In other news, very proud of my city today.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/19/us/boston-counterprotest-crowd-video-trnd/index.html
Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:
But… but… there’s been no official announcement, right?
Everybody online is talking about this like it’s official but nobody involved has said anything. The Hollywood Reporter’s “sources say” it’s true in their exclusive story and everyone else starts treating it as gospel. One spinoff article’s headline actually began,“It’s official…” but just repeated everything from the original story.
And then others took the brief mention of Yoda and Boba Fett standalones from that article and made new headlines from that. And apparently now we’re getting a Jabba movie too.
The guys and gals on Collider Jedi Council spent the whole of last week’s episode talking like it was an official announcement but nobody involved in making the movies has announced anything at all.
I really do feel like I’ve missed out on something here. The Hollywood Reporter is as capable of misinforming as much as the next news outlet. Is there information out there about this that everybody except me knows?
Like I said, THR is pretty reliable, but there’s still a reason LFL hasn’t announced this (my guess would be waiting for a McGregor confirmation and/or finilizing contracts). They didn’t say it was “official,” and everyone else claiming such is just being disingenuous for the sake of clicks (while also looping in unsubstaniated rumors of Fett and Yoda films).
I don’t doubt to much that their info on the movie is legit, but I do believe, before an official confirmation comes, that it’s not 100% definite.
I guess the only way to fix this is to give the NAACP all the rights to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and then they can “correct” all the definition of words therein.
Also not how anything works.
It sure seems like certain black people think only black people can define what words mean.
Holy shit dude.
Please people. You all like Star Wars and therefore should be ashamed of yourselves.
The one that a bunch of unlikable thugs
Sure.
vandalized and tore down was just of a nondescript soldier, not even standing in a glorified position and it was dedicated to the war dead.
There are other ways to memorialize the dead. I’d definitely argue that statue was a glorification.
Most statues are not nuanced. The other reasons for the war don’t really come into play in a non-nuanced world, it’s the main one that rings loudest: slavery, and we can’t glorify that.
Maybe the world needs to be more nuanced. Maybe the other reasons for the war need to be better understood.
There is nuance in nuance. Obviously nuance is important, but as a said a statue is not a nuanced object. It is a symbol, and for many people when they see it they don’t see a million things, they see only one.
Of course it’s important to understand all the reasons as an educated citizen, but the truth is most of those reasons have little to do with the effects the war still has today (beyond being a common, phony excuse and dog whistle).
Build a memorial if you want. But the statues as they exist are misguided.
Which statues? What about the ones for the pows I mentioned and the battlefield markers?
Again, nuance. If a statue depicts a glorification, it should go. If it symbolizes something else, maybe not.
By “go” do you mean destroyed? I’m not opposed to putting them in storage but the destruction is inexcusable to me.
It depends. Storage/museums might be a good solution for most, but a lot of these statues were mass produced. Might be better to recycle.
Most statues are not nuanced. The other reasons for the war don’t really come into play in a non-nuanced world, it’s the main one that rings loudest: slavery, and we can’t glorify that.
Maybe the world needs to be more nuanced. Maybe the other reasons for the war need to be better understood.
There is nuance in nuance. Obviously nuance is important, but as a said a statue is not a nuanced object. It is a symbol, and for many people when they see it they don’t see a million things, they see only one.
Of course it’s important to understand all the reasons as an educated citizen, but the truth is most of those reasons have little to do with the effects the war still has today (beyond being a common, phony excuse and dog whistle).
Build a memorial if you want. But the statues as they exist are misguided.
Which statues? What about the ones for the pows I mentioned and the battlefield markers?
Again, nuance. If a statue depicts a glorification, it should go. If it symbolizes something else, maybe not.
Most statues are not nuanced. The other reasons for the war don’t really come into play in a non-nuanced world, it’s the main one that rings loudest: slavery, and we can’t glorify that.
Build a memorial if you want. But the statues as they exist are misguided.
Removing the statues is more of a long term play. In the short term you’ll get a lot of people angry, but now that they’ll be gone, future generations won’t have slave owning secessionists to look up to. Without the glorification, hopefully the hate that has stayed with the shadow of the confederacy will eventually subside.
Actors’ contracts is definitely a consideration, though this is a show where no character appears in every episode.
Also, 10 episodes would mean a whole other month that people would subscribe to HBO than if it were just 6.
The idea that the show runners are floating that the show had to be exactly 73 hours, no more, no less, is ridiculous. Somethings in the first few seasons took forever (how long did it take Bran to get where he was going, or Daenerys?) whereas in last weeks episode
Tryion goes from the battlefield, to Dragonstone, to King’s Landing, and then back to Dragonstone, while Gendry appears for the first time in four seasons in King’s Landing and then is beyond the Wall before the hour is up (and those two examples are just the tip of the iceberg).
Game of Thrones - anyone else feel like this season is the show on fast-forward? They should’ve stuck with two 10-episode seasons to even out the pacing instead of this weird 7- and 6-episode final seasons business.
Unfortunately that wasn’t possible given the technical and proficiency aspects of filming due to the stories told this season (20+ locations in 5 countries with several units) - plus the contractual aspects of the cast and crew (mainly time available)…
They had little option but to reduce the number of episodes - yet lengthen those episode run-times so in essence it is an eight episode season (fewer scenes apparently ended up on the cutting room floor for this season than previous helps).
I’m skeptical of this explanation. In previous seasons that’s kept them to the 10 maximum but there’s nothing new this season about the various locations and scheduling headaches that would require 3 less episodes. Only thing I can think of is their weather excuse (Winter being here and all) but that’s kinda silly because A) we haven’t seen much sign of winter outside of the North, and B) rarely are shows/films shot during the proper season (movie magic and all).
I think the real thing that happened was the show runners only wanted to do seven seasons, which meant that they had to jam pack the final/seventh season with a bunch of wrap up stuff. However two problems arose in that they had a 13 episode final season mapped out, but it was not feasible to shoot a 13 episode single season, and HBO wanted to stretch it out another year. So the season was split in two, and instead of taking the chance to look at how they could further flesh out their planned, rushed final 13 episodes and expand them into 20 (or hell, even 18 or 16), they probably got a bit cocky and thought “nope our plan is perfect, we don’t need anymore than that.”
Speculation but it seems to me to be the case.
What the fuck?
You really trying to tell me you don’t have a crush on Weird Hood Man With Cosmos Face? Because I’m not buying it.
…I suppose I am also guilty of this…
And Duracell should use his awesome avatar with him and the lasers and the 3d glasses.
Seconded. Definitely would rather see the person I’m interacting with than a person the person I’m interacting with has a crush on.
Funny, I was just thinking the same about you and your avatar.
But that’s…
You missed one.
True, I guess Cookie Monster was mostly before my time so I forget him.
It’ll be fun when LFL gets to a point where they think they can make SW movies that are more disconnected from the main series, but at the moment I don’t see any thing wrong with mining existing characters for stories if there’s potential there. There’s a lot that can be done with a Kenobi film, and I’m excited to see where they take it.
“We Don’t Deserve Love” - Arcade Fire
New album’s a bit of a mixed bag, but just like all their other albums, there’s one song I’m just drawn to somehow.
I’ve really been digging the title track. Listened to the whole thing through once when it came out and liked it well enough. Will have to listen again soon.
But that’s…
Ok, so it is.
Btw, what would you think of bare breasts in a G rated movie?
I don’t think MPAA ratings should exist at all in their current form, so…
*sigh*
What is so difficult to understand?
breast on female = private part
display of private part = nudity
nudity not appropriate in public area, unless area is zoned for nudity.
Breasts shouldn’t even be considered “private parts”. Men can go around topless, so why can’t women? 'Cause extra fatty deposits?
Because white people and black people are different. That is the way it has been done for years. Go the average public pool, white people are allowed and black people aren’t.
You could have just have easily said this. None of it makes it right.
that is asinine. men and women are physically different. You know this.
They both have breasts and nipple. Sometimes the breasts can be bigger in one sex. So what?
Men and women are physically different. You know this.
Right now the breasts on a female are considered a private part and their exposure is considered nudity. If you wish to change this, feel free to try.
Warb, there is an effort to do that very thing.
Bare breasts being nudity is very much up for debate.
Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:
I couldn’t see anything in that article that suggested this is anything more than a rumour. I’d really enjoy seeing a Kenobi standalone movie and I do hope they make it next but how are these unnamed “sources” any more credible than the Reddit poster who started those “Kenobi Trilogy” rumours?
THR is not reddit. Reddit people are just nerds with computers, THR reporters regularly and accurately get real scoops from real people in the industry, like this. Just because a source is unnamed doesn’t make it untrue.
I quite liked The Reader when it came out, but I haven’t seen it in almost a decade. As to whether or not Ewan will be back, I think he most likely will, but I’ve also seen it suggested that this might be set before TPM and follow his training. That seems doubtful to me, though, given Liam Neeson’s age. The Qui-Gon character is so beloved among the PT crowd that I can’t see them recasting the role or writing him out, so in guessing they’ll just cover that story in other media.
I could see flashbacks with a de-aged Neeson, but yeah a full on TPM prequel seems very doubtful, because at that point you’re basically losing everything that people like about the character.
This definitely seemed the most no-brainer choice, but that didn’t mean it was guaranteed to happen. Everyone talking about it was hopeful fans - never been any word about it in the works (even unofficial), unlike the Boba Fett movie.
For whatever reason I’ve never seen a Daldry movie, but he’s something of an Oscar magnet, so he must be doing something right. A very interesting choice for a space wizard movie, makes me think we’ll get something like Star Wars’s first adult drama, which would make sense if it’s a Ben in the desert movie (though of course that’s yet to be confirmed).
Hope that means Ewan is back. Would be great to see him get the chance to really knock it out of the park this time.
Here we f***ing go:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/obi-wan-kenobi-star-wars-film-planned-director-talks-1030505 - August 2017
https://deadline.com/2019/08/ewan-mcgregor-obi-wan-kenobi-disney-plus-star-wars-1202669319 - August 2019 (on Page 11)
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