Counting Down - Today's The Day!

[David Meek]

Yep, IT'S HERE!!!! Buwahahahaha!!!! :banana:

[George Bellefontaine]

Yeah, I think this will get me out to the cinema. BTW, didn't Lucas lose his PG 13 rating for the first time on a Star Wars movie ?

[Chris D]

Yup, I think this is the first SW movie to be rated PG-13, not just PG.

[Gordon Moore]

I believe Lucas had full intentions going in to make this PG-13 (or at least the rating didn't surprise him). I don't think the rating matered all that much this time around. I'm sure FOX would have went nuts if this recieved an R rating though(imagine the possiblities :twisted: ).

Yup getting excited as well...is the week over yet

[Azeke]

I heard that this version is a little more Dark.

Check out these reviews:

Starwars III

My seven year old son, asked are we going to see it. I told him unfortunately son, it is rated PG-13, and you won't be able to see it. I'll wait for it to come out on DVD, and screen it, to determine if I can allow him to see most of it anyway 8) . Oh well, what else can a dad do (rhetorical question)?

Regards,

Azeke

[David Meek]

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[David Meek]

8 . . . .

[Gordon Moore]

Funny my StarWars countdown timer has it at 7 days 13 hours 19 mins and 41 secs

I guess it all depends on how you count it up. :lol:

[David Meek]

Gordon, I'm doing it the uncomplicated way. It comes out the 19th and today's the 11th. 8 days. :

[Sithlord]

Meditating I am. Resist countdown I must. Hmmm powerful this thread is.

[Foxman]

Meditating I am. Resist countdown I must. Hmmm powerful this thread is.

:rofl:

I am planning on taking my tots. I just don't see how there is going to be anything worse that LOTR and they've seen them.

[Ocelot]

Meditating I am. Resist countdown I must. Hmmm powerful this thread is.

heheh, funny stuff :T

[David Meek]

7 . . . .

[David Meek]

Meditating I am. Resist countdown I must. Hmmm powerful this thread is.

Okay Simon, I just snorted coffee everywhere. . . . :roflmao:

[Brandon B]

:rofl:

I am planning on taking my tots. I just don't see how there is going to be anything worse that LOTR and they've seen them.

Sort of agree with that but I think the emotional level in this movie is going to be a little more severe than those (Spielberg allegedly cried during the end). My kid isn't going, but then he has not been allowed to see the LOTR films yet either.

I just managed to get even more excited for this movie, and youn should all do the same. You've probably seen mention of the Clone Wars animated shorts on Cartoon Network. Well I just watched the 5 new 15 minute episodes last night. These are really really cool. The 20 three minute epsiodes from last year sort of pick up and detail the first year os so of the war, but these cover the several months up to episode III, and in fact the closing shot of the last segment IS the opening shot of the new movie. They are basically all the action described in the opening text crawl told in animated fashion.

All 25 episodes are being shown in one continuous block tomorrow on Cartoon Network at 4pm pacific (assume 7pm Eastern). And they are almost non-stop action that are really just as enjoyable as the films. They fill in the characters pretty nicely , showing the period during which Anakin and Obi-wan are really friends and equals that just isn't fleshed out in the movie anywhere.

If you are a fan, I really really recommend watching these this weekend (with the surround up LOUD), leaving you right poised and breathless for the opening of the film. I am easily ten times more psyched than I was yesterday.

BB

[Gordon Moore]

Sort of agree with that but I think the emotional level in this movie is going to be a little more severe than those (Spielberg allegedly cried during the end). My kid isn't going, but then he has not been allowed to see the LOTR films yet either.

Ditto...but he's only 6, I think it's fair to say that the intensity and potential graphic nature of some of the potential scenes would be unmeasurable to an impressionable mind....no matter how fine they say they are. So he ain't going no matter how much begging.

Cool on the Cartoon Network thanks for the tip!

[i_amadeo]

i dont mean to boast but we will be seeng the movie before all you all.....i dont know how that is but i gues in kuwait we brought it and it costed us more.....so we will be seeing it on sunday 15 in our cinimas ............spoilers are on the way .............just kidding
8O

[Foxman]

What buggs me a bit is they are really playing up the release with the cartoons series, the commercials and all the marketing stuff but yet its not safe for the children. Something about that doesnt seem right to me. Maybe I need to re-think taking mine, or at least view it without them before letting them see it. As much as we as adults are looking forward to this episode for it's intensity and darkness it's just a shame that the children are so geared up for it only to be dissapointed.

Mine have seen movies they shouldnt have like LOTR's and such, but maybe I need to tighten up on that.

[David Meek]

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[Brandon B]

Wasn't casting judgment on your decision at all Foxman. I can tell you my reasons for not taking my kid, and these are the main ones. Overall, I would probably let him see it. These do not give away the plot of the movie per se (not much more than the previews), but they are spoilers of some happenings near and at the end of the film. Don't read them if you don't want to know things that have NOT been shown in the trailers:

Remember the younglings training in the Jedi temple? Well, you see them come out of hiding to ask Jedi Knight Anakin what to do in the emergency. Saber ignites, cutaway. Later a distraught Yoda and Windu are seen sorting through their bodies. I think my son would be pretty upset that Anakin would slaughter a bunch of kids his age.

and

In their duel at the end, Obi-wan does not just knock Anakin into the lava. He takes off both his legs and an arm.

I agree Lucas is marketing the movie in countless ways that make kids this age super eager to see it, just as we are. Only thing I would say in his defense is that LOTR and all those other films also marketed pretty heavily to kids, and they didn't have cartoon versions or anything that the kids could see safely.

And you could argue that the cartoons are for kids, and all the toys and stuff for sale relate tot hose as much as the film itself.

And after seeing it, I may weaken and let my kid see it on my second go around. In general, I have treated Star Wars IV-VI as exceptions anyway, as were they anything else with similar content I may have thought twice. He still hasn't seen the last 20 minutes of Spiderman as I thought that was a bit intense, and he is counting the months until he is old enough for me to let him see Jurassic Park, dinosaur fiend that he is (I'm thinking about 8 years old).

It's really a tough call. I feel basically just as bad not letting him see Ep. III as if I were unable to see it myself. He loves the movies quite enarly as much as I doBut hey, I had to wait 3 years between SW and ESB, and I lived.

BB

[Foxman]

I didnt take it that way. I realize every child has his or her own level of maturity, but I also know I am guilty of letting them see movies they shouldnt have seen. Nothing like scarface or porn or anything, but you know probably a bit mature violence wise IE Jurassic Park. My feeling was though that the Dinasour is what they are fascinated by and the scary part of it would not bother them...to my knowledge neither of them have had a bad dream from it, still though I need to manage that closer.

Growing up I watched Aliens as a young person and while the movie made me jump while watching it, I never had bad dreams or anything from it since I knew it was a movie and it was about outer space. I also saw Jaws at a young age and while I didnt have bad dreams about that, I didnt have any interest in the ocean for a LONG time.

Having seen those movies young I guess it has warped my sense of judgement for what is acceptable for my children.

Still probably better to proceed with caution.

[Sithlord]

Hmmm judge me by me size do you? Dark and disturbing this problem is. See the movie I will. Scared I am not.

[Chris D]

Can't wait, can't wait, can't wait...

[David Meek]

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[David Meek]

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[Brandon B]

Well my attempt to rip my OT laser disk trilogy failed today. Turns out my Definitive Collection disks ahve rot. Crap. Crap. Crap.

Think I'll soothe myself watching Clone Wars again.

BB

[Sithlord]

2 more sleeps to go. Rest I need....rest

[David Meek]

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[David Meek]

Brandon, sorry to hear about your LDs. That truly sucks.

[Kevin P]

Brandon, sorry to hear about your LDs. That truly sucks.

At least you still have your LDs. Mine were destroyed in a fire.

I'll probably wait until June or so to watch Ep III. At least until the throngs of kids wearing Darth Vader costumes have gotten in their 50-odd viewings.

[Gordon Moore]

Man 'O man I can't wait! I told myself I wouldn't get overpumped but now I am!

Thursday Afternoon should be awesome.

Kevin, do what I did and just knockoff for the afternoon....take a half day, flex time or whatever and catch a matinee. There will only be office types and the unemployed. Best time of day to see a show :T

[Nick M]

I work 2nd/3rd shift now, so I plan on getting out of work Wednesday night around 11pm, sleeping in until 9am, and then heading to the theaters around 11am.

I could catch the midnight showing on the way home from work... I might swing by the theater and see how bad the lines are... :B

[Radec]

I'll be seeing the midnight showing. When we got our tickets a week or so ago I kept wondering how I expect to keep myself up to see the movie. :Z Now, however, with it only being a few more days, I'm sure that the excitement adrenaline will be the jolt I need. (OK, and a few large starbucks 8x) )

[Brandon B]

Brandon, sorry to hear about your LDs. That truly sucks.

Thanks!

I'll live though, it's an annoyance, no more. It's just that I can't enjoy watching Star Wars on the new DVD set as all the little color corrections and audio rejiggering CONSTANTLY distract me from the movie. Like kissing your wife with your noses on the opposite side of each other's than usual. It's still enjoyable, but it just feels wrong and you keep noticing it instead of enjoying yourself. I am fine with ESB and ROTJ, as I was never as attached to them, nor are they seared permanently into my conscious in their original form as the first film was.

I'll just have to hunt down one of the Hong Kong "imports" or something. Or try watching the "revised" one several dozen times and see if I can purge the 28 year old programming in the old brain.

BB

[Brandon B]

6 days still for me. I am seeing ithere at the old cinerama dome some of you may have heard about before. Reserved seating, no waiting in line. Great for crotchety middle aged types who don't like to leave the house (except for really cool big event movies).

BB

[ToddAnisman]

6 days still for me. I am seeing ithere at the old cinerama dome some of you may have heard about before. Reserved seating, no waiting in line. Great for crotchety middle aged types who don't like to leave the house (except for really cool big event movies).

BB

I love the +21 shows...I can have a beer and not have to listen to some sniveling brat complain or giggle he he :T

-todd A.

[Chris D]

Well, I better start my pre-EpIII SW marathon, watching all the other ones on DVD to get me ready.

I still don't have specific plans for which showing to catch, but I'm sure I'll figure something out.

[Chris D]

Here's a cute video I came across today:

http://www.starwars.com/collecting/news/lego/rotb.html

Watch the whole thing, you'll pick up on a few small jokes.

[Patt]

I just need to know when it comes out on DVD. :unsure:

MMMMmmmmmmmmmm......curious....this ...member...is.

[Sithlord]

MMMMmmmmmmmmmm......curious....this ...member...is

Hmmm imitating me you are. Disturbing this is. The veil of the darkside has fallen... begun the Yoda impersonations have.

[David Meek]

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[Brandon B]

Seems like you have a bit of explaining to do to claim YOU are Yoda when your username is Sithlord. Lords of the Sith are more known for their sowing of deceit and discord than Pat.

BB

[Leef DaLucky]

Sweet!

Woooohoooo!
I'm so stoked.
went out and bought like 8 tickets for me and the work boys for the local DLP theatre.
We always manage to converge on the Most important showings.
I'd be out there all week, if i didn't think I'd freeze my mynoks off.
Cheers to all,
Mikey.
P.S. Can anyone beat this collection?
(cased until i can find a good display for the basement!)

[Leef DaLucky]

P.S. I've noticed some serious degradation on some of my earlier Kenner figures. After 20+ years, i assumed it was only a matter of time before they started breaking down.

Enclosed is a couple of pics of the cheap plastic degradation that I've noticed. It seems to be a white, crystaline, powder like formation on some of the extremeties of my dudes.

Prolly my fault. The direct result of too much re-enactment of the Yavin/Endor scenes in my garden as a kid.

As a more mature adult and virologist, i posed the question to QC chem about 14 months ago.
The advice i got from here was a soft wash in TritonX and some WFI.

Does anyone know any differently about this degradation problem and subsequent treatment?

I HAVE to display these to my kids if/when i have 'em.
Cheers,
may the force be with you,
Mikey

P.S. also enclosed, you'll notice the browning of the gas masks from the ESB slug. This was the result of of the many P.O.P. i sent to Kenner. I loved that set. To see them discoloured is heart breakin.
Any advice?
I'd go for some bleach, but it would eat them apart.

Cheers, thanks for any info...
Mikey.

[David Meek]

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