This user has been banned.
The guy down the street is blairing his annoying loud music again. Apparently, it never occurred to him that other people might not want to listen to it.
It did not. My bad.
I still just see some people trying really hard to dislike certain things about TLJ.
Trump signs executive order reversing humans.
I just saw and enjoyed my typo.
I just spend the drive yelling at you people.
Maybe you should read the link I posted from someone with actual desert silica experience
Real life anecdotes do not affect how I enjoy fictional entertainment.
But does sarcasm affect how you interact with a discussion formum?
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2018/06/28/hitlers-rise-it-can-happen-here/
Emperor Ming wasn’t a feminist, he was a bad leader.
Yes I thought it was a nice callback.
It’s the best podcast since the Joe Rogan Experience.
Lol.
I feel like when the We Hate Movies make fun of Stan Lee
huh?
What are the We Hate Movies?
Why tvtropes though.
Slaves were a tradition. Just saying.
For the record, I don’t want to Frink to leave
And for the record, I have no plans to leave. I just think when Jay brings up some of the shit he brings up, he’s thinking about just banning me and being done with it, and if he does so, I won’t miss this place like I would have a few years ago.
For the record, I don’t want to Frink to leave, but I do wish he’d act more like he did a couple of years ago rather than how he does now.
If I acted like I did a couple of years ago I would have been banned permanently by now. Remember, I’m no longer allowed to overwhelm the forum with nonsense and treat it like my personal playground.
Valid point right here:
Fatigue is a kicker, yet please don’t mistake it for ignorance.
Whoops yes, it’s Kirby.
What the heck is a churgin?
What philosophy?
I feel like when the We Hate Movies make fun of Stan Lee, they include another guy, and I’m assuming it’s Steve Ditko.
Ah, well now that you’ve brought up shit-stirring I see where you’re headed. I suspected it but didn’t bother to bring it up, but there it is. If my time here is short, so be it. I like it a lot less here lately anyway.
Well, I disagree entirely. First off, it is obvious we are supposed to side with Poe. Holdo is expecting Poe to follow orders. That he doesn’t is not surprising because she doesn’t share what she is doing. And ultimately it is Poe who turns Holdo’s cunning plan into a disaster. Poe sends Finn and Rose off to solve the problem his way. A daring venture full of risks with a possible payoff. But because they do not find the hacker that Maz recommends (probably because he can be trusted) and they end up with DJ and DJ learns of Holdo’s plan, when the mission goes sour he uses that to get himself out of trouble. As a result most of the resistance is destroyed, rather than losing the one ship and hiding out on Crait until someone came to get them. Poe is a hotshot pilot but that is not what makes a leader. Knowing when to not be the hotshot and play it safe is the lesson he needed and he got it the hard way. However the movie makes it very clear that if he hadn’t gone ahead and destroyed the dreadnaught at the beginning, it would have wiped them out later. So his first reckless act that he got demoted for turned out to be the right thing to do at the time, but after the fallout, Poe is making wiser decisions. Not bad for a character Abrams almost killed off.
That story line is full of old war movie tropes. How Holdo treats Poe, how Poe reacts, and how he learns. That may not be your real world experience, but it is many people’s. And Holdo doesn’t seem like she is much of a people person. One of those who rose to command through brilliant tactics. She obviously is a friend of Leia’s. So her tough treatment of Poe makes a lot of sense. Military methods of leadership are not the same as private sector methods. The military needs people who will follow orders without question plus brilliant strategists. So using civilian leadership techniques to critique a military interaction doesn’t work well. The same rules don’t apply. There is a reason why the traditional drill sergeant is tough and gruff. Dressing down a subordinate in a military setting isn’t about their well being, it is about their discipline and willingness to follow orders. In a military setting you need someone who will not panic and will act on their training no matter the price. In a civilian setting an employee’s life is rarely on the line and you rarely need blind obedience. So it is comparing apples to oranges.
So both on the writing side and on the realism side, this part of the story reflects some brilliant writing. I find the entire movie to be brilliant. I love it more the more I watch it. And it is definitely very Star Wars. War movies and samurai movies were very much a part of the original trilogy and Rian Johnson captured that part far better than Abrams did in TFA. I watched Twelve O’Clock High and Three Outlaw Samurai after I heard they, plus To Catch A Thief, were classics Rian Johnson was watching to prepare for this movie. Three brilliant films that definitely had an influence.
Maybe you should read the link I posted from someone with actual military experience
Still leaning on this I see.
Mrebo said:
I have my indirect and non-explicit postsReally?
That was only for mine equine eyes.
Jay, I hope it makes you feel better (however that works) to assume these ridiculous things about me. It seems like you need it for some reason.
Really it seems like you need to just ignore me. Maybe bring back the ignore list and put me on yours. Because you’re not going to change who I am or how I post. I don’t even know why you’d want to, but it sure does seem to bother you.
And I’ve fallen into the “if I don’t respond it means he’ll think he was right or I can’t figure it out” trap before. It’s a waste of time.
As for potential children, I think the daughters would inherit my name while the sons would inherit their mother’s, just to switch things up.
That sounds unnecessarily confusing for them and anyone they know.
Despite every white person supposedly being consciously or subconsciously racist
I see mfm and I aren’t the only two people who post extreme hyperbole.
Yes, I use hyperbole to make my point. What’s the problem?
[facepalm]