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Star Wars II (Attack of the clones) Trailer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the jumping-through-hoops dept.

tjansen writes "The Episode II Trailer is available. You need be a starwars.com member to watch it and must have installed the Quicktime plugin though." I guess thats 2 strikes against me. Glad I saw it in front of Monsters Inc.

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  1. Use the Crossoverplugin to play Quicktime w. Linux by tarkin · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Use this Crossover plugin from Codeweavers to play the Quicktime movies under Linux ! It uses wine and works great under Mozilla / Galeon / Netscape.

    I just saw the trailer with it ... yowza ;-)

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  2. From a Star Wars Universe Point of View by _J_ · · Score: 5, Interesting


    The Phantom Premise caused me concern in that I found it hard to reconcile what I was seeing with what I understood the SW universe to be.

    The clips in the Episode II trailer (send in the clones for anyone who remembers an RPG game called Paranoia) make me think that Lucas could bring the story back.

    Maybe it's just wistful thinking, but scenes of Ewan McGregor with a beard looking older and wiser and Hayden Christianson - who won't be shouting "Yippeee" - looking to do a servicable job as Anakin make me think that Lucas could get it right this time. And finally to see the explanation of the Clone Wars. Children growing into Storm Troopers. Finally we will see how Palpatine seized power.

    I had high hopes for the first one too, I hope I won't be disappointed again.

    IMHO, as per,
    J:)

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  3. Re:no membership required... go here by John_Booty · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Yes! Thank you! I, for one, find signing up for free things exceedingly annoying. If it's free, WHO CARES WHO I AM? And even if it's not free? Oh, well. Thanks!

    I have more of a problem giving out my personal information for things I AM paying for. Like when Radio Shack, or some other stores, ask you for your address after a purchase, so they can mail you spam, I suppose.

    I don't like having to sign up for free stuff either, but I guess I feel like I've got no right to complain, since I'm not paying for it. Usually I just choose to not sign up for it, or I use fake information.

    It really depends on the situation. In the case of the AOTC teaser, I dont want to give out my personal information just to watch advertising. That's silly. On the other hand, I didn't have a problem giving a fairly large amount of personal information to AMD after I won a sweet Athlon 1800XP and motherboard combo at one of their giveaways. :)

    Still, running a website isn't free though, it's actually quite expensive. Some things on the web are worth giving up a little harmless personal info for, if that's all they're charging you for a valuable service (I wouldn't put the AOTC trailer into this category however). Just keep that in mind...

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  4. No Refunds at Monsters Inc. by Nos. · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Went to see Monsters Inc. this weekend at a local Famous Players theatre. There was a note up at the ticket counter saying there would be no refunds to tickets purchased for Monsters Inc because of the SW Ep2 Trailer.

  5. QuickTime for Linux by update() · · Score: 5, Interesting
    CodeWeavers makes the CrossOver plugin to view QuickTime under Linux. It costs $20, but for all the complaining about the absence of a Linux viewer, I'm sure there'll be a healthy market, right? Right?

    I submitted this as an article when it was announced but it was rejected. Apparently, weekly articles complaining about editors' inability to run QuickTime (while they're happily playing one Windows-only game after another) is News For Nerds, but a solution isn't.