Tyrphanax

I like this thread because there’s good album art in here.

#toolate

Chewtobacca said:

Mike O said:
I just slipped again. This is horrible. I can’t stop. It’s getting worse.

You might try to find some way of limiting your internet access so that you’re not tempted to look at things that distress you. I know it’s hard, but you’re going to have to stop yourself from accessing these videos in the same way that someone who is trying to lose weight mustn’t have certain foods in the house. What you have described is almost certainly a form of obsession, but it also sounds like a kind of addiction too, so you have to avoid people, places, and paraphernalia – in other words, anything that might cause you to slip.

Sound advice.

Lots of times mental disorders only manifest/compound in the 20s.

I knew a guy who was fairly normal for the entire time I knew him, until he had a massive schizophrenic break in his mid 20s and went completely off the rails.

Keep forging ahead. Don’t give up. Find your own professional if nobody else will do it for you.

#welcomebacktwitter

The metal I could deal with, but Young Jeezy?! Maaaan.

She’s got my number. Any day now.

TV’s Frink said:

I’d say it’s been much better lately but it will probably get worse after Rogue One comes out and then REALLY bad again once Ep 8 comes out.

Likely.

Dek Rollins said:

The PT is a completely unnecessary telling of events. Everything that even a good PT would have shown is better left to the imagination. The exposition given throughout the OT doesn’t need to be shown to my face. Just like any unnecessary sequel/prequel, the PT just doesn’t need to be there.

I don’t disagree with this either, but eventually they were going to be told and they definitely could have done it in a “not-shit” way.

I’ve tried the 4-6, 1-3 thing before but after I finish Jedi I have absolutely no desire to watch the PT. I have to watch the PT first if I want to watch the entire series so that I have something good to look forward to.

Look, I know a lot about stories. I have the best writer friends and they agree with me on this one. The Prequel Trilogy has yuge stories. One in a million. The Prequel Trilogy is gonna make Star Wars great again.

Lord Haseo said:

I don’t think the fact it was made is a bad thing; it’s just how it was made. In theory the PT could have been better than the OT.

I agree with this. Like I’ve said for ages, the concepts are sound, the execution is shit.

I don’t know enough about movies to know. But utterly destroying a beloved character from one of the largest film franchises in the world to date has to be in the top ten, regardless of what “movie people” think about Star Wars.

Honestly, I’ve been feeling that lately with all the Anthology stuff going around… why not reclassify Episodes I and II as Anthologies (they both tell stories that are interesting to the Star Wars universe, but not exactly vital, much like Rogue One), at least from a personal canon perspective.

Then you could always reshoot Episodes I and II.

I personally never liked the “Machete Order” because you watch two good movies, then have to slog through one awful movie and one meh movie, then by the time you get back to a decent movie, you forget what’s even going on. It’s never a good idea to interrupt a series in the middle with an entirely new series that’s only got rudimentary connections to the first series. It doesn’t serve either series well.

Yoda with a lightsaber makes me want to punch something until my fists bleed. One of the absolute, top ten worst ideas in filmmaking history.

Whoa guys, stop with the logical arguments. He’s got writer friends, you know.

FanFiltration said:

You’re welcome.

Density said:

I don’t think George’s prequels had nearly enough Jar Jar Binks. The first episode should focus entirely on him this time. No Jedi or anything getting in the way.

And the second episode should be a straight romance film with Anakin and Padme. No action of any kind, no other characters. Just scene after scene of awkward, stilted dialogue about sand.

Third episode should literally just be Palpatine cackling for 2 hours and shouting “UNNNNNLIMITEDDDD POWAAAAAAAHHHHH!!!1!!”

Too dense.

Dek Rollins said:

Lord Haseo said:

One thing I genuinely liked about the PT was the three way duel between Obi-Wan, Qui-Gon and Maul. The […] choreography […] were all great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mUVY9fLlw

Never seen that before, but ALLOL.

moviefreakedmind said:

SilverWook said:

Perhaps they are questions the next movie will answer? Then again, I’m still confused on the whole Sifo Diyas buying a clone army thing. 😉

That was the most baffling thing I’ve ever seen on the big screen. I’ve never seen such an unsubstantiated explanation for a major plot point. It isn’t even further explored in the following film.

Yeah, I agree. It’s been more or less explained in the old EU, and there was going to be a Clone Wars episode about it where they finally track down “Sifo-Dyas” and explain what happened, but the show was cancelled before it was released. I think the “Lost Missions” of the Clone Wars are still canon, though, despite not airing.

JEDIT: Ooops, got confused. The episode in question actually did air as episode 13 of Season Six (it’s on Netflix if you want to check it out), and they don’t really answer much given the circumstances.

SilverWook said:

Eh?

I’m pulling you into the drama.

SilverWook said:

Wow, am I ever glad I got out of the house this afternoon! 😉

A double dip with new extras timed to the next film in 2017 seems likely. Has JJ done many commentary tracks? (I only have Trek '09 besides TFA.) I would be more interested in a cast commentary at this point though.

fite me irl

Don’t worry, Frink. This thread is making me feel old.

I first saw them probably around 1992 or so. Star Wars has been a massive part of my life ever since.

I don’t even mind a lot of metal, but you have to admit some of the song names are fucking ridiculous, and listening to a super heavy song about crushing babies with a chariot of blood does not make you a smarter/better person. If you like it, fine, whatever, but you have to understand that musical taste is subjective and as crazy as it may sound, some people don’t want to listen to a song about eating the face of a dying virgin while banging the actual axe wound you gave her on a Norse battlefield.

But I think we can all agree that the only musical genres that will enlighten you are classical and jazz, and with that said:

Miles Davis - Kind of Blue