Episode II grossed over $600 million worldwide. Considering it was budgeted at about $120 million, I think Lucas probably has plenty of cash.
Yeah, but after seeing ep1 and 2, I'm pretty sure that that is peanuts compared to Lucas' drug spending.
Man, how much LSD and coke does a guy need to take to convince himself that "less jedi lightsaber action" and "more Jar Jar poopoo jokes" is a sound editing choice?
The fact is, the new Star Wars movies are just as good as the old ones. Complainers were just 20 years younger when they saw the originals.
Nope, I worked in a day camp in 2000, one of the kids asked why guys my age loved Star Wars so much, he'd seen episode 1 and didn't see what all the fuss was about: Its not that good he said.
I explained he was right, episode 1 isn't that good, and the reason guys my age loved Star Wars so much was that the original were
Much better than the prequels
released in an age when SW had the best SFX ever seen, it was revolutionary. Episode 1 had SFX that were pretty much the same as every other movie released in the 90's. Jurassik Park gave the SFX push that A New Hope had given (go rent Logan's Run to compare SFXs).
And that was a 10yr old, exactly the target audience for a kid-friendly poop-joke infested flick like Ep1.
Its not just the rose-tainted glasses of nostalgia. Lucas lost it.
Well, if you listen to the bonus material on the DVDs (which I encourage everyone to buy)
I did and so do I...
they decided to give it a shot and ran eight or nine episodes. Maybe they were out of order, maybe some like The Train Job were out of order, but the fact is, Fox thought they had a loser and they went with it anyway.
One of those episodes played at 12:05 am after being advertised for 8pm, the other at 12:20am. That is not giving it a chance.
The reality is that Firefly was the best sci-fi show to come along in recent memory, and that was't what Fox wanted. They wanted what Fox sells: Cheap and dumb, not excellent and smart. That's not their demographics.
But most nerds aren't that smart. They'll buy it anyway, because if it's got the "Star Wars" label attached they can't resist. (Note to self: Market "Star Wars Brand Latex Condoms" at 350% markup. They don't even have to work, nobody who would buy a Star Wars Brand Condom could possibly have a need for one.)
Yeah, I take a stand against being exploited by greedy companies, most nerds are all too happy to be exploited though, I think it makes them feel needed.
And as for the condoms, I'd buy 'em! I do own the "french-kiss Jar Jar Binks" toy (gag gift) and the assorted Jar Jar lip balm (bought it to make the gag gift even funnier).
implying that English is the US's official language, when, as far as I know, the US has no official languages whatsoever.
Implying nothing. English is one of the 2 official languages of Canada. I said "of region 1", not "of the U.S.".
I do however agree that spanish would be the next most prevalent language.
There are movements of people in the south of the states that are trying to make English the official language to combat the rise of spanish down there, btw.
* Starring: N!xau, See more
* Director: Jamie Uys
* Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
I live in region 2. Region 2 includes Japan.
And Japan is NTSC while the rest of region 2 is PAL.
Movies, records, DVDs, are all released simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada. Same encoding, same standards, same release dates, similar pricing, same ad campaigns.
I won't buy the "Han is a pussy and look! Dinosaures!" Star Wars DVDs and I won't buy "The Gods Must Be Crazy - both I and II" because it does not include both official languages of region 1. Region 1 is U.S. and Canada, Canada has 2 official languages, these movies were realeased in cinemas at the same time in Canada in both French and English, there is no reason not to onclude the french track on there. It is an insult not to include it. It doesn't cost more, and there is plenty of room on the 2 disc set to include the extra language. Ideally, the unofficial 3rd language of region 1 (spanish) would also be included.
DVD Encoding: Region 1 Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
The private center has some real incentive to actually produce where the government usually doensn't.
So, the government should give them free money collected from taxes, and then let them rake in the profits privatly afterwards? Screw that, if the private sector is so great, it can generate its own revenue (real world example: from selling toys).
the best way to produce innovation fast is to put it into the private sector! I am looking foreward to more programs like this, though this one will probably have limited success because of the small amount being put in compared to NASA's total budget.
Funny how you think the private sector should get more taxpayer money...
When I read "TOS" I read "The Original Series" as in ST:TOS. I had to read that twice to understand they meant Terms Of Service, and now every instance of "TOS" in the comments gets me the same result...
"Masturbation does NOT, in fact, cause blindness!"
I didn't find it funny, but I hadn't thought of that...people did once belive that, and I'm pretty sure everyone on/. has been a good empiricist and tested that false claim plenty often.
I wonder how long the videogame culture will need to endure before the "its evil and makes people evil" myth dies down. Perhaps when the hysterical elders die from old age and everyone left has played videogames since early childhood?
The people who think games cause violence are the people who are in denial about heir own violent thoughts and impulses and who repress them continually. When exposed to art that brings these natural emotions to the surface they stay in denial but cannot continue to supress them, and so blame the game for generating these feelings.
Then there's the moms that blame lil' Timmy's outbursts on the games, because he was so nice before, and now that he's 13 and playing these horrible games, he's just not the same! Forget about Timmy's testotesrone shooting way up on account of that puberty thing, it must be the games.
So to those who say that violent games do not cause violence, then what does? Was that person born evil?
Oh, I dunno, maybe being slapped around a lot? Maybe watching daddy punch and push mommy 'till she's on the floor? I was the nicest sweetest kid until I went to school, there I met kids who weren't the nicest and sweetest they could be. I learned violence at school: ban the schools.
I think the relationship between violent games and violence is like the relationship between carcinogens and cancer.
And I think the relationship betwee violent games and violence is like the relationship between made-for-tv movies about cancer and cancer.
When they play wrestling games they usually will imitate the wrestling moves and hurt someone without realizing it.
As opposed to when they watch it on tv?
These are the same kids that will push others down the stairs because they think it'll be funny. Just because the lil' psychos choose to imitate their violence from things they've seen does not in any way mean that they woulnd't have been violent if they hadn't seen it.
Does it worry you that there might be a policeman standing at the street corner watching you? If not, why not? If it does, why?
In october 1970 in Canada martial law was declared after a small group of hotheads kidnapped some bigwig. Thousands were arrested without warrants, many of wich were quite definatly guilty of belonging to political parties others than the ones in power. Many people mysteriously fell down the stairs of police stations while handcuffed...
You wait until they find a terrorist cell in your town...you wait until your hobby becomes illegal (do you like to build model rockets perhaps?).
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Why do I get the feeling that AC has the guy he was talking to in his foes list and he doesn't want him to know that that is why he's picking on him?
I emplore you to add Ignorant Aardvark to your Foes list right now. I've made it easy for you by putting the link. It will only take you a second to do this. Please consider showing this guy a lession.
that might be why...
Especially since he's complaining about star wars joke in a star wars discussion...sheesh, some people. No wonder he's using AC.
You mean people who think that the movie Pi is nonfiction? A documentary about a real person who finds the true name of god in the stock market and has some interresting encounters with cabalists, investment brokers and enforcers? Or you mean that there were mathematical fallacies in that movie that were unrellated to the fictional elements? Maybe his internal monologues were off? Or his awnsers to that lil' girl with the calculator were wrong?
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Episode II grossed over $600 million worldwide. Considering it was budgeted at about $120 million, I think Lucas probably has plenty of cash.
Yeah, but after seeing ep1 and 2, I'm pretty sure that that is peanuts compared to Lucas' drug spending.
Man, how much LSD and coke does a guy need to take to convince himself that "less jedi lightsaber action" and "more Jar Jar poopoo jokes" is a sound editing choice?
Nope, I worked in a day camp in 2000, one of the kids asked why guys my age loved Star Wars so much, he'd seen episode 1 and didn't see what all the fuss was about: Its not that good he said.
I explained he was right, episode 1 isn't that good, and the reason guys my age loved Star Wars so much was that the original were
And that was a 10yr old, exactly the target audience for a kid-friendly poop-joke infested flick like Ep1.
Its not just the rose-tainted glasses of nostalgia. Lucas lost it.
Well, if you listen to the bonus material on the DVDs (which I encourage everyone to buy)
I did and so do I...
they decided to give it a shot and ran eight or nine episodes. Maybe they were out of order, maybe some like The Train Job were out of order, but the fact is, Fox thought they had a loser and they went with it anyway.
One of those episodes played at 12:05 am after being advertised for 8pm, the other at 12:20am. That is not giving it a chance.
The reality is that Firefly was the best sci-fi show to come along in recent memory, and that was't what Fox wanted.
They wanted what Fox sells: Cheap and dumb, not excellent and smart. That's not their demographics.
But most nerds aren't that smart. They'll buy it anyway, because if it's got the "Star Wars" label attached they can't resist. (Note to self: Market "Star Wars Brand Latex Condoms" at 350% markup. They don't even have to work, nobody who would buy a Star Wars Brand Condom could possibly have a need for one.)
Yeah, I take a stand against being exploited by greedy companies, most nerds are all too happy to be exploited though, I think it makes them feel needed.
And as for the condoms, I'd buy 'em! I do own the "french-kiss Jar Jar Binks" toy (gag gift) and the assorted Jar Jar lip balm (bought it to make the gag gift even funnier).
implying that English is the US's official language, when, as far as I know, the US has no official languages whatsoever.
Implying nothing. English is one of the 2 official languages of Canada.
I said "of region 1", not "of the U.S.".
I do however agree that spanish would be the next most prevalent language.
There are movements of people in the south of the states that are trying to make English the official language to combat the rise of spanish down there, btw.
Are they intended for Canadian release?
Product Details
* Starring: N!xau, See more
* Director: Jamie Uys
* Encoding: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
I live in region 2. Region 2 includes Japan.
And Japan is NTSC while the rest of region 2 is PAL.
Movies, records, DVDs, are all released simultaneously in the U.S. and Canada. Same encoding, same standards, same release dates, similar pricing, same ad campaigns.
The words "get over it" come to mind.
Your mind is wrong, the actual words Lucas means are "bend over" and "squeal like a pig".
And possibly "You got a purty mouth".
I will personally take the high road and be the guy with the bow, i.e. not give Lucas more money for screwing us over.
Someone did (Firefly), but the FOX-assboats killed it off too soon.
I still miss that series.
You beat me to the punch.
Hey, the movie might launch a new sci-fi movie franchise...
I won't buy the "Han is a pussy and look! Dinosaures!" Star Wars DVDs and I won't buy "The Gods Must Be Crazy - both I and II" because it does not include both official languages of region 1.
Region 1 is U.S. and Canada, Canada has 2 official languages, these movies were realeased in cinemas at the same time in Canada in both French and English, there is no reason not to onclude the french track on there. It is an insult not to include it. It doesn't cost more, and there is plenty of room on the 2 disc set to include the extra language.
Ideally, the unofficial 3rd language of region 1 (spanish) would also be included.
DVD Encoding: Region 1
Available Audio Tracks: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
Screw that.
I dont like the sound of that, They may be mice and all but dont they have a right to live also? Something could go wrong like!
Yeah, the scientist could cut their fingers when they'll disect them later on...
and
, make your post readable instead of posting huge chunks of text.
Secondly, I'll pick the easiest of your fallacies to debunk:
Space travel currently has no economic return.
One word: Telecommunication.
Never heard of satelittes have we?
"Those 20 million should be spent on AIDS/Cancer research"
Monkeys are getting too expensive, lets launch people with AIDS or cancer in experimental vehicles! They are expendable, and renewable!
Furthermore, old people should be studied to determine wich nutrients they contain that might be extracted for our benefit...
The private center has some real incentive to actually produce where the government usually doensn't.
So, the government should give them free money collected from taxes, and then let them rake in the profits privatly afterwards? Screw that, if the private sector is so great, it can generate its own revenue (real world example: from selling toys).
the best way to produce innovation fast is to put it into the private sector! I am looking foreward to more programs like this, though this one will probably have limited success because of the small amount being put in compared to NASA's total budget.
Funny how you think the private sector should get more taxpayer money...
Sigh, I'm such a sci-fi geek.
When I read "TOS" I read "The Original Series" as in ST:TOS. I had to read that twice to understand they meant Terms Of Service, and now every instance of "TOS" in the comments gets me the same result...
"Masturbation does NOT, in fact, cause blindness!"
/. has been a good empiricist and tested that false claim plenty often.
I didn't find it funny, but I hadn't thought of that...people did once belive that, and I'm pretty sure everyone on
I wonder how long the videogame culture will need to endure before the "its evil and makes people evil" myth dies down. Perhaps when the hysterical elders die from old age and everyone left has played videogames since early childhood?
Or, depending on your point of view one of these may be the most dangerous convention ever.
Yikes! That republican page you linked has an animation that says "help president Bush keep america moving in the right direction"...that's scary!
So, was it computer-Risk that pushed Bush to start invading foreign nations? Its clear that it wasn't from playing chess at least...
I feel the gaming violence entertaining.... however I think it settles down my agression/violence, not improves it ...
That is called catharsis.
The people who think games cause violence are the people who are in denial about heir own violent thoughts and impulses and who repress them continually. When exposed to art that brings these natural emotions to the surface they stay in denial but cannot continue to supress them, and so blame the game for generating these feelings.
Then there's the moms that blame lil' Timmy's outbursts on the games, because he was so nice before, and now that he's 13 and playing these horrible games, he's just not the same!
Forget about Timmy's testotesrone shooting way up on account of that puberty thing, it must be the games.
So to those who say that violent games do not cause violence, then what does? Was that person born evil?
Oh, I dunno, maybe being slapped around a lot? Maybe watching daddy punch and push mommy 'till she's on the floor?
I was the nicest sweetest kid until I went to school, there I met kids who weren't the nicest and sweetest they could be. I learned violence at school: ban the schools.
I think the relationship between violent games and violence is like the relationship between carcinogens and cancer.
And I think the relationship betwee violent games and violence is like the relationship between made-for-tv movies about cancer and cancer.
When they play wrestling games they usually will imitate the wrestling moves and hurt someone without realizing it.
As opposed to when they watch it on tv?
These are the same kids that will push others down the stairs because they think it'll be funny. Just because the lil' psychos choose to imitate their violence from things they've seen does not in any way mean that they woulnd't have been violent if they hadn't seen it.
Does it worry you that there might be a policeman standing at the street corner watching you? If not, why not? If it does, why?
In october 1970 in Canada martial law was declared after a small group of hotheads kidnapped some bigwig. Thousands were arrested without warrants, many of wich were quite definatly guilty of belonging to political parties others than the ones in power. Many people mysteriously fell down the stairs of police stations while handcuffed...
You wait until they find a terrorist cell in your town...you wait until your hobby becomes illegal (do you like to build model rockets perhaps?).
Because some of us want to make important points without having our Friends and Foes list distract others from what we have to say. There is a lot you can learn about someone here at Slashdot with just a few clicks. In fact, here's some things I have learned about you:
Why do I get the feeling that AC has the guy he was talking to in his foes list and he doesn't want him to know that that is why he's picking on him?
I emplore you to add Ignorant Aardvark to your Foes list right now. I've made it easy for you by putting the link. It will only take you a second to do this. Please consider showing this guy a lession.
that might be why...
Especially since he's complaining about star wars joke in a star wars discussion...sheesh, some people. No wonder he's using AC.
people who think that the movie Pi was accurate.
I'm trying to understand that sentence...
You mean people who think that the movie Pi is nonfiction? A documentary about a real person who finds the true name of god in the stock market and has some interresting encounters with cabalists, investment brokers and enforcers? Or you mean that there were mathematical fallacies in that movie that were unrellated to the fictional elements? Maybe his internal monologues were off? Or his awnsers to that lil' girl with the calculator were wrong?
Watch out, with a hole like that someone could install any malicous code. Trojans, spam machines, even Realplay...what? Oh...nevermind.
weeds that grow through the cracks
;-)
That's what you get for buying from a sloppy dealer. Mine keeps the weed and the crack in seperate bags...