RicOlie_2

Yeah, that link takes me to the error too.

This is the first step towards rebuilding Off Topic everybody. We can make this happen!

I will put down the first signature of the petition:

RicOlie_2

Let’s get a petition going to get Frink’s boss to fire him.

Then we need to track down VFP, C3PS, etc. and convince them to post again.

JEDIT: And of course Bingowings and Ender. I’m probably missing some people, but that should be a good start.

TV’s Frink said:

“It’s locked, move on to the next one.”

That line always makes me laugh.

Hmm…you need to find some places–lots of places–for that line in your edits. I can’t remember if there are many times stormtroopers go up to closed doors in the OT, though.

Ha, I just watched/listened to that for the first time last night.

Your recent posting rate begs to differ…

I’d say it was around then. Things were pretty lively when he was around. Ender was also around, and I think a couple other people were too. VFP, C3PS, et al. were already long absent, though.

Why can’t we have threads/members* like this anymore?

*OK, why can’t we have more of them?

It’s not more silly, but it is too similar.

Yeah, I didn’t think Maz’ castle was at all a rip-off of the cantina in ANH. Starkiller Base didn’t have to be a ripoff of the Death Star either. If they had found a more creative way of blowing it up instead of with the stupid “thermal oscillator” thing, I wouldn’t have had much of a problem with that either.

Fried plantains are delicious.

Not to mention that it gives away the fact that it’s going to be the eighth episode of Star Wars. Anyone who wasn’t keeping track has now been spoiled.

It felt like it was jumping around a lot to me, at least at the beginning. I’ve only seen it once, though, so my second impression might be different.

eiyosus said:

The Falcon’s targeting computer.

THE FALCON’S TARGETING COMPUTER!!!

Yes! I was really happy to see that it hadn’t been changed to look “cooler.”

I couldn’t tell if the CGI was actually bad or not, since the theatre had the movie out of focus, but Snoke and Maz both looked pretty fake to me. CGI always seems to look worse when the image isn’t clear.

Possessed said:

In my defense I’m only 22 now so in 2009 I would have been somewhere in the ballpark of 15.

That’s no excuse. 😉

If you teach your kids about Christianity, tell them why Christians believe various things. That way you won’t be brainwashing them, and they will be able to make a more informed choice when they reach that age. I’m not Catholic just because my parents are; I made that decision on my own.

I really liked that scene where Kylo Ren threw a temper tantrum rather than choking the officer, as it was implied he would do. Similarly, I like the giant Snoke turning out to be a hologram (and I like the fact that holograms are more advanced).

The level of humour felt perfect for Star Wars. The sets were great. The new stormtrooper design was perfect.

When I think about it, I think just about the only way it fell short was in the plot and the pacing. Visually speaking, it was fantastic.

The lightsaber thing didn’t bother me, but the quick succession of mind-boggling coincidences at the beginning did. They kind of took my out of the movie from the start.

DrCrowTStarwarsreborn said:

By Grabthar’s Hammer, he will be avenged.

Well this news makes me really sad and it came out of nowhere.

It reminds me of how shocked i was when Elizabeth Sladen died.

So sad😦

I lost one of my Grandfather’s to cancer when I was only five and I had only met him twice. Man I hate cancer.

Well, look who’s back. Or have you been around for several days already and I hadn’t noticed?

DuracellEnergizer said:

TV’s Frink said:

RicOlie_2 said:

Squash is great, especially butternut (and pumpkin’s good too).

Ugh, yuck, and disgusting.

You’ve done it – you’ve angered the Great Pumpkin.

Isn’t it more likely that I did that, given that I said I enjoyed eating his kind?

Neglify said:

Wait WTF you surpassed 40k and didn’t even notice?

JEDIT: And my math comes out to about 50 posts per day. (192 + 84) / 5.5 = 50.18

I was including the 30 posts he’d made since that one, but I guess that’s still “only” 55.

We were talking about the number of posts you’d made between your last two updates.

That was anticlimactic.

JEDIT: Holy carp, unless I’m doing the math really wrong, you’ve been posting about 60 posts per day! Have you no life?

If only…

Squash is great, especially butternut (and pumpkin’s good too).