dahmage

I am good thanks. Had two excellent slices at the local pizza place for lunch yesterday.

How are you doing?

pft, dom is probably just some corporate shill in a suit. pay him no mind.

Dek Rollins said:

Frank your Majesty said:

chyron8472 said:

dahmage said:

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I’m going to go on the Pirates of the Caribbean ride and scream at the animatronics like I have schizophrenia. It’s my form of protest.

Don’t forget to make a video of it. And also to film vertically.

Actually you shouldn’t film vertically. it might seem easier to hold your phone that way, but it is actually quite annoying to watch things that were filmed that way. There is a thing referred to as Vertical Video Syndrome and i fear you have it.

=p

I think you knew I was being non-serious, but answered as though I was.

I’m happy he did, because that video is great.

Oh, I see how it is! When I post the video in response to something, nobody bats an eye, but when “That’s a lotta” Dahmage posts it, it’s the best thing since Bread was a good time for me! 😉

what?

DominicCobb said:

Dek Rollins said:

DominicCobb said:

Dek Rollins said:

chyron8472 said:

Giving George all the artistic credit for the OT vastly overlooks the many people on staff at the time who overrode ideas of his that would have ruined the films.

The OT was built out of more talented people bringing a good end product from George’s ever-changing vision for the story. The PT was built out of George’s (still ever-changing and seemingly unfinished) personal vision being controlled by himself alone because nobody else wanted to take the helm from him. Both were still built around his artistic vision, the thing that brought the OT to perfection was that everyone else added their own vision into George’s.

DominicCobb said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I didn’t give the prequels a pass. I just said they are slightly less soulless.

I would argue the opposite because their writer/directors are people who actually care about making Star Wars.

chyron8472 said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I didn’t give the prequels a pass. I just said they are slightly less soulless.

I’m not sure though how working for Disney automatically leads JJ Abrams, Gareth Edwards, Rian Johnson, or Ron Howard (among the many others involved) to create soulless works.

The Disney films are the director’s vision being made with massive amounts of input from Disney/LFL overlords who don’t care about Star Wars. They care about money. George Lucas cared about money and his personal vision of Star Wars. I also might argue that Rian Johnson doesn’t care about Star Wars, but I don’t know how much of TLJ was interference from the studio heads, and I actually don’t want to argue about that because it would amount to flinging basement cat poo. I also don’t like JJ Abrams (as a filmmaker).

You don’t have to tell me you don’t know much, that’s plainly evident. Don’t talk about shit you know nothing about.

Could you phrase this as an actual response to my opinions? Because I have no idea what you’re referring to, and I also see no reason for the overall insulting tone.

I guess I’m just tired of people making ridiculous proclamations based on nothing more than speculation and the opinions of other cynical nerds on the internet.

If you want me to be specific, there’s been basically zero evidence of interference by Disney “overlords.” Everything anyone has said has been that Disney is pretty hands off with their subsidiaries, which actually just makes sense, put the trust in the creators to make good stuff and the money will follow. When studios interfere (like Fox did for awhile), you usually get bad results. Studios aren’t stupid.

Also, there’s no such thing as LFL “overlords.” Kennedy is the CEO but she’s also the producer on these films, which means not only is she allowed to be involved creatively, she is supposed to be. There’s also the story group, which is literally just a team of writers that the filmmakers can use to brainstorm with. Everything anyone has ever said about the team at LFL has been positive and in no way are they forcing input, just offering it. You could say “ah bullshit, they’re just lying,” though if you think about it that doesn’t really make sense. Obviously if you had an unpleasant experience you’re not going to be open about it and badmouth your employers, but you’re also not going to go out of your way to make up nice things about them. Also, it’s tough to lie when there are so many people involved with these movies talking about them. People on the internet make up so much shit about how these movies were made without doing any research. Most of it is documented in the “Art of” books.

As for what I was referring to in your post specifically, you said that Rian Johnson doesn’t care about Star Wars but you implied maybe the things you didn’t like it were studio interference, then you said you don’t know much about the subject, which I think is obvious. If you’ve read literally any interview with the man, you’d know he loves Star Wars. This is even clearer in his longer form interviews, and in the aforementioned “Art of” books (I imagine it’s obvious in the behind the scenes stuff too). Saying TLJ might’ve been the victim of studio interference is demonstrably untrue, when there’s literally a quote out there from Johnson explaining why he did what on pretty much every decision made on the film.

Also, there’s an incredibly obvious argument as to why you know Disney didn’t “interfere,” and how you know the big decisions were being made by the filmmakers. Do you really think they would’ve done that to Luke? Fuck no. If this was the meddling money grubbing conglomerate you guys claim, we would’ve gotten exactly what the fans “wanted”: https://twitter.com/EnnieArdi/status/976181971578707968

Dek Rollins said:

chyron8472 said:

Dek Rollins said:

The Disney films are the director’s vision being made with massive amounts of input from Disney/LFL overlords who don’t care about Star Wars.

Citation needed.

Would you prefer Solo to be directed by people who turn Han into a lovably comical rogue, or to have KK step in and replace them with a director who will do justice to the character?

I would prefer that Disney allows the people who they hired in the first place to make the picture they feel works best. And maybe I’m wrong about the studio execs not caring about Star Wars, and I apologize for making baseless claims, but I’m not getting any glimpses of the contrary from what has been happening with the new films.

Kennedy hired them, not Disney. Kennedy is the producer, she has the creative right to fire them, whether justified or not.

Also, just because you don’t like the movies they’ve made doesn’t mean your speculations are right. Baselessly blaming “studio interference” for everything is a completely sophomoric way of looking at things.

this needs to go on the front page.

SkyderHouseMafia said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

SkyderHouseMafia said:

oojason said:

Re the TLJ score-only mix…

‘The score-only mix of TLJ is now available directly in the extras of the iTunes version. (And if you buy it anywhere else (including the blu) you can access it with the Movies Anywhere app) This concludes this double parenthetical UPDATE’

https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/977261984331784193?s=21

One of the few pros of buying digital I guess haha.

(And if you buy it anywhere else (including the blu) you can access it with the Movies Anywhere app)

Yeah but it’s not like they’re magically transmitting the score-only copy into your bluray. You have to go out of your way to access it with the blu. Apple’s gone and altered the very product I bought from them (I know it’s more like a licence but you get my point).

lol, “apple” did no such thing. all digital codes got it.

Possessed said:

dahmage said:

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

dahmage said:

http://www.igokids.com/nyc/event/caribou-baby-prenatal-pilates

thoughts?

Depends. Couldn’t I just drive to the gym, pick up the instructor, bring her to my house to exercise, and drop her back off at the gym when we’re done? That would be more convenient.

don’t get fresh with me, son!

But daddy

call me papa john.

loves up indeed.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

dahmage said:

http://www.igokids.com/nyc/event/caribou-baby-prenatal-pilates

thoughts?

Depends. Couldn’t I just drive to the gym, pick up the instructor, bring her to my house to exercise, and drop her back off at the gym when we’re done? That would be more convenient.

don’t get fresh with me, son!

DominicCobb said:

DominicCobb said:

I had such thigh hopes for this thread.

Fixed(?)

yes

TV’s Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

I had such high hopes for this thread.

Where do you think you are? This is a public thread.

so, i can report you?

Warbler said:

Mrebo said:

Han and Gringo have a little chat.

When did Lucas add the hat?

yesterday. don’t you read the newspaper?

paja said:

Do You Need To Watch ‘Daredevil’ Before ‘The Punisher’?

Yes

suspiciouscoffee said:

pop tarts are ravioli

no

tlj petition

Mrebo said:

TV’s Frink said:

I hope Han and Gringo get walkie-talkies.

“So Who Talks First? You Talk First? I Talk First?”

perfect! this is a change just asking to be made

TV’s Frink said:

Thanks for reminding me not to refresh my cache. I’d hate to lose you.

You Will Always Find Me in Your Heart. (i hacked your pacemaker old man!)

DominicCobb said:

I had such high hopes for this thread.

bring it back to its original state!

TV’s Frink said:

Event is expired? Bah.

lets demand that Disney create a new event!

TV’s Frink said:

SilverWook said:

flametitan said:

SilverWook said:

It’s not unreasonable that an untrained Force sensitive kid might learn to do a few parlor tricks like pulling a broom to his hand without ever being able to do much more than that. Interestingly enough, it’s those kind of parlor tricks Anakin does around Padme in AOTC, even though he says Obi Wan frowns on such frivolous use of the Force.*

*We later see Obi Wan use the Force to open and close doors mere inches away from his grasp. Which makes him out to be a bit of a hypocrite. 😛

I mean, those could just be the automatic doors you see everywhere, and he’s just like the rest of us. 😛

On Kamino, he clearly does the Force hand wave at them.

My daughters do this all the time.

on Kamino? i doubt that very much.

Tyrphanax said:

dahmage said:

Mrebo said:

We might as well have a 1% Disney Tax taken out of paychecks that gives free admission for all Americans.

I would support that!

Hell yeah man.

If i create a petition, will you sign it?

I can’t tell which thread is which now.

.

suspiciouscoffee said:

Thread ruined in a single reply. New record?

records were made to be broken. I might argue that the thread was ruined when it was created (although i am very proud of the title)

Mrebo said:

We might as well have a 1% Disney Tax taken out of paychecks that gives free admission for all Americans.

I would support that!

Warbler said:

dahmage said:

Handman said:

dahmage said:

Warbler said:

I hate that they added Johnny Depp to the ride.

have you been on the ride since Johnny Depp was added?

Yes, and it’s dumb.

was it dumb before? i mean, its a kids ride right?

I don’t like Johnny Depp. I just don’t. That ride is part of my childhood memories. I don’t it being changed in that way.

how about the child who grew up with Johnny Depp being part of the ride. If you get your way and have him removed, maybe you will be ruining their childhood memories!

Basically, asking for things to never change is a selfish worldview.