Matt's somewhat right, sure he goes overboard with his modding ways, but GNT has settled down his post-padding ways and only talks out of his ass half the time now.  Not like other guys on scum. Darth Vader, yoU seem to have an enoRmous amount of disGust for evEryone's not-so favorite scum mod Greg(g). You should relax man, it's not like anyone has confused you for him, right....

Others have managed, but it's in how they market it.  The Tonnika sisters are the Tonnika sisters...  I dunno how Hasbro would get around that I guess and the actresses probably have that cornered.

The Tonnika Sisters are not the Tonnika sisters. Those names did not exist when A New Hope was released, they were created by West End Games. As such the marketing doesn't have to say that the figures created are from the Cantina scene, just background characters from the SW universe. Easy to get around I think, I just don't think Hasbro is really interested in making 2 female characters who were on screen for about 2 seconds, that's what it all comes down to.

I have never understood why Hasbro or anyone else claims they need the approval of the actresses to make these figures. What is stopping Hasbro from making the figures in a way that does not resemble the facial likenesses of either actress? Nothing that's what! Look at all the figures hasbro has made and then tell me how many of them actually look like the actor who portrayed the character. You'll find it not to be a high number. So just make the figures, then for a cardback you can just take pictures of other women in the costumes and you're all set. Simple eh?

Quote from: Jesse James on September  2, 2004, 12:44 AM

Could it be his disturbingly odd nose? 

Ya know, guys who never got broken noses in school were never well liked by the ladies, yet Owen Wilson becomes a pseudo famous actor.  Incredible.

I've pushed mine back in place for fear of it setting outta whack.  Maybe it was all for not.

I don't think so.- as far as the nose.. I like quirky guys for the most part, but I think he comes across as too arrogant... go figure, I like Luke, not Han- same principle...

Wait you think Owen Wilson comes off as too arrogant? We are talking about the dude from the Shanghai Noon movie with Jackie Chan right? As opposed to Luke Wilson from That 70's show. I always found Luke to act and appear like a total ass and he always seems to have an awkward I gotta take a poop look on his face.

As I sit here at the office reading the September issue of Wired magazine, I came across an article about the THX-1138 redux. Amongst the description of the movie itself and how it's central theme is the focal point of every Lucas movie there was a great line about the movie and it's creator...

"... THX was the battle cry of a subversive 26-year old visionary before he suffocated under the burden of his own mythology."

Never have truer words been spoken about George Lucas. The desire for a worthy prequel follow up to the Original Trilogy along with giving his perceived finishing touches to the OT have indeed been a burden to Lucas. But I think they are an unfulfilled (the PT) and unnecessary (OT SE's) burden that Lucas has placed upon himself.

I wonder if the prequels and the special editions were as much a need by Lucas to take back his universe from those who played in it in novels, comics, games, etc as they were a need by Lucas to see his "true" vision come to be.

As we get closer to the release date for the OT DVD which is in essence the Original Star Wars Trilogy version 3, I wonder what the rest of you think about the prequels and special editions in relation to the Original Star Wars trilogy that most of us grew up with. Have the new additions and changes adversely affected the way you look back on that far,  far away galaxy or are they for the better. And what of Lucas, where do you stand on what he has or has not accomplished with the additions/changes in his own mythology?

Quote from: CorranHorn on August 31, 2004, 05:18 AM

Now if you would only listen to me and use ******* Mozilla!!! I swear people, the best piece of internet related software you could ever download is the Mozilla Firefox web browser. Not only is it a fast, clean and smooth running app, it's got a lot of Java, ActiveX, popup, adware, etc protection that the piece of crap known as IE will never have, without downloading a half dozen ancillary pieces of software.

while i would agree with this, mozilla does have it's own issues. it may seem silly, and petty, but my mouse doesn't work properly with mozilla. i have one of the logitech trackball thingies with this little wheel that they call the "webwheel" - it's the little scroll wheel like a lot of mice have nowadays, but when you press it down, it pretty much gives you a little round circle of links, kinda like what's at the top of your browser... basic stuff, like 'home', 'back', 'reload', etc. and i've been using it for a while, so i've gotten used to it. but those functions don't work in mozilla 

and mozilla's e-mail client isn't the greatest either. if you have multiple emails - like i do - outlook can check them all at the same time. but i couldn't get mozilla to access all four of mine without going and clicking on "check mail" under each identity seperately. again, silly and petty, but extremely annoying.

well for overall web browsing experience and security mozilla is the way to go. but i do agree with you that it does have some quirks. when i first started using it, the buttons up top like home, stop, reload, back, etc, the little images wouldn't load and all i would get is a black outline. it was a known issue with that particular version and was resolved by the next release. that's the great thing about mozilla, though its a continuing work in progress, you can interact with those working on mozilla via mozilla.org and let them know of any problems you've experienced as well as look up a list of known issues.

i have no experience with the e-mail client however, so i can't say anythign good or bad about it. i used to use outlook myself at home and have to use it at work and its a good program to use so long as you are careful with the attachments that are sent your way.

Quote from: Darth Vader on August 31, 2004, 12:16 AM

I'm not saying you would always be directly working hand in hand, but just being on the same pathetic level as that guy is degrading.

I'm not sure what "level" you are putting him on that is "pathetic"... 

Would that "pathetic level" be Star Wars Fansite Forum Moderator or Uber-Post-Padder at a Star Wars Fansite?  Or neither?  At least there is a tiny bit of respect for most Fansite Forum Moderators, unlike Uber-Post-Padders at Fansites.   Those Uber-Post-Padders at Scum are pretty pathetic IMHO.

Jeff

I think the pathetic level comes from his more times than not holier than thou attitude where he thinks he knows what he is talking about but when he is shown to be wrong he doesn't change his tune.

Then again the pathetic level could be all about one person trying to be someone else and bashing on people he claims not to know.

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