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Jedi_Monk

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Posted in: What Was Your Favorite Spaceballs Scene?
  Jedi_Monk
06-30-2003, 7:23 PM
#26
"Oh, princess, princess... you thought that you could outwit the Imperious forces of the--WHAT?! You idiots! These are not them! YOU'VE CAPTURED THEIR STUNT DOUBLES!" But the @$$holes scene is my favorite. Got a wav of it around here somew...  [Read More]
Posted in: Things lost (Iraq)
  Jedi_Monk
04-18-2003, 1:45 PM
#1
From Independent.co.uk: Iraq's scavengers have thieved and destroyed what they have been allowed to loot and burn by the Americans – and a two-hour drive around Baghdad shows clearly what the US intends to protect. After days of arson and pillage,...  [Read More]
Posted in: end of civilization
  Jedi_Monk
04-18-2003, 5:47 PM
#5
when we KNOW that Saddam has had WMD and Chem weapons in the past "In the past" being the key phrase. If Saddam still had those weapons, why the hell didn't he use them on the army invading his country with the stated intent of taking him o...  [Read More]
Posted in: Mobile Labs found in Iraq
  Jedi_Monk
04-18-2003, 12:54 PM
#10
April 15, 2003 Karbala Find: Not WMD CNN: Tests rule out suspect bio-labs - Apr. 15, 2003 KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- The buried labs U.S. troops found last week were not the mobile chemical and biological weapons labs one U.S. Army general suspected, ac...  [Read More]
Posted in: Of the First 3 movies, Which was your Fav?
  Jedi_Monk
07-16-2003, 6:03 PM
#48
...I don't dislike RotJ as much as rad-x... but I certainly think it's inferior to the other movies. It would have been much better if Lucas could have set the final battle on and over Imperial City as he originally intended :( So... my favorite of...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hebrew on Vader's Chestplate
  Jedi_Monk
07-31-2003, 6:34 PM
#21
:confused: Ahem... "Under the tongue root a battle most dread, while another rages behind in the head" is what the words in the song "Duel of the Fates" translate to. You know, "Korah, matah, korah, rotamah..." etc... ;)...  [Read More]
Posted in: Hebrew on Vader's Chestplate
  Jedi_Monk
07-31-2003, 4:01 PM
#19
Incredibly sweet find there, thanks for the info, BCanr2d2! Kind of like the hidden meaning of Duel of the Fates: Under the tongueroot, a battle most dread, while another rages behind in the head....  [Read More]
Posted in: A World Government
  Jedi_Monk
04-18-2003, 2:05 PM
#29
What do the Galactic Republic (Star Wars) and the Federation of Planets (Star Trek) have in common? They're both artificial. Star Wars is largely alegorical; Lucas is using the Republic to represent that government Berry Goldwater so aptly described...  [Read More]
Posted in: How Come...
  Jedi_Monk
06-23-2003, 1:10 AM
#60
Just think what our impression of Ewoks would be if it wasn't for Luke and 3PO. Maybe Lucas should've gone for the PG-13 and had the ewoks cannibalize some annonymous Rebel Soldier before Luke's little trick... Oh, and try to find the Star Wars Tale...  [Read More]
Posted in: How Come...
  Jedi_Monk
06-19-2003, 3:04 AM
#58
Lucas was using the same device he used at the end of A New Hope: the human spirit overcoming technological superiority. This theme was inspired by the Vietnam War, when the biggest and the best military in the world was defeated by technologically...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why is tatooine the center of the starwars universe?
  Jedi_Monk
08-05-2003, 1:17 AM
#10
I'm guessing Luke's being hidden there has something to do with Anakin's strong aversion to returning to his homeworld. He was a slave there, and his mother died there... why the heck would he want to go back?...  [Read More]
Posted in: Petition for C3 in San Diego! We need your help!
  Jedi_Monk
07-29-2003, 5:47 PM
#2
Chicago?! Really?! That's only a few hours away from me! :D...  [Read More]
Posted in: R2D2 Flying?
  Jedi_Monk
07-25-2003, 2:51 AM
#13
I mean, technology is supposed to upgrade, not degrade Technology might upgrade, but that doesn't mean a tyrannical dictatorship, a cash-strapped rebellion and laid-back smugglers give a care about the aesthetics. The difference between the Queen'...  [Read More]
Posted in: R2D2 Flying?
  Jedi_Monk
07-24-2003, 2:56 AM
#3
So... by your reasoning, he shouldn't have used his buzz-saw in Return of the Jedi because he didn't use it in ANH and ESB? Or shouldn't have used his teloscope on Dagobah because he didn't use it in ANH? Now... to your specific criticsms: 1 - R2 w...  [Read More]
Posted in: Transformers: The Movie
  Jedi_Monk
07-23-2003, 2:04 AM
#10
Who would do optimus' cool voice!? James Earl Jones. Nuff said ;) And the best part about Transformers: The Movie was the Weird Al song, Dare to be Stupid....  [Read More]
Posted in: Transformers: The Movie
  Jedi_Monk
07-19-2003, 9:53 PM
#1
I just read in the latest issue of Toy Fair Magazine that Tom DeSanto, the producer of both X-Men movies, is shopping around a script for a live-action TRANSFORMERS movie! Jazzed, I am!!! :bounce1:...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why wasn't the Death Star a rebel weapon?
  Jedi_Monk
08-04-2003, 3:43 PM
#20
The EU was pulp sci-fi crap long before NJO. Zahn started it on this heinous road with his first book. I'd compare his trilogy to Batman Forever, Joel Schumacher's first time directing in the Batman franchise. On its own, Batman Forever is a pretty...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why wasn't the Death Star a rebel weapon?
  Jedi_Monk
07-24-2003, 2:45 AM
#15
Very succinct, lukeiamyourdad. Well put!...  [Read More]
Posted in: Why wasn't the Death Star a rebel weapon?
  Jedi_Monk
07-22-2003, 7:36 PM
#11
Repost: As for any relationship between the Separatist Movement and the Rebel Alliance--I don't believe it exists. The motivation behind the Alliance is to reinstate the Democratic Republic, whereas the Separatists are trying to secede from that Repu...  [Read More]
Posted in: Ep. VI - 16yrs- Ep. I.... why?
  Jedi_Monk
07-16-2003, 5:40 PM
#3
The way Lucas tells it, he didn't think he could make the Prequels as he wanted until he saw what ILM was doing in Jurassic Park. From there, he released the Special Editions to test out the technology and also test the waters to make sure that the S...  [Read More]
Posted in: Indie IV
  Jedi_Monk
07-24-2003, 3:03 AM
#15
that would mean....2 people whom which have been in a SW movie would be in a IJ movie....wow Sleepy Hollow (Tim Burton's version) had three SW people... ooh! All Sith Lords! Palpatine, Dooku and Maul!...  [Read More]
Posted in: Indie IV
  Jedi_Monk
07-16-2003, 4:53 PM
#8
Indiana Jones 4 (2005) (http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808404509)...  [Read More]
Posted in: E.T. Technique Used In ESB & ROTJ?
  Jedi_Monk
07-29-2003, 2:03 AM
#18
Yes, the death of a main character is dramatic, but what Jackson is doing is obvious milking. Gandalf falls, like in the book, true--but in the movie, he catches the ledge and hangs on for at least ten seconds while we get a muted score and soundtr...  [Read More]
Posted in: E.T. Technique Used In ESB & ROTJ?
  Jedi_Monk
07-28-2003, 1:52 AM
#16
They're two different franchises with two different tones. The kind of direction and cinematography in LotR wouldn't fit in the SW universe and vice versa. I think Peter Jackson's directing style is far too melodramatic. He milks everything he thin...  [Read More]
Posted in: What are your three most favorite bands?
  Jedi_Monk
06-19-2003, 7:41 PM
#8
Linkin Park and VAST are my favorite bands. I've got their albums in the car and don't drive anywhere without listening to one of them... still need LP's remix CD. If I have to choose a third band... Avril... the quality of her songs aren't as cons...  [Read More]
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