SilverWook

I totally missed out on the fuss, save for Takei’s reaction.

DominicCobb said:

I don’t see what’s wrong with it at all. I’m hard pressed to think of why it’s a problem in anyway. It literally isn’t at all.

As for the cynical side, from what I understand this is one of the screenwriter’s opinions that was brought up in an interview and it’s been blown into a big thing by media outlets. Disney hasn’t mentioned it so it’s not really a Beauty and the Beast or Star Trek Beyond situation where it’s a pandering marketing tactic and I’m not sure it’s even canon.

Who knows if there’s any sign of it in the movie but I will say if there isn’t, that’s lazy to say he is that then. In that case calling it pandering makes sense. Otherwise bullshit. Every time a story includes a non straight character, nerds complain loudly about “pandering.” Yet of course no one cries “pandering” when they’re straight. It’s bullshit and you’re part of the problem if you feed into that.

I know George Takei was upset, but it doesn’t mean Prime universe Sulu can’t still be straight. Showing a gay couple in Trek was long overdue. A big improvement over casually mentioning (but not onscreen) that a minor character in First Contact was gay and they end up the major redshirt in the movie.

You mean bog. 😉

Thanks for that!

I know I have a different Dark Crystal issue and a few others stashed away. FF often stood stood out for their cover paintings that were as good as real movie posters. The interior layout was often more lavish and slick than Starlog at the time.

suspiciouscoffee said:

I almost watched Flash Gordon once. Found out the title character was a football player, and decided against it.

He was a polo player in the Buster Crabbe version and in the comics. 😉

The Blu Ray screen shots show how plastic the movie looks now. Even little Ani look like he’s a waxwork.

chyron8472 said:

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I find it amazing that Republicans still try to blame movies and video games for school shootings. Remind me again of how these people are the pro-freedom of speech side?

When they try to ban them, let me know.

The argument that troubled individuals engaging in simulated violence can lead to real life violence is plausible.

There is something to be said for the effect of a poor mental diet on one’s choices.

And yet many who “engage in simluated violence” are still mentally healthy. Not to mention people in other developed countries play the same games and watch the same movies, and yet they don’t have these problems to the degree that we do.

People used to say Harry Potter promoted witchcraft, and before that it was Dungeons and Dragons. Before people attacked video games and TV for the degradation of youth, it was comic books.

People are just looking for a scapegoat. They’re not interested in helping to fix anything.

Are you going to say I have a propensity for violence in part because I have amassed a combined library of 420 video games over the course of my lifetime? Does it say something sinister about me that my preferred class in Mass Effect and Skyrim tends to be the sneaking sniper?

And before videogames, Pinball was going to lead innocent youths into a life of gambling and crime. Not sure what was the scapegoat before that because I’m not that old! 😉

And in the 70’s people were sure that listening to KISS albums would make little Timmy into a satan worshiper. Now KISS stars in Scooby Doo movies. 😛

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/an-actual-sinkhole-has-opened-on-the-white-house-lawn-it’s-growing/ar-AAxEkJq

They should post some guards around this thing, just in case some Morlocks start climbing out.

Mrebo said:

moviefreakedmind said:

I find it amazing that Republicans still try to blame movies and video games for school shootings. Remind me again of how these people are the pro-freedom of speech side?

When they try to ban them, let me know.

The argument that troubled individuals engaging in simulated violence can lead to real life violence is plausible.

There is something to be said for the effect of a poor mental diet on one’s choices.

They said the same thing about comic books in the '50’s. Poppycock then and poppycock now.

GZK8000 said:

Fantastic Films magazine? They did a lot of wild speculating back in the day between sequels. I need to find those and see if anything was on the money. Not sure they were still in business by the time Jedi was out.

Seems unwise to let Han drive at that point. And Chewie isn’t in great shape either after the barge battle.

And throat?

Danfun128 said:

“no home release ever had the subs burned in.” So the VHS releases don’t count then?

Yes they would, but with the OT they didn’t always use the theatrical font. I presume the OP wants to see what was actually on release prints.

Hot damn! We should start our own cult or something. We can worship a giant velvet painting of Ric Olie…

And I totally misread that as creating a Giant Bender.

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

TV’s Frink said:

moviefreakedmind said:

She was, wasn’t she? I haven’t seen it in a long time, but I recall several scenes that implied that.

Which scenes then? I don’t remember anything other than her befriending a kid. If it wasn’t for AOTC no one would even question it.

Did she really even befriend him? All I remember is the scene where she makes fun of him for being a slave and he says “I’m a person and my name is Anakin!”

Yes she did. One example, he’s cold on the starship when flying to Coruscant and she gives him a blanket. He misses his mom and she comforts him.

She did it in an awkward and romantic way. I found the age difference inappropriate and petitioned for the film to be banned.

Just be glad the Jar Jar makeout scene was cut. 😉

That does bring up a question, aside from the head butting in the prequels getting cut in the UK, have the movies ever had censorship issues elsewhere in the world? I think Luke’s hand getting cut off in ESB was snipped in Norway or something.

TV’s Frink said:

“It’s working! It’s working!!!”

😉

Yes, your edits are already threatening to overwrite my memories of the original films. It gets weird when I catch a few minutes of the prequels on tv lately. 😛

moviefreakedmind said:

Right-wing cult leader Jordan Peterson demands forced mating and blames women for mass killings.

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/19/right-wing-thought-leader-jordan-peterson-endorses-enforced-monogamy-to-appease

I stopped at cult leader. 😉

Catcalls? I don’t remember Ani getting creepy in TPM!

poita said:

Give me some frames from a home release and I’ll take a look.

Problem is no home release ever had the subs burned in. The Japanese Laserdisc has no English subs at all.

Mielr said:

[GZK8000 said:]

Why is he wearing his Throne Room outfit? Jeez…blow up the DS and he can’t even get the weekend off! 😛

Luke wore it occasionally in the Marvel comics. Which made more sense than wearing his Tatooine duds all the time.

DuracellEnergizer said:

SilverWook said:

Except we constantly see amazing medical technology on display in the saga, and they can’t keep a woman who’s just given birth from dying?

They haven’t managed to slow down the human aging process, so. . . .

They certainly need to do something about desert planets rapidly aging people more than 20 years! 😉

DuracellEnergizer said:

SilverWook said:

Should we have a betting pool on the scene Frink isn’t going to like even if he likes the movie as a whole? 😉

It’s the scene with the hands, isn’t it?

Nope!

Should we have a betting pool on the scene Frink isn’t going to like even if he likes the movie as a whole? 😉

I get she’s that bummed out about Anakin, but how about finding the will to live if only for your kids?