Star Wars

Alexwales93 · Post by **Alexwales93** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 3:31 am

100th post!

mr. incrediball · Post by **mr. incrediball** » Sat Jun 02, 2007 5:10 am

Alexwales93 wrote:100th post!

eat my ass

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 2:56 am

lduke1990 wrote:proton/photon (same thing really just different series, and I can't really think atm) torpedoes are NOT gigaton nukes, if they were an unsheilded frigate would be obliterated in a matter of seconds. the only reason the death star one was destroyed was because the torpedoe hit it's reactor core, causing it to go critical, which caused a chain reaction which destroyed the space station.

Treks Photon torpedos are really anti-matter missiles. Go the research. Better yet, go to Stardestroyer.net. They did all the research.

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 3:03 am

The Prequels are in a way written a lot like the old tragic plays of ancient Greece. Anakin is the tragic hero, doomed to become that evil that he is fighting to stop because of his hubris. However, the Original Trilogy is different in that it a redemptive play, the era of darkness ending and all wrongs being righted.

Having said that, Lucas needs to tell the rest of the story. The Expanded Universe does on occation a good job, but I want to see some on these events on the big sceen.

btownmeggy · Post by **btownmeggy** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:44 am

Jenos Ridan wrote:The Prequels are in a way written a lot like the old tragic plays of ancient Greece. Anakin is the tragic hero, doomed to become that evil that he is fighting to stop because of his hubris. However, the Original Trilogy is different in that it a redemptive play, the era of darkness ending and all wrongs being righted.

Having said that, Lucas needs to tell the rest of the story. The Expanded Universe does on occation a good job, but I want to see some on these events on the big sceen.

I want an Old Republic movie. I love the Old Republic's grandeur in decadence. Something about the Yuuzhan Vong might also make for a good horror film. Maybe the Yuuzhan Vong versus the Borg--they collide in some intermediate galaxy and a battle of the spookiest sci-fi species ensues.

hecter · Post by **hecter** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 9:53 am

btownmeggy wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:The Prequels are in a way written a lot like the old tragic plays of ancient Greece. Anakin is the tragic hero, doomed to become that evil that he is fighting to stop because of his hubris. However, the Original Trilogy is different in that it a redemptive play, the era of darkness ending and all wrongs being righted.

Having said that, Lucas needs to tell the rest of the story. The Expanded Universe does on occation a good job, but I want to see some on these events on the big sceen.
I want an Old Republic movie. I love the Old Republic's grandeur in decadence. Something about the Yuuzhan Vong might also make for a good horror film. Maybe the Yuuzhan Vong versus the Borg--they collide in some intermediate galaxy and a battle of the spookiest sci-fi species ensues.

That would be awesome on so many levels…

Sackett58 · Post by **Sackett58** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 12:35 pm

got tonkaed wrote:i do think you hit a pretty good point there....(not that i know for sure of course...im just a baby) but when the first batch came out...they really were doing some stuff that was pretty on the cutting edge and changed thigns a lot. Even though the tech for the new ones was really impressive...it didnt have the "we are seeing something thats never been done before" feel that a lot of people seem to talk about the first 3 movies as having.

I remember opening day of Star Wars at Mann's Chinese. People coming out from the previous showing we're talking about getting back in line for later showings.
The place was packed as the only seating available was up around the third row. Mann's Chinese has a huge screen and huge speakers on the sides, so your head is basically looking at the ceiling when your looking at the screen.
When the rebel ship first appeared it was like "wow, this is going to be good". But when the imperial battle cruiser started filling the screen and the sound system cranked up, jaws we're dropping everywhere.

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Sun Jun 03, 2007 4:21 pm

btownmeggy wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:The Prequels are in a way written a lot like the old tragic plays of ancient Greece. Anakin is the tragic hero, doomed to become that evil that he is fighting to stop because of his hubris. However, the Original Trilogy is different in that it a redemptive play, the era of darkness ending and all wrongs being righted.

Having said that, Lucas needs to tell the rest of the story. The Expanded Universe does on occation a good job, but I want to see some on these events on the big sceen.
I want an Old Republic movie. I love the Old Republic's grandeur in decadence. Something about the Yuuzhan Vong might also make for a good horror film. Maybe the Yuuzhan Vong versus the Borg--they collide in some intermediate galaxy and a battle of the spookiest sci-fi species ensues.

I want to see the Second Battle of Coruscant. And nix on the the Yuuzhan Vong. As for an Old Republic film, it MUST have mandalorians. And the Vong, as much as the idea of 'organic' ships and weapons strikes me as impossible, would (quite literally) eat the borg for breakfast.

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:40 am

Woah, nobody home.....

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:40 am

Jenos Ridan wrote:Woah, nobody home.....

I'm home but I don't care about star wars

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 3:49 am

static_ice wrote:
Jenos Ridan wrote:Woah, nobody home.....
I'm home but I don't care about star wars

Away with you. No Spam!

static_ice · Post by **static_ice** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:06 am

yes sir...

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 4:27 am

Perhaps it is time to set up a verses thread......separate from this one.....yes, but later.

lduke1990 · Post by **lduke1990** » Thu Jun 07, 2007 11:32 pm

trek vs wars again, that is slightly older than those stupid mario vs sonic debates from grade school

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Fri Jun 08, 2007 2:36 am

lduke1990 wrote:trek vs wars again, that is slightly older than those stupid mario vs sonic debates from grade school

I'll bet you never even bothered to pay stardestroyer.net a visit, did you? ''Oh, why bother, cause if I did I might have to admit I'm wrong. Yur stupid cuz u like jedi.'' That is how you sound when someone with very little patience and a bit of a meanstreak cuts through all the fluff and delievers the cold hard facts. I'm not going to get all childish, like you just did.

Minister Masket · Post by **Minister Masket** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:43 pm

hecter wrote: That would be awesome on so many levels…

Couldn't resist writing on the Star Wars thread coud ya Hector old boy!?
There's a fan in us all...

Annoyed me you have, kick your ass I will!

Minister Masket · Post by **Minister Masket** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 5:48 pm

On a related note, all Star Wars fans here, have a look at "Can you speak like Yoda" thread.
You can't help but love the little munchkin!
But can you talk like him?

lduke1990 · Post by **lduke1990** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:12 am

All I was saying is that the debate would be childish, because it would degenerate (as most debates) do into name calling and crying. I have been a Star Wars fan since 1996 (the year I first saw the movies). I was merely playing at being the devil's advocate when I advocated Trek over Wars. I will have you know that George Lucas never specifically discussed his laser physics they just did damage, so anything that you say is just speculation by other people. George Lucas has admitted that the light saber will probably never work in real life, therefore stop ragging on me when Gene Roddenberry (sp) actually tries to insert some real life physics into his work.

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 2:12 am

lduke1990 wrote:All I was saying is that the debate would be childish, because it would degenerate (as most debates) do into name calling and crying. I have been a Star Wars fan since 1996 (the year I first saw the movies). I was merely playing at being the devil's advocate when I advocated Trek over Wars. I will have you know that George Lucas never specifically discussed his laser physics they just did damage, so anything that you say is just speculation by other people. George Lucas has admitted that the light saber will probably never work in real life, therefore stop ragging on me when Gene Roddenberry (sp) actually tries to insert some real life physics into his work.

Trek has nothing resembling real physics. Period. And again, you prove my point. Not only did you not take one look at the site, you likely never will. And I've been a fan since I was eight, so there.

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 12:13 pm

lduke1990 wrote:All I was saying is that the debate would be childish, because it would degenerate (as most debates) do into name calling and crying. I have been a Star Wars fan since 1996 (the year I first saw the movies). I was merely playing at being the devil's advocate when I advocated Trek over Wars. I will have you know that George Lucas never specifically discussed his laser physics they just did damage, so anything that you say is just speculation by other people. George Lucas has admitted that the light saber will probably never work in real life, therefore stop ragging on me when Gene Roddenberry (sp) actually tries to insert some real life physics into his work.

... Sometimes simple is good. Lasers do damage, nuff said.

.. I gotta tell you, Trek, man... I picked up the DS9 series and watched it through, over several days... without all the make-believe tech in that show, nothing would get done... about half the stories would just die. I don't mean space-flight and all that, but the CONSTANT reliance Trek has on fixing the inertial dampeners, or modifying the deflector array to achieve some spectacular feat necessary for everybody to survive. If not that, then probably a tachion field of some kind, or neutrino emissions will save the day.

... yawn ....

Jenos Ridan · Post by **Jenos Ridan** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 2:13 am

Nobunaga wrote:
lduke1990 wrote:All I was saying is that the debate would be childish, because it would degenerate (as most debates) do into name calling and crying. I have been a Star Wars fan since 1996 (the year I first saw the movies). I was merely playing at being the devil's advocate when I advocated Trek over Wars. I will have you know that George Lucas never specifically discussed his laser physics they just did damage, so anything that you say is just speculation by other people. George Lucas has admitted that the light saber will probably never work in real life, therefore stop ragging on me when Gene Roddenberry (sp) actually tries to insert some real life physics into his work.
... Sometimes simple is good. Lasers do damage, nuff said.

.. I gotta tell you, Trek, man... I picked up the DS9 series and watched it through, over several days... without all the make-believe tech in that show, nothing would get done... about half the stories would just die. I don't mean space-flight and all that, but the CONSTANT reliance Trek has on fixing the inertial dampeners, or modifying the deflector array to achieve some spectacular feat necessary for everybody to survive. If not that, then probably a tachion field of some kind, or neutrino emissions will save the day.

... yawn ....

That, and compare the published stats on ships for both sides. The Slave I could kill the E-D a hundred times over.

Trek has way too much technobable, I like TOS better.

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:19 am

... Personally, I was a huge Firefly fan. Low-tech, great story.

... And Babylon 5 was low-budget (if high-tech) and absolutely the greatest SF ever aired on TV.

Minister Masket · Post by **Minister Masket** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 9:30 am

Dont forget Stargate-SG5!

Nobunaga · Post by **Nobunaga** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 10:42 am

Minister Masket wrote:Dont forget Stargate-SG5!

... never heard of it, actually... SG1, yes, the original I know.

.... (been away for a while - the TV in my cell only gets 3 channels - something in the padding on the walls interferes with the reception).

...

Minister Masket · Post by **Minister Masket** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:43 pm

Nobunaga wrote:
Minister Masket wrote:Dont forget Stargate-SG5!
... never heard of it, actually... SG1, yes, the original I know.

.... (been away for a while - the TV in my cell only gets 3 channels - something in the padding on the walls interferes with the reception).

...

Hmmm, it could have been SG1... damn brain! *bangs head againt wall*