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Objet : Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant)
Just expect that no matter how spectacular or how close to the book the
movie
Startide Rising is going to be, someone you know is going to say, It was
OK.
What's next?
The only way to avoid
In a message dated 10/7/2002 10:42:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What makes the original _Star Wars_ so good and
the new ones so bland isn't the special effects: it's the characters
themselves.
Translation: GL ran out of Japanese samurai movies and British
, 2002 2:09 PM
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Subject: Re: Epic is now mundane. (Laid back rant)
In a message dated 10/7/2002 10:42:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What makes the original _Star Wars_ so good and
the new ones so bland isn't the special effects: it's
In a message dated 10/7/2002 2:38:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I disagree. The characters in Star Wars are cardboard cutouts. The
plot is pure space opera. What made Star Wars great was the special
effects and the music.
I take it this is to
[EMAIL
is now mundane. (Laid back rant)
In a message dated 10/7/2002 2:38:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I disagree. The characters in Star Wars are cardboard cutouts. The
plot is pure space opera. What made Star Wars great was the special
effects and the music.
I
Joe Hale wrote:
Brin is going to write a plotline to Star Wars III? The same
Brin who calls the movies insidious and vile?
Yes, and this plotline would make a final link between the
Uplift Universe and the SW Universe. He will prove that
the Jedis are, in fact, the Progenitors that
Joe Hale wrote:
Brin is going to write a plotline to Star Wars III? The same Brin who
calls the movies insidious and vile?
Think of it as a patch to some bad software. Doesn't fix it properly,
but makes it run better than before.
It's quite unique and left-field, but does improve the whole I
In a message dated 10/7/2002 6:08:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Brin is going to write a plotline to Star Wars III? The same Brin who
calls the movies insidious and vile?
Read from his webpage. He says he has a way to clean up the moral mess for
the last
Today at a used bookstore that is actually a used media store but won't
change their name because it just wouldn't be as cool, I saw a used DVD of
Lord of the Rings.
Already.
If we all totally twist the English language, I'm thinking of redoing the
slogan of the king of kitchen gadgets:
See