Bingowings

DuracellEnergizer said:

yotsuya said:

I think Palpatine considers the lightsaber an inferior weapon. But it is also a good weapon to defend against other light sabers and to keep the extent of your powers hidden. Palpatine gets Anakin to act and then he has no need to hide because Anakin is his servant from that point on.

He still shouldn’t carry one of his own design.

To carry on with the sacrilege theme he could hold it by the blade and hit people with the metal handle 😃

TV’s Frink said:

I tell you guys what, if “moron” is offensive, I apologize and will do my best to no longer use it. I’m assuming “idiot” is offensive as well, so I will try not to use that either.

I assume “of limited intelligence” is ok, right? I’m assuming so because that’s impscum’s favorite and he never says anything wrong.

In a perfect world we wouldn’t use descriptive words for minority groups in a derogatory way. But it’s parlance. Lame, cretin, nigger, fag ,retard, pikey, pig, tramp etc none of them sound pretty as put downs but the shock of hearing it in that context is the desired effect.

ray_afraid said:

Yesss… I know that was brought up years ago. I hope it’s been fixed.

Replacing the conjunction with a pause would have a similar effect. I quite like the line as is. It makes it sound like Lando is desperate to convince and nervousness has broken through the cool. But I wouldn’t rage quit the edit if it was smoothed out.

All time is a long time, covering a lot if space.

I’ve been sick and had many wishes. Getting well being the main one of course. In the case of one instance getting hospital food that didn’t look like something out a Cronenberg movie.

These ideas might work: http://www.spine-health.com/blog/11-unconventional-sleep-tips-how-get-sleep-and-stay-asleep I find it difficult to sleep when I’m worried or stressed but I wear myself down by getting up early and taking the stairs and eating in a small window of time.

Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:

Does anybody know a word that rhymes with asphyxiation?

Poking

Dooku using lightning was another dickmove by Lucas. It undermined both the principal villain and the final confrontation between him and Luke.

So Sulu is a humpback… oh my…😉

Possessed said:

Its not their fault your roommate didn’t read.

Just to clarify he isn’t my room mate as we don’t live in a room and no longer even sleep in the same bed, it’s a complex relationship. But people shouldn’t be obliged to scrutinise every purchase especially if you have done so before. Similarly I shouldn’t have to scrutinise every item in the fridge after a fourteen year relationship where my one and only demand is no corpses in the fridge. In ASDA which I am boycotting because of their scare tactics during the Scottish Referendum their pork sausages are in a blue tin and are a significant distance away from the veggie sausages in a green tin. In Tescos both are in blue tins and right next to each other. It would be very easy to pick one up in error or for them to be jumbled up on the shelf in error they look almost identical. Lots of time and effort goes into store layout design. As a teen the worst job I ever had was working at 7Eleven. There the managers would gauge the angle of the crisp packets with a protractor to make sure the store was keeping to it’s franchise guidelines. It wouldn’t hurt Tescos to make the tins a different colour and position them in different locations on the shelf. Warb may find it amusing and I bare him no ill will for it but to people who make these sorts of decisions ethically, medically or because of religion it can be quite upsetting.

Some go via mechanical sifting devices or chemical cleaning tanks. And it was a dream. It happened in my head, while I was asleep. Dig?

It was a dream but I didn’t want to condemn them to the sewer either.

Possessed said:

I wasn’t aware it was Tescos fault your roommate bought the wrong can.

The pork and beans and the veggie sausages and beans cans look almost identical and are right next to each other. I could see how the error could happen.

No it was the big goldfish. Lots of different colours actually but I couldn’t piss on them.

Last night I dreamt I collapsed in the street and a couple of American chaps carried me into their flat to allow me to recover. I went to use their bathroom but their toilet basin was full of large carp swimming around so I peed in the sink.

That’ll be the very short message service… figures 😄

When the sausage incident happened I gave the people who run Tesco a piece of my mind over Twitter… I don’t know if it helped us Veggies, Vegans, Jews and Muslims but they might take my comments into consideration.

I find it surprisingly useful. When it started it was kind of fun. I could play scrabbulous with friends in other towns reconnect with former school and work mates but once the novelty had worn off I just used it to arrange my trips down south. When I started to look for work again about three years ago I needed references from former bosses and started using it again. I have lots of real world friends and family scattered across the globe so it’s sort of essential tech now. But it has its dangers. For example if you are surrounded by people of a like mind it can distort your view of public opinion. I got the results if the Scottish and Brexit referenda correct because I go out into the real world and listen to what people have to say but I know lots of people who only use social media to discuss such matters who were very shocked. I’m pretty outspoken on issues that I care about and this has caused ripples on the water. I have seen people with serious mental health problems use social media as a loud hailer to shout at other equally vulnerable people. I have some friends and family who are socially isolated because of illness and it helps them stay connected. So it can be good but it can be not good and it’s clearly not for everyone.

The only use for Palpatine having access to a saber, narratively speaking would be to convince Anakin that the frail democratically elected leader of the Republic is trying to defend himself with very little effect against Mace Windu. In that instance it should be not his but picked up from a previous killed Jedi and should be disguarded once Anakin has killed the Jedi Master defending the Chancellor. I wouldn’t actually had Yoda in the prequels at all but have had him mentioned with awe and reverence by the Temple Jedi. That way Luke’s surprise and first time viewers surprise is maintained. I would have drawn a line between Jedi and Jedi Knights. Ben is retired military, Yoda is a religious hermit.

Uzi MC, the Bloodrap Movement, Herman the Tosser haven’t invaded my own personal consciousness.

Thanks Warb. I’m really worried about him and a number of people around him. They are all going through a very dark time, your compassion is greatly appreciated.

yhwx said:

Well, military computers are not designed for high quality real time graphics. I do get your point though.

simulators are.

Battlezone evolved from a military simulator. It still feels futuristic to me 😄

The book was 1982 I think so Doom, the game, was the stuff of science fiction. I don’t think even military computers could create representations of environments like that back then in real time.

It was a good title for the original book. I don’t know if it’s just a British thing but there is a tendency here to acronymise things we are anxious about talking about, it must be universal because I have heard Americans refer to Cancer as “the big C” as if mentioning it by name will bring it upon yourself. As the title is identified closely with the book, keeping it for the film makes sense. Parents and kids familiar with the story will recognise it as an adaptation. They might not do otherwise.

It made me smile so much I posted it twice.