I went to an airshow last year and saw a flying car there that was built in the 40's. It was called the Fulton Airphibian. One of the coolest retro-future inventions I'd ever seen. The wings folded up into a trailor that you could pull behind you once you reached the city of your destination. The coolest thing is, Fulton didn't have any training at all when he designed it. He just found information in a pilot's handbook. And it worked great. There were only 11 built, but it is still certified as the first flying car. Perhaps it would have been successful if he thought of a better name? more info.
of course these episodes 7, 8, and 9 will have nothing to do with any of his original intentions. But. Lucas's intentions change all the time. Here's some interesting quotes:
Spring 1980 SW newsletter(Bantha Tracks):
"BT: At one point there were going to be twelve Star Wars films.
GL: I cut that number down to nine because the other three were tangential to the saga. Star Wars was the fourth story in the saga and was to have been called, "Star Wars, Episode Four: A New Hope." But I decided people wouldn't understand the numbering system so we dropped it. For Empire, though we're putting back the number and will call it Episode Five: The Empire Strikes Back. After the third film in this trilogy we'll go back and make the first trilogy, which deals with the young Ben Kenobi and the young Darth Vader.
BT: What is the third trilogy about?
GL: It deals with the character that survives Star Wars III and his
adventures."
1995 reprint of the ESB novel:
GL:"From the onset I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies."
But, of course, nothing's set in stone. Even if it was, George would change it.
And... BTW... are the folks at ILM the biggest snitches on the planet or what. They sign a non-disclosure agreement, then tell people that they just signed one. Jeeze, guys. Let us have some mystery in our lives, will ya.
Selection of books and format proprioty is what keeps me out. I read alot and would gladly move to a hand held e-book reader if I could find all the books I wanted in the same format. So, selection sucks and, if you do happen to find what you what, you'd have to get a half dozen devices/programs to actually read them. Easier just to pick up a paperback. Now, if only text books were printed in paperback! I wouldn't through my back out from the 80 pounds of books in my book bag.
He also pioneered the art of wearing big bulky flower costumes during performance! Gabriel's Genesis days were bizarre, indeed.
Seriously, Gabriel is one of my favorite musicians. He defitely brings a feeling of originality to each record with new instruments and arrangements. He was one of the first musicians to use samplers, world music, and the Chapman "Stick" on his records. Now, if only he would put out more than one record a decade!
Sure. But, as Will Smith has shown us, all robots are inherently evil and will eventually turn against their masters in an orgy of blood and violence. It'll start simple: You'll request William Gibson, and it'll bring you DebbieGibson. Then, you'll request "Through the Looking Glass" and it THROWS you through the looking glass! It'll happen!
I'VE been working on some animation... I hate to mention it to anyone before it's complete, but it's going to be so funny... everyone will love it... it's going to be a baby... get this... DANCING!! It'll be so cool... I'll e-mail it to everyone I know! Then they'll e-mail it to everyone they know....
Wasn't it created by a grass roots race of super intelligent new-communist penguins with sociapathic tendencies that were attempting to undermine MS's monopoly and fundamentally change the way that software is developed?
Deco-(art deco) a style of decorative art developed orig. in the 1920s and marked chiefly by geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, and sharply defined outlines.
This is space. It's sometimes called the final frontier. (Except that of course you can't have a *final* frontier, because there'd be nothing for it to be a frontier *to*, but as frontiers go, it's pretty penultimate...)"-
Terry Pratchett
Pretty dark, Orwellian film. Its VERY different from the SW films. You can see Lucas a young serious film maker with a dire outlook of the future in this film. The reviews of this movie are all over the place; some see it as an undestated masterpiece, others view it as boring pretentious crap. IMO, it was ok, but not great. Here the reviews listed on the IMDB.
Ten ways Jar Jar could die that would leave me satisfied.
10. Doing the proverbial "stepping on a rake" routine with Anakin's Lightsaber and cutting himself in two - right up the middle.
9. Getting his tongue caught in an X-Wing during take off and getting his head ripped off.
8. Being thrown into the vacuum of space and exploding
7. Two words: Venereal Disease
6. Squished in the trash compactor from Ep IV
5. Sarlacc!
4. Obi Won just getting tired of him and, WHAM, decapitation with the lightsaber
3. Joe Pesci, for no explained reason, walks in stage and shoots him in the head.
2. Uma Thruman, for no explained reason, walks in stage and shoots him in the head.
1. Once again, for no explained reason, Jar Jar catches a foreign born bacteria that causes bleeding from the eyes, vomiting, and nightmarish diarrhea - until death!
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Hack Freebird!!!
Oh my GOD! They banned Madonna's book! Imagine the lost knowledge that ... oh wait ... it wasn't even good for porn.
It would be cool to climb the space elavator and smoke pot.
I went to an airshow last year and saw a flying car there that was built in the 40's. It was called the Fulton Airphibian. One of the coolest retro-future inventions I'd ever seen. The wings folded up into a trailor that you could pull behind you once you reached the city of your destination. The coolest thing is, Fulton didn't have any training at all when he designed it. He just found information in a pilot's handbook. And it worked great. There were only 11 built, but it is still certified as the first flying car. Perhaps it would have been successful if he thought of a better name? more info.
Spring 1980 SW newsletter(Bantha Tracks):
"BT: At one point there were going to be twelve Star Wars films.
GL: I cut that number down to nine because the other three were tangential to the saga. Star Wars was the fourth story in the saga and was to have been called, "Star Wars, Episode Four: A New Hope." But I decided people wouldn't understand the numbering system so we dropped it. For Empire, though we're putting back the number and will call it Episode Five: The Empire Strikes Back. After the third film in this trilogy we'll go back and make the first trilogy, which deals with the young Ben Kenobi and the young Darth Vader.
BT: What is the third trilogy about?
GL: It deals with the character that survives Star Wars III and his adventures."
1995 reprint of the ESB novel:
GL:"From the onset I conceived Star Wars as a series of six films, or two trilogies."
But, of course, nothing's set in stone. Even if it was, George would change it.
And ... BTW ... are the folks at ILM the biggest snitches on the planet or what. They sign a non-disclosure agreement, then tell people that they just signed one. Jeeze, guys. Let us have some mystery in our lives, will ya.
Well, then. If the ratio of good SW movies to bad SW movies decreases to only 3 out of 9, will anybody care about the franchise at all?
Like any of us want to see a Jedi with a Mullet! I was hoping that that fashion trend was purely confined to our galaxy!
No no no! Aliens communicate through a series of large stone monoliths! Don't you guys pay attention?
Selection of books and format proprioty is what keeps me out. I read alot and would gladly move to a hand held e-book reader if I could find all the books I wanted in the same format. So, selection sucks and, if you do happen to find what you what, you'd have to get a half dozen devices/programs to actually read them. Easier just to pick up a paperback. Now, if only text books were printed in paperback! I wouldn't through my back out from the 80 pounds of books in my book bag.
Seriously, Gabriel is one of my favorite musicians. He defitely brings a feeling of originality to each record with new instruments and arrangements. He was one of the first musicians to use samplers, world music, and the Chapman "Stick" on his records. Now, if only he would put out more than one record a decade!
Sure. But, as Will Smith has shown us, all robots are inherently evil and will eventually turn against their masters in an orgy of blood and violence. It'll start simple: You'll request William Gibson, and it'll bring you DebbieGibson. Then, you'll request "Through the Looking Glass" and it THROWS you through the looking glass! It'll happen!
I'VE been working on some animation ... I hate to mention it to anyone before it's complete, but it's going to be so funny ... everyone will love it ... it's going to be a baby ... get this ... DANCING!! It'll be so cool ... I'll e-mail it to everyone I know! Then they'll e-mail it to everyone they know ....
So...I should hold out on that 250GB drive I was gonna buy, then?
Boy, it must really hurt to have that much money coming out of their a$$holes!
Wasn't it created by a grass roots race of super intelligent new-communist penguins with sociapathic tendencies that were attempting to undermine MS's monopoly and fundamentally change the way that software is developed?
Michael Moore completely supports the P2P downloading of his film ... his distribution company, however, will sue you pants off.
If you listen to R2's beeps played backwards, they say, "I buried George".
Deco-(art deco) a style of decorative art developed orig. in the 1920s and marked chiefly by geometric motifs, curvilinear forms, and sharply defined outlines.
Decoy-anything used as a lure.
and he added alot of color into the set, which is the way he originally envisioned it.
Of course the Greeks changed the world. I couldn't imagine life without the fine art of erotic pottery.
This is space. It's sometimes called the final frontier. (Except that of course you can't have a *final* frontier, because there'd be nothing for it to be a frontier *to*, but as frontiers go, it's pretty penultimate...)"- Terry Pratchett
Pretty dark, Orwellian film. Its VERY different from the SW films. You can see Lucas a young serious film maker with a dire outlook of the future in this film. The reviews of this movie are all over the place; some see it as an undestated masterpiece, others view it as boring pretentious crap. IMO, it was ok, but not great. Here the reviews listed on the IMDB.
10. Doing the proverbial "stepping on a rake" routine with Anakin's Lightsaber and cutting himself in two - right up the middle.
9. Getting his tongue caught in an X-Wing during take off and getting his head ripped off.
8. Being thrown into the vacuum of space and exploding
7. Two words: Venereal Disease
6. Squished in the trash compactor from Ep IV
5. Sarlacc!
4. Obi Won just getting tired of him and, WHAM, decapitation with the lightsaber
3. Joe Pesci, for no explained reason, walks in stage and shoots him in the head.
2. Uma Thruman, for no explained reason, walks in stage and shoots him in the head.
1. Once again, for no explained reason, Jar Jar catches a foreign born bacteria that causes bleeding from the eyes, vomiting, and nightmarish diarrhea - until death!
So, they followed the movies pretty closely then, you say!
Student (enthusiastically): What about Ray Bradbury?
Martin Prince(uninterested): I'm familiar with his work?