Superweapon VII

I’ve always been fond of this quote from Errico Malatesta, an anarchist*:

“Violence (physical force) used to another’s hurt, which is the most brutal form of struggle between men can assume, is eminently corrupting. It tends, by its very nature, to suffocate the best sentiments of man, and to develop all the antisocial qualities, ferocity, hatred, revenge, the spirit of domination and tyranny, contempt of the weak, servility towards the strong. And this harmful tendency arises also when violence is used for a good end. […] Anarchists who rebel against every sort of oppression and struggle for the integral liberty of each and who ought thus to shrink instinctively from all acts of violence which cease to be mere resistance to oppression and become oppressive in their turn are also liable to fall into the abyss of brutal force. […] The excitement caused by some recent explosions and the admiration for the courage with which the bomb-throwers faced death, suffices to cause many anarchists to forget their program, and to enter on a path which is the most absolute negation of all anarchist ideas and sentiments.”

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/errico-malatesta-violence-as-a-social-factor

*Equating anarchism with chaos always triggers me. But I can’t fault the noob for that.

It’s always hard bearing the time with a pet as it passes on. I feel for you. I really do.

FWIW, Sparky, I think your take’s a novel spin on the “Lucas PT, but Deconstructed™”.

Confirmed unabashed pygophile here.

AdmiralWasabi10191 said:

Sequel Trilogy is non-canon. It’s all a fever dream. ALL THE MADNESS.

Not unpopular.

I love instrumental synthwave music, but most of the stuff with vocals is tepid pop pap. I don’t understand how anyone likes it.

Spuffure said:

And if I’ll eventually lose everything one way or another and suffer, wouldn’t it be best if we didn’t exist at all?

I used to feel that way. Then I stumbled upon Simone Weil’s article while browsing Wikipedia.

MinchD36 said:

Obi Wan tells to Luke in ROTJ that if Palpatine found out that Anakin had children they would be a threat to him but in ROTS Palpatine knows that Anakin is married to Padme and he will even try to help Anakin in the OT sounds like Palpatine wouldnt approve of Anakin being in a Romantic Relationship

Was Palps even aware of Padme’s pregnancy? Been a while since I last watched that video game, so I genuinely don’t remember.

Spartacus01 said:

For example: if you don’t like the Sequels, then there is the EU; if you don’t like either of them, then there are a lot of fanfictions that can replace both. If you don’t like the Prequels, then there are a lot of fanfictions and rewrites out there, or maybe you can create something on your own; if you like the ideas but not the execution, then there are the novelizations. If you don’t like TCW, then there is the Multimedia Project; if you don’t like either of them, then there are a lot of fanfictions that can replace both. If you like the EU but not the current Canon, then just ignore the current Canon, just pretend it doesn’t exist; if you don’t like either of them, then again, there are a lot of fanfictions that can replace both.

But what if you don’t like fanfiction? 😛

of_Kaiburr_and_Whills said:

I kind of dig the design.

I just looked into it a bit more and I find it so funny that the EU kept trying to insist the guy was not training Yoda on Dagobah. One retcon tried to claim it was just another swamp planet.

Yeah, and for what? ‘Cause Lucas really didn’t want Yoda to have been to Dagobah prior to the events of ROTS. Nevermind that the film never states as such; Lucas’ authorial intent is sacrosanct (except when it comes to the existence of Sith post-ROTJ. lawl)

darklordoftech said:

Superweapon VII said:

Spartacus01 said:

I hate the post-1999 EU Jedi with every all of myself.

Agree. I can tolerate the prequel-era Jedi to an extent, but it really got my goat when their characteristics were applied to Jedi outside that era.

I also hated this with the Sith. Things like the “Darth” title and red lightsabers kept getting pushed further and further back in the timeline.

I know, right?

I enjoyed the KOTOR comic well enough, but it irked me when one of Exar Kun’s followers turned up with a red lightsaber or when Haazen commented on choosing “Darth Hayze” as his Sith name.

Emre1601 said:

I’d love to see that art of the serpent creature training Yoda!

Your wish is my command.

SparkySywer said:

erichf69 said:

To me, Rogue One was a VERY polished movie. I really enjoyed it. That being said, in my humble opinion, it did feel a little less star warsy. Primarily because it did not have the cheesy writing, humor, or as many continuity errors as the OT movies did. They really nailed the look down though. I walked out of the theater knowing it would be an immediate Blu Ray purchase once available.

“Fuck this movie, I’m just gonna leave. Not enough plot holes.”

I LOL’d, I did.

Anakin Starkiller said:

I just meant that’s what Star Wars is as it exists as opposed to how one might for it to be. It doesn’t have to be like that, but it’s the reality we live in so far.

Your focus determines your reality.

fmalover said:

Rewatching the TPM what bothers me the most about how Obi-Wan is written is that despite not yet being promoted to full Jedi Knight, he’s already one of the most observant, by-the-book members of the Jedi Order in contrast to Qui-Gon who is very much a maverick.

I sometimes wonder if Lucas got his papers mixed up because the characterizatins should have been the other way around.

Well, in TPM’s first draft, Qui-Gon was a minor character and most of his lines/traits were originally Obi-Wan’s. Then Lucas decided Qui-Gon needed a promotion.

Anakin Starkiller said:

Another fallen Skywalker, another Sith Empire, another Jedi purge. Wash, rinse, repeat, ad infinitum.

I mean, yeah, that’s Star Wars. Not exactly the most innovative franchise.

That’s your Star Wars, not mine.

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• ANDOR AS A MAN

Servii said:

Superweapon VII said:

Another bit of discontinuity between the OT & PT. In the OT, only the darksiders are determinists (It is your destiny, I have foreseen it, yadda yadda), while the Jedi believe in free will (Always in motion is the future.) The Chosen One prophecy is at odds with the cosmology of the OT.

I want to agree, but Obi-Wan does tell Luke “You cannot escape your destiny.”

Though I find Ben’s POV questionable at the best of times, touché.

Hayden Christensen was born a century too late. He would’ve been a stellar actor in the silent era.

I hate the Legacy era. All of it, comics and novels. Another fallen Skywalker, another Sith Empire, another Jedi purge. Wash, rinse, repeat, ad infinitum. As shitty as it was, at least the NJO was something different.

There’re reasons why I was initially overjoyed to hear the old EU was been scrapped in preparation for the ST.

Another bit of discontinuity between the OT & PT. In the OT, only the darksiders are determinists (It is your destiny, I have foreseen it, yadda yadda), while the Jedi believe in free will (Always in motion is the future.) The Chosen One prophecy is at odds with the cosmology of the OT.

Enjoying a small glass of St. George Absinthe Verte.

The Crimes of Jezebel: A 3,000-Year-Old Murder Mystery

I think it might be interesting to tackle Silent Hill. I haven’t actually played any of the games – I’m a mediocre gamer who doesn’t have money to make gaming much of a hobby, anyway – but I watched the first movie. While I felt the movie’s script was bad, I liked the visuals. That was inspiration enough for me to check out playthroughs of the first game. Since then I’ve become a fan of the series and its lore, with especial fondness for the Team Silent entries.

I quite liked the horror anthology series Channel Zero, and I think Silent Hill would work best as a series in a similar vein, with no more than six episodes devoted to adapting a single game. There’d be a minimum of five seasons.

• Season 1: Silent Hill & Silent Hill 3
• Season 2: Silent Hill 2
• Season 3: Silent Hill 4: The Room
• Season 4: Silent Hill: Homecoming
• Season 5: Silent Hill: Downpour

SH3 parallels the original so strongly that I feel it would work best to splice their narratives together ala Stephen King’s It, combining certain characters to avoid redundancy. Homecoming would be considerably reworked, not least to remove Pyramid Head and the Bubble Head Nurses.

The series could continue past those first five seasons, depending on how well future games like Silent Hill f and Townfall turn out (I have no faith in Ascension). And there’re always the cancelled games like Cold Heart and Silent Hills to take inspiration from. Hell, it might even be a gas to try whittling a coherent, lore-friendly story out of those terrible Scott Ciencin comics.