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post #451 of 485
7/27/06 at 10:44am
George pops wood whenever Shaak'Ti accidentally made physical contact with him during shoots.
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post #452 of 485
7/27/06 at 10:46am
Remove head from sphincter, then post.
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post #453 of 485
7/27/06 at 11:06am
Yes, because on the 4th page of a thread about uncharismatic pod racing, we should all be tasteful.
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post #454 of 485
7/28/06 at 7:24am
Shaak Ti is okay, but Aayla Secura is the real hotness. You can kill me now.
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post #455 of 485
7/28/06 at 9:15am
FreeRobotSex, if you're gonna troll around making "LOL U GUYS R NERDZ I'M KEWL" jokes, at least try and come up with a couple decent ones.
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post #456 of 485
7/28/06 at 9:17am
Or better still, sign up at ComingSoon.
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post #457 of 485
7/28/06 at 1:04pm
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Originally Posted by ServantOfDagon
Shaak Ti is okay, but Aayla Secura is the real hotness. You can kill me now.
Totally NSFW:
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post #458 of 485
7/28/06 at 2:52pm
Those Twi'lek cans are woefully inadequate.
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post #459 of 485
7/28/06 at 10:51pm
Well, it's true: the Internet has literally turned everything into porn.
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post #460 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:47am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Honestly, who the fuck finds time to draw Twilek sex scenes???

More disturbingly, how did you know just where to find them???
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post #461 of 485
7/29/06 at 6:05am
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Originally Posted by Stale Elvis
Honestly, who the fuck finds time to draw Twilek sex scenes???

More disturbingly, how did you know just where to find them???
Blame Litmus for digging up that ShabbyBlue Padme pic on page 3. I got to Googling and stumbled across this site instead. Some talented one-handed cartoonists there, but Miravi's bukake Slave Leia is really too much.

And I don't want to know how they find the time.
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post #462 of 485
7/29/06 at 3:49pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
I also disagree with this because of the insinuation that there was something wrong with the prequels' music scores.
A little late on this.
but there was nothing in my post insinuating that at all. I agree.
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post #463 of 485
7/29/06 at 3:56pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
No, he very definitely took a swipe at the music in Attack of the Clones.
No. I didn't.

Let me re-phrase...

If Qui-Gon shoved his sabre into that door WITHOUT the majestic Force Theme, but rather some random battle music (from William's excellent prequel scores) it would have less of an emotional impact (though it would still be one of the cooler moments of the trilogy).


There ya go.

[JESUS!]
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post #464 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:05pm
I'll be very disappointed if this thread doesn't make 500 replies.
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post #465 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:14pm
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Originally Posted by Mad_Kinski
No. I didn't.

Let me re-phrase...

If Qui-Gon shoved his sabre into that door WITHOUT the majestic Force Theme, but rather some random battle music (from William's excellent prequel scores) it would have less of an emotional impact (though it would still be one of the cooler moments of the trilogy).


There ya go.

[JESUS!]
Okay then. Of course, in that case, that's a pretty weird thing to say. I mean, it would have had less emotional impact if he'd shoved his sabre through the door to the theme from Pee-Wee's Playhouse, too. That kind of goes without saying, doesn't it?
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post #466 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:18pm
If it were me I'd have no music at all, make it more of a nonchalant thing rather than ram home to the viewer that they are viewing something cool with ott music.

But thats why I'm currently not a megafamous director!
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post #467 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:19pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
I mean, it would have had less emotional impact if he'd shoved his sabre through the door to the theme from Pee-Wee's Playhouse, too.
The "Breakfast Machine" track from Pee-wee's Big Adventure would work great though.
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post #468 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:31pm
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Originally Posted by cognizant
If it were me I'd have no music at all, make it more of a nonchalant thing rather than ram home to the viewer that they are viewing something cool with ott music.
That would be almost antithetical to Star Wars, though. Everything in Star Wars happens to dramatic music.
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post #469 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:36pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
That would be almost antithetical to Star Wars, though. Everything in Star Wars happens to dramatic music.
Luke's first confrontation with Vader in the carbon-freeze chamber doesn't have music. A track was composed but not used.
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post #470 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:39pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
Okay then. Of course, in that case, that's a pretty weird thing to say. I mean, it would have had less emotional impact if he'd shoved his sabre through the door to the theme from Pee-Wee's Playhouse, too. That kind of goes without saying, doesn't it?
My original point (waybackwhen) was this: Someone said they got chills from that scene. I commented that they probably got chills because of the music, not the actual scene.
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post #471 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:39pm
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
Luke's first confrontation with Vader in the carbon-freeze chamber doesn't have music. A track was composed but not used.
Quiet, you.
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Originally Posted by Mad Kinski
My original point (waybackwhen) was this: Someone said they got chills from that scene. I commented that they probably got chills because of the music, not the actual scene.
Does it matter why? If the sequence works, it works.
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post #472 of 485
7/29/06 at 4:58pm
It mattered a couple weeks ago when we were talking about how William's scored music was much better than the films itself.

Certainly doesn't matter now, just clarifying my statements so they are not misunderstood. Tangent ceases henceforth.
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post #473 of 485
7/31/06 at 2:10am
If one is trying to figure out WHY something works, then yes, it matters. If you don't care, move on.

Steven Spielberg once said that he could put a tear in a person's eye but it was John Williams who would make it spill. The same applies to Qui-Gon's lightsaber gag. The gag itself represents a sorta cool "first" in a STAR WARS movie but it's the use of the Force theme that sends it over-the-top. Standard action music wouldn't have accentuated the moment nearly as effectively.

It's simple cinematic alchemy.
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post #474 of 485
7/31/06 at 2:14am
Yes, but it goes without saying. Nobody would score that scene with standard boom-boom action music. The sequence called for something else. Thus my comparison to the theme from Pee-Wee. The reveal of Vader as Luke's father wouldn't have been as effective if they'd used the Ewok theme. It's called filmmaking.
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post #475 of 485
7/31/06 at 6:02am
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Originally Posted by Hammerhead
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post #476 of 485
7/31/06 at 11:50am
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
Yes, but it goes without saying. Nobody would score that scene with standard boom-boom action music.
It happens all the time, especially nowadays. It's not like Qui-Gon's lightsaber gag had any significant meaning for the characters or story. Narratively, it was the Jedi equivalent of picking a lock, nothing more. In and of itself, it doesn't call for anything special musically, so the unusual choice to bring in what is arguably the most important and stirring theme in the STAR WARS musical canon is what makes the moment play better than it has any right to. But it works, even if the result is unearned.
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post #477 of 485
7/31/06 at 12:26pm
The result is unearned? What is that supposed to mean??

I agree that its the music (and that theme in particular) that truly makes that a cool moment... but I also think it's a pretty neat shot as well. It's not ALL Williams there.
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post #478 of 485
7/31/06 at 12:42pm
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Originally Posted by Litmus Configuration
It happens all the time, especially nowadays. It's not like Qui-Gon's lightsaber gag had any significant meaning for the characters or story. Narratively, it was the Jedi equivalent of picking a lock, nothing more. In and of itself, it doesn't call for anything special musically, so the unusual choice to bring in what is arguably the most important and stirring theme in the STAR WARS musical canon is what makes the moment play better than it has any right to. But it works, even if the result is unearned.
So let me get this straight: even when you admit that a moment in the prequels works, you won't give it to them? I don't even know what "unearned" means. Honestly, I think some of you, in the throes of generally disliking the movies, have developed the need to dislike every particular thing about them. It's a rare movie that doesn't do anything right.
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post #479 of 485
7/31/06 at 1:43pm
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Originally Posted by Nigel St. Buggering
So let me get this straight: even when you admit that a moment in the prequels works, you won't give it to them?
I thought I was pretty clear on that point. The use of the mighty Force theme as Qui-Gon cuts through the blast door gooses the moment more than it really deserves. It's cheap. This isn't Luke screaming "NEVER!" and lunging against Vader set to epic choral chants. It's a Jedi we've just met sticking his "laser sword" (ugh) through a door. Nothing more. The Force theme is important because it's usually saved for important moments. Cutting through a door is, in the greater scheme of things, not particularly important. THAT's what "unearned" means.

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Honestly, I think some of you, in the throes of generally disliking the movies, have developed the need to dislike every particular thing about them. It's a rare movie that doesn't do anything right.
Seriously, that's an argument that has no bearing here or with me. I'm always rooting for a film to succeed, otherwise I don't go see it.
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post #480 of 485
8/6/06 at 9:35pm
It'll be okay.

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post #481 of 485
8/6/06 at 9:55pm
Man, that picture is creepy.
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post #482 of 485
8/6/06 at 9:55pm
It's looking into my soul!
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post #483 of 485
8/6/06 at 9:57pm
Those fucking eyes!

Dr. Loomis hates that pic!
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post #484 of 485
8/6/06 at 11:22pm
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Originally Posted by General Zod
Dr. Loomis hates that pic!
I'm afraid I'm forced to give you a positive reputation point for that comment.
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post #485 of 485
8/7/06 at 1:56am
Thankee.
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