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Friday, May 10, 2013
May the 4th: The Empire Strikes Back
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I've seen way worse eviscerations of animals than with the Tantaun. I honestly don't see anything wrong with that moment.ReplyDelete
On another note, the reason why Boba Fett is a cool character has to do with his similarity with the ''Man With No Name'' in A Fistful of Dollars. At the same time, he is overrated, and I prefer his dad and Cad Bane.
I disagree with your thought that somehow ''Empire'' has the least Star Wars feel. If I had to pick a film that feels the least Star Wars, it would have to be by far Revenge of the Sith.Replies
It's pretty graphic for a PG kids film, is all I'm saying.Delete
As for Sith, I'll agree that the final act has lost most of the Star Wars feel, but only because it has to tell that horrible part of the story. The rest of the film, from the Battle of Coruscant to the Death of Grievous, is pure Lucas magic. Empire, on the other hand, has it less throughout because as I said it felt like it was trying too hard to escape from it. Once again, this doesn't make it a bad movie, I keep saying it's second best and certainly the best made of IV-VI. I'm also not saying I hate it; I still say it's my second favorite.
However, there's a reason why so-called "fans" who show time and again that they don't get Star Wars usually cite Empire as their favorite, and I think it has a lot to do with what I explained here.
PS on point 1: All of the "What do you mean it's for kids?!" sections are purposefully exaggurated for comedic value. To be honest, as much s each film has a moment, the only ones I'd be really concerned about for the majority of the target demographics are Owen and Beru in "Hope" and the final act of "Sith."Delete
You forgot the line ''You have failed me for the last time Admiral.''Delete
I didn't forget it, it's just not one of my personal favorites. If it's yours, awesome. But these are all just mine.Delete
Wait...so your main criticism is that it tries to be too good?ReplyDeleteReplies
Pretty much. It is good, second best overall and best of IV-VI, but it tries too hard. It doesn't revel in its serialness the way the others do, and that's destracting. The other five feel like they love being Star Wars films, but this one feels like it'd rather you forget. Most of the time, anyway.Delete
Beyond the fact that I think complaining that they tried too hard is just a bit odd, I think you're overestimating how set in stone the whole "Star Wars" feel was by this point. This was only the second film in the franchise after all, and all it really does as a film is expand upon the original and take many of its ideas and themes to their logical endpoint. I don't think it hates being a Star Wars film or anything like that, and the fact it's the least serialized of the films really shouldn't be a detriment against it.Delete
But by the simple fact that this was a serialized space opera from day 1, it puts the least serialized at a disadvantage when compared to the rest. It overcomes in other ways, but it's still a legitimate observation.Delete
Keep in mind that "the rest" at the point it was made was just the first film. The fact that it decides to go in a somewhat different direction and do different things than the original shouldn't be held against it.Delete
Yes, and I give them credit for that, but it's the particular direction they decided to go that, at the end of the day, sets it apart for the worse.Delete
There's also the fact that people who claim to be fans but don't understand Lucas' vision rally around this film, and while that was hardly the intention there's a reason this happens and it has nothing to do with George.
But in what way is this direction a bad one? It's more like an actual film and it goes in some darker directions- I don't see how that really "sets it apart for the worse".Delete
And the implication of that last remark seems to be that people who praise this film and dislike the others are somehow people who only "claim to be fans" and "don't understand Lucas' vision", which I find a tad presumptuous. Also I'm getting just a bit tired of the "Lucas as lone genius" idea that kinda goes against how filmmaking works as a process.
I'm not presuming, they've proved it beyond a shadow of a doubt by the way they give George Lucas none of the credit for his own damn vision. Yes, he had a lot of help with the final product, nobody disputes that, but it's still his story and his overall vision, and NONE of this would be here without him. He's no god, and he's no saint, but getting his vision out there, as uncompromised as possible, while spearheading the teams that reinvent the way movies are made and giving back as often as possible deserves a hell of a lot more respect than he's getting.Delete
Undoubtedly, but in the process of trying to give him that respect you've marginalized most everyone else that was important in making the films what they are- as evidenced here by your dismissal of Kershner's contributions as "the day-to-day stuff". If that's all Kershner was entrusted to do he would've been hired as an AD or something and not as the director.Delete
I don't disagree that Lucas deserved more respect and grace than a lot of fans tend to give him nowadays, but that respect shouldn't come at the cost of the recognition of other valuable contributors- people like Kershner, Kurtz, Kasdan, Brackett, etc. The first film came about because of Lucas, but it was the combined efforts of all of them (Lucas included) that made it what it was.
I'm not marginalizing anyone's involvement, just trying to put things in perspective. We'll never know for sure who exactly did what since we weren't there, but what is clear based on everything people involved had said is at the end of the day it was Lucas' vision driving almost everything, even on days when it was the last thing he wanted to do.Delete
Actually, most all the evidence I've read suggests that he was pretty distanced from Empire and didn't have a ton of involvement in it beyond scripting.Delete
But regardless of how true that is, the fact is when you talk about Star Wars and its strengths you generally only mention Lucas and how it's all "his vision" and don't bring in other contributors. Again, here you describe Kershner as doing the "day to day stuff" (which is again, the AD's position and not the director) and when talking about his direction just basically go "what Lucas did but more". It's not so much putting things in perspective as much as it is you don't acknowledge who else has really added to what Lucas already did.
Kersh wanted to go close to Lucas, but also put his stamp on it. You've said before about how Empire uses shots the others don't. That's not true at all, it simply uses more of them and pushed a little farther. That's what I was talking about. Kersh tried his best, and he did a damn good job as a veteran should. But it was a little too much sometimes. It went just over what it should have been and thus has a harder time fitting in with the complete saga.Delete
I don't think I've ever argued that Empire 'uses shots the others don't', but regardless you're still arguing that the film's major flaw is that it's "too good". That's a viewpoint I can't understand, much less get behind.Delete
No, the major flaw isn't that it's too good, it's that it tries too hard to be something it's not and thus loses a lot - not all, mind you, but a lot - of the sense of fun that makes Star Wars so great.Delete
Figures I just wrote a good couple paragraphs of analysis on the film, accidentally pressed refresh and lost the whole thing. Ugh.Delete
I'll post an actual reply later today.
Allright, actual reply:Delete
Well, I think the issue there is that the discrepancy between the films is being exaggerated slightly- Empire in the end isn't as dark as people make it out to be (though it's certainly darker than the first), but the first is also not as light as people tend to think- think about how much of it is drawn from Spaghetti westerns as well as Flash Gordon serials, and how so much effort was put into making it feel very real and gritty. It's a happy movie, to be sure, but also one that is very clearly a 70s film (Empire is too, even though it came out a year late). Point being that there certainly is a difference between the two films, but it's more a progression and not a sudden turn into left field.
What I've always found particularly brilliant of the film is the way it breaks down the simplistic morality of the first film by simultaneously giving us a humanized bad guy and a good guy who betrays the heroes. That, coupled with Luke's central struggle in searching for his true self, makes the whole film a rather nuanced and poignant study in identity and self. The Dark Side as presented in Empire isn't some evil thing that evil people use, but rather the lurking possibility inherent in all of us that we must someday face in our lives. Anakin faced it years ago by giving in and losing himself to the mask of Vader, and now Luke faces the same struggle and fears losing himself in a similar path.
So in effect, Empire is actually a much smaller movie than the original- while we started in a story about empires and rebellion and magic and war, here we get basically just the inner struggles of the characters as they search for themselves in the chaos of the rebellion- Luke faces down the realization that his worst enemy is in actuality his own father, and both Leia and Han find themselves questioning their own wants and desires as they find parts of themselves they didn't know existed. Even Lando faces the struggle between his friends and his life and ends up having to betray one to protect the other.
It's why I've often disliked the idea that the films follow a structure of the first film being light and fun, the second being dark and depressing, and the third being fun again and wrapping everything up. It's on a surface level true (Empire is indeed a darker film than the original, and Return is much more light-hearted), but it ignores a lot of things about the film and a lot of their aims and goals. A better way to put it would I think be that the first film establishes this group of characters, the second studies and challenges them, and the third takes their behavior and actions to the logical endpoint.
So looking at it that way, I don't think Empire is losing anything the first film had- it's just pushing it in new directions and finding the challenges and struggles that these characters can face and overcome- 'cause in the end, they do overcome their demons, with the real resolution of the film being the ever-so-understated "Father?" "Son..." moment towards the end. The characters, having started on their journey and faced the demons that haunt them, manage to stand up to them and discover who they are in the process.
You make a lot of good points, though you can still have that delve into the characters wants and needs while still embracing the fun parts you put in there because, hey, it's Star Wars. That was Empire's mistake: it kept the fun bits but it felt like it rarely wanted to address them for long. They were muted.Delete
As Yoda said, "There is another..." There is one film that not only matches Empire's brilliant dive into character motivations and development, but also lets its fun and funny moments take center stage when they need to making it truly the best-made of the Star Wars films. But you'll have to wait a few weeks to find out (and I don't think it's the one you think I'm going to say)...
Again, Empire is the second film in the franchise. What was codified as "Star Wars" by this point really wasn't much, and I think you're overestimating the amount to which being "fun" was a crucial part of the films.Delete
Plus, you know, I always found Empire fun as hell, so maybe it's a subjective thing.
I never said it wasn't fun. Just not quite as fun as the rest. And I find you're underestimating how much the spirit of Star Wars was present from the beginning.Delete
I'm not denying it was present, but you seem to be treating it as if it's set in stone, and something that goes further in a different direction is the worse because of it.Delete
And again, "not quite as fun as the rest" is still a very subjective remark.
Well, then I guess I can't find the right words to explain it, then.Delete
Okay, let me see if this makes any more sense.Delete
The others have a sort of tongue-in-cheekness to them that Empire does not. This isn't a bad thing per say, but it does single Empire out, and not in a positive way. If you have six movies where one takes itself more seriously than the rest - and it's not the first made - then it does kind of count against it in the end. Not much, not enough to say it's anywhere close to being bad or even worse than the rest, but still a legitimate con.
When judging the film on its own merits, you can't take into account the films made afterwards- especially in this case when we know that the original plan for ROTJ wasn't as "tongue-in-cheek" as it ended up to be (though I think that's a poor choice of words, as the films are generally pretty sincere).Delete
But we're not talking about the film on its own merits, we're talking about how it fits into the overall saga. And while the rest of the Saga takes its story seriously, there's always a ton of fun little gags that have no place in a truly dramatic piece. Empire has these too, but far far less.Delete
Again, if Empire was the first, or if the ones that came after we're more like it, it wouldn't be quite as glaring.
We're long past the point where any of these films can be judged as anything but parts of the story of Star Wars.
Having 'fun little gags' doesn't make it tongue-in-cheek...it just inserts comedy in a largely dramatic piece.Delete
And it's completely damaging to a film to judge it on the merits of what comes afterwards because the film itself has no way of knowing what comes afterwards. Empire is building up to a finale that ultimately didn't happen and was rejigged to become Return. So the fact that the later films weren't like Empire is in no way Empire's fault and it's a bit silly to criticize it for something it has no control over. A film should always be able to stand on its own two feet and be judged by its merits as a single film made in a particular time and place. To judge it based on anything else is in the end damaging to its intent.
No, I'm sorry, you're wrong. Empire is a SEQUEL. That means it is a continuation of an already established story. It's job isn't to be its own thing, it's job is to tell the next part and return people to the world. I would never- NEVER- have anyone watch Empire without at least seeing Hope first if not I-III (being chronologically first in the story, though you can argue showing them after as well for the sake of preserving the twist). Godfather 2 isn't meant to be seen without seeing 1 first; Vito's backstory works fine, but the "present" stuff makes little sense without what's come before. Dead Man's Chest doesn't work without establishing the characters in Curse of the Black Pearl. Batman Returns, Spider-Man 2, Spy who Shagged Me, and so on, and so on, and so on. The only exceptions could be the James Bond films- they're relatively self-contained, and yet even they build on what's come before.Delete
I also object to your tone here. You're fighting me as if I've been saying Empire was terrible. Far from it. It's just trying a little too hard, and even if the others were never made, I'd get that feeling, just not as strong.
I apologize for my tone, then- didn't mean to come across fighting.Delete
And it may be a sequel, but film sequels are intended to still stand on their own so they can still be marketable to audiences that hadn't seen the original (it wasn't until about the mid-80s and the dawn of home video when that started to change). Most of the films you mention could still be watched independently, but just work *better* if you've seen the original.
Regardless, though, it still doesn't mean Empire should be judged on the basis of what comes afterwards. Judge it in terms of Star Wars, okay, fine. Judge it in terms of Return or the prequels and it starts to be damaging towards the film.
So what you're saying is that Empire is only a good movie if we pretend no Star Wars movie was made after it so let's do that in order to preserve perfection? That's what it sounds like, and I hope I'm mistaken.Delete
By the way, Episode IV is called "A New Hope." Star Wars is the series name, and stopped being the single title to the 1977 film since the rest were guaranteed to be made.
I call the films by what they were called when theatrically released. Just a quirk I have.Delete
And no, I'm not saying Empire's only good if we take a revisionist view of history, I'm saying it doesn't make a lot of sense to judge it on grounds that didn't exist when it was made. It'd be like criticizing Phantom Menace because it's not as serious as Revenge of the Sith.
But it is something to take into consideration when looking at the overall story. To me, it's like chapters in a book. Sure, you can judge chapter 4 while ignoring chapter 7, but it seems silly to keep them separate. There just happens to be a longer time between chapters in this case, and we got to see them as they were being written.Delete
Except that in a book chapters are presented as the part of a single story where as Star Wars was presented as a single story that was gradually expanded to three parts and then twenty years later gained an additional three parts. Chapters in a book usually don't tell a complete story, whereas each Star Wars film does.Delete
(the chapters in a book metaphor is more applicable to TV shows than it is film, anyways)
Except in this case. Only Hope is self-contained because they weren't sure they could make more. From Empire on, there was the knowledge that there was more to the story. Even if Jedi changed from what Empire was initially building up to, Empire was still building it up. Empire has to make sense to Jedi just as much as Jedi has to make sense to Empire, as the other four have to make sense to each other and these two. It makes absolutely no sense to me to take it out of the context of the overarching narrative because it loses so much that way.Delete
But the very fact that they changed so much about Return breaks the idea that Empire "has to make sense" to it. I'm not saying you can't take into account what the sequels do and how Empire fits into the franchise as a whole, but you can't judge it as a film based on those because those are things that plain don't exist when it came out (just as it'd be unfair to complain about the original film because Vader isn't the important villain).Delete
Sure you can. Anyway, let me repeat myself. I would say the same things even in if stopped at Empire. The fact that the remaining four owe more to Hope than Empire in tone merely makes it stick out more, but the feeling would still be there. Compared to Hope, Empire takes itself a little too seriously for the tone set before, and given what this whole thing was based on and meant to be, that works against it. Again, NOT AT ALL ENOUGH TO MAKE IT BAD, EVEN COMPARED TO THE OTHERS, but it's something to note.Delete
You can, but it's not fair to the film.Delete
And I still think when compared to the first film it's not as big a disparity as you make it out to be- it's more serious, yes, but that's not in itself a bad thing and makes sense when you think of it working as primarily a character piece about these characters' inner struggles. It's still got 3PO and Yoda's early scenes to lighten it up a bit (though I will admit shooting up 3PO is possibly the darkest the series ever got until ROTS) and is at its heart no worse than what Star Wars set out- it's the old B-movie serials done in the 70s (in this case 1980), with all the intricacies that implies.
There's still an imbalance. It's slight, but it's there. And it's more than fair to point that out.Delete
I think you're missing the point here. The point is that if this is the worst thing I can say about the movie objectively, then that's good for the movie.
Again, it's not as much an imbalance as it is a natural progression for the film to take. Yes, it doesn't have the tone of the first film. But it's not the first film, it's its own separate movie out to do new and interesting things with what has already been set out.Delete
And you're right that it's a minor point- I just don't think it's an objective flaw is all.
It's a matter of perspective. You're focusing on the individual parts where I'm attempting to keep the big picture in context. You keep saying it's its own film, but it's not. It's a Star Wars movie in the Star Wars series. Yes, it can do things differently and give new things. It's practically encouraged to. But it still has to fit into the universe and there's still a line that can be crossed. Empire doesn't cross it, but it toes it constantly (by contrast, Sith crosses the line for a moment, but because it's a moment and it keeps a safe distance the rest of the time, it's not quite as glaring).Delete
Really? Sith's entire third act is supremely dark. If you're gonna criticize Empire for being largely serious I'd think Sith would have to come under the same criticism.Delete
And again, "Star Wars series" was all of two movies by now, meaning that what made something "Star Wars" was still being codified and formed. Empire doesn't reject or drastically change anything that had already happened, it just adds new things to it. It's more serious than the first film had been, but I'm still not seeing why that's a flaw.
It's not two movies anymore. It hasn't been two movies in at least 30 years. You can no longer think of it as just two movies and I'm not convinced you ever really could.Delete
As far as Sith is concerned; I don't know why, seeing as you're not wrong about parts being more serious, but I don't get the same feelinga about Sith. It'll be something to think about and look for when I rewatch it in preparation for its entry.
But at the time it was made, there were only two movies. Just as I wouldn't criticize the Hartnell era of Doctor Who for doing a lot of things the show hasn't since, I wouldn't criticize Empire for doing things that Return and the prequels ended up abandoning.Delete
Umm...nobody abandoned anything. I never said anything was abandoned. Nothing was abandoned. All I said was that Empire took itself a little more seriously than a silly space opera should. It was telling a serious part of the story, so it had to be careful to keep the right balance for its unique milieu, and it didn't do that as well as it should have.Delete
Abandoned was probably a poor choice of words- I was just meaning that Empire had some ideas and concepts that Return later dropped and there are some things it does that the later films don't.Delete
Again, I don't see the issue with 'taking itself seriously'...especially since Star Wars is as a whole markedly sincere about its premise. It's one of the most endearing things about it.
You can be sincere while still recognizing and embracing the fantasy and absurdity. Empire has the elements, but doesn't embrace them. It feels like it's trying to be good in spite of its setting rather than try to be good within its setting like the rest.Delete
But, really, we're just repeating ourselves here. You and I just won't see eye to eye on this. Let's just shake hands and agree to disagree.
Well, I'm actually curious on this point- why do you feel Empire doesn't embrace its fantastical setting? What gives you that impression?Delete
It's hard to explain. It's just, when I watch the movie with a critical eye, something about the way it presents itself comes across as more self-conscious...like it doesn't want to be what it actually is and what the rest like being. I'm not saying that the filmmakers intentionally wished they weren't waisting such good material on a kids movie, but...that's kind of the attitude that comes across to me at certain points in the movie.Delete
But that's more of a personal take on it. Objectively, there is a more somber tone throughout Empire's running time that the others only have at certain parts, and while they deserve credit for trying something different and still making a great movie, it does kind of hurt it in the long run now that everything is said and done.
The more somber tone I agree with, though I again don't think it's any worse than what ROTS ended up doing- I'll be interested to hear what you have to say about that when the time comes.Delete
And hrm. Regarding the first paragraph, I don't know what's giving you that impression, because it's definitely not the feel I ever get from it. I guess we'll just have to disagree on that point.
Quickly affixing to my first point- I do feel Empire has a lot of moments of levity that break up the more serious parts, especially as almost the entire Han & co. sections are treated as basically comedic until Vader arrives in Cloud City.Delete
You know what I just realized? It has to do with color.Delete
Hope, while slightly muted thanks to 70's film quality, still manages to bring a lot of color into it. Jedi is even more vivid and I-III take the cake.
Empire, by contrast, is intentionally and noticably draped in muted, dull colors throughout.
People associate vivid colors with kids fare and more muted and realistic with adult stuff. That's where it comes from. That's what gives me those impressions.
Hm, interesting.Delete
What about the portions on Hoth and Cloud City? Those are bathed in whites and generally pretty well-lit. The swamp I'll grant you (no filmmaking magic on earth could make a swamp look anything other than muted and dull), but even the lower depths of Cloud City are marked by harsh and vibrant blues and oranges (contrasting colors for contrasting forces) with that deep orange being the pervading color for most of the planet. In the SEs it goes even further with the city being redone almost like the prequel Coruscant, with sunlight streaming in everywhere.
(I (coincidentally enough) was thinking about Empire's usage of color when trying to add to my analysis on May 4th, so it's fresh in my mind)
(this conversation is, weirdly enough, also reminding me of Umbrellas of Cherbourg, which is an absolutely darling French film I highly recommend and is completely bathed in vibrant colors from start to finish. Same with Young Girls of Rochefort, from the same director and 10 times as charming. Man, I wanna rewatch those now...)
There's still a muted quality. Hoth's white is still very monochromatic, and even the bright red of the carbon freezing chamber is a dull, muted red compared to something like, say, Mustafar which is RED. If that makes any sense.Delete
But Dagobah even seems more vibrant in Jedi. The fire from Yoda's kitchen is warmer and more vibrant in Jedi than in Empire somehow.
- AnonymousMay 11, 2013 at 6:03 PM
While I like TESB, it has always been my least favorite of the SW films. Nilbog hits the nail on the head about it trying too hard. My own problem with the film is the uneven pacing, it just really bogs down in the middle. Also the passage of time for Luke and the MF is never really made clear in the film, but I think Lucas stated it was 3 months that Luke trainned with Yoda and the MF getting to Bespin with no hyperdrive.ReplyDeleteReplies
Really? 3 months? I don't know whether that's too long or too short.Delete
- AnonymousMay 11, 2013 at 10:09 PM
I love your reviews of the saga (I can't wait for the rest) for once I see reviews of the saga that are clean, honest, and NOT make me want scream in anger and frustration. MTFBWY!!!!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much. That makes this all worth it.Delete
- AnonymousMay 11, 2013 at 10:20 PM
For the record I too prefer to watch the Star Wars saga in the intended order (all six as one big movie)and I can't really pick which of them I prefer. There is at least three aspects of each film that each stands as out above the others IMO.Delete
Episode I: Qui-Gon Jinn, Young Obi-Wan, and their relationship.
Episode II: Jango Fett, The Clone Wars battle, and Yoda's lightsaber duel.
Episode III: Best story, Anakin, and Palpatine.
Episode IV: The One that started it all, The Throne Room, and the film can be watched on it's own without watching the others.
Episode V: The Imperial March, Luke vs. Vader, and "I am your father".
Episode VI: Vader's Redemption, The end scene, and Young Anakin's Ghost (as it should be)
I can think of a lot of moments in all that I like better, but those are all spectacular choices.Delete
- AnonymousMay 11, 2013 at 10:09 PM
Before I read it I thought it was just a few days the way the film presents the passage of time. If one of the PT films had been that unclear on the amount of time passed, the internet crowd would complain nonstop about it, but since it is a OT film, the so called best SW film it gets a free pass.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yeah, I hate what it's come to represent, but I can't help but love it anyway because it's Star Wars, dammit, and still a well-made film in spite of it all.Delete
I think it gets a free pass because in the logic of the film it doesn't matter at all how long he's there. What matters is what we see him learn and experience, so whether we're seeing all that he was taught or merely snippets of a longer journey doesn't really make a difference in the end.Delete
You're right in that, in the end, it doesn't really matter. But if Empire gets a pass, they all do.Delete
Not really my point- I'm just saying that the ambiguity in time isn't really a flaw against the film since the clarity isn't at all needed.Delete
Of course, I don't think the prequels ever had any ambiguities or discrepancies in time, so it's a moot point anyways.
No, but if they did you can bet the haters would be all over it like cheese on pizza, while ignoring this. And it's worth bringing up that, at the time Empire came out, haters WERE all over this. Just proof that this attitude was there at the start and is just as ridiculous now as it was then.Delete
I'd rather not play the game of "oh, but you *know* people would be hypocritical and ignorant". It's awfully presumptuous and tends to be a bit rude.Delete
Except that, as I've said, there's concrete proof that the same kinds of arguments being made against I-III now were being made against IV-VI when they came out. And there's concrete proof that the arguments are blown way out of proportion if they aren't wholly wrong.Delete
Doesn't mean predicting what others will say isn't still presumptuous and rude.Delete
Plus I don't see how bringing up past criticism of the films suddenly makes later criticism totally invalid. Yes, of course people have made the same complaints about two different sets of films, but it doesn't make the complaints 100% right or wrong (plus, though I'm at a disadvantage for not actually having seen some of the reviews and videos that get bandied about as "proof", but the arguments I tend to hear thrown at each trilogy tend to not correlate extremely well).
You can make educated guesses based on logic and history.Delete
And bringing up past criticism does negate present ones in this case because it's the same damn thing. So either they're all good, or they're all bad. You can't have it both ways here. I'm sorry, but you just can't.
I'm trying to bring perspective that gets lost with either nostalgia and/or overly critical thinking.
Um...yes, you can. The same criticism applied to two totally different movies may apply to one and not the other (though for my own sake, could you do me a favor and perhaps link to one of the sources that trashes Empire so I can see the kind of connection you're making?)Delete
We're not talking about two totally different movies, though. We're talking about a relatively consistent series.Delete
I'd link if I wasn't replying by phone. Go to my links, find "A Certain Point of View," and look up Starlog's Empire review. There's no real internet archive of this stuff, so I have to trust the accounts of people who lived through it, but this guy actually found an old copy from a reader.
That's your argument, then- that the series has stayed relatively consistent. That's what people who dislike the prequels are arguing against.Delete
And thanks for the lead, I'll try and dig it up and give it a look.
- AnonymousMay 13, 2013 at 3:01 AM
Here are some quotes from the Starlog review of TESB.Delete
"Han Solo maneuvers the Millennium Falcon into a hole in an asteroid to hide while he makes repairs. Princess Leia sees something outside the ship. They go out to investigate — wearing only oxygen masks. No spacesuits. They explore the inside of the tunnel they are in, walking around the ship — walking?!!"
"What we are seeing may look like spaceships, but they move like supersonic fighters and flying aircraft carriers. Impressive, yes. But reminiscent of Battlestar Galactica."
"All the chasing and racing is very exciting, but it doesn't seem to have a larger purpose. Where before we were made aware that these events were one small part of a larger rebellion, now it seems as if everything revolves around Darth Vader versus Luke Skywalker. The focus has been narrowed. The rest of the battles are therefore trivialized by comparison, and the sense of epic is weakened."
"Structurally, the film is flawed by its need to imitate its predecessors "formula" of fast-paced cross-cutting. We cut back and forth between Luke and Yoda on Dagobah and Leia and Han in the asteroids, and the time sense of both sets are events is distorted. How long were Han and Leia fleeing? How long is Luke studying?
"Why not stay with Han and Leia until they leave the asteroid and head for the Bespin system, then cut to Luke arriving at Dagobah and stay with him until he leaves?"
"Because the film now runs at such a fast pace throughout its entire length, it can't build to an additional peak of excitement at the end when Luke finally confronts Darth Vader. It's an exciting fight, yes — but we're already at our peaks, we can't get any more excited — and darn it, we should.
"The fight should be a climax, and it isn't, and that's one of the reasons why we're left feeling just a bit unsatisfied."
What is the point this scene is supposed to make?" "So why does Yoda give Luke his ship? He's denying him a reason to learn. Having the fighter handed back to him so easily is definitely not going to teach Luke patience." "If Yoda is truly a Jedi master, then after he has raised the X-wing fighter out of the swamp to show it can be done, he should drop it right back in and say to Luke, "When you believe you can do it, then you will." And then the next time we cut back to Luke and Yoda, it would be enough to see the fighter out of the swamp again, cleaned off and Luke grinning like a man who's just discovered he can run the four-minute mile in three and a half. It would get applause from the audience."
"He isn't a hero because he hasn't demonstrated his ability to grow–and that's what heroism really is: discovering that you can master what looks like an impossible challenge." "If Luke doesn't learn anything, then he can't grow. And if this isn't about growth, then it isn't a story. In fact, it isn't even a very good chapter."
"An author or filmmaker chooses the specific incidents that he believes best tell his story. That the authors of 'The Empire Strikes Back' chose to portray these incidents suggests that they may not fully believe in the power of the Force themselves."
Yeah, those are all really stupid complaints (especially points 3 and 9, which are beyond silly).Delete
And if that's the kinda criticism you're talking about in relation to the prequels, I totally agree with you (I've long thought complaints about the individual structure or plots of the films have been absolutely ridiculous). But then that's not the kind of criticism I think is legitimate.
On this, we totally 100% agree. It's a May the 4th miracle!Delete
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I know some of the haters have complained that the series has stayed consistent. Some wanted the PT films to be a more grown up and mature version of Star Wars than the OT films are. While many franchises have grown up with their fans, this has lead to mostly negative results (ie turn off many newcomers). Lucas decided to keep the series targeted at familes and kids, which some of the older fans didn't agree with, which I think is one of the sources of the hate.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes exactly. As I've said many times, that approach works fine for something like Harry Potter, but it doesn't have to all the time, and certainly not here.Delete


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Here is an *excellent* guide to all the quests: http://www.wow.com/2009/12/14/the-overachiever-guide-to-winter-veil/
Irritatingly, I found the following: "UPDATE: One our readers wrote in to note that the initial Ogri'la quest chain, while still available in the game, is no longer required to unlock the Ogri'la dailies. I just confirmed this with an alt who hadn't started the Ogri'la quest chain. If you have a character without any previous Ogri'la rep, all you'll need to to do is run them to Ogri'la (28,57) in Blade's Edge and get started."
Yeah, I didn't need to do all that running around after all. Hmm. :/
I also found that I need 325 cooking to make Apple Cider for one of the achievements. Since I only have around 200, I'll need to get this up today as well.
Plan for today:
1. Do as much winter veil as possible.
2. Do daily Argent Tournament quests. (Ideally including Threat from Above this time)
3. Get cooking to 325 and get the gourmet achievement.
4. Farm instances to try to get the Winter Veil hat for the set needed for Tis' the Season.
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sorry guys, no complaining, he met the critera sign to enter the place.
http://www.therepublicrevealed.com/f...p?topic=1495.0When Obama stopped in at Master Lock in Milwaukee Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago, he was walking the plant and stopped to talk with a plant employee and looked up at the banner hanging on the wall and said to the workers and people around him, "It is great to be in a union shop, especially one as old as this union is " - - -- pointing to the banner. He then said, "A Union shop since 1848" - - - and then he went on to talk on what that banner stood for and how important it was to display it and show your union support.
The worker then said to Obama that it was the flag of the State of Wisconsin - - which was founded in 1848. DUH!
This was only reported by a local radio station in Milwaukee (1130AM) and not by the major news networks - - - they did't want to embarrass this "got no friggin' clue" President!
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sorry guys, no complaining, he met the critera sign to enter the place.
Didn't happen per snopes.
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Snopes is usually pretty accurate, but they've messed up before. I've found a couple articles that they were wrong on.
I remember when this was a big deal and the sites hosting the info mysteriously removed the articles from their pages. Can't risk idiotizing our bungler in chief, I guess.....
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07-07-2014 #1
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lost+found directory hiding malware. How to delete?
Numerous times, I have attempted offline to reformat my removable media to ext2 without journaling, copy my personal files and remove the executable. The crackers circumvent this by:
(1) tampering with GParted to prevent Gparted from opening;
(2) tampering with Gparted and Disk Utility by them not being able to format ext2 or they format to an unknown partition type;
(3) When I do ext2 format, the crackers change the file permissions. I can no longer create new files or edit existing files.
Nor can I reformat the removable media even using a library computer. I have had to replace approximately a dozen removable media.
Last week, using a replacement laptop I just purchased, a Toshiba Portege R205, a fresh install of PCLinuxOS GNOME 2010.12, GParted formatted my micro SD card to ext2.
I copied my personal files. Changed my plain text files from executable. I could not change some of my PDF files and none of my music files from being executable.
Later, when I inserted my mico SD card, I discovered my personal files were deleted. I can neither copy files nor create new files.
Properties of ext2 partition:
957.1 MB used
14.3 GB free
Total capacity 15.2 GB
Last changed: unknown
File permissions of ext2 partition:
Owner root: read, write and execute
Group root: read and execute
Others: read and execute
957.1 MB used is the lost+found directory. Properties of lost+found directory:
Contents: unreadable
Free space: unknown
File permissions of lost+found directory:
Owner root: read, write and execute
Group root: execute
Others: execute
Last changed: unknown
This is not the first time crackers hide their malware in lost+found directories. A lost+found directory of
957.1 MB is huge! I cannot delete it. Is there a way to format ext2, ext3 or ext4 without a lost+found directory or to delete it afterwards?
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I received a private message. I could not reply as I could not type into the body of the message. Thus, I am posting the private message and my reply here. Private message:
"Are you running as root? If not, have you put in your password for sudo and have that password cached for a period of time?
The data in the "lost and found" directory are placed there while doing "fsck" and are usually the results of hard power off (or removal of USB devices without umounting the device).
When you are a normal user, the real system commands can not be modified without root access. However, they can put replacement commands into a location and use your PATH environment variable to cause them to be executed (found before the system copy). Open a terminal session and type in "echo ${PATH}" what is the output of that command?"
My reply:
When I log into the graphical desktop as root, I do not actually receive root privileges. It
is fakeroot. I cannot change file permissions. For example, many of the /var/logs I do have
file permissions to read.
The hackers have remotely logged me out of my root session and prevent me from logging back
in. They also remotely performed hard power offs while the laptop is plugged into an outlet.
The hard power offs have partially destroyed two laptop batteries. The hackers tamper with
power management and prevent laptop mode. I will be posting a thread on this with logs.
I always attempt to unmount (eject) removable media. However, they are almost always 'busy.'
I wait a few minutes and try to unmount again. they are still 'busy.' I yank them out.
Yanking out removable media has not resulted in corrupting my data.
The hackers repeatedly tamper with my newly created linux partitions to force me to continue
using FAT32. They are attaching an undocumented alternate data stream that works in NTFS and
FAT32. Moving my personal files to a linux partition breaks up the alternate data streams.
Hence, they repeatedly destroy my files and linux partitions. They destroy the linux
partition by either making it read only, prevent it from mounting and/or preventing me from
repartitioning it. I have to replace my micro SD cards.
I will perform the echo ${PATH} command and give you the output.
Thank you for your help.
07-14-2014 #3
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I have been unable to perform the echo ${PATH} test because crackers have further tampered with my 'air gapped' Toshiba Portege R200 and Toshiba Portege R205. They ceased booting to the hard drive. The BIOS does not detect the hard drive.
They ceased booting to live linux DVD using an external DVD writer. My 'air gapped' computers freeze. I tested my DVD writer using a neighbor's Sony laptop and at a library computer. The library computer freezes when I right click on the DVD writer.
Hence, I purchased a replacement DVD writer. The blue indicator light of the DVD writer turns on while my laptop is turning on and then turns off. I returned the DVD writer.
Crackers foiled my efforts to install linux on a flashdrive and on a micro SD card using unetbootin and my neighbor's Sony laptop.
I had to commute to the library to use a library computer to write this.
07-15-2014 #4
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A couple of observations.
You will not get write access to the live DVD.
Some SD card readers will only do that. That is, only give read access to the card. Some SD cards have a write-protect tab on them. Some SD readers will foul the tab when you insert the card and switch the card to read-only.
Get yourself a GParted live CD. Boot from it and re-partition and format your hard drive. Re-install your OS.
07-16-2014 #5
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voidpointer69, thanks for recommending using Gparted live CD. I will download it. My R200 and R205 laptops ceased booting to my external DVD writer and the replacement DVD writer I purchased. They still will boot to a flashdrive. I will try to borrow a computer to install Gparted on a flashdrive.
Voidpointer69, you are correct that sometimes the write protection switch on SD cards gets switched to read-only when inserted into a card reader. Over time, the write protection switch becomes damaged and corrupts the SD card. That is why I switched from using SD cards to micro SD cards.
While on battery power, I could format my micro SD card to ext2, copy my personal files to it and start making them nonexecutable. When I connect the AC power adapter to my laptops, the hackers change the file permissions to prevent me from writing, delete my files, infect lost+found directory and/or corrupt the micro SD card or flashdrive. I cannot reformat them. I have replaced over a dozen flashdrives and micro SD cards.
Aren't users entitled to have file permissions to open to lost+found directory on their removable media?
07-18-2014 #6
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When using the live CD/DVD...
The user is usually auto-logged in and its Id etc may not correspond to the user Id on your hard disc.
No matter.
Using the live CD/DVD, open up a terminal and issue the command "su" - obviously without the quotes. Live systems usually allow this with no password. If it requires one, try "admin" or something similar.
Once logged in as root, issue command "fdisk -l (lower case ell). This should show you your discs and their partitions. You should be able to mount your hard drive partitions to some point on the CD/DVD, usually "mnt". Mount the partition that contains you personal data and you should have access (including write) to all the files and directories.
If you have no wifi access to your box and no cable, then the only possible way in is via the power cord. This would require physical modification to your box in addition to software additions. Even if all that had been done, your attacker would need to be on the same power circuit as your box..
Finally, get into your BIOS and have a look at what the boot options are. Note the priorities. .
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voidpointer69, the times I have been able to log in as root, it is fakeroot. I still don't
have the file permissions to open lost+found or change the file permissions of my flashdrive
or micro SD card.
This week, I asked another person who had attempted to air gap a BadBIOS infected computer.
We had air gapped our computers the same way by removing the wifi, microphone, conductive
speakers, piezo electric two way transducer for the dial up modem and dial up modem. I also
removed the bluetooth.
I asked him to use a live linux CD to reformat a flashdrive to ext2. The first attempt, Disk
Utility in live Tails went on and on and coudl not format. Second attempt, he formatted his
flashdrive. He told me he too did not have the file permissions to open the lost+found
directory. Is this normal? Or is it evidence that our computers are being hacked over
Hackers have interdicted and implanted my laptops. I examined online photographs of powerline ethernet chips. None on my Toshiba Portege R200 and R205 have a powerline ethernet chip.
After forensics is completed, I will post. If any one is interested in forensics, I will ship the motherboard to you. Please private message me. Thank you.
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Power lines can only carry network data when combined with special hardware at both ends. Your computer can't be hacked over a power line unless you are running a network over power lines and are plugged into a modem that filters the line and reads the modulating signal converting it into something your NIC card can use.
It is not technically possible for someone to use the power cord plugged into your power supply to hack into your computer.
You may choose to ignore this as you have ignored other comments on the failings of your arguments. I won't be responding to any further discussion of it. You either have your reasons for thinking you are being hacked or in some other way harassed or you don't. If you do I wish you well with it but suggest you focus on the possible not the fantastical. If you are simply a troll then all I can say is, good luck with that. It is your own life you are wasting.
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Several months ago a forum member replied to this thread by private messaging me: "When you are a normal user, the real system commands can not be modified without root access. However, they can put replacement commands into a location and use your PATH environment variable to cause them to be executed (found before the system copy). Open a terminal session and type in "echo ${PATH}" what is the output of that command?"
It took several months to decide what replacement laptop to purchase that is th3e latest laptop not to have a secret bluetooth mesh in Intel 900's chipset. This month, I erroneously purchased an Asus 1005HA netbook which was released in 2009. I unsuccessfully air gapped it. I am donating the netbook and will replace it with a pre2008 laptop.
I am being hacked on battery power.
Using a public desktop computer, I installed Porteus KDE on a flashdrive. However, Asus 1005HA is booting to a tampered MATE shadow ISO. This MATE desktop has two partition editors (Gparted and KDE Partition Manager), two system monitors (KSysGuard and MATE System Monitor) and two file managers (Caja and Dolphin.) I deleted Porteus, redownloaded Porteus and booted to the identical shadow ISO.
Though I set up a root account before downloading Porteus KDE at porteus.org, I am logged into the graphical desktop as guest instead of root.
guest@porteus:~$ whoami
guest@porteus:~$ su
This is fakeroot. Su grants no root privileges in the graphical desktop.
root@porteus:/home/guest# echo ${PATH}
What is the meaning of the echo ${PATH} output?
Gparted could not format my brand new Patriot 32 GB micro SD card into ext2, ext3 nor ext4. Gparted froze. Active@Disk Editor detected hidden NTFS, exFAT boot sector, USF, HFS and LVM partitions.
I wiped my brand new SD card with Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics. This tool can wipe protected area (PA) and GPT protected partitions that were on my removable media. 'GPT protective partition' erased by Western Digital Data Lifeguard Diagnostics but not DiskPart : badBIOS
Western Digital's tool is the only hard drive manufacturers' tool to wipe GPT protective partition and most likely NSA's TWISTEDKILT's HPA in hard drives & protected area (PA) in removable media : badBIOS
Gparted could not detect my Western Digital wiped SD card. KDE Partition Manager can detect my micro SD card. Can't format to ext2 nor ext3. Freezes. I deleted Porteus. Redownloaded Porteus. KDE Partition Manager could still not format ext2 nor ext3. Freezes.
KDE Partition Manager could format to ext4. However, after formatting, KDE Partition Manager detected total size 29.32 GB. Available 27.8 GB. Used 1.52 GB. What is using 1.52 GB?
Earlier in this thread, I reported Toshiba Portege R205 booting to PCLinuxOS GNOME had a's lost+found directory was 957.1 MB. Porteus' lost+found directory is even larger!
Properties of lost+found folder:
Contents: Unreadable
Free space: unknown
Owner root: read, write, execute
Group root: execute
Other: execute
You are not root so you cannot change.
Malware is hiding in the lost+found directory. I cannot delete it. Is there a way to format ext2, ext3 or ext4 without a lost+found directory or to delete it afterwards?


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Doing laundry seems easy to do: you fill the washer with water, load your dirty clothes and some detergent and leave it running for a full cycle. However, regardless of how easy it sounds, there are quite a number of laundry mistakes we often do that can ruin the appliance, clothing and generally makes doing laundry more complicated. Whether or not you're having your laundry taken care of by a laundry service in Singapore, here are the most common laundry mistakes you should avoid.
1. Using Too Much Detergent
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Bleach isn't necessary for most stains, and certainly not for everyday piles of uniform laundry. Bleach is notoriously destructive to fabric and it can eventually leave your white uniforms yellowed and brittle. You will get more mileage from your clothes if you only use bleach for occasional 'oomph' on your garments.
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4. Leaving Zippers Open
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5. Dry Cleaning Excessively
Excessive dry cleaning—due to harsh heat and chemical—will eventually deteriorate the material of your clothing. In the case of suits and other velvety pieces, excessive dry cleaning will make them look shiny—something you want to avoid with these types of clothing. To avoid this, only dry clean suite once or twice every six months. For other delicate items, try brushing or airing them out to remove dust, dirt and odours, instead of bringing them to a laundry service right away for dry cleaning.
6. Washing Denims Too Often
Washing your jeans too soon will cause your denim to lose its indigo colour. In the case of low quality jeans, you will notice a change in colour and elasticity (for skinny jeans) a lot quicker if you keep washing them every after use. Generally, if you have invested in a quality pair of denim jeans, you can do away without washing them for six months, which is also the recommended length of time in between washes for jeans. Spot clean minor stains and air them out to combat odours. You can even pop them in the freezer to kill germs and bacteria.
7. Using Wire Hangers
Whoever invented wire hangers didn't thought of using them on clothes. Using wire hangers will destroy the shoulders of your coats and other sleeved garments. As much as possible, never use them. Invest in a set of wooden hangers for hanging sleeved dresses and coats. For your everyday button-downs, tees, blouses and trousers, a set of plastic hangers will do the job.
8. Skipping Lingerie Bags
Lingerie bags isn't only for lingerie and underwear. Any piece of clothing you're worried could be bullied in the washer can be thrown in a lingerie bag before tossing it to the machine. The soft-fabric bag will act as a protective layer so you can wash delicate items in the washing machine without worrying about damaging it.
9. Throwing Stained Clothes Into the Machine
If you have pieces with bas stains, the common reflex reaction is to throw them straight into the washer, together with the rest of your laundry. Refrain from doing it from now on. Commercial laundry services even recommend to pre-treat your stained clothes right away and to not wait until your laundry service picks up your dirty clothes. This is not to make their job easier, but it is for better chances of totally eradicating the stain. After a spill, immediately spot treat it to avoid the stain from setting into the fabric.
10. Drying Clothes for Too Long
Whether you're washing your clothes at home or having it done by a commercial laundry services in Singapore, make sure to check the label to know how to wash and dry it. But just to be safe (and to minimize the need to iron every piece), do not leave your clothes inside the dryer for too long. Instead, take your clothes out of the dryer while they're still damp and hang them in the clothesline to completely dry. This way, you don't have to worry about getting tough wrinkles on your clothes that need thorough ironing.
Avoiding these 10 common mistakes will help maintain your clothing pieces in their pristine condition, as well as ensure better-working appliances that will last for years. However, if you wish to skip all the hassle of laundering your clothes, let a commercial laundry services do it for you. A commercial laundry services in Singapore can pick up your baskets of dirty clothes right at your doorstep and take care of the rest for you.


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Bella and Jacob married young, and their life together has been much more of a challenge than Bella had anticipated. She's battling depression and he's increasingly frustrated that his wife is no longer the same girl he married. Bella is able to find brief moments of peace and happiness in the music she surrounds herself with. She finds particular joy in the raw and powerful music of Edward Cullen, and when she takes the opportunity to see him perform live, the pair strike up an instant friendship. As Edward and Bella become closer, it throws her struggles in her marriage to Jacob into sharp relief, and Bella begins to daydream about being romantically involved with Edward.
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Great chapter. Good for Bella that she got the implant. I'm glad I suppose that they made it through dinner without any casualties.
I really hope Bella gets the guts to leave Jake. I wonder if he feels any jealousy now?
She really needs to leave jake. Embry was so sweet. Can't wait for E & B to talk
Great conversation. Can we get rid of Jake now?
WOW! Great chapter. I'm glad Eleaza gave her the questions.
Excellent chapter
YES!!! I'm so glad she left him! I am so proud of her!
I'm eager to learn what happens next.
I can appreciate how difficult this must have been to write. I don't understand where Jacob is coming from. If he learned this behavior from Billy it's no wonder Jacob's mom left.
ARGH!!! That was so hard to read! Tanya needs to be slapped.
I'm sorry! Edward's back next chapter - does that help?
And Tanya ... let's just say I have plans for her ;)
Shell xx
Just rereading the prologue. Someone, & I don't know if it should be Edward needs to tell Bella her wishes aren't that powerful.. After all, how many times did she wish Jake would treat her differently and none of those came true.
Great point. Shell xx
Good chapter. I'm glad B is continuing to see Dr Denali. I hope she continues over the next 6 months
She will; I'm not going to compromise her like that, it would feel wrong.
Thanks for reading and reviewing.
Very nice
Thank you xx
Jake didn't seem to comment on the piercing. I'd love to see an outing with Alice, Jasper, Jake & Izzy.
That said, I can't wait to meet Edward
This is such a wonderful story. So sad it has come to an end. I suppose I'm a little interested in what became of Billy after Charlie's talk with Jared.
Aww, thank you. The way I see it, he's a bitter, lonely old man who has lost the respect of his family and the whole community. Sadly, some people are too hardened to admit their wrongs and seek forgiveness :(
I appreciate your reviews, so much.
Yes this is a terrible place to stop. As long as you update soon, it's ok :)
I'm glad Alice can see right through Jacob and that Izzy is still friends with her.
That was beautiful. Thank you.
Thank you so much.
She really needs to leave Jacob
Great 1st date
Loved the chapter. I especially loved how Edward turned down "Tiffany". Loved the parallel with Jake turning down Claire. Edward is so much better
Yeah, I wanted to draw that parallel; though Jacob didn't actually cheat, Edward certainly handled being propositioned very differently.
Isabella Swan's battle with a near constant illness baffles doctors. Can anyone find the cure before it's too late? E&B, canon pairings, lemons to come
He left to save her life, never knowing he took it with him. Seventy years later, she's reached the end. Will their deaths be their only chance to finally live?
Edward x Bella, AU New Moon-ish, very depressing.
so sad
"Until the murders, it was difficult to enjoy anything in this dull town. Now CSI has nothing on my life, and I have my very own killer to catch. I just wish I didn't have another mystery to solve. Bella. Just as puzzling, only infinitely more annoying."
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Wow! Please update soon & let us know who Bella just killed
They were best friends who used to do everything together, years later they've lost contact and don't even like to think of each other. When they run into each other again, will they be able to mend what they once had or is it too late?
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AU - It's been nine months since Edward fled the woods in Forks, fled from her for her. Each day his willpower crumbles a little more, feeling the insistent pull to return to her side. Upon returning, Edward is unable to locate Bella ... she's not with her friends, not at home, not even at the Cullen home. Upon finding the shell that once was Bella, Edward feels his heart ache for the pain he has caused her. Promising himself that she will not see him, he steals one kiss from her. The night explodes into a passionate reunion leaving both significantly changed. Will Edward convince Bella that it was all a dream? Has she really gone crazy, pushed herself to the limit?
Oh Edward is trying to stay in the background & be her guardian vamp. I hope he shows himself soon & doesn't let her think she's losing it for too much longer
Oh I hope she realizes it isn't a dream soon
What do you do when the love of your life has no memory of you? Two years after they left her, Bella is back in the Cullens' lives. The only problem is that she doesn't remember them. A Bella and Edward love story.
I'm glad Edward dealt with Victoria. Can't wait for him to get back to Bella
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But most of all he missed Brent. Brent had been the other half of his soul – Jason had studied Ancient Greek at school, and knew Plato's myth – and he felt as if he was missing a limb. He couldn't get that last sight of Brent out of his mind. Brent bleeding, asprawl on the floor like a rag doll, his beautiful body ugly and incongruous in death, his liveliness and cheeky humour gone for ever. Jason hadn't cried much since he'd found the body, but now, all at once here in an alien land, he wept, great tearing sobs shaking his body. There was nowhere private to weep, here far from home. Blinded by his tears, by his deep distress, he ran across the road into the park. A taxi hooted at him, but Jason ignored it, his upset too great. In the park, he tried to hide behind the broad trunk of an elm-tree, his face pressed into the rough bark, his arms cuddling his head.
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New Forest Notes by Anthony Pasmore - Lymington Times
MANY YEARS AGO, in the bad old days when local authorities and public utilities invariably looked upon the New Forest as a mere source of cheap land for their development schemes, reservoirs were constructed on the Open Forest at Sway and Nomansland. The attitude of some of them has changed little with the passage of time, although nowadays their plans tend to run into an immovable obstacle in the shape of the Verderers Court. Anyhow, the reservoirs were built, rightly or wrongly, and were covered over and landscaped. The commoners animals continued to graze happily over the sites and they began to melt back in to the Forest background.
In 1990 however, it was suddenly announced by the water company that the two sites would have to be fenced as a matter of urgency to prevent possible contamination of the water supplies by cryptosporidium. Government regulations had, it was said, dictates such fencing as an essential public health measure. The Verderers disliked the idea of fencing, particularly, since, at the time of construction, an undertaking had been given that both sites would remain open for all time. They asked if alternative works could be carried out to secure the water quality and were told this was impossible - fencing was the only solution. The Court then reluctantly suggested that the water company put forward a proposal for enclosure, accompanied by an offer of adequate exchange land to be added to the Forest, and that these proposals should then go out for public consultation the usual way. Because of the danger to public health, it seemed likely that such a scheme would be accepted.
There followed a long period in which nothing happened. The pressing requirements of public health seemed to become rather less pressing when weighed in the balance against the cost of exchange land. Ponies and cattle continued to graze the reservoir sites spreading I suppose potential pestilence in their wake. Three years passed, and in the summer of 1994, various restoration works were carried out on the reservoirs. Then, almost by accident, it came to light that the water company had installed a sealed membrane on top of the reservoirs and that this made fencing unnecessary.
Now if the Verderers had accepted the stated need for fencing back in 1990 and had not demanded exchange land, the sites would have been lost to the Forest, with or without nominal compensation and with great damage to the landscape. The moral of this story would therefore seem to be that never should the applications of public authorities (or large companies) be taken at face value where the New Forest is concerned. The old idea of "put it in the Forest because that will be cheap and easy" is clearly alive and well. Developers must be taught that siting their schemes on Forest land is so difficult and costly in time and effort, that it is a last and not first resort.
Lyndhurst By-pass - the next Round
I have often been very critical of the local authorities double standards in relation to the New Forest. They have extolled the virtues of the Forest and demanded its protection through their planning documents, while at the same time pressing development projects which would have a ruinous effect upon it. The District Council has been a particular offender, preaching conservation and protection while acting very differently. The Councils new policy on the Lyndhurst By-pass, as outlined in the draft planning document last month was therefore like a breath of fresh air. Gone is the old dogmatic insistence on a by-pass route deep in the Forest. For the first time the Council acknowledges that the formerly preferred route, route 5a, would be disastrous. The "protected" status of the route is abandoned.
I remember when the current plan was at its draft stage, spending many days in the public enquiry during which the District Council officers fought to secure an outer route, explaining to the inspector that it would really not damage the Forest. On reading the new policy, therefore, I had visions of planning officers being dismembered by Lyndhurst residents in the gardens of Appletree Court. However, I now wonder if my delight was somewhat premature. The consultation document has yet to be transformed into a draft plan and those who demand an outer by-pass will, understandably, now move heaven and earth to shatter the Councils new pro-Forest attitude. Thereafter, even if the Council stands firm, the issue will be fought through yet another fearfully expensive public enquiry. But what a pleasant change it would be to find the Verderers, Forestry Commission, English Nature, Countryside Commission and the Forest societies being called as Council witnesses against those who would despoil the Forest. Whatever happens, the Council can never again go into a public enquiry on the by-pass unshackled by its own words acknowledging how great would be the damage caused by an outer by-pass.
Diseased sheep
The New Forest has traditionally been regarded as a very healthy place for livestock, with its wide open spaces and low stocking densities. Of course there are problems with worm infestation, although probably less severe than on the average holding , but in general the Forest stock is remarkably disease free. It therefore came as a considerably shock to discover a widespread disease outbreak of disease among sheep during the latter part of November. As soon as the first complaints were received in the Verderers office, a veterinary inspection was carried out and orders were issued to clear the Forest of sheep within days. Further details of the outbreak were given to the Verderers in a presentment by a Fordingbridge farmer. If, as he alleges the disease turns out to be sheep scab the folly of the governments decision to abandon compulsory dipping has been made very clear. Whether or not the rules of good husbandry dictate regular dipping is quite another matter and beyond the Verderers control. They have the powers only to require the removal of infected stock - not to compel treatment or other management practises on the holdings of those who possess sheep rights. However, they can require (and have done so) that the animals are not returned to the Forest until the animals are no longer suffering from the disease.
The exercise of sheep rights in the New Forest is a very recent phenomenon, although centuries ago there were probably large numbers turned out, particularly in the Beaulieu area. No doubt government subsidies now figure largely in the decision of some right owners to turn out sheep. Fiercely opposing views are expressed on the reasonableness of reviving these almost forgotten rights. For the sheep owners it is said that they are doing no more than exercise a legal right attached to their property; that the non-exercise of the rights for perhaps two centuries is irrelevant and that if adjoining if adjoining farmers and residents suffer large extra fencing costs as a consequence of the rights revival , that may be unfortunate, but it is merely part of the experience of living in the New Forest. The sheep owners reverse the old saying so that in their view "right is might". The contrary argument is that large scale sheep farming on the Open Forest ceased perhaps ago and its revival is inappropriate to the traffic dominated 20th Century; that sheep are depastured in some parts of the Forest where pig fencing is not traditional and that one or two commoners have thus imposed immense expense on surrounding landowners. It is a dispute, like so many others in the Forest, which seems likely to run for a long time - at least while the subsidies continue to flow.
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Tell me, dear readers, is the following sentence the worst sentence to ever appear on McMegan's blog?
The stuff I saw city officials do knowing that I was a particularly dedicated reporter watching them closely convinced me that during the many times when no one was watching -- for months before I got hired at that newspaper and months after I left, for example -- they were serving the public even less well.
I've encountered more interesting and readable passages in the reading comprehension section of the GRE's. Let me take your hand while I attempt to parse this insult to the English language.
1) Conor
2) These officials "knew" (obviously, these officials were gnostics) that Conor Bright Lies was a "particularly dedicated reporter" (why the eff is he "particularly dedicated?" Why did Conor feel that being just a "dedicated reporter" insufficiently expressed his point? In addition to being a "particularly dedicated reporter", Conor "watch[ed] them closely"--just in case you thought that having the properties of being a "particularly dedicated reporter" did not contain "watching" the subject of the reporting.)
3) Because Conor saw these officials do bad things, they must do worse things when he didn't see them.
4) The time that Conor "wasn't there" observing city officials includes the time before he was there and the time after he was there.
5) Please ignore the possibility that these officials didn't care about Conor, and didn't alter their behavior when a prepubescent reporter from the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin was in the room.
Can the Geneva Conventions be applied to syntax so that we can stop this torture?
I should add that I'm not looking for blogging in the style of Chuck Palahniuk, but I do think you could reduce Conor's sentence to this:
"The horrible things I saw city officials do when I was watching them suggests that they did even worse things when I wasn't there."


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