Jeebus

Smartphones were a mistake.

Jeebus said:

Jeebus said:

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

I hope this is some of that “fake news” that everyone’s always talking about.

Nope, seems to be real.

http://nypost.com/2017/01/04/special-needs-man-tortured-while-attackers-stream-it-on-facebook/

Is this a hate crime?

TV’s Frink said:

Oops.

Clear typo, but still pretty funny.

lol

Threefold said:

• Cutting the Han/Ben reveal in the first Snoke scene and saving it for the Han/Ben showdown. I feel very strongly about this, and it would add a whole new level of drama to Han’s last scene - “BEN!” can be the wham line where the penny drops for the audience - and it would also add some texture and rewatch factor to the film. This means I also have to tweak a few other lines throughout the movie, and the one major re-think I have to do is Han and Leia’s interactions on D’Qar. I’ve come up with an idea of how to put “bring him home” to an entirely new purpose though!

I think it would be fine to leave in “bring him home”. It might serve to build suspense, and make the audience wonder what it means until it’s finally revealed who Kylo is.

The “If there’s something you need to complain about, then this is the thread” thread. Spiritual successor to the bitching thread.

VegetableMan said:

I recently discovered Star War The Third Gathers: The Backstroke Of The West, the dubbed version on Youtube. It is hilarious. My favorite quotes from what I have seen:
"-You underrated my ability - Is"
“I will ruin you!”.
I almost laughed in tears at that one. The guys that voiced them are really funny.
I also love their ridiculous names, like Ratio Tile, so fucking funny.

I quite like Allah Gold.

Jeebus said:

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

I hope this is some of that “fake news” that everyone’s always talking about.

Nope, seems to be real.

http://nypost.com/2017/01/04/special-needs-man-tortured-while-attackers-stream-it-on-facebook/

Possessed said:

I need to make a thread for the custom star wars saga set that I’m making, but I’m not entirely sure where to put it, in fanedit or preservation. Probably fan edit as most of it is, but some of it isn’t. The set goes as follows:
Ep1-3: Fan edits to be made by me
EPIV-5: Custom hybrid of special edition and theatrical using telecine7s version with re rotoscoped sabers and blasters and TN1s (for iv) as sources with the Tn1 footage filtered to match the blu ray, but with a few small custom fixes by me. (Easy fixes, nothing major mostly a few shots in esb have small amounts of motion blur added to stop motion shots) Esb will mostly be the theatrical cut but with SE visuals so it will mostly be bd (with new lasers) footage with theatrical laserdisc audio patched in side places.
EpVi will be my own already-in-progress wait using telecines version as a source.

I’d say Fan Edits

http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/227116738-story

I hope this is some of that “fake news” that everyone’s always talking about.

Burdokva said:

What I do not get is why is the FO so clean and flashy, while the Resistance is all rag-tag? Alright, keep the design aesthetic but couldn’t we actually reverse the theme and have the good guys be shiny and well equipped, while the FO soldiers being the grizzled but stoic making do with worn-out, dirty and scrapped together equipment? TIE-Fighters actually looking like the Rebel fighters in ANH, dirty, worn-out, and having personal insignia as each one is precious and kept to its pilot; stormtroopers being more varied as their armor doesn’t get issued on time after repairs are needed and they have all kind of field-mods, being dirtier and scratched…

Would have been cool. 😕

Damn, it would’ve been awesome for the First Order Stormtroopers to be wearing salvaged Empire armor.

I loved The Force Awakens, but the more I think about it, the more I’m disappointed that they didn’t go this route.

Tobar said:

Star Wars Rebels Season 3 - Mid-Season Trailer

HOLY SHIT!

DuracellEnergizer said:

By way of Lucas, Hayden has ruined Vader, which is why I don’t bother reading Vader-centric EU anymore.

I really have nothing to say except that I appreciate this distinction.

DominicCobb said:

The Republic becomes the Empire. The Empire does not become the New Republic, it becomes the First Order.

I was under the impression that the Empire capitulated to the New Republic for the most part, with only a few holdouts retreating to the Unknown Regions to rebuild. It may seem like a small difference, but I think it’s actually pretty substantial. If the entirety of the Empire or at least a large portion if it retreated, then I could understand how they reappear in such strength.

The Rebels form the New Republic, and later the Resistance.

I understand that people really hated the non-stop politics of the prequels, but I really wish this stuff was explained better in TFA.

It would be very strange if these teams swapped uniforms, so to speak.

Why is that? The Resistance is directly (or indirectly?) supported by the New Republic, the First Order is a fringe Empire loyalist group that’s been relegated to the ass end of the Galaxy.

The First Order’s stuff is new and spiffy because so are they. That doesn’t make them in charge, and they’re not. The Resistance is scrappy because they aren’t in charge either, they’re a separate group created by members of the New Republic.

Again, I wish this was better explained in TFA.

As to whether or not they should have armor is a legitimate question but in my mind it would make no sense whatsoever for them to look like stormtroopers.

I don’t want them to look exactly like Stormtroopers, it totally makes sense for them to want to distance themselves from that. What I’m trying to say is that I like the idea of the OT’s Empire becoming the ST’s “Rebels” in the sense that they’re the underdog trying to take down the the big and powerful Republic.

http://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/312579-paul-ryan-asks-lawmakers-son-to-stop-dabbing-in-photo

The most interesting part of the PT to me was seeing the Republic turn into the Empire. I think there’s something so cool about seeing the “good guys” using prototypes of TIE Fighters, or seeing them at the head of a Venator-class Star Destroyer. This is something that I had never thought about until now, but what Neverar and Mithrandir said make me really wish that something like it had been done in TFA. It still feels like the Empire is in control, with their shiny and newly redesigned armor and their spiffy new TIE Fighters, and the Resistance is still wearing this;

The more I think about it, the more I’m disappointed that we didn’t see the First Order presented the way the Resistance was. It could’ve been a “poetic” reversal of the Original Trilogy, with the First Order as a ragtag group of fighters using guerrilla tactics against the technologically superior New Republic.

Does Han even need a mentor? I’m really not excited for this, the only saving graces (IMO, of course) are Donald Glover and the directors.

TV’s Frink said:

NeverarGreat said:

In all seriousness, you seem like a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.

You seem like a decent fellow. I hate to die.

lol

Ryan-SWI said:

I genuinely like the story arc of I - III, specifically Palpatine’s rise and gradual manipulation of Anakin and the Senate.

Alright, I’m with you.

and find it much more interesting than the OT

You lost me.

I totally understand how someone can have the opinion that in theory; the prequels had a more interesting story than the OT, and on some level I might even agree. However, the portrayal of that story was horrible, for a myriad of reasons.

TV’s Frink said:

Just to pick on one of those supposed great scenes, Order 66 is terrible. The jedi are portrayed as clueless buffoons throughout the PT but at no point is it worse than that scene.

DominicCobb said:

Not to mention the over the top emotional music when why should we really care about any of those people? Most of ROTS is pretty much bullshit when you get down to it.

Obviously a movie should be able to stand on it’s own, and when looking at Order 66 purely through the lens of the movie, I would agree, but the outside-of-movie material helps to alleviate this problem.

http://originaltrilogy.com/post/id/1027188

Oh boy.

Crygor64 said:

The children of Han and Leia.

That might be canon soon 😉

The Yuuzhan Vong. They always seemed like something that belonged in the Star Trek universe.

Agreed.

I like the rain.

I quite like Spuffure. He reminds me of yhwx.

Tyrphanax said:

Sounds good to me! Great idea!

I approve of this approval of this thread.