Economics must not dictate situations which are obviously religious.

....AAAAAAND I turned off registration since it was already getting blasted with spam signups.  Welcome to the internet.

OK, I've upgraded the forum to the latest version, and I'm going to try re-enabling registration for the time being...  Admin activation this time. 

Unfortunate side effect is that the Theatre of Noise is now completely broken.  Oh well, since I guess it was completely inaccessible unless you were logged into the forum.  Dammit.

Going forward I'm going to move the non-forum pages into a wordpress install, including the theatre of noise....  its happening!

I've just realized that there are serious problems with this site and how it works.  The bad part is I just don't feel inclined to fix them at the moment.  I will be disabling forum registration until further notice.

What does the future hold?  I dunno, but expect that at some point the site will drastically change....  no time frame.  It'll just happen one day.  That is all.

If you've got the new Star Wars Blu Rays (and I know you do), check the deleted scenes for Return of the Jedi, specifically "Jerjerrod's Conflict."

As he's rotating the Death Star towards Endor, he learns of the rebel fighters entering the station....  "Flood sectors 304 and 138, that should slow them down."

So there was one the whole time, but it never made it into the final cut.

Can't wait for those Indy Blu Rays George and Steve.... c'mon!!!

If you've got the new Star Wars Blu Rays (and I know you do), check the deleted scenes for Return of the Jedi, specifically "Jerjerrod's Conflict."

As he's rotating the Death Star towards Endor, he learns of the rebel fighters entering the station....  "Flood sectors 304 and 138, that should slow them down."

So there was one the whole time, but it never made it into the final cut.

Can't wait for those Indy Blu Rays George and Steve.... c'mon!!!

I forgot to mention that the more I watch the "Director's Cut" of THX, the more I grow to dislike most of the changes. 

I was in the same boat after the SE 2-disc release came out. Having it on Bluray really does confirm my distaste for it, and the disdain I have for Lucas.

I really want to start a petition,(if one hasn't already been done) protesting we get an HD version of the original cut.

Yeah, there's George 'I'm rich as a god, and I shall rewrite history' Lucas for you. I have no hope we'll ever get the original cut in 1080p.

I don't even mind the new special effects so much - I mind the way some scenes are re-edited. Like the "They're watching us now"/"No one can see us" scene, which cuts right into those random guys looking directly at a monitor with THX and LUH shagging on it! So, why weren't they just arrested on the spot? In the original, those random guys were just looking at THX as he entered a room... leading us (and THX) to worry, 'what do they know?'.

There are other re-edits that change the meaning of things, but I can't remember them right now.

I'm gonna buy this release for sure, 'cause I gotta have it on blu. But sometimes, sometimes I really hate ol' uncle George...

Why doesn't somebody tell me when these things break!?    It's been down for a while apparently, happened with a recent PHP update which rendered the gallery software incompatible....

Anyway, I'm still experiencing some issues with the gallery.  I've managed to get it working again, (YAY) but the theme is somewhat broken and strange things are popping up where they shouldn't be.  I'll get to looking at it when I get a chance.

I forgot to mention that the more I watch the "Director's Cut" of THX, the more I grow to dislike most of the changes. 

The additions which "expand" the environment to show larger, more "open" spaces detracts from the original claustrophobia that, for me, only enhances the message. 

I can live with the CGI monkeys and other odd creatures, a few reworked video displays, etc.  I dunno, it just seems wrong.  The car chase additions seem even more wrong each time, too.  "Oh look! Action!"  No!  And don't get me started on THX's little "machine" in his quarters! 

GL! Give us an original version!