He’s fine, except for potentially being in hot water with the FAA. This is what happens when you don’t have a Wookiee co-pilot.
IIRC, Lucas used to use the term space fantasy, much to the annoyance of the editors of Cinefantastique magazine.
What’s not to understand? He obviously learned nothing from his ban, Jay was right to ban him, and Jay made a mistake by letting him come back.
A permanent ban was weighed against his contributions to various projects around here. If those mean anything to him, he’ll behave. There won’t be any second chances.
I would think other venues would have more active moderation than IMDB though.
Filed under “undetermined.”
http://www.snopes.com/jpl-scientist-cbp-phone/
On 5 February 2017, American-born NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) scientist Sidd Bikkannavar published a Facebook post asserting that he was detained by United States Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officials while he was returning to the U.S. from Chile, who seized his phone and demanded access to its stored data/
That’s really unfortunate and disturbing if true. Someone forgot to tell them JPL and NASA are on our side? Although this picture makes me wonder what they might be working on these days…
That’s no NASA meatball! That’s a space station! 😉
Keep flogging that dead Taun Taun, I think I saw it move a little this time. 😉
It’s both funny and sad watching the same people doing the same old crap on there with only ten days left to go. It will no doubt be difficult for some of them going back to writing their opinions in crayon, or on bathroom walls. 😉
I’m praying for no prequel references. That’s all. I honestly don’t care about anything else.
I think I’m going to judge the film on how good it is, rather than if there’s a random comment about Geonosis.
This. TFA had no PT references and it sucked. On the other hand, R1 had PT references and it was good.
After Finn’s defection, one of the New Order guys was touting how clone troops would be better.
There are a few minor references which are negligible compared to references in R1.
I count two in each film, and at least half of those barely count as references.
TFA:
• “…balance in the force”
• “…clone army”R1
• Castle Vader happens to probably be on Mustafar
• Bail Organa existsBoth movies’ PT references are very minor.
Bail existed in the OT, he was just never named on screen. (I knew his name as a kid thanks to the novelization and the Marvel comic.) The important fact is Jimmy Smits reprised the role.
He was in the Marvel comic? I don’t recall reading his name, and I read the adaptation (and subsequent 20 or so issues after) not too long ago.
It was issue 24, which was an Obi Wan flashback story set during the Old Republic. Bail was mentioned by name, but not seen.
I’m praying for no prequel references. That’s all. I honestly don’t care about anything else.
I think I’m going to judge the film on how good it is, rather than if there’s a random comment about Geonosis.
This. TFA had no PT references and it sucked. On the other hand, R1 had PT references and it was good.
After Finn’s defection, one of the New Order guys was touting how clone troops would be better.
There are a few minor references which are negligible compared to references in R1.
I count two in each film, and at least half of those barely count as references.
TFA:
• “…balance in the force”
• “…clone army”R1
• Castle Vader happens to probably be on Mustafar
• Bail Organa existsBoth movies’ PT references are very minor.
Bail existed in the OT, he was just never named on screen. (I knew his name as a kid thanks to the novelization and the Marvel comic.) The important fact is Jimmy Smits reprised the role.
Gee, I wonder why Trump wants to de-fang the FEC. Probably because of the inconvenient facts.
I believe the old expression is, pee, or get off the pot. 😉
I’m hoping this is a redesign of how the USS Discovery will look on the show. It’s a nice upgrade to the NX-01 Enterprise. The Klingon look does not bother me. I went through the entire shock-factor thing with the change of Klingon design in 1979 with The Motion Picture and have lone since gotten over it. Having a stronger depiction of a more savage war like non-human alien race appeals to me. On of the major reasons I could not get into “Enterprise” was due to all the alien races being so very similar to humans.
You never watched the Xindi arc? They had insects and aquatic species among their ranks.
I’m praying for no prequel references. That’s all. I honestly don’t care about anything else.
I think I’m going to judge the film on how good it is, rather than if there’s a random comment about Geonosis.
This. TFA had no PT references and it sucked. On the other hand, R1 had PT references and it was good.
After Finn’s defection, one of the New Order guys was touting how clone troops would be better.
I’m amazed they got away with putting “Star Wars” on the cover, tbh.
And it’s a discredited genre now, but in the 70s the line between porn parody SF and actual SF was very thin indeed. There’s a reason several future Star Trek VFX artists worked on the 1974 Flesh Gordon.
I thought it was because they needed the work pretty badly, as there weren’t a whole lot of FX laden pictures being made before Star Wars? Aliases were used in any case.
I think the XXX parody from a few years back may have stolen the thunder from this. 😉
It does seem heavily influenced by early TMP concept art for the Klingons.
There had better be a damn good explanation for it if they are Klingons though.
They probably do get a limited release on a handful of screens somewhere, (I presume the doors are locked to keep patrons from fleeing) or else the IMDB is wrong. Straight to video stuff doesn’t bother with an MPAA rating as it does cost more than a few bucks just to submit a movie to the ratings board.
We already have a thread for potential spoilery TLJ discussion. Please continue there.
http://originaltrilogy.com/topic/Episode-VIII-Discussion-SPOILER-THREAD/id/18125
Wow! You’ve had way more than your fair share of troubles lately. Stay safe, and may the Force be with you!
What is wrong with Chewie? Do they always hire someone who’s never even seen a photo of these characters?
As long as Spicer can do a better job than some guys in a Star War’s forum could, that’s good enough.
I’ll be honest, I don’t think I could do his job without making far more mistakes due to the pressure, than he has.
Isn’t he juggling two jobs normally done by two separate people? (Press secretary and communications director.) That may be part of the problem.
Into self punishment I see.
I voluntarily watched Manos: The Hands of Fate, Turkish Star Wars, and The Holiday Special all twice, so yes, I am.
Manos is a walk in the park compared to the Coleman Francis trilogy of pain. Never watch those without robot friends. 😉
Where’s the Caddyshack gopher when you really need him?
http://joeforamerica.com/2017/02/lady-death-sniper-branded-a-terrorist-after-fightin-jihadis/
Difficult article to read… the author has such enthusiasm but there is lots of missing info. What is her home country? Which “travel ban” is it talking about? Who exactly is calling her a terrorist? Would Trump’s ban allow her into the U.S.?
I believe Denmark is calling her a terrorist and I think she is Danish. She broke a travel ban to enter Syria to fight ISIL as the article states.
A more thorough and less simplistic report of the story:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/joanna-palani-danish-kurdish-woman-ypg-peshmerga-iraq-syria-fighting-isis-faces-jail-passport-police-a7471266.htmlWait wait wait…are you saying Joe the Plumber would do anything less than thorough journalistic work?
That not a real plumber douchebag is still a thing? I’d bet McCain regrets giving him his 15 minutes sometimes.
Was telling someone tonight how I wanted to catch Rogue One one more time on the big screen before it leaves theaters, and the Princess Leia theme began playing on the classical radio station we were listening to in the car. I love it when that sort of thing happens. 😃
Thankfully Nolan made a cunning Bane, and not what we got in the 90’s.
Bane fared somewhat better on the 90’s animated series though.
