I’m not attacking you, I’m attacking your position. Which is wrong. But ok.
I said STOP ATTACKING ME.
Invalidating peoples’ opinions won’t make you any friends. Stop treating me like this. Stop attacking me and telling me I’m wrong. Just stop. You’re being rude and childish.
And don’t you dare condescend to me just because I use a media server or watch cartoons.
So you’re not trusting polls because they predicted only a 30% chance for Trump’s victory, yet you’re saying a 35% chance for Oprah in the polls is equivalent to no chance at all?
He takes a Trumpian view of statistics, which is to only believe the ones that support his narrative. The rest are alternative factual polls.
Would you stop attacking me, please.
So you’re not trusting polls because they predicted only a 30% chance for Trump’s victory, yet you’re saying a 35% chance for Oprah in the polls is equivalent to no chance at all?
I’m saying this talk about her is just talk. It’s too early to know anything for sure at this point, so polling is bound to be wildly inaccurate.
I don’t think talking about Oprah’s chances is barely even worth discussing, because I don’t see how she could possibly be carried on more than her celebrity. Not to mention the myriad of factors working against her.
Yes, you are allowed to be wrong. Enjoy.
Grow up.
35% chance of winning is 65% chance of losing.
Do you honestly want her to run? To win? Why do you care about her running? I didn’t even know you liked Oprah.
Oh my god.
You clearly don’t understand polling or statistics or probability,
I understand. I understand that making a binary statement, like “she has no chance”, is a valid statement in general conversation. I’m not posting statistics. I’m just talking. I don’t think she has a snowball’s chance in hell of winning.
and my correcting you on them has nothing to do with what I want or care about.
It has more to do with rudely arguing with and invalidating someone on the internet?
To say she can’t possibly win is silly. Anyone with 100% name recognition and tons of money has the possibility to win. I wouldn’t think she’s the favorite but of course she’d have a chance.
On 538’s podcast yesterday they reranked their likely Dem nominees for 2020 based on this Orpah “news.” Nate Silver placed her 5th, ahead of Doug Jones and Bernie Sanders.
Sorry but I trust Nate Silver more than you.
5th likeliest is not the same as winning.
Well yeah Ric, but 5th likeliest is also not the same as 5th place. Irrelevant point.
My point is Oprah running is irrelevant. It’s inconsequential. Just something new for the media to talk about.
You think she’d have no chance at all. You’re wrong.
I am allowed to think that. I can be binary about her chances if I so choose.
And it is not your job to refute me for saying so. Why don’t you try being nice around here to people who disagree with you for a change.
35% chance of winning is 65% chance of losing.
Do you honestly want her to run? To win? Why do you care about her running? I didn’t even know you liked Oprah.
To say she can’t possibly win is silly. Anyone with 100% name recognition and tons of money has the possibility to win. I wouldn’t think she’s the favorite but of course she’d have a chance.
On 538’s podcast yesterday they reranked their likely Dem nominees for 2020 based on this Orpah “news.” Nate Silver placed her 5th, ahead of Doug Jones and Bernie Sanders.
Sorry but I trust Nate Silver more than you.
5th likeliest is not the same as winning.
Well yeah Ric, but 5th likeliest is also not the same as 5th place. Irrelevant point.
My point is Oprah running is irrelevant. It’s inconsequential. Just something new for the media to talk about.
To say she can’t possibly win is silly. Anyone with 100% name recognition and tons of money has the possibility to win. I wouldn’t think she’s the favorite but of course she’d have a chance.
On 538’s podcast yesterday they reranked their likely Dem nominees for 2020 based on this Orpah “news.” Nate Silver placed her 5th, ahead of Doug Jones and Bernie Sanders.
Sorry but I trust Nate Silver more than you.
5th likeliest is not the same as winning.
And last I checked, no one thought Trump would actually win against Hillary, even the day of the election. Not even 538. So I’ll take those predictions with a large grain of salt.
All this business about Oprah is just sensationalist hype. Nothing will pan out from it. Even if she runs, she doesn’t stand a chance.
Of course it is possible she could win. Look at who she’d be running against.
Trump would also have to win the Republican Primary. There’s no way.
Hahahahaha
Trump was the perceived underdog vote. He was the protest vote; the vote against the status quo; the vote to “drain the swamp”. Oprah is not going to hit that same nerve with Democrats.
To say she can win because he did overlooks the reasons why he did.
Of course it is possible she could win. Look at who she’d be running against.
She would also have to win the Democratic Primary. There’s no way.
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I’m just curious, other than not being Trump, what qualifications does Oprah have for being President?
Being Oprah.
I agree with Jeebus and CatBus but I think this is a good answer.
It is not an answer at all.
No it’s not. It’s a joke.
But seriously, why are we actually discussing Oprah being elected? Why is anyone anywhere discussing it? It makes no sense for her to run, and there’s no possible way she could ever win.
Can someone suggest good, yet affordable, bluetooth/wireless headphones (or earphones) for use with a TV set?
I haven’t seen Hal’s version but I’m pretty sure I’ve seen more PT edits than anyone, and nothing can be done to any prequel to pull it out of the bottom three.
I agree that even in edits they are still in the bottom three but the gap gets shorter and they at least become enjoyable.
This.
I do really like theatrical RotS.
While I don’t, I will say I like an edited ROTS more than the SE of Return of the Jedi
Also this.
And I don’t think it’s odd at all to say. You like Hal’s post-theatrical edit of ROTS better than George’s post-theatrical edit(s) of ROTJ. And I agree.
for all intensive purposes he might as well be traveling down a trench.
for all intents* and purposes.
The more I think about it, the more I hate TLJ. Sorry, but I do. It is just my opinion.
I think in my head cannon, the OOT happens in the main universe and the PT, SE, and ST happen in an alternate universe.
canon*.
And I thought we had this argument where you were intransigent that I couldn’t do that with Star Trek Discovery, and you couldn’t do that with the Star Trek Kelvin Universe, because the show/movies didn’t straight up say we could.
I find wearing headphones more comfortable than stuffing things in my ears.
They’re earphones, not q-tips.
Oh my god I just thought of a new invention I’ll make millions.
stuffing a banana in my ear
wat.
I find wearing headphones more comfortable than stuffing things in my ears.
They’re earphones, not q-tips.
At $330, they better have good sound. The headphones I usually use are less than $20.
At the risk of threadcrapping…this. I don’t get you fancy headphone people.
And I don’t get earbud people.
Comfortable; less conspicuous; easy to carry; easy to store; inexpensive; decent sound quality with right brand.
I don’t get Apple EarPod people, but then I don’t get Apple people in general.
My point with the SE VHS boxes was that, even with the SEs, Episode IV was still only called “Star Wars”. It was when Episode I came out, as late as 1999, that “Star Wars” was referred to as Episode IV: A New Hope.
I’m old enough to remember it being cool to say ROTJ was bad because DS2 was a rehash. Also it was bad because Han Solo supposedly had poor characterization and should have died. And Ewoks were poor Wookiee cousins included for unfortunate humorous and juvenile appeal. Similar and more extensive objections made now are considered offensive. I don’t understand that.
First, “being cool to say ROTJ was bad” is the definition of bandwagon.
Second, many people are happy with the ST because of how they’re returning to form and absolutely nothing like the official Prequels*—which was panned and derided far and wide by anyone old enough remember the OT. To say “say what you want about the Prequels but at least the story was original” overlooks oh so, SO many problems with it.
*— I say “official” because unofficial (fan)edits can do a lot to greatly improve the Prequels’ watchability.
Seeing the same visuals and story beats so deliberately performed takes away from a feeling that this is an authentic world.
Feels authentic enough to me. And in fact, I thought that was part of Luke’s point. He thought the Jedi should end because history is just repeating itself.
Those seemingly coincidental similarities are not the focus.
And yet they are here in this thread?
But it is pretty obvious where OT is being repurposed in a fairly methodical way and that won’t feel natural to many viewers.
I get the feeling the writers couldn’t win for losing with many viewers.
That’s just, from my point of view, Rian Johnson doing whatever he can to destroy everything that’s within his reach simply because he can, to prove some sort of point to someone.
Seriously?
That’s going a bit far.
Let’s not forget this is another story thread taken directly from the middle chapter of the previous trilogy used in the middle chapter of this one.
Yes, let’s. The only comparison to be made is that DJ betrays them.
Lando Calrissian with a twist:
Lol.
Dre post with a (giant) stretch.
This is not Lando by any means. At least Han knew who Lando was, and Lando was to some degree trying to play it straight. Yes, he betrayed Han and Leia, but from his own perspective he had no choice.
DJ, by contrast, is a nobody. No one knows who he is or what his deal is beyond a possible use which they might have for keeping him around. They have no choice but to bring him along because they’re otherwise backed into a corner. Whereas Han deliberately chose to visit Lando because Lando was his friend.
