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  1. William_Dellinger

    I was thinking the same thing when I saw the news.

    I was thinking the same thing when I saw the news.
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    The Four Directions (teaser, of sorts)

    Very interesting. I'm originally from Natchez, Mississippi and Emerald Mound is such a fun place to go and walk around, or have picnics, or fly kites, or just hang out. It's one of those places that you look at and, yeah, it's just a big pile of dirt, but then you start thinking about what it...
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    General Theory of Alternate History

    You're right, but I should have qualified my original post. I want to talk about butterflies - shorthand for the changes resulting from a specific point of departure in a timeline - philosophically. Not from a literary perspective, because we all know how authors use butterflies to either get to...
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    General Theory of Alternate History

    I want to talk about butterflies. (I'm putting this in Before 1900 since earlier timelines have more experience with large-scale butterflies. Not that After 1900 doesn't, just that I want to discuss long term butterflies and short-term butterflies). Specifically, butterflies in the context of a...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    I was thinking, either on the return to the city, he tries to pull off some reckless manuever and bounces off a rock, springing a leak, or maybe he tries to jump in and fight the clones off. Just leaping before he looks, so to speak. Give Obi-Wan a chance to save his ass, just to prove that...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    I really enjoyed it, Glen. A hundred times better than TPM. Anakin, I think, needs to a bit more brash. Have something come back to bite him in the ass, maybe during the return to the Gungan city. Maybe he's showing off, maybe he's getting cocky. Obi-Wan uses Padme's name a lot. There was...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    Both. Even if he leaves home at sixteen (pushing it, btw) he'd be early twenties by now. I can't see the Republic giving a fighter to someone without a couple years of training, even someone as talented as Anakin, and it's been established that he's been in the military for a couple of years...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    Tim Roth, IMHO, is a perfect cast for Jar Jar. As far as appearance goes, the first thing would be getting rid of the eyes. Make them deeper set into a higher brow and make the mouth less like a duck's bill. More alligator-like in both cases. Skin color and texture is fine as is. Thicker...
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    Draft Peace Treaty Between USA and CSA

    I have a problem with Articles VI & XI. Article VI: A victorious CSA would never abandon claim to New Mexico Territory, as well as Indian Territory. The entire war was fought over the expansion of slavery into the western territories (though, one could make the argument that without needing...
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    A Khan in Constantinople

    Now that gives me an idea for FATM... :D
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    Winfield Scott's place in history

    He served under every President from Jefferson to Lincoln, a total of fourteen administrations, and was a general for thirteen of them. He was Commanding General of the U.S. Army for so long, that when he took the post, his successor (McClellan) wasn't even in the military yet. Played...
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    CS President Breckenridge?

    What would it take for John Breckenridge to be eligible for President of the Confederate States? IIRC, the convention elected Jefferson Davis on 18 Feb 1861, so it'd have to be before then. Is there a plausible way to get Kentucky to secede before then? Maybe a stronger abolitionist sentiment...
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    Why did Jefferson Davis become CSA President?

    I posted a thread about a week ago about alternate Confederate Presidents, to which no one responded to. :( ;) Anyway, say, for whatever reason, someone other than Davis is asked to be President. Toombs, if a definite person is needed. Davis gets command of the Confederate Army (which he...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    I'm with you on that. It annoys me something fierce, but it's the closest comparison I could think of. And Park could indeed pull off the voice, but that's one of those things I couldn't possibly know for sure. It's up to you, in the end.
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    Dubbed voice actor. His native accent and voice is, IMHO, not frightening enough for a Sith Lord. I mean, Vader's is deep, powerful, and commanding. Palpatine's is smooth, persuasive, and creepy. Maul's voice should be gutteral and almost beast-like. Kind of like Chrisitian Bale as Batman. I...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    Was it just me or did Vader look a good bit smaller than he was supposed to? I don't mean height, I kept looking at his arms - thin, noodle like things. Or maybe it was just off proportionally.
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    Just watched it - yes, please don't use any of that dialogue. Even in James Earl Jones' voice he sounds whiny... And the "Nooooooo" was ridiculous. Oh, and one other thing I noticed - whenever you have Senator/Emperor Palpatine walking around, try to not to have him seem like he's about to...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    Ah, yes. Still better than "yippie" in Phantom Menace. ;)
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    I understand, but I'd set up more introductory scenes with Anakin. I mean, the major reason everyone was excited about Phantom Menace was a chance to see Darth Vader before he went evil. Have him grumbling about being on kitchen (do they have kitchens in space?) duty, or latrine duty, or maybe...
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    Glen's Star Wars Prequels

    I can't remember the specific lines from RotS, could you remind me? And I'd definitely go with an extremely tall actor for Vader. The whole enforced perspective thing has always irritated me for some reason.
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