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December 24th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
That is so awesome, and look it’s Rube from Dead Like Me!!!!!
December 24th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
That’s freakin’ hilarious! Awesome. Awesome. Awe. Some!
December 24th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Holy hell! MORE MORE MORE!
December 24th, 2008 at 5:31 pm
That was GREAT!! Thank you so much!!!!
December 24th, 2008 at 5:36 pm
haha, funny.
December 24th, 2008 at 6:14 pm
My signature on the JREF forums:
“Hello. My name is Inigo Skywalker. You are my father. Prepare to die.”
I had it first, so there.
December 24th, 2008 at 8:12 pm
And on another note:
It’s a PhaSR, Jim!
http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/12/justice-dept-de.html
December 24th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
I can’t even put in to words how much UNADULTERATED WIN that is.
Have you seen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S55W0JpBlg0 ? Doctor Who with lightsabers!
December 24th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Whoops, wrote it with a URL.
I can’t even put in to words how much UNADULTERATED WIN that is.
Have you seen the video my name links to? Doctor Who with lightsabers!
December 25th, 2008 at 3:48 am
Classic movie! Classic line. Classic swordfight.
Brilliant. Beyond brilliant in fact – its superluminous!
December 25th, 2008 at 3:50 am
Oh & did I say classic lightsaber duel? Plus classic tribute?
No? Add those to that list as well.
Thanks Bad Astronomer & the creator of that clip.
December 25th, 2008 at 7:40 am
It’s not just superluminous,,,it’s a GRB and we’re right in its line of fire,,,
So cool!
GAry 7
December 25th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
What a coincidence! I got the Princess Bride on VHS for Christmas today! My favorite fairy-tale romance movie ever. Lightsabers just make it that much better.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Just to be extra-geeky this afternoon: you can do the “n” with a squiggle over it really easily. Hold down the Alt key and type 164 on the 10-key on your keyboard. Type 165 to get an upper-case Ñ.
(It may look like just another accent mark to us, but in Spanish, ñ is considered a completely separate letter and can change the meaning of words. Quick example: “Tengo veinte años” means “I’m 20 years old”; “Tengo veinte anos” means “I have 20 anuses”.)
December 26th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
It is the same actor as Rube from DLM
December 26th, 2008 at 7:24 pm
The lightsabers in Star Wars should have had swept hilts. That was cool.
December 27th, 2008 at 9:34 am
Just seeing Nigel Tufnell wielding a Light Sabre is pretty cool.
December 27th, 2008 at 11:00 am
Oh! Now all I want to see is Inigo Skywalker Jones pull up his revolver and dismissively pop a cap in one of those wildly swinging Siths with a deft use of Force manipulation, and my New Year crossover period is crossed over but good.
Swept hilts are cool, but it would be a paradox in the SW universe (as light sabers cut light saber metal).
Now, in the Jedi Bride universe it could be made to work.
December 31st, 2008 at 10:47 am
Aha. So that the scene? Keep hearing the quote, but had nought to tag it onto.