DominicCobb

Test combo breaker

JEDIT: wait what

Smithers said:

So a little while ago, in the radical redux ideas thread I suggested that you could lower the pitch of Anakin’s voice in order to make him sound better, I tried it out for myself in one of the worst one of the scenes in AOTC. I think it improved the scene quite a bit, otherwise I left the scene unedited, I only changed Anakin’s voice. Here it is (note that this scene won’t even be in my edit but I thought this was the best example of how much better it sounds): https://vimeo.com/159893770

Sounds pretty good actually.

Doubt it. No one wants to see Indy die. Would not be in keeping with the spirit of the franchise.

Deckard dying seems like a good possibility.

moviefreakedmind said:

By the way, a reference to an unknown god is not respecting a religion.

Maybe not a specific religion but it is certainly favoring some religions over others. Whatever the founding fathers meant at the time, having a secular state was certainly the goal and “In God We Trust” being the national motto seems like an obvious contradiction to that goal.

Why can’t we go back to E pluribus unum?

I fucking hope not

Subject to change at a moment’s notice:

1. Prisoner of Azkaban
2. Half-Blood Prince
3. Deathly Hallows Part 2
4. Goblet of Fire
5. Deathly Hallows Part 1
6. Order of the Phoenix
7. Sorcerer’s Stone
8. Chamber of Secrets

You guys are going to hate me…

Movies

1. Star Trek
2. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
3. Star Trek Into Darkness
4. Star Trek III: The Search For Spock
5. Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
6. Star Trek: First Contact
7. Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
8. Star Trek: The Motion Picture
9. Star Trek: Generations
10. Star Trek: Nemesis
11. Star Trek V: The Final Frontier
12. Star Trek: Insurrection

TV

1. TOS

(I haven’t really seen much of the rest, at least not enough to care)

My beef with referencing god on currency has nothing to do with what the first amendment does or does not say, and I don’t believe its usage is somehow an “assault on my freedom from religion.” Its simply a completely ridiculous and unnecessary thing to include on our money that flies in the face of our nation’s supposed separation of church and state.

Also, if we want to go there, “In God We Trust” does totally break the first amendment. “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion…” Well in 1956 a law was signed that made “In God We Trust” the national motto (https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-70/pdf/STATUTE-70-Pg732-2.pdf).

Stinky-Dinkins said:

TV’s Frink said:

Actually it forced me to join.

And once you did, our little circle was complete.

Your little circle of jerks. Yeah. You could call it a jerk circle.

The Force Awakens #1 cover art:

Interested in seeing how this adaptation plays out. Might have to pick up the collected edition when it becomes available.

Possessed said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

As much as I respect religious people despite my atheism, I will say “oh my god” as much as I damn well please as long as it says “In God We Trust” on my money.

Interesting point. It’s kind of surprising it doesn’t say “Backed by Jesus” on the other side.

That would be unconstitutional as it is an endorsement of a specific religion.

Since most religions think their “God” is the true one, is “In God We Trust” any different?

It should say “In gods and no gods we trust.”

That’s basically the point. Its such a generalized blanket statement it can be read sincerely by almost anybody who is religious.

ALMOST. Still an endorsement of monotheistic religions.

As much as I respect religious people despite my atheism, I will say “oh my god” as much as I damn well please as long as it says “In God We Trust” on my money.

Stinky-Dinkins said:

Is Warbler really a bird in real life?

Thank you! Been wondering this for a long time but was afraid to ask.

RicOlie_2 said:

DominicCobb said:

Frink just explained it to you. The fact that retard is interchangeable as an insult with stupid and idiot is what makes it offensive. You’re basically calling mentally retarded people stupid idiots.

The problem being that nobody I know calls them mentally retarded. It’s a dated term. Perhaps older generations, or legal documents, or people in certain regions still use it, but it is fast falling into complete disuse.

It’s dated because it’s become an insult. Calling someone mentally retarded is still legitimate, but the retard insult has become so pervasive that people are shifting away from that (so as to try to avoid offense and hurt feelings and whatnot).

Let’s say you make fun of someone at lunch and they leave to sit at another table. If you continue to make fun of them, even if they can’t hear you, are you still an asshole?

Frink just explained it to you. The fact that retard is interchangeable as an insult with stupid and idiot is what makes it offensive. You’re basically calling mentally retarded people stupid idiots.

Same reason calling someone gay as an insult is offensive. Because you’re basically saying gay people are uncool, stupid, etc.

Dek Rollins said:

TV’s Frink said:

Dek Rollins said:

I wasn’t trying to defend it’s usage as an insult, rather I pointed out that more likely than not, you wouldn’t have cared if he used any other term that is interchangeable in that context.

I choose this word carefully - don’t be an idiot.

Dek Rollins said:

I can understand this, but Frink can never shut up about how [phrase or word used] is offensive. It seems to me that he’s just one of those people, and like I said, I don’t want to sound offensive, but he just has to read stuff that way. You do realize that there are almost zero insulting phrases that don’t originate from an illness, mutation, or sex. The word “dumb” is the same, just like “stupid”, “idiot”, etc.

Words like “dumb” and “stupid” and “idiot” are not interchangeable with “retarded.” That’s the whole fucking point. No one says “there’s a girl in our class who has a teacher’s aide with her at all times, I think it’s because she’s an idiot.” If you are interchanging words that are used as insults with the word retarded, you’re the idiot. But you aren’t retarded.

I meant they are interchangeable as insults, not by literal definition. Don’t be an idiot. His statement was an “or do I sound retarded?”. In this context, you can switch “retarded” with “stupid”, or “like an idiot”, or “like a moron”.

“or do I sound stupid?”

“or do I sound like an idiot?”

“or do I sound like a moron?”

You can’t be this stupid, can you?

jerk aroud

Not that you deserve a reply, but ET is definitely the most remembered film of 1982.

Possessed said:

Wait, so you never thought Smoke was a projection made by R2?

Evidence:

That_OT_Ruler said:

The original Star Wars music, especially the Battle of Yavin, is one of my favorite scores of all time, besides all of Quentin Tarantino’s movies.

Interesting considering there’s only one Tarantino film with an original score.

I’m surprised so many people want the Leia political stuff. I didn’t think they’d put it on the blu-ray and honestly I’d be kind of surprised if they even filmed it. Itd’d kill the structure and pacing if it was included.

TV’s Frink said:

Could we zoom in to avoid that stuff, or would it cut off character body parts?

Shouldn’t, those are actually frame guides so you’d want to crop that anyway. Only issue with it is slight loss of quality.

You are so wrong in so many ways I don’t even know where to start…

I’ve been thinking for awhile that an OOT release in 2017 is inevitable, and I still think that’s the case, but I don’t think the way they’d announce it is through Peter Mayhew’s twitter feed.

Don’t see why marketing would clash, especially if the set is released in May 2017. A home video release is not going to overshadow a theatrical release, even if it’s the Holy Grail of home video releases. If they do a theatrical rerelease it would clash, sure, but I don’t think they’ll do that (besides perhaps a marathon before VIII).

The reason why L8’s structure works better than Hal’s is mostly because of flow. Hal’s structure is formless. I like what he was trying to do with downplaying Padme, but that element is the one thing that drives Anakin throughout the story and progresses the story logically from scene to scene. I too wish his fall had more to do with disagreeing with the Jedi order, but there’s just not enough to work with to make that happen believably. With L8’s there’s actually a building tension that makes Anakin’s eventual turn more natural.