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New Star Wars Episode II Trailer Out
danov writes: "A new trailer for Star Wars Episode II has been released on Apple's website. It's called "Forbidden Love"." Don't watch this one if you want to be surprised when you see the movie. It gives away most of the plot. You have been warned. Update: 11/16 12:49 GMT by M : If you get "referral denied", just hit reload. Silly Apple.
It has a plot? Well, thats one improvement over The Phantom Menace then...
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Crossover. It plays Quicktime, Shockwave, Ipix, Efax, and other win32 web browser plugins under Linux.
Works with Galeon, Moz, Netscape, and KDE 2.2.2 (currently in CVS).
Proprietary license, but most code is given right back to the Wine project. In fact, Codeweavers seems to be almost THE Wine project - founder Alexander Julliard and many other core Wine developers earn their living at Codeweavers. So they seem good for the community.
Download the demo or buy the real thing here.
I own it, and its good (especially the recent 1.01 version). Yay trailers for movies that won't come out in Australia for ages, and banned Bjork film clips!
From what I have read and seen of the prequels I have been pretty much dissapointed in the way the story seems to be going.
,what, 18-22 when yoda started training him.
... gets Obi Wan right off the hook)
Bad things about the Phantom Menace
* Why was a Queen elected? The very fact that she is a Queen makes election, well stupid.
* Why was a 16 year old elected as "Head of Goverment?"
* Whats this mediclorine crap?
* Why was Anakins acting so, whats the word I am looking for... shit?
* The Trade federation, I wouldn't ask them to go and get me a pint of milk let alone capture a planet.
* Why was R2D2 given a "special commendation" when all the other droids were referred as "We're losing doids..."
* What was the rubbish about Anakin not having a father?
* why did his mother let him race, risking life and limb for strangers - yet she wouldn't let him go to bed late.
* Why was Anakin too old, yet Luke was
* Why does Ben Konobi seem a bit of a wimp?
* What's with the stupid braids?
* Darth Maul - what the hell was all that makeup all about, surely if you were trying to lie low (which is what I assume the sith do) why be so bloody obvious with black makeup and horns.
* Jar Jar Binks - erm, yea.
* Pod Race - great graphics, but WHY!
* Jugan Qui (or whatever) he looked like a tramp, not a bloody Jedi Knight.
Good things About the Phantom Menace
* Light sabres actually being used (Like through the blast doors)
* The senates power struggles
* Senator Palpatine
* Senator Palpatines "We'll be watching you" comment to Anakin.
Bad things about the Clone Wars
* Crap Name
* Ben Konobi looks like a tramp with a beard.
* Stupid Braids in Anakins hair
Good Things about the Clone Wars
* No Jar-Jar?
What I hope for is a damn good story as why Anakin is drawn to the darkside - his friends turing on him, maybe the Jedi council manipulated into betraying him, the Emporer convincing him that he has the Galaxys interest at heart etc etc. An actual choice, rather than using a promise to justify somthing. ("Yes master I will train him"
Ain't gonna happen now is it?
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