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(...) for (...) to (...) again. I have to agree with Eric. The character was different enough so that not everyone in the universe seemed or talked the same, but apparently like most of the characters in the film I have no great love for Jar-Jar. I (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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In lugnet.starwars, Tom McDonald writes: <possible spoilerage> (...) I don't think the quality of the sound system has a tremendous amount to do with the unintelligibility of both Jar Jar and the trade fed toadies. I'm not sure what the condition of (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I have to say that despite hearing many comments about how hard it was to understand Jar Jar, I only found myself straining a couple times to understand what he said. I had more problems with the Trade Federation dudes (their speach sounded (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Shouldn't that be 'yousa betta cuddout da spamcake'? (...) Kind of a tangential thought, but do hearing impaired theatres exist? Or even a theatre with the equivalent of closed-captioning? I don't ever recall seeing anything like that in a (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> (...) taken (...) Oh yeah. hehe (...) of (...) in (...) seeing (...) They do. Certain seats in certain theatres supposedly have headphones (or the equivalent). I've never heard of closed-captioning though. (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Interesting, I saw the movie twice (Ha, I saw the ET's!), and the Trade Federation guys were not too bad dialogue wise, I guess I picked it up pretty well (Outside of them getting a masters degree in the "Bad Guy School of Incompetence" >:( ). Ja (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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The ADA Act was only intended for Handicapped people to have free access to buildings, etc., not to situations such as theater's and the like. Hence, the numerous handicap parking spots, wheelchair ramps, friendly sidewalks, push buttons on entrance (...) (25 years ago, 8-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Tom McDonald <radiotitan@spamcake.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:FD0oJ0.7zu@lugnet.com... (...) suffers (...) taken (...) Well, I can tell you for certain a "superior" sound system will do you no better. The one I was in (along with only about 30 (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) with (...) that (...) Lebanese?..:-) They speak and write Arabic. Selçuk (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Well, I'll take some if you're giving them away. My two sons love them, him, er, it. I once said that I had no Lego monkeys and some kind RTLer sent us two in the mail. Alan C (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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If you want some, I can send you a few. I think I have 10 or 15 now (I bought a lot of the Naboo Swamp set for the Droids!) I don't really like him from either the movie or the mini-fig. Scott Sanburn (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Really? I was expecting a "I don' know nuthin' 'bout birthin' no babies!" (I hope I didn't mangle that quote too badly). And in the victory parade, weren't the Gunga (Gungans?) just a bit, umm, funky? As in, "get down, get funky". Was there (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I gotta admit that it's not first-hand knowledge with me :) I know a guy that could speak and write some of it, and that's what he showed and told me. Yet I don't doubt it was Arabic. It makes sense. Is it possible there's a dialect involved? (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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"Superior" and "Loud" are NOT synonyms. A theater with a good sound system will not make your ears ring or give you a headache. A bad sound system will give you headaches and be disturbing (sounds coming from places where your brain tells you they (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Oops. Also, find a THX theatre in your area: (URL) B wrote in message ... (...) loud (...) a (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) <snip> (...) Well, maybe a bit. But it was kinda entertaining anyway. Yet I'm not for the continuation of the Jar Jar character if it's not in GL's story, even with public support, because it is GL's story. I didn't tell GL how to write his (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Once upon a time, (on Tue, 8 Jun 1999 17:10:45 GMT, to be precise!), Jonathan uttered the following profundities.... (...) There is I believe, a private newsgroup, with a title something along the lines of alt.fan.starwars.jar....must.die! And I (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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Mike Faunce <mfaunce@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:FD2Kxq.D7F@lugnet.com... (...) system In this case, they are. If the place had been full (or nearly so) the sound would have been deadened quite a bit by the number of bodies soaking it up, (...) (25 years ago, 9-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) that (...) Yet I (...) I had several Lebanese friends at the university, speaking Arabic, but since I'm not so familiar with the language (spoken) I can't say anything about their dialect. But when speaking English, their Arabic influence is (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) Close enough. Maybe if they did bring him back in the sequel? For the birth of the kids? (...) Yes, they were. And they were making *way* to much noise. Gunga din, I guess. -- Terry K -- (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) guess. Ooh, baaaad. Kipling would not be pleased (I think it was Kipling). The ending scene ticked me off both times I saw TPM. The Gungans are, what, dancing? marching? What the heck? I can understand being happy or whatever, but that (...) (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) guess. Boooo! Thy message and its follow-ups are banished to the realm of off-topic.pun (he said with sour grapes of wrath :P) -Tom McD. when replying, spamcake with frosting is still spamcake. (25 years ago, 10-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars, lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Did anyone know that in Sanskrit, "gunga" means "water"? Like the Ganges River, which the locals call the Gunga. And "Gungan" means "of water" or "underwater" in some dialects. I guess that's the logic for naming them that. Just thought y'all (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) I read in the Arts section of The Columbus Dispatch a few weeks ago and found an article on Episode I. It said that Lucas's two year old son came up with the name "Gungan"... Greg citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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(...) scribe, trained masterfully in the etymology of Sanskrit dialects. I, personally, choose the latter. (25 years ago, 24-Jun-99, to lugnet.starwars)
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