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Title: Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Nilsen on July 26, 2004, 09:53:31 AM: Movie nr 3 has been named. :)

Live long and prosper....... oh wait, thats not the one.
Title: Revenge of the Sith
Post by: Saurdaukar on July 26, 2004, 10:06:39 AM: Oh no...

Any movie with the word "Revenge" in it is bound to fail.

Stupid Lucus.
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Post by: Nilsen on July 26, 2004, 10:11:44 AM: we have almst a year to get the hopes up before they are crushed in May 2005, so enjoy the time.

I actually think its gonna be good. Its really the one ive been waiting for since episode 6

May the force bend you over!
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Post by: Chairboy on July 26, 2004, 10:13:41 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Oh no...

Any movie with the word "Revenge" in it is bound to fail.

Stupid Lucus.

What about 'Revenge of the Nerds?' That was a pretty great movie.
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Post by: CyranoAH on July 26, 2004, 10:18:24 AM: Or "Revenge of the Ninja"! QUAH!
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Post by: Gunslinger on July 26, 2004, 10:21:02 AM: Porky's Revenge?
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Post by: Curval on July 26, 2004, 10:22:52 AM: Quote
Originally posted by Gunslinger
Porky's Revenge?

This one backs up Saur's point.

The first one was funny tho.
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Post by: GtoRA2 on July 26, 2004, 11:52:41 AM: If lucas is a hack he will ruin the final chapter of Starwars, just like he ruined one and two.

The hole green guido guy shooting first was the begining of suck fest that is now Starwars.

Curse him!!
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Post by: 1K0N on July 26, 2004, 12:45:34 PM: They should name it "SITH happens"
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Post by: Curval on July 26, 2004, 12:46:20 PM: Quote
Originally posted by 1K0N
They should name it "SITH happens"

LOL...good one.

:aok
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Post by: phookat on July 26, 2004, 01:20:00 PM: Lucas blows goats at midnight. Damn him to hell.

Fortunately we have Timothy Zahn. :)
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 26, 2004, 01:37:02 PM: Quote
Originally posted by phookat
Timothy Zahn. :)

;)
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Post by: muckmaw on July 26, 2004, 01:43:21 PM: Quote
Originally posted by phookat
Lucas blows goats at midnight. Damn him to hell.

Fortunately we have Timothy Zahn. :)

Good point.

I'm not into Star Wars anymore, but I really enjoyed Zahns books about 12 years ago.
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Post by: SunKing on July 26, 2004, 01:49:05 PM: another CGI show off movie. No story no real characters like the orginal series. I wish movies would go back to the monster masks and suits. They had character, alot more believable than these CGI casts.
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Post by: Yeager on July 26, 2004, 01:54:42 PM: Lets see if the terrible leagacy being afforded the original trillogy has sunk in with lucas. Perhaps this last one will be something to see.
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Post by: Nilsen on July 26, 2004, 01:55:43 PM: Agree SunKing. Scifi was alot better in the day of masks and real models.... if it was done right that is.
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Post by: Dead Man Flying on July 26, 2004, 01:58:39 PM: Egads, the Timothy Zahn Star Wars stuff absolutely sucked. I'd rather watch 100 hours of The Phantom Menace with my eyelids pryed open Clockwork Orange style than have to suffer through that craptacular set of books again.

-- Todd/Leviathn
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 26, 2004, 02:12:58 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
Egads, the Timothy Zahn Star Wars stuff absolutely sucked. I'd rather watch 100 hours of The Phantom Menace with my eyelids pryed open Clockwork Orange style than have to suffer through that craptacular set of books again.

-- Todd/Leviathn

Are you mad? Zahn's stuff was great. Hated Anderson's though...
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Post by: Dead Man Flying on July 26, 2004, 02:17:56 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Are you mad? Zahn's stuff was great. Hated Anderson's though...

I hated them both. Neither felt like "Star Wars" to me. The new movies may suck, but at least they feel like Star Wars, warts and all. Zahn's stuff felt like crappy sci-fi rolled in a Star Wars wrapper.

My eye sockets hurt from all the eye rolling when, for the upteenth time, Thrawn figured out what the good guys were going to do because he studied their artwork. Hoo boy.

-- Todd/Leviathn
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Post by: Maniac on July 26, 2004, 02:20:55 PM: Quote
but at least they feel like Star Wars

No they dont.
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Post by: Octavius on July 26, 2004, 02:31:52 PM: Only thing about the new movies that gives them a Star Wars feel would be John Williams :)

New title, meh. I have no opinion on it. I'm still going to see it regardless. Hell, it's friggin starwars. I dont care if it potentially blows goats at midnight, it's SOMETHING new :)
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Post by: Ripsnort on July 26, 2004, 02:40:50 PM: Anyone remember this one?

(http://www.mds.mdh.se/~uks/starwars/pix/posters/revenge-of-the-jedi.jpg)
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 26, 2004, 03:05:39 PM: Was that the original title for RotJ?
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Post by: Ripsnort on July 26, 2004, 03:07:53 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Was that the original title for RotJ?

Yep. Lucas originally planned to call it Revenge of the Jedi, but changed his mind after a couple of posters had been printed up with the original title.
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Post by: john9001 on July 26, 2004, 03:22:21 PM: ahh "clockwork orange", every time i hear the song "singing in the rain" i think of the scene with the red jump suit.
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Post by: phookat on July 26, 2004, 04:17:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
I hated them both. Neither felt like "Star Wars" to me.

Have to disagree there. Pace, flavor, atmosphere, phrasing of dialogue...all very Star Wars like. Dialogue especially he really did extremely well, he managed to bring out each character unchanged from the movie, but at the same time none of the painful cheesiness that the movie dialogue suffered from. "No he did NOT say duck. He said get ready to duck. I would think the difference would be apparent even to you." I can't imagine a better representation of 3PO talking to R2.

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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
The new movies may suck, but at least they feel like Star Wars, warts and all.

Not at all. The old ones had much epic atmosphere, and suggested a universe of interesting possibilities through characters like Solo--which Zahn did a great job building off of. The new ones are cheap action flicks at best, complete with poorly done comic relief. And enormously misplaced and incoherent references to the originals. Boba Fett's dad? Please.

The new ones have a level of wartage that the originals could not hope to achieve.

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Originally posted by Dead Man Flying
My eye sockets hurt from all the eye rolling when, for the upteenth time, Thrawn figured out what the good guys were going to do because he studied their artwork. Hoo boy.

Nothing wrong in that. SW was never about intricate plot twists and turns...that's not what makes it appealing. Like the Force itself, you don't examine that kind of stuff too closely anyway in SW. Phillip K Dick it ain't...but it's good nonetheless, for other reasons.
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Post by: Curval on July 26, 2004, 04:20:58 PM: Quote
Originally posted by john9001
ahh "clockwork orange", every time i hear the song "singing in the rain" i think of the scene with the red jump suit.

Not sure about "red jumpsuit" in that scene...but:

Viddy well little brother...viddy well."
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Post by: Dnil on July 26, 2004, 04:35:03 PM: just an fyi to any of you that play Star Wars Galaxies. Some ex-WB types and I have a small guild going on the server flurry if any feel like joing.
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 26, 2004, 04:37:49 PM: I was in the SWG beta and thought it sucked hairy monkey balls.

Has it gotten any better? Is it actually enjoyable now?
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Post by: Dnil on July 26, 2004, 04:51:46 PM: its a lot better, nothing like beta...I did beta also.

Mounts, speeders. Lots of stuff added and spaceships in 3-4 months.
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Post by: Ripsnort on July 26, 2004, 04:56:04 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Dnil
just an fyi to any of you that play Star Wars Galaxies. Some ex-WB types and I have a small guild going on the server flurry if any feel like joing.

(http://www.funnysign.com/funnysign/045_geeck.jpg)

:p
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Post by: sling322 on July 26, 2004, 05:02:13 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Ripsnort
Yep. Lucas originally planned to call it Revenge of the Jedi, but changed his mind after a couple of posters had been printed up with the original title.

My ex brother in law has one of those posters with Revenge of the Jedi on it.....he used to work for Cinemark back in the day and got one from an old boss of his.
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Post by: sling322 on July 26, 2004, 05:03:33 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Dnil
just an fyi to any of you that play Star Wars Galaxies. Some ex-WB types and I have a small guild going on the server flurry if any feel like joing.

I still have a character on Bria that I log on with from time to time. I still see Sudz on every now and then too.
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Post by: Ripsnort on July 26, 2004, 05:13:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by sling322
My ex brother in law has one of those posters with Revenge of the Jedi on it.....he used to work for Cinemark back in the day and got one from an old boss of his.

Probably worth a pretty penny at those Star war conventions...
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Post by: NUTTZ on July 26, 2004, 05:47:30 PM: Revenge of the Nerds was a B movie hit!

NUTTZ

Quote
Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Oh no...

Any movie with the word "Revenge" in it is bound to fail.

Stupid Lucus.
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Post by: MrCoffee on July 26, 2004, 07:03:55 PM: Oh goodie, Im a big Star Wars fan.

:D

(http://www.mds.mdh.se/~uks/starwars/pix/posters/revenge-of-the-jedi.jpg)
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Post by: SunKing on July 26, 2004, 07:19:42 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Dnil
just an fyi to any of you that play Star Wars Galaxies. Some ex-WB types and I have a small guild going on the server flurry if any feel like joing.
(http://img27.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Booner013/Junk/Trooper.gif)
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Post by: Vulcan on July 26, 2004, 08:52:31 PM: Good to see another Kiwi actor joining the cast...
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Post by: Octavius on July 26, 2004, 10:58:04 PM: LOL SUNKING!!! I want that for my avatard please :D
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Post by: Yeager on July 26, 2004, 11:35:13 PM: Have been playing two characters on SWG, one each on kettemoor and sunrunner. One is a master rifleman/TK and the other a Master musician/Image Designer. Been having a absolute ball just trying to learn how to tie my shoelaces. not sure about the PvP thing and the specials though. Still havent advanced far enough to get invovled with that stuff. Yet.

Its been a wonderful change of pace after nearly 7 years of WBs and AH.
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Post by: thrila on July 27, 2004, 03:51:12 AM: I play SWG every now and then. I have a master smuggler on Bria.
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Post by: Nilsen on July 27, 2004, 04:03:57 AM: On another topic.... found a new flightsim ou there that i actually didnt know about.

http://www.navy.mil/homepages/vp-47/
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Post by: jonnyb on July 28, 2004, 10:04:05 AM: I just got into SWG. They were running a free two week promotion so I figured I'd give it a go. I've really been enjoying it thus far. The more I play, the less I realize I know about it...which I feel is a good thing as it keeps me interested.

I will most likely continue my subscription once the trial period is over. There are a large number of possibilities one can explore, and I've only just begun to develop my character. I find it quite amusing that a womp rat offers a significant challenge, and over 90% of all NPCs I encounter would deal me a quick death should I decide to engage them. I mean here I am thinking I'm king of the world when I lay into one with my carbine for 200+ damage, and notice their health meter barely budged...and the return barrage drains my health to almost zero.

Anyway, I'm not quite sure what server I'm on at the moment...I just chose the recommended one on character creation. Any of you vets out there care to take in a relative newbie and offer advice/tips? My character is a combination marksman/scout/medic with novice artisan skills. I'm pretty much at the point where killing the small creatures is a waste of time, but going solo against the larger ones is suicide.
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Post by: Dnil on July 28, 2004, 10:22:06 AM: well if some of you guys want to switch to flurry, you are welcome to hang with us. We have a nice routine down and plenty of cash. I have an alt doc that buffs us before we go out.

Did rancors again last night.
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Post by: jonnyb on July 28, 2004, 10:57:08 AM: Dnil, where are you located on Flurry, and how would I find you there? My in game name is Jadrin Stele...
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Post by: sling322 on July 28, 2004, 11:29:22 AM: Quote
Originally posted by thrila
I play SWG every now and then. I have a master smuggler on Bria.

What is your game ID? I am a member of the AbFab guild and make my residence in Tusken Vale. Name is Slingshot Jones. Been spending a lot of time hunting rancors on Dathomir lately....trying to finish master swordsman so I can move on to something else.
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Post by: Dnil on July 28, 2004, 11:36:15 AM: we are loctaed on Dantooine near lake haltron or something like that. Row of houses on the lake. Guild name is executive outcomes, tag is EO. In game name is beaureg.
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 28, 2004, 01:50:58 PM: Hmm... ok - Ill check it out.
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Post by: Rude on July 28, 2004, 02:25:47 PM: I found Starship Troopers to be most entertaining
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Post by: AKIron on July 28, 2004, 05:15:06 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Rude
I found Starship Troopers to be most entertaining

I liked it too. Rented the sequel with reluctance. Reluctance wasn't unwarranted, turned it off after 10 minutes.
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Post by: Yeager on July 28, 2004, 10:57:40 PM: It actually became worthwhile after about 15 minutes Iron. I too turned it off at about the 9 minute mark but came in later when the kid started watching it, Wasn't a total waste after all.
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Post by: Udie on July 28, 2004, 11:32:18 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Yeager
It actually became worthwhile after about 15 minutes Iron. I too turned it off at about the 9 minute mark but came in later when the kid started watching it, Wasn't a total waste after all.

How does it compare to the first one? I never read the book so I loved the SST movie. I've seen it probably 100 times on dvd.
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 29, 2004, 05:44:38 PM: Quote
Originally posted by Saurdaukar
Hmm... ok - Ill check it out.

Ok - Im downloading it now - how do I hook up with y'all aviation/Star Wars nerds?
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Post by: Dnil on July 29, 2004, 06:06:24 PM: bout 5-7 of us on flurry.

look for lale---known by dslick

or bedrao----known as LB
beaureg--me

mulebacca-me
transyetti--slpsht
uzoal--friend of my who makes games, hehe you dont know him
hell you prolly dont know any of those guys.
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Post by: Saurdaukar on July 29, 2004, 06:47:29 PM: No I dont, but I would imagine I wouldnt have much fun wandering around aimlessly by my lonesome. ;)