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snooker said:

I hate seeing those YouTube videos in my recommended with thumbnails saying “SJW DROID!?!”. Like, Jesus Christ a female major character Droid in a Star Wars movie? That’s social justice-- Star Wars is for boys only!

It’s annoying because of the obvious social agenda. Either you get that or you don’t. It’s bs because if there are female droids we would have seen them in the OT. What are they going to do now, do an SE that replaces 3PO with a CG lady droid? It’s pc bs and it’s ruining my childhood.

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Welp, I just now bought my ticket and got into what has to be the shortest line I’ve ever seen for a Star Wars movie here for the 10pm regular 2D showing at AMC Mazza Gallerie. TFA 10:something early Thursday night was the last time I saw a Star War here.

I’ve been in line maybe fifteen minutes and it’s barely increased in that time from twenty people to only fourty or so.

Granted, ticket prices here are the lowest in DC for a reason. No reserved seating, though. That’s why I didn’t want to risk cutting it too close.

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I got reserved seating for this one because 3 movies worth of lines have sort of overstayed their welcome. The place is set to be packed.

For Force Awakens, the line nearly surrounded the whole building! For Rogue One it was only about to the corner of the theater. For The Last Jedi it was about half of that. I wouldn’t really be surprised if I didn’t see a line this time.

Something I love about seeing these movies on opening night is the audience engagement. Something gets me truly giddy clapping and cheering along with a huge crowd. I hope that I’ll get that again tonight.

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DominicCobb said:

snooker said:

I hate seeing those YouTube videos in my recommended with thumbnails saying “SJW DROID!?!”. Like, Jesus Christ a female major character Droid in a Star Wars movie? That’s social justice-- Star Wars is for boys only!

It’s annoying because of the obvious social agenda. Either you get that or you don’t. It’s bs because if there are female droids we would have seen them in the OT. What are they going to do now, do an SE that replaces 3PO with a CG lady droid? It’s pc bs and it’s ruining my childhood.

Guess it was ruined in 1983 then? 😉

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/EV-9D9

And there were female droids in the prequels.


Arguably, a protocol droid could have a male/female voice switch on the back.


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But those female droids were George’s, so they’re art. These were made by SJW Disney to increase their profits, so they suck. All they care about is money. 😉

Edit: I bet they forced Ron Howard to do it by holding a Pop-Tart gun up to his head.

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I would put this in my sig if I weren’t so lazy.

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The IMAX place here just reopened after months of renovation. Should I see Solo there, or not worth it?

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SilverWook said:

Uhg. Revenge of the Sith is my favourite Star Wars movie but I still can’t get over how terrible that scene looks. No other scene in the film looks that shocking, I seriously want to know what happened there.

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at the risk of going off topic, which other scene looks that bad?

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Collipso said:

at the risk of going off topic, which other scene looks that bad?

There’s at least I couple I can think of off the top of my head, but this is probably suited better for a different thread.

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CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

But those female droids were George’s, so they’re art. These were made by SJW Disney to increase their profits, so they suck. All they care about is money. 😉

Edit: I bet they forced Ron Howard to do it by holding a Pop-Tart gun up to his head.

A Pop-Tart gun? Tell me more!

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suspiciouscoffee said:

The IMAX place here just reopened after months of renovation. Should I see Solo there, or not worth it?

Meh. I saw it on a small screen and it didn’t seem like I missed out on much.

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I’m going to see it in about three hours, yay!

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not sure when i’ll be seeing it. i feel left out

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You can come with us if you can get here in time.

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snooker said:

Like, Jesus Christ a female major character Droid in a Star Wars movie? That’s social justice-- Star Wars is for boys only!

You missed the point. It has nothing to do with the gender of the droid that it’s some kind of SJW droid. And it’s not really a major character. But it fits the teenage tone of the movie, just only teenage humor, dialogues and interactions.

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dahmage said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

The IMAX place here just reopened after months of renovation. Should I see Solo there, or not worth it?

Meh. I saw it on a small screen and it didn’t seem like I missed out on much.

There were no scenes shot in IMAX that I noticed. If you don’t have to go too far out of your way to get there it’s a fine way to see it. I don’t think the sound system at my local IMAX is up to snuff as it was the when I saw the first Abrams Trek movie there. Almost like they’ve dialed back the subwoofers.

Really blows there were no IMAX film prints made this time. I worry they aren’t going to bother for Episode IX now. 😕

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SilverWook said:

dahmage said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

The IMAX place here just reopened after months of renovation. Should I see Solo there, or not worth it?

Meh. I saw it on a small screen and it didn’t seem like I missed out on much.

There were no scenes shot in IMAX that I noticed. If you don’t have to go too far out of your way to get there it’s a fine way to see it. I don’t think the sound system at my local IMAX is up to snuff as it was the when I saw the first Abrams Trek movie there. Almost like they’ve dialed back the subwoofers.

Really blows there were no IMAX film prints made this time. I worry they aren’t going to bother for Episode IX now. 😕

Solo was an Alexa 65 production like Rogue One. They shot with spherical lenses, which means they could have opened up the frame for the IMAX version for any scene in the movie if they’d wanted to.

As far as I know, they kept it at 2.40:1 for the entire movie in the Imax version.

I guess there would’ve been something wrong about shooting parts of The Last Jedi in actual 15-perf 65mm film only to keep everything at 2.40:1 in the Imax version and then opening up the frame in the Imax version of the movie that didn’t even shoot on actual celluloid.

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TV’s Frink said:

DROIDS DON’T HAVE GENDER

One could say they’re non-BINARY

Bum tiss

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Solo spoiler policy is now lifted. As always, if you haven’t seen it by now…

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Oh, good. Now I can let slip the biggest spoiler of all.

Qi’ra’s one fine [REDACTED]. She [REDACTED] a [REDACTED] on Itchy’s [REDACTED]. And that maneuver she did with the [REDACTED]? Life Day came early this year.

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I laughed my {REDACTED} off, and I’m deeply ashamed now. 😉

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