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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 07-26-2001 09:20 PM

...Sydney, Australia where

lands atop the Sydney Opera House. He screams out for John, Michael and Bill to hoist the sails and bring her around but, alas, he could not be heard by Michael or Bill owing to the fact that all of their Century projectors were so bloody noisy.

John put down his bottle of FilmGuard and with a mighty 'Crikees Cobbers' ran from Randwick all the way up Anzac Parade being careful to follow the now obsolete Olympic Marathon blue line which is now just an annoyance especially in the wet weather and reached the Opera House (being sure to take in the many other beautiful sites of Sydney Harbor on the way) just as yelled:

'I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD!'

With this, Joe managed to quickly get enough adrenalin pumping to...

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Paul Cunningham
Expert Film Handler

Posts: 146
From: Melbourne, Australia
Registered: Jun 2000

posted 07-26-2001 10:13 PM

....sensing that something extraordinary was going on Michael Barry left his 70mm print of 2001 on autopilot and leapt from the top of the revolving restaurant with his rocket pack, swept down, picked up Joe from the Opera House and headed out to Doyles at Watsons Bay. In the meantime Brad was searching for the sixth spirit to make a waveform that would finally annihalate George Lucas's digital cinema and allow film to reign supreme. Learning of these developements George retreated to Skywalker Ranch so that he could regroup and decide what to do, however on arrival where the Ranch should be all that he could see was....

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 07-27-2001 08:17 AM

...a brand new 64-plex "entertainment center" lit by garish neon lights in the middle of a huge but empty parking lot surrounded by the clear-cut remnants of the beautiful rolling wooded hills of the former Ranch. Entering the cavernous harshly-lit techno-style lobby, he was greeted by the cacophonous din of video games and the acrid smell of burnt popcorn and rancid pizza. The theatre was entirely staffed by droids. The head droid approached menacingly and said...

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John P. Pytlak, Senior Technical Specialist
Worldwide Technical Services, Entertainment Imaging
Eastman Kodak Company
Research Labs, Building 69, Room 7419
Rochester, New York, 14650-1922 USA
Tel: 716-477-5325 Cell: 716-781-4036 Fax: 716-722-7243
E-Mail: john.pytlak@kodak.com
Web site: http://www.kodak.com/go/motion

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 07-27-2001 10:23 AM

What make are you? You do not look like the rest of us. What manner of droid are you.

George's eyes quickly search the room but he sees no human beings, just the ugly droids. He quickly gains his composure and says, " I am the latest droid to be manufactured." he contiues, " I have been designed to swallow film sent in here and my eyes are projectors to show what I swallowed on the screen"

"Where is the projection room?"

The droid leads George to a door near the concession stand. As he passes by he looks in the concession and sees.........

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Evans A Criswell
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1579
From: Huntsville, AL, USA
Registered: Mar 2000

posted 07-27-2001 10:28 AM

... that the theatre is selling a product made by crossing jumping beans and popcorn. The area behind the concession stand was a mess. .....

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Dwayne Caldwell
Master Film Handler

Posts: 323
From: Rockwall, TX, USA
Registered: Apr 2000

posted 07-27-2001 04:01 PM

Where the slovenly droids were slowly leaking oil onto the titled floor. George was upset that his ex-ranch wasn't even equipped with the latest protocol droids. The projectionist mecha proceeded to show George the projection room. The droid stood before the port glass window and showed George his latest ingestion.

George was furious. It was a documentary on the destruction of Skywalker Ranch. And the demolitionists were a bunch of talking monkeys engineered by none other than Film Tech resident scientist and fun loving party guy Evans A. Criswell for the purpose of helping Brad avenge his laptop. George banded the droids together to strike back at Evans and his monkeys.

Evans, hearing of George's droid army knew he would need more than talking monkey clones to combat the menace. He called on super hero the Ultimate Bad Ass Bob Maar (special power- making people laugh while he whales on them), Oscar winner Mr. Kodak John Ptylak (special power- emits xenon beams from his eyes), and refreshed from his recent vacation in Australia Joe the Chameleon Redifer (special talent- self explanatory).

Brad and Scott of course had to get in on the action, so they all met up amid a sea of monkeys to discuss the battle plan. But little did they know...

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Darryl Spicer
Film God

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From: Lexington, KY, USA
Registered: Dec 2000

posted 07-29-2001 06:40 PM

....that George brought in his old buddy Steven Spielberg to back him up. Steven of course brought his own army with him that takes ten minutes of credits to list there names. But brad and Scott had there own surprise plan what could it be who has the answer. How can one defeat such great armies....

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 07-30-2001 09:41 PM

that included Indiana Jones, ET, Puck, Goldie Hawn, Richard Dreyfuss (who were both glad to be in employment once more yet wondering if they were to be paid scale for this gig), the little teddy bear from the AI trailer and Tom Hanks.

Danger surrounded the super heroes Brad Filmguard and Chamelion Joe yet they had special secret weapons...they tore open their jackets and revealed incredibly large...

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 08-01-2001 08:39 AM

scar that went from the belly button up and around their necks and up to the crainium. It seems that they had been captured by the droids who were curious about what made them tick. They implanted into their bodies............

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Adam Martin
I'm not even gonna point out the irony.

Posts: 3686
From: Dallas, TX
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 08-01-2001 09:37 AM

huge pectoral muscles that could ...

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John Pytlak
Film God

Posts: 9987
From: Rochester, NY 14650-1922
Registered: Jan 2000

posted 08-01-2001 10:15 AM

...lift an entire IMAX movie or qualify for a job at "Hooters". Rather than using these stunning physical attributes to get out of their predicament, Brad and Joe decided to...

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John T. Hendrickson, Jr
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 889
From: Freehold, NJ, USA
Registered: Apr 2001

posted 08-05-2001 07:26 PM

run for political office. Since this was an expensive undertaking, they decided to approach corporations for contributions. They contacted TES, whereupon...

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Sean McKinnon
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1712
From: Peabody Massachusetts
Registered: Sep 2000

posted 08-06-2001 03:14 AM

...The masterminds at TES used the phone call to track down Brad, and Joe. The TES exec's then commandeered an Airborne truck and rushed to thier location. They then knocked out our hereos and stuffed them in 2 large orange beat-up film cans, and carelessly threw them into the back of the truck...

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Aaron Sisemore
Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day!

Posts: 3061
From: Rockwall TX USA
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 08-06-2001 03:46 AM

...where they were hurried off to the nearest Airborne depot, where they were then handed off to the Sky Courier guy who hauled them off to the waiting cargo jet, sitting on the tarmac, engines running. The jet lifts off with our heroes aboard...

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Bob Maar
(Maar stands for Maartini)

Posts: 28608
From: New York City & Newport, RI
Registered: Feb 2001

posted 08-06-2001 10:49 AM

.....as the plane lifts off for its final destination, our hero's awaken inside the film cans. Covered with celluloid they begin to morph and..........

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