darth_ender

Du är dum!

Hey, I'm just messing with you.  I just noticed that really most of what you've been saying has been requests for everybody else to to something.  Now I understand, as I completely lack skills in everything editing related.  But so far, it seems as if most of your posts have been rather...moochy (is that a word?).  I ask for stuff too, I suggest certain changes be made too.  I guess it's just that's all I've seen from you so far.

I have the extended PT in SD.  I know it's not Blu-ray, but it's fine for me.  Your suggestion isn't bad, but it sounds like, "I will accept nothing less than HD," about everything, and it just seems snobbish.  Make a friendly suggestion, don't sound like a mooch, make other posts that don't sound like you just are in it for yourself, and you'll do fine.  Remember, I'm just messing with you.

Yes, I too was wondering if I could flood the forum with requests for other people to do everything for me?  Thanks all! ;)

Jag vet inte vad du säger. Jag pratar bara svenska! :(

I think it's pretty obvious that Bingowings likes to play devil's advocate with you on almost any occasion.  You see things rather black and white, while he tries to give you a more nuanced perspective.  I don't agree with him most of the time, but I want to make it clear why he argues with you more than others

I agree, I don't like the idea of opening the store on Thanksgiving Day.  I participated (for the very first time, mind you) in a Black Friday event last year, and of course I did it on Thursday instead.  I saw a friend of mine who worked at Wal-Mart, and I could see he was not enjoying himself one bit, and I am confident he did not want to be working there at all.  He was scheduled to work, and if he chose not to, he probably would have faced disciplinary action of some sort.  It made me sad, and again, I don't agree with it.  But in our nation of supply and demand economics, the demand is there, the supply is coming, and folks aren't going to boycott it enough to end the practice.  Sadly, it's probably here to stay.

Back to the argument, if you don't like hearing Bingo's perspective on something, you don't have to respond.  You don't have to put him on ignore because he's not usually offensive, but sometimes it's better just to pass up on an argument rather than trying to prove you are right.  He's pretty set in his views as well.

TV's Frink said:

I demand an Aquabats update.

I just learned with equal parts pride and shame that Chad Larson also helped create Yo Gabba Gabba, along with another Mormon named Scott Schultz  '~'

@Warbler, thanks buddy.  It's working out well.  It's time consuming, and it, along with my new job, make it so I have much less time for family and hobbies.  But still, I enjoy it, and it's a different, yet nice perspective of the members of my congregation.

@Anctufaalb, I suggest simply putting a sign on your door saying that you don't want any religious visitors, but do so respectfully.  Some may still come, but most will probably be respectful.

Or you could join....either way.... ;)

Well, I find that exciting.  It amazes me that this man can contribute to so many other series, and yet finds the time to continue the Enderverse.  I'm very happy about that.  Thanks for sharing the video!

Well, my only complaint was the bit by bit reveals, and only then because I was worried the wrath of the Mouse might descend on the project.  However, it is obvious that Disney is already well aware of this, and if they haven't threatened any legal action yet, I highly doubt they ever will.  So I'm over that problem.  I'm very grateful for the project as it currently stands.

To create a giant superweapon is stupid.  Better to create several small weapons that could effectively do the same thing without so much energy.  They would be cheaper to build and maintain, could be in several places at once, and thus cause more damage without exhausting as much finite resources.  Fact of the matter is, the Emperor is not necessarily interested in what is smart or most judicious.  He is interested in what is most terrifying and morale destroying.  What did he care most about during the Battle of Endor?  The generator?  The Death Star?  The Imperial Fleet?  Crushing the Rebel Fleet?  No, he cared most about winning his prize apprentice, Luke Skywalker.  And in a pinch, destroying the Rebels on Endor would effectively further crush his morale and drive him closer to the Dark Side,

Wow, I'm accruing some Internet stalkers!  What have I gotten myself into? ;)

Most definitely!  I hope to include everything released.  Sorry it's taking so darn long, but I assure you I'm making progress, even if I'm not posting updates regularly.

It's being shared, bit by bit, on Facebook.  I've been downloading the videos.

The Affordable Health Care Act might also serve as a good analogy, especially the inability to opt out.

Hmmm...just watched it on the news, and now I know what Anctufaalb was thinking.  Earlier stories simply posted pictures, not video.  One picture was taken by my next door neighbor, whose name is indeed impossible to pronounce.  Mine is a little difficult, but not terribly so.  The 5:00 news showed video that actually mentioned my name and showed my good lookin' face.  Sorry to all who missed it.  It was a treat, I tell ya.  I'm better looking than I realized!

AntcuFaalb said:

doubleofive said:

 

AntcuFaalb said:

darth_ender: You have the most impossible-to-pronounce last name.

Secrets revealed?

 

I don't want to invade more of his privacy than I already have. ^_^

Somehow I'm not surprised that you're the one who bothered to figure it out ;)  Yes, it's a little tricky.  I wouldn't quite call it impossible, though. :D

Funny comments, especially the "pushed out the window" one :D  It's a small city with few tall buildings, certainly none where I live.  He was chased and cornered in our yard by officials, who were especially zealous in capturing him because he was so near the elementary school.  He's safe now.  They released him in the wild somewhere.  I got on the Tucson news.  I'm not too keen in revealing more about me than I already have (I've shared a lot here, really), but I'm sure Tyrphanax, if he watches the news, would get a view of my handsome mug if he wanted to.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151787937824576

This is one of the best things to see.  "Obi-Wan would have told you long ago, had I let him."  Obi-Wan isn't the liar!  Yoda is!  That should go in ROTJ:R!

Ronster said:

Perhaps if the Death star kept Shooting down a few more capital ships whilst they were trying to destroy it that would go some way to fixing the lack of tension of what was causing them to potentially lose the battle.

I do like this idea.  I also really wish that we would see the order to destroy Endor from the Emperor, as well as Jerjerrod following that last order.  I think that drastically adds to the tension, especially with proper music and color correction.  I did include a rough job of this in my signature in part 4, and I think it works well in concept.

Bingowings said:

I imagine they weren't firing at full strength so they could fire faster or something.

Destroying a large capital ship with a single blast must be useful in a combat situation like the one in the film.

It would be fun if there was more than one focusing dish this time so the station didn't have to wait so long for the target to get into range.

This is exactly right.  If you've got a weapon with variable firepower, it could serve even better as a weapon.  What good is an elephant gun with one round when you're facing a flock of carnivorous chickens?  Better to have a gun that can fire repeatedly and accurately against small enemies as well as big targets.

Wait, is Bingowings defending something from ROTJ???

ALLOL.  My wife laughed at that one too.  We were getting the kids ready for school with the abnormally loud yelling and struggling because they didn't want to go today.  Next thing we know, we get a call from the police station telling us to stay inside.  We look out the window and there are a bunch of police cars and cops in the front yard we hadn't noticed, who had probably heard our morning struggle.  They got on our next door neighbor's roof and shot a few tranquilizer darts into him.  It took several to take him down, but they spaced them out every few minutes, presumably so as not to overdose the bear.  I guess they had been chasing him since earlier in the morning, as he was reported in our neighborhood, and he ultimately took refuge in our tree.  We had to call the school to let them know why we were late (response: "Oh, you have the bear in your tree), and we just waited till he was knocked out and they put him in a cage and took him away.  They also locked down the school and wouldn't let anyone out till the bear had been shipped away.  Ironically, my sons' teacher's husband was one of the policemen who saved the day.  So I'm sure my boys and their teacher will enjoy chatting about our little adventure this morning.

*SPOILER REVIEW OF THE MOVIE IN COMPARISON TO THE BOOK*

You both summed it up for me.  I enjoyed it and I feel they kept the main moral premises, but it was too rushed.  It might have been better to pull a Harry Potter stunt and split it into two movies.  But with what they had, one of my biggest grievances was the travel to the Formic (some might use the term bugger) colony world while they were keeping an eye on the homeworld.  We were not so powerful.  We had an inferior fleet that had left years and years before, and all battles were real.  I'm not even sure if such was the case in this movie.  In the book, Ender fought the Formics back across several worlds, but in the movie, I'm unsure if all the other battles were real, or if all but the last were simulations.  How did they get to the alien world so quickly?  Traveling at supralight speeds was not possible in the Enderverse (as it currently is not in the real universe) except when a method to exit this dimension and return was discovered thousands of years later.  Even traveling near light speed, it would have taken decades, yet there was no time dilation, an important aspect of the Ender stories as well.  Without that, it seems that while the movie left the story open much as the book did, it's altered the nature of the universe so drastically as to preclude the possibility of future films (not that I think it would be wise to adapt Speaker for the Dead or any others anyway).

Hmmm...que mas?  Oh yes, it was disappointing not to see more of Ender's battles.  I really think it would have been better to split it, because Ender is brilliant, and we don't see enough of it in the movie.  He just seems like a notch above the rest, not the incredible genius he truly is.  It would have been good to have a whole film devoted to battle school and his fights in the battle room, with a second devoted to command school and his exhaustion and dreams with the "simulations."

Still, it was a beautiful movie to watch, still taught the same lessons, and the battle room we did see was fun.  Just wishing there was more.  I don't mean to be harsh because overall I enjoyed it.  I just felt it was weaker than it should have been.

There's a bear in my tree.

I'm not kidding.

I live pretty deep in my little city.  How the heck did he get there???

Well, I didn't expect it to get even this many posts.  I'm content to let it die, as I was in the beginning.

I've got better options than merely taking Erica's advice.