DuracellEnergizer

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

Except people who say that TLJ provides a radical new interpretation of Luke are wrong. Luke has plenty moments of skepticism in the OT. He’s also 35 years older than when we last saw him, and he’s seen a lot. It’s reasonable that a character could develop during that time.

In fact, if Luke were precisely as we left him in ROTJ, that would be less believable.

I didn’t want Luke to be precisely were he was in ROTJ. I wanted him to have successfully established a new, undogmatic Jedi Order, gotten married, and had a ton of sons and daughters (none of whom died or turned to the dark side).

Now maybe that’s the EU’s fault, having planted most (but not all) of those elements in my mind. If I’d never followed post-ROTJ EU Luke, perhaps I’d be more accepting of post-ROTJ Disney Luke. I’ll never know.

Also, given the plot of TFA, how did people not see this coming? Why is it suddenly shocking with TLJ that Luke isn’t a gun-ho optimist let’s fight the FO! Infinite Jedi!

I don’t care much for TFA, either.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

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DuracellEnergizer said:

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

Last Jedi’s got some problems. (though I’d argue relatively minor)

Exactly one problem.

I thought you vowed to not see that movie.

I haven’t.

yhwx said:

ray_afraid said:

I don’t know where you’ve gotten the idea that Duracell has seen TLJ.

He said that it was beyond perfection.

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

I’m 100% certain it was sarcasm. He hates what they did with the characters so he definitely wouldn’t like it if he did see it.

I was being sarcastic indeed. In fact, I was making fun of people like fmalover, who act like TLJ was handed down from God Themself.

TLJ remains on my anti-watchlist and will remain there, along with The Dark Knight Rises, the Snyderman films, and any other movies which present unappealing “alternative interpretations” of beloved characters.

You have your own kind of ignorant thinking

Good.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

unappealing “alternate interpretations” of beloved characters.

Lol.

Not as LOL-worthy as hating a director after having seen a single one of his films, I’d wager.

Assuming you’re talking about David Lynch, one film is more than zero.

I thought it was two but it turns out he didn’t do Naked Lunch. :p

I believe you have to watch at least four of a filmmaker’s films before drawing a conclusion on his work as a whole, but that’s just me.

I believe you have to watch a single movie before drawing a conclusion on that movie, but that’s just me.

I haven’t drawn any conclusion on TLJ beyond that the story holds no appeal for me. If you want to go ahead and interpret that as meaning “TLJ is shit, Rian Johnson’s an asshole, etc.”, by all means do so, but it isn’t an accurate representation of my thoughts at all.

You haven’t seen the movie and yet you’re bitching at how a “beloved character was interpreted.”

So, sure, why not.

I don’t need to see Man of Steel to know that Jonathan Kent tells Clark that it’s alright to let people die if it’s in Clark’s best interests. That version of Jonathan is wholly unlike the Jonathan Kent I’ve come to know in both the comics, prior movies, and TV shows, the Jonathan who taught Clark to do his very best to help humanity. That bit of characterization, combined with other elements of the movie I’ve been exposed to through trailers/screencaps/reviews/etc., have left me with the impression that MOS isn’t a movie I want to see. Does that mean I believe it’s automatically a bad film? No. But it’s not a film that I, as a Superman fan, influenced by older Superman stories with an opposing aesthetic and ethic, have any interest in seeing.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

Last Jedi’s got some problems. (though I’d argue relatively minor)

Exactly one problem.

I thought you vowed to not see that movie.

I haven’t.

yhwx said:

ray_afraid said:

I don’t know where you’ve gotten the idea that Duracell has seen TLJ.

He said that it was beyond perfection.

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

I’m 100% certain it was sarcasm. He hates what they did with the characters so he definitely wouldn’t like it if he did see it.

I was being sarcastic indeed. In fact, I was making fun of people like fmalover, who act like TLJ was handed down from God Themself.

TLJ remains on my anti-watchlist and will remain there, along with The Dark Knight Rises, the Snyderman films, and any other movies which present unappealing “alternative interpretations” of beloved characters.

You have your own kind of ignorant thinking

Good.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

unappealing “alternate interpretations” of beloved characters.

Lol.

Not as LOL-worthy as hating a director after having seen a single one of his films, I’d wager.

Assuming you’re talking about David Lynch, one film is more than zero.

I thought it was two but it turns out he didn’t do Naked Lunch. :p

I believe you have to watch at least four of a filmmaker’s films before drawing a conclusion on his work as a whole, but that’s just me.

I believe you have to watch a single movie before drawing a conclusion on that movie, but that’s just me.

I haven’t drawn any conclusion on TLJ beyond that the story holds no appeal for me. If you want to go ahead and interpret that as meaning “TLJ is shit, Rian Johnson’s a hack asshole, etc.”, by all means do so, but it isn’t an accurate representation of my thoughts at all.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

Last Jedi’s got some problems. (though I’d argue relatively minor)

Exactly one problem.

I thought you vowed to not see that movie.

I haven’t.

yhwx said:

ray_afraid said:

I don’t know where you’ve gotten the idea that Duracell has seen TLJ.

He said that it was beyond perfection.

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

I’m 100% certain it was sarcasm. He hates what they did with the characters so he definitely wouldn’t like it if he did see it.

I was being sarcastic indeed. In fact, I was making fun of people like fmalover, who act like TLJ was handed down from God Themself.

TLJ remains on my anti-watchlist and will remain there, along with The Dark Knight Rises, the Snyderman films, and any other movies which present unappealing “alternative interpretations” of beloved characters.

You have your own kind of ignorant thinking

Good.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

unappealing “alternate interpretations” of beloved characters.

Lol.

Not as LOL-worthy as hating a director after having seen a single one of his films, I’d wager.

Assuming you’re talking about David Lynch, one film is more than zero.

I thought it was two but it turns out he didn’t do Naked Lunch. :p

I believe you have to watch at least four of a filmmaker’s films before drawing a conclusion on his work as a whole, but that’s just me.

ChainsawAsh said:

SilverWook said:

If such schools didn’t exist, a lot of wacky 80’s comedy films could never have been made.

A lot of those “wacky 80s comedies” are less wacky and more rapey if you go back and watch them today.

You recently rewatched Revenge of the Nerds, too?

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

Last Jedi’s got some problems. (though I’d argue relatively minor)

Exactly one problem.

I thought you vowed to not see that movie.

I haven’t.

yhwx said:

ray_afraid said:

I don’t know where you’ve gotten the idea that Duracell has seen TLJ.

He said that it was beyond perfection.

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

I’m 100% certain it was sarcasm. He hates what they did with the characters so he definitely wouldn’t like it if he did see it.

I was being sarcastic indeed. In fact, I was making fun of people like fmalover, who act like TLJ was handed down from God Themself.

TLJ remains on my anti-watchlist and will remain there, along with The Dark Knight Rises, the Snyderman films, and any other movies which present unappealing “alternative interpretations” of beloved characters.

You have your own kind of ignorant thinking

Good.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

unappealing “alternate interpretations” of beloved characters.

Lol.

Not as LOL-worthy as hating a director after having seen a single one of his films, I’d wager.

yhwx said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

DominicCobb said:

Last Jedi’s got some problems. (though I’d argue relatively minor)

Exactly one problem.

I thought you vowed to not see that movie.

I haven’t.

yhwx said:

ray_afraid said:

I don’t know where you’ve gotten the idea that Duracell has seen TLJ.

He said that it was beyond perfection.

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

Dek Rollins said:

ray_afraid said:

Ah. I took that as sarcasm.
I still do. Could be wrong.

I’m 100% certain it was sarcasm. He hates what they did with the characters so he definitely wouldn’t like it if he did see it.

I was being sarcastic indeed. In fact, I was making fun of people like fmalover, who act like TLJ was handed down from God Themself.

TLJ remains on my anti-watchlist and will remain there, along with The Dark Knight Rises, the Snyderman films, and any other movies presenting unappealing “alternate interpretations” of beloved characters.

DominicCobb said:

Last Jedi’s got some problems. (though I’d argue relatively minor)

Exactly one problem.

TV’s Frink said:

DominicCobb said:

TV’s Frink said:

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/12/wolf-wall-street-douchebags-handbook/356242/

I know y’all will be annoyed with that article but so be it.

Just because some people are dumbasses and don’t understand the film’s rhetorical approach doesn’t mean the movie is bad.

That’s fine.

I’m not saying it’s a bad movie. I’m saying it has problems.

As do all movies. Except The Last Jedi, which is beyond perfection. E. T. too, maybe.

fmalover said:

OK guys, saw the movie a few more times. Still love it to bits but now I notice the movie does indeed have one flaw

Custer’s Revenge

TV’s Frink said:

Take it to the Lurker name thread.

WISHS

Solo: The Star Wars Holiday Special II

ray_afraid said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

“bleeding crystal”

lol. every time.

Sounds like the the name of an emo band or futuristic drug, doesn’t it?

Mrebo said:

I like that 75,000 people just up and decided that heroin didn’t taste as good once it was legal 😉

Those are hipsters for you.

TV’s Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

I have a painful rash.

Thanks.

Sure.

Wait… are you saying you want photos of it?

Who wouldn’t?

I know you would. In fact I thought you posted that at first.

I don’t have a rash currently. What I currently have is far worse.

dahmage said:

Oh, God!

WYSHP

chyron8472 said:

TV’s Frink said:

chyron8472 said:

I have a painful rash.

Thanks.

Sure.

Wait… are you saying you want photos of it?

Who wouldn’t?

chyron8472 said:

There is no amount of meth or heroine or cocaine or LSD (et al.) that does not ruin lives.

As LSD isn’t addictive, I don’t see how it can ruin lives.

That’s a long belated response if ever I read one.

CHEWBAKAspelledwrong said:

E.T. turns me into a faucet

I wonder if Bane’s orange lightsaber will ever made it into canon now that that stupid “bleeding crystal” thing has been established.

Possessed said:

Plus i don’t see how children of drugs would be any different if legal

Three years seems a lot shorter now than it used to.

moviefreakedmind said:

I’ve been told I look like a ghost. I took it as a compliment because I’m a huge Scream fan.

WYSHS