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DuracellEnergizer

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#1035580
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/should-have-stuck-with-the-old-elites-1791290777

http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/trumps-education-secretary-pick-on-guns-in-schools-wh-1791314783

Betsy DeVos, a galactically rich and galactically evil anti-public school, anti-gay rights donor appointed by Donald Trump to be our country’s next Education Secretary, is going through confirmation hearings tonight (sports angle: her shitty father owns the Orlando Magic). She was asked about guns in schools. She said it was worth exploring. Her reasoning? “Grizzly bears.”

This is no-shit good advice. I can’t tell you how many times through my years in California’s public school system my classmates and I were threatened by grizzly bears. Once at recess, I kicked the ball too far and my friend Chris had to go get it. He never came back and a week later they found his mangled body in a local grizzly bear den. The memory still haunts me to this day. I miss you Chris. I’m sorry.

What does this bring to mind? Oh yes:

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#1035467
Topic
TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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NeverarGreat said:

bromeo said:

Now that many people have mentioned the “Apocalypse Now” shot, it got me wondering… what was the purpose of it in the first place? Simply homage? The TIEs have a sunset behind them and it is (or seemed like) the middle of the day on Takodana. Oh well…

JEDIT: Ok, never mind about the middle of the day…

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/a/ae/Takodana_surface_1.png/revision/latest?cb=20160416023739

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/d/d8/Takodana_surface_2.png/revision/latest?cb=20160416023807

The time of day seems to change on a whim on Takodana. It’s late afternoon when Rey steps out of the Falcon:
Afternoon
…then it’s mid-day when she runs away from the castle:
Overcast or something
…then the apocalypse TIEs happen at sunset, then it’s mid-day again through the attack, then it’s nearly sunset when Leia arrives:
Sunset Again

I have two possible answers to this conundrum:

  • Takodana has seriously screwed up rotation.
  • Someone’s doing the time warp again.
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#1035443
Topic
What do you HATE about the EU?
Time

LuckyGungan2001 said:

NeverarGreat said:

I see images like that and wonder how they are in the same universe as that quaint 70’s movie. You know, the one featuring a farmboy, a down-on-his-luck hot rod driver and his giant doglike sidekick, and a sassy Mexican Revolution styled princess.

It’s almost as if it’s a realistic depiction of a galaxy, where things are different depending on the location or time.

LOL. There’s nothing “different” about how Legacy portrayed anything.

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#1035437
Topic
unOfficial OT.com Illuminati Clique Page (Conspirator Eyes Only)
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TV’s Frink said:

darth_ender said:

^Satanist Jesuit liberal neo-national socialist GAY AGENDA coded propaganda perpetuated by NEW WORLD ORDER proponents/Illuminati members and their Trump-hating MASONIC demon spawn!

This is my favorite Nine Inch Nails song.

Reznor tends to focus on self-loathing and general misanthropy. You must be thinking of Marilyn Manson.

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#1035183
Topic
What do you HATE about the EU?
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NeverarGreat said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

If ever I have misgivings of the EU’s de-canonization (which I don’t), all I need do is remind myself that this existed

and I’m happy again that the EUphiles’ favourite tin god was torn down and hammered into dust.

I see images like that and wonder how they are in the same universe as that quaint 70’s movie. You know, the one featuring a farmboy, a down-on-his-luck hot rod driver and his giant doglike sidekick, and a sassy Mexican Revolution styled princess.

It must have to do with the cartoonification and superheroication of Star Wars.

I think you’re on to something.

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#1035176
Topic
Are the Prequels Even Worth Watching Once?
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TV’s Frink said:

IP55 said:

TV’s Frink said:

IP55 said:

imperialscum said:

Alderaan said:

[Haarspalter said:]
If you want to find out what George Lucas was thinking when he made the PT

He was thinking the same things he was thinking when he made the OT if you ask me. But there were no longer any constraints or people to reign him in.

I think if George could have, he would have made the originals exactly like he made the prequels.

I doubt that. He had practically no constraints in ESB and ROTJ as he held the rights to the sequels and was doing them with his own company. Even in ANH he had mostly free hands since the studio did not seem to care about the film prior to the release.

I would say it is mostly that in OT he actually had good ideas and was open to feedback from his collaborators.

Irvin made ESB what it was.

End

I love people who think the director is the only person responsible for the success or failure of a movie.

So the exec producer is. Yeah hitchcock, Sergio leone, coppola films etc weren’t down to direction!

The only people I love more than those who think the director is the

only

person responsible for the success or failure of a movie?

People who can’t be bothered to read.

"They can’t or they won’t?"