.)
And...
You're beginning to sound like a Separatist!