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At least the first series went for the more cerebral approach. Then they let Fred Freiberger take over for series two…
“Good? Bad? I’m the guy with the gun!”
Ash - Army of Darkness (1992)
Fine… If the Catholic Church is going to violate the separation of church and state to force member politicians to vote the way the church wants, then they should also lose their tax exempt statuses, as well.
Let them start shelling out taxes on all revenue and, especially, property and see how quickly they’ll change their tune.
1. Take This Job and Shove It (1981)
2. The World's End (2013)
3. Strange Brew (1983)
4. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
5. Old School (2003)
6. Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014)
7. LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
8. Shazam! (2019)
9. Road Trip: Beer Pong (2009)
1. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003)
2. Conan The Destroyer (1984)
3. Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
4. More American Graffiti (79)
5. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
6. Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls (1995)
7. From Russia with Love (1963) [and all the subsequent Bond films, too!]
Unfortunately, I think the numbers of people you could motivate to get off their butts to drive to a rental place to pick something up (twice, since you have to take the rental back) is far too small to be profitable. To be competitive, you could charge, what, maybe $2 a day for the rentals? You’d have to rent a ton of videos at those rates just to afford rent and utilities, much less pay employees and make a profit for yourself.
To cover the vast amount of titles you would need to make everyone happy (and aren’t the stuff you can find on streaming services), you would need some serious warehouse space. Even more expense.
Unfortunately, I think the days of video rental stores have passed us by.
It counts... but I think being aroused for 24 hours a day for seven days straight and not being able to do, *ahem*, anything about it would be its own special kind of Hell.
Just sayin’!
I watched the video... and even though he would like you to believe this was some kind of "mistake," it was not. Even back in 1977, Star Wars had been released to theaters in both mono and stereo. I guess that could potentially mean that, depending on where you saw it originally back in 1977, that could have influenced which audio you heard, even back then. At no point does the video on that site ever infer that actors were called back, years after Star Wars was released, to re-record lines that were then used in the stereo version. Even the Beru portion was all recorded prior to the release of the original Star Wars, and then Lucas could creatively decide which version he used in the release.
In fact, if you watch Mark Hamill's lips carefully in the mono mix, you can see his lips are clearly saying, "Biggs" and not "Wedge".
When it comes down to what is correct or not, it falls on the director. If a mistake was made and Star Wars was released with two different audio tracks during its original theatrical run, one in stereo and one in mono, and Lucas decided from the very first home release (before all of the special editions and changes, etc.) that the stereo mix was the correct one, then that's it: that is the correct version, and you or other's wanting to call the mono mix the true mix and the stereo mix a mistake is just wrong. Sorry.
I am fortunate that I have an original VHS copy of Star Wars from when it was first released... again, this is well before Lucas started his infamous tinkering, and on that copy Luke clearly says, "Biggs," both audibly and with the way his lips move. So that is that.
Yes... you are correct.
Luke and Biggs were old buddies from their childhood on Tatooine. Earlier in the battle, Luke had come to the aid of Biggs in a similar situation, shooting down a TIE fighter that was on Biggs’ tail.
When Luke was in the same situation, he was expecting his old pal Biggs to be there for him, hence the reaction. Biggs was obviously busy elsewhere, so Wedge came to the rescue.
So this line is in no way wrong... it was Luke’s gut reaction in a stressful situation, wanting his old buddy to be there for him in a time of need. That Wedge was the one that made it was just a matter of happenstance... it really could have been any other Rebel pilot.
Hmmm... one of the films is “The Man in the Iron Mask”. Trying to come up with the second...
I actually found the film quite good and entertaining.
The spin of the protagonist wanting to get pulled back into the life (instead of the usual trope of the retired hitman/hero/gun slinger trying everything they can NOT to go back to their old ways) was a different spin and lead to some nice comedic moments.
Nice!
A cheerleading squad raises money to send one of their own to the big league tryouts while a local electrician helps AIDS patients get the lifesaving drugs they need.
Yellow Submarine Command
The 8-foot refit Enterprise filming model used in the original Star Trek movies. Completely wired and on display in the entry of my home!
The “Pele of Anal”... absolutely hysterical!
Yes... in reading the comments, I'm surprised how many people think that Tatooine (Luke's home planet, location of the Hutt's, etc.) and Dantooine were the same world and that Leia sold them out. They were, obviously, two different planets. Both remote, but separate worlds.
If we use a little common sense and what we can take from the movies, it is obvious that, not only are they different worlds, but the planet of Dantooine was uninhabited.
First off... if you want to build a <b>secret</b> base, you don't build it on a planet full of other intelligent inhabitants, especially one like Tatooine that had a place like Mos Eisley, full of hired hands and criminals who would sell out the Rebellion in a heartbeat. It would be impossible that, with all the Rebel traffic coming in and out of a base, even built out in the most remote region of Tatooine, someone wouldn't notice and report that to the Empire for a hefty reward. A secret base on Tatooine would have been secret for about an hour.
Second... the entire opening act of Star Wars takes place over and on Tatooine. Leia's ship is disabled and captured over Tatooine, which is how the droids got there after ejecting in the escape pod. Following that, there are imperial troops all over that planet (hence the scenes in Mos Eisley where Luke and Ben are avoiding any "imperial entanglements"). If Tatooine/Dantooine were the same planet, once Leia told Tarkin that the Rebel base was on Dantooine, Tarkin would have been like, "Yeah, we were just there and scanned that entire planet. Nice try, but, no." So, it's obvious that Dantooine is a completely separate planet from Tatooine. One that the Empire actually had to dispatch ships to in order to investigate Leia's claim.
Finally... as I said before, if you are going to build a <b>secret</b> base, you build it in a place where there are no intelligent inhabitants that will be able to sell you out to the Empire. The two, actual Rebel bases we know of were built on the remote, uninhabited worlds of Yavin 4 and the ice planet Hoth. No intelligent life forms to notice the sudden surge in space-faring traffic and sell you out to the Empire.
So, Leia knew what she was doing, and wasn't selling out a largely inhabited planet to protect her own. The fact that the Rebellion had a habit of building their bases on remote, uninhabited worlds that Tarkin found to be too remote to be a good demonstration is no fault of hers.
Maybe the are all like Valen: Minari not born of Minar?
LOL
And that’s a magic number!
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