CoryHolmes

Hmm... Given that my vision is 100/400 when uncorrected, I guess I should give up on being a pilot, eh?

It's HIS movie because it's HIS money that paid for all of it. Sure, it was released by Fox, but nobody else put up the cash to pay the designers, the actors, the modelers, or the guys in suits. And for me, whomever signs the cheques gets TOTAL rights to the product. Calling SW not Lucas' film because of other people is sort of like trying to say LOTR isn't Tolkeen's because Peter Jackson worked on it. Ah, see, that's where you're wrong. I am a "fanboy" by any stretch of the imagination. I read (and reread) the novels, I try to keep up on the comics, I even write Star Wars fanfic (though I have yet to debase myself to point where I'm gonna dress up as SW Cosplay *shudder*). But that doesn't change the fact that SW IS a B-grade sci-fi flick. Little more than good old-fashioned popcorn fun. I have absolutly no problems will calling it as such, because that's what it is; no ifs, ands, or buts will change that. And I'm with you on all counts, really. I would be first in line for a classic edition of the original trilogy, mistakes, goofs, and flaws and all. But I also enjoy the Special Editions for the simple fact that they tell the same story will only a little change of the bedsheets, sometimes for the good, sometimes not so good.

Actually, the "sizable number" as you put it, really couldn't care less about the changes he's making. It's only the hardcore fanboys that are really perturbed by it, and it only seems like everyone cares because we're all hardcore fanboys on this (and other) message boards. Remember, Lucas isn't making these films for those who live and breathe by the tenants of the first trilogy. He's using his money to do what he wants to HIS product. I for one am really, really tired of all the whining about how he's ruining a good show. Pfft. Star Wars wasn't anything more than a slightly larger bugeted B-movie series, and I'm quite happy to think of it like that.

You didn't ruffled mine! Not feathers but hairs of course. Well, feathers are little more than modified hairs, so in that case... *ruffle* *ruffle* *ruffle* There? Now do you feel speshul?

Okay, I'm probably gonna ruffle a few feathers here, but... Best deaths? Guld from Macross Plus the Movie. He knew he was going to die, but that didn't stop him from finishing the fight. Bridge crew from Robotech: First Generation. They knew that they were trying to fight in a rusted, out-of-service battleship that had lain inactive in a lake for two years... and still did it because there was no other way of stopping Khyron. They went to their job, even knowing their deaths were probably going to result. Same marks for Guld above. Dinobot from Beast Wars. Again, same as above. Kept fighting, even after being critically injured and depleated of his weapons. Heck, he was even given a chance to step off the battlefield and recover, but chose not to because doing so would doom those he'd chosen to protect. Top marks for this death scene. Saddest deaths? Optimus Prime, from TF: The Movie. To see the main hero of the show killed off in the opening act was a pure crusher for most of the audience. Kaji from Evangelion. While not neccesarrily a main character or even an important one, the audience was given the rather horrific experience of watching all his friends and loved ones having to come to terms with the grief of his death; something that very few shows do. Funniest deaths? Any of the hits from MXC. Though the people aren't technically dead, those hits look like they should at least rupture a few organs or shatter some vertebrae.

Like "The Empire Strikes Back" is any different? Sheesh, people. GL has publicly stated on many, many, many occasions that the early serials on TV is what helped to inspire this whole franchise in the first place. Heck, GL has even gone out on a limb when people reacted to Attack of the Clones, say he deliberatly picked that title over a more dramatic one because it was a caveat to the original B-grade sci-fi serials that inspired his work. Revenge of the Sith is no different than any of the other titles, and it even dove-tails nicely with the Return of the Jedi. While it's not the most dramatic title possible, I'll grant you, but NOTHING about Star Wars has ever been about "drama".

I think that was part of GL's point. The big, huge galaxy-altering political desicions are made in places like Coruscant and Naboo. The irony of that is fate and destiny are determined by a simple bet on a backwater planet pod race or by whether or not a farmboy did his chores before going to the powerstation with his friends.

Damn skippy, they should

Don't hold your breath. Lynch has been trying to distance himself from that film for quite some time. Do yourself a favor and seek out the Sci-fi Channel versions. They're closer to the source material and cover more ground. I will admit though that when I re-read the early Dune books Patrick Stewart is MY Halleck! Bah. Both the movie and the mini-series are enjoyable on their own merits, as long as you go into each with an open mind and don't try to compare them to the book. Look at each as telling a complete story and forget about the source material, otherwise you're going to wind up being very disappointed in both screen adaptations. And yes, Patrick Stewert is the ONLY Halleck as far as I'm concerned. The mini-series Halleck just couldn't hold a candle OR balleset to His Stewertness.

I like those bookends. Those look very cool. Not worth the asking price, but still very, very cool.

I say bring on Fort Max. THAT would rock. (of course, it would send Fort. Max prices plummeting on Ebay, but that's hardly a bad thing) well, technically fort max was reissued but in different colors in the RID line. I didn't know they did that. That almost makes me interested in anything related to RiD. Almost. Not quite, but almost.

For that to work, you have to make sure the enemies stay in the skies. If the aliens make it to ground, and you haven't got an adequate ground defence, you're pooched. See, that's where these walking behemoths called "Destroids" come into play and promptly stop all advancing Zennie forces into itty bitty alien bits The Destroids have always gotten the shaft and never really been given their due, always being passed over for the more marketable transforming mecha. Heck, the only Destroid to get any love had to be reengineered into a transforming mecha before it got its time in the limelight.

Predator is one of the best sci-fi films in recent history, for all the reasons listed above and even a few more. Unlike almost every other Hollywood movie in existance, the men and woman in Predator were able to share screentime WITHOUT falling in love. It seems that almost no film has ever been able to do that without adding some romantic sub-plot. Predator is also great because it did something that most other monster movies avoid doing: it waited for a while before showing the creature. That allowed the audiences to let their imaginations go to work and ratcheted up the tension significantly.

I say bring on Fort Max. THAT would rock. (of course, it would send Fort. Max prices plummeting on Ebay, but that's hardly a bad thing)

Given all the trailers and all the hype, I expect a whole boatload of atmosphere, or I'll be sorely dissapointed in being misled like that.

The best "making of" feature that I have ever seen is "Star Wars to Jedi: The Saga behind the Saga". Waaay back before these things were even popular, George Lucas had the foresight to realize that people would want to know just how they did this stuff and made a huge making of documentary that... well... documented just how they did it. I still watch it to this day, and I've yet to see anything that surpasses it, though the EEs of the Lord of Rings come darned close.

I agree with you on that on, Max.

The seeds have landed, sprouted, taken root, and are now growing at an alarming rate. Never fear that you've failed in THIS project.

I was gonna mention that.... but my place of work has AC... and wonderful coffee and water, though I never touch either. Bah! I work in a hot, sweaty, grimey factory with none of those amenities. I hate you all

I like this a lot for the same reason I enjoy the Tommy Yune artwork: It's a modern, updating interpretation of the characters, not just another copy of the original style, which I find to be boring by this point in time.

Can't forget about Alex Trebek.

You'll just have to ignore the muttered groans and muffled threats from the rest of slaving away at hot places of work, drinking nothing but 2-cent coffee or barely-filtered water.

Try living up here in Canada. We've only just now gotten Silverstreak in the stores, let alone any of the others.

Sweet! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!

Is SACs dub as lifeless and listless as the movie's voices?