Got some brown rice from Ranch 99. I'm not giving up on white rice, but I've decided to give brown rice a try since it's supposed to be so healthy. I don't think I've like much of the brown rice I've had in the past, but I had a feeling that stuff came from Uncle Ben's.
It's actually pretty good. I'm planning on alternating between white and brown. I thought it would be difficult to cook (in a plain rice cooker, it takes an extra 50% more water than white rice), and I was afraid I'd end up with super tough grains of undercooked rice. My first batch cooked up without a hitch. For a little while, I was tempted to get one of those fuzzy logic rice cookers since they have a special setting for brown rice, but my regular old rice cooker seems to be doing just fine.
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Went to Fry's the day Star Wars was released on DVD b/c they were selling it for about $36. It turns out that was a one day sale, and by the time I got to the store, there were only fullscreen copies left. Tons and tons of fullscreen copies. Who gets those, anyway?
Fullscreen is especially bad with Star Wars. For several seconds in one scene, all you see is desert. It's boring and pointless. Then, you finally see someone walking in from the far edge. In the widescreen version, you see the person from the beginning. I didn't see it on the big screen until way after the first billion times I watched it.
I was tempted to not buy the Star Wars DVDs at all because the new scenes and the obvious CG additions make me want to barf, but I hear this remastered version looks really sweet. I don't mind that Lucas wanted to touch some things up, but he should have at least blended the CG stuff better with the original. The new stuff is SO obviously new and bolted on. And pointless. I think he should have also included the original theatrical release.
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Posted by: online gambling at November 22, 2004 09:34 PMYeah, there were recent rumours that he would continue 7-9, but of course, that's unconfirmed. FOX executives probably want 7-9 out for the revenue, but I wouldn't mind it if Lucas did them for completeness, especially if the stories are reportedly already written.
Posted by: kuoj at September 29, 2004 03:25 PMno idea about the bloopers. is Lucas going to make 7-9? i heard that the story (and maybe even the scripts) is done, but that he was going to stop making these movies once 3 is out.
Posted by: kstroke at September 28, 2004 07:16 PMI'm sure when Star Wars episodes 1-9 come out in one gigantic boxset, he'll include the original theatrical releases for all the old-school fans.
I've never seen anything but the theatrical releases. Do you know if they've edited out the numerous bloopers that were fun to spot?
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