DuracellEnergizer

Sarah McLachlan: “Steaming”

Warrick said:

Do people really read these introductions? 😃

Endut! Hoch Hech!

Shopping Maul said:

take his sweet-a##

The Expanse (Season 1)

Finally got around to checking this series out. With the endless Trek/Wars derivatives out there which play fast & loose with the laws of physics, it’s refreshing to see a more hard sci-fi direction for a change. I really got sick of looking at some characters, though, due to their stupid hairstyles (Tom Jane and Dominique Tipper, I’m looking at you two.) Make no mistake, though; I really did enjoy the season and will be continuing with the series.

★★★★★★★★☆☆

OutboundFlight said:

I’ve never liked “Obi-Wan had a second apprentice, one named Vader the other Anakin, both turn evil, and then one dies while the other secretly survives.

It feels awfully contrived, and distorts the meaning of the PT to benefit the plot twist in Empire. The PT is all about Anakin’s turn to the dark side as a parallel to Luke’s resistance to the dark side, and both are symbols of the galaxy - in the PT, the Republic falls to the Empire, in the OT, the Rebels resist the Empire.

Removing Anakin’s proper turn to evil is (imo) the equivalent of removing Luke standing up to the Emperor. Instead, we’d just show Vader rising and overthrowing the Emperor, leaving Luke’s story in limbo, until a plot twist in Episode 8 reveals Luke did the right thing. It doesn’t work. Likewise, adding a second apprentice even if to support Obi-Wan’s lie would be the equivalent of adding in a new character (Luke’s sister?) for the sole purpose of having us wonder who will redeem Vader.

Now, this is all implying Lucas’ vision of the PT. It could have been set from an entirely new character’s adventures / struggles and not Anakin, in which case maybe he could have showed up in the first film and then been seemingly killed. But as long as the trilogy is about Anakin’s fall or Obi-Wan’s failure, I don’t think you can thematically justify keeping the plot twist.

A good reason fanedits of the PT should be made with the intent of dampening the flaws/improving the strengths of the PT rather than ironing out the continuity between the two trilogies. Myths of old have internal inconsistencies, as do modern ones; we should embrace and work within that condition rather than fight against it.

SilverWook said:

The Trek crossover you never knew existed. 😉
https://youtu.be/yaKpbaWR2pI

Most illogical.

ChainsawAsh said:

Tantive3+1 said:

Should Anakin’s lightsaber be red during the duel on Mustafar?

If this is coming from the new canon explanation for red lightsabers (“bleeding” activated blue/green/purple/whatever crystals), that’s not something that just “happens” when you’re using the Dark Side. It’s a specific ritual that a Sith does to bind someone else’s crystal to them. Anakin hasn’t done this ritual to his lightsaber’s crystal (and probably wouldn’t even need to, since the crystal is already bound to him), so it would stay blue unless he took the time to sit and force the crystal to bleed.

Also, this is (I think) the official explanation for Kylo’s unstable blade - he did a shitty job of “bleeding” the crystal, and it cracked, which also meant he had to switch to an older design of hilt with side vents (the “crossguard”).

Gotta love how emo the franchise has become.

FreezingTNT2 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

FreezingTNT2 said:

When will you post your ideas for Episode II?

Honestly, I’ve forgotten what ideas I had.

Just come up with new ideas and write them on a piece of paper or even Notepad.

What would be the point? I’m no longer a Star Wars fan and no longer interested in playing in the SW sandbox.

ray_afraid said:

I am drinking nun, I am.

WIR

Passive-Aggressive Troll

V.I.N.Cent said:

A shame about the 90’s though 😉

Absolutely excellent.

Some have called Dune Star Wars for adults, but I’ve come to believe Dark Crystal fits that mold better. Both universes touch on many of the same themes, but Dark Crystal and Age of Resistance handle them in a sensible, mature fashion without the bowdlerization and bloat.

NeverarGreat said:

https://i.imgur.com/PrrYbjy.mp4

Fuckin’ Skynet.

paja said:

All of the aliens don’t speak English.

Stargate SG-1: “Hold my beer.”

Hal 9000 said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

TLJ: Add a scene of Rey having an orgy with her infinite reflections.

Digitally remove their eyebrows and you’ve sold a ticket.

Nah, brah. Adding CG rontos to the party is what it’s all about.

'Tis to my liking.

LordZerome1080 said:

I just watched the FlinStones live action movie, all I can say is what the hell dis I just watch.

One of three films which misled me to believe Kyle MacLachlan was a lousy actor.

ATMachine said:

Yes. It provides an important thematic mirror to unmasked Anakin in ROTJ being digitally altered to remove Sebastian Shaw’s eyebrows and make his eye color look like Hayden Christensen’s.

It’s like poetry. It rhymes.

FreezingTNT2 said:

When will you post your ideas for Episode II?

Honestly, I’ve forgotten what ideas I had.

TPM: Make Jar Jar and Boss Nass ex/reconciled lovers.
AOTC: Add a scene of Anakin, naked, in chains, being dominated by Padme in her sexy dominatrix dress.
ROTS: Digitally remove Mace Windu’s eyebrows and give him a head of gold hair.
ANH: Add a scene of Tarkin, naked, in chains, being dominated by a dominatrix in a Darth Vader mask.
TESB: Play the cave scene at regular speed while playing the entire rest of the movie in slow motion.
ROTJ: Cut-&-paste Jake Lloyd’s head onto Force Ghost Anakin’s body.
TFA: Add a scene of Kylo pissing on Han’s corpse.
TLJ: Add a scene of Rey having an orgy with her infinite reflections.

ATMachine said:

he’s boring, let’s kill him!

Too bad Star Wars can’t adopt a transmodernist framework.

DONA DRAKE