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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/11/08 3:06am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	the publicity machine for Clone Wars has fair sprung to life in the last few days... -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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JED1 Title: Former FF-UK: Scotland CR Registered: Dec '98	Date Posted: 8/11/08 6:01am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	Unfortunately I won't be able to make this on Friday due to a prior engagement that I was hoping would be changed but hasn't. I will be seeing it on Saturday morning though! -----signature----- Alright look, there's only one 'Return', Ok? and it ain't of 'the King' it's 'of the Jedi'... Link to my collection pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/corsec5/ MySpace : http://www.myspace.com/darthkiltie Melissa *
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/11/08 6:03am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	boooooo splitter -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/11/08 7:36am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus! - Date Edited: 8/11/08 7:38am (1 edits total) Edited By: MrDankDonk
	oh dearie me... first review at Aintitcoolnews pretty much stands back with wrinkled nose then pulls the flush ****************************************************** "Hola all. Massawyrm here. A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, life was good and a movie named Star Wars rocked our god damned faces off. But those days are gone, in their place an endless stream of merchandising not meant for the average consumer, but the hyper specialized fan who still to this day must own everything and anything properly branded with the Star Wars logo. The inmates run the asylum now as Lucas long ago stopped listening to his soul as an artist - his heart as a storyteller, and has since begun listening to the slavering fanboys who cry themselves to sleep at night with their Darth Vader backpacks clutched close to their chests lest they separate it from their beating hearts. Hes long since stopped working with the geniuses of old, replacing them with young, idealistic artists who revere him as some sort of living Man-God and long to carry on his legacy rather than forging their own. He's forgotten that the most important duty you have to your fanbase is not to give them what they want - but instead to give them what they REALLY want. Do the fanboys REALLY want a bunch of scenes of characters whose destinies we already know fly through a series of dogfights so their pretty ships can go PEWPEWPEW against lifeless moronic droids so incompetent you question the tenacity of anyone that would put them into service let alone fight a war with an army of them? Do the fanboys REALLY want to spend the next 20 years of their lives arguing that the movies they love don't, in fact, suck the hair off of a nutless monkey? Do the fanboys REALLY want an animated television series not written for 30-year-old men, but easily amused 8 year olds on Saturday morning between bites of soggy Corn Puffs? Because thats what they're fudging getting with The Clone Wars. This. Is. poop-y. Everything that was wrong with the prequels is wrong again here. There's not much reason to dredge out all those complaints again. The Prequels aren't actually Star Wars movies. They're Fanfic. Bad fanfic that tries to include every element you love about Star Wars without actually using those elements the way they were intended. And while some might argue that it can't be fanfic if the original creator is involved, I would counter that the creator in question died a long time ago. In a galaxy far, far away. As an artist Lucas is entirely bankrupt, no longer able to conjure a single, tangible, original idea. And unlike other artists in his situation, he isn't able to properly recycle the ones he had to begin with either. No, Star Wars is an ailing, dying beached whale of a property, too large to ignore but left too long in the sun to save. And the stench is unimaginable. So leave it to television writers to sit down and come up with a classic solution to lagging ratings. Their genius booster shot in the arm of suckdom? A plucky tween girl sidekick who keeps getting herself into trouble while being delightfully precocious and calling Anakin'Darth fudging Vader himself, Skyguy. Again. And again. And again. Every time this 14-year-old little monster opens her mouth to say something 'witty' my jaw went slack and my eyes rolled into the back of my skull. She's unbearable, absolutely excruciating to watch, and yet she finds herself in almost every scene of the film. She's around so much I half expected her to pop up in scenes with the emperor or the Hutts, just stumbling into frame while saying something 'cute' like 'Oops, wrong door,' or 'This isn't the shuttle bay.' Seriously, the only way she could be any more annoying is if she added the word MEESA to the beginning of every sentence and BOMBAD to the end of it. You beginning to feel me? I get that they might be working towards a Luke Skywalker type transformation, but that doesn't replace the fact that A) her very presence makes me want to punch the person nearest me in the face repeatedly and B) she will not, ever, play a part in the mythology of the original films, or the fanfic prequel films, at all, unless Lucas goes back in to tinker with them AGAIN. So odds are she will meet a bitter untimely end sometime later in the series, like randomly slamming into an asteroid like the Han Solo clone from Shadows of the Empire. If and when that happens, I MIGHT tune in. If I don't just youtube the scene. Again. And again. And again. Then there's the unending problem of putting characters in peril that we already know the fates of. Look, George. Having Anakin and Count Dooku have a dual ISN'T EXCITING. We already know what happens to Dooku. He died on screen YEARS AGO. We know he doesn't die at the hands of Skywalker. Nor does Skywalker get so much as a scratch from him. We know this already. So why devote so much time to it, unless you're completely out of ideas...? Oh. The party's over guys. The only one's left here are the folks who haven't realized it yet. I'm sure the Star wars fan forums are going to be aflutter with the revelations that Dooku once fought Anakin or that Anakin actually once went back to Tatooine, or that Jabba has an Uncle that - unlike other Hutt's - sounds like a bad New Orleans piano player. But for the rest of us? This is just another episode in a long line of attempts to charge you for something you loved as a kid. I mean honestly, how much would we be giving Coppola if he had greenlit The Further Adventures of the Corleones? Because that's what this is. Will I be watching the series? After an hour and a half of being bored to tears? Not on your life. That path leads only to fear and anger, and we all know that once you start down that path, there is no turning back. If you WANT this to be good rather than KNOWING it will be good, odds are you're gonna be in the same boat as myself. This is no better than the Prequels. Scrub that hope out of your heart now. Until next time friends, smoke 'em if ya got 'em. Massawyrm" ************************************************** Looks like we might have to drink quite a lot beforehand... -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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Miso_Jace Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 8/11/08 8:24am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	Oh dear. Empire didn't give it a particularly favourable review either, apparently it's geared towards the youngins (seeing as they don't have the nostalgia to use as a metre-stick). I'm concerned now, are we willing to be charged £7 to be disappointed? Or should we just stick to what we know we'll enjoy - booze & food? -----signature----- Those friends thou hast, and by their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hooks of steel!
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/11/08 9:16am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	but we canny sit drinking and IGNORE a new Star Wars film having its first nite just up the road? can we? have we GROWN UP? -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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halibut Title: FF GSA & FF-UK RSA / Saga Mod Registered: Aug '00	Date Posted: 8/11/08 12:07pm Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	MrDankDonk posted: have we GROWN UP? No -----signature----- They are not "songs", they are "tracks" or "cues" ROTJ - "It has a nice mix of muppets and patricide that you don't see very often" - Darthboba Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
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Lizardmonkey Registered: May '02	Date Posted: 8/13/08 5:18am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	Myself and der missus will try and make it - save two seats for us, if poss!
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/13/08 5:41am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	good lad. its a quality pub. we will need the premium beer to prepare ourselves for the cartoon... -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/15/08 2:12am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	there is an 8 o'clock show at Cineworld... 6 o'clock in the pub is just right....maybe 5.30.... I'm open to offers ..... -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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Miso_Jace Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 8/15/08 5:03am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus! - Date Edited: 8/15/08 7:47am (1 edits total) Edited By: halibut
	Ok, I'll be in the Bier Halle at 5:30, the pictures thread will show you what to look for (Dank, I believe I'm looking for a 6 foot skinhead?), and I am entrusting you with my mobile number if you need to contact me - Please contact me asap & let me know if you're still coming because I'm coming into town specially & don't want to sit in the Bier Halle all night on my own like a tool. I don't know if I'll be able to check this forum again today, so telephone contact, even if it's just a yea or nay text, is imperative. -----signature----- Those friends thou hast, and by their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hooks of steel!
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/15/08 5:28am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	done so now take yir mobile number down off the interweb ! -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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halibut Title: FF GSA & FF-UK RSA / Saga Mod Registered: Aug '00	Date Posted: 8/15/08 7:47am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	Aye, probably a good idea. I suggest using PMs for stuff like mobile numbers -----signature----- They are not "songs", they are "tracks" or "cues" ROTJ - "It has a nice mix of muppets and patricide that you don't see very often" - Darthboba Everybody knows that the bird is the word!
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MrDankDonk Registered: Mar '01	Date Posted: 8/15/08 8:10am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus! - Date Edited: 8/15/08 8:10am (1 edits total) Edited By: MrDankDonk
	no no I use my PMs exclusively for naked pictures only way to include mobile numbers in that is if the girl in question writes them on her dirty-pillows however, thankyou, in Miso's absence, for editing that info out. I now need a drink to recover from the shock of a moderator doing something useful ps not read a single good review for this cartoon yet. allegedly way too kiddie-fied. -----signature----- http://www.myspace.com/meaniesmusic its all "temps insignifiant gaspillant des testicules" - CJ Foreman "I lust, therefore I sodomise" - DBN's Big Book of JC Etiquette
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Miso_Jace Registered: Jun '07	Date Posted: 8/17/08 4:11am Subject: RE: Meet - Be There Or Be A Rhombus!
	It wasn't as bad as the reviews made it out to be, visually it looked smashing, though the dialogue was a bit too 'young', and there was a tad too much comedy in it (Star Wars is serious business ). However it was actually ok, the people writing those reviews are most likely easily offended super fanboys, as it really wasn't as offensive as they claim, and the hour & a half running time actually fitted it pretty well. The pizza & drinks at the Bier Halle were better though hehe. As for the 'proper' use of PM's.....charming...... Yeah sorry for being a trumpet & posting my number publicly, I was hassled & didn't think beforehand. -----signature----- Those friends thou hast, and by their adoption tried, Grapple them unto thy soul with hooks of steel!
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