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A part of Star Wars that does feel dated is how there’s no real cross-galaxy instant communication. While Star Wars does have a lot of advanced technology, it takes a lot of time for information to get around. It almost feels like the world a couple of centuries ago: We did have newspapers and such, but there was no Internet, or even television. Everybody lived in a village.

ywhx wants emoji in Star Wars.

This is not what I meant.

TV’s Frink said:

Tyrphanax said:

ywhx wants MAC in Star Wars.

“Calculate the jump to lightspeed, the Empire is right on top of us!”

“You nerfherder! You installed the new MAC OSX on the ship because it was flashier, but it can’t actually do anything let alone calculate a jump to lightspeed!”

Our heroes die in a massive fireball and the movie ends.

yhwx said:

This is not what I meant.

TV’s Frink said:

yhwx said:

yhwx said:

This is not what I meant.

BUT ITS WHAT YOU WANT

No. I don’t any brand from this world infecting Star Wars.

You don’t need a source.

yhwx said:

A part of Star Wars that does feel dated is how there’s no real cross-galaxy instant communication. While Star Wars does have a lot of advanced technology, it takes a lot of time for information to get around. It almost feels like the world a couple of centuries ago: We did have newspapers and such, but there was no Internet, or even television. Everybody lived in a village.

Yeah, It’s almost as if Star Wars all happened in the past and in a galaxy that doesn’t match up with our own.
A Long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… If you will.
Oh.

ray_afraid said:

Why do you always mention “dated” as a negative? Shouldn’t a film look and feel like the era it was made/set in? Makes you seem very young. Not meaning this as an insult, just wondering.
Halloween III is the only film in the franchise I like other than the original. It’s an absurd October must-watch for me.

I meant that it hasn’t aged particularly well. The original Halloween still holds up today because the story could still happen in the modern day, but Season of the Witch’s plot would not happen in this day and age.

Also, don’t take my 6.5 rating as meaning I didn’t like it. On the contrary, I thought it was quite good.

If you mean that the plot could have only happened in the time the film was made, why is that a problem when the film happens in the era it was made?
If you mean that this plot wouldn’t get made because of modern sensibilities, I still don’t see how that’s a negative against the movie.

I hated Halloween III when I was younger (8 or 9 maybe), and quite liked the original. I’ve never seen others and I don’t think I’ve seen either of those two since, but looking back I can’t think of why I hated III so much. It was silly and dumb, but not bad.

Batman Returns - 7/10

Horny Penguin is dumb, no matter how much fun it is to see crazy supervillain Danny Devito.

Drive (2011)

Such a great movie. This was my second time around and I think I enjoyed it more, not being slightly overwhelmed by the violence like I was in my first viewing. So many sequences and elements this film are almost tailor made for me. I love how ultra-stylish many of the shots and scenes are, how well the music compliments the visuals, how cool Gosling is, how relaxed and long a load of shots are, how tightly paced it is, how pure the romance is, how moody the atmosphere is…my only complaints are that the dialog is a tad clunky and that it lacks some emotional impact towards the end.

LuckyGungan2001 said:

ray_afraid said:

Why do you always mention “dated” as a negative? Shouldn’t a film look and feel like the era it was made/set in? Makes you seem very young. Not meaning this as an insult, just wondering.
Halloween III is the only film in the franchise I like other than the original. It’s an absurd October must-watch for me.

I meant that it hasn’t aged particularly well. The original Halloween still holds up today because the story could still happen in the modern day, but Season of the Witch’s plot would not happen in this day and age.

A sinister viral marketing scheme would update the plot nicely. Replace the tv commercials with a “killer” phone app or youtube video. Just lose the ridiculously huge plastic tags 99% of the kids would cut off the mask anyway.

I keep toying with the idea of a video loop running that flashing pumpkin and the Silver Shamrock ads on my remaining analog tv in the window for Halloween.