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Bren
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| crmcneill wrote: | | Fallon Kell wrote: | | I don't know about you, but I find myself subconsciously visualizing forum members as looking like their avatar pictures. That, I think, may also color how we read their posts. |
If that's so, then how do you visualize garhkal? |
Obviously, like me, he looks exactly like his avatar. He is an Imperial rank insignia.  |
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CRMcNeill
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| Bren wrote: | | crmcneill wrote: | | If that's so, then how do you visualize garhkal? |
Obviously, like me, he looks exactly like his avatar. He is an Imperial rank insignia. :wink: |
I wouldn't say I look exactly like my avatar, but there are some resemblances.
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Fallon Kell
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| crmcneill wrote: | | Fallon Kell wrote: | | I don't know about you, but I find myself subconsciously visualizing forum members as looking like their avatar pictures. That, I think, may also color how we read their posts. |
If that's so, then how do you visualize garhkal? |
That's easy! gharkal is obviously invisible.
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I look like exactly like my avatar, bandages and all....
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CRMcNeill
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| Whill wrote: | | garhkal wrote: | | Maybe its how i read you coming across that made me defensive... if so i apologize.. |
I apologize for being so defensive as well.
Perhaps I should change my avatar... |
ROFLMAO!!!!
If I wore a cap, it would be off to you, Whill. Beautiful response.
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Neill and I obviously have the best 'look alike' avatars... 
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Bren
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| Whill wrote: | | Perhaps I should change my avatar... |
You know I think that one is creeping me out even more. |
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Whill
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| Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2011 11:45 am Post subject: |
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| Whill wrote: | | Perhaps I should change my avatar... |
| crmcneill wrote: | ROFLMAO!!!!
If I wore a cap, it would be off to you, Whill. Beautiful response. |
It seemed it was time to put on my happy face. 
| Bren wrote: | | You know I think that one is creeping me out even more. |
Excellent  ...I mean, oh but why? I'm just your friendly neighborhood Supreme Chancellor here to save the galaxy from chaos. 8)
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Bren
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| Whill wrote: | | Excellent ...I mean, oh but why? I'm just your friendly neighborhood Supreme Chancellor here to save the galaxy from chaos. 8) |
Nice Whill.  One reason I know that the prequels are still space opera is the fact that I can tell that Palpatine is lying, but the characters in the movie can't. If it was a different style of Sci-Fi, much of the audience would be as confused and duped as the characters appear to be. |
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| Bren wrote: | | Whill wrote: | | Excellent ...I mean, oh but why? I'm just your friendly neighborhood Supreme Chancellor here to save the galaxy from chaos. 8) |
Nice Whill. One reason I know that the prequels are still space opera is the fact that I can tell that Palpatine is lying, but the characters in the movie can't. If it was a different style of Sci-Fi, much of the audience would be as confused and duped as the characters appear to be. |
Most of the audience knew that Senator/Chancellor Palpatine would later become the Force-Lightning-shooting master of the Dark Side (and Vader) and evil Emperor of the Galactic Empire anyway. When my wife and I had started dating in the Fall of 2005, she had never seen any Star Wars movie, so I showed them to her in chronological order as an experiement in how her experience would be different than mine. She may have not completely trusted the Chancellor but she actually had no clue that Palpatine really was the phantom menace before Revenge of the Sith. And despite the signs leading up to it, she was still even more shocked that Anakin turned to the Dark Side. But despite the popular theory among fans in our generation that seeing the movies out of original release order would somehow ruin her experience of the prequels, my wfie's favorite movie out of the six is still fan-favorite TESB, the one that had the most spoiled by seeing the prequels first (She knew the mischevious little imp in the swamp was Yoda and that Darth Vader is Luke's father before Luke found out these things). Being a fan of the entire saga (and chronological order in general), of course I am thrilled that my wife is living proof that the theory was disproven.
I guess a point in response to your comment is that it is difficult to be completely objective about how you would view the prequel films (including your view of Palpatine's honesty or lackthereof) without the knowledge of (and feelings about) SW that you had going into your first viewings.
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| Whill wrote: | | I guess a point in response to your comment is that it is difficult to be completely objective about how you would view the prequel films (including your view of Palpatine's honesty or lackthereof) without the knowledge of (and feelings about) SW that you had going into your first viewings. |
True, I can only watch the Sixth Sense once and be surprised. But I can appreciate how the audience is fooled on reviewing and even though I know how Psycho turns out when watching I still find certain scenes suspenseful and dramatic. But for me the many side glances and the overly syrupy tone of voice used by the Chancellor in AotC and RotS is a typical pulp give away. It was very typical in the pulps to have the major villain actually be a senior member of the good guy officials and have, in effect, a secret identity. And typically some, though not always all, of the good guys are surprised when the villain is unmasked in the end. I watched a number of old serials before seeing the first movies and quite a few more before seeing the prequels. So when I see the sly side looks and tone of voice it immediately signals secret villain to me. |
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Wow.. never noticed i had none here... I will change that post haste!
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| garhkal wrote: | | Wow.. never noticed i had none here... I will change that post haste! |
What the heck is that!?!  It looks like a cross between a porcupine and a rabid beaver. Wow. I wouldn't have guessed you look like that.  |
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| garhkal wrote: | | Wow.. never noticed i had none here... I will change that post haste! |
But how will we recognize you now?
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