Koryo Songhay

darklordoftech said:

The WEG stuff is much better than the EU that it spawned.

You don't think Bush on the Couch was insightful? There has plenty of stuff out there about LeBron's entourage and megalomania. There was even an Almost Famous type situation once. Lebron is incredibly guarded about his image.

Seriously, just read the Psychology Today article on the Bron. 

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/evolution-the-self/201007/lebron-james-the-making-narcissist-part-1-2

They seem to let him walk over them. LeBron could only go to Cleveland without taking a huge hit on his brand. So why not tell him, shut up, no friends will be hired and if you don't execute you will be benched? Bron was in a position of weakness after San Atonio's guillotine finished him. If he wants to go to somewhere else, better be prepared for some serious butchery by the press and the fans.

The fat bad guy was unnecessary, the plot could easily work without him. The chemistry was great. 

darklordoftech said:

What I hate is the very concept of "canon". I don't care if one story is consistent with another or not, I just want a story that's good.

Will continuity ever really intrfeer with someone being able to tell a goood story under this new regime?

Tobar said:

This video did not instill me with much confidence.

 There are some super artsy looking people in this vid. 

Are there some where the chairs dissapear for the musical part?

Tobar said:

Koryo Songhay said:

Trek made an effort recently to make the old continuity fit better and the new movies don't contradict the comics. So, you are screwed.

 Actually there's a pretty big discrepancy between the Abramstrek comic and films. In STID Kirk makes a big deal about having never lost a crewmember in the time he's been captain. Yet he lost crew in just about every issue of the comic leading to the film.

There's also the issue of the official tie-in game not agreeing with the official tie-in comic or film. Despite all three being written by the same people.

 The thing you mentioned first is easy to ignore the same way the Anakin doubling his powers stuff is. What is the game, movies canon mess?

DuracellEnergizer said:

grainger said:

I never read the story, but I hate that Boba Fett escaped the Sarlaac only to fall in again (due to bad Jawa driving, as I understand it!). I thought that was hilariously bad. Already in stitches, I practically hit the floor when I found out it happened to him again after that in a later story. I suppose this is combines the problems of fan service and multiple authors working on one universe - all the characters end up with ludicrous life stories.

Ah, yes ... this. This is what you get when you retroactively make a story from the Marvel comics canon even when it conflicts with the "official" history you've already been running with for the past couple decades. 

Crap like this is one of the reasons why the concept of an "official" canon for fictional universes has become anathema to me; the dignity of a universe gets sacrificed for the sake of making everything "real" and "true" and "relevant".

This is why I like how the Star Trek EU is handled more than the way the SW EU is handled. None of it is considered canon, so there's no inane effort put into making each and every story ever published in the past, present, and future part of the same continuity.

 Trek made an effort recently to make the old continuity fit better and the new movies don't contradict the comics. So, you are screwed.

grainger said:

I haven't played or read much of the EU, but I have been far from impressed with what I've seen. Tales of the Bounty Hunters is a mixed bag - mostly pretty bad. I hated the tendency to give every minor character some Really Important Role in the big story (a wider EU problem) - e.g. IG88 merging with the Death Star II computer. Not sure how I felt about elderly Boba "arthritic knees" Fett and Han Solo trying to outwit each other by hobbling around a greenhouse. I'm sure there was worse, but I've blanked it out.

I never read the story, but I hate that Boba Fett escaped the Sarlaac only to fall in again (due to bad Jawa driving, as I understand it!). I thought that was hilariously bad. Already in stitches, I practically hit the floor when I found out it happened to him again after that in a later story. I suppose this is combines the problems of fan service and multiple authors working on one universe - all the characters end up with ludicrous life stories.

Most of all, though, I hate how badly the EU is written. I'd really like to read some good Star Wars fiction, so I tracked down Heir to the Empire - it's nearly universally agreed to be one of the very best (if not the best) stories of the EU. I found it to be terribly written, and with Thrawn being one of the biggest Mary Sue characters in professional writing (the first few pages are basically everyone saying how awesome he is; one subordinate wishes Thrawn was at the Battle of Endor leading the fleet instead of Vader because they'd definitely have won, etc. etc.!). The hubris is amazing.

 Was Alexander a Mary Sue?

Ok.

Tobar said:

First issue isn't out for another week but we now have a first look at the second issue!

Gotta say it definitely looks like an improvement over what we've seen for issue #1. Though why does that look like a regular gun?

Me posting:

Nice to see some alien looking aliens.

If some comics from the old continuity would be remade. You cannot suggest the guys who did the first comic.

There are some things i would be legit excited at those publishers if their costumers would not be pussies who are afraid of new characters or more obscure ones getting expanded roles. 

I would not mind if the Republic got younger and there were many states before 1000 BY with force users doing diverse things. If pigs could fly i would still prefer the old continuity of course.

My preference would be that Marvel would sell poor so Disney would give it to a more innovative publisher. Image, DH and others would grow big enough that when DC and Marvel become IP farms the market is not affected. 

Multiple temples and competing schools would be really interesting. I wish we had seen more of that in the old EU.

I have to link the threads i post in into txt files on the desktop.

JediZombie said:

If Leia is a diplomat in the ST she will be much more into aggressive negotiations style politics instead of the pacifist politician her mother was.

 Because? Also i don't recall Padme being much of a warrior queen.

That guy was so Mexican he had Taco stains on his skin.

If they can make a fun bad movie on purpose...

I am talking about the Jaxxon stuff.

TV's Frink said:

I don't recall myself saying you did.

 So, there i no issue to waste our times on. The spice can flow.