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#1306864
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Worst Ideas in Star Wars/Good Ideas that went Horribly Wrong
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I’ve truthfully never heard of ESB criticized because of Vader. I think it’s just Vader freaking out in the most Vader way he can. He knows his Force sensitive son is out there, so he wants the best of the best in his Empire. Anyone underperforming to his standards is subject to harsh consequences.
Whenever the Jedi were wiped out, he must had lost a sense of purpose. But with Luke brought to the forefront, it’s like he’s forced out of temporary retirement. Imagine what he must look like in front of his peers. Basically a fool because some kid blew up their most powerful weapon. So of course he’s more angry sounding and tougher.

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#1306487
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Terminator films
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You widen my imagination a little there, Tobar. Although personally, I would envision it as one movie (perhaps just me being not imaginative enough to have it as trilogy).

theprequelsrule said:

Guys, let’s stop all this talk of further films. Have we not learned anything from Star Wars? Franchises have a shelf-life - they belong to a certain time and a certain place. “You can’t go home again”.

Interesting statement “prequels rule” with a KOTOR avatar.

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#1306422
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Terminator films
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After Geniysis, I opted to just wait for reviews of Dark Fate despite being rather interested from knowing Linda Hamilton would be returning. But I’m glad I waited rather than rushing to the theater to watch it. Knowing the spoilers and how it was executed, I’m like really?
To be honest, I don’t even know a decent future war movie would be worthwhile? I kinda think at this point, is a “robots taking over the world” story compelling in modern times? It’s just tiresome, I think, that the Terminator franchise can continue pretty much infinitely due to “delaying” the Skynet/Legion/whatever evil A.I., like what other stories can you tell in the Terminator world?

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#1306349
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Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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Wouldn’t it be kind of odd to have Luke not involved with rescuing Han? I like most of your ideas, but that one in particular stood out as a sore thumb. I mean, in a way, I could imagine Leia telling Luke he has a bigger responsibility to finish his training. And I do like the idea of Leia being more involved in the operation.

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#1306118
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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Anchorhead said:

When Kuiil asks about what happened against the Rhino, the Mandalorian says he has no idea. I like the idea that the Force isn’t known everywhere. That said, did he even realize the baby was helping him?

I like that aspect myself. The Mandalorian character, I assume, is similarly like Han Solo; “Kid, I’ve flown from one side of this galaxy to the other. I’ve seen a lot of strange stuff, but I’ve never seen anything to make me believe there’s one all-powerful Force controlling everything. There’s no mystical energy field that controls my destiny. It’s all a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.” The only prominent Force-sensitives are Luke and Leia, and I’m sure they’re not freely using the Force as a circus trick. Until Luke actively creates his new Jedi Order, I imagine most of the galaxy is still traumatized to continue to shield their eyes from any one that claims some magical power exists. That requires a ton of deprogramming from the Imperial propaganda.

A little confused by your question though. Like at the end? I’m pretty sure he knows the baby had helped stop that beast. He didn’t seem to acknowledge that the baby was trying to help, I assume, heal his wound earlier in the episode, if that’s what you mean. At the end, when he’s trying to talk with Kuiil, I think he just couldn’t find the proper words to fully describe the event without sounding like a lunatic.

JEDIT: Tobar pretty much said what I was going to say in regard to the question.

Tobar said:

Anchorhead said:

When Kuiil asks about what happened against the Rhino, the Mandalorian says he has no idea. I like the idea that the Force isn’t known everywhere. Did he also not realize the baby was helping him?

On a backwater world with little to no contact with the greater galaxy sure. But the Jedi were guardians of the Republic for over a thousand generations. The Mandalorians themselves have clashed with the Jedi a number of times in their history.

While that’s true on some levels, the main saga doesn’t have Mandalorians clashing with Jedi, and the KOTOR series took place 3,000 years before the rise of Vader. Within the KOTOR story itself, the Mandalorians have been broken up before and have had to have new leaders (new Mandolore so to speak). And from what I understand, Darth Maul has been such leader as well? Not completely sure, but regardless, that clan of tribal warriors isn’t quite as scholarly as the more sacred and carefully guarded Jedi history. Basically, so much history must be butchered, perhaps even sabotaged from within and externally. Plus, it’s rather vague to say how this new character got into this clan, and what the requirements are.

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#1306108
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Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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regularjoe said:
All this talk of sidelining OT characters, do you think these people are going to live forever and keep reprising these roles?

If you want more and new Star Wars you’re going to have to make your peace with new characters, new story lines, new actors, new stories.

I was totally on board with Rey, for example. Very excited in fact. But just because I initially liked her character in TFA doesn’t automatically mean I’m happy with how they handled her and basically every character in this ST thus far. Who knows, maybe TROS will magically make me appreciate what they’ve been trying to do all along, but seems highly unlikely. It’s not so much having to make “peace” with the new stuff, I’m all for new stuff. It’s more so that in a lot of our eyes, they are squandering both old and new characters. Thus it all falls apart.

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#1306095
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<strong>Disney+</strong> streaming platform : <strong>Star Wars content</strong> &amp; various other info
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Some movie “guru” guy from Collider Video. Personally found him annoying. Pretty much all the Collider Video people seem likely Disney apologists. It’s not exactly a personal ding against them, as who wouldn’t talk exceedingly positive about pretty much anything Disney does and get paid for it. Just means it’s not a group of people I’d like to have dialogue with or listen to their take on anything Star Wars related.

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#1306086
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Best Viewing Order for Fans and First Timers: &quot;THE FLASHBACK&quot; Order
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I suppose I’ve watched and rewatched the main saga so many times that it doesn’t feel like I’m spicing things up. However, I’ve truthfully never read any of the comics, so in that example you mentioned, that’s something I can see enhancing the experience. I just personally think that there’s little to dervive from mixing and matching the films alone, given the simplicity of it.

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#1306080
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Best Viewing Order for Fans and First Timers: &quot;THE FLASHBACK&quot; Order
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With all these… viewing orders…
I sorta think too much emphasis is placed on these, maybe even a little unnecessary? If you’re a die-hard fan, you’ve already seen each film an excessive amount of times. You already know all the plot points, and hell, have many lines of dialogue memorized. You could watch any one film without context of the previous or next in line sequel. The stories are relatively simplistic and doesn’t require hours of keeping track of who said what or how such and such event happened.
To me, a first time viewer can easily follow chronological or release order. Sure, they might get hung up about where Rogue One and Solo fit, but after some light research or asking a friend, they can figure it out. However, I imagine it may look overwhelming to find all these fan-suggested viewing orders.
I’m not saying that there shouldn’t be fan favorite viewing orders, and of course it’s just harmless enjoyment. I’m just saying, if you’re a die-hard fan, you’ve already sunk hours into analyzing the expanded universe material, seen the cartoons, read the novels, comics, etc. Watching the main saga in whatever order, in my opinion, doesn’t really recontextualize the story. It’s not like while I’m watching ROTJ, I forget that, “Oh yeah, what did they say Anakin was in the Phantom Menace? The Chokin… Oh yeah yeah, the Chosen One! Wow cool, he totally is fulfilling that prophecy!”
I guess what I’m trying to say is that, don’t most Star Wars fans just watch whatever the hell film they wanna see? And that most fans would probably suggest release order to new viewers anyway? These viewing orders just seem to imply that there’s something inherently wrong with the more traditional route and that the fan-method is somehow more necessary in order to fully enjoy these films.

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#1305919
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Unusual <strong>Sequel Trilogy</strong> Radical Redux Ideas Thread
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I tried to read as much as I could so apologies if it was already discussed. But has there been much discussion about artificially padding time of passage between TFA and TLJ? It’s always been an annoyance how TLJ immediately takes place after TFA with little room to breathe.
The challenge of course is visually showing a significant amount of time has passed. There could be little cues such as Rey with her hair down, perhaps to show progression in her Jedi training. Perhaps earlier sequences in TLJ could be regulated to flashbacks. Rey’s storyline could be toyed around with from having visions of the past and/or future when she falls into that dark side energy cave.
Briefly have the idea that Rey feels as though she’s physically in the presence of Kylo Ren, like a premonition, when he’s asking her to join him. It could be set up that she’s conflicted that she may have the temptations of the darkside, hence you see her about to raise her hand to meet Kylo’s. Then later in the movie, the actual scene plays out where she rejects his offer, signalling her solidfication in the lightside. Idk, just spitballing here.

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#1305894
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<strong>The Mandalorian</strong> - a general discussion thread - * <em><strong>SPOILERS</strong></em> *
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Yeah I’m not sure why the red eyes myself, other than maybe to visually tell the viewer that these aren’t the Jawas you’re looking for, from Tatooine.
Not really a big issue for me nonetheless. I can easily imagine some of them can conjure up a space adventure to another planet and that drier planets are preferable.
Does make me wonder out of nonsensical curiousity, do they build sandcrawlers? Seems so, given the cramped dimensions inside. Or stolen and retrofitted to their liking.

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#1305882
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Maclunkey
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benduwan said:

what the hell is maclunkey? 😕
never heard this before…

[TATOOINE, CANTINA, HAN SOLO AND GREEDO]

GREEDO: "Greedings exaulted one, I am Greed’oh!
There are many phrases but this one is not mine. Whenever I feel greedy with my time, I like to say what I think my puppeteer, Jabba, would say in Huttnese. Because English is difficult to parse, especially when I wish to say ‘this is the end for you,’ Jabba’s teachings of Huttnese allowed me to say, with ease, “Maclunkey!”

HAN SOLO: “Yes, I bet you have.”

BLAM

CANTINA PATRON: “BABLOO!” (now we need a translation of what that means too!)