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Post by Head Mutant on Sept 21, 2004 14:16:47 GMT -5
No taxation without resentation!
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Post by Lissa on Sept 21, 2004 15:01:24 GMT -5
 Resent it all you want. I'm still not singing. I do, of course, realize that American Idol is a rip off of the British show Pop Star, but American Mutant sounded better than Pop Mutant. Either way, you don't want me drunk and near a karaoke machine. (Sober you don't have to worry.)
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Post by PoolMan on Sept 21, 2004 15:21:35 GMT -5
Getting away from transatlantic bickering for a moment... I thought this comic and this one too both describe my state of mind pretty accurately. But I shall not cave! "He is altering the movies. Pray he does not alter them further." |
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Post by FiveMileSmile on Sept 21, 2004 17:24:20 GMT -5
Resent it all you want. I'm still not singing. I do, of course, realize that American Idol is a rip off of the British show Pop Star, but American Mutant sounded better than Pop Mutant. Either way, you don't want me drunk and near a karaoke machine. (Sober you don't have to worry.) To be fair, I was only resenting being called an 'merican. not that I have anything against you fine colonial folk; I've just found that I'm able to use my transatlantic status to mask the generally poor quality of my work, and I don't want to lose my safety net Oh, and we should really have a Mutant Kareoke. My version of 'Back In The USSR' used to go down at storm back in the day. - Rich |
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Post by Lissa on Sept 21, 2004 17:40:26 GMT -5
No no no no no. See, we want people to come to our site, not run away screaming. And me singing a really bad version of "All That Jazz" or something would definitely put people into the latter category! Y'know that scene in When Harry Met Sally, when Sally joins Harry in singing "Surrey with a Fringe on Top"? Yeah. That's me. Although if I could just work the buttons and listen to everyone else sing (or be one of the judges) then I'd be agreeable to Mutant Karaoke. But yeah- that was where the American Mutant came from  Not trying to get myself into more trouble! But am I right that if you hop on a train in London and go north for 6 hours, you'll end up in Scotland? (Other people have told me this, but I'd better be darn sure before I finish this article.) |
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Post by FiveMileSmile on Sept 21, 2004 17:45:50 GMT -5
6 hours sounds overly long to me to be honest. It's 160 miles from Sheffield to London, and the train there only takes 2 hours 30; and it's probably about the same amount of time from Sheffield to the Borders as well.
So yeah, if you travelled north from London by train for 6 hours, I'd say you'd definately be in Scotland. If you hadn't dropped off the top of the country into the sea by then.
- R
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Post by Head Mutant on Sept 21, 2004 18:22:44 GMT -5
How long by floating umbrella?
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Post by duckie on Sept 21, 2004 20:10:50 GMT -5
How long by floating umbrella? Probably longer than it would take if you were to hop a ride in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.... |
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Post by duckie on Sept 21, 2004 20:12:57 GMT -5
MRFHsims might be up in a few weeks, depending on how it goes and how much I can juggle 8 characters at a time. I might split them down if the computer chugs, into two groups of 4. We'll see. Ahhhh, bringing Survivor tactics into the game, as well? I'd like to see how you split up the group, in order to maximize conflict ;D |
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Post by DARTHMADLER on Sept 21, 2004 23:55:24 GMT -5
Trying to force the thread back on track:
I just finished watching the original Star Wars on VHS and have been debating buying the DVD with my brother.
I feel as though buying the DVD set would be like admitting that I thought Episode One was a great movie.
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Post by PoolMan on Sept 22, 2004 11:15:26 GMT -5
YOUR brother doesn't want to buy the new DVD set?  I'm shocked. |
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Post by Ms. Jellybean on Sept 22, 2004 11:32:25 GMT -5
I dunno, I love and cherish the originals far too much to give George Lucas any money for screwing things up in minor detail.
If he's gonna release this altered stuff, he should at least release the originals on DVD along with it...
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Post by PoolMan on Sept 22, 2004 13:40:20 GMT -5
What drives me nuts is the sheer illogic of NOT bringing back the old, unmodified movies to DVD.
If you're genuinely worried about artistic visions being what you want, go ahead and release the disc set you just did.
If you want to line the old pocketbook, release either the modified OR the unmodified versions.
But if you want to please absolutely EVERYBODY, just release both. The diehards get their classic trilogy. Those who only want the glossy new versions, get that. The completionists who will buy anything with Star Wars on it, will buy both. Everybody wins!
So why's it so tough?
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Post by DocD83 on Sept 22, 2004 13:45:12 GMT -5
He's probably waiting until the relatively unmodified VHS tapes are so old, and some new thing comes along that are to DVDs as DVDs are to VHS, that the original will be a dying memory and he can rake in even more dough.
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Post by PoolMan on Sept 24, 2004 10:50:46 GMT -5
Hmmm... fascinating.
Madler ended up buying the Star Wars Trilogy DVD set earlier this week, and invited me over to watch the re-re-release of Empire. I have to admit, I was impressed. The picture looks great, the effects are cleaned up just a little bit more, and we came away happy. My list of noticed changes:
- you can still see the ground through the consoles in the speeder shots on Hoth
- you can still see the little lines in space around the TIE fighters and Star Destroyers
- changed the holographic Emperor's face to Ian McDiarmid
- changed the conversation between Vader and the Emperor to reveal that Vader DOESN'T KNOW HE HAS A SON, but the Emperor DOES, and tells him
- Temuera Morrison re-recorded Boba Fett's voice so it sounds like Jango (which makes sense)
- toned down the "dark side rumble" when Vader used his powers
- removed Lukes AWFUL scream as he fell down the shaft at Cloud City
- a couple of extra ship shots here and there, nothing amazing
I have to say, these are all good changes, as far as I can tell. Interesting especially is the conversation between Vader and the Emperor. Vader implies he has no idea who Luke really is, and the Emperor informs him that he is Anakin's son. After that, the conversation flows as you might remember it. It reveals Luke is Anakin's son without revealing that Vader is Anakin. Actually quite nicely done. I always assumed that Vader knew who Luke was the whole time, which made the dialogue in the trench run in Star Wars sound rather odd. This fixes it up logically and dramatically.
Will the other two do as well? We'll have to see! But I grudgingly admit, so far this new edition is rather pleasant.
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Not trying to get myself into more trouble!
I'm shocked.
