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The No Twinkie Database by Ernest Adams (who is a fantastic public speaker). It's a list of errors games make that make him go "BAD GAME DESIGNER! NO TWINKIE FOR YOU!" http://www.designersnotebook.com/Design_Re...ie_database.htm

Okay, so I was wrong. Still, he hasn't degraded them on purpose or whatever. And 'rewriting cultural history' seems like an extremely harsh accusation for minor changes to a re-release of couple of films. How is an Ewok blinking in a DIFFERENT VERSION of the film a change cultural history anywhere? It's just more of this overdramatic nerd entitlement BS that seems to saturate geek culture these days. Here's another perspective. Did you know most famous painters, in between showings of their work, would often do minor touch ups? There's a saying that has versions across all artistic works. In the case of painting, "a painting isn't finished until the artist puts the last stroke on the canvas". Why can't that be true for films? And for films, there's always the older versions to go back to! I know I've got some old VHS tapes of the originals. They're still there. I still have my memories from watching it the first time. How is that changed? It hasn't, and if you claim otherwise you're just being a hipster among Star Wars nerds, and if that isn't the worst thing you could be then I don't know what is.

I disagree, Star Wars is his baby. Sure, there are lots of people who worked on it. I recently worked on a short film with a decently prestigious director. He wrote it, he came up with it, he made it happen. I feel happy I was able to help that vision come to life, but there was never any question of whose project it actually was. He is also LITERALLY the owner of Star Wars. It's a bit out of context, but would you believe it is George Lucas making those statements in 1988? http://www.toplessrobot.com/2011/09/1988_g..._george_luc.php It's unfair to say this is what Lucas is doing. He's trying to turn his story into a unified whole (whether or not he's succeeding is another matter entirely) and he's changed things he finds thematically unfit (he made Greedo shoot first because he felt it made Han Solo into a more heroic character, which is a reason, as much as we like to disagree with that reason on the basis that it is retarded and cheapens his journey from scoundrel to hero). Also, the old Star Wars negatives still exist. He's done nothing to them, and he still spearheads the movement to keep hollywood history intact. There's also nothing in his statement implying that he has a problem with those changes, just that he wishes to preserve the original versions.

I disagree. I think the special effects MADE it escapism. The special effects had never been so good, they were mindblowing, they're what allowed people enough suspension of disbelief to actually escape into it. It looked convincing enough at the time for people not to get into all it's faults. I like Star Wars a lot and have a lot of respect for what it did for the artform as a whole, but I have no illusions that other than the editing and the special effects they are good movies at all. Even about Empire Strikes Back I can only say... "it's great... for a Star Wars movie".

Even though Lucas managed to get boring, dull and obnoxious performances out of experienced actors like Liam Neeson, Christopher Lee, Natalie Portman and Ewan McGregor, and Hayden Christensen proved in other films (i.e. Shattered Glass) that he is, in fact, a competent actor and showed all evidence of being dedicated to his craft? (Christian Bale gains as much muscle weight for a part as he did for RoTS, it's news, Hayden does it, it's him trying too hard). It had nothing to do with the casting, it has everything to do with Lucas directing. Take into account that the only other Star Wars movie Lucas directed was A New Hope, which contained such genius acting as "Buh I wash gonna go to Toshi station pick up some power converturrrrs!" and had the experienced actors of it's own time like Alec Guinness cringing at his own dialogue every time he had to say something. I don't get this entitled attitude. The only thing George is doing wrong is not releasing the original version along with the new versions. They're his movies, if he feels he has to change something, it's his right to do so. That you loved the original versions does not mean you own them, and definitely isn't cause to wish DEATH on someone. Especially not over a movie series that consists out of ripoff after ripoff and only became popular because the audience was young and easily impressed by special effects and it came out before movie goers were jaded.

My asthma's been acting up lately, I wonder whats aggravating it. Steamed my face to loosen up all the built up slime.

I may be missing some sarcasm or joke, but just in case: the Black Sheep being discussed is not the Chris Farley movie but a low budget horror parody from New Zealand dealing with genetically engineered, murderous sheep.

Extra Credits has moved again, they can now be found on Penny Arcade TV. http://penny-arcade.com/patv/show/extra-credits All old episodes are also archived there. This would have been a great thing to be able to edit.

Does Tropic Thunder count as a spoof movie? It doesn't spoof a movie specifically, but mostly Hollywood as a whole.

A monster made out of torn off human faces taking the shape of another huge face tried to kill me. How was yours?

The limit can sometimes lead to double posting, but on another board I once saw double posts getting merged together. That's a good solution, I think.

Been cleaning my desk for three straight hours and it doesn't show any signs of becoming anything less of a mess.

And there's the cynic beyond redemption. Watching Your Higness. It's got a bad case of mood whiplash at some points, but still hilarious.

It's true though. I had to sign a contract with the same clause for a three month internship. So even as a student, I wasn't allowed to do my own stuff while employed there. And that wasn't even a large company.

This is true and also odd, because the second one has so much less buttons, creatures, rooms, etc. You can see design philosophies behind everything, everything has a purpose, and yet it somehow seems less cohesive.

I remember asking you this question, Morgoth.

Subverted because I'm actually not that much of a gamer, I mostly play games to see how they work and tinker with them.

Well, that's the thing, I usually recognize him because I've watched Stardust a billion times. Sherlock Holmes, Kick-Ass, etc., but I had no idea he was Sinestro. That really confirms how good an actor he is, if you put a bit of make-up on him he's unrecognizable because his voice and manner changes completely with the character. I didn't even have any "that voice sounds familiar".

That was Mark Strong!?

I was going to say that the belt snapped and in its flailing smashed a plastic mill on the inside, so I had to get those and replace them which I couldn't do unless I took the whole damn thing apart, but instead I'm going to stick with Wals' story for the lulz. >_ It's a huge personal victory for me because I don't know **** about electronics.

Well, I make a point of unplugging everything while I have my fingers inside it. That sounds naughty.

I buy plenty of CDs. In fact, I bought Mike Doughty's new release "Yes and Also Yes" earlier today. I know it's just a nostalgic argument, but I like that if I own something I can actually hold it in my hands. I really hate buying "data", despite the fact that when I buy a CD I know that I'm still just buying data, except on a different carrier. I also like album covers and being able to show off collections, which just loses its charm completely when it's just a list of files. Anyway: FIXED MY DRYER MOTHER****ER. Took me four hours and a trip to the hardware store, but I fixed it.

I feel awkward because back when SC2 came out I was all hatin' it over similar reasons, but after a while I realized most of these things only made the game better for me. For example, because it holds on to my progress, I can just uninstall the game whenever I need some extra space (I work with enormous video files) and when my space is free again I can just reinstall it and continue.

So... we love it because we get set on fire?

Err. May have misread this because I'm not sure what you mean with "throw", but I'm pretty sure WoW had an open beta, three weeks before official release was an open beta and stress test (and it in fact hammered their servers in the first week). I'm pretty sure because that was the first time I played it. Also, I doubt there will be a mass exodus from WoW. If you ask most WoW players why they play it, the answer isn't the setting, or because they think it's fun, the first answer they usually give is "because my friends play". So for most WoW players it would take a large part of their friends to migrate to TOR along with them before they would consider it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying TOR won't do good or can't at least steal a portion of the WoW user base away. I think TOR has a better chance at this than any MMO had before. I'd play it if I had the time or money and it will probably be the best performing MMO since WoW. I'm just saying, I don't think it will hurt WoW that much and Blizzard will still be printing money from that for years to come.