[1:20 PM] Mr. Silver:
Anyone want a bit of not-verified-yet Star Wars trivia I spotted last night?
I was quite intrigued
OK...”Return of the Jedi”.
The assault on the shield generator fails and the whole commando team is captured. The main characters all come out to see the team with their hands over their heads.
Keep this in mind...
OK...
In all the many times I've seen this movie, I never once noticed the commando I came to watch for and dubbed "Bushy-Beard-N-Mustache Guy"
Or BBNMG
He was distinct for his bounty of blonde or gray facial hair...already a unique thing with all the characters.
So I started watching for him.
[1:26 PM] Mr. Blue:
I vaguely recall the scene
One of the characters where Han is in front and it’s basically like a background guy?
[1:27 PM] Mr. Silver:
Nod...
BBNMG's appearances are in the background, following people and shooting and such.
I spotted him several times once he was no longer “invisible”.
So, back to the surrender scene, and I spot him...
...And he's in Stormtrooper armor.
Helmet off.
There have only ever been 3 people in the original movies in trooper armor with the helmet off
Han, Luke, and BBNMG
But BBNMG is a good guy, and has his hands up.
So. What does this mean, fanboys?
It means that BBNMG had a scene where the commando team captured a suit of armor and dressed this as a Stormtrooper as part of a plan.
And they CUT IT from the movie!
Now I wanna know who he is and what the scene they cut was!
[1:30 PM] Mr. Blue:
So wait, he was part of the resistance? And in another scene he's in Stormtrooper gear, surrendering?
[1:31 PM] Mr. Silver:
With helmet off to see his luxurious Bushy Beard and Mustache
(Guy)
Anyway... Just goes to show there is still stuff to spot in these things.
For instance, I was also attracted to and then confused by the "funny walls" in the carbon freezing chamber in “Empire Strikes Back” (also watched partially yesterday)
The normal audience is supposed to have their eyes GLUED to Luke and Vader.
But normal people aren't supposed to watch a scene 30 times and look for oddities in the background.
[1:48 PM] Mr. Brown:
Jabba hanging up Han is strange too
Like how do you hang a carbon frozen human on the wall?
Or whatever Han is
Technically he is not human
[1:53 PM] Mr. Silver:
He's human
[1:54 PM] Mr. Brown:
Human like
[1:54 PM] Mr. Silver:
Or, like “definitely human”
[1:54 PM] Mr. Brown:
I’m just thinking since he is from a different planet
Or is this supposed to be they started on earth and spread out
Does Earth exist in this universe?
[1:55 PM] Mr. Silver:
Carbon Freezing Chamber Exhibit A:
Great faceoff! But look between them at that light effect.
[1:57 PM] Mr. Brown:
Looks like a pathway
[1:57 PM] Mr. Silver:
Right. That was intended to look like a long passage out of the room
There is one at every stair
And the halls they walk in have that shape in places
Yet depending on where people are standing, they CAN look like passages...but usually they angle off in bizarre directions.
They are just a light fixture with (quite small) ramps and piping elements leading in forced perspective to them. The background mist even floats through the frame...the “passages” have no walls
They only look right if the camera is set right.
[2:13 PM] Mr. Blue:
Yeah
[2:13 PM] Mr. Silver:
Carbon Freezing Chamber Exhibit B: What they wanted it to look like when the camera was right.
[2:13 PM] Mr. Blue:
It looks like the guard rail ends abruptly
And they just attached a light to the rail to make it look like a far off doorway
Sort of like the tiny door in Willy Wonka
The narrowing hallway
Imagine if they actually started to walk towards it.
LOL
"Luke, you're getting bigger!"
[2:15 PM] Mr. Brown:
“I'm using the Force to change my dimensions!”
[2:24 PM] Mr. Silver:
LOL
[9:00 AM] Mr. Brown:
So, clowns
[9:01 AM] Mr. Silver:
Clowns...
The resurgence of the 70s urban legend of sinister clowns, I assume
[9:02 AM] Mr. Brown:
Yes, and I'm sure it doesn't help that people are actually going in the woods wearing masks as a joke
[9:03 AM] Mr. Silver:
My cousin knows this guy who saw one of them in Zelie or Evens City like a week or two ago.
(checks story pattern)
Yes.
So it must be true.
[9:04 AM] Mr. Blue:
Maybe they're just regular clowns
[9:04 AM] Mr. Silver:
Maybe they aren't there at all.
A set of kids got caught making up a sighting not long ago
4th graders?
For my money, we need a new Mad Gasser legend.
Oops...sorry...he was real.
[9:07 AM] Mr. Blue:
I liked that one
I think it turned out to be mostly mass hysteria
Any clown can look scary if it's out of context - like pumping gas or something
(“or carrying a giant cleaver...” Mr. Blue would be scared of a clown pumping gas? - Mr. Silver)
You've got legitimate clowns, as few and far between as they may be.
There are still plenty in the entire US walking around doing gigs.
Then you might have people leaving costume parties, or cosplayers, or just goofballs
[9:13 AM] Mr. Silver:
Right.
The homicidal killer clown percentage of those examples would be rather low.
Say... 20% or less, maybe.
[9:13 AM] Mr. Blue:
Heh
[9:13 AM] Mr. Silver:
:P
[12:25 PM] Mr. Brown:
Getting to X on a iPad is a pan in the arse
[12:25 PM] Mr. Silver:
Sounds painful
How big of a pan?
[12:26 PM] Mr. Brown:
Pain
I guess pan works too
[12:26 PM] Mr. Silver:
Are you talking about just the handle or the whole pan in there?
[12:58 PM] Mr. Silver:
So just so you know, November is coming
And November being NanoWriMo season, I tend to get all guilty for being a bum of an author
[12:59 PM] Ms. Rose:
OMG, is it THAT time again? I swear, I was just thinking about that the other day.
[12:59 PM] Mr. Silver:
Especially since my novel was a Nano project
So, there's a rather decent chance I'll be dusting this thing off and producing the pre-pre-revised best-seller version of 2024 that gets to go on Amazon or something.
[1:02 PM] Ms. Rose:
...when we all have flying cars!
[1:04 PM] Mr. Silver:
And darn it, I want the kind of royalties to be able to afford to borrow one of those by then.
[1:06 PM] Ms. Rose:
No joke. Nathan, the guy next to me, has signed up for the Tesla electronic car.
And he didn't even WRITE A BOOK!
:P
[1:06 PM] Mr. Silver:
Let me guess...He got a top Vine for 2015 and is rolling in loot.
[1:07 PM] Ms. Rose:
Nah, he's just an uber-hipster.
[1:10 PM] Mr. Silver:
Just waiting for miracle money to show up when they call him?
[1:11 PM] Ms. Rose:
Hipsters buy apartment buildings and rent them out. Duh.
[1:12 PM] Mr. Silver:
"Efficiency Tesla for rent. No pets, no smoking."
"Brs 0, Bath 0, Kit 0, Whls 4"
"All electric utils"
[10:26 AM] Mr. Brown:
Nice fake
[10:33 AM] Mr. Silver:
That looks like a Halloween decoration on a beach
(mermaid, singing) "What is necrosis and why does it - what's the word? Rot?
When's it my turn?
Wouldn't I love,
Love to stalk fresh meat way up abooooooove?
Out of the sea,
Wish I could eat,
Part of that woooooorld"
[11:08 AM] Ms. Rose:
LOL
[11:11 AM] Mr. Brown:
New movie: Zombie Mermaids
[11:21 AM] Ms. Rose:
I would watch that movie.
[11:24 AM] Mr. Silver:
The tale of a naive and freshly undead mermaid who falls in hunger with a prince from the land.
[11:25 AM] Ms. Rose:
"falls in hunger" LOL Perfect.
[11:25 AM] Mr. Silver:
(Ursula) "Ewww!"
(Ariel) "Neeeeeed.....leeeeegggggsssss....."
(Usula) "Tell you what, sweetie...you stop talking and get out of my cave and you can have them. Better yet, let me take your voice box. Ugh!"
(Ariel) "No throaaaaaat.....can't eeeeeaaaat....."
(Usula) "Fine, if you can track him down and get your teeth on him within a week you can stay up there and I'll give it back. Otherwise I can't stand that gurgling. Sign here. Ya poor unfortunate blech!"
Naturally, the sea witch will try to eat him first.
[11:30 AM] Ms. Rose:
And then "the prince" turns out to be Daryl from The Walking Dead and he crossbows Ursula in the face and motorcycles off with Zombie-Ariel.
[11:32 AM] Mr. Silver:
That's funny!
Daryl as the prince is gold!
