Mega Thread The Random Thoughts Thread Part 1

[Zakk Wylde]

Had friends over tonight, as the night went on my mate passed out. The ladies were sitting out back talking shit as usual, kids running a muck inside. I retreated to my "office" to rip some drunken tunes and pulled off a pretty good Into The Void. Then later I see this.
Bro

Carn... It's Jessica.

PS.

 

[SteppingTiger]

W

So did Christian Slater.

What were they thinking trying to turn him in to an action star?

Maybe they saw his mad skills in Gleaming the Cube

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

Carn... It's Jessica.

PS.

Wish he'd give the pinch harmonics a rest

 

[68vette]

At not getting her gear off.

Remember that time she refused to do an almost nude scene, so they had to use CGI to do her body not quite naked?

I mean, how stuffed is that? It's like me saying, no, I will not wear speedos, I will wear boardies then you can CGI my body with speedos. Just bizzare.

I got over my Jessica Alba phase pretty quickly.

Yes, I see the irony that I'm still in the throes of a Portman crush, even though she doesn't exactly show us the goods either. She was in Star Wars, that's my excuse.

Jessica has no nudity clauses written into her movie contracts. Scarlett Johansson did to but got her kit off in a recent movie so there is hope.

 

[NoddyHolder]

Made my wife carry our baby today so I could put my carton in the pram.

Missed opportunity for some bonding Zakk. You push the baby in the pram and Mrs W carry the slab.

 

[edgie]

I for one am glad I started to read this thread brilliant discussion and edgie BMW is correct mace would of turned to the dark side had he killed the emperor the war had already started to turn him too the dark side. Kotar 1 and 2 are my all time fav games

Did you see the subplot about the war as well or just me?

 

[edgie]

Jessica has no nudity clauses written into her movie contracts. Scarlett Johansson did to but got her kit off in a recent movie so there is hope.

When she refuses to even do a non nude shower slim, hope is slim.

 

[demon inda sack]

What subplot is that?

Did you see the subplot about the war as well or just me?

 

[edgie]

What subplot is that?

Just little bits and pieces, its very subtle, hinting at the player character becoming at home during the war and finding herself in battle, then becoming a lost warrior when there was no more war to fight.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, it think it was meant to say that you were becoming immersed in the violence and the fighting and the dark side. At the end you have to return to the scene of the crime made it feel very epic at the end. Almost forgot it was about Star Wars and the force.

 

[Powerstufff]

Star Wars I just don't get the love for these films even the originals

It's hard to convey what the impact of the first film was like back in the day. No internet discussions, no real previews, no spoilers in the late 70s. The special effects were a whole level of capability higher than anything I can recall then. Cinemas were full size and many had powerful sound systems and that was the experience of most of us who saw it then. I saw it in a cinema at Colonnades and the opening scenes were mind-blowing; the letters telling us of the film's premise flowing across the screens. Then a spaceship appeared firing desperately behind it, following which the cinema began to actually rumble and the monstrous pursuing star destroyer appeared*. It was a stunning film in every way, great baddies, great goodies. Extremely original while paradoxically mixing and matching plot elements used in film/theatre since forever.
The two follow ups were joyously received and it didn't hurt that the third (Whoops! The second film, thanks Edgie) had the superb battle on the ice planet of Hoth. It's nice when you've paid your money to see the film-makers are trying.
I don't think it's possible for someone today to see the first 3 and appreciate them as we did. And sadly those made since haven't helped.

* Edit - I know you pretty well all know how the first film began, the moving letters alone have been parodied thousands of times. But I got a bit lost trying to evoke how that looked/sounded back when you'd go to the pictures and not know what was going to unfold.

 

[Janus]

Speaking of KOTOR2 - they released a patch for it recently didn't they? Some 1.2 GB or something which redoes the textures in HD and adds all the story that Obsidian had done but because of time constraints could never add to the game before release.

If you've never played it, or actually want to play how it was intended, get on it.

 

[PepeSilvia]

I miss Eddie Dingle

Is this you hinting that someone should tell you bunch of ****ing geeks to shut up about your shitty star wars shit?

Cause Portia has already done it.

what the **** is this nerd shit

 

[edgie]

It's hard to convey what the impact of the first film was like back in the day. No internet discussions, no real previews, no spoilers in the late 70s. The special effects were a whole level of capability higher than anything I can recall then. Cinemas were full size and many had powerful sound systems and that was the experience of most of us who saw it then. I saw it in a cinema at Colonnades and the opening scenes were mind-blowing; the letters telling us of the film's premise flowing across the screens. Then a spaceship appeared firing desperately behind it, following which the cinema began to actually rumble and the monstrous pursuing star destroyer appeared. It was stunning film in every way, great baddies, great goodies. Extremely original while paradoxically mixing and matching plot elements used in film/theatre since forever.
The two follow ups were joyously received and it didn't hurt that the third had the superb battle on the ice planet of Hoth. It's nice when you've paid your money to see the film-makers are trying.
I don't think it's possible for someone today to see the first 3 and appreciate them as we did. And sadly those made since haven't helped.

The battle on Hoth was the second.

Everything else is spot on. It also explains why many regular people, not Sci-fi inclined, fell hard for Star Wars, but as compassion, Star Trek and others never reached that level of mainstream success. It was a cultural phenomena. I know a lot of older blokes who are the least nerdy types you could meet, but they love Star Wars and will wait in line for hours at the cinema and see it half a dozen times.

 

[edgie]

Also why my manly as **** dad named my older brother "Luke".

He says it wasn't because of Star Wars, but we all know it was.

 

[JimmyBeerCans]

I was more of a horror movie kid perhaps that's why the Star Wars and Star Trek shit never clicked with me.

 

[demon inda sack]

Can I get this on console?

Speaking of KOTOR2 - they released a patch for it recently didn't they? Some 1.2 GB or something which redoes the textures in HD and adds all the story that Obsidian had done but because of time constraints could never add to the game before release.

If you've never played it, or actually want to play how it was intended, get on it.

 

[edgie]

I was more of a horror movie kid perhaps that's why the Star Wars and Star Trek shit never clicked with me.

I like both, as does my brother.

Well not traditional horror, more like "Slasher"

 

[RonSon]

A little part of me would've liked to have lived through the video game up and downs of the 80s to the 00s, from Atari to market crash to Nintendo and Sega and then Sony, with a heap of other players, the gaming industry seemed so rich, diverse, and was really pushing things forward for the right reasons, breaking new ground.

Now it is just boring mainstream franchises with the occasional classic title, and 2D indie games on Steam that play like a 20 year old SNES title.

I got my first console, the Colecovision around 30 years ago and nearly 20 years ago the n64/Goldeneye/ Mariokart was released!

They were the days.

 

[demon inda sack]

Yeah I thought that was part of the revan main story line his fall from grace so to say

Just little bits and pieces, its very subtle, hinting at the player character becoming at home during the war and finding herself in battle, then becoming a lost warrior when there was no more war to fight.

I don't know if it was intentional or not, it think it was meant to say that you were becoming immersed in the violence and the fighting and the dark side. At the end you have to return to the scene of the crime made it feel very epic at the end. Almost forgot it was about Star Wars and the force.

 

[Powerstufff]

I was more of a horror movie kid perhaps that's why the Star Wars and Star Trek shit never clicked with me.

Star Trek remained/remains niche and the quality varies wildly.

 

[BIG MATTY WHITE]

There is a little bit of nerd in all of us...lets not pretend there isnt

 

[GreyPower]

Havent ever watched Star Wars or Star Trek and have no interest in either.

 

[edgie]

There is a little bit of nerd in all of us...lets not pretend there isnt

Nah, unless you are flexible with the term "nerd", ie, we're all footy nerds here, but I don't like that.

Nerd is about science fictions, fantasy, technology, science, all that.

 

[68vette]

There is a little bit of nerd in all of us...lets not pretend there isnt

Paige Spiranac. Golfer and self confessed nerd.

 

[raman]

Paige Spiranac. Golfer and self confessed nerd.

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Liking for the photo itself, not the infuriating trend of insanely hot girls claiming to be nerds.