Nerd-o-rama
Urban Legend
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« Reply #120 on: 05-05-2005 16:47 »
« Last Edit on: 05-05-2005 16:47 »
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Originally posted by winna in another thread: Besides... the Force is obviously just a metaphor for religious belief.... Lucas took Christianity and put it in mystical far away land where the Crusades have meaning and people have lightsavers.... Actually, the biggest difference between Star Wars and High Medieval Romance is the Force vs. the Christian/Catholic belief system. The Force is more based of Eastern mysticism, specifically Zen Buddhism. There are no Saints, there is no Catholic hierarchy, hell, there is no God in Force-ism. There's just the Force, the spirtual energy of the Universe. Really, the Jedi (at least in the Original Trilogy) act and speak more like Japanese Ronin of the Nobunaga era than medieval Crusaders...I'll stop here. Wow. I just got two top of the pages with the exact same post. I I love love double double chex chex. I I love love double double chex chex.
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David A
Space Pope
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Originally posted by Nerd-o-rama: The Force is more based of Eastern mysticism, specifically Zen Buddhism Taoism.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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I don't analyze the force, it works in mysterious ways. That is good enough for me.
And a blaster by my side.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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I just ignore the force AIDS and the Jedi Cannot Love theory. It's just filler anyway George stupidly inserted in without caring for the EU.
If they did mean anything, Obi Wan should have said something like 'The Force AIDS is strong with you' in Episode IV. Thankfully, he didn't.
Let us never speak of this again.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Screw you Bartman, I happen to like the EU. And it's not all merchandicing, when did you see a toys based on the books be constantly advertised on Television? When was the last time you saw a Exarr Kunn action figuire? or a Yuuzhong Vong rocket mask?
And the KOTOR Games series are the jewels in the crown of the EU. At the moment, I like the EU a hell of a lot more than I like the prequal and Special Edition films.
And Lucas can bite me, he can whine about it all being his but he's only actually written Episode IV, I, II and III. The foundations of Star Wars is founded from The Empire Strikes Back and Return of The Jedi.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Well Lucas doesn't get much money from them anyway, if you must know.
Jedi is the main Marketing word with Lucas.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Pfffft, you think he'd spare that too?
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Better yet, Digitally remove Jar Jar Binks. Replace him with some sort of silent sexy Ninja girl.
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Zed 85
Space Pope
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I might just sit down and combe through TPM script - rewording or rewriting bits of it. I'd never make huge changes to the story - the story is fine (basically) just the dialogue could be really touched up a bit. All for sexy Ninja girl replacing Jar Jar - have to replace the voice as well though of course... I hear what you say Nerdo, I was sort of aware of Exar Kun, but after KOTOR I actively want to read all the Great Sith Wars stuff. Haven't the slightest idea where to look for it, unless I order it from some mysterious online thingy. Hmmm....ew...
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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Zed: There's already a Gunganless Episode I script out there somewhere.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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I'd rather have a scene where Obi-Wan trips and activates the self destruct button that destorys the Gungan Floating City, followed by an escape where Qui-Gon makes a witty comment.
Seriously, I actually liked Qui-Gon. This guy is suppose to be the muse for Old Ben in Episode IV, if he had gotten more screen time than Jar Jar Retard he would have developed a little more to the point where fans would remember him.
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i_c_weiner
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Ewan McGregor is one of the better actors in the prequel trilogy. That being, worst than Christopher Lee, Samuel L. Jackson and Liam Neeson...and Frank Oz's voice.
If they had just gotten rid of Jar Jar Binks' annoyingness, the movie would've been alot better. How about replacing his "funny" attitiude with that of a Mandolorian or Han Solo or a mercenary?
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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We should have had something Mandalorian in Episode I.
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i_c_weiner
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I doubt it since vh1.com does not have him listed in ROTS on both his page and the movie page.
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Nurdbot
DOOP Secretary
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banky: The Leia in Bikini is fan service. Fan service doesn't really restrict it self to skimpy outfits though, all sorts of fan service things littered about the 5/6 movies that if you keep a keen eye out for them.
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