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#1157122
Topic
The Marvel Cinematic Universe
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Meant to share this before last week:

Just finished my rewatch of Iron Man (2008).

It’s been a long while since I last revisited the film that started it all. The break was a good one, this is a solid film that still holds up today. It’s funny to realize how much has happened in the last 10 years. The state of cellphone technology, dated social media network references, the scale of fight scenes. The big end battle was such a revelation at the time but is quite a small engagement by today’s standards. The earlier anti-terrorist fights however are still brilliant. Overall, excellent film that started the ball rolling with important character development that has continued on and throughout the rest of the MCU.

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#1155542
Topic
Han - Solo Movie ** Spoilers **
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Humby said:

TV’s Frink said:

I guarantee you ray doesn’t care. I really don’t either. I know everyone says the cartoon gets better as it goes along, and maybe that’s true, but I could barely finish season 1.

It doesn’t get better, it just beats your mind into a numb pulp as it goes along.

Amazing. Every word of what you just said…was wrong.

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#1155446
Topic
Han - Solo Movie ** Spoilers **
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SilverWook said:

lovelikewinter said:

SilverWook said:

He could always fiddle with the settings on his helmet and the classic Fett voice comes out. 😉

Jason Wingreen is no more sadly. 😦

I never understood why Boba Fett would want to sound like a clone anyway. Tells way too much about him. Maybe we will be lucky and he’ll be silent the whole time.

I’m sure a sound alike can be found. The Fett movie depends on it!

Jeremy Bulloch actually does a pretty good Jason Wingreen impression. Imagine bringing him on to do that. Would keep the onscreen legacy of the character intact in such a wonderfully unconventional way.

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#1154607
Topic
Last web series/tv show seen
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ChainsawAsh said:

It won’t help. He willfully ignores or retcons so much - including stuff he just introduced two years ago in season 10! (Which itself retconned a fuck ton from the original run.)

I have to have a clear recollection of everything in order to be properly annoyed! =P

Also, handy tip for anyone interested. You can watch the entire series free on Fox’s website!

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#1154553
Topic
Han - Solo Movie ** Spoilers **
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The paint scheme is reminiscent of the one it had in ROTS:

However, other than the color, I think they’re going to be ignoring everything else about it.

I get the feeling in the film we’re going to learn that YT-1300 freighters come stock with that front covering and that Han removes it as part of his “special modifications.” Basically, I see the Falcon as the Star Wars equivalent of a hot rod:

And I can totally see an homage to this scene playing out in the film.

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#1150872
Topic
TFA: A Gentle Restructure (Released)
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Collipso said:

Rey kicking Kylo’s butt makes him seem very weak period. Plus there is no plausible explanation. But this thread isn’t the place for this kind of discussion.

You mean besides the fact that he was severely wounded and bleeding out from a shot to the torso that was previously established to carry enough force to toss multiple troops into the air? And a mental wreck after just murdering his own father?

But you’re right, wrong thread for this discussion.

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#1150183
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Last movie seen
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Mike O said:

The Chronicles of Riddick- A woefully misguided sequel to Pitch Black that tried to turn the whole thing into a big Star Wars-style space opera, but the thin screenplay doesn’t work when you stretch something so confined onto a wider canvas. Lots of already dated FX, a bunch of furious action scenes which don’t really work, and a bunch of babbling about a mythology that doesn’t make much sense. A well-designed but turgid misfire.

I couldn’t stand the theatrical version of this film but the director’s cut did a lot to salvage it.

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#1149225
Topic
Doctor Who
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I thought the Christmas Special perfectly encapsulated why Moffat needed to go. His wishy-washy fairy tale take on the franchise is just awful. As is his over reliance on big manufactured emotionally manipulative moments. They’ve lost most of their impact from overuse. And he wasted almost the entirety of Capaldi’s run.

Bradley is a fine First Doctor even if he sounds nothing like Hartnell. He did well with what he was given and that’s saying something as the characterization of the First Doctor here was just terrible.

I was surprisingly taken with 13’s introduction. The cliffhanger ending has me intrigued.

Ultimately, I can’t wait until Capaldi joins Big Finish so he can finally be free of the Moff.