Serenity nominated for an award.

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UPDATED: Monday, January 30, 2006 02:27
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MRBEN

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:26 PM

When Anakin got his legs chopped off in EpIII I was desperate for him to say (to Obi-Wan) "Come here, and I'll bite your legs off - 'tis only a flesh wound". _That_ would've been a classic movie moment....

mrben

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MILFORD

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:27 PM

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Originally posted by Fert1: When Aniken's mom was killed, a friend of mine mumbled, "Okay, so now he's little orphan Ani."

You guys are killing me today. Little Orphan Ani, what a line! To think that people are gobbling that crap up. I'm a Star Wars fan, even, but my firend, who is a DEVOUT fan (his living room is lined with Star Wars plates from the Franklin Mint collection if that tells you anything) was almost embarrassed. He always half-heartedly defends them, more out of obligation than true love. Think about all the FF episodes that they could ahve made with all that wasted money.

Remember, that but for one trifling exception, the entire universe is made up of others.- Oliver Wendall Holmes

SAMEERTIA

Thursday, January 26, 2006 4:39 PM

Unsung Gems? Up against two of the most critically acclaimed films of the year? Where does moviefone come up with this crap?

CHRISPV

Friday, January 27, 2006 2:46 AM

Aw shucks, thanks guys.

Yeah, I can go on and on about how badly the prequels were done. ROTS (it's so convenient when Lucas gives us an acronym that so aptly sums up his film) was easily the worst of the bunch. I was most fond of the "evil-eye" contacts that they gave Christensen. Apparently he can't manage to evoke menace with his whole body. Funny that James Earl Jones could do so remarkably well with just a voice...

Between that and the pathetic excuse for an Emperor Palpatine that we got (which I affectionately refer to as Darth Mumm-Ra), and the extradordinarily wooden acting of Natalie Portman, it's a wonder the film didn't just explode in a shower of crap.

And I'll say it again. The best title for the film would have definitely been

Star Wars Episode III: Sith Happens

Well, now that that little bit of catharsis is over, I'm back to writing my (hopefully) shiny Wash fanfic, surrounded by novel, comics, RPG, and DVDs for inspiration/research material. Ah, the sweet, sweet scent of GOOD sci-fi!

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

TUDYKRAWKS

Friday, January 27, 2006 3:36 AM

IMHO the only thing that made ROTS watchable was Ewan McGregor (sp?) i really liked him in it. besides that ugh

"mine is an evil laugh"

FOLLOWMAL

Friday, January 27, 2006 3:50 AM

OMG, I am literally laughing until the tears run down my cheeks. This thread and the subsequent hilarity at ROTS ( ok, again with the laughing as I'm reminded...acronym...funny!) is just the best.

I have had a serious day at work and this thread was just what I needed to unwind!

I love it here! Home sweet home!

And I must read your fanfic!

" If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed. "- Mal

GOSHDARNSTUD

Friday, January 27, 2006 4:02 AM

While "Good God ya'll" is funny, compare the opening crawls between III and IV

War! The Republic is crumbling under attacks by the ruthless Sith Lord, Count Dooku. There are heroes on both sides. Evil is everywhere.

In a stunning move, the fiendish droid leader, General Grievous, has swept into the Republic capital and kidnapped Chancellor Palpatine, leader of the Galactic Senate.

As the Separatist Droid Army attempts to flee the besieged capital with their valuable hostage, two Jedi Knights lead a desperate mission to rescue the captive Chancellor....

It is a period of civil war. Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.

During the battle, Rebel spies managed to steal secret plans to the Empire's ultimate weapon, the DEATH STAR, an armored space station with enough power to destroy an entire planet.

Pursued by the Empire's sinister agents, Princess Leia races home aboard her starship, custodian of the stolen plans that can save her people and restore freedom to the galaxy....

If you see a dimes worth or distance (other than 20 years of lore stored up) let me know.

CHRISPV

Friday, January 27, 2006 5:19 AM

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Originally posted by FollowMal:

OMG, I am literally laughing until the tears run down my cheeks. This thread and the subsequent hilarity at ROTS ( ok, again with the laughing as I'm reminded...acronym...funny!) is just the best.

I have had a serious day at work and this thread was just what I needed to unwind!

I love it here! Home sweet home!

And I must read your fanfic!

" If I ever kill you, you'll be awake, you'll be facing me, and you'll be armed. "- Mal

Hey, any excuse to bash on that giant piece of Sith is welcome to me.

As for my fic(s). The one I actually just finished (although I'm going to look at it in the morning for editing purposes to make sure it's coherent) is the second in a series I'm working on where I seperate each of our BDHs from the whole and then give them a chance to strut their stuff. My thinking is that if I can write these folks independent of each other, than writing them en masse should be a snap. Anyhoo, the first one is called "The d'Arbanvilles' Ball-River's Tale," and the forthcoming one is called "Final Exam-Wash's Tale." The whole series will be in the BSR, eventually. I'm hoping to have the series done by March, which might be a feat because, if I stay true to form, I'm looking at about 150 pages or so.

Ah, the crawls. It is so hard for me to believe that the same man is responsible for both of those films. The crawls betray the overall cheesiness of the premise, stolen as it was from Flash Gordon. But the films behind these scrolls are so radically different it hurts. I personally think that Mal and Han Solo would get along real well. Whereas, if we're lucky, River would kill Anakin with her brain. Personally, I prefer to think that Lucas was attacked by some bizarre brain-eating alien slug sometime around, well, 1997. How else do you explain Greedo shoots first?

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal, Fox!

CYBERSNARK

Friday, January 27, 2006 6:42 PM

Two words: Lawrence Kasdan. The man who took Lucas' original scripts, said "Uh, okay. This is. . . Just let me make a few little changes. . ." and gave us the original trilogy. Three of the greatest works of cinematic art ever made.

Then "Mr. Household Name" took all the glory and started buying into his own hype.

And, since I didn't bring up the RotS tangent, I have no problem plugging this: http://www.fireflyfans.net/thread.asp?b=8&t=16704

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PINBALLWIZARD

Friday, January 27, 2006 7:40 PM

What kind of movie description is Moviephone putting on there? They didn't say a single positive word about it! People are going to think some sort of glitch put it in the "Gems" section and skim right over it, although it's impossible to skim over something at the BOTTOM OF A LIST! "Even less people saw the flick than the show"?!?! That's just adding insult to injury, not accurate at all.

Ah well, I did vote for it, little good it does. Thanks a lot Moviephone.

No, I am not insane, I am crazy. Thank you for asking.

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