Superweapon VII

Spartacus01 said:

If the Force did not exist, the inhabitants of the Star Wars Galaxy would have experienced not even half of the wars they experienced through Galactic history. The Force is the real problem of the Star Wars Galaxy. The more I look at the Saga, and the more I realize that this is the case. If Kreia had managed to extinguish the Force and make everyone insensitive to the Force, then the Star Wars Galaxy would have been much better for the next millennia. Sure, some of my favorite characters would never have been born, but it would have been worth it

I’d say unsubtle creators who treat the Force like superpowers and Force users like superheroes/villains are the real problem.

I just watched Moontrap (1989) for the first time. This movie’s apparently regarded lowly, but I quite liked it. The ending was executed a bit weakly, but I still felt it was was well-made overall. How wrong can you go with Walter Koenig and Bruce Campbell as the leads?

It’s just late-stage capitalism working as intended, bra.

of_Kaiburr_and_Whills said:

Is- is that Yaldabaoth…?

It is indeed.

Beetlejuice is not a good movie. I read the original darker script, and while I still have quibbles with the writing, it’s still stronger than the final movie. Every major change made was for the worse.

[accidental double post]

Sideburns of BoShek said:

I kinda like the second one, actually. At that point in time, Luke was still dangerously close to falling to the dark side. Yoda would’ve been smart enough to realize it’d be a faux pas if he tipped Luke off about those 50-100 Jedi, only for Luke to join the Empire and go on a little Jedi hunt afterward.

Humby said:

Superweapon VII said:

Darth Tremor said:

The issue is Ahsoka. I like her, but Vader’s line, “when I left you I was a learner, now I am the Master,” indicates Vader was never a Jedi Master as Anakin.

Or a full knight for that matter. Just another bit of OT continuity Lucas either forgot or ignored when writing the prequels.

I’ve always been of the mindset that we fans can often take dialogue too literally. This is a case of that for me. After 20 years of experience, a medical doctor would certainly acknowledge that they were still a learner in their first few years out of med school, even though they may still hold the same title. The line is just meant to establish the dynamic of the characters in the scene, it’s not meant to be expository.

To make the case for this particular topic, you’d be better off using Obi-Wan’s line to Luke that Vader “was a pupil of mine until he turned to evil.” Because that IS meant to be expository. But for me personally, even that is vague enough to allow for some wiggle room, as many young (and even older) professionals in the real world have pupil/mentor relationships with others in their field who simply have more experience.

I think we often need to give character dialogue the freedom of having been generalized, abbreviated, obfuscated, etc… because that’s just how humans communicate. We use shorthand, we leave out unnecessary details, we avoid painful discussions. And it doesn’t always paint an accurate picture of our experiences. Just my 2 cents.

I actually agree that fans tend to take dialogue (and text crawls, for that matter) too literally. I’ll just balance that with an observation of my own: fans who like the prequels often refuse to hold Lucas to the same standards they hold any other SW creator to. If Filoni contradicts the Clone Wars multimedia project, it’s a great sin. But if Lucas contradicts the EU, or the OT novelizations, or the OT itself, in roll the appeals to ad hoc retcons, headcanon, and George’s Vision™. After so many years of this crap, I’m at the end of my rope with it.

Darth Tremor said:

The issue is Ahsoka. I like her, but Vader’s line, “when I left you I was a learner, now I am the Master,” indicates Vader was never a Jedi Master as Anakin.

Or a full knight for that matter. Just another bit of OT continuity Lucas either forgot or ignored when writing the prequels.

Spuffure said:

Superweapon VII said:

Fernand said:

Going on youtube and seeing what crap comes up.

That reminds me. Mr. Beast has such a slappable face.

Same. I liked his old content better. Remember “Worst Intros”?

Never watched a single one of his videos. I only know him from the thumbnails YouTube persistently shoves in my face when I’m not signed in.

RicOlie_2 said:

it’s a pretty simply language apart from the irregular spelling.

😃

Related question: is Catherine O’Hara the final dilf?

The Hatted One learned the Flannelled One’s lessons well.

jedi_bendu said:

Vladius said:

6. Rebels, Book of Boba Fett, Obi Wan Kenobi

Seeing Rebels equated with these 2 hurts my soul.

They must be some dire dogshit if Rebels looks good by comparison.

Fernand said:

Going on youtube and seeing what crap comes up.

That reminds me. Mr. Beast has such a slappable face.

Death/black metal are dogshit. I’d almost rather listen to Lil Wayne than that literal noise.

FYI, if you can’t appreciate Surrealist filmmaking, you’re not going to be able to appreciate more than a handful of Lynch’s films. A Straight Story, The Elephant Man, and Blue Velvet are his most accessible, general audience-friendly films.

While I love Lynch, Mulholland Drive has always left me cold. It started life as a pilot for a TV series until plans for the series fell through, leaving Lynch to reconfigure it into a feature film, and I think it shows, with subplots that you could imagine gradually unfolding across multiple episodes just going nowhere in the final product.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and His Brother Love Hanging Out In The Room

Caston said:

It would be interesting exercise to see English voice actors (or impersonators), maybe even the original PT actors redubbing the PT now, but with more emotion, flow and energy, to see if that improves the PT films overall, and how much by.

Why not? Natalie Portman’s performance couldn’t be made any worse.