Saw this

That's a great picture, but it would be inedible for me. Waaaaay too many green peppers and black olives!

I picked up last month's issue of 'Wizard' magazine (When did their motto become "The #1 Men's Pop Culture Magazine"? Now, instead of feeling like a comic book geek whenever I buy one, I'll feel like a fan of Britney Spears! Or am I misunderstanding the term "pop culture"?) and stumbled onto a little "Star Wars" comic info: 'Star Wars: Legacy'. It's set 100 years after "Episode VI: Return of the Jedi" and "it's a Star Wars universe where a Skywalker's hooked on [deathsticks] and sells Jedi for bounties, multiple bad@ss Sith lords spread so much death and destruction they'd make Vader crap his armor and the Empire rules a galaxy so dirty and gritty that the Mos Eisley Cantina looks like the Four Seasons by comparison." They have a copy of a page from one of the comics with Luke's ghost trying to talk some sense into his great grandson:

Luke: "Why do you use those deathsticks?"
Cade: "They keep you away."
Luke: "They also deaden your connection to the Force."
Cade: "Point two in their favor."
Luke: "You've never turned a fellow Jedi over to the authorities before, Cade."
Cade: "I'm NOT a Jedi, and I'm not a Skywalker, either. Not anymore."

What an exchange! My only question is: HOW DID THE EMPIRE GET BACK IN CONTROL?! I'm sure they'd HAVE to answer that question. I'm gonna start lookin' for this the next time I'm out comic book huntin'. It's currently at issue 19, so hopefully back issues are gonna be easy to track down. Or maybe I should just wait for the trade paperback. What do ya think?

Merry Christmas and long live the Emperor.

That was great! Nice to see ya back, how's school goin'? Are they keepin' ya busy?

Best pizza ever - confirmed.

I'm glad you confirmed. Rawr has to be the best name ever. Glad to have you on board our Star Wars Express.

Not really star wars related but what is in here?

WHOO-HOO! WHOO-HOO! WHOO-HOO! "The Hobbit" is finally going into production?! They shoulda made it first! That's how I read the stories, anyway. I didn't even do it on purpose! I was sittin' in study hall and just grabbed a small paperback novel called "The Hobbit" off of the shelf next to my desk. At the end of the book, they had an ad for "The Lord of the Rings", which I then went out and bought that very week! What a story!

However, I'm NOT excited to learn it's gonna be 2 parts. "Here. Take my money. I don't want it!" Speakin' of money, WHAT'S THE DEAL WITH DVDs COSTING SO FRIGGIN' MUCH LATELY?! It seems a few months ago, you could by a new release for around 15 bucks, now they're up to ALMOST 30!

The Hobbit is a long story and I've always heard they wanted to make it a two parter. Hopefully the second one won't just be a really long ending, much derided in Clerks 2. Which by the way, I found this.

What DVDs did you buy that were $30? I've always observed that DVD prices skyrocket a month or so after they come out. The new Blade Runner (not the one in the cool brief case) was only $15.

Some Simpsons stuff that I thought you would appreciate .

HA! Seems Kevin Smith was goin' for a nerdy "Royale with Cheese"-type conversation! Is this a scene from "Clerks 2" or a t.v. show? What's with the laugh track? Haven't seen "Clerks 2". It looks soooo different from the first (and not just because it's in color). It doesn't seem like the ENTIRE movie takes place in and around a convenience store like the first did. I've also heard more bad things about it than good. What's the deal?

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Originally posted by O Holy Friar:
What DVDs did you buy that were $30? I've always observed that DVD prices skyrocket a month or so after they come out. The new Blade Runner (not the one in the cool brief case) was only $15.

"Transformers" & "Live Free or Die Hard" were around 27 bucks! There were others, but I can't remember which ones they were right now. See, I've always had the same theory: the first few weeks are when the DVDs are the cheapest. For yeeeeaaaars I've been purchasing these things on Tuesday and paying under 20 bucks each time. Now, suddenly, they're putting out 2 versions of nearly EVERY movie! A cheap bare bones version and a 10 dollar more special edition version! It's not fair! The ONE thing that attracted me to DVD was the special features. I looooove behind-the-scenes footage! Creature designs, set designs, fight choreography, and cool/nerdy tid-bits of information (like when Viggo Mortensen broke his toe in "The Two Towers" or WHY Jennifer Jason Lee's character, Selena, only saw the back of her head when she looked in a mirror in "Dolores Claiborne")! Making me suddenly pay 10 dollars more for something I used to get "for free" really fries my hash! Oh, well. I'm in good standing with Columbia House again, so I'll just start going through them once more.

I was this close to losing my membership because the wife called me from work one day and told me, "I'm gonna give you 200 dollars out of my check tonight." Now, what the crap am I gonna spend $200 on? I don't go anywhere. I don't really do anything. I'm sure you (and EVERYBODY here) know what I did next... I jumped onto the Columbia House 'site and ordered 200 bucks in DVDs! When my wife got home, she handed me the money and added, "Here. 50 for you and 150 for the cable/internet/phone bill." I'm sure you know what kinda look I had on my face at that moment. I COULDN'T BELIEVE SHE ADDED BILL MONEY IN WITH MONEY SHE TOLD ME SHE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME!!!! So, for several months, I've been giving them what I can towards the bill to try to get it paid off (which is why you haven't seen a list of recent DVD purchases in quite some time), but I wasn't going fast enough for 'em and they threatened to send me to a bill collector! I finally talked my wife into just giving me the rest of the money because I can't get kicked outta the club! I've got 80 dollars in Fun Cash to spend before the 31st! If I didn't have that, then it wouldn't be a very big deal. All ya gotta do is change your name and you're back in the club again. It doesn't even seem matter that you live at the same address as the "guy" that was just expelled from the club! (This has happened to me a few times. Mostly because of hospital stays. Ya can't pay your bills when you're in the hospital! It's just cheaper and easier to start over.)

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Some Simpsons stuff that I thought you would appreciate.

I'd seen the house before, but never the inside! It's in Las Vegas, isn't it? Wasn't someone supposed to win it? As for the anime Simpsons picture, I found that a looooong time ago on one of those Simpsons fan 'sites and made it my wallpaper for a time. Very cool, indeed.

It wasn't a laugh track. It was live on Jay Leno. There was a wikipedia article I found on it.

I'm glad you're still in your club but you seem like a little kid with a weekly allowance.

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Originally posted by O Holy Friar:
I'm glad you're still in your club but you seem like a little kid with a weekly allowance.

THAT'S WHAT I SAID WHEN MY WIFE FIRST STARTED TALKING ABOUT GIVING ME MONEY OUT OF EACH OF HER CHECKS! In fact, I now have to justify WHY she should give me X amount of dollars by saying stuff like, "I cleaned the kitchen, the living room, the bathroom and did the laundry. Now, get me "Superbad"!" (Oh, yeah! "Superbad" was over 25 bucks, too!) What kinda cruelty is it to take a man that's been able to take care of himself for most of his life and then making him completely helpless while his wife lords her money over him?

I found out that 'Family Guy': "Blue Harvest" is comin' to DVD January 15th! Now, here's hoping they also release the 'Robot Chicken': "Star Wars Special". I HATE only having them on VHS. The sound and color SUCK!

"But I was going to Tashii station to pick up some power converters!"


huh, where am i at? what's going on?

Hey, mymindsblank! Your line from "A New Hope" makes me think of my favorite Jabba line: "Ohhh shoogahhh." He says it to the droids to which Threepio then tells Artoo "The message, Artoo! Play the message!" At least I always heard it to sound like that. The only phrase I could find in Wookiepedia that seemed close to it was "Bo shuda" which is a greeting. I guess that makes sense. Jabba says it right after Bib introduces the droids. I just always took it as "What have you got for me?" That seems more gangsta!

I want to go and get me some power converters (and in my dirty little mind, I'm thinking of Robot Chicken's own interpretation of power converters. go to adultswim.com and have fun).

At first, I thought having a favorite Jabba line is impossible because his lines are unintelligible but hey! if its on wookiepedia, then great.

I'm gonna say "Bo shuda" to 5 random people tomorrow.

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Originally posted by The Friar:
At first, I thought having a favorite Jabba line is impossible because his lines are unintelligible...

Unintelligible? I say his lines all the time! Of course, I now realize I've been pronouncing 'em wrong , but still... I said 'em! I would even say the subtitles in his voice. They actually sound alot alike most of the time. Jabba always was my favorite character in "Return of the Jedi" and I LOVE the Hutts, ya know.

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I'm gonna say "Bo shuda" to 5 random people tomorrow.

I bet you got a: outta all 5 Then, after your explanation, you immediatly got a: Happens to me whenever I do anything Star Wars related in everyday life!

Since we discussed it earlier, I figured it'd be good to chat about it again now that we have a clear winner: BLU-RAY finally won with Warner Bros. dumping HD-DVD come this May! How friggin' cool is that? Not even the fire sale HD-DVD had helped even the slightest! I guess the average person is smart enough to understand how much better BLU is over RED! I'm definetly getting a PS3 come this income tax refund. In fact, I'm SO excited about this I've been visiting a Blu-Ray website these past few days making my list of the first few movies I'm gonna get:
"The 5th Element"
"Hellboy"
"Hollow Man"
"Spider-Man" Trilogy
"Total Recall"
"Dinosaur"
"Kung Fu Hustle"
"Pearl Harbor"
"The Big Hit"
"Planet of the Apes"
"Pirates of the Caribbean" Trilogy
Ya know, for starters. I want movies with gorgous color and amazing effects to start with. Gotta check out how much prettier Bruce Willis those explosions can be!

Their forum isn't that bad, either. I highly recommend it if you have ANY questions on blu-ray DVDs & hardware. They know EVERY advantage to Blu over Red and they even helped me decide that the PS3 isn't just a great gaming system with Blu-Ray, but a fantastic Blu-Ray player with gaming abilities! I'm tellin' ya, these are a geeky buncha folks!

Wanna see HD-DVD's reaction to the bad news? This is hilarious!!!!!!

That video was really great monkey! And I can't wait to see Aragon the New Zealand scenery from Lord of the Rings. That is the first movie I'm getting. Though I don't have the money to get a blu ray, maybe I can convince my dad...

By the way, I love your fifth element love. We talked about it before but its still such an underrated film.

THIS GAME LOOKS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! My boy called me up and told me about it, but I NEVER expected what I saw in that friggin' trailer! Was that Vader's apprentice that brung down a flippin' Star Destroyer with nothing but The Force?! Good gravy! I think I just found the second Star Wars game I'm gonna buy on my new PS3! (The first being LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga! ) It takes place between Episodes III & IV following Vader's apprentice as he eliminates the remaining Jedi with his master. The only question I have is: What happens to his apprentice by the opening crawl of "A New Hope"? I GOTTA KNOW!

Looks like "Star Wars Marathon Day" is gonna be a tad longer if we're gonna have to play through an entire game in order to continue the story!

I'm surprised I haven't mentioned Star Wars: Force Unleashed to you before. I've known about it for a while (its been in a production for a few years). It will be released this summer. A comic book and novelization will be released simultaneously.

What intrigues me is the engines that Lucas Arts has created for this game. The AI interact with their environment like grabbing on a ledge if they fall and the environment is destroyed appropriately-if wood is shot at with a laser, it will splinter, if its metal it will make a mark. These are new and innovate the industry and I'm hoping they do a better job with the AI than some games from 2007...

Also, the plot has been revealed a little and it goes into more of Darth Vader's feud/rivalry with the Emperor (as he reveals to Luke in episode 5). Check out the official website