ChainsawAsh

suspiciouscoffee said:

I donated blood today and of course the survey thing said “do not continue if you are a male and have had sexual contact with another male in the last year” and, virgin that I am, I haven’t, but what kind of rule is that and what would happen if I did lie to them?

It’s because statistically there’s a higher risk of STDs, especially HIV, or at least that was the case 20-30 years ago.

Nothing would happen if you lie. They’ll test for all the different diseases anyway.

Actually, I’m no longer allowed to donate to the Red Cross because one of mine came back “inconclusive” for HIV. Doesn’t matter how many negative tests I’ve had since then (several), that one “inconclusive” disqualifies me from donating forever. Fucking stupid.

ray_afraid said:

ChainsawAsh said:

GZK8000 said:

So in a few seconds he used his Force powers to dye his hair?

I think that’s just due to the fact that it was overcast while filming the TFA scene, but sunny while filming the TLJ scene.

So in a few seconds he used his Force powers to change the weather?
Probably for comedic effect.

I mean, if you need to come up with an in-universe explanation for a very minor issue brought on by the realities of production, then sure.

My parents’ response was “That doesn’t need a label, that’s just being normal.” Another close friend I told accused me of having an “oppression complex” because I was clearly trying to “lump myself in with people who have real problems” like gay, lesbian, and trans people.

Only one person actually understood what it meant and even said “Holy shit, that explains so much.”

GZK8000 said:

So in a few seconds he used his Force powers to dye his hair?

I think that’s just due to the fact that it was overcast while filming the TFA scene, but sunny while filming the TLJ scene.

TV’s Frink said:

I was disappointed to click on the link and not get a picture of Demi Moore or Demi Lovato.

Bet you’ve never heard that one before.

Well shit, that was a missed opportunity…

suspiciouscoffee said:

Well I wouldn’t say that, but I’m (debateably?) post-millenial so idk how much that counts.

Oh, I wasn’t trying to say that’s what you were doing at all. I was trying to be light and flippant but it may not have come across that way.

But since I brought it up, I’m demisexual.

So is this the thread where I can post how I identify and have everyone tell me it’s not a real thing and I’m just trying to be a millennial “snowflake?”

Because there’s only one person who I’ve told that hasn’t had that reaction…

Neglify said:

you can sit outside the gates and listen to the music. Last year I got to hear Metallica’s entire set without missing a beat, I just couldn’t see them, but who cares about that.

I did the same for Arcade Fire’s set at Lollapalooza around 2009-10ish. Worked out pretty well.

Summer Camp is surprisingly easy to sneak into, as long as you know two people with wristbands that are willing to help - just have one take off their wristband and stay inside (they’re fitted quite loosely usually), and the other keeps theirs on while taking the other one out to meet you in the parking lot. For best results, wear a wristband from another year so you have something on while you’re inside. I know two people who get in this way every year. Here’s hoping they never decide to have checkpoints at the stages like Electric Forest does…

DominicCobb said:

I don’t see the conflict between the two scenes. Seeing the lightsaber makes Luke emotional. When he grabs the lightsaber, he throws it.

I don’t know what people expected, him to raise it in the air in that classic poster pose?

I expected him to walk away without even touching the saber, honestly.

Well, imgur was originally created by a Redditor specifically to have an image hosting site that wouldn’t take down images for any reason or disable hotlinking like all the other ones eventually do.

It became the de facto image host for Reddit, then kind of grew into its own thing with its own community.

Somewhat recently, Reddit has provided the option to host images on Reddit itself, but imgur is still very widely used by Redditors.

And that concludes your internet history lesson for today.

Sounds like the 1977 stereo mix to me, then.

chyron8472 said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I tend to stick to postimages.org though they sometimes have domain issues and some of my older posts have been rendered pictureless.

imgur.com

Yes, yes, to chyron you listen.

NeverarGreat said:

After thinking about it a bit more, there may be a third option for completing the Kylo arc. Rather than 1: Achieving total victory or 2: Being killed, he could just walk away from it all. I imagine it could play out where Rey creates some new, stripped-down version of the Jedi without all of their rules and hangups, and Kylo could realize that he really doesn’t have any problem with this interpretation of the Force. He realizes that even after destroying everything that reminded him of the past, it still haunts him, and that he’s the problem, not everything else. He helps Rey defeat the First Order and return peace to the galaxy, then disappears from the story for good.

I could get behind this.

DominicCobb said:

the scenes where 3PO and a battle droid swap heads

I’m disappointed that I had to go to page 2 to find this.

DegeneratePaladin said:

Where do we actually watch the cut? For the life of me, I cant find a link or source anywhere.

Links aren’t allowed on the forum for legal reasons. Send the creator a private message for info on how to find the edit.

paja said:

Has anyone Synced The alternate unused film score to 2001 a space odyssey, With the Whole film yet?

Awesome idea, but I have no clue if someone’s done this yet or not.

DuracellEnergizer said:

Now all they have to do is produce film stock which perfectly recaptures the '80s look(s).

Oh yes this. Also if they could remember how to make action movies the way they did in the mid-to-late-80s/early 90s.

Can’t check out the images at the moment, but from everything I’ve seen so far, I’m excited to get my hands on this! 😄

This has been fairly widely known/rumored for a long time now.

What gets me the most is that it’s equally as heavily known/rumored that Nicki Clyne (Cally from Battlestar Galactica) is next down the ladder from Mack in the same cult, and that her involvement in said cult was the reason for her departure from BSG.

TV’s Frink said:

What? Why?

This. I also don’t see how it’s any different than solkap’s thread in the preservation section that exists solely to help people get NJVC’s BR set of Despecialized.

Bobson Dugnutt said:

I feel like you’re all just making up these updates at this point, or I’m going crazy

See my sig.

Yeah, I don’t really see the problem there. He’s not putting a direct link in his signature or anything.

I am confused as to when and how he apparently became the OT.com ambassador:

I can answer all questions anyone might have about the site

DominicCobb said:

Ryan-SWI said:

Is it just me or have most of the Disney era Star Wars posters had a very… Commercial (?) feel to them?

I think the theatrical TLJ poster was alright, but a number of other ones strike me more as promotional posters you buy in stores from the prequel era. Kind of like these: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/a9-IKSKOlpw/maxresdefault.jpg

Commercial might not be the right word but they have a very slapped-together feel, especially some of the Solo ones and for Rogue One.

Maybe it’s just the heavy use of photoshop, I’m not sure.

Wish they would have stuck with the more classic style of poster art instead of the generic blockbuster treatment.

I agree on some, but not all. Don’t think I ever found a TLJ poster I didn’t like, and most of the Solo ones have been excellent thus far. Plus Rogue One had a couple really good ones too. TFA was rough though.

That Dolby Cinema TLJ poster… *drool*

I see an exclamation point, but that’s it. (On mobile.)

I thought the 70mm prints we’re photochemically restored, but I don’t remember hearing any such assurances about the UHD BR release. Anyone have a source on that claim?