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SilverWook

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#1045315
Topic
Star Wars <strong>Fan Films</strong> / Shorts - a general discussion thread
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Might as well begin with the grandaddy of them all. Hardware Wars from 1978.
https://youtu.be/cGDdFuDwTZ8
Director Ernie Fosselius later worked in the sound dept. on Return of The Jedi and Spaceballs.

And the one that really got the fan film ball rolling in 1997. Troops
https://youtu.be/-EDiQXhYIKY
Youtube didn’t even exist when this was unleashed on an unsuspecting internet.
With it’s unique take on events that happened offscreen in the original film, Rogue One probably owes this one a debt. 😉
Director Kevin Rubio has gone on to write some of the funniest Star Wars comics ever. (Among other things.) Wish he could make one of the spinoff movies.

I.M.P.S. The Relentless
https://youtu.be/bHJkxEVENPI
Picking up where Troops leaves off, this is a semi documentary look at the brave soldiers of the Empire.

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#1045285
Topic
Star Wars parody from the makers of <em>Scary Movie</em> and other movie spoof films
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DuracellEnergizer said:

Jeebus said:

Seriously though, parody movies have been dead for a while now. Gone are the days of Austin Powers, Young Frankenstein and Spaceballs, and we can thank the Wayans brothers for killing the genre.

Your contempt for the Wayans brothers pleases me.

You can only blame them for the first two Scary Movie films though. The ones that the Airplane! guys worked on have their moments. The other Movie films are truly awful, and are probably used as a form of torture somewhere in the world. I saw a few minutes of Meet The Spartans, (an alleged spoof of 300) and nearly passed out.

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#1045236
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

SilverWook said:

Jetrell Fo said:

SilverWook said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Here is something that should make you Trump haters happy.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/9/anne-mahlum-solidcore-founder-suggests-first-daugh/

I’m dubious she could anonymously join a workout gym and not be recognized. And the headline is a tad misleading to begin with. She seems to want a dialog with Ivnaka, not show her the door.

Why make it public then?

Unless I’m reading it wrong, she was responding to reports Ivanka was using her gym. She didn’t break the story, someone already knew about it.

I believe the story originated from the FB posts she made about it.

Ok. I’m not spelunking into the Facebook abyss to look for it. Why Ivanka wants to use a public gym when she probably can use one on any Trump property for free makes little sense. Even third tier celebs can’t scratch their butt in public without the paparazzi finding out. She was bound to be recognized sooner or later.

It might be a violation of a gym’s terms of service to sign up under a fake name anyway?

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#1045229
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

SilverWook said:

Jetrell Fo said:

Here is something that should make you Trump haters happy.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/9/anne-mahlum-solidcore-founder-suggests-first-daugh/

I’m dubious she could anonymously join a workout gym and not be recognized. And the headline is a tad misleading to begin with. She seems to want a dialog with Ivnaka, not show her the door.

Why make it public then?

Unless I’m reading it wrong, she was responding to reports Ivanka was using her gym. She didn’t break the story, someone already knew about it.

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#1045212
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

Here is something that should make you Trump haters happy.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/feb/9/anne-mahlum-solidcore-founder-suggests-first-daugh/

I’m dubious she could anonymously join a workout gym and not be recognized. And the headline is a tad misleading to begin with. She seems to want a dialog with Ivnaka, not show her the door.

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#1045087
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

Trump just attacked McCain on twitter.

Sen. McCain should not be talking about the success or failure of a mission to the media. Only emboldens the enemy! He’s been losing so…

…long he doesn’t know how to win anymore, just look at the mess our country is in - bogged down in conflict all over the place. Our hero…

…Ryan died on a winning mission ( according to General Mattis), not a “failure.” Time for the U.S. to get smart and start winning again!

If nothing else, twitter should suspend his account for abusing the character limit…grabbing twitter in the 140 characters, if you will.

Sadly, using a solider for a political prop is nothing new.

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#1044976
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

SilverWook said:

Jetrell Fo said:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cybersecurity-nsa-contractor-idUSKBN15N2N4

NSA contractor indicted over mammoth theft of classified data. I talked about this in the past and got pooh-poohed for not knowing what the feck I was talking about. This is most likely what enabled the DNC/Clinton hack and possibly what helped WikiLeaks gain access to such information. No Russian Hackers needed when this happens.

Yet Trumpy implored those Russian hackers during the election to find more emails.

There is nothing illegal or immoral about using sarcasm … if it was, all of us would have been drawn and quartered long ago, LOL.

Tell that to the Piranha Brothers. 😉

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#1044943
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-cybersecurity-nsa-contractor-idUSKBN15N2N4

NSA contractor indicted over mammoth theft of classified data. I talked about this in the past and got pooh-poohed for not knowing what the feck I was talking about. This is most likely what enabled the DNC/Clinton hack and possibly what helped WikiLeaks gain access to such information. No Russian Hackers needed when this happens.

Yet Trumpy implored those Russian hackers during the election to find more emails.

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#1044937
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Darth Id said:

Jetrell Fo said:

TV’s Frink said:

I see some people are still having trouble separating the First Wife and the First Daughter. Considering how Trump lusts after both, I certainly understand.

F%#king nasty a$$ comment.

😦

Finkle’s reprehensible remark is just a smug allusion to a theme popularized by the vile, deranged arrested-adolescent cretins currently running the Daily Show, where all during the campaign the host repeated nightly that Trump “wants to fuck his daughter.” They would seriously sign off the air with that line, the pretty-boy host grinning lubriciously and delivering it with maliciously ironic gusto, the travesty of a plucky campaign slogan.
This is the deeply depraved level of leftist discourse at present.
Best to just get used to it.

Actually, I think that started on The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore. The show was inexplicably cancelled by Comedy Central, (citing low ratings) just three months shy of the election that could have boosted the show. Go figure.

In any case, the creepy ass remarks Trump has made over time that inspired that line speak for themselves.

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#1044934
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Jetrell Fo said:

SilverWook said:

FanFiltration said:

Well Trump is showing himself to be trigger happy and extremely dangerous to our servicemen and women. Scary!

"Over dinner, told that Obama wouldn’t launch the attack in Yemen (because they didn’t have enough intel), Trump decided to go for it.

An unmitigated disaster. 30 women and children were slaughtered by our troops, the primary target of the raid was not captured, a Navy SEAL was shot and killed, 3 other SEALs were injured, and we left behind a $70 million helicopter.

NOW, today, Yemen has announced it will no longer allow the US to have any military actions in the country - making us all less safe. "

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-launched-yemen-raid-told-obama-wouldn-article-1.2966736?cid=bitly

And anyone who dares ask difficult questions about that raid is now accused of disrespecting the Navy SEAL who died.

The helicopter was scuttled, (by our troops) so nobody nefarious is going to be salvaging anything from it.

I do remember them saying it was scuttled. What I don’t remember them saying was that they went in looking to kill any innocent people. They went in for intel and they did get it but it came at a high price. I have not read anywhere that they were celebrating these deaths. The hard questions need to be asked as far as I’m concerned. It makes good sense.

I don’t think anyone wanted civilian deaths either. It’s still being shrugged off as “collateral damage”.

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#1044863
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
Time

FanFiltration said:

Well Trump is showing himself to be trigger happy and extremely dangerous to our servicemen and women. Scary!

"Over dinner, told that Obama wouldn’t launch the attack in Yemen (because they didn’t have enough intel), Trump decided to go for it.

An unmitigated disaster. 30 women and children were slaughtered by our troops, the primary target of the raid was not captured, a Navy SEAL was shot and killed, 3 other SEALs were injured, and we left behind a $70 million helicopter.

NOW, today, Yemen has announced it will no longer allow the US to have any military actions in the country - making us all less safe. "

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/trump-launched-yemen-raid-told-obama-wouldn-article-1.2966736?cid=bitly

And anyone who dares ask difficult questions about that raid is now accused of disrespecting the Navy SEAL who died.

The helicopter was scuttled, (by our troops) so nobody nefarious is going to be salvaging anything from it.

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#1044571
Topic
[fill in the blank] Just Died!
Time

BSG was a big part of my childhood as well. (I had nearly all the Mattel toys, including the ones recalled later for firing tiny plastic missles.) I was really impressed by his efforts to revive the show. With what a reinvigorated Star Wars franchise rakes in, I’d bet Universal wishes they had gone with his concept now.

Farewell, Captain Apollo.