General Star Wars Random Thoughts Thread — Page 9

TV's Frink said:

RedFive said:

Radiohead has put out 9 albums in 18 years and one of them was pretty good.

Fixed. :p

Craziness!  The Bends, OK Computer, and Kid A were three of the greatest albums of the past 25 years and they released them back to back to back!

But music depends much more on personal taste than film I suppose... to each his own

RedFive said:

Radiohead has put out 9 albums in 18 years and not one of them was bad and almost all of them were amazing.

Paul Thomas Anderson has made 5 brilliant films over 15 years without a single slip up.  Christopher Nolan's made 7 in 12 years to the same effect.

Stanley Kubrick made 13 films over a period of 46 years and they were all as close to perfect as a filmmaker could ever get.

I'm not saying everyone should be held to the standards of Radiohead and Kubrick, I'm just saying, it happens.

I agree these all are good examples, but I think TheBoost is right that most artists, filmmarkers, etc, who stay in the game long enough eventually drop a turd. Your examples are probably just exceptions.

TV's Frink said:

RedFive said:

Radiohead has put out 9 albums in 18 years and one of them was pretty good.

Fixed. :p

Yikes, you only like one album? which album?

TV's Frink said:

OK Computer.  To be fair, I haven't heard much recently, but I didn't care for the few albums after OK Computer, and I just sort of gave up - there's too much music and not enough time to keep hoping a band will turn things around for me.

I can understand that, a lot of people were turned off by Kid A and the ones that followed because they are definitely not normal rock albums.  In fact, there is hardly any guitar, and when there is it's really screwed up and morphed, as is Thom Yorke's voice. 

But I highly highly recommend In Rainbows.  Released 10 years after OK Computer, it's sort of a companion piece.  Really mellow, beautiful tracks, as opposed to the pounding synth of Hail to the Thief.  Check it out if you get the chance and have the desire.

And The Bends, the album they released before OK Computer, is pure rock & roll and amazing.

**edit - If only GL could be so consistant (on topic ;))

TV's Frink said:

OK Computer.  To be fair, I haven't heard much recently, but I didn't care for the few albums after OK Computer, and I just sort of gave up - there's too much music and not enough time to keep hoping a band will turn things around for me.

Well if you are going to like one album, I'm glad it's OK Computer. I love Radiohead, but I'm not a huge fan of their early work. It's too "college rock" for me but even then it's still good music.

My "idea" of the mainstream is that they eat up anything with the Star Wars name on it. They couldn't get the Clone Wars cartoons out fast enough (both the animated and the CG? Clone War shows). It also seems that even the most unlikely movies/TV shows make Star Wars references.

I'm pretty sure the box office numbers for all three PT films were great, but I'm certainly not positive about it. I think if GL said that he made a Sequel Trilogy and it was going to open tomorrow, most people (who I personally would label "the mainstream") would be lining up to see it. I saw all three PT movies in the theater. I was excited for phantom menace but not so much for the second two. I remember each movie filling the seats and I even saw my grandparents at Phantom Menace.

Haha, these are exactly the conversations I was trying to avoid (even though clearly I walked right into it on my own). A lot of you could, and should, teach "Star Wars Theory" courses at your local colleges, and while I have often read entire threads and news on fanedits, I have always avoided signing up and speaking for fear of getting flamed for lack of SW knowledge/passion. Obviously this is different because I just put my foot in my mouth today and Alexrd and TheBoost were probably right to call me on it. I try to be Belgium and stay neutral but it doesn't always work out that way. :)

none said:

walkingdork wrote: I try to be ______ and stay neutral but i

How DARE YOU use that kind of language around... oh wait wrong forum. opps my bad.

lol

lol, alright guys pile it on. Everyone gets one more crack. :)

LOL to that :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzocvh60xBU

This thread in video form:

http://www.cracked.com/video_18249_why-star-wars-secretly-terrifying-women.html

Discuss!

Harmy said:

LOL to that :-D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzocvh60xBU

Very Funny. You have ruined my week by getting that song stuck in my head. My girlfriend heard me singing that song and now I look like a dickhead....except without the purple leggings.