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darthrush said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

darthrush said:

Didn’t really know where to put this but I just learned that a junior at our high school died unexpectedly. I didn’t know him very well but he seemed really nice. A lot of his friends on cross country had to leave the class room when the teacher told us. Damn, it’s so fucking depressing 😦

This made me briefly stop and reflect on the fragility and uncertainty of life. I’m a junior. This could happen to me or any of my friends at any time. If you don’t mind me asking (or if you even know, because I don’t know if you would know), what caused it?

I didn’t know before but we got an update and it turns out that he took his own life. He always seemed so happy and his friends said it was completely out of nowhere.

Had a bad feeling that’s what it was. I’d be lying if I said I hadn’t thought about it myself (and I’m not willing to admit how often I still do), but I’ll shut up about me now. His friends and family are definitely in my thoughts and prayers.

Mocata said:

SilverWook said:
Vader probably relished a chance to cut loose on some Rebel scum.

But he casually walks in and looks around at the dead troops like it’s just another day at the office. I see what you mean but the whole thing feels like the obligatory lightsaber moment. It’s trying too hard to be badass seconds after a sombre ending.

The guy lives in a big life support machine, so all that hacking and slashing probably wore him out.

^That was cheesy, get some grater material.

darthrush said:

Didn’t really know where to put this but I just learned that a junior at our high school died unexpectedly. I didn’t know him very well but he seemed really nice. A lot of his friends on cross country had to leave the class room when the teacher told us. Damn, it’s so fucking depressing 😦

This made me briefly stop and reflect on the fragility and uncertainty of life. I’m a junior. This could happen to me or any of my friends at any time. If you don’t mind me asking (or if you even know, because I don’t know if you would know), what caused it?

SilverWook said:

https://youtu.be/ujfDtlEwFBk

If Suicide Squad can win an Oscar, this deserves 10.

All three episodes of the revived Samurai Jack have been perfect.

Anchorhead said:

Waiting on installments for two graphic novels I’m following so I decided to go on a tangent and start something I skipped a few years ago.

Really digging it so far. Much more of a secret agent/espionage story than a super hero crime fighter. It’s his post-Nightwing story. DC Just announced they’re going to transition this into his reemergence as Nightwing in a few months. I will have caught up by then.

Anyway, the story is a nice change of pace. Great work by Seeley and Janin.

Hm. This book didn’t appeal to me at all when it started and I never picked it up, but I like Seeley’s current Nightwing, so maybe I’ll go back and read this at some point.

SwissArmyTin said:

Fang Zei said:

Handman said:

I remember these films most fondly with the 2002 sets, when I went to watch the '09 Wrath of Khan Blu-ray, something was seriously off-putting about it, it wasn’t what I remembered enjoying so much. I expect the others would recieve the same reaction.

I remember reading several different people’s comments saying that the '09 color-timing was actually closer to what they remembered seeing on the 35mm prints. The '09 is probably still too blue but the '02 also looks too red. 2016 is the goldilocks edition.

Wait, is the 2016 too gold? I thought it hit the mark perfectly, but then again, I never really noticed anything wrong with the Raiders bluray until this place pointed it out (which I’m still totally fine with…)

I think “goldilocks” means “neither too [x], nor too [y]; it was just right.”

His real name is Hannse Ollo. He got tired of people mispronouncing it.

Hm. I should try a black and white viewing. I did that with The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (2015) and it was significantly improved

TV’s Frink said:

Density said:

Did I say I blamed them for doing this to make money? No, in fact I said the exact opposite. You’re arguing just to argue here. I also didn’t say it’s all mindless fan service. I said some of it can be fun, just tiresome after a while and not particularly original. Being original or not is not inherently good or bad. It just is. Something unique can suck, something derivative can be great. But if you do nothing but derivative stuff, even if it’s all pretty good, it melts together.

Did you see Zootopia?

To be fair, Zootopia might be a bit derivative…

I could be totally wrong about this, but I assume that people who care enough about movies to watch them in 4K would also be people who care enough about movies to want to see them in their original versions. I would think the venn diagram of people who like 4K and people who prefer the SEs to be seperate circles.

Well when I was little (I’m younger than the SEs) I didn’t notice that the saber cut all the way through the robe, and never had a problem with the inconsistency. I assumed “something something Obi-Wan something the Force.” So the Marvel version doesn’t bother me.

As for which version I grew up with… I don’t really know. I never owned the movies and just rented them from the local Movie Gallery, so I probably rented tapes and DVDs of multiple different versions depending on what was available.

I’ve read a lot of comics lately and haven’t felt like typing any of this out until now, so bear with me.

Nightwing vol. 1 TPB

I liked the writing, but there was something about the art that seemed off, no matter which artist drew the issue I was on there was something I didn’t like that I couldn’t put my finger on.

I reread some of my Silver Age Justice League trade the other day.

I haven’t got much to say about it. I was in the mood for some goofy and ridiculous fun, it delivered.

I’ve been sorta keeping up with a few current books, despite my initial kneejerk reactions to the newest multiverse event stuff. Maybe I’m just a lame corporate shill, idk.

I’m only going to insert one cover from each.

Superman

Costume sucks, everything else is great. I like the new Superboy.

Nightwing

Skipped the first 8 issues because I don’t care about any of the Court of Owls stuff, but he’s in Blüdhaven again now and it’s good. Well, except for an appearance from Red Hood (Jason Todd) in issue 15, but that’s just because I hate him.

Super Sons

Robin takes himself way too seriously, tries to work seperate from Batman and Superboy’s helplessly along for the ride.

Titans

Following this one in trade. I like that the original Wally’s back and I liked the story behind this one of him trying to reconnect with Linda who doesn’t remember him and a team that only recently remembered him. I’m not a big fan of the art, nor do I like Roy Harper’s stupid baseball hat and tattoos. I also don’t understand why Starfire and Beast Boy aren’t on this team, but whatever.

Possessed said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

FackYouJayImHansi said:

Fag

Wait, was this aimed at Jay, me, or yourself? 1. You’re the one who posted gay anime. 2. Everyone knows I’m the resident Worthless Fag™ here.

Fuck you for sexualizing coffee. Sad!

Coffee was already hot.

I don’t like any of the sportings.

FackYouJayImHansi said:

Fag

Wait, was this aimed at Jay, me, or yourself? 1. You’re the one who posted gay anime. 2. Everyone knows I’m the resident Worthless Fag™ here.

Wow. This pathetic troll still whines? How many other sites dido you annoy since Hansi? How many people do you hold insane grudges against for months? Troll.

I wonder what would happen if someone attached one of these kinds of machine things to his or her head?

Asking for a friend.

Updated my phone for the first time (I got it over 2 yrs ago I think) and man, this is going to take some getting used to.

What’s Up, Doc? (1972)

It was fun.

RRS-1980 said:

Cameos. Quotes. Sometimes we love them, sometimes we cringe. Because inserting MTFBWY every now and then can make us sick, and winking to the viewer one too many time may make us roll our eyes in irritation.

Master level of quoting? Rogue One.

In the middle of a climax, the super-important message from Galen is breaking up and it’s cut short!
But every lover of Star Wars, who had seen ANH a hundred of times knows that last sentence by heart.

I nearly shouted it out in the cinema, sitting on the edge of the seat, as if I hoped to tell Jyn what were Galen’s last instructions.
Oh, and use proton torpedos, dammit!

This is to all the people who say R1 is just nostalgia-exploitation and “ayteeaytees”.

I’m perfectly fine with “nostalgia-exploitation” if it feels genuine and I’m reasonably confident that the people behind it share the same nostalgia, and therefore put a lot of effort into making it good. The newest two films hit that for me, TFA for bringing back the characters and sense of adventure I love, R1 for diving deep into the “lore” and mining out some gems to put in the movie.

suspiciouscoffee said:

This thread socks.

EDIT: *sucks

So’s Maz, right? Didn’t she say she was a few thousand years old or am I misremembering?