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My almost 6 yr old son LOVES star wars, he has all of the new light sabors from Obi Wan, Annikan Skywalker, and Yoda, he didn't want Count Dukus because he is bad. Well I guess Annikan eventually turns to the dark side but not in episodes 1 or 2. What is funny is he sees things I would not even think about. The other day he said "Dad, I know why Obiwan has a differant sabor in episode II", why is that son, "well because when the Phantom Manace killed his master, Obiwans sabor fell off the ledge, so he had to use the force to fly up and grab his masters sabor and kill the Phantom" I would not even have noticed that....

My folks are giving us their pool table, it is the one I grew up on and has 3/4 slate. Needs some new felt, but other than that should be like new as it was the best you could get when new.. I also am planning a bar/wet bar. I think I'm going to try to make it myself to save some green$$$.

our game room has been slowely coming along.. i get spurts of energy that i want to expend on it, then burn out and dont mess with it for a few months.. we have refinished the mesquite hardwood floors, painted and put in crown molding, did a ceiling treatment, and replaced the fireplace mantle and brick. we still need to install new front door and trim, build L-shaped seating bench along wall, buy or make and install bar(probably buy), and furnish.. i have a window and frame i want to replace also, but will probably have a contractor come do that.

it will be nice whenever it is finished........ whenever that is?

bigjohn

I know the feeling Bigjohn, we built a new house 3 years ago, and I am frantically trying to finish the HT/Rec room area. My Trilogy arrived yesterday and my son and I watched episode IV on my new Axioms and AVR2805 receiver. WoW, what a difference...

Randy

i am going to our local hastings to pick up the trilogy at lunch. will try and watch them by the end of this weekend.

BTW- i read an interview with george lucas this weekend, and he came off as very arrogant and selfish. i dont think i would ever want to meet the man, nor am i happy that i am about to give him $45 bucks of my hard earned money.. talk about a guy who has lost touch with reason for his wealth.. US!!, the fans of the movies.

bigjohn

Someone should knock Georgie down a peg - remind him he's responsible for the games Ballblazer and Rescue on Fractalus.

Bren R.

Just found out a buddy's bringing over the Trilogy tonight when he comes. I liked the middle three (SW, ESB and RotJ) but for me, the magic of being 10 years old is gone trying to watch the new ones - all effects wanking, no story.

(and no Carrie Fisher)

Bren R.

Hmmmmm Princess Leia. I don't care if she did mac her own brother. That gold bikini was just plain unfair.

jr

No doubt I'll get pissed on for this but...

I'm glad I got to watch "A New Hope" (Star Wars, kind of) before buying the DVD box set - saved myself $55.

George likes the whizbang stuff... George should learn not to mess with classics, I'm sure he'll be suggesting the Mona Lisa doesn't have enough lens flare and could use a CG matte.

The new CG additions to Star Wars turned me right off... I mean, 1978-1983 or whenever the movies were first released, a lot of the effects were done with models and scale explosions filmed with fast shutter cameras but at least they were organic. The CG hacked into the old movie looked incredibly out of place.

Don't get me started on the audio. The movie was rescored, a buttload of extra sound fx were added, but the dialog had the old, fat 70s analog sound to it, which was digitally gated... you hear crystal clear new digital sfx and musical score, then in cuts the old dialog sounding just like it did back then and harshly cuts back out. The movie suffers from serious lip flap (I was starting to wonder if they'd dubbed over parts of the original) which is unthinkable on a project this size. At one point, Grand Moff Tarkin looks like he's in a bad 70s Ninjasploitation movie.

I can accept an old movie sounding like an old movie... I'll watch Mel Brooks' History of the World Part I in mono if need be, but don't shave a rat and sell it to me as a poodle.

Bren R.

Here's the interview with Lucas:

http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/20/film.qa.george.lucas.ap/index.html

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'I'm making the movies'
Q: Why not release both the originals and special editions on DVD?

LUCAS: The special edition, that's the one I wanted out there. The other movie, it's on VHS, if anybody wants it. ...
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Actually, the Laserdiscs would be the best edition