DominicCobb

Dek Rollins said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Dek Rollins said:

ChainsawAsh said:

Dek Rollins said:

Collipso said:

The “they’ll get the guns anyway even if illegally” argument is nonsense. By that logic, why bother having laws in the first place?

In many states, as well as federally, smoking pot is illegal. People still do it constantly because they have some sort of access to it illegally. The same applies to pretty much any other product. If there is demand for it, at least a few of those demanding it will get their hands on it somehow.

Any other illegal drug, alcoholic beverages during prohibition, alcoholic beverages to minors today, porn to minors, child porn, etc. is accessible in some way to those who seek it hard enough. The same applies to weapons, especially considering the whole 3D printing situation.

So we should stop regulating child porn, alcohol, etc. because people are going to get it anyway, right? That’s what I’m hearing and it’s fucking stupid.

I never said that. It should all be regulated, but regulation will not ultimately stop every possible instance. It will just keep it down to a minimum of occurrence.

Of course. That’s exactly what all of us who want stricter gun regulations wants and expects. So I don’t understand why anyone argues against it with the “They’ll still get guns illegally” defense and it infuriates me that that defense actually seems to be working, seeing as how there’s been essentially no meaningful legislation or really any steps taken toward the necessary regulation to reduce gun violence/mass shootings for years.

Also, a point - the pro-gun (or should I say anti-regulation) lobby seems to think that those of us who want tougher gun laws expect such laws to completely eliminate these incidents. We don’t, that’s pretty much impossible and we know that. But 50 people dead from a mass shooting or two in a year is a hell of a lot better than hundreds or thousands from dozens of mass shootings in a year.

The thing is, we are all being over protective of our stance, because of the extremes on both sides. Plenty of people actually want to ban personal ownership of guns. This angers people who want to keep their guns and they start thinking everyone thinks this way. Apply that to the other side of the arguement and you’ve got a bunch of people who can’t compromise.

I agree with you though.

Truth is, even though a lot of people would prefer if there were no guns at all, almost none of them are actually advocating for that right now. Most people just want some level of reform. So, essentially, the two sides of the debate are “please let’s do something/anything,” and the other side is “let’s do literally nothing at all.” Only one of those seem like an extreme to me.

NeverarGreat said:

https://omegaunderground.com/2018/02/12/episode-ix-lands-blade-runner-2049-got-art-director-paul-inglis/

Art Director Paul Inglis (Blade Runner 2049) joins the team.

He’s got big shoes to fill, but he seems more than capable. Exciting.

DuracellEnergizer said:

I’ve been reading some old reviews/ratings I posed in the “Last movie seen” thread — specifically, ones from 2012-2013 — and it’s quite strange, seeing how differently I evaluate movies now vs. then. Back then, I gave daft ratings to almost every movie I watched — 5-to-6/10 was the average score, with lots of pointless decimals — but I was far better at writing reviews then than I am now. Here’s one for example:

DuracellEnergizer said:

The Black Hole (1979)

I watched this movie a couple weeks ago, and meant to comment on it then, but I got distracted and never got around to it. Well, now’s as good a time as any to do so, and it’s still fresh enough in my mind to recount the major points of the film I liked/disliked.

The Good

The robots V.I.N.C.E.N.T and B.O.B - though their design was a little too cutesy for my tastes - had lots of personality and were easily the highlights of the film.

Maximillian Schell did a great job as the villainous Hans Reinhardt

The special effects were excellent

The Bad

With the sole exception of Reinhardt, all the human characters were colourless cyphers - I couldn’t even remember any of their names, not even Anthony Perkins’.

The film was thematically all over the place. It tried to be a serious, philosophical movie like 2001 while also trying to be whimsically adventurous like Star Wars, but only ended up a confused mess.

The Darth Vader robots were really, really uninspired and lame.

The Ugly

The score is a mixed bag. At times it was ominously great, while at others it fell completely flat (this is most notable during the gunfight scenes).

I wish I still knew how to write reviews like this one.

And it was amusing to come across this:

CP3S said:

You’re currently probably the forums biggest pessimist, almost everything you post is a major downer.

How times change.

You’re right that The Black Hole sucks, at least.

GZK8000 said:

Oh, but I do think it isn’t a particularly funny line precisely because it’s a Vader line and it’s too long and forced. “It has the power to create problems” is shorter and flows better, and sounds more like something Han could say.

It also does not help that the Mustafar scenes are filler, as they do not advance the plot or give information, so I don’t really like Vader in R1.

I don’t much like the scene either, and I don’t find his lines all that funny there. What I meant is that he is funny in the OT, so going for funny in RO wasn’t an inherently bad idea.

Possessed said:

Sir Ridley said:

Possessed said:

I’ve never had waffles.

They’re a bit like crunchy pancakes or french toast. If you don’t like sweets I can see why you haven’t tried, but maybe you could enjoy one without sweet toppings.

I’ve also never had any food that is delicious.

Fixed.

Possessed said:

I’ve never truly lived.

Fixed.

You can argue Vader is the wrong kind of funny in RO without arguing Vader isn’t funny at all. Because he definitely is.

SilverWook said:

I’m sure the Han Solo movie is going to benefit from all the stuff leftover from RO.

TLJ too, apparently.

ray_afraid said:

I asked this awhile back, but I just wanna be clear-
Does the second song the Modal Nodes (cantina band) play have no in-universe title?
The first song is called Mad About Me, but what about the second track, the one the patrons of the bar seem to love? It’s just labeled as Cantina Band #2 on the soundtracks.
Surely this isn’t the one thing the EU has no info on, right?

“Dune Sea Special”

Doom Trooper said:

I love how dark TOD gets. I far prefer a darker, grittier Indy movie to something overly cartoony and slapsticky as the latter two are.

Weird, I find TOD quite cartoony (which is something I like about it).

…except Sidious has plenty of screentime in TPM, but doesn’t appear at all in ANH.

The face is too big.

I think we’re all in agreement that ping pong is a sport, no?

And curling? I don’t think that’s even up for debate.

MalàStrana said:

(more or less what also happened on the PT)

Um, no.

Collipso said:

TV’s Frink said:

Collipso said:

Just some thoughts on why the comedy didn’t work for me all the time: the way the characters reacted to the jokes was “unnatural” for Star Wars movies, and for most real situations in general. We’re used to that in marvel movies at this point, but I personally think they went too far in both TLJ and TFA. RO’s humor works perfectly for me though, and I think that’s largely because the characters’ reactions to the funny things seem more natural.

Examples please.

The reaction of the imperial trooper to Kylo choking Hux. “Right away sir”. I don’t have a problem with anything except the delivery. He should be scared as hell or something but he’s just saying funny one liners. Compare that to everyone’s reactions to Vader’s chokings in ESB. It makes it all look like a skit something made purely for comedy, and I personally prefer comedy when it comes naturally.

Probably not important but he didn’t choke Hux there. And “right away” seems like the perfect reaction, the whole reason Kylo got mad at Hux was because he was second guessing him.

The “busy day” joke. That’s something really weird and disrespectful to say if you’re Rey. Sure Luke disrespected Yoda at first, but after he learned his true identity it was nothing but respect. I was ok with the nowhere joke and the tickling joke, both work really well and feel more natural.

Disrespectful? Who cares? She has every right to be at this point, Luke’s chucked the saber, he’s told her to go away multiple times. Rey’s followed him around and can’t see why he won’t help. Of course she’s frustrated. What is she supposed to say, “please, great Master Skywalker, sir, I wonder if I could inquire why you won’t train me, for I cannot determine what else you are doing on this island alone.”

Saying that Luke had the utmost respect for Yoda once he learned his identity is a little silly. He ignored his commands on multiple occasions and told him “you ask the impossible.” Just because they’re Jedi masters doesn’t mean characters absolutely have to revere them.

Fang Zei said:

John Knoll broke it down in an interview with Slashfilm last year when asked how many vfx shots were in Rogue One:

“It’s about 1,700. The original A New Hope was about 360. Empire Strikes Back was about 700. Return of the Jedi was about 900 or 950. Episode I was 1,900-something, 1950, I think. Episode II was 2,200. Episode III was 2,400. Episode VII was, I think just under 2,000. So we’re kind of in the middle.”

http://www.slashfilm.com/rogue-one-john-knoll-interview/

That sounds about right, except that RO number is a little surprising, I would’ve thought it’d been more than that.

Handman said:

DominicCobb said:

Plot?

Yeah. I was disappointed because I felt it didn’t fully deliver on presenting a complex relationship. It was certainly strange, but not complex.

I thought it was fairly complicated in subtle ways. And I thought the ending was perfect. One of my favorite PTA films.

ray_afraid said:

DominicCobb said:

I never thought there was much to the “mythology” of it beyond some very vaguely intriguing tiny bits dropped in the first one.

There was quite a bit, but it was all in the viral marketing, which has never been done better.
You can check it out using this handy guide.

Oh cool I see, I kinda remember that stuff but it was years ago (a decade!). I was just talking about the movie itself.

Collipso said:

The gun Rey used in Takodana was one of the most toy-y guns yet in the Star Wars saga in my opinion… the royalty ones that Padmé used in TPM looked like something that came out of a James Bond movie.

Have a hard time agreeing with either of those statements.

TV’s Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

The CG in TPM isn’t even really that big a problem (except for the fact that it’s aged 19 years and there are a lot of gratuitous bits with CG characters), it’s really AOTC and ROTS where it gets ridiculous.

I was going to say this as soon as I saw the thread title. However I patiently waited, scrolling through each post in the thread, getting more and more excited that no one had posted it yet, only to find you ruined it near the end of the thread.

I know the divorce papers are on the way, but now a second set is also on the way. Prepare to be double divorced.

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Plot?

I like the shiny chrome on those blasters, my only problem with them is they look like they’re straight out of Flash Gordon, which is cool in its own way but doesn’t completely fit. I don’t have a problem with stormtroopers having white on their guns (it does match their armor). I mean, the OT blasters are still way better, of course, these aren’t as rugged but neither are guns today.

I really like Rey’s blaster design.

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

Warbler said:

DominicCobb said:

If nothing else the physical strain on your eyes should be enough to consider.

oh good grief.

To say that video games have the same amount of physical exertion as chess means that you’ve never played video games.

have you have every played blitz chess?

Nope, are you saying it’s a sport?

no, I am saying playing playing video games has no more physical exertion than playing blitz chess when your time is running out. I see videos of professionals making moves when time running out, I seen their arms and hands move in a blur.

look how fast these guys move their pieces.

That’s basically ping pong.

If playing video games is a sport, so is ping pong.

Glad we’re finally on the same page.

The CG in TPM isn’t even really that big a problem (except for the fact that it’s aged 19 years and there are a lot of gratuitous bits with CG characters), it’s really AOTC and ROTS where it gets ridiculous.

Probably just the white. The design is rather similar. It looks fine.