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SilverWook said:

I’d write a letter to the theater chain explaining your experience and why you’re never going back there. They should have issued refunds for such a shoddy presentation.

I discovered several years ago some people will even not get up and complain when a movie is out of focus, sadly.

I’m not sure I’m never going back. But I will think about writing a letter to the theater.

TV’s Frink said:

Incredibly stupid and pointless lawsuit:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2017/12/28/roy-moore-asks-alabama-court-for-a-new-election/?utm_term=.9d2ef9cf2d74

Roy Moore, the Republican nominee who lost Alabama’s closely watched Senate race this month, has filed a last-minute legal complaint alleging “election fraud” and asking the state not to confirm the victory of Democrat Doug Jones.

In the complaint filed in state court, Moore’s campaign argues that Alabama “will suffer irreparable harm if the election results are certified without preserving and investigating all the evidence of potential fraud.” It cites rumors of election fraud that have already been investigated and refuted by the Alabama secretary of state, argues that high Democratic turnout in key areas was statistically unlikely, and reports that Moore himself has taken a polygraph test — an attempt to disprove allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances on teenagers when he was in his 30s.

Moore’s lawyers filed the complaint at 10:33 p.m. Wednesday night and announced it to reporters less than two hours later. At 1 p.m. Thursday, Alabama’s election officials — all Republicans — are scheduled to certify the election. Early Thursday morning, they gave no indication that they would delay that process. In Washington, leaders of both parties expect Jones to take his oath of office when the Senate returns next month.

a pic of Roy Moore:

Well I am seen the movie. I still not sure what to think. It had good moments and bad moments. One thing that shocked me was the Leia survived. I thought for sure she was going to die in the movie, due to the death of Carrie Fisher. It looked like that was what happened when the bridge blew up and she went into space. But she survived. Now, I have no idea of that was what was originally planed or not. If it was not originally planned and they added that in to take advantage of everyone expecting her to die, I think it would be in poor taste. You don’t take advantage of a real life death like that. Anyway, it is now a guarantee that she will die in the next movie(perhaps off screen before the events of the next movie) I didn’t like what they did with Luke. The Rebellion is near death and the only fully trained Jedi(unless you want to somehow argue that Leia was fully trained) is just going to sit on his rear end and do nothing about it and whine about his failure with Ben Solo. Consider also that his own sister is going to be killed as well. So he is just going to sit there on the island while Leia and the rebellion are wiped out? Sorry I don’t think they gave enough of a reason for Luke to be acting the way he was. I bet some are upset that Luke started the fight with Ben Sole. It bothers me a little, but I am not that upset. What was the heck was that scene when Rey when into the hole? I don’t it. I am surprised that Snoke was killed. I thought for sure he was going to meet his end in the last movie. *shrugs shoulders* With Snoke dead, I guess we will never find out where he came from. Too bad. I didn’t know force users could have discussions at long distances, I guess they can. Of course it makes a bit more sense when you find out Snoke was behind it. So Rey’s parents were nobodies, just ordinary people? Then how did she before force sensitive? Wouldn’t it make more sense for at least one of her parents to be force sensitive? One think I am confused about is did or did not Luke cut himself off from the force? I think I heard him say that he had. If that did happen, how does he have his force abilities back at the end. Could someone please explain Luke’s death? (btw that was spoiled for me by inadvertently clicking on this thread before seeing the movie). What was happening with Luke at the end? Was he using the force to be in two places at once? Was that some sort of force projection or something? It didn’t make sense. Why did the killing of whatever it was, cause Luke himself to die? I don’t get it. Why did he stand there and let Kilo Ren kill him? I mean when Obiwan did it in ANH, it made sense. Obiwan was sacrificing himself so that Luke, Han, and Leia would get the heck out of there and no longer delay to wait for him. Also could argue that Vader was going to kill Obiwan in the end anyway due to Obiwan being so old at the time of the fight. What was Luke’s reason? He was trying hold up Kilo Ren and the rest to allow what was left of the resistance to get away. Sacrificing himself doesn’t accomplish that. Making the fight take as long was possible would have been more beneficial for that. Why didn’t he make the fight last as long as possible, giving the resistance more time to escape and why didn’t he try to kill Kilo Ren right there? Rey beat him in the last movie, so surely Luke a Jedi Master should stand a reasonable chance against Ren. Yet Luke didn’t even try. If whatever it was could be killed by a light saber, why didn’t the blaster shots kill him? It didn’t look like Luke was reflect or anything. The whole scene just doesn’t make sense. Who was the boy at the end?
Where the heck is Lando?

I guess that is all I have for now. I guess I am a bit let down. Of course it may have a little to do with my bad movie experience while watching the film. (see the b****ing in the off topic section of the forum).

ugh. just ugh. I wish b**** about my experience in going to the movies to watch the new Star Wars film. (don’t worry, no spoilers ahead). I figured since it was a Star Wars movie, that I’d go all out by a ticket to a 3D showing with Regal’s RPX. I paid a lot for my ticket. I sit down in my seat and the movie starts. Some idiot woman coming in late the movie has trouble finding her assigned seat. She decides while she is confused about where it is, she has to stand right in front of where my seat is and block my view of the movie. It was less than minute but still. There were also little kids sitting to the left of me, that while mostly well behaved they did make noise and move around every once and a while. A little later after the film started, this couple to right of me were talking and wouldn’t shut up. I then noticed that the 3D wasn’t working, that is what the couple were talking about. The male of the couple then decided he had to interrupt my watching of the film to ask if I noticed the 3D was not working. I then unfortunately yelled at him that I was trying to concentrate on the movie. Even if it wasn’t in 3D was not going to walk out of that movie. I think the female of the couple must have gone out and complained about it. I think at first the 3D wasn’t and was showing in 2D. I think when the lad (or someone else) when to complain about it. They turned the 3D on. But still the 3D was not working right. It was doing something very weird with the image. It was not the 2 images weren’t aligned properly. It was distracting and annoying and it kind of hurt my eyes. It is hours later and I eyes still have not totally recovered. Also I think many were getting up to complain about it and at point maybe some movie theater employee or multiple thereof came in to see the situation for themselves. The people going in and out was distracting. When the movie was over I went to customer service and talked to them about it. They of course already knew about the situation. They did give me a free pass(I don’t know if it will work to get into another showing in 3D + RPX, it might just be for a regular movie showing. While they gave me the pass, I still there response was inadequate. They should have employees standing right out side the theater at the time it ended handed out free passes to everyone in the theater and apologized. The way they did it, only those that went to customer service desk and complained were getting the free passed. I know no everyone in the theater went to complain. While some may decide to complain via the net or something like that, there are some that had to sit through that (and paid a lot for their tickets) that won’t complain and will never find out they could get a free pass for their troubles.

It was not a good day at the theater for me. 😦

I see TLJ today!

towne32 said:

series 10

Ok, I have always wondered this and I have to ask, why do you UKers refer to a season as a series? In America, each year of series is a season, and all of the seasons put together are called a series. Just do you guys use to refer to the whole thing, if you are using series for year?

suspiciouscoffee said:

Happy birthday to me.

Happy Birthday!

SilverWook said:

I doubt Jay is going to reopen the thread.

I know it doesn’t matter what I think, but I wanted say to someone in power that I strongly disagree with the closing of the banned thread. I think people should have the right to publicly ask questions about people being banned and reasonably discuss the various situations.

yhwx said:

Sometimes I look at past discussions and debates that I’ve had over my tenure here. As a fairly hypercritical person, I’m always quite stunned by how much I’m dismayed at my past self for the way he made certain points or the way he argued things or the way he said something. Past me and I have significant disagreements, maybe not on the issues being discussed, but how they were discussed. I wonder how often I take my self-criticisms to heart — am I getting better? The truth is, we’re all a work in progress. A few months down the line, I’ll look at things that happened around this time, including most likely this very post, and make some more criticisms of myself, and the cycle will repeat itself in an almost methodical and predictable way.

Merry Christmas, everybody.

Ha! wait till you can go back and look at posts you made over 10 years ago!

Why were people saying Merry Christmas in this thread? Use the Merry Christmas 2017 thread!

I had a hard understanding Capaldi throughout his run. Again I am sure it was a lot easier for UKers to understand him.

Spoiler

I’m surprised the Doctor chose to the soldier. That could alter history. What if his death is what inspired the Brigadier to join the military? Also Ben and Polly’s absence was glaring, especially in the scene in the first Doctor’s Tardis. I had a difficult time understanding the new Doctor’s first words. I had to replay that scene with captions. Users probably understood her easily.

You’re right. My apologies.

A Christmas thread on Christmas eve. What is wrong with that?

You’re two days early.

TV’s Frink said:

TV’s Frink said:

May I ask how old you are?

Well ok then. Point is it’s kind of silly to say you’re doomed to be alone forever at any point, but especially if you’re like 19.

With that said I have no idea how old you are, hence the question.

I’m pretty sure I’m doomed to be alone. I’m a lot older than 19. I’m older than two 19s put together.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

I was sick and missed the big family get together.

Now that sucks. I was sick on Christmas a couple of years ago.

Thanks. 😃 I don’t know what I am going to do with it. I wasn’t asking for it. It was a complete surprise. But it is nice to have.

it worked!

Test posting from the new iPad

Was the Christmas special good or bad? How were the Capaldi’s last moments and Whitaker’s first?

Much to my surprise, I got an Ipad for Christmas!

Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday to you!
Happy Birthday Dear Jesus!
Happy Birthday to you!

Possessed said:

We’re allowed to say Merry Christmas at Wal-Mart if anybody is concerned. Have for the three years we’ve worked here. There’s Christmas stuff all over that has the word “christmas” also.

We don’t require employees to say it if they aren’t comfortable though.

no, no, no, no. You have only been able to say it starting this Christmas, Thanks to Trump. He saved Christmas.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!

A pic of the Wanamaker’s light show, a very special Philadelphia Christmas Tradition. As John Facenda, the original narrator of the light show, would say “CHRISTMAS, IN THE GRAND TRADITION!”:

A pic of my Dickens Village that I put up every year

Track Santa!

ONE SOLITARY LIFE

He was born in an obscure village,
the child of a peasant woman.
He grew up in another obscure village,
where He worked in a carpenter shop until He was thirty.
Then for three years He was an itinerant preacher.
He never had a family or owned a home.
He never set foot inside a big city.
He never traveled two hundred miles form the place he was born.
He never wrote a book, or held an office.
He did none of the things that usually accompany greatness.

While He was still a young man,
the tide of popular opinion turned against Him.
His friends deserted Him
He was turned over to His enemies,
and went through the mockery of a trial
He was nailed to a cross between two thieves.
While He was dying, His executioners
gambled for the only piece of property He had - His coat.
When He was dead, He was taken down and laid in a borrowed grave.

Over two thousand years have passed,
and today He is the central figure for much of the human race.
All the armies that every marched and all the navies that ever sailed
and all the parliaments that ever sat
and all the kings that ever reigned,
put together, have not affected the life
of man upon this earth as powerfully as this
“One Solitary Life.”

LUKE, CHAPTER 2, VERSES 1 TO 20(KJV):

1 And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.

2 (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)

3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.

4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)

5 To be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child.

6 And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered.

7 And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid.

10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people.

11 For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.

12 And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.

13 And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,

14 Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.

15 And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.

16 And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger.

17 And when they had seen it, they made known abroad the saying which was told them concerning this child.

18 And all they that heard it wondered at those things which were told them by the shepherds.

19 But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart.

20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nrDfqoYzNo

Silent Night Star Wars style: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd79mpzBnJ4

To those that celebrate other holidays, a Happy Hanukkah, Happy Festivus, Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Boxing Day, Happy Feast of St. Stephen, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Light Day, and Happy whatever holiday you celebrate and if you don’t celebrate any holiday, have a nice day.

😃