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Lucasfilm Says N'Sync Not Cut Yet Fri, Jan 11, 02 02:10:33 PM EST
Apparently the boy band N'Sync hasn't been cut yet as previously thought.
SciFi.Com
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with Lucasfilm's Lynne Hale who says they're not gone yet, despite claims by
Joey Fatone on the radio: Not so, said Lucasfilm spokeswoman Lynne Hale.
"The N'Sync guys were shot as extras ... in a background scene," she said.
"Whether that makes it into the movie or not won't be determined until
[director] George [Lucas] has a final edit, and he won't have that until
close to the time of release." Clones is slated for a May 16 release. Visit
the link above for details.
Source: TheForce.Net
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Jan 11, 2002 2:38:44 PM CST
STARWARS EPISODE 2:: ATTACK OF THE AICN-TALKBACK-WACKPACK!
by darthpsychotic
Numba One Stunna!
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Oh well, this is done to keep heat off them until the flick hits theatres. Expect to see Fatone and the other Fatones in the flick. RIP Joey...
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That's not true! That's IMPOSSIBLE!!!
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Damn foiled again!
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I give up. BE A MAN LUCAS>step up and tell us what the deal is with this. I know it's just a cameo, but for christ's sake, not these bastards. Have hugh jackman in a cameo. Have denis richards in a cameo. Have trent reznor and tenaciouse d in a cameo. Not these g-damn little wussie singin queers. oK, I feel better now.
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Who cares? Having these guys in the background will neither detract nor add much to the films. Here's hoping we'll get some more interesting SW news soon.
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Jan 11, 2002 2:41:25 PM CST
Halle "Hardcore" Berry's bootleg video from Monsters Ball on
by darthpsychotic
This .mpg footage is the most intense footage seen since Syylvia Saint in California Cocksuckers 5.
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Make it stop... make it stop... make it stop. Well, maybe I'll live long enough for someone to remake some of the Star Wars movies and they'll be made better like "The Thing" was.
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Jan 11, 2002 2:43:30 PM CST
This is bullshit! If N'Sync can be in the movie, than I thin
by ralph cifaretto
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If Lucas does decide to keep those faggy boys in the movie, I shall boycott. Don't need to taint a film with puerile filth.
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Jan 11, 2002 2:43:48 PM CST
Really, at this point, who gives a (insert cussword of choice)
by nagual
If you percieve damage as having been done, it's been done. If Lucas' goal was to get us talking about AOTC, he did it. If you're hoping the film will be good, you're setting yourself up for very possible disappointment. If you're like me, you've lost next to all faith in the Lucas machine and have just a crumb of benefit of the doubt to give. May 2002 is the proof, fellow geeks and geekettes.
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Let's hope they end on the cutting room floor, which is farther than they should have gotten in the first place.
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Is it ME or did the first three SW films survive WITHOUT the apparent need for star power? Wasn't the greater part of the films the fact that you saw these people as the actual CHARACTERS and not some H-Wood Superstar (sorry Vince) and their "take" on them. I mean, if you look at it this way, that pupe playing Obi-Wan isn't really Obi-Wan, it's actually Ewan McGregor doing his Obi-Wan Impression... Why do they (Lucas and his non-existant neck) see it necessary to put "already's" in vehicle's designed for "nobody's". I bet this Hayden Christiansen gets KUDO's for this flick, because nobody REALLY knows who he is. Then again, I could be wrong, cause that little pupe who played Half-a-kin in the Phantom Menache really REALLY sucked. Point is this - We loved Wolverine in the X-Men movie because he was WOLVERINE, not the guy from Swordfish. Same with Harrison Ford, he was Han Solo. Not that "Carpenter guy".
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Jan 11, 2002 2:49:25 PM CST
BREAKING NEWS! Peter Jackson has restored the deleted scene wher
by ralph cifaretto
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Be it "The Empire Returns" or "Revenge of the Jedi", Lucas has often incorporated modern elements into his story. I know a lot about "Star Wars," so trust me on this one. C-3PO is a nod to silent comedians like Buster Chaplin and so on. In fact, Chaplin was offered the role but turned it down due to other obligations. Lucas was a big fan of Chaplin's, as he grew up in his heyday. "Empire Returns" featured Jim Henson as Yoda in a small cameo role that was written for fans of the Muppets and no other reason. Get it straight. "Star Wars" is designed strictly to be a sort of surrealist painting depicting all that is popular in the world around us. The space fantasy stuff is just window dressing. It's kind of a "Where's Waldo" of pop culture. That's why Boba Fett saves Luke at the end of "Empire," I hope you know.
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This is too funny. The fanboys heart must be in a twist. This is a case of I couldn't care if they are in, couldn't care if they aren't. I'll just enjoy the fanboys wiggling on their carpets like a bunch of epileptic fish out of water. And hey, don't compare Michael Jackson to Nsync. That dude is... rather was talented out the wazzoo.
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Yes, gentle readers, Rick McCallum is having fun at our expense. He knows his business, but, know this, McCallum and toadies: Don't yank our chains too much, your competition this year is stiff, and you DEPEND on those dollars from REPEAT viewings. Yeah, you do.
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Jan 11, 2002 2:53:20 PM CST
CONFIRMED! 98 Degrees gets cast as evil ORCS and get their heads
by bregalad_
Look! Real fast! In that big fight scene at Helm's Deep.... Did ya see them? .... Yup, that was them.... way in the back, beside that grey wall. What? Oh, you blinked and missed them?? ------------------- Well, nevermind. It hardly matters anyway. AND THAT'S THE WHOLE FRICKIN' POINT. ~sheesh~
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Sorry, dude. I think you may have to re-take that Film Studies course.
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DOH, sorry coulden't help it!
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Lucas probably has already cut them, or hasn't and has never planned to. He's putting out the rumors and then pissing himself laughing at all of you as you start blowing eachother over getting N'Sync cut and are now shitting yourself over their return. It's all a rouse you gullible super-fans
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These Star Wars talkbacks fill up so damn FAST!!!
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I guess this means then will be an Episode II Clone Edit.
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For years Lucas has kept a blanket of absolute secrecy over all new Star Wars developments. Now he's realised that all he has to do is release a lame irrelevant-to-the-movie-being-any-good rumour involving a geek hate object and 'presto', the net heads are no longer bothered about things like the plot or the focus on the love story, etc. GEORGE, I SALUTE YOU.
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What the hell, don't put them in Star Wars. Why don't you cut all the faces in Lord of the Rings and paste Nsync heads on them. Bad idea? I think so. You are going to turn Star Wars into a Where's Waldo movie and spoil it. Have you ever heard of spoiling the movie. Throw away all the footage you have of Nsync in Star Wars, and don't think of this terrible idea again. God Boy Bands in movies aren't a good idea. Get that through your skulls.
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It was all over anyway when they changed it so Greedo shoots first. Who gives a fuck about N'Stynk bieng in the movie for a mili-Second? Maybe theyll be as apparant to some as the supposed corvette you can see in LOTR or the set guy who sneeks into a frame. JUST get over it already! you dont want to see them in the movie..... DONT GO! It's not like your 6 bucks one way or the other is going to matter, I mean there are already people in LINE for god sake. George Lucas will make his money and do what he wants, cry or no cry, go or dont go but SHUT THE FUCKING WHINING UP!.
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I knew that was all a hoax! I read the true story at http://www.geocities.com/buttbackender/ButtBackender.html
GEORGE DOESN'T LISTEN TO ANYONE!!!
TAHTS'S THE POINT!!
YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFRENCE!!!
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I mean if they were to show up in the film, and that is a big one. They would be too miniscule to be seen on the screen in big detail. Anyway, the band N'SYNC has all the charm and wit of a pubic louse.
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Whats wrong with you. This is getting tiring. Why don't all of us write a petition saying keep *Nsync out of movies ever and show "Off the Line" to show why. I Know that will work.
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Extras won't affect this movie. There are many other things to worry about, like Harry originally said. Sometimes he knows what he's talking about. I can only hope it's better than Ep1 or Ep6. Ep4 and Ep5 were both great movies, and I don't think this will touch them. Oh well... Natalie Portman's budding womanhood in tight clothing will be enough to get me into the theater.
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...you need to take a MARKETING class. You'll learn A LOT more about Lucas and Star Wars there. A lot more.
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...ultimately whether they show up in film whose current credentials are questionable at best is of secondary concern to me, as it should be to all those who really care about the SW legacy. STORY PEOPLE! Say it with me: S-T-O-R-Y. Read Harry's prior commentary, stating what he considered legitimate issues regarding EpII expectations (for those of you who forget, in short order they were 1)a "forced" love story, 2)hacknyed acting from too much isolated blue screen work, 3)Jar Jar...yet again and 4)the possible annoyance factor of Jimmy Smits.) ANY of what he mentioned is of far greater priority then a boy band getting offed in less than a ten second's worth of film. Do I want then in there? Hell no. Do I particularly care? Not at this juncture, not enough to have a seizure anyway.
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I'm not a big huge fan of the group but who honestly cares. When I first heard about this I gathered they would just be background nobodies going on in the background, nothing terribly noticable. Yet everyone makes a fuss about this like as if they have major roles in the film. I think it's funny. If you wanna whine just cuz deep down inside you wish it was you being an extra, fine. But if you put your mind to anything you can do it... for example being an extra on star wars. If you have the capable means of getting your ass to Aussie-land, then beg, stalk, have a sit-in, and send sketchy letters with random cut-out magazine lettering to Mr. Lucas then I'm sure you will get a millisecond walk on role. Like my mother always says... "Sometimes you just have to wave your do-da in the air and take some risks!".
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Look, to those of you bitchin' about the bitchin', it's quite simple. The whole point is that these no-talent jackasses of the group *NSync (or The Group Formerly Known as New Kids On The Block v5.1) DO NOT DESERVE to be in the film. Even if they are in the film for 10 seconds then die, why couldn't Lucas have given a group of dedicated fans their life's wish and let them do it? He wouldn't even have to pay them! GENIUS! These guys weren't even alive when the first one came out, were they?
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What a beautiful face I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
What a beautiful dream that could flash on the screen
In a blink of an eye and be gone from me
Soft and sweet
Let me hold it close and keep it here with me
And one day we will die
And our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea
But for now we are young
Let us lay in the sun
And count every beautiful thing we can see
Love to be
In the arms of all I'm keeping here with me
What a curious life we have found here tonight
There is music that sounds from the street
There are lights in the clouds
Anna's ghost all around
Hear her voice as it's rolling and ringing through me
Soft and sweet
How the notes all bend and reach above the trees
Now how I remember you
How I would push my fingers through
Your mouth to make those muscles move
That made your voice so smooth and sweet
But now we keep where we don't know
All secrets sleep in winter clothes
With one you loved so long ago
Now he don't even know his name
What a beautiful face I have found in this place
That is circling all round the sun
And when we meet on a cloud I'll be laughing out loud
I'll be laughing with everyone I see
Can't believe how strange it is to be anything at all
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Good or bad, this is whole scenario is going to go down in fanboy history.
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I'm dying to see her in the cantina with Scam Vessel or whatever her name is.
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Trying to uphold the integrity of Star Wars when it's creator could care less about it's integrity is WAY too exhausting. Let him run it into the ground. Fuck all.
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Ya know George...do whatever you want. I mean it. I don't care anymore. Knock yourself out.
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After watching the Love trailer and the TPM, AOTC is going to suck whether N'Stynk is cut or not. No need to worry about this small thing, I think we should be more worried about the Horrible acting, corny dialogue, fart jokes, and boring story.
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Jan 11, 2002 3:46:23 PM CST
Do the words DUH IT'S AN ASSES IN SEATS PLOY mean anything t
by cheezdanish
Lucas wants the tweenies to see the movie. Lucas wants the nerdly fanboys to see the movie. Lucas want EVERYBODY to see the movie. How to do that? Have Anakin Skywalker KILL N'SYNC! C'mon. If that's not a fanboy wetdream, I don't know what is. DARTH VADER TAKES HIS LIGHTSABER AND KILLS A BOY BAND! Cheer, monkeyboy, cheer!
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I don't know who this Buster Chaplin fellow is, but if you look at the movie 'Hidden Fortress', you'll see where Lucas got the idea of C-3P0 and R2-D2 came from. There are two characters in 'Fortress' who resemble our favorite droids, and play the same role of comic relief. I don't believe there is a Yoda equivalent, though.
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Really, stop your bitching. You're bitching about the casting of EXTRAS. If you are bitching, you obviously don't give a shit about Star Wars anyway, and therefore your presence on this thread is TROLLING. Go make your own damn movies if you're so fucking knowledgable. Or go watch Lord of the Rings again and obsess over guys in tights, I don't give a shit. Really, all the bitching has grown tiresome. You people build your lives around movie franchises that are designed for KIDS. And you bitch that they don't have the gravitas and darkness to sate your sick little heads suffering from all that unused libido backing up into your brains. Well now you've got a dark fantasy movie to obsess on at night in your parents basement you fucks, so why don't you let all of us who simply like to be entertained by movies just ENJOY something we've liked since our youth without having to listen to you fuckers BITCH?
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Jan 11, 2002 3:53:35 PM CST
WHO CARES?!?!?! Lets talk about more imprtant stuff. Like the
by islander
Finaly an editing station all inclusive for less than $2000. And if you are a student you can get that and Final CutPro 3 and the computer for just over $2000. Thats News.
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Maybe he knows he's about to have his ass handed to him by SPIDER-MAN, BLADE 2 and, of course, THE TWO TOWERS.
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I believe you were quoting:
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the aeroplane over the sea
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Just trying to lighten up the talkback a little. Too much hating going on.
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The movie will be a piece of shit. Putting 'N STINK in the movie will only add to the pile of feces, but even if they are not in it, it's still a turd.
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More bitching! More bitching! It worked last time.
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Jan 11, 2002 4:21:44 PM CST
I CAN'T BELIEVE HARRY HASN'T REPORTED THE OTHER POP-STAR
by dark predator
Heck, if that were the case, I wouldn't care if 'NSTYNC had cameo's as themselves. In fact that might be sorta cool. I can just see them performing for Jabba and Jabba pulling a "Boska" on them and then giving a deep laugh, "Bwah, haa, huh, haa. *(alien speech)I've been waiting a long time to do that*" Then turning to Shakira, "*Whoever, whatever, come here make me feel better*"
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Jan 11, 2002 4:22:27 PM CST
Man, every fanboy just got their ass tapped severly by Lucas
by terry_1978
He straight played the playa....sad, really.
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If N'suck is in Ep 2 it'll be a disappointment. I wouldn't be surprised if they were. I've defended Lucas even through the Jar Jar days but this would be a serious blow. Nonetheless, hope springs eternal and I'd like to believe that even if they are in the movie, it'll be in a crowd scene and only they and their mothers will notice them. Kinda like how only Ron Howard can pick out his brother in all his movies. I still think the trailer looks great and, however pessimistic I want to be, I know I'll be there opening day. Hopefully it won't be another overhyped piece of garbage like Pearl Harbor, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings...(keep it coming)
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3 guys from a boy band in a film for less than a minute in a scene with about 100 other people and they get killed. Heck if I showed you pics of 10 guys 3 of them the N'Sync guys I doubt you'd be able to pick who they were. I cant believe this has got people upset. If they had an extende scene with dialogue then that could be a problem but this ...this is just a little cameo ... heck it could be seen as a funny tongue in cheek thing but no ... the ultrazealots go insane over this "SIGH".
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I mean, it's kinda silly, but hey. I don't know why anyone was upset with him about Phantom Menace, either. I mean, I didn't like it, but I won't see it again.
What I am upset about is that I won't be able to buy the orginal cuts of Star Wars, Empire and Jedi on DVD, I'm going to have to buy those crappy re-edited versions.
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Who on earth could possibly give a flaming shit anymore?
Lucas can really go suck a high hard one. I mean that in the nicest possible way.
And all Star Wars fanboys wondering why everyone's jumping on the FOTR bandwagon? Here's a list:
1. It's a damn fine film. Even BETTER by fanboy standards (we are usually treated to crap).
2. No embarassing racial stereotype characters..."Your-a Chinese Food is-a ready, your Highness...you assume too much...so solly..."
3. No Jar Jar! I mean, who are the ad wizards who came up with this guy?
4. No boy band cameos! No members of Five in Orc costumes (even if they would've been beheaded by Aragorn).
5. Finally...Peter Jackson gives a shit about the fans. I cannot count how many interviews I've seen/read with him where he indicates how much not disappointing Tolkien fans was very important to him. As opposed to Lucas' "Fuck the fans, it's my movie, I'll put the whole Partridge Family farting Love Me Do in B Flat!"
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Lots of people calling NSync wussies and queers, but Elijah Wood is hardly the portrait of swaggering masculinity, and Ian McKellan is openly gay.
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Because on the surface, it looks like an attempt to cash in pop culture crap and draw more people. Because Star Wars is no longer about Star Wars.
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this is too much...keep it up, who gives a shit it wont effect the decency of the movie
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True...very true.....When you were young you were the King of carrot flowers, and how you built a tower tumbling thru the trees. And holy rattlesnakes that fell all around your feet
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If so much you don't give a rat's ass about The Prequel series anymore why do you still find it in your heart to bitch and moan about everything about it? Let's face it, YOU WILL ALL GO see Attack of the Clones. Who are you kidding? Now, Im going to make my own star wars movie at www.producerschair.com
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I mean come on, who would you rather have? I think they should have had super trendmaster Fred Durst play Obi-Wan in the first place. Then we could have Anthony Kedis from the Chilli Peppers play Qui-Gon. I mean Brittany Spears as Amidala wouldn't be so bad. Imagine her saying "We shall see Viceroy." and other cool dialogue from the film.
In my humble opinion more fantasy/sci-fi films need talentless modern musicians to appear in prominent roles. After all that one cool guy from Bizkit with the contacts played all the Orcs in 'Fellowship...'.
I hate you all,
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I'm glad! I couldn't be happier! I hope this ends the careers of both parties N'LIPSYNC and George "i'm the biggest piece of greedy shit" Lucas. Lucas and his kids have become his worst enemy. He has taken a epic story that we all care about too much and beaten it into the ground. He has made a lot of money from us, the fans, and now he is laughing at us. Fuck him, his kids, and Jar Jar (who beats his wife)
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I guess (not the jeans) n$ync is a lot like ear wax, serving the logical purpose of lubing up my hole. Now I can finger my ear hole and put some 'tips in to clean that gunk out but Luca$ gives all the little holes out there what they want. So the next day the yellow substance returns. Maybe Luca$ should clean his earhole. After a few years of not cleaning it a boyband could get stuck in there. So you might as well be like all the people around him and say YES. YES $ir! N$ync i$ $well $ir! We agree!
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Back when i was a kid star wars was a fantasy world we all wanted to be a part of. And I admit when episode I was announced i was among the throngs of people going to see movies just to see the trailer and watching all the trailers online (even though it would take forever to dl the damn things) and thinking, this is easily going to be the best movie of all time! And i was also among the even larger majority of people that upon seeing it said......"What the FUCK was that piece of shit???????" I mean come on!!! I am an animator, and i thought it was too damn much. And i think i speak for a lot of people in saying, im gonna either wait for this one to come out on cable or download it the week it comes out.......Cuz there is NO WAY i am going to waste my money or time spent in line for this BIG SHINY TURD!!!! George Lucas needs to realize he is NOT a director!!! Looking back the only really good star wars movie was Empire and all he did was produce. Someone else wrote the screenplay and someone else directed and blam, a good movie!!!! But i think he may very well screw the series up beyond recovery with Attack of the Mattel Toys. aka Anakins Creek. Give it up and retire lucas PLEASE!!!
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That'll mean no immature idiots making stupid comments through the whole movie because they think they actually matter on this Earth.
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If Lucas really wants to put in N'Sync, the thing at least in my opinion which could make it all better? Naked Britney Spears. I could also be a small role. Less than a minute. And I'll bet he could even find a way to do it in such a way that it would make more sense than Jar Jar Binks.
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If they're even left in the film, which I doubt, they'll hardly be visible I'm sure. I know it's the principle of the thing, but still.
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Jan 11, 2002 6:15:17 PM CST
N'Sync sucks, we all know, now to the important news: Has an
by blue devil
I've heard of a screening where Lucas showed the cut to some tecky types, I guess they found it "moving". Is that true? Could we be in found an awesome film? I'm still very wary of that "I hate Obi-wan" line and the onslaught of even more new characters. Someone out there has to have something!
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I don't really care about the N'Sync thing so much since they're just extras, but it seems to me that having a few hardcore fans who don't have tons of money and millions in albums and aren't DATING BRITNEY SPEARS!!!!.... maybe it might have been a bigger thrill for them (me included) to be in Episode 2. It's not as if the N'Sync guys haven't had their fill of dreams fullfilled.
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This does set quite a precedent. Think about it, if this does come to fruition then any famous person's gonna try to shimmy their way into big movies as extras. Are the days of struggling actors as extras numbered...one can only wonder...
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Jan 11, 2002 7:01:22 PM CST
Hee Hawww!! LOL!!!! Vaan digs movies with kiddy fiddling connota
by smoochies
hey loser ! - give me Nsync over a flick with peado associations anyday!! - you're too easy homo-loser-boy!! Remember people - you can trust your kids with Lucas, the worst you'll have to worry about is them grooving to Nsync!!! (smoochies ! xxx)
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...really, who's going to read all of that? talk about fiending for attention. DORK! ...back on topic...if george puts nsync in star wars, im not seeing it. i can't endorse that kind of tastelessness. Its the principle of it. Its just so fucking repugnant. out
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What the hell is wrong with you people? Do you wig out over the fact that Lucas' gardener plays a Jawa in TPM? Or that his third grade band teacher was in ROTJ as a skiff rider?
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Jan 11, 2002 7:45:09 PM CST
There is only one actor that should be in the next "Star Wars" i
by uncapie
...JOHN VERNON AS "THE MAYOR!"
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Dear George The Hutt,
In the tradition of this silly thread, here are my top ten suggestions to improving the already-perfect-with-NSuck-2-millisecond-cameos AoTC.
1. Replace Samuel Jackson with Jesse Jackson.
2. Replace Yoda with all FOUR Teletubbies.
3. Take Spielberg's cue and replace those dangerous and offensive, 2nd-Amendment-inspiring lightsabers with safety flashlights (wait; they do that already).
4. Replace Natalie Portman with horse-faced Chelsea Clinton.
5. Have Michael Jackson appear as a Jedi ghost who confounds his betters with a mysterious moonwalk (save big buck$ here - no makeup)
6. Replace Obi-Wan with Bill Clinton so that he can: a) have some sort of legacy and b) fulfill a sick fantasy with his own daughter.
7. Give JarJar a head-diaper and a beard; no one can understand that mutilated English now or ever.
8. For EpIII, have all the AICN who-cares-you-twits Posters appears as characters which defeat all the AICN whiny-get-a-life-you-basement-dwelling-faggot-pussies.
9. Forget Eps 7, 8, and 9. Make Episodes -3, -2, and -1 so that we're consistent with the theme of how SW technology looks crappier and time goes forward.
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Star wars is already too fucked up to be salvaged. Who gives a flying fuck if 3 guys from a boyband are gonna be seen in 5 seconds of a shitty movie?!?! Star wars was cool originally because it had bad ass special effects and a unique story..... Well Georgy, your shit has been ripped off and other people are doing a MUCH better job. He cant write for shit and by his own admission he cant even direct a rabbit to fuck!!! Nsync being extras is such a minescule problem compared to all the messy shit that Lucas has written. I will of course see the movie just as one visits the grave of a past loved one...... Star wars is dead. December 18th cannot come to soon for me.
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For a while I thought that N Sync had been taken out so that when audiences file out of the cinema, looking at each other morosely wondering where 3 hours of their lives and a bunch of cash from their wallets had gone, they can comfort themselves by digging each other in the ribs and remarking: 'Hey- could be worse- remember how they were going to have that shithouse boyband in it? You know, they were going to be in the background as Jedis or some shit and it was going to make it worse than it was ? remember that?' But it looks like that is not to be! Ah, who the hell cares anymore? Huh? Do you? Seriously?
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How do you have the gall to say that Star Wars is no longer about Star Wars?!? I don't think that is your call. That is George Lucas' call- you know, the CREATOR of Star Wars. So what is or isn't Star Wars is his decision, NOT yours!
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She/he could be Yoda's wife:"Knew your father, did I!"
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I'm not going to kid myself and say I'm not seeing this movie - cause I will. But I'll be damned if Lucas will get my money after TPM....I will purchase tickets to a good movie showing at the same time and then walk into AOTC. Everyone should do this.
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Today's story just does more to convince me that THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO REALIZE WHAT A PIECE OF SHIT NEW STAR WARS IS are at http://www.geocities.com/buttbackender/ButtBackender.html
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The ability to bicker and complain is insignifigant next to the power of the new IMAC.
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ya know, here when the Australian government wants to distract the publics attention from things that really matter, (like education, the health system, environmental issues) they build up the hype on some issue which is controversial and hence makes good news (like boat people, or Australian troops in East Timor) - which are all still important issues, but they also serve to keep peoples minds away from problems in the foundations of our society.
Reason I mention this is because this whole N'Sync thing sounds like a distraction to keep our focus away from the important stuff going on in Star Wars at the moment. Here's hoping Lucas doesn't do to Star Wars what the Australian government is doing to Australia.
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Actually, there is a serious point to be made here. Alfred Hitchcock got into the habit, as I recall he recruited himself once as an extra, of appearing very briefly in a scene. As he became a celebrity however, and highly recognizable, he had to move his brief appearance as near the beginning as possible. The reason: people were waiting to see him and not watching the movie. That is the problem with cameos from celebrities, particular in movies as hyped and as this one. All the tweenies will be waiting for this scene. They will not be paying attention to the movie. As a consequence, for many people, this will dilute if not ruin their experience. Maybe they deserve it, but the rest of us do not. Had this been an ordinary movie; had George managed to keep this secret, it would have been a non-issue. Of course, it isn't and he didn't. Now we have a serious flaw in the film. Probably one of many. For the first time since I saw the original, I plan on skipping a Star Wars film.
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... for every stinking, putrid, pathetic SW fanboy talkback I've had the displeasure of reading. Time for a reality check, girls. Hate to do this to you - to totally twist your thinking around - but here goes:
TTT, Shelob's Lair (SPOILERS!!) - "... for all living things were her food, and her vomit darkness. Far and wide her lesser broods, bastards of the miserable mates, her own offspring, that she slew, spread from glen to glen, from the Ephel Duath to the eastern hills, to Dol Guldur and the fastnesses of Mirkwood. But none could rival her, Shelob the Great, last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world."
EP 1 - "I heard you talking about midichlorians and I was wondering ... what are midichlorians?"
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Lucas murders a boy band on screen, and 'Phantom Edits' Jar Jar out of Episode 2, and the fans are still pissed. Saying that N'Sync would ruin Episode 2 is like saying that E.T. ruined Episode 1. If at the end of the film, N'Sync descended from the sky in astronaut suits and sang a song about Star Wars over the end credits then I'd agree, but otherwise, who cares? They're Star Wars fans who got a chance to have a bit part in one of the films. that's something to applaud, regardless of what they do for a living. Go petition something that affects the real world.
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Please, seek professional help, Lucasites. Here's more reality to push you toward treatment:
TTT, The Riders of Rohan (SPOILERS!!) - "... Yet I am named Eomer son of Eomund, and am called the Third Marshal of Riddermark." "Then Eomer son of Eomund, Third Marshal of Riddermark, let Gimli the Dwarf Gloin's son warn you against foolish words. You speak evil of that which is fair beyond the reach of your thought, and only little wit can excuse you." Eomer's eyes blazed, and the Men of Rohan murmured angrily, and closed in, advancing their spears. "I would cut off your head, beard and all, Master Dwarf, if it stood but a little higher from the ground," said Eomer. "He stands not alone," said Legolas, bending his bow and fitting an arrow with hands that moved quicker than sight. "You would die before your stroke fell."
AOTC (rough translation) - "You've grown also ... grown more beautiful."
Pathetic SW fanboy losers. -
Jan 11, 2002 11:01:47 PM CST
I'll run up your credit cards, SW fanboys, to pay me back fo
by jarjaronritalin
The first step is admitting you have a problem. If that JarJar poster is still tacked on the ceiling above your bed, it's time for a 12-step program. But until you can summon the balls to rip that poster down, try summoning the courage to read this: TTT, Helms Deep (SPOILERS!!) - "He is stout and strong," said Aragorn. "Let us hope that he will escape back to the caves. There he would be safe for a while. Safer than we. Such a refuge would be to the liking of a dwarf." "That must be my hope," said Legolas. "But I wish that he had come this way. I desired to tell Master Gimli that my tale is now thirty-nine." "If he wins back to the caves, he will pass your count again," laughed Aragorn. "Never did I see an axe so wielded." "I must go and seek some arrows," said Legolas. "Would that this night would end, and I could have better light for shooting."
EP 1 - "Yippee!!!!"
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Jan 11, 2002 11:13:47 PM CST
Perhaps there's some government entitlement you sorry SW fan
by jarjaronritalin
... because you certainly can't hold down decent, respectable jobs, nor can you be expected to. I mean, seriously, you're SW fanboys! How SAD! Here's a little more misery to wallow in: TTT, Flotsam and Jetsam (SPOILERS!!) - "When Treebeard had got a few arrows in him, he began to warm up, to get positively 'hasty', as he would say. He let out a great hoom-hom, and a dozen more Ents came striding up. An angry Ent is terrifying. Their fingers, and their toes, just freeze onto rock; and they tear it up like bread-crust. It was like watching the work of great tree-roots in a hundred years, all packed into a few moments."
EP 1 - "Fart."
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Hollywood doesn't care about what internet users think. Geeks might have built the empire but Hollywood is full of soulless, blood-sucking yes-men that don't care about star wars fanboys.
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peter jackson can't let lucas get ahead of him. he needs to fight back with BACK STREET BOYS to star in cameo's in the next sequel in his LOTR triolgoy! they can play an entire new species!
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OH NO!!!! HOW CAN I GO ON?????? I HATE STAR WARS NOW! THAT SON OF A BITCH LUCAS RUINED MY CHILDHOOD!
WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY WEREN'T GOING TO BE IN IT I SAID THANK GOD BUT NOW I DONT KNOW IF I CAN SIT THROUGH THAT FUCKING MOVIE KNOWING THAT THEY ARE IN IT!
come on people, these guys are EXTRAS. I wouldn't blame Lucas one bit if he laughed at your expense because you all are so manipulative. You guys are putty in his hands and I wouldnt blame him for laughing all the way to the bank. Why don't you all just grow up? -
Jan 12, 2002 1:16:58 AM CST
ok, i'm going to say this once. and once only. WHO CARES!!!!
by theginger twit
No abuse? No being a jerkwad? FUCK YOU ALL. Et was in phantom menace. who cares. I don't even know what they look like. are they going to break into jedi song and dance? Are they doing the end credits. He's got extra's to fill and these guys will pull in that little bit extra. WHO GIVES A RATS!~!
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Jan 12, 2002 1:19:38 AM CST
Waaaaaa!! Lucas sucks and the 2 second N Sync cameo will make th
by twig
SO glad we get another 4 months of bitching.
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laughing so hard at this talkback. But seriously,I'm in this for the long haul.
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Thank you everyone for your words against Mr. Lucas...
It's been difficult for us fans that last while and I hope that with some pressure from the true fans, Lucas will stop this insainity and go back to how he used to be. The underdog making films we loved and respected...
I miss the old George very much.
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Thank you everyone for your words against Mr. Lucas...
It's been difficult for us fans that last while and I hope that with some pressure from the true fans, Lucas will stop this insainity and go back to how he used to be. The underdog making films we loved and respected...
I miss the old George very much.
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Jan 12, 2002 3:39:45 AM CST
E! Tonight reports that N'sync will have a song on the AOTC
by antoniusbloc
Insiders report that the music video, directed by Lucas himself, will include cameos by current and former Star Wars cast members and various celebrities: Jar Jar Binks will join the boy wonder band in a huge dance number. Jar Jar will not be CGI however. Instead , conventional muppet technology will be used in the video to portray both Jar Jar and Yoda allowing the king of pop himself(Michael Jackson) to wear the Jar Jar puppet suit. The only completely computer generated image character will be George Lucas himself allowing him to participate in the physically challenging dance number, and create the illusion that he has a neck. Despite the fact that Lucas wanted every cast member to be in the film, only one agreed. Star Wars fans will be happy to know that Mark Hamil agreed to be in the big dance number, provided he be allowed to dress, talk, and act like Batman's arch enemy:the Joker. In place of the other cast members, Lucas will use other big name celebrities who resemble the original actors. Some examples: Val Kilmer will portray Han Solo; Christopher Lloyd(aka Doc Brown from Back to the Future) will take the place of Sir Alec Guiness; Ray Liota(Goodfellas and that movie where he plays a psychotic killer) will be Lando C;Warick Willow(Attack of the Ewoks tv special,Ewok episode 1) will stand in for Yoda; Sasquatch(Tenacious D episode,Heatvision and Jack episode) will stand in for Chewbacca(although only his backside will be shown), and the kid from Mr. Belvedere(Mr. Belvedere) will portray the very young Anakin. Keep in mind that dancing ability in addition to physical resemblence were important factors in casting the look-alikes. N'sync members,however, will portray themselves , not Jedi as in the film, in order to fit the short plot of the video. These musical talents must use their acting skills to show that they are in awe of these visitors from another world(the star wars characters will arrive on a disc shaped craft in the middle of a concert,coming to earth in search of mediclorians). Instead, young actors from the WB network will portray the N'sync jedi's minus the Wayans brothers, in what could be a controversial move by Lucas.
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Lucas could care less about what we think. If he cared, he would get someone else to direct his movies, someone who could actually bring a thoughtful performance out of talented actors. HE CANNOT DIRECT ANYMORE! Maybe he can come up with stories, but he was never that great of a director or a writer, and the twenty years he has been away from film have not been kind to him. I will acknowledge that the Trilogy changed my life at five years old, but, after seeing Fellowship of the Ring three times now, I see that we no longer need Lucas in the film world (and he needs to leave his stuff alone! I mean, Greedo shooting first!? Moron!) I have been waiting for Lord of the Rings all my life, and I wish I had seen that when I was five. With Fellowship came the passing of a torch that was long overdue. I hope Lucas saw Fellowship to see how films are made now, and I hope that he will capitulate and have someone talented write the screenplay and direct the third one. Alas, he will not, for he has the impressible ego of god, I would imagine. (Sigh) Getting back to my original point, I think that N'Sync did not end up on the cutting room floor, I think Lucas and the Timberland (or whatever his name is) crew are pulling a fast one. They are extras anyway, so if it's what the kiddies want, he will have them in there in spite of what we think. Besides, with the trailer stinking of the same flaccid and lifeless acting and delivery of the last one, N'Sync are the last of our worries. Of course, I'll watch it anyway. At least the fight scenes look cool...
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Okay, folks, I've had enough. Rabid Republican is the only one here that has some general genuine concerns about the movie. After seeing all of the Trailers-I think it will be one of the better Star Wars movies yet. It seems to have some story arcs(including a romance that doesn't seemed forced to me), lots of action(an assasination plot is something different for the Star Wars movies, brings it to a personel level) and good ole Star Wars humor. Even Ewan McGregor believes it is a better film. Will it top the originals? I cannot say, because I am not nine years old like I was when I saw the original. My taste and expectation of movies have changed. The Fellowship of the ring was a good movie-but I've felt more excitement and wonder from Almost Famous and Being John Malcovitch. Jar Jar didn't bother me, he wasn't a racist characture either(considering he was played by a black man, who gave him the voice. Who intentionally wanted the caribbean soond)But since it wasn't the dark and gloomy evil young vader that you wanted...that you couldn't STAND the thought of their might be a physical component to the force(Remember, midiclorians just help connect the host to the force, they ARENT the force themselves.) Lucas is telling his story of archetypes. Of basic good vs evil shows. The damned movie made 950 million dollars world wide-obviously you TPM Haters are in the VAST minority. Even a lowest common denominator film like MI2 only pulled in 250 million dollars. It doesn't matter WHAT I say, you people will bitch and whine and cry cause The Phantom Menance didn't live up to YOUR view of what the movie should be or how Vader came into existance. After all, George Lucas wanted to rape you and your childhood! Loosers! If you can't talk intellegently about a film,then you are worthless piece of shit. OF course, there are many who had legitimate problems with The Phantom Menance, and those people who can vocalize their complaints logically I respect. If Jar Jar rubbed you the wrong way as a character(ie more than the way he talked) then I can respect that.
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Okay, folks, I've had enough. Rabid Republican is the only one here that has some general genuine concerns about the movie. After seeing all of the Trailers-I think it will be one of the better Star Wars movies yet. It seems to have some story arcs(including a romance that doesn't seemed forced to me), lots of action(an assasination plot is something different for the Star Wars movies, brings it to a personel level) and good ole Star Wars humor. Even Ewan McGregor believes it is a better film. Will it top the originals? I cannot say, because I am not nine years old like I was when I saw the original. My taste and expectation of movies have changed. The Fellowship of the ring was a good movie-but I've felt more excitement and wonder from Almost Famous and Being John Malcovitch. Jar Jar didn't bother me, he wasn't a racist characture either(considering he was played by a black man, who gave him the voice. Who intentionally wanted the caribbean soond)But since it wasn't the dark and gloomy evil young vader that you wanted...that you couldn't STAND the thought of their might be a physical component to the force(Remember, midiclorians just help connect the host to the force, they ARENT the force themselves.) Lucas is telling his story of archetypes. Of basic good vs evil shows. The damned movie made 950 million dollars world wide-obviously you TPM Haters are in the VAST minority. Even a lowest common denominator film like MI2 only pulled in 250 million dollars. It doesn't matter WHAT I say, you people will bitch and whine and cry cause The Phantom Menance didn't live up to YOUR view of what the movie should be or how Vader came into existance. After all, George Lucas wanted to rape you and your childhood! Loosers! If you can't talk intellegently about a film,then you are worthless piece of shit. OF course, there are many who had legitimate problems with The Phantom Menance, and those people who can vocalize their complaints logically I respect. If Jar Jar rubbed you the wrong way as a character(ie more than the way he talked) then I can respect that.
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Lucas' balls disapeared from his groin 'round about 1979. LUCAS: LOOK AROUND YOU, NO-ONE LIKES STAR WARS ANYMORE!! The only 'fans' are those idiots that camp outside a cinema that might not even be showing attack of the retards 6 months before its released! GET A FUCKING LIFE!!!!
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you say that PJ will make his acceptance speech "and on his first attempt!" so first attempt at what?
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In ep3 he turns into Boba Fett. I HOPE you all know that. Don't be supprised when it happens!
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I assume that if we're flogging this dead fucking horse, it's a slow news day.
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Jan 12, 2002 12:18:50 PM CST
"If you can't talk intellegently about a film,then you are w
by rulingring
Gotta love it.
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He knows that Star Wars geeks will see this movie no matter what. He orchestrated this whole debacle to generate publicity so that the general public (including teenage girls) will ALL go to this thing. Lucas saw the box-office power that teenage girls hold with the Titanic phenomenon. He may not be a good director anymore, but he remains a marketing genius.
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because it already has mushmouth Hayden Christensen in it. George should have got Leo to be Anakin. At least he can speak clearly.
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Does anyone other than me think that lucas is trying really hard to bring the franchise down? I cant beleive that this brilliant filmmaker thought that he could commercialize the movies this badly and not harm his credibility. I also dont understand that he could actually think that jar-jar is not annoying. Has he been the victim of aliens? blackmail? insanity?
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who cares :-)
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Do any of you even think that
you'll be able to pick the boys
out of a crowd of extras? Chances
are slim.So what,if you hate
N*SYNC? We will never even know
that they are there.In addition,
why begrudge THEM the chance to
be in a STAR WARS movie? Each
and every one of you geeks (me
included) would kill to be
included in one of these films.
So,let it go.That's what Master
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"Yay, we won!!!" "Yay, Lucas listened to us","N-Stync isn't in the movie!!","Removing N-Sync returns Star Wars to the fans!" Star Wars was a kids movie you f'ing idiots!!! It wasn't meant for college classes to be revolved around. Do you remember what it was like to be 7 years old? You weren't writing thesis statements about the values of Star Wars then, you morons!! Here's a clue, it ain't shakespear! You're even proud to be called "fanboys", which is more gay than being in N-Sync, because at least they have girls fawning over them. If you could, you would put N-Sync being in Star Wars as being just as bad as September 11. George Lucas is the worst person since Osama Bin Ladin!!! F-ing deal with it!!! That being said, If you want to see a bunch of loser, friendless, no girlfriend, no boyfriend, no life, no sexual experience, live at home with your mom, basement dwelling flaming faggit homo, talentless, worse than trekkie, think you own the f'in movie, Lucas owes us, we made Lucas, Jar Jar hating, wait on line 5 months before the movie comes out assclowns get thrown into traffic and ran over 180 times until they die, give me a hell yeah! Song parody (sing with me everybody! - to the tune of BonJovi's You give love a bad name...) Star Wars now sucks, and you're to blame You give fans, a bad name! You killed N-Stynk's part, and think you're to blame.. You give fans, a bad name! You put lipstick, on your lips OBI-WAN is on your fingertips Lucas made Jar Jar, and you hope that he dies! You're very first kiss, was with another guy! Whoa o o , please get me a gun!!! Whoa o o , removing all the fun You dumb Star Wars Nazis, the damage is done! Star Wars now sucks, and you're to blame You give fans, a bad name! (bad name!) You killed N-Stynk's part, and think you're to blame.. You give fans, a bad name!
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A petition to stop N Sync? R U serious, the crimes against music aside, they are people, and they are fans of the Star Wars franchise. So who are we to say thy shouldnt be in the movie(for 1 second I might add)? Did you write the movie? Did you direct it? No. It is a dark day when *any* fan influence is directly responsible for any business descision regarding a product. Kansas City Royals fans dont petition there league office to sign Barry Bonds, why? Because they arent in charge. Lucas wants to make money, he loves to put small details in his movies, and he has the outlet to do it. If you were in the movie, shouldnt they(other users) also petition against your inclusion in the movie? I was actually an extra in the filming of Gods and Generals, does anyone object? Just because they make crappy music, and have sex with supermodels and women we(men and women alike) will never have is no reason to cut them out of 1 second of screen time that has nothing to do with the story. Justin Timberlake is not Anakin, Joey Fatone is not Han Jango Fett, and Lance Bass is not Nute Gunray. So dont complain about such things unless they undermine the concept of the movie. Who know, they may be good actors... Who am I kidding I saw the previews for that movie with Lance and Joey. It looked like shite and so did they.
Anyway, Lets petition Kevin Smith to rewrite Mallrats, lets petition Copolla to make Hank Azaria Fredo Corleone.
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You will all go and see AOTC. The fanboys will go so they can get wet, and all the other foul-mouthed bastards who take the piss out of them (and the current state of the Star Wars franchise) will go so they know what it is they are taking the piss out of. Anyone who says they like Star Wars but are now not going to see AOTC because some bent faggot boy band are in it for a picosecond are lying. I hate NSync and I hated TPM but I still love Star Wars. So suck it up, people...
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I'll take N'SYNC as Jedi just as long as SLAYER gets to appear as a group of Sith Lords. N'SYNC go and stand there like a bunch of confused fools as SLAYER stalks forward in their long black Sith cloaks, red lightsabers illuminating the darkened arena. The wimpy talentless fools known as N'SYNC tremble in fear as the sky turns red as we hear "RAINING BLOOD" crash into the soundtrack. Tom Aray strikes forward and slashes that big dumb-looking dolt Joey Fatone in two. Jeff Hanneman lunges forward, his crimson saber slides right through that puny A.J. (Ass-Jockey) and rips him into two equal halves. Paul Bostaph takes care of the blonde pretty boys, and Kerry King washes their remains away as the blood pours down from the sky high above...RAINING BLOOD! From a lacerated in the sky, bleeding its horror, creating my structure. Now I shall REIGN IN BLOOD! As long as N'SYNC gets their asses slashed to shit, I really don't mind. -NJM http://www.michalak.org/
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...I've already made up a bunch of stupid jokes about this for my BUZZ MAVERIK'S WEEKLY RECAP crap and it'd be a shame to waste 'em.
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Apparently, Peter Jackson is digitally inserting all members of the Backstreet Boys into The Two Towers. Unhappy that he had not included the scene in FOTR where (and I quote) 'Gandalf thrust his staff into the midst of the faggot' he is keen to rectify this mistake. 'The Backdoor...um I mean Street..Boys would prove invaluable in making this a brutal and gut wrenching screen moment' he quoted in a recent interview. JUST IN!! The Watchowski Bros. are in talks with Irish Boy Band 'Westlife' for cameos as agents in the next Matrix films. I can barely contain my excitment....Cheers George, but the dream is over...
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The oriiginal trilogy of Star Wars movies will always remain, imperfect and great as they are. Still, once Phantom Menace was released it was apparent that it was possible that Star Wars, as we imagined it in the future, is dead. We can hope that Lucas might redeem himself in Attack of the Clones and the final installmment, but honestly, I do not seee that as likely, as this news is just another nail in the coffin. People cry "well, hopefully, N'Sync will be in the background" as if thusly the movie will be saved. It is not so much whether that crap band is in the movie or not. The problem is the idea that they could be in the moive AT ALL. The problem is the sensibility that would allow such a shitty move. If such a sensibility is in operation in the production of this movie, then the sensibility that guides this movie is seriously screwed, and thus the whole movie will likley suck, as did the Phantom Menance (no matter what you apologists might say). Where Lucas went wrong is in thinking that he owes NOTHING to the fans and alll of the people who have paid for tickets, multiple videos, books, and millions of trinkets based on the movie. Sure, Lucas created a great synthesis of saturday mormning science-fiction serials,westerns, and myht, not to mention his other influences, but WE THE FANS MADE HIM RICH FOR IT. It was OUR hard earned money that we put down for his videos, and books, and merchandise. The creator who creates something admittedly great, becomes rich for it, and spurns his fans is in dangerous waters. What the fans like is the best barometer for creative success that Lucas could have ever had. When you become galactically rich you risk the possibility of becoming galactically stupid unless you work VERY HARD to keep your feet on the ground. LUcas has become so unmoored up in his private compound (I sould say Kingdom) in north California and is surrounded by so many yes men that no one has the nerve to telll Lucas he might be wrong and that his latest golden work might, in fact, be a golden turd. This is pathetic and tragic, and could hgave been avoided. If Lucas had used hi own character Yoda as a guide, he would have attempted to remain humble and wise as he became rich and powerful, but he has failed to do so. A creator ALWAYS must think of his best audience, and when he fails to do so, he does himself a great disservice. Lucas made Star Wars, but the fans made him rich. It was THEIR hard-earned money that they threw down for his work BECAUSE HE DESERVED IT THEN. THose Star Wars movies will stand forever, but their future is dead unless a miracle happens witht his upcoming movie. The mind that would admit the idea of a putting a boy band in the movie is a mind that would admit all sorts of OTHER tacky, cheesy ideas. Lucas proved himself out of touch with his fans with the Phantom Menace, and interviews with the man confirm an almost apparent contempt for them! Contempt for the men and women whose money paid for Skywalker Ranch and ILM, ONE TICKET AT A TIME! Conetmept for the people whose enthusiasm allowed Lucas to build his empire! Contempt! Lucas is so insulated it is apparent that he doesn't understand the significance of being out of touch with the very people who paid for his empire. The Emperor has No Clothes, and no one inside his empire has the will or the ability to tell him this is so. N'Sync in a Star Wars movie! Feh! To anyone within Lucas' kingdom: it is proably way too late, but someomne amongst you must convey to him that he is out of touch with the very people he should be trying to astound and amaze, and he did so many years ago: the fans. I for one bought ONE ticket to The Phantom Menace, and spent NOT ONE MORE DIME ON IT. NOT ONE! Not on a repeat showing, not on a comic, a book, or a toy, NAFDA! I was so angry that this happened, that another successful Star Wars movie was possible, but that potential was wasted on the creator's worst instincts and whims. I have some small hope for Attack of the Clones: I HOPE it willl be great; I expect it willl be compromised junk like The Phantom Menace was. If it is great, hallelujah, I will be first on line for the second showing. If it is garbage like The Phantom Mneace, I have spent my last dime on itwith my sole ticket for the first showing, and I encourage other fans to likewise do so. Th eoutrage with The Phantom Menace is that it can not just be forgotten like some other bad movie. This was supposed to be STAR WARS for god's sake. Lucas had an obligation, to himself and the fans, to try and create a sequal that would astound, amaze, and satisfy the millions of fans who helped turn the original movies into the phenomenon they were. It is Lucas's supreme arrogance and failure that he did not take great pains to do this, but in fact, FLEW IN THE OPPOSITE direction, feeling that he needed to satisfy himself alone. Wrong. Movies are entertainment, and it is the Direcetor's responsibility to entertain his audience to the fullest extent of the meaning of that word. Don't talk down to them, don't ignore them, and worst of all, don't piss on them. For god's sake amaze and astound them. You did it once. The tragedy is that you turned around and spurned us the second time around, for these so-called sequeals.If Attack of the Clones is great, even good, I will eat my hat, and gladly. Star Wars was created by Lucas but it lived in the hearts of millions of kids who first saw it and who were inspired to dream by it. That will always be true. But please, George, turn away from this path of annihilating the integrity of your own creation, in time to save these final movies. Star Wars WAS created by you, but it must exist FOR the fans, or it is nothing. I hope you realize this before it is too late.
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I noticed it's not enough to disagree with someone here. You have to then turn into a fucking amateur psychoanalyst ("You don't agree with me, therefore you must be 40, still live at home, and not have a life"). Do you have any idea how STUPID that makes you look? You basically create a non-existent person out of your imagination then attack them (setting up the straw man). If you disagree with someone, then try to give a semi-intelligent point-counter point response, rather than playing the "GET A LIFE" card. Its the same as saying "I don't have an intelligent response to your argument, therefore you win the argument"
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Seriously! And shut the fuck up, you whiny bitches!
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Quit destroying your franchise!!!!!
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You do know the difference between extras and a cameo right? Extras are meant to be invisible nameless faceless crowd characters and a cameo is when someone is meant to be seen. This N'Sync thing is a favor to the "band" not for his daughter or as a publicity stunt. You all would wet yourselves to be an extra in one of these films and that's all this is for 5 assholes who kissed George's ass. You won't even see them so put down your inhalers and relax. If this movie sucks it won't have anything to do with some tiny little extras in a battle scene.
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Jan 13, 2002 7:52:14 PM CST
If you think this will matter in the end, raise your hand and I
by lobanhaki
For the sake of all that is good and sacred, people understand this: this movie, and George Lucas's actual skill as a filmmaker will not depend on the presence of a boy band who are on screen for a split second, in costume, most likely shot from a distance, and then SHOT BY DROIDS! This is not the desperate argument of a fanboy but rather the reasoned judgment of somebody, who just like you, never really noticed Rick McCallum, somebody I could quite easily recognize, when he showed up behind Natalie Portman in the scene where she greets the newly elected Chancellor Palpatine after the climactic battle. You remember him from there? Probably don't. Why? Because the shot was composed so attention was drawn to Natalie, and he had no lines, so there was no voice to draw attention to him. You are most likely going to miss them even IF they show up. Somebody will most likely have to point them out to you. But you're going to whine about them anyways, because so many of you are immature and attached to being the products of the modern frivolous consumer culture that you are, constantly looking for the slightest deviation from your much coveted COOL. But all that is, is marketing, and counter-marketing, with the conglomerates throwing N'Sync at you on one end, and Fred Durst on the other end, with Sum 41 in the middle making fun of N'Sync for those of you who know they aren't cool. I like Star Wars, and Lucas, because what Lucas has done is unique, and dazzling by it's virtues, and not by the extended use of marketing and random artistic tricks.
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