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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Root Beer
« on: September 26, 2003, 08:32 PM »
So. . .

What's the difference between root beer and sarsaparilla?

(I had to look up "sarsaparilla" in the dictionary, for the spelling, and it was defined as "a tropical American plant; a soft drink made from its root.")

So then, of course, I had to look up what it said for "root beer", which was the following:

"A carbonated beverage flavored with syrup made from the extracted juices of roots, barks, and herbs."

Maybe sarsaparilla is just taken from the root of the sarsaparilla plant, while root beer is a mix of a whole bunch of stuff.

Or, then again, maybe it's a regional thing--different names for the same thing.  I know I don't see sarsaparilla here in Oklahoma, but I saw it a bunch during a road trip of the western U.S. a couple years ago.  Got some, of course, and it tasted pretty much the same as regular old root beer (to me, anyway).

Anyone got the low-down?  All I know is, if they're the same exact thing, I'm going to start saying "sarsaparilla" instead of root beer, because, I'm dumb, and I just think it sounds cooler.   8)

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Saga '02-'04 / Re: New Hasbro Jabba Palace Announcement!!!
« on: September 26, 2003, 11:32 AM »
Quote from: OCB on September 26, 2003, 10:09 AM
This R2 also looks amazing!



Indeed it does.

I've been wanting a really clean, well-articulated Artoo for a long, long time--something like the R2-Q5, only with an Artoo paint job--and this looks like it could be it.

We'll have to wait and see what it looks like without the serving tray (i.e. if there's a hole in the dome).  If there's not, and this is just a normal Artoo with the serving tray attached on, this is easily going to be the best Artoo they've ever done.

The Luke looks fantastic too, of course--I just wish they would have also shown it without the cloak on, like the pic from Wizard World.  

Cool stuff.

 

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Clone Wars '03-'05 / Re: ANIMATED cartoon CW figures coming?
« on: September 26, 2003, 11:21 AM »
Well, Hasbro's big announcement of Classic Trilogy stuff for next year has kind of over-shadowed this other news:

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New 3 ¾” Animated Figures!

As announced earlier this year, the Clone Wars are coming to life this Fall on Cartoon Network via an animated micro-series. And Hasbro will be offering an exclusive line of animated style figures focusing on the core characters from the Clone Wars animation! These figures will be a Target exclusive and will be available at the beginning of 2004. Wave 1 will include 3 key heroes and 1 new villain from the Clone Wars including:
· Anakin Skywalker
· Obi-Wan Kenobi
· Mace Windu
· Asajj Ventress

Look for the first look at Anakin in the Star Wars Insider #72. And check back soon for images of these figures.

http://www.hasbro.com/starwars/pl/page.headlines/id.952/dn/default.cfm

I'm looking forward to seeing what these things look like, which is a bit strange, since I have absolutely no interest in any of the other Clone Wars stuff at all. . .

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Hot Dogs
« on: September 17, 2003, 12:35 PM »


"Haay, if you were a hot dog, and you were starving, would you eat yourself?

I know I would.

First, I'd smother myself in brown mustard and relish.  I'd be so delicious!"

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Welcome to the Jungle Gn'R Fan Club
« on: September 17, 2003, 11:43 AM »
Quote from: OCB on September 17, 2003, 11:22 AM
A new Guns N'Roses track was aired on US radio after being leaked by an unlikely source - a top-flight baseball player.

The latest unusual twist in the G N'R saga began when New York Mets catcher Mike Piazza was mysteriously sent the CD in the post simply marked 'New GNR'.

Reminds me of the other well-known jock GN'R fans, from back in the day--Tony Mandarich (Green Bay Packer flop) and tennis burn-out Jennifer Capriati.  Both were professed big GN'R fans.

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Axl Rose himself played the long-awaited new material in a Las Vegas strip club to apparently seek the dancer's approval.

Foolish Axl.

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According to the band's official site, news on the much-delayed album, 'Chinese Democracy', will be published 'very soon'.

Hmmm.  Color me more excited about this news about Velvet Revolver:

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RCA Holsters Velvet Revolver

Velvet Revolver is officially locked and loaded.

After rumors, road bumps, and name changes, the supergroup featuring Stone Temple Pilots' vocalist Scott Weiland fronting former Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, bassist Duff McKagan and drummer Matt Sorum, along with Suicidal Tendencies guitarist Dave Kushner have signed a recording deal with RCA. The band plans to release its debut next year.

"We're thrilled to partner with RCA Records and its legendary chief, the enigmatic Clive Davis," says Velvet Revolver in a statement. "We believe this marriage will be a loyal, dedicated and fruitful relationship not based solely on business, but instead on the thing that once dared us all to dream--music."

"This is a milestone signing for RCA," says Clive Davis, who serves as chairman/CEO of RCA Music Group. "Velvet Revolver is distinguished by not only its powerhouse musicianship but also by its new material. The songs I've heard will propel this group to the very forefront of rock music today."

Fans' first live dose of Velvet Revolver came in June, when the group played a short set of covers and originals at the El Rey Theater in Los Angeles. Bootlegs of that mini concert quickly circulated online, and the group initially planned to release a DVD and EP of the show. But those plans were scrapped as the band, the most buzzed-about "can't-miss" group since Audioslave--entertained offers from major labels.

Though the rockers haven't performed publicly since, they did release songs on two summer soundtracks, a cover of Pink Floyd's "Money" for The Italian Job and the original "Set Me Free" on The Hulk.

Formed by the Guns N' Roses remnants as Reloaded, the group spent a considerable time searching for the right vocalist. Among those rumored in contention for microphone duty: Courtney Love, Days of the New's Travis Meeks, Lit's A. Jay Popoff and early frontrunner Sebastian Bach of Skid Row. Weiland, who says he was deep into recording his second solo album at the time, ultimately took the coveted vocalist spot. (His move put Stone Temple Pilots on an even longer hiatus, though there is a STP greatest hits album said to be in the works.)

With the core lineup established, the group changed its name from Reloaded to Velvet Revolver, but it almost was disarmed when Weiland's drug problem resurfaced. The singer was busted again last May on two counts of felony drug possession. In a press conference preceding the June 19 show at the El Rey Theater, McKagan noted that it could have happened to anyone in the band--and in fact has in the past.

Velvet Revolver, currently in the studio doing preproduction, already have dozens of songs in their arsenal, including a few written with another ex-Gunner, Izzy Stradlin. The group has already recorded "Slither" with producer Bob Ezrin (KISS, Pink Floyd) and "Loving the Aliens (Sometimes)" with Josh Abraham (Orgy, Staind), though it's unsure if these will appear on the final album.

The band will not likely play live again before the release of the disc to prevent further online song swapping of its material.

Yahoo! News link

Chinese Democracy is vaporware.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Jimi Plays Berkeley DVD Review
« on: September 17, 2003, 11:34 AM »
Hey Brad--this isn't about the Berkeley DVD (sorry), but I was just wondering if you had the Complete Monterey Pop Festival DVD set that Criterion released last year.  



Link to Amazon

I don't have it, myself (don't have any Hendrix on DVD, actually, come to think of it), but I've always heard a ton of good stuff about it.

It's a three-disc set, but one of those discs is entirely devoted to Jimi's performance at the festival--this was the show where he set fire to his guitar, offering it up to the gods.

Bunch of other stuff, too--Otis Redding, The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, etc.

Prices for this thing are in the $55-70 range, which might be a bit expensive if all you're interested in is the Jimi stuff, but if you haven't seen it yet, it might be worth at least renting or checking it out from the library or something.  Supposed to be really good.


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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Welcome to the Jungle Gn'R Fan Club
« on: September 17, 2003, 11:15 AM »
Off-topic from the Illusion albums but still on-topic as far as "Guns N' Roses" goes:

I saw a little quip in an issue of Esquire recently:

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The Esquire 70 (as in, the seventy things that make us very happy to be alive today):

38.  The race between the long-rumored release of Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy and actual democracy in China.

In the same issue, they were also voted in as "Greatest squandered talent".

Woo-hoo!

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Welcome to the Jungle Gn'R Fan Club
« on: September 17, 2003, 10:53 AM »
Exactly.

September 17, 1991.  That date's pretty much burned into my brain.

All I had been listening to, for the past six months or so, was basically GN'R (with the exception of Skid Row's Slave to the Grind, which came out in June).  Be it Appetite, or Lies, or the three "new" songs ("Civil War", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door", and "You Could Be Mine").  Several rumored dates came and went, but they finally announced that September 17 was the big day.

The Monday before at school was spent talking about the new albums, the amazing new "Don't Cry" single and video, and since a local record store had announced that they were going to be doing a midnight release party--I spent several of my classes in determining who all I would be buying for, and which versions (CD or tape), and how much money it would all cost--nobody else's parents were gonna let them go to this thing.

(Somehow, I had convinced my mom to drive me--I was fifteen at the time--to the record store at midnight, which was no small task.  She's never been one for driving at night, and we lived on the outskirts of town, which meant that we wouldn't be back home until at least one in the morning when it was all said and done.  At first, I like to think that I was amazed that she agreed to take me to this thing, but then I get to thinking that she realized what a pain-in-the-ass I would have been if I didn't get to go that night.  I would have bitched the entire time until I got them the next day--that is, if I didn't skip school in the morning to get them.)

So, anyway, Mom took me to the party, and she and my sister stayed in the car as I went inside and joined the mob.  They were piping the new albums over the speakers, and I kept one eye on the boxes of the CDs I could see behind the counter, and the other eye on the clock, which was ever-so-slowly counting down to twelve A.M.

Finally, midnight hit, and I waited in line to buy my copies of the album.  Thinking back on it, I bought a set of tapes for me, a set of CDs for my best friend Brian, I think another set of tapes for someone I've forgotten, and, last but not least, a tape of the new Mariah Carey album, which also came out that day, for my then-girlfriend Amy (big Mariah fan).  I think I spent something like eighty or ninety dollars that night.

Went home, told Mom I'd "go to bed", and then I think I stayed up until three or four in the morning listening to the new albums.  Got up a couple of hours later, threw all my loot in my bookbag, and headed off to school.

Hooked Brian up with his two CDs (which were a late surprise birthday present) the first thing that morning, and then I think I spent the rest of the day bringing out my new tapes in every class period, showing them off--as most everybody else would have to wait until after school had gotten out to get their copies.

I don't know how many days weeks went by before I listened to something other than those albums.  I spent a lot of that time thinking about how GN'R was going to kick the crap out of Garth Brooks' new album (no small task here in his home state of Oklahoma) which came out a week before the Illusions did.  And while they were on the top of the charts for a few weeks, that was short-lived until, I believe, Garth regained the top spot.

And, just a week after September 17th, Nirvana quietly released Nevermind, which later went on to change the world, in just a few short months (and who's success was certainly a contributing factor to the implosion of GN'R just a couple of years later).

Well, ultimately, the Illusion albums weren't nearly what they could have been (or "it" should have been, as I detailed in an above post), but, they're still pretty good albums, and, at the time, it was a pretty monumental release.

Good times.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Welcome to the Jungle Gn'R Fan Club
« on: September 17, 2003, 07:48 AM »
What were you guys doing twelve years ago today?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Major DVD Release List for Fall '03 - Mach 2
« on: September 17, 2003, 07:46 AM »
All right, gang:  From the RUMOR MILL at The Digital Bits:

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You know, it seems like we go through this about once a year. But, at the risk of inducing lots of eye rolling out there, here we go again. We've heard from a number of industry sources we trust (and who have proven their reliability in the past) in the last few weeks. They're reporting that Lucasfilm is seriously considering releasing the Star Wars Trilogy on DVD late next year. In fact, our information indicates that some work is already under way toward a 4th Qtr, 2004 release. Word is that Lucasfilm is pleased with the format of The Adventures of Indiana Jones: The Complete DVD Movie Collection they're releasing on 10/21 in conjunction with Paramount - so pleased, in fact, that they're planning to use the same format to release the classic Star Wars films. This would presumably mean a 4-disc set, with a disc for each film and a fourth disc of special edition materials for all three films. It would certainly make sense. First, it would be a great way to get a buzz going into early 2005, when the final film, Episode III, is set to arrive in theaters. Also, Lucasfilm has said in the past that there aren't a lot of behind-the-scenes materials available for the original films, so having a single bonus disc of extras (as opposed to three) would make life easier for them.

Interestingly, as we were working to learn more about this from our sources, we received an e-mail from a Bits reader about a DVD column on the BBC's film site (slide down the page to near the bottom). It seems that Channel.com (sort of a U.K. version of Columbia House, run by Universal) listed the original Star Wars Trilogy as coming to DVD in 2004 in their latest brochure to members.

Of course, we've certainly heard similar reports many times in the past, so we encourage you to take this information with a large dose of salt. Only time will tell if this is... FINALLY... the real deal. At the recent DVD conference in L.A., I spoke with Lucasfilm's Jim Ward, who predictably wouldn't discuss the DVD release plan for the original Star Wars films, other than to say that they WOULD be released on DVD at some point. He did, however, say that Episode III was being well documented for DVD, and he once again noted that the original theatrical versions of these films no longer exist - the new SEs are George's ultimate vision for these films.

Frankly, we're really looking forward to these films being released on DVD... if only so we don't have to keep reporting on them here! In any case, THIS is the extent of what we know, so please don't bombard us with a lot of questions. You know as much as we do at this point. When we learn more, we'll post it here.

Stay tuned...

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/rumormill.html

Now, I've been reading "Star Wars is secretly being prepped for a DVD release next year" reports for, oh, about the past six years or so, so I don't think this is anything to get overly excited about.

However, with Indy on the way (which should do pretty well this Christmas for a twenty-two year-old franchise), really, the only big, big release left is Star Wars.  

And, like the report mentions--Fall/Christmas '04 is when the Episode III hype-machine should be getting into full swing--how nuts would a "Star Wars Trilogy DVD set with Episode III Trailer" be?

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Major DVD Release List for Fall '03 - Mach 2
« on: September 16, 2003, 04:41 PM »
Quote from: Cory H on September 16, 2003, 04:24 PM
I was looking at last years releases, sorry.

Ain't that a bitch?

Feel free to start a "Major DVD Release List for Fall '02" thread if you'd like.

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The Original Trilogy / Re: Original Star Wars available again on DVD
« on: September 16, 2003, 04:39 PM »
Like Scott, I've ordered a bunch of stuff from these guys (although not as much as rebeltrader), and I've been very happy with them:

  • Star Wars Trilogy (original)
  • Star Wars Trilogy: Special Edition
  • Indiana Jones Trilogy
  • Schindler's List
  • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (screener) (several copies)

(And, also like Scott, I got a set of the "homemade" DVD covers from that guy--and they are quite handsome looking, as DVD covers go.)

Be prepared for your order to take a week or two (or three), since they're coming from Malaysia, but this is a very legit bootlegging operation (how's that for an oxymoron?).

Quote from: OCB on September 16, 2003, 03:34 PM
Also about the OT discs, the sound is off on ESB by a millisecond or so which is very annoying and the sound screen is also off on ROTJ for the first 15 minutes or so.  The ANH disc is pretty much flawless though

Well, this new listing could be for totally new versions, though, which I believe I called for somewhere in that monstrous thread at Rebelscum a long time ago.  

Not even considering the lip-sync issue, those old discs were taken from the "Definitive Collection" laserdiscs (1993), and while they were relatively great for extras, the 1995 THX remastered lasers are much better--and in fact, the '95 lasers are still the best looking versions of the original trilogy you can get today (sad, isn't it?).

Hopefully, what the bootleggers have done, is made totally new discs, transferred from the '95 lasers, for the best possible picture and sound.  This would clear up the lip-sync issue, too.  If they could add the extras from the Definitive Collection lasers (things like all the old trailers--like the Revenge of the Jedi trailer featuring Luke with a blue lightsaber on the skiff)--that would be gravy.

But, this all remains to be seen.  I'll wait for the word to come in from whoever gets these first, and if they're "new", I'm game.  If they're the same as the ones from last year, forget about it.

Still, it's good to see that they've got the originals back up.

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Major DVD Release List for Fall '03 - Mach 2
« on: September 16, 2003, 01:28 PM »
Quote from: JediMAC on September 16, 2003, 01:44 AM
So Patty and I caught Pirates again yesterday, and I gotta say that I just love this movie.  One of my absolute favorites!  Any word on potential deleted scenes or anything like that in the DVD release?

From DVD File:

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Just announced from Buena Vista Home Entertainment is a December 2nd street date for Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. The second biggest hit of the year, this two-disc set comes complete with a 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen transfer and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround track, three audio commentaries with director Gore Verbinski and star Johnny Depp, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and stars Keira Knightley and Jack Davenport, and writers Stuart Beattie, Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio and Jay Wolpert, the "An Epic At Sea: The Making of Pirates of the Caribbean" documentary, deleted scenes,a "Moonlight" scene progression, blooper reel, "Below Deck: An Interactive History Of Pirates" notes and a still gallery . Retail is $29.95.

http://dvdfile.com/software/dvd-video/archive/2003/09_04.html

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I assume that this Battlestar Galactica series set doesn't include the original TV movie, right?  Also, can't quite recall right now, but did BG only run for just one season, and therefore this set is the whole shebang?  Or was there a second season as well?  ...and I'm not talking about that revised Galactica '80, or whatever that crap was!   :P  Just the original.

Well, I don't know anything about Battlestar Galactica, so here's a report from The Digital Bits about the new DVDs:

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Universal has announced the DVD release of Battlestar Galactica: The Complete Epic Series as a 6-disc box set for release on 10/21 (SRP $119.98). All 24 episodes of the series are being presented in the original full frame video (digitally remastered for superior quality) and in their original broadcast order, with audio available in the original 2.0 mono as well as newly remixed Dolby Digital 5.1. The set will include never-before-seen footage, along with new interviews with series creator Glen A. Larson and series stars' Richard Hatch, Terry Carter and Anne Lockhart.

As if that wasn't enough, Battlestar Galactica: The Original Feature Film is also being re-released on DVD the same day (SRP $19.98). It will also include a sneak preview of the new Sci-Fi mini-series retelling of the film's story. Sadly, it looks suspiciously like this will be the same non-anamorphic widescreen film transfer as before, but we've not yet been able to confirm this.

http://www.thedigitalbits.com/mytwocentsa74.html

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Major DVD Release List for Fall '03 - Mach 2
« on: September 14, 2003, 12:58 AM »
Okay--according to Amazon--the only things that the "new" version of Holy Grail has over the old one are a "paperback of the script" and an "exclusive film cel senitype" (like the filmstrips that were included with the widescreen VHS of Phantom Menace in 2000).

Here's the cover of the old:

And the new:  

Now, if the script and the filmstrip are worth the difference to you, then go nuts.  

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Watto's Junk Yard / Re: Major DVD Release List for Fall '03 - Mach 2
« on: September 14, 2003, 12:09 AM »
Quote from: OCB on September 13, 2003, 11:53 PM
What a Newb, polish my shoes and make me some coffee, a little cream and sugar please :-*

Oh, I'll put some cream in that coffee for you, all right.

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Isn't there some Gn'R DVD's coming out, or is that not major?

Major if you're living in 1988, maybe.

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Not on the list, but from September 16th, Monty Python's Holy Grail.  It is priced at an outrageous $48 here.  Is it similarly high in the US?  If not, I'll try and pick it up when I'm in Cincinatti in October.

As far as I know, Brent, that's just a "deluxe" version of the two-disc special edition which came out two years ago.  I think it's in some fancy box with the screenplay, and maybe some other junk, but as far as anyone knows, the DVD is the same, content-wise, as the current one.

I'll do some lookin' and find out exactly what the deal is.

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