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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 18:27:00
Benj - I love ya, baby,  BUT ...
Okay, so I know how overworked you are sifting though all our zillions of reviews. But how come from my big fat pend list you're suddenly zipping up recent posts over some that have been languishing since end of March? I mean how am I going to overtake that Foxperson at this rate
Humble, so humble is my plea 
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| Montgomery |
Posted - 04/14/2006 : 15:01:23
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Originally posted by BaftaBabe
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Originally posted by Montgomery
Voted for some of your reviews, BaftaBabe, since ya hafta-wait.
EM :)
Ah, honey! And I have recipped, cause that's the kind of Babe I am 
BTW, has anyone ever told you, you look just like Jake Gyllenhall 
I used to look like Johnny Depp, but I changed my appearance awhile ago. I've been looking for a photo of Ryan Gosling to switch this one with. Stay tuned.
EM :) |
| randall |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 20:41:06
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Originally posted by silly
I love that the Wiki entry begins: "In the fictional Star Wars Expanded universe,..."
As opposed to the actual Star Wars universe, I suppose.
Yep, believe the Wiki scribe is trying to indicate stuff that's added on by books, games, comics, etc., to the SW universe -- where the canon is everything that's on film.
SW is one big long story, a finite but expanding universe that sometimes wraps around on itself. For example, the planet Coruscant was created by Tim Zahn for his SW novel HEIR TO THE EMPIRE fifteen years ago. This book takes place several years after the end of ROTJ. But George made it canon by depicting it in the prequel trilogy, which takes place before SW! [A funny note: those who worked on the book, including the author, always pronounced it "CORE-uh-scant." Then, when the prequels appeared, somebody interviewed George and asked him for the correct pronunciation: "CORE-uh-sant," he said. Silent C. And from that moment on, it was the correct pronunciation...] |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 19:39:10
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Originally posted by Montgomery
Voted for some of your reviews, BaftaBabe, since ya hafta-wait.
EM :)
Ah, honey! And I have recipped, cause that's the kind of Babe I am
BTW, has anyone ever told you, you look just like Jake Gyllenhall
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| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 19:37:13
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Originally posted by duh?
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
There are people known as MERP's who assist in this task.
Baftababe, if you're curious about MERPs, here are some more theories about them: What do MERPs look like?
Dear Duh
You are a fiend, sir and have made me laugh aloud and startle the cat!
In the words of Cartman the Great: Awww, I love you guys.
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| Montgomery |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 18:37:03
Voted for some of your reviews, BaftaBabe, since ya hafta-wait.
EM :) |
| The General |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 18:03:30
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
I always thought that it meant that it was an intentional malapropism, indicating Han Solo wasn't as bright as he'd like us to think.
I think Intentional Malapropism was the ship Solo had before the Falcon.
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| duh |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 17:32:24
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
There are people known as MERP's who assist in this task.
Baftababe, if you're curious about MERPs, here are some more theories about them: What do MERPs look like? |
| silly |
Posted - 04/13/2006 : 16:19:43
I love that the Wiki entry begins: "In the fictional Star Wars Expanded universe,..."
As opposed to the actual Star Wars universe, I suppose. |
| SoS |
Posted - 04/12/2006 : 00:00:12
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Originally posted by Randall
When it came time for Kevin J. Anderson to write a STAR WARS novel, he decided, for fun, to make George's line accurate somehow. And here's his solution. Give it up for science fiction writers.
Randall, I love that I knew that, and I love even more that you had the balls to post it. Star Wars geekery at its finest. May the force be with you! |
| Whippersnapper. |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 22:53:58
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
I always thought that it meant that it was an intentional malapropism, indicating Han Solo wasn't as bright as he'd like us to think.
And mine proved it.  |
| silly |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 19:49:41
I once won a trivia contest on the radio with that line! (the question was: "how fast could the Falcon make the Kessel run?" I think it was just about the time of the re-released "greedo shot first" edition of the flick, and I used my very first cell phone to call the radio station and win exciting prizes and endless glory).
When I was a lad, long before George and his idea of Cowboys in Space became canon (heh), we used to argue long and hard about how fast a "warp factor" was, how they convinced the unlimited supply of Red Shirts to go down with the landing party, and whether or not the Space Family Robinson would finally give Dr. Smith a proper wedgie and just why, exactly, were the Moonbase girls so freakin' hot.
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| randall |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 19:25:26
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Originally posted by R o � k G o 1 f
I always thought that it meant that it was an intentional malapropism, indicating Han Solo wasn't as bright as he'd like us to think.
That's another good explanation, but if so it was still clumsy on Lucas's part, because it went over the heads of the vast majority of viewers. |
| RockGolf |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 19:15:12
I always thought that it meant that it was an intentional malapropism, indicating Han Solo wasn't as bright as he'd like us to think. |
| randall |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 19:07:53
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Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Far far away, some say near the North Pole, others say deep deep beneath the Sea, live the MERPS. They are small cute people, rather like a cross between Smurfs and Santa's little helpers. And they wear pointy hats. And they're very ticklish.
If they can make up their sweet little minds this process takes between 3 parsecs and about 3 weeks.
Ah, another victim of George Lucas! Since this is a film site, I'll elucidate.
Among the many whoppers in STAR WARS is Han Solo's boast that the Millennium Falcon is so fast, "it made the Kessel Run in under twelve parsecs." But a parsec is actually a unit of distance, not time, and everybody who knew, hooted knowingly. Harrison Ford's line is why so many non-astronomers get it wrong to this day.
When it came time for Kevin J. Anderson to write a STAR WARS novel, he decided, for fun, to make George's line accurate somehow. And here's his solution. Give it up for science fiction writers.
Cute post, though, Whippy. |
| BaftaBaby |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 19:04:41
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Originally posted by benj clews
Yup- what he said 
You're real! You really exist! Oh, my ... Toto, did you see that? He answered my post. He did. 
And thanks to all you guys [Rockgolf, Whipper, and Randall]... I'll take my patience pills and sit in the corner and shut up. [Only kidding about the last bit]
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