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it would look pretty impressive done in that style. going by the same track, id kill to see the Rogue Squadron series done the same way.

forget Joe's Steaks, you should really be going over to Stark's House of Ribs!

and that's great. you don't like the EU stuff, you and GG feel the movies are the end-all be-all to SW. that's great. so you've got not one thing relevant to contribute to a discussion about the expanded universe beyond "i don't accept it, because George doesn't accept it." so you aren't any help here to someone asking about EU material, or those of us who like the stuff.

holy krunk, it's been years since ive even thought of that. very awesome find!

so Palpatine faked his own death, in order to draw out Mace Windu, who he was absolutely sure had faked his OWN death. sounds like a racial thing to me. white man in power fears the black man.

true. the bright side, there's still Dark Horse comics.

This gag brought to you by Tony Stark's House of Ribs!

the idea was to bring in an enemy that wasn't the Imperial Remnant and create a mostly coherent series of books over a few years time, instead of writing a few novels that jumped from one point in time in the EU to another, and then back. execution flubbed at some points because some authors weren't as "in" with what was going as others were, and worse was some of the input Lucas tossed into the whole thing.

i didn't mind the NJO, but it certainly wasn't the miserable crapfest that was the Legacy of the Force series. this isn't to say all the EU stuff is bad or good, but if a franchise goes on long enough, you're going to have equals parts awesome (The Dark Knight, X2, 'Up, Up, and Away') and equal parts crap (Batman R.I.P., Wolverine:Origins, Superman IV).

bah, neither of the above two mentioned movies were bad. just not made of the same awesome that was Iron Man. i look at the few minutes they showed us and it looks like Brannagh has a solid hold on the character, as do the folks in the various leads.

i think we're going to end up with a damn good movie.

yeah, to hell with that whole redeeming his father thing, it was Vader tossing the Emperor down the shaft that mattered. to wit i but say, 'yub yub'.

which when he first appeared is more along the lines of what he was. sure, over the years he's been amped rather significantly, but Thor wasn't quite on par with the Hulk and this was back when they first appeared.

still, doesn't mean i dont want to see him fling a tank or two around.

can't.... resist... compelled...

hard to compete with the Timmverse.

i just hope it's as entertaining as the Ultimate Avengers animated movie is. it doesn't look bad from the trailer, reminds me of a slightly more polished version of the various '90s Fox toons.

yeah, how dare they expand on a rich setting and write better stories than the guy that first got the ball rolling!

for the show it worked, but i prefer Doomsday in the comics being pretty much the mindless (or at least pure animal instinct) engine of destruction crafted by Kryptonian science. Bloom/Doomsday smacked too much of shoehorning an evil Hulk into Smallville, and having him be Zod's son on top of that felt pretty weak.

but then the only thing i think they did right in using Zod in Smallville was back when he was a disembodied whatever and took over Lex for a little bit. But as in all things, they pussed out on giving us an actual throwdown because they spent all their money on soap opera shots and no money trying to find a fight choreographer.

true, but at this point, they've got the big three roles petty much locked down. (Cap, Iron Man, & Thor) there is the possibility that could all change between now and when they being filming, whenever that is, but with these particular actors i don't see them leaving the project.

but now that we've seen the heroes, let's see us some villains dammit. i don't want this flick to just be 'let's team up to beat the Hulk'.

...and accidentally collides with Hawkman on take off. stupid birds always on the runway.

same, i still like the judge Dredd flick. most i ever got into it before a few years back were the various crossovers. (Batman, Aliens, et al)