Simviation Forum - Nearly 3 decades and a lot of light-years...

Dec 27^th, 2006 at 3:37am

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I can remember going to see this with my dad!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/december/27/newsid_2544000/2544...

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #1 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 3:58am

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I was at the age of 17 at that time.I took my little brother with me.He was at the age of 12 back then.
We were both highly impressed after watching this great movie.
It was the beginning of a new Era of SciFi Movie´s.

It looks like chicken,smells like chicken,tastes like chicken,but when Chuck Norris says its Beef...then damnit...its Beef!!!

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Reply #2 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 6:33am

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I'm going to watch it tonight on video, the ORIGINAL cinema version not the enhanced one Cool

There are two types of aeroplane, Spitfires and everything else that wishes it was a Spitfire!

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Reply #3 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:01am

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Now that´s fine! What´s your adress? I´d like to watch this video too! Wink

So you´ve also watched Stargate,Babylon5 or Kubricks 2001?
Me i´m just desperatly waiting for the release of a Movie from the biggest SciFi series of the World.
You might know it too.

It looks like chicken,smells like chicken,tastes like chicken,but when Chuck Norris says its Beef...then damnit...its Beef!!!

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Reply #4 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:14am

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Stargate: seen the movie... which wasnt that bad at all. The Series have some really good episodes. If you watch closely, the Independence Day ships have the same flight characteristics as the original Death Glider.
Babylon 5: never seen it.
2001: now THAT was boring
Star Wars: i have ALL the DVDs (and the remastered versions in a special limited box version)

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Reply #5 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:15am

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Thanks for the reminder, Mark...!

The ORIGINAL Star Wars... Smiley

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Nothing else has ever approached it in the realms of highly enjoyable, Sci-Fi, family entertainment... Wink

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Paul...has the complete set on VHS tape...worth a re-run at any time on my tele'... Kiss

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P.S. ....I've always loved Princess Lea's sexy hair style.... Kiss

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Reply #6 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:25am

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Hmm,so thats what you think of beeing sexy? Grin

Arni... who´s not sexy at all...mon

It looks like chicken,smells like chicken,tastes like chicken,but when Chuck Norris says its Beef...then damnit...its Beef!!!

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Reply #7 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:42am

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ozzy72 wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 6:33am:

I'm going to watch it tonight on video, the ORIGINAL cinema version not the enhanced one Cool

I remember taking my father-in-law to see it.

I know some people think it's all for real but what's this doing in the History forum anyway? Roll Eyes

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Reply #8 - Dec 27^th, 2006 at 4:44pm

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A major piece of motion picture history and next year will be its 30th anniversary. So tis history Grin

I was never really into any other sci-fi stuff. The original Star Trek was okay and 2001 was a good flick but most sci-fi depended more on special effects than say ohh script, story line, acting ability or anything worthwhile....
Time to polish my lightsaber and jump in my X-Wing Grin

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Reply #9 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 11:56am

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ozzy72 wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 4:44pm:

Time to polish my lightsaber and jump in my X-Wing Grin

Careful Ozzy, that sort of thing could end up producing a Mini Mod two Shocked

or Return of the Mini Mod, Huh

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Reply #10 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 1:09pm

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Actually it was less Star Wars and more my wife having to go on a 3 week course in Germany that led to the Mini-Mod. The hard life of young married couples Grin

So tell me what is your excuse for your two crash-test hooligans Matt? Grin

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Reply #11 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 2:14pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Dec 28^th, 2006 at 1:09pm:

Actually it was less Star Wars and more my wife having to go on a 3 week course in Germany that led to the Mini-Mod. The hard life of young married couples Grin

So tell me what is your excuse for your two crash-test hooligans Matt? Grin

The first one, we had just moved house, it was winter, the heating had failed and the TV was dropped when being unloaded, nothing for it but to.........
The second one.............did not learn the lesson learnt the first time around Tongue

However learnt a valuable lesson last week though.......hang up the car keys Cry

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Reply #12 - Dec 28^th, 2006 at 2:15pm

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Ivan wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:14am:

Babylon 5: never seen it.

Then you have missed a real classic. Better than Trek, awesome show. Well all but the last season anyway.

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Reply #13 - Dec 30^th, 2006 at 3:05am

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Saw original Star Wars and The Empire Strikes Back on VHS;
I also have the PC game version of Star Wars: Rogue Squadron but, admittedly, Fozzer is probably much more of a rogue than I. Grin

I used to watch portions of Babylon 5 and Stargate at my former jobsite; sorry, although I usually prefer longer hair, Foz, Stargate's Amanda Tapping is more attractive than Star War's Carrie Fisher (and my own hair is nearly the length of Amanda's).

Arnimon wrote on Dec 27^th, 2006 at 8:01am:

...Me i´m just desperatly waiting for the release of a Movie from the biggest SciFi series of the World. You might know it too.

Now that you've mentioned it...
We live in a world that should be devoid of any living species;
on a planet that shouldn't exist;
in a solar system that shouldn't exist;
in a galaxy that shouldn't exist;
in a universe that shouldn't exist;
supposedly all blasted into existance from a big mass of matter from nowhere, in the middle of nowhere --
WE ARE OUR OWN SCIENCE FICTION!

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Reply #14 - Jan 11^th, 2007 at 4:20pm

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I saw it seventeen times when the it came out in 1977. I was seventeen at the time and it cost 75 cents to see a movie. I have have the first three movies on VHS in three different sets and all six on DVD. Yes I am a Star Wars Geek and proud of it!!

I also have an original Millennium Falcon toy from 1977 still in it's sealed box$$$ Wink

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Reply #15 - Jan 11^th, 2007 at 4:44pm

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Although the movies are worth it every time, I prefer three games from the Star Wars universe over them any time:
Knights Of The Old Republic I + II (taking part even a longer time ago) and Republic Commando (set between Episode 2 & 3 and no Jedis at all in this one).

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Reply #16 - Jan 13^th, 2007 at 8:41pm

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Saw it at the Ziegfeld the week it premiered in New York... knocked my socks off, and I still think it's a classic.

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