DuracellEnergizer

^Exactly the sort of response one can expect from someone who has eaten spoiled food.

Smithers said:

Man I have avoided comics my whole life and now all of the sudden I'm pursuing every issue of these series'... for how long they take to read/look at, they are kind of a rip off BUT it's star wars and it's canon so I have to buy it :P

If they're going the decompressed* route, then it would be better to skip buying individual issues and just wait for the inevitable trade.

Oh, and BTW, there're better comics out there to read for a newcomer. =P

*"Decompressed" is just modern comics shorthand for "padded". 

*faceplam*

I feel like writing a song called "Hopscotch Roc", but I suck at writing songs.

At that moment, on Abydos,

I loathe how the jackasses running the EU would take obviously non-serious jokes like this and this and canonize them just because they flew from the lips of Lucas.

I also despise how they'd take Lucas' authorial intent (such as the stuff regarding Anakin as the Chosen One) as absolute canon even if it was never confirmed in-film. Authorial intent isn't canon.

Leland Chee (one "E" there, Koryo, just for future reference) is the guy Lucasfilm hired to help make consistent the inconsistent mess that was the EU.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Leland_Chee

Needless to say, he had the perfect job: Getting paid to do something that didn't matter in the slightest and which turned out to be a colossal waste of time, anyway. Hell, you could say he still has the perfect job.

RicOlie_2 said:

No rating as usual. I never know how to rate movies

You have a pair of thumbs, don't you? ;-) 

Dennis Hopper arrived, snorting helium,

TV's Frink said:

1) I think you might want to read what I wrote again regarding the timeline.

2) I meant you'd get a kick out of my frustration, not the movie itself.

I got your point on both counts. 

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

While I am far from being a fan of Kubrick's, I'd be lying if I said this wasn't an excellently made movie -- newer movies made with ostensibly better tools at hand don't look as seemlessly put together as this film. If I were the gullible type, I'd believe this was actually filmed in space.

That all being said, I still don't find it that entertaining.

A

I Love a Man in Uniform (1993)

Being a fan of Tom McCamus, I've wanted to see this film for ages. Due to it not being all that well known a picture, though, I've never been able to find a copy to watch, not even online. It finally appeared on TV, though, allowing me a chance to finally see it.

Well, I'm happy to say I wasn't disappointed. McCamus' excellent performance of an actor going through a gradual mental breakdown is a perfect reminder of why he's a favourite actor of mine.

A

Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992)

Mediocre animation and lame reuse of gags executed better in the early Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts do not a worthwhile cartoon make. I got maybe two or three laughs out of this piece of crap, and they were short ones.

D

The Duxorcist (1987) - B-

The Night of the Living Duck (1988)

So this is one of the last cartoons Mel Blanc worked on before he died? Pretty lame note to go out on.

C

Red Lights (2012)

When I finished watching this, I was left with the impression that this was a well-made movie; the colour grading is offensively ugly and the direction a little iffy, but I thought the writing made up for it.

After I went online to read some opinions on the film, though, the flaws became glaringly apparent to me and I came to realize that in spite of it's respectable veneer, the story is riddled with numerous plots holes and illogical events -- none all that major on their own, but when pooled together prove to be thoroughly undermining.

C

Dial M for Murder (1954)

Bland direction, no likable characters, and all that convoluted nonsense with the keys near the end make this one of the most overrated movies I've ever seen. Ray Milland's performance is the only real saving grace this picture has.

I'm positive that were it not for Hitchcock's name, this movie would've been forgotten decades ago.

C-

Grass (1999)

Moderately entertaining and stylishly put together, but it's obviously biased and I'm sure it's not as comprehensive as it could have been.

B-

DrCrowTStarwars said:

he seems to think everything in the universe is made of Furbies

A more disturbing universe I cannot imagine. 

Wookieepedia says he's part of the Lucasfilm Story Group.

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Lucasfilm_Story_Group

Oh, and on a somewhat tangental note, this topic didn't need its own thread.

Depending on how the timeline diverges, I'll get either a kick or a punch out of this. =P

No, not derailed -- nothing that simple. Taken and launched into orbit -- that's a more fitting descriptor.

This may be harkening back to the dead and retired conversation on the whole 50 Shades of Grey discussion, but I've got a serious question for darth_ender and others who share similar views on sexuality in films.

Is it alright to portray graphic sex in a film if it's portrayed in a bad light -- ie. as immoral and/or damaging to the people who partake it in? Not to glorify promiscuity/adultery/etc., but to show its ugly side?

^I think I should adopt your method for rating movies. Giving a movie an A/B/C/etc. rating would probably reflecting my feelings for a film better than my "__ out of ten" ratings.

^Go easy on him. His youthful enthusiasm may be a lifeline for him -- quashing it could have devastating results.

If anyone brings perishable food items to this thread, there will be spoilers regardless.

msycamore said:

I could blow a cop in order to get a proper sequel to The Empire Strikes Back.

A female cop, I hope, or at least one who is female from the waist up. 

TV's Frink said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Nocturnaloner said:

Black hat villains with red lightsabers, that's just Star Wars, man.

Not in my universe, it ain't.

 Just because two people disagree doesn't mean they live in different universes.

Not physically, at any rate. 

^Amusing, but I'm not getting any audio for some reason.

TV's Frink said:

I don't get this thread at all.

Neither do I anymore. 

of Middle Earth's prime meridian,

TV's Frink said:

Who said he was joking?

Not me!