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Brain freeze. Sorry.

That's not true. It's only when people talk.

And while we wait for Steve!... I have no idea, WordWolf

James Garner The Distinguished Gentleman Lane Smith

Cool. I was moslty guessing. But it is true that they don't change the names of hurricanes if they cross from the Pacific to the Atlantic or vice versa. That's in the story in the opening post.

This is incorrect. It will retain the name Adrian if it regains strength in the Gulf or Atlantic. Arlene will be the first hurricane/tropical storm that actually forms in the Atlantic or the Gulf. It's no longer considered likely to affect South Florida in the slightest. I think they're called typhoons if they hit the Eastern Hemisphere. I'm pretty sure on our side we call them hurricanes, no matter what.

Charlie Sheen Men at Work Emilio Estevez

Come on, sharon. Give them a clue they can't refuse.

Saw it tonight. It's not a bad flick. I'd hover between 2.5 and 3 stars, depending on my mood. Hayden Christensen is MUCH better than last time, but still not quite good enough. It's not that I think he was the wrong choice. It's that I think Lucas chose the wrong director. And writer. Natalie Portman is wasted (and not in the same way that Leia was wasted in Jedi. ;)-->) The chemistry with Christensen is better than Clones, but not much. Threepio is down to virtual cameos. Artoo, on the other hand, kicks butt. So does Yoda. His fight with the Emperor is terrific. The execution of the Jedi is handled well, and the murder of the children is just chilling. Not very well acted: the one kid with a line is stiff as a board. But they're kids. Did I mention Yoda kicks butt? He gets the one spontaneous burst of applause, and the one uncontrollable laugh in the whole movie. Samuel Jackson... well... I feel bad for the guy. He's kind of irritating through the whole movie, and when he finally meets his doom (and we all knew he would), you're actually kind of rooting for the bad guys. The Emperor's transformation from the dignified Palpatine to the deformed creep we all remember from Jedi is fairly credible. His seduction of Anakin is just downright creepy, and (AT LAST) he does sort of explain the laughable "immaculate conception" crap from Phantom Menace that would otherwise be unforgivably bad writing. Now it's just bad writing. Let's see: who else is there? Count Dooku. What'ws with Christopher Lee? He keeps getting into third parts of trilogies and never survives more than a few minutes into them. General Grievous is a waste of CGI. I was seriously disappointed. The cough was just too over-the-top. Chewbacca's pretty much just a cameo, but it was nice to see him. Look carefully after the end of the first battle, when the Chancellor, Obi Wan and Anakin are safely headed into some major building on Coruscant. As they land on one level, the Millenium Falcon can be seen coming in for a landing on a lower level. Blink and you'll miss it. I truly, truly enjoyed the chemistry between Obi Wan and Anakin at the beginning of the movie. Ewan McGregor is fantastic in this movie, and when he and Anakin finally have their volcanic duel, you really get the sense of betrayal that he must have felt. Finally seeing Vader in uniform is gratifying. Then he talks. And you remember that Lucas is still writing this crap. He juts out of his straps in a way that makes you think he's about to sing Putting on the Ritz with Gene Wilder. There are some really bad writing moments, and I'm not just talking inauthentic. Obi Wan calls Palpatine the Emperor long before he should know anything about the rise of the Empire. And suddenly they're calling the Galactic Senate "Congress." When did it become "Congress?" Seeing this movie, which was so good in so many ways, makes you wish that Lucas had taken that crappy script, given it to a real writer and said "I want this story, told this way. But make it so that real people are actually talking to each other." Oh, and whoever thought to make Obi Wan ride that lizard should have his hands chopped off so he never writes anything again. Oh, it was Lucas? Why am I not surprised? Sigh. So why the potential for three stars? Because the story is there, no matter how badly told. It's exciting, it's fun (remember fun? Star Wars movies used to be fun), and most of all, Ahmed Best gets no lines. And that should make everyone happy.

That doesn't make sense. The current trilogy is I, II and III. The original trilogy was IV, V and VI. So if there really is a third trilogy in the works (and I'm among those who thinks he lied when he says he had all nine mapped out in his head from the beginning), then it has to be VII VIII and IX, meaning AFTER the events of Return of the Jedi. Not that he can't do anything he wants with the 20 years between III and IV. That's where the TV miniseries or series will come in, I guess.

A Star is Born Kris Kristofferson Semi-Tough Which, I believe, was made before 1985. :)-->

Now Florida has to worry about PACIFIC hurricanes! Note that Florida is just north of Cuba. In seriousness, it's not a big threat to us, and probably won't be a hurricane even if/when it DOES hit. But dang.

Is that a new quote, Pawnbroker?

Liar Liar Cary Elwes Twister

Someone is not getting into the spirit of this thread. :)-->

Credit Belle with this one: Ouch!

They're all looking for the Penta Water thread.

My favorite line from one of the reviews actually comes from a photo caption. The pic is of Obi Wan and Anakin, apparently still friends, lightsabers drawn. The caption reads: Act badly and carry a blue stick.

Found it. It was PMosh, talking about The Matrix Revolutions...

I'll still see it. :)--> Craptacular crapfest of crappy crap! I forgot who said that originally (it wasn't me). It was about one of the Matrix movies, I remember.

I could be completely wrong on this, but wasn't that me?

Whoops. Missed that too. Ok. Yes, it was. I thought I'd be cutesy.

In fairness, I don't think that's what he's saying. Wierwille lived three more years after stepping down: hardly the "last minute" of his life. Three more days, and I'd agree with you. Weeks or months, even. But not years.

This is where we are...

So that's what happened to him! Oh, you meant...