Lord Haseo

Nice to see someone giving actual constructive criticism on these films. I have come to find that my main problem thus far is that neither film is particularly risky. Sure Rogue One showed us hints of moral ambiguity and a Rebellion that wasn’t fucking around but that is a pill that can be easily swallowed. I’m hoping The Last Jedi either expands the lore exponentially or changes some aspect of the story indefinitely. Part of the reason I came around to idea of Disney making these films is the prospect of seeing new things that expand the universe exponentially, seeing weird and interesting concepts they can introduce in these new stories that are still in the spirit of the OT and above all else, new and innovative ways of storytelling. I haven’t really gotten that thus far.

Jeebus said:

Disco_Lobot said:

Jeebus said:

I despise the Jabba’s place sequence.

You don’t like Luke slaughtering Jabba’s whole guard staff and then destroying the sail barge… .which not only had all Jabba’s buddies on it… but bartenders, waitresses and other staff.

Man - that’s kind of messed up really 😃

There’s a couple of good things in that sequence, I like Luke force-choking the guards, and I like the barge sequence, but there’s just too much that I don’t like surrounding the good things.

That sequence takes up a sizable amount of the film and it could have been trimmed in order to give Han and Leia’s roles some more weight along with the possibility of bolstering the final conflict with The Empire and The Rebels. This would also give them an opportunity to focus on Luke’s current disposition as he was Dark Side abilities and it would it would have made the part where he gives into his anger more substantial in nature. This would also be a perfect way to tie in how he felt about being the offspring of Vader. We as the audience already have a clue what he feels because it would still have been nice if they gone to the root cause of that emotional unrest he was feeling and explored it thoroughly. The sad thing with ROTJ is that when I think of it I mostly think of how good it is once you trim the fat but there are some pretty deep fat reserves in this movie.

This sums up my feelings on the OUT re release rumors.

NeverarGreat said:

“Photo”

My apologies I meant to say portrait. Silly me.

lovelikewinter said:

Alderaan said:

All of the PT characters. Most if not all of the R1 characters. Poe Dameron, Captain Jokema, and General Kid in TFA.

How can you hate Poe? Oscar Isaac is so damn sexy with those eyes and that lip biting thing he does.

Word. Also he was pretty damn entertaining so I look forward to seeing him develop more and that lip biting thing to be a signature of his.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

This photo makes me happy

Lord Kaan:

I hate this mothafucka. His “solution” to the Sith’s faults being equality among the Sith is beyond asinine. There is no equality among Dark Siders as domination is integral to the nature of the Dark Side and powerful beings who solely wield it have aspirations that always fixate on domination. Kaan essentially made them like the Jedi. Also him abandoning the Darth title for the sake of not causing friction is about as bitch made as it gets. In addition to that a pre prime Darth Bane made him look utterly pathetic on multiple occasions in front of the Brotherhood and he didn’t to a damn thing. Pathetic.

Oscar Issac briefly discussed how the characters will struggle in TLJ:

“The characters that you know already: their specific character flaws or their weaknesses get tested. And out of that, I think, you get to see a bit more of who they are. The best way to learn about somebody is to see them in a crisis.”

EDIT:

http://comicbook.com/starwars/2017/04/21/star-wars-the-last-jedi-oscar-isaac-poe-dameron/

Possessed said:

You’re talking about the one with crucifixation right? I didn’t notice his voice being very effected on that one. Not nearly as much as on the album anyway

There were mad demonic effects on that one. Mostly on the album version the vocals consisted of dual vocals both coming from Glen Benton. I don’t really remember his voice being tampered at all on their first LP.

Possessed said:

Deicide isn’t as good as those bands. And lunatic of God’s creation and crucifixation are great, but are both better on the demo than the album, even production wise. The album is extremely flat sounding whereas the demo is full of energy. Also the vocals aren’t hilariously overdone like they are on the album… They are more like legion. The production is a little like a rougher sounding legion as well.

I also think the guitar tone is more interesting but the vocals are still weak for me save for the effects they add to Benton’s vocals but never have I really given props to anyone who didn’t use their natural voice for the entirety of the album. I definitely respect people like Martin Van Drunen, Nocturno Culto and Ross Dolan who would have shredded their vocal cords but risked it to finish their respective albums before changing styles.

Has there been any news on whether the Knights of Ren are going to be in VIII or if they perished before TFA? Their absence from the teaser was a little jarring since that’s something a lot of people are wondering about.

Possessed said:

Lord Haseo said:

Deicide - In Hell I Burn

As a whole I don’t care much for deicide, but I do happen to have Legion on vinyl lp (the only album of theirs I felt was good enough front to back to merit owning… The first album is okay but the Amon demo has many of those songs and they are all better than the versions on the album even productionwise. (Talking about the one with “crucifixation”)) and I break it out once in a while and I love that song.

Self titled has a few good songs (Mephistopheles, Day of Darkness, Oblivious To Evil, Lunatics of God’s Creation and Crucifixation) but Legion took things to a whole new level. It’s more technical, innovative and overall consistent than their first album but I haven’t really gotten a chance to live with it yet. I still think Deicide at their best wasn’t on the level of Morbid Angel, Autopsy, Pestilence, Asphyx, Immolation or Carcass but that’s just me.

Deicide - In Hell I Burn

MF Doom - Vomitspit

Madvillain - America’s Most Blunted

Essentially everything I’ve listened to recently

Madvillain - Madvillainy

Album Cover: 8/10

Album: 9/10

Septic Flesh - Communion

Album Cover: 7/10

Album: 8/10

Kendrick Lamar - DAMN

Album Cover: 9/10

Album: 8.2/10

His weakest LP to date but that in no way diminishes this great album. Sonically this may be the best and most consistent project he has put out but lyrically it wasn’t exactly what I wanted. I wanted the young bull to just spit regularly a little more. I also don’t feel that his lyrics are as sharp as they once was.

Carnage - Dark Recollections

Album Cover: 8/10

Album: 8.6/10

Carcass - Symphony of Sickness

Album Cover: 7/10

Original Album Cover: 7.5/10

Album: 8.2/10

Jonno said:

It’s part of his borrowed stormtrooper utility belt.

I thought they ditched the armor after the scene in the trash compactor. I’m taking a day off and I’m going to be watching Rogue One and STAR WARS today so I’ll see what’s good with that.

Why the shit does Luke have a grappling hook?

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand just like that the argument is dead. It was fun while it lasted.

Tobar said:

You could make arguments for her understanding droid not merely being a plot convenience but her understanding Wookiee certainly is.

She’s on a hot desert planet in the middle of nowhere. I doubt there’s a colony of Wookiees somewhere off screen on Jakku. There’s no reason whatsoever for her to have learned that.

I don’t really need to see Rey interacting with Wookies or even see one in the film to buy her being able to speak their language just like I don’t need to see Luke flying to buy him being able to fly in the Battle of Yavin. Just because STAR WARS has more lines in regards to Luke flying doesn’t dismiss the one line mentioned about Rey being able to understand that ‘thing’ in The Force Awakens.

Surroundings that were forced upon her no less…

Alderaan said:

Lord Haseo said:
something integral to the character from her conception. There is no evidence to support our theories on how exactly Rey was written so for me all that matters is that her competency is explained and for the most part it is.

How can being able to do anything and everything whenever the plot calls for it be an integral part of someone’s character?

Now you know where the criticism comes from. She can do this thing. She can do that totally unrelated thing. She can do EVERYTHING! One of those skills or a subset of those skills might enhance her characterization (not her character), but when someone can do everything, and the audience reacts with amazement–OMG, is there anything this Rey can’t do!?–suddenly you have a very poorly designed protagonist and story.

My point was if she was written to be a competent character from the jump of course there would be explanations as to why she’s so competent in the film. A big part of why she’s so competent is that she struggled since she was a child so the YEARS of experience with scavenging and assembling machinery, flying and fighting with her staff all culminated in the competent young lady we see in TFA. How exactly can you fault someone for adapting to their surroundings?

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Earl said:
; )

I dunno…