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Re: Opening sequence of movie . . . .
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Date: 
Sat, 15 May 1999 16:25:40 GMT
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In lugnet.starwars, Todd Lehman writes:

> Judging by the soundtrack/musical score, I think it'll open just like the
> other three:  rolling letters, then panning across stars to a ship or ships
> above a planet, the -boom!- lotsa action.  :)

That's kind what I figured. Besides, I think Lucas would upset too many people,
breaking from tradition . . . .


> Hey, that's a good one!  But people usually mean "Adult Fan/Fanatic of LEGO"
> when they write it.  It's too bad that it looks so much like "AOL" (not that
> there's anything wrong with AOL) and that the person who coined it also
> noted that it looked like "A FOOL".  An alternative to AFOL is ALF (Adult
> LEGO Fan/Fanatic) but that reminds people of a certain sit-com that didn't
> sit well with many folks.
> 
> --Todd

Well, I wasn't too far off . . . . :)   I can also see the problems with the
alternative (ALF), but what was wrong with the show? I kinda liked it. I guess
the fact that I was around 10 at the time helped, but . . . . :)
-Jonathan



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  ALF / AFOL
 
(...) I don't know what's wrong with the show either. Although I never watched it enough to like or dislike it, what little I saw of it while channel surfing kind of made me laugh, IIRC. But I think the people who dislike[d] it really dislike[d] it (...) (27 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: Opening sequence of movie . . . .
 
(...) Judging by the soundtrack/musical score, I think it'll open just like the other three: rolling letters, then panning across stars to a ship or ships above a planet, the -boom!- lotsa action. :) (...) Hey, that's a good one! But people usually (...) (27 years ago, 15-May-99, to lugnet.starwars)

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