Winner said:No, really?! Who would have guessed...
Not all his work, mind you, just the more... recent stuff.
This is why I thank the lord for Steven Spielberg every time I watch Indie 4.
Winner said:No, really?! Who would have guessed...
trekaddict said:Not all his work, mind you, just the more... recent stuff.
This is why I thank the lord for Steven Spielberg every time I watch Indie 4.
Winner said:Well, I never liked Star Wars. No, that's not accurate - I don't mind it, I even saw the first (ok, last) three movies. It's enjoyable once you realize it is a pure fantasy and it must be taken as such.
OTOH I hate when people call it science-fiction. As a fan of the real sci-fi, I think the Star Wars have done a huge damage to the credibility of this genre
(jeez, that's probably the most off-topic post I've ever written on this forum )
Because you feel that he let us all down by not making Jar-Jar Binks the star of the series?trekaddict said:Not all his work, mind you, just the more... recent stuff.
Eams said:Because you feel that he let us all down by not making Jar-Jar Binks the star of the series?
Regarding the Empire shtick: had I been a non-English member of your empire, my problem hadn't been related to my eventual knowledge of George Lucas (who's been mentioned often enough, thank you. He didn't coin the term.), but to how Victoria managed to become Empress of India without even visiting the place and to colonisation as whole, with all its quirky side-effects such as slavery and the odd genocide or two.
And if I was an Indian, I'd probably not be enamoured to the fact that my vote counted for less than that of an Englishman. Either that or laughing at how the Brits failed to combine their creative interpretation of representative democracy with the safeguarding of their dominant role in the Empire.
trekaddict said:It wont for multiple reasons.
Firstly: THere will be no decolonization as we define the term in OTL within the Empire,
Atlantic Friend said:No decolonization ? Pretty hard to imagine, particularly if other colonies do break free of their Metropolitan power. At some point no amount of advantages, subsidies or even threats would overcome colonials' cries for independence, if OTL is any judge.
Atlantic Friend said:No decolonization ? Pretty hard to imagine, particularly if other colonies do break free of their Metropolitan power. At some point no amount of advantages, subsidies or even threats would overcome colonials' cries for independence, if OTL is any judge.
BwenGun said:*kind and intelligent words*
BwenGun said:I always go by the dictum that the writing should come first, and in that position I agree with everything you've said, but most especially with the part about you being the one writing it, and thus having the ability to make it all canon. I was really just pointing out that keeping the Empire together would be very difficult, but not impossible under these circumstances.
Bafflegab said:66 ARM + 34 MOT + X BB, CV, etc???? = Vast reserves of oil... Aparently you defeat the US too, and perhaps the middle east...
WOW!
trekaddict said:Not at all, dear Sir, as I happen to fully agree with you. The three original Star Wars movies are quite fun, especially Admiral 'It's a trap!' Ackbar.
trekaddict said:Not really, but lets just say I will get some seriously good deals from Iraq, the Saudis and later Romania....
But I ammassed a huge, really HUGE stockpile of oil before the war started. I literally traded everything I had with every oil-producing country I could find.
BTW, I only have the starting BBs + the four historical KGVs, and at this point they are mostly not moving at all one way or another hence not using any oil.
I am also helped by the strange fact that the US AI tends to give me good oil deals for the only two things I really have to spare, money and Energy....
Bafflegab said:Fair enough. Let's just say that the carbon footprint of your forces would be considered fairly large...