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DuracellEnergizer

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#1391393
Topic
Last web series/tv show seen
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JadedSkywalker said:

So what did you think of Batman Beyond Return of the Joker, if you hated the show.

Never seen it. I never watched Batman Beyond beyond Season 1.

And JFTR, I didn’t say I hated Batman Beyond; I liked the show when I watched it. But in retrospect, I don’t like what they did with Bruce. A crusty old man, alienated from everyone, alone in his empty mansion. I hate it.

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#1390736
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<s>Why I Love Prequel Yoda</s> (<em>Outdated</em>)
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SparkySywer said:

G&G-Fan said:

Remember when Yoda said “Wars not make one great” in Empire Strikes Back? He learned that from the Clone Wars.

It’s only through the teachings of Qui-Gon, who became his master after Revenge of the Sith and was basically the perfect Jedi, even if nobody could see it, was Yoda able to grow into the character he is in Empire Strikes Back.

I’d find this a lot more compelling if this was an actual plot thread in the prequels, instead of something people just inferred from a bunch of EU media.

When Yoda says this in Empire, it’s not hard to imagine he’s saying this from firsthand experience. But in the prequels, that’s really not what’s portrayed. Yoda has no character arc where he learns the horrors of war. If it’s true that he learned this through Qui-Gon, you gotta remember that this is entirely off-screen, after the credits roll in Episode 3.

This.

Lucas’ primary reason for giving Yoda a lightsaber was to pander to children and man-children who need bright shiny objects to hold their attention. Any other aims were tertiary at best.

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#1390425
Topic
The Thread Where You Wax Rhapsodic about Your Book Collection
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ADDED

  • Batman Black and White, Vol. 2 (edited by Nick J. Napolitano)
  • Batman Black and White, Vol. 3 (edited by Anton Kawasaki)
  • Dean R. Koontz: A New Collection (Shattered/Whispers/Watchers) (published by Wings Books)
  • Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
  • Good News Bible: With Deuterocanonical/Apocryphal Books and Concordance (Today’s English Version) (published by the Canadian Bible Society)
  • Holy Bible (New King James Version) (published by Thomas Nelson, Inc.)
  • Jorge Luis Borges: Collected Fictions (translated by Andrew Hurley)
  • The Lost Art of Scripture: Rescuing the Sacred Texts (Karen Armstrong)
  • Murder by Remote Control (Janwillem van de Wetering & Paul Kirchner)
  • A Scanner Darkly (Philip K. Dick)
  • The Spiral Staircase: My Climb Out of Darkness (Karen Armstrong)
  • Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 3 (John Byrne, Marv Wolfman, & Jerry Ordway)
  • Superman: The Man of Steel, Vol. 9 (edited by Paul Santos)
  • The Teaching of Buddha (published by the Buddhist Promoting Foundation)
  • The Untold Legend of the Batman #1 (Len Wein, John Byrne, & Jim Aparo)
  • The Untold Legend of the Batman #2 (Len Wein & Jim Aparo)
  • The Untold Legend of the Batman #3 (Len Wein & Jim Aparo)
  • Zippy Stories (Bill Griffith)

WEEDED

  • Eye in the Sky (Philip K. Dick)
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#1390212
Topic
<strong>The Empire Strikes Back</strong> - a general <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> thread
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Dek Rollins said:

I don’t think DE was implying that it isn’t something that exists. I think he was voicing disgust at the idea that such a thing does exist and that it’s being referenced on this message board.

This. Absolutely this.

Power creep like this is why I’ve come to hate telekinesis, Force lightning, and the other unsubtle Force abilities.