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Didn't we get some ash setting in the Midwest? I thought I remember discussing it in school or a blip on the news.
Yet then so many other things are forcibly contrived to match the later episodes. It doesn't flow. I had always thought Lucas had already written all nine before he started, but obviously not. Then with all the time between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace I thought it was painfully obvious that he hadn't thought too much about it in those intervening years either.
But yeah, I get how revisionist history can kill off believability in the originals. RV History can kill them off almost from behind (timeline-wise) if they are "prequels."
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Even in my own tiny little proto-freelanced model railroad universe it can be difficult--but also challenging--to fit "imaginary/conjured up" things with real-world things. That's part of the challenge of pulling the whole package together in a way that makes it believable...or at least somewhat palatable to the skeptics.
FWIW, I'm a skeptic too, and when the air goes out of the original "fanboy*" balloon, it's usually gone. Deflated forevermore for me too.
89 miles a day. Probably wasn't bad either considering a few areas they probably had to make their own roads.
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RhB Michael
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Yep. Remember it well. It was the day before my birthday. It was on the news 24/7 just like 911.
migalyto
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I remember the event on the news but I was only 10 at the time so didnt pay much attention to it.
Didn't we get some ash setting in the Midwest? I thought I remember discussing it in school or a blip on the news.
migalyto
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May 21, 1932
American aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to pilot an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
American aviator Amelia Earhart became the first woman to pilot an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
migalyto
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Iron Horseman
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My biggest problem was the whole C3PO deal. The whole point of droids like R2D2 and C3PO is that there are thousands or 10s of thousands of them out there being a production model droid. Yet here in this movie we have Anikin building C3PO from scratch?? Huge blunder on their part, to me it ruins the entire effect of the series.
Yet then so many other things are forcibly contrived to match the later episodes. It doesn't flow. I had always thought Lucas had already written all nine before he started, but obviously not. Then with all the time between Return of the Jedi and Phantom Menace I thought it was painfully obvious that he hadn't thought too much about it in those intervening years either.
TLOC
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It’s all about the $$$
Snowman
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Well....maybe C3PO was a DIY kit. Sorta like one of the old "Heathkit" electronic kits from the 1950's and 60's.
But yeah, I get how revisionist history can kill off believability in the originals. RV History can kill them off almost from behind (timeline-wise) if they are "prequels."
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Even in my own tiny little proto-freelanced model railroad universe it can be difficult--but also challenging--to fit "imaginary/conjured up" things with real-world things. That's part of the challenge of pulling the whole package together in a way that makes it believable...or at least somewhat palatable to the skeptics.
FWIW, I'm a skeptic too, and when the air goes out of the original "fanboy*" balloon, it's usually gone. Deflated forevermore for me too.
Snowman
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Benjamin Franklin: "What, what....whhhaaaaaaaaaaaatttt?" All about Meeeee?"
TLOC
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migalyto
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May 23, 1903
The first great American road trip
On this day in 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker embarked on the first transcontinental automobile trip. At the time there were few paved roads, questionable maps, no gas stations, no rest stops, and no fast food. The 5,600-mile journey—from San Francisco to New York City—took just over 63 days and required 800 gallons of gas.
The first great American road trip
On this day in 1903, Horatio Nelson Jackson and Sewall Crocker embarked on the first transcontinental automobile trip. At the time there were few paved roads, questionable maps, no gas stations, no rest stops, and no fast food. The 5,600-mile journey—from San Francisco to New York City—took just over 63 days and required 800 gallons of gas.
RhB Michael
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I'll bet their butts were sore by the time they arrived in New York.
migalyto
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Yea, doing the math they got 7mpg (which probably isn't to shabby for the time and technology) and covered and average of
89 miles a day. Probably wasn't bad either considering a few areas they probably had to make their own roads.
migalyto
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May 24, 1883
A brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge—spanning the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan Island in New York City—opened; it was designed by civil engineer John Augustus Roebling.
A brilliant feat of 19th-century engineering, the Brooklyn Bridge—spanning the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan Island in New York City—opened; it was designed by civil engineer John Augustus Roebling.
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