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Still don't get it. Who wants to live long enough so that their only pleasure is getting free bus travel into Portswood?

About a month ago, I reluctantly agreed to get a family membership for the gym. Now, being a fat bast has never been a problem for me for two reasons. First, I'm rarely what you'd call a fat bast. Second, when I am, I'm not really that bothered. It just means a temporary cessation of Cornetto and late night toast runs. Now, if I were on the pull, I can kinda see the point. Turning up at a disco looking like you've visited every restaurant in town immediately beforehand is not the best plan if you're after the other sort of nosh, but I've been in a relationship for yonks now, and I'm having difficulty working out why the feck I'm even bothering with the gym. Don't get me wrong. I am not about to slip through any drain covers in the next 24 hours, but I'm having trouble justifying the effort internally. What is the point of gyms?

Blasphemy! I think the reviewer does a pretty good job of deconstructing all of those movies. Personally, I found them insulting. I've watched the prequel movies around three times each. Must have seen the original Star Wars over a hundred times. I'm not saying you're wrong. No wait. I am.

No probs. Just getting through the last of them myself here. They are very funny, and actually very educational too. The guy breaks filmmaking/storytelling down pretty well. Incidentally, I watched Star Wars (1977) yesterday. No special bits, and Han shoots first. Bloody amazing film, made all the more special by the ingenuity that went into making it before the advent of CGI.

I had similar issues, but you can go to their website instead. Red Letter Media

Number one problem on this forum.

This is the first part of a very good critique of the original trilogy.

And can people please stop pretending that Southampton FC are a bunch of innocent choirboys that obey every order. I refer the jury now to the case of Lee Barnard. They're lads playing at a football club. One more is not going to make that much difference.

I don't think that the conditions at the club would allow him to disrupt squad harmony. I refer the jury to the case of Jason Puncheon, erstwhile of the Southampton youth setup - now loaned to a Premier League team. If it's a problem, it'll be sorted. As I said earlier, depends where his head is at. He's pretty well established in Southampton - I think it could be a good fit for all.

It really depends on whether he still wants to be a footballer. I've seen some of the accusations on here. They may be justified. They may equally be libellous. Point is, people do actually change during the course of their lives. Depends where his head is at, really.

I remain positive. How people can moan about our fluid and exciting team after 2005-2008 is beyond me.

Beattiemania

Brilliant! History is a fascinating subject

Slashfilm have got this little gem from 1988. George Lucas speaks out about the altering films.

I don't know James Beattie personally, but it's not as if you can actually derive too much from what Nige says. For a start, he says the same things all the time, and they are normally cliches to the point of being meaningless.

There is actually a brilliant South Park episode, Free Hat, in which George Lucas does just that.

I have a real problem with that replacement too. To me, the original was right - Sebastian Shaw - the redeemed version of Anakin Skywalker, bathed in the light side of the force. Now, it's young long-haired Anakin ( who lets remember, had already slaughtered Tusken women and children ) who pops up at the end. Doesn't seem consistent to me. Anakin was already a complete bast at that point. As I said earlier, I have no problem with sprucing up the graphics. It's revising the story that annoys me. If you want to do that, at least do a proper remake. The problem with Lucas is that he believes that the films are his. Legally, that may well be true - the man owns the rights. Culturally though, those movies belong to the fans - who he has completely lost touch with.

New York Times have confirmed the "Nooo!" bit.

On September 12th, the Star Wars films are going to be released on Blu Ray. There is a disturbance in the Force. Like the sound of a million people saying "George!!! Why are you messing with my childhood again?". Yes, George has been revising his visions again. Lucas has a bit of previous in this department. Han shot first in the original Star Wars. From the special editions onward, he doesn't. There is a whole internet campaign on this very subject, and I have some sympathy with it. They change Han from someone willing to murder to save his own skin to someone firing back in self-defence. It's a big thing. This time, George has decided to change an iconic scene in Return of the Jedi. I'm not against updates per se - the remastered Star Trek 1960s is a fine example of how to do it, but Lucas is ruining those films. That scene in particular was so powerful because you didn't know what was going through Darth's head. Now it's "Noooo!", just like the sh*t-brick at the end of Revenge of the Sith. Don't know about buying the Blu Ray. I might end up saying "Noooo!" a lot too.

I did not know he was a cokehead. I do not mix in those circles.

And I'd sign him up. If fit, can do a job at this level.

If he doesn't sign up with a new club straight away, why couldn't he train with the club?

Having had a series of less than stellar jobs during my student days, I tend to tip as a rule. Takes some pretty bad service to stop me from tipping, although when that happens, I normally don't pay the full whack.

Still, even the whole amount is comparative peanuts. That would be the best solution in my view. As I said, they can afford it. Personally, I think competition would be a good thing for both cities. Southampton would be forced to up its game and in the process, provide more stuff to do - which would benefit everyone. There is room enough for both - completely different parts of the country - serving an expanding market.

Three will do for a good shout of promotion. Even with no incoming players, this team won't be getting relegated.