This Star Wars "Birth of Darth Vader" set was clearly design to have one feature and one feature alone, but Hasbro blew it and missed the biggest of missed opportunities. This set does not have a sound chip that says "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" And thus, it might as well be garbage. (Via Entertainment Earth)
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CrimsonDeath said:
No sound chip you say?
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
Eozen said:
*clears throat*
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?
That is all.
Terjay said:
YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES!
ranchoth said:
Maybe we can improvise a replacement with one of those cow-in-a-can toys, taped to the base.
NeoXorn said:
No "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" sound chip?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS?!
Dr. McNasty said:
DO NOT WANT
doc_ock_4mugen said:
Wow. I can't believe this. You guys are complaining about not buying a beautiful Star Wars set just because it doesn't have a soundchip!? Where do I join?
No, NOOOOOOOOOOO! No buy!
Trekkie of the Rings said:
What??
I WANNA KNOW WHOSE RESPONSIBLE THIS RIGHT NOW!!!
SpiderHyphenMan said:
doc_ock: I'm not buying it because it reminds of the prequels. So NYAH!
doc_ock_4mugen said:
@Spider-Man: foiled again by an arachnid... but that's a valid reason too!
Captain Dunsil said:
At least the playset has him actually wearing the lower part of the helmet as the mask comes down...
Hachiko said:
99% possbility this was made in China. The sound chip must say DO NOT WANT.
ZeroCorpse said:
I don't get the complaints about him saying "NNOOOOO!" at that moment of his deepest anguish. When it's done in other movies, it's no big deal. But for some reason, Anakin doing it evokes an angry response from fans.
I mean, Taylor, in "Planet of the Apes", comes across the Statue of Liberty and yells "NOOOOOO!" and it's perfectly acceptable; Even iconic.
Luke does it in The Empire Strikes Back, not once, but a few times, and nobody rags on it. It's a perfectly acceptable scene, even with Mark Hamill chewing the hell out of the scenery.
Ash Williams does it "Evil Dead II", and everybody LOVES it.
So WTF is the problem with Anakin, who believes that his wife and unborn child were accidentally murdered by him, letting loose with a cry of anguish and denial?
Hell, when someone I loved died, years ago, I did the same exact thing: `Dropped to my knees, and screamed "NO!" for a long, painful, horrible moment as I realized I'd never be with her again. What is it about Darth Vader that requires he can't feel or express anguish at least one time in his life?
It was the proper reaction at the proper moment. All he had risked was for nothing. He killed children to save Padme, and now she was dead- By HIS hand. Anguish was the ONLY appropriate emotion at that point, and there are very few ways to emote complete and utter anguish.
I'm sorry, but this is an Internet joke that is rooted in stupidity. Fault Lucas for midichlorians having a name, or for casting Jake Lloyd, or for letting Ahmed Best give voice to Jar-Jar Binks, but "NOOOOOO!" was probably the one line in the entire Lucas-penned script that wasn't stilted or inappropriate dialogue for the moment. Give him some credit.
Radar said:
@ZeroCorpse
Look at the years your mentioned movie is in.
In 2000something you simply can not do a "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" scene and being taken seriously in my humble opinion
Jeebus said:
wow, it seems to have hit ZeroCorpse pretty hard. Especially if he's referencing Luke's 'NOOOO!!!!' which was Luke at his fruitiest. sheesh.
Beany McPickles said:
@ZeroCorpse: For me it wasn't so much him saying "NOOOOOO!" as *how* he said it, the inflection, the melodrama, the warble. I'm all for someone screaming "NOOOOOO!" in anguish if it sounds painful instead of silly. I was sitting in the theatre genuinely sad over the scene and then out comes that "NOOOOOO!" and I nearly snorted Mountain Dew through my nose. It just sounded hilarious.
Pete said:
This is like that 'Disturbance at Lars Homestead' playset that for some reason included no charred corpses whatsoever.
