Tobar

towne32 said:

Great casting decision, great tears from the predictables!

Now you see, a response like that makes you and the others who have responded like this sound like assholes.

The Doctor himself wasn’t too keen on the idea:

The Fifth Doctor said:

I have a slight problem with that because it’s not as if genders are interchangeable on Gallifrey. I have no problem with female Time Lords, and my daughter [Georgia Moffett, now married to Tennant] has already whizzed round the galaxy [she played the Doctor’s daughter, created from his DNA, in a 2008 episode]. But I don’t like the idea of the Doctor having a sex change - it’s not as if you would have a female James Bond.

The Seventh Doctor said:

I’m a feminist and recognise there are still glass ceilings in place for many women, but where would we draw the line? A Mr Marple instead of Miss Marple? A Tarzanette?

I’m sorry, but no – Doctor Who is a male character, just like James Bond. If they changed it to be politically correct then it would ruin the dynamics between the doctor and the assistant, which is a popular part of the show.

I support feminism, but I’m not convinced by the cultural need of a female Doctor Who.

What is your response to all of the women who disagree with this decision? You can’t so readily dismiss them by flinging around accusations of sexism. Nor should you for all of the male fans who disagree with this either.

I actually would be open to giving it a go if they had cast say, Hayley Atwell. But instead he went with the one actress I was actively dreading the most. Her character on Broadchurch is easily the worst of the entire ensemble. I just don’t see it working. But we’ll see.

It is tired because ever since Moffat dropped in the reference to the Corsair it’s been used as the “SEEEEEE!” excuse for years now. That same episode also had the TARDIS claim it had only been travelling with the Doctor for 700 years.

oojason said:

We have seen / been told that Gallifreyans regenerate into a different sex before too - The Corsair or The Master/Missy for example…

There’s that tired excuse again. This “precedent” was created after Moffat was accused of sexism and the new fangirls started demanding a female Doctor. Since then to combat that image he kowtowed and started to introduce those elements. Nowhere in the classic series is something like this hinted at. If NuWho can’t get the Doctor’s age right, I’m certainly not going to trust it with something like this.

I’ll be watching the Christmas Special and first episode of series 11 but will probably be stopping after that. I would not be surprised to see the show’s ratings start to drop after this.

Secrets of the Furious Five (2008)

A short film sequel to Kung Fu Panda. It’s comprised of a series of vignettes revealing the origins of each member of the Furious Five. The framing story with Po is done in CG but the stories themselves are done in the beautiful 2D animated style from the end credits of Kung Fu Panda. Of the five stories, Tigress proves the most evocative of the bunch. Her story has always been rather tragic going back to the original film. It’s surprising none of the feature length sequels have touched on it again.

Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Scroll (2015)

Another short film, this one exploring the origin of the Furious Five as a group. Excellently paced and beautifully animated with stellar narration by Randall Duk Kim as Master Oogway.

The new land has officially been named Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge.

They’ve also announced that Disney World will be getting a new Star Wars resort!

It’s unlike anything that exists today. From the second you arrive, you will become a part of a Star Wars story! You’ll immediately become a citizen of the galaxy and experience all that entails, including dressing up in the proper attire. Once you leave Earth, you will discover a starship alive with characters, stories, and adventures that unfold all around you. It is 100% immersive, and the story will touch every single minute of your day, and it will culminate in a unique journey for every person who visits.

You can read more here.

Mark Hamill just tweeted this.

Star Wars Youtube channel just released this:
Star Wars: The Last Jedi Behind The Scenes

There’s SO MUCH!

If I could move there I would. =P

There are actually a few older PS2 Star Wars titles available in the PS Store that can be played on the PS4. Been a while since I looked but I believe they have Star Wars Bounty Hunter, Racer’s Revenge and Jedi Starfighter. Of those, I highly recommend Bounty Hunter!

D23 is here and to kick it off they’ve debuted a scale model of the new Star Wars Land!

Click here for a ton of photos
Click here for a close up video montage
Click here for a tour of the Star Wars booth at D23

Some photos:

As I said, you don’t. The film stands on its own well. They recap his appearance in Civil War at the beginning of Homecoming very well and in quite a fun way.

You can jump right into Homecoming with the films you have seen. There’ll be some vague references to events outside of it but they don’t affect the plot. If, however, you do want to start with Spider-man’s first appearance. I would highly recommend watching the Captain America trilogy. Some find the first film a little too cheesy (I loved it) but it sets the foundation for Winter Soldier and Civil War which are entirely different beasts and some of the best films in the MCU.

RayRogers said:

Still don’t know if I’d want to play ALIENS: Colonial Marines.

Don’t.

I have a feeling the next show will probably be set post-OT. Marvel seems to have a lock on the OT period unfortunately. =(

Man I miss DROIDS. =(

one69chev said:

A bunch of dialog is God awful… Uncle Ben’s death scene…

Spider-man is fundamentally a youthful character compared to the others. He provides a nice contrast to everyone else.

It was great that they finally signed on someone who was close to the age of the character. Tobey Maguire was 27 when his first Spider-man film was released, while Andrew Garfield was 29!

In contrast, Tom Holland was only 20 when he made his debut in Civil War.

To put it into perspective, there is only a 10 year age difference between Tobey Maguire and the current Aunt May. He could reasonably play Uncle Ben now.

DuracellEnergizer said:

ray_afraid said:

Is the curly haired guy in the brown sweater gonna be Lobot?
I’m gonna say yes.

I wouldn’t put it past them. “Leave no stone unturned” appears to be the rule of the day (Or perhaps that’s “No backstory left to the imagination.”).

That’s Phil Lord.

Lord Haseo said:

The novelization of Alien Covenant fixes damn near every problem I have with the film and gives me hope that most of these fixes were in deleted scenes.

I’m going to say they’re not and you have Alan Dean Foster to thank. He has a habit of trying to fix things when hired for novelizations. Saw him speak at a convention a year ago and he went on about what a huge pain it was trying to figure out a way to make Starkiller Base make any sense as depicted in the film. He did a ton of research and consulted with astrophysicists and was very pleased when LFL kept all his work in the final book and made it canon.

For those wondering about Cad Bane’s fate…

Yes, yes she was.

Haarspalter in order not to clutter up this thread, I’ve continued this discussion over here.

Continuing on from this post:

Haarspalter said:

Tobar said:

It’s the third Captain America film.

No, it’s not. It is basically The Avengers 2.5: The Apology for Age of Ultron. It wouldn’t be that much of a problem, if the movie would feature just Cap as the main character, hence the title CAPTAIN AMERICA.

The whole heart of the film is a continuation of what came before in Winter Soldier and First Avenger. The film is about Captain America refusing to give up on his best friend or to compromise his morals.

Even you stick just the Cap movies, with Civil War the viewers face serious problems to follow/understand what’s going on.

The audience doesn’t live in a vacuum, if they’ve made it through three Captain America films then they’re well aware of the Avengers and Iron Man even if they haven’t seen those films.

Haarspalter said:

If Gunn is trying to avoid the repercussions of his heroes mingling with the greater MCU then why didn’t he set Vol. 3 before Infinity War?

My guess is, Gunn sets GOTG3 eight years after Infinity War, because the incidents of that movie will be probably be dealt with - mentally & personally for the GOTG ensemble. Gunn won’t have to make to make a big deal out of it. Maybe the GOTG characters will mention the Infinity War in one or two scences. The most important thing: with the eight year time gap, Infinity War is out of the way and Gunn can focus on the third story he wants to tell for the GOTG ensemble. And mark my words: none of the Avengers guys will have a supporting role or impact in that movie.

I’ve been doing some serious digging and I have yet to find any evidence to support this idea that Vol. 3 is set 8 years after Infinity War that you keep bringing up. What is currently known is that Vol. 2 is set two months after the first film in 2014 and that Infinity War takes place four years after Vol. 2. Which means that Infinity War takes place in 2018, the same year of its release. All that’s known about Vol. 3 is that it takes place after the Infinity War.

Do you have a source for this eight year thing?

Putting that aside for the moment. The Guardians are and always have been an integral part of what’s happening in the MCU. They’re tied to Thanos and Thanos is the big bad that everything has been leading to. The first Guardians was the first time Thanos saw any significant amount of screen time. It also is the film that explains what the infinity stones are, the very McGuffins that have been driving the entire MCU plot forward in the background. Both Gamora and Nebula are daughters of Thanos and are undoubtedly going to play a very significant role during the Infinity War.