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Man, some of you might or might not know this...
Today's the release day for the new Episode II trailer, "Breathing".
To get it, first you have to get to the official site, which is jammed packed. Then you gotta register (which means answering whole bunch of dumb questions which I b.s. my way through).
Finally, when you thought all the stupidity has ended, and you get to to Quick Time screen. Oh sorry, in order to watch the movie, gotta upgrade to Quick Time 5 Pro, and guess what, that will cost you $29 big ones.
What's the conclusion? Lucas is a jackass. Man, this ain't the first time he pull the same type of crap. Here are some examples:
1. Jar Jar Binks (Also known as dumbass Teletubbies wanna-be from the evil universe with racist accent.)
2. Withholding release of DVDs on the Triligy.
3. Making gazzilion versions of Triligy on VHS.
4. Making gazzilion versions of THX formats for High-Fi market.
5. Making manufacturer pay to get their machine certified by Lucas (and guess what, one pay, one certificate, only paid for THX, sorry boy, no certificate for THX Ultra!)
etc. (you get the ideas)
-------------------- "George Washington said, 'I cannot tell a lie.' Richard Nixon said, 'I cannot tell the truth.' Bill Clinton said, 'I cannot tell the difference.'"
-- comedian TOM SMOTHERS, from his latest stage act with brother DICK SMOTHERS.
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I hearby declaraed Blue Electron to be a DUMBASS!
First, he posted this thread in "Officer's Lounge", and not "Star Wars" (altho, granted, its kind of iffy ... still ...)
Second, he didn't check out the thread about the "Breathing" trailer in the "Star Wars" forum. If he had, he would've found a site where he could've downloaded it for ... FREE!!!!
Third, he could've turned on the news. FOX-45 in Baltimore just showed it, CNN just aired most of it and is doing a piece after the commercial break on 'Star Wars' ... I mean, it's not like its hard to find, ya' dig?
Sorry, B.E.
[ November 05, 2001: Message edited by: Malnurtured Snay ]
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This reminds me of the time Startrek.com was affiliated with MSN, and in order to visit that site, you had to be a member of MSN. Not AOL, not netzero, not your university provider, not Sympatico, etc.
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Jeff man, what's with you and personal attacks?
This is not the only instants that I've witness such behaviour, I've seen it again and again in other forums.
Maybe you're right about me being careless for nothing checking out the Star War forum, but resort to personal attacks?
You can argue that I also called Lucas a dumbass, but he did charged people for unreasonable things and therefore pissing people off.
The only reason I can justify your personal attack on me is that I've piss you off directly in some way, which I don't think I did.
-------------------- "George Washington said, 'I cannot tell a lie.' Richard Nixon said, 'I cannot tell the truth.' Bill Clinton said, 'I cannot tell the difference.'"
-- comedian TOM SMOTHERS, from his latest stage act with brother DICK SMOTHERS.
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George Lucas greedy? How can he be greedy when he owns the entire franchise?
I do like his tastes in casting though... the young Darth Vader looks cute and ready to be driven.
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BE: Erm... You started the personal attacks. Or, is it okay to call someone a dumbass when he's a multi-millionaire and won't ever know you insulted him, but it isn't okay to insult someone to his face (metaphorically speaking, of course)?
And I still don't understand how Binks' accent was supposed to be racist. It was a black man who did the voice, after all. Was it somehow prejudiced also that all the Imperial dudes in the first movies had British-sounding accents?
Well, no, I paid $7 to see "Monsters, Inc.", (loved it) but 'Breathing' was one of the trailers. It was cool.
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"I do like his tastes in casting though... the young Darth Vader looks cute and ready to be driven."
Charming.
Not a fan of subtlty, are you Mike?
"Was it somehow prejudiced also that all the Imperial dudes in the first movies had British-sounding accents?"
Now, a major difference here is that the Imperials were fairly cool. And Jar-Jar, well, wasn't.
Look, what was better, X-Wing or TIE Fighter? Which ship made the best noise? When they were making Galactic Battlegrounds, were fans more concerned about snowspeeders being in, or AT-ATs? Who has the biggest starship?
The Imperials were brilliant. Everyone loves a bad guy. People who love Jar Jar tend to be missing several chromosomes.
-------------------- Yes, you're despicable, and... and picable... and... and you're definitely, definitely despicable. How a person can get so despicable in one lifetime is beyond me. It isn't as though I haven't met a lot of people. Goodness knows it isn't that. It isn't just that... it isn't... it's... it's despicable.
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