OT: "The Force" of July

[TRAGChick]

Well...that's how "Spike TV" is Marketing it.

Hey all....

Rainy freakin' Holiday here in CT...

But hey....been watchin' "Star Wars" ~ the WHOLE DAMN THING (except ep 1 - because it sucked)

Eps 4,5, and 6 take on a whole other meaning now....I mean, I saw these originally when I was in grade - middle school.

I just think it's really cool to see the WHOLE story.

Thoughts?

[Rick]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

[TRAGChick]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

No; it's not ONE day....it's the whole Holiday weekend.

[TRAGChick]

Ep 6 - "Return of the Jedi" - is tomorrow.

[Rip Rokken]

I was in 4th grade when Star Wars (now known as Ep. 4, A New Hope) first hit the big screen. I also had a set of the very first ever Star Wars figures, called the "Early Bird Edition" and available only thru a breakfast cereal offer. I believe the 4-piece set was Luke, Chewie, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I found them about 9 years ago, and each one had "1976" stamped as the date of their release. Unfortunately, I lent my entire newly-discovered set to a "friend" who was a collector/dealer to sell, and never saw them again... a-hole!

Back then, the first 3 in the series were just pure MAGIC, and I was so excited when the new trilogy was coming around. But alas... IMO Lucas has overcommercialized it into the ground, and the magic is 120% GONE... Everything has been so incredibly overexposed that there is no more mysticism to the Jedi, no chills at the sound of a light-saber, and no more awe when Yoda frowns and knits his brow before he kicks ass.... the magic is gone.... it's pure cheese now. I'm not interested in seeing the new animated movie, nor in watching the TV show.

For me, Star Wars was really the first 3 episodes, and the last two of the most recent trilogy were especially rotten to me. I actually seem to be one of the only people on the planet who enjoyed "Phantom Menace" above the other two.

[squirt1]

Clever title Nora !

[Melissa]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

Rocky I & II are my favs

[Rick]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

Rocky I & II are my favs

Yeah, they get progressively more ridiculous after that. III is ok though. I liked the one that came out last year. I thought it was made well, like the first two.

[Don]

I was in 4th grade when Star Wars (now known as Ep. 4, A New Hope) first hit the big screen. I also had a set of the very first ever Star Wars figures, called the "Early Bird Edition" and available only thru a breakfast cereal offer. I believe the 4-piece set was Luke, Chewie, R2-D2 and Obi-Wan Kenobi. I found them about 9 years ago, and each one had "1976" stamped as the date of their release. Unfortunately, I lent my entire newly-discovered set to a "friend" who was a collector/dealer to sell, and never saw them again... a-hole!

Back then, the first 3 in the series were just pure MAGIC, and I was so excited when the new trilogy was coming around. But alas... IMO Lucas has overcommercialized it into the ground, and the magic is 120% GONE... Everything has been so incredibly overexposed that there is no more mysticism to the Jedi, no chills at the sound of a light-saber, and no more awe when Yoda frowns and knits his brow before he kicks ass.... the magic is gone.... it's pure cheese now. I'm not interested in seeing the new animated movie, nor in watching the TV show.

For me, Star Wars was really the first 3 episodes, and the last two of the most recent trilogy were especially rotten to me. I actually seem to be one of the only people on the planet who enjoyed "Phantom Menace" above the other two.

I had the Millenium Falcon and the Eagle spaceship from Space:1999! Major space battles were going on in the yard till every thing got broke after a few weeks.

[Melissa]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

Rocky I & II are my favs

Yeah, they get progressively more ridiculous after that. III is ok though. I liked the one that came out last year. I thought it was made well, like the first two.

Yeah III is good too, & I did see Rocky Balboa too, it was pretty good, reminded me a bit of the first 2

[Rip Rokken]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

Rocky I & II are my favs

Yeah, they get progressively more ridiculous after that. III is ok though. I liked the one that came out last year. I thought it was made well, like the first two.

You both need to see the new RAMBO. Stallone rules! I even used to eat Stallone brand protein pudding before he took his name off the product. Now it's just INSTONE. Still the same stuff, but not quite as fun to show off the cans while you are eating it... haha!

[larryfromnextdoor]

karate kid I- great
karate kid II- very good
karate kid III- not that great

karate kid IV- unwatchable

[larryfromnextdoor]

croc dundee I and II- great

croc dundee III in L.A.- horrible ..

[Rick]

Watching that whole series is a serious investment of time. I haven't done it all in one day, but I've done it. Now Debbie and I have watched the whole Rocky series in one day. That's another serious investment of time.

Rocky I & II are my favs

Yeah, they get progressively more ridiculous after that. III is ok though. I liked the one that came out last year. I thought it was made well, like the first two.

You both need to see the new RAMBO. Stallone rules! I even used to eat Stallone brand protein pudding before he took his name off the product. Now it's just INSTONE. Still the same stuff, but not quite as fun to show off the cans while you are eating it... haha!

Rambo is great. Very violent, but a great movie.

[Melissa]

karate kid I- great
karate kid II- very good
karate kid III- not that great

karate kid IV- unwatchable

The 2nd one is supposed to take place in Okinawa, & what's funny is they even mention Kadena Air Force Base in there, which is where I went to high school, but of course that movie wasn't filmed anywhere near there, lol! I think it was mostly filmed in Hawaii, lol.

[Rip Rokken]

karate kid I- great
karate kid II- very good
karate kid III- not that great

karate kid IV- unwatchable

The 2nd one is supposed to take place in Okinawa, & what's funny is they even mention Kadena Air Force Base in there, which is where I went to high school, but of course that movie wasn't filmed anywhere near there, lol! I think it was mostly filmed in Hawaii, lol.

I have all 4, and Larry is right on in his assessment. I even watched IV again a few years ago, and it was HORRIBLE. Introduced us to Hillary Swank, though!

[Melissa]

karate kid I- great
karate kid II- very good
karate kid III- not that great

karate kid IV- unwatchable

The 2nd one is supposed to take place in Okinawa, & what's funny is they even mention Kadena Air Force Base in there, which is where I went to high school, but of course that movie wasn't filmed anywhere near there, lol! I think it was mostly filmed in Hawaii, lol.

I have all 4, and Larry is right on in his assessment. I even watched IV again a few years ago, and it was HORRIBLE. Introduced us to Hillary Swank, though!

Yeah I saw part of the 3rd one, never saw the 4th one though, lol. Liked the 2nd one though, even if it wasn't really Okinawa, lol.

[larryfromnextdoor]

karate kid I- great
karate kid II- very good
karate kid III- not that great

karate kid IV- unwatchable

The 2nd one is supposed to take place in Okinawa, & what's funny is they even mention Kadena Air Force Base in there, which is where I went to high school, but of course that movie wasn't filmed anywhere near there, lol! I think it was mostly filmed in Hawaii, lol.

wow!...what i didnt like about 2 was that Ali was just gone .. they said one line about her running off with another guy,, i guess elizabeth shue thought it would be a bomb..

say.. have you ever heard of bob bearfoot.. he claims to have the fountain of life in the form of Coral Calcium straight from the reefs of Okinawa..

i think he and kevin trudeau might be looking at some jail time...

[Rick]

say.. have you ever heard of bob bearfoot.. he claims to have the fountain of life in the form of Coral Calcium straight from the reefs of Okinawa..

i think he and kevin trudeau might be looking at some jail time...

I don't even know what this means, but for some reason I laughed my ass off at it. Still laughing.

I love this place.

[Melissa]

karate kid I- great
karate kid II- very good
karate kid III- not that great

karate kid IV- unwatchable

The 2nd one is supposed to take place in Okinawa, & what's funny is they even mention Kadena Air Force Base in there, which is where I went to high school, but of course that movie wasn't filmed anywhere near there, lol! I think it was mostly filmed in Hawaii, lol.

wow!...what i didnt like about 2 was that Ali was just gone .. they said one line about her running off with another guy,, i guess elizabeth shue thought it would be a bomb..

say.. have you ever heard of bob bearfoot.. he claims to have the fountain of life in the form of Coral Calcium straight from the reefs of Okinawa..

i think he and kevin trudeau might be looking at some jail time...

LOL! Yep but he got that pretty girl in the 2nd one, so it's ok!

Nope, haven't heard of that guy, but I can tell you the coral there will cut you to pieces, learned that the hard way lol.

[larryfromnextdoor]

Nope, haven't heard of that guy, but I can tell you the coral there will cut you to pieces, learned that the hard way lol.

so eating it would be a bad idea??? note to self..

[Melissa]

say.. have you ever heard of bob bearfoot.. he claims to have the fountain of life in the form of Coral Calcium straight from the reefs of Okinawa..

i think he and kevin trudeau might be looking at some jail time...

I don't even know what this means, but for some reason I laughed my ass off at it. Still laughing.

I love this place.

[Rip Rokken]

K.K. 1 and 2 were very good, and 3 actually was not that bad. Not quite as good of course, but it had a great story arc and I liked it. 4 never should have happened. It actually started off with a bit of promise, but became ridiculous, and the showdown at the end was horrendous. I always liked Michael Ironside as a heavy, but he was ridiculously over the top in this one...

[Melissa]

Nope, haven't heard of that guy, but I can tell you the coral there will cut you to pieces, learned that the hard way lol.

so eating it would be a bad idea??? note to self..

[Rick]

It's always the trend for sequels to get progressively worse. Jaws, the same thing. I know there are the exceptions, but can't think of any right off hand.

[larryfromnextdoor]

It's always the trend for sequels to get progressively worse. Jaws, the same thing. I know there are the exceptions, but can't think of any right off hand.

jaws 4 .. the revenge was the worst of all time.. richard jeni..RIP had a great bit about it ..

but ..
1.caddyshack 2-ugh
2.texasville ... unbelievably horrid ..waste of time.. Picture Show was about so many things..
texasville was about NOTHING..

[Gordon from Edinburgh]

For me, Star Wars was really the first 3 episodes, and the last two of the most recent trilogy were especially rotten to me. I actually seem to be one of the only people on the planet who enjoyed "Phantom Menace" above the other two.[/quote]

I'm with you there - totally - the original movies will always be THE complete set - none of the others come close.

[Rip Rokken]

It's always the trend for sequels to get progressively worse. Jaws, the same thing. I know there are the exceptions, but can't think of any right off hand.

A few exceptions to the rule:

Ailens

Spider-Man II

The Dark Knight

[Rhiannon]

Return of the Jedi is on right now. I'm glued to the TV just like I'm 11 all over again. I <3 Han.

[Saint John]

If someone gave me $20,000 to sit through those movies all in one day I think I'd have to pass. Honestly, I don't think I could do it. Just the sight of those costumed fools makes me gag. What a bunch of mindless shit.