xhonzi

DuracellEnergizer said:

Anchorhead said:

The novel had a feeling of everything must be viewed from a Prequel point of view.

This pretty much sums up the current state of the EU.

And even the colouring books.  I saw one the other day I was going to buy- it had OT vader on the cover.  It had the 80's double line going around the edge.  I figure'd it had to be OT.  Then I flipped through it and only saw pictures of 10 year old Annie, Jar Jar, and Sebulba.

What the H-E-double-hell??

darth_ender said:

And the capital crime is the perpetual resurrection of the Emperor! Whose clever idea was it to actually have him come back again and again and again?

It was Lucas, believe it or not. Veitch originally planned to bring Vader back in the form of an imposter for Dark Empire, but Lucas thought that Vader as the antagonist had already been throughly explored and that it would be better to bring Palpatine back instead.

I wish I could point to my thread that I made in defense of Dark Empire Emperor Clones... but it very quickly became a silly argument between me and VINH.  Ah, well....

But still, I think people that are vehemently against Emperor clones maybe misunderstand that this fictional universe includes both Cloning and Dark Magic.  You can argue with the execution, but it seems odd to argue that it should be impossible in the universe.

American Hominid said:

Because the Sith were excluded from the post-Jedi Bantam EU, you had a lot of random dark siders and Imperial remnants. 

Were they excluded intentionally?  Or did no one really work them in?

I mean, they were in Jedi Knight: Dark Forces 2, right?

ray_afraid said:

American Hominid said:

 

Also, Anchorhead - another book you may like (it's one of my faves): The Illustrated Star Wars Universe.  It's from 1995.  It's set up almost like National Geographic, with profiles of the OT planets each told by different characters - an anthropologist who visits Tatooine, an Imperial scout who hates his assignment to Endor, a slimy political yes-man from Coruscant, a poet from Alderaan.  Throughout, there are pieces of art done for the films (concept design work by many artists), complimented by quite a few specially-done paintings of various planet/culture-related scenes by Ralph McQuarrie.  The stories are written by Kevin J Anderson, whose novels were not my favorites, but this book works for me.

That reminds me - it's always interesting when the film concept artists do work for the EU.  I like the consistency of styles.

LOVED this when it came out. Lost it many many years ago. I'm gonna track down another!

I have a copy I paid full price for, but I almost bought another for ~$2 at half.com the other day since I was already buying something from the shipper and I thought it would be criminal to leave it there...

But I didn't think my wife would understand.  Might still be there...

greenpenguino said:

theprequelsrule said:

Anchorhead said:

All goofing aside;  Even though I do sometimes touch on it, you guys have no idea how much I hate the idea of the Prequels - as they were released.  The story, execution, casting, Lucas' revision of history, etc. I find it all vulgar.

A prequel story? - absolutely.  Prequel story Lucas released? - absolutely not.

The problem with the prequels - besides all the problems you listed - is that there can be no drama or tension when the outcome is already known to the audience. I mean, we know Obi-wan is not going to die in them right?

 

Oh yeah? Well what about historical movies then?

 

Take 'Apollo 13'. That movie is pretty suspenseful even though pretty much all of us know that the astronauts survived. However, it's in the execution that the movie is suspenseful.

When a movie is done well the can still be suspense, even though we know the outcome.

Or movies with known sequels?

Can someone not fear for Indy's life in Raiders because they know that there is at least 1 movie (maybe 2) that takes place afterwards?

TV's Frink said:

kenkraly2007 said:

Please stop re posting my comments.

We'll stop if you stop.

Zing!

~or~

*Oh!Snap*

Put Captain Solo in the Cargo Hold said:

Whenever Ken says "stop it!" he reminds me of Waldo the Bird from Twin Peaks.

"Leo No! Stop it! Stop it!".

+1 for Twin Peaks reference!

~or~!

Bite the bullet, bay-by!

ooooooooooooooookay.....

I thought that Watchmen was a pretty decent adaptation.  Just this morning I heard someone else dismissing it. 

I think the movie ending may actually (literally) be my preferred ending... though I'm still thinking about that.

What's your beef?

Ziggy Stardust said:

Jedi Temple34 said:

SIGH what a shame it isn’t down I hope someone hacks that site into bits! Like they did with The Digital Bits ha ha ha  

Why do you ignore everyone?

 Because the Digital Bits and AVS forum and everyone on this site loooooooves DTS.

Hence: JT 34 ignores everybody.  Except me.  Isn't that right, smoochy face?

lolz.

Now this is podracing a roast!

You suck, Frink!

ferris209 said:

 

xhonzi said:

There's a new 3.5" scale AT-AT too, but at $100 I'm not even going to dream about that one.  Plus, I have a vintage AT-AT, so I think I will be able to sleep at night.

Found one at my local Wal-Mart on sale for $50!!

Yeah, I already had one, and yeah the box looked like it had been through the ringer. But hey, it was $50!!

 I heard about this!  It's probably a good thing for marriage that I only heard about it too late.

CP3S said: 

Really enjoyed the long Fallout post Xhonzi. Even though I can't think of any responses to make to it at the moment, figured I'd let you know all that typing was appreciated.

Oh good.  I like writing long posts... but it's even nicer if I know someone read them.  I mean... I know Frink won't read it.  ;)

xhonzi said:

Though they have all grown on me (except for maybe the "Choppin' that meat!" song)

I love that song! What isn't to like about it? It is about a butcher who really likes cutting up meat. It is a song about a fellow who really enjoys and takes pride in his profession. I guess the part where he steals the old widows meat (from her fridge, I assume) and starts chopping it was a bit weird I guess (always hate to hear about elderly widows being taken advantage of), but for the most part it is a rather nice and positive song.

 Hmm....  what are you hackin', whackin' and smackin'?

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Maybe you could play the music anyway. I like the idea that every vehicle has a song that plays on the radio when people are in it. You've already done that to most of the vehicles, why not the rest?

To be clear, it doesn't have to play in a "bongo" for it to be funny.  It's still funny if it plays in the sub.  That's why I put "bongo/sub" in my suggestion... but still, it's your baby, so I won't try to convince you any further.

Mefink you a limey.

QFT

TV's Frink said:

xhonzi said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCY09s-c41A

Danny Kaye singing "Civilization" with the Andrew Sisters.

"Oh, bongo bongo bongo I don't want to leave the Congo!"

Radio station that plays in the Bongo/Sub?

 

~

If this isn't in your edit, I'd still like to see it in the deleted scenes.

REJECTED

:p

 

It's not going in the edit since a bongo is now a musical instrument like it always should have been.  If you'd like it as a deleted scene, feel free to whip it up and send it to me, and I'll be happy to include it.

 :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCY09s-c41A

Danny Kaye singing "Civilization" with the Andrew Sisters.

"Oh, bongo bongo bongo I don't want to leave the Congo!"

Radio station that plays in the Bongo/Sub?

~

If this isn't in your edit, I'd still like to see it in the deleted scenes.

You're doing it wrong.  You're not supposed to say you are a movie.... you're supposed to say the movie is you.

American Hominid said: 

I just listened to a podcast interview with Tim Zahn the other day where he talked about this exact concept, and how he purposely approaches his stories this way.

 Link, please?

TV's Frink said:

They don't ever get in a bongo in the edit.  They get in a sub. 

:(

And a Jar Jar is a Bottle Bottle.

 

And this:

 

Is that photoshopped, or a real Easter egg?

To me it would be cooler if they would use the titles of real movies that would have been out at the time.

No, it's real... and not much of an easter egg.  More like an egg sitting in the egg shelf of your refrigerator when you open it looking for eggs.

It's in the 15 minute demo from E3.  She's opening a tear in space/time and takes them to a possible 1983.  One where Return of the Jedi was actually called Revenge of the Jedi, apparently.

TV's Frink said:

Crosspost'd:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cC7vkLrsTBg

Very nice.  Though I was hoping that it would have been "Bongo bongo bongo" playing after they got in the bongo.

RedFive said:

I'm ... from Ohio.  And I thought it was bullocks. 

 Hmm... that's kind of suspicious. 

You might be one of those English Illegals Warbler is always warning us about.