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#1247479
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Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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Anakin Starkiller said:

The most desolate hole in the galaxy being very important would be ironic and funny.

I that’s cancelled out by how many times we’ve gone back to Tatooine by now.

So glad that this minor mystery that she, by her actions, made peace with in TFA is now her central character flaw.

Why would something she’s come to terms with become a flaw? If anything, it would eliminate a flaw.

But we know from Luke that Jakku is worse than Tatooine. 😉

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#1247352
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Technology (Televisions, Computers... etc.)
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dahmage said:

4k wasn’t fully about pixel count (HDR?), And I imagine 8k will come with a similar exclusive feature.

You guys realize that almost nothing in technology ever stops at “good enough” right? Tech companies always want to innovate, and we always want the cool new next thing.

The cool new next thing doesn’t always sell though. High resolution audio CD and DVD Audio only discs didn’t set the world on fire because most people are happy with the venerable audio CD or have moved on to digital downloads.
How many times do I have to buy The Beatles White Album again? 😉

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#1247091
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

A report by the Trump administration admits that climate change is real and that it will be catastrophic by the end of this century. However, rather than using that as a basis for action, they are using it as a basis for inaction, under the assumption that to do anything would be futile:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/trump-administration-sees-a-7-degree-rise-in-global-temperatures-by-2100/2018/09/27/b9c6fada-bb45-11e8-bdc0-90f81cc58c5d_story.html?utm_term=.0833af276ce0

Specifically, they are using it as justification for rescinding emission standards! This was also reported by NPR a couple of weeks ago. Appalling.

I’m sure Trumpy will do something. Build seawalls around his golf courses.

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#1247089
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Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

I’m sure I’ll regret posting this, and therefore I won’t respond to follow-ups, but I like how Susan Collins patted Dr. Ford on the head with one hand while repeatedly stabbing her (and every other sexual assault survivor, male or female) in the back with a knife in the other hand.

Class act. Fits right in with her angry male Republican counterparts, not to mention the absolutely monstrous thing the Republican party has become. I wonder how she sleeps at night.

None of them are going to be able to enjoy sitting in a restaurant in public, or feel at ease in an elevator when a random woman in the corner is staring at them for a very long, long, time.

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#1247083
Topic
Random Movie Thoughts
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With how R rated movies air virtually uncut on basic cable these days, it’s hilarious that Austin Powers still runs in a sanitized for tv version, which I saw before bed last night. (Although you could still make out the actual title of his book extolling the virtues of Swedish enlargement pumps.) Unless TNT somehow got a hold of Frink’s edit? 😛