Just spent 15 minutes writing a post in the Palin car thread.

 

Ok, now it's 51.

 

50!!!!

 

youre "almost there....almost there...its away"
see if arin catches that one...

 

Edit: Removing joke in poor taste.

 

ouch, that was low, actually it's a star wars reference

 

If you knew all the times I've used that line out of context you would die of laughter

 

I probably would

 

Oh I remember that now. It's been a long time since I've seen that. That was just some other pilot who said it. He didn't make it their either. Vader blew his fighter up, right?

I'm removing the post above, it's too sick and mean.

 

Not just "some other pilot"

He was the leader of the fighter squad

Garven Dreis, Red Leader, Battle of Yavin

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Garven_Dreis

 

Yeah. But he died. He didn't make it. He shot, but "they just impacted on the surface" or something like that. So "almost there" is not a successful quote, it connotates failure or falling short eventually, right?

BTW

OMG, no offense, but you are a huge nerd for knowing who that "other pilot" was.

 

and I'm proud of it

Don't forget, I wear this on my right arm


He made a great and noble sacrifice to his cause.

 

Where was that in the movie? That looks like the symbol from the helmets and uniforms. But I don't remember the latin quotes.

Cool thing is when I was 5 years old I think, I stood in line with my father and 2 older brothers (14 and 18 respectively) to see Star Wars or episode IV I guess they call it now on opening night. It did change my life. No movie will ever replace what it was like to see that movie at age 5. It will always be the single greatest movie I've ever seen in a theater. I went back the next daand saw it 2 more times. Raiders of the Lost Ark was a very close second. By then Harrison Ford was big from being Han Solo. We had to stand in line completely arounf the building to get to see that movie on opening night.

Funny story, after we had seen Star Wars in 1977, my father was driving me and my brothers home. We were all talking about the movie and how awesome it was. There was truly nothing like it ever before, period. Anyway my brother chimes in and says "How'd they train that monkey to act so well?" He's 14 mind you. We said, "What monkey?" He said "Chewbacca." W elooked at each other, and I was 5 mind you and I knew it was a man in a suit, and he didn't. He actually graduated high school on time and still manages to feed himself with utensils.

 

The latin is from another movie, The Boondock Saints. Its on the trigger fingers of the brothers and it means

"truth and justice"

The crest was all over the Rebel stuff, ships, uniforms, helmets. It literally is the symbol of the Rebellion, and eventually The New Republic.

thats a great (and hilarious) story about the movies I can only dream of how awesome it would have been to see it all like that. I saw Empire Strikes Back first. My oldest cousin was a hardcore fan and i found his VHS tape right before the special editions came out. I bought the rest and I've been hooked for life. Star Wars has had an even greater impact on my life than Mustangs have

 

Rebel Arin.

 

 

you know it

 

That's cool Arin. I was very happy when my oldest daughter took a huge interest in all the Star Wars movies. WE would see the prequels together, and I bought her the original 3 when they came out on DVD finally. They have worn out the discs, or actually left them lying around too much and scratched them.

You can't go wrong with Star Wars though. It is so incredibly deep and full of symbolism and metaphor. It's Arthurian and Biblical and Homeric, and quite frankly genius. It's so much more than it's CGI or incredible action model cinematogrophy.

BTW I did know "truth and justice". I'm not quite as dumb as I sound. I did not know about Boondock Saints. I have seen it. My nephew loves the movie and watches it over and over again, I personally enjoyed it, but never really got anyhting extra out of it like other people your age have.

 

You crack me up.
I was watching star wars last night.

 

didn't mean to imply dumbness there. Its always nice to stumble upon someone who knows Latin these days

Also, me and my Latin teacher in HS had a very long discussion about how Star Wars is just as important as some of the great stories of the past and how it IS to the core everything a modern day Epic Saga should be Glad to see we're not as alone as we thought we are. Far too many people dismiss these movies as just gimmicky.

I met a few girls who tried to tell me "they're just a bunch of B movies with good music" I told each and every one of them they didn't have souls