chyron8472

nhoj3 said:

That’s one of the things that I’d like Ady to consider changing, what many people have referred to as the “Flanderization” of C-3PO. While Threepio is certainly a worrywart, that personality trait has become a caricature in ROTJ. In ANH, Threepio successfully bluffed past Stormtroopers on the Death Star and was decisive in choosing when to leave hiding and try to board the Falcon. In ROTJ the caricature version of Threepio has been left out of the plan and (because of his ignorance) could easily work against it at any moment.

I would like to see any edits made that could instead have him included in the plan.

3PO is more than a worrywart. You’re ignoring Empire, where he says “I really don’t see how that is going to help. Surrender is a perfectly acceptable alternative in extreme circumstances. The Empire may be gracious and…”[Leia shuts him off]. He also dismissed R2’s mission in ANH in favor of hanging out with Luke and trusting Luke with any potentially classified information simply because “he’s our new master.” 3PO can not be trusted with sensitive information because he surrenders too easily when under pressure.

Meanwhile, R2 knows when to keep his mouth shut, so to speak.

With regard to the Camo Troopers—George said that he wanted the good guys to have earth colors while the bad guys were colorless. The troopers and Vader having stark white and black armor respectively was an intentional design choice.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIIukEukrOA&t=3m45s

I’m planning to go see My Little Pony: The Movie on Friday.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIv_ConaZ1c

Mike O said:

The Orville’s actually been dealing with stuff like LGBT gender identity and theocracy.

For those who haven’t caught up yet, that’s in episode 3. It’s really really good.

TV’s Frink said:

I don’t necessarily believe in hell, but Trump better hope it doesn’t exist. A truly awful person.

Well, I do believe. And he has gone on record to say that he has done nothing to warrant asking forgiveness for from God, and that his material successes are evidence that he’s worthy. No amount of Trump not believing in it will make the existence of Hell less real.

I’m the pilot.

I have Dishonored on Steam, and though I haven’t beaten it, what part I played I liked.

I tried to play without killing anyone.

Also, I was 10 when Super Mario Bros. 2 for NES was released.

I do actually dye all of my BOTW outfits. Often the different pieces are different colors–like the Gerudo Vai outfit, which has a blue veil, green and blue top and purple pants; or the Hylian outfit that has a red tunic and a blue-grey hood.

That being said, my most popular dye colors are white or black.

But you look like a luchador in the daytime, especially when you dye it funny colors.

RayRogers said:

[Lord of the Rings: The Third Age was] such a great game. Wish this was also for PC.

Okay, I thought you were asking what good LOTR and HP games we could recommend to you; not just commenting in general. Obviously you know then what games there are, and/or you have played them, so why would you ask about our recommending them?

You should phrase yourself better so people know more clearly the purpose of your post.

Also, you still haven’t clarified what being ten or 1989 has anything to do with Harry Potter. Harry Potter was born in 1980. He didn’t go to Hogwarts until he was 11, in 1991. And the first Harry Potter novel wasn’t published until 1997.

Apparently Golf Story for Switch came out today. Looks like a pretty good game. Kind of an RPG with a golf theme. People compare it to the Mario Golf series, but I’ve never played those so I dunno.

It hadn’t come out yet when I was ten.

RayRogers said:

TV’s Frink said:

RayRogers said:

TV’s Frink said:

RayRogers said:

Most collected

Hahahaha.

Fucking really?

What I think every time you mention what you own and what you don’t or won’t!

(Roughly 86.3% of your posts btw. I have the data in a Google doc spreadsheet for anyone who wants to verify it.)

Why Google doc instead of an Excel spreadsheet?

Because he doesn’t want to have to store it on his Dropbox.

Tommy Wiseau

…no, but seriously my favorite is probably Spielberg.

Lust-In-Phaze said:

chyron8472 said:

Must have hit pretty close to the mark to get her all riled up like that, huh, kid?

Well I guess you don’t know everything about women yet.

Did you know that wasn’t me?

Must have hit pretty close to the mark to get her all riled up like that, huh, kid?

TV’s Frink said:

LordZerome1080 said:

TV’s Frink said:

LordZerome1080 said:

I’m going in dry

No.

Yes.

Citation needed.

That’s impossible, even for a computer.

I’m not the one who chased you down with a stick.

https://www.salon.com/2017/09/28/are-puerto-ricans-really-american-citizens_partner-2/

Are Puerto Ricans constitutional citizens?

Supreme Court Justice Edward D. White attempted to answer this question when he wrote a concurring opinion in Downes v. Bidwell. His opinion is regarded by scholars as the source of the doctrine on territorial incorporation.

The prevailing consensus to this day is in line with White’s interpretation – that the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment does not extend to Puerto Rico. Since the Downes ruling, for 116 years, Congress has governed Puerto Rico as a separate and unequal territory.

The Jones Act of 1917 included a collective citizenship provision. [P]ersons subsequently born on the island were considered U.S. citizens by way of “jus sanguinis” (blood right), a derivative form of U.S. citizenship. In other words, persons born in Puerto Rico were born outside of the United States but still considered U.S. citizens.

It wasn’t until 1940 that Congress enacted legislation conferring birthright, or “jus soli,” (right of soil) citizenship on persons born in Puerto Rico. The Nationality Act of 1940 established that Puerto Rico was a part of the United States for citizenship purposes. Since Jan. 13, 1941, birth in Puerto Rico amounts to birth in the United States for citizenship purposes.

However, the prevailing consensus among scholars, lawmakers and policymakers is that Puerto Ricans are not entitled to a constitutional citizenship status. While Puerto Ricans are officially U.S. citizens, the territory remains unincorporated. This contradiction has enabled the governance of Puerto Rico as a separate and unequal territory that belongs to, but is not a part of, the United States.

On June 11, Puerto Ricans will vote in a nonbinding status plebiscite deciding whether Puerto Rico should become a state or a sovereign country. If a majority votes for statehood, the question is whether Congress will grant 3.5 million U.S. citizens the ability to live in the 51st state.

Mike O said:

What is the general opinion of the Kelvin-verse Trek around here? I know a few longtime Trekkies who really aren’t big on it. I personally like it OK, but think there’s very little of the intellectual moral problems and mind-bending sci-fi plots that marked Trek at its best, but it’s a fun laser light show.

I think it was a necessary step for the Trek franchise. Like I’ve said before, the Trek fanbase at large doesn’t really know what it wants in a Trek show. Even some here complain that The Orville feels like a Galaxy Quest ripoff. umm… as though being derivative of Galaxy Quest is a bad thing…?

The franchise needed new blood from the mainstream populace, rather than (failing to) cater to its exponentially increasingly picky current fanbase. Hiring a director who is primarily an OT Star Wars fan didn’t seem an awful choice.

As I say, I like (mostly lighthearted) adventure, in space, with interesting characters. The Kelvin Timeline has that.

What does that have to do with video games?

TV’s Frink said:

Mike O said:

dahmage said:

In all fairness, the only Trek she enjoys is/are the new movies.

IV seems to be the one with the most mainstream, non-Trek fan appeal

I’d consider myself a casual more mainstream Trek fan and I really dislike IV.

I think the point is that most everyone, even non Trek fans, as least know about The Voyage Home in so much as many simply know it as “the one with the whales.” Therefore it is likely the most mainstream-ly accepted of the Prime Kirk movies.

Of the Prime movies, IV is my favorite, then VI, then II. The big detractor for Wrath of Khan for me was the bug-in-the-ear scene. I really… that scene makes me cringe and I usually skip it. I’ve seen Wrath of Khan umpteenkabillion times, but that scene alone makes it not my favorite.

RayRogers said:

Recommended Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings games for PS2, GameCube, GBA, DS, PC?

Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, for GameCube and PS2.

It’s an RPG centering around another party (not the Fellowship) in Middle Earth whose adventures bring them across the path or in contact with the Fellowship itself. The idea for the game was that the Fellowship’s actions are fixed exactly to what they do in the books or movies, so exploration in an RPG as themselves would be limited. However, following someone who is following the Fellowship allows you to go where they went but you can also wander off on a tangent if you want.

doubleofive said:

RayRogers said:

Harry Potter literally didn’t exist for me when I was 10 in 1989.

Good… for… you?

Yeah, I’m not sure what that’s supposed to mean. I was also 10 in 1989, but I don’t see what being 10 has to do with reading Harry Potter.

DominicCobb said:

I didn’t pay for the second episode, I just did the free trial.

I already previously used up my trial.

So I used the bay instead.