Eccleston played the roommate who had to chop up the body and subsequently went barking mad...Hexaphim wrote:Oh, I've seen Shallow Grave, just didn't know any of the actors' names except Ewan McGregor back then... thinking back, Eccleston must have played the new roommate, right?
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Slugs! HE created slugs! They can't hear. They can't speak. They can't operate machinery. Are we not in the hands of a lunatic?
Hunh... I thought he was a really wimpy guy with glasses, whereas Eccleston looks more like the mean gangster type. Oh well, I guess that means he's a pretty good actor, then.davemacfrombath wrote:Eccleston played the roommate who had to chop up the body and subsequently went barking mad...
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Some people don't get the Transformers. It's simple. They're big robots. And they change into things. And they fight. This is beautiful and mad. If you do not get this, there is something missing in your soul. - Paul O'Brien
Some people don't get the Transformers. It's simple. They're big robots. And they change into things. And they fight. This is beautiful and mad. If you do not get this, there is something missing in your soul. - Paul O'Brien
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Some people seem to be forgetting that it's aimed at today's kids, not ageing fanboys. 
*coat*
*coat*
"One day, I shall come back. Yes, I shall come back. Until then, there must be no regrets, no tears, no anxieties. Just go forward in your beliefs, and prove to me I am not mistaken in mine."
And they DID come back. Ha!
And they DID come back. Ha!
Ok, I can't let that one pass, Steve. 
DISCLAIMER: This post is written by a Star Wars geek, it is kind of long and very geeky.
The Phantom Menace is a MUCH more "childish" movie than A New Hope ever was.
I've recently rewatched the prequels, and gained a new appreciation of them, but I noticed some things:
1. Jar Jar Binks. Where's the equivalent character in A New Hope? Please point out the goofy alien that steps in shit and talks like a six-year old, I must have missed it.
2. Aliens in general. The new alien races presented in The Phantom Menace look universally cartoony and "funny", with only a few exceptions (the Kel Dor being a very notable exception). Granted, there are some "silly" alien races in A New Hope, but most of them are kind of sinister. Also, in A New Hope, aliens speak strange, alien languages. In The Phantom Menace, aliens speak English (or Basic if you will) with stupid accents (this was rectified somewhat in Attack of the Clones, which is superior to The Phantom Menace).
3. Han Solo / Greedo. In the original un-f*cked-with version of A New Hope, Han Solo took Greedo (the Rodian bounty hunter in the Cantina) out before Greedo had the chance to loose a shot. Very cold hearted, but utterly cool.
4. The charred, smoking corpses of Luke's adoptive parents. Would you see that in A Phantom Menace?
5. Character names. When you have your children name your characters, you get names like Jar Jar Binks, Boss Nass, Watto and Yaddle.
If pressured, I will grant you that A New Hope might be a family movie. A Phantom Menace, however, is a movie for kids.
That doesn't mean that I hate A Phantom Menace, though. As I said, it's grown on me (although it's my least favorite Star Wars movie), but I feel I must speak up when people say that the Star Wars movies have always been for kids.
(For those who feel the need to mention Ewoks: in the original script for Star Wars, they were supposed to be Wookies. But Lucas decided to kidify them for Return of the Jedi and changed them into Ewoks,)
> End rant
DISCLAIMER: This post is written by a Star Wars geek, it is kind of long and very geeky.
The Phantom Menace is a MUCH more "childish" movie than A New Hope ever was.
I've recently rewatched the prequels, and gained a new appreciation of them, but I noticed some things:
1. Jar Jar Binks. Where's the equivalent character in A New Hope? Please point out the goofy alien that steps in shit and talks like a six-year old, I must have missed it.
2. Aliens in general. The new alien races presented in The Phantom Menace look universally cartoony and "funny", with only a few exceptions (the Kel Dor being a very notable exception). Granted, there are some "silly" alien races in A New Hope, but most of them are kind of sinister. Also, in A New Hope, aliens speak strange, alien languages. In The Phantom Menace, aliens speak English (or Basic if you will) with stupid accents (this was rectified somewhat in Attack of the Clones, which is superior to The Phantom Menace).
3. Han Solo / Greedo. In the original un-f*cked-with version of A New Hope, Han Solo took Greedo (the Rodian bounty hunter in the Cantina) out before Greedo had the chance to loose a shot. Very cold hearted, but utterly cool.
4. The charred, smoking corpses of Luke's adoptive parents. Would you see that in A Phantom Menace?
5. Character names. When you have your children name your characters, you get names like Jar Jar Binks, Boss Nass, Watto and Yaddle.
If pressured, I will grant you that A New Hope might be a family movie. A Phantom Menace, however, is a movie for kids.
That doesn't mean that I hate A Phantom Menace, though. As I said, it's grown on me (although it's my least favorite Star Wars movie), but I feel I must speak up when people say that the Star Wars movies have always been for kids.
(For those who feel the need to mention Ewoks: in the original script for Star Wars, they were supposed to be Wookies. But Lucas decided to kidify them for Return of the Jedi and changed them into Ewoks,)
> End rant
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Some people don't get the Transformers. It's simple. They're big robots. And they change into things. And they fight. This is beautiful and mad. If you do not get this, there is something missing in your soul. - Paul O'Brien
Some people don't get the Transformers. It's simple. They're big robots. And they change into things. And they fight. This is beautiful and mad. If you do not get this, there is something missing in your soul. - Paul O'Brien
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I never used to watch 'Doctor Who', I just love the theme. I only watched the first ep of the new series to see what Christopher Eccleston would be like and now I know...Tyler wrote:Some people seem to be forgetting that it's aimed at today's kids, not ageing fanboys.
*coat*
"Gimme the sight to see
another world outside that's full of
all the broken things that I made"
another world outside that's full of
all the broken things that I made"
you mean as in bend? as in it was flushworthy?wasnt Star Wars a "U"?
uh, dr who? was inspired fabness, or at least that is what i think. sorry to all the people who think it should have been slightly more cerebal or something, but it was sheer entertainment. i think i'm going to laugh everytime i think of the london eye now, even though that is a typical reaction, but at least now it will be because of it's use as a transmitter of alien radio waves. i can't wait until next saturday to watch the face of bo! i really can't.
also, was i the only one who was expecting some kraftwerk to start playing when the autons ran havoc in the shopping center?