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#1127209
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Disney to buy 20th (21st) Century Fox? (Disney has now bought them - 14 Dec '17)
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Fang Zei said:

Not that it really matters (as evidenced most recently by Thor: Ragnarok), but I wonder why Universal will always own the release rights to any future standalone Hulk film.

Did Marvel completely sell them off at some point?

Is it different from the situation with F4 where Fox needs to make another movie every several years?

I found this article on Hulk that should help:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes/2015/06/19/details-of-marvels-hulk-film-rights-fans-can-relax-about-sequel/

Looks like Universal lost the character by not making Ang Lee’s Hulk 2, but they managed to keep the right of first refusal for distribution, which means Disney would share some profits with Universal on MCU Hulk standalone movies.

As opposed to Fox, which keeps making F4 movies to keep the characters.

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#1123795
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Star Wars "Official" Canon Content Thread
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joefavs said:

So I just read the mouse droid story in FaCPoV. Is Tarkin canonically gay now? Was that nameless officer someone else like Motti or Tagge? It had to be someone that high up, and all signs seemed to point to Tarkin. I’m totally down with the recent push for inclusivity in SW media, but making the creepy mass murdering Nazi-inspired villain gay feels like kind of a retrograde trope.

The voice actor in the audiobook definitely does a Tarkin impression. And his room number is “G[rand]M[off]-1”. It is odd, trope-wise, and seems to have gone under the radar completely. There’s an article on the fact that Bea Arthur’s character from the HS is a lesbian, but nothing on Tarkin.

There’s way too many contradictions and just silly stories in the collection for it ALL to be canon.

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#1123722
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Random Thoughts
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moviefreakedmind said:

I’d never heard any of this, but as I mentioned earlier I find Spacey’s reaction really disturbing. I try to be objective in situations of a single accuser going after a Hollywood star for a crime committed decades earlier, but this doesn’t look good for Spacey.

People accusing Spacey of being sexually aggressive is nothing new. It’s just that this time he admitted it could have happened.

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#1123421
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All Things Star Trek
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moviefreakedmind said:

He was pretty evil in TOS when you think about it and take him literally. He was a human trafficker after all.

The guy who has one robot peacefully take over a ship then maroon the crew on a planet where every need of theirs will be met (and is defeated by pantomime) is the same guy who

goes out of his way to murder members of the crew of a starship as many times as possible, then destroying the ship on the off chance he’ll be able to commit the perfect crime

is just jarring to me.

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#1122155
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STAR WARS: EP VI -RETURN OF THE JEDI &quot;REVISITED EDITION&quot;<strong>ADYWAN</strong> - ** PRODUCTION HAS NOW RESTARTED **
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Editroid said:

DuracellEnergizer said:

Ah, yes, “reasons”.

  1. Jedi use Ilum crystals, which only come in blue and green. Sith use synthetic crystals, which only come in red.
  2. Jedi sentinels use blue crystals while Jedi consulars use green.
  3. Kyber crystal colours reflect the affiliation/temperament of their users.

Blah blah blah bullshit.

Aesthetics and symbolism are the only valid reasons for any lightsaber colour.

How is it “bullshit”?

Because like most Legends canon, it’s trying to attribute a logical reason to things Lucas randomly decided because he liked the way it looked. 1 makes some sense, which I think is what nuCanon says, but the other two are trying to establish rules that the movies themselves don’t follow. See also: Lightsaber Fighting Styles.

But none of this is relevant for this edit.

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#1122151
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Idea: Star Wars Infinities; The Rise Of Emperor Vader
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LordZerome1080 said:

doubleofive said:

LordZerome1080 said:

SparkySywer said:

Hymen Gotantouag

There are so many questions I have about this name.

Such as?

I imagine if you googled the first name there, you’d be enlightened.

The name is actually European in origin but has gained a sexual definition.

Then it’s probably a bad idea to have a character named that.

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#1122144
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The Stephen King Thread
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DuracellEnergizer said:

I consider King one of my favourite authors, though I haven’t read most of his novels; I pretty much became a fan through his short story collections.

Same here. I’ve read his older short story collections multiple times (I think I’ve read them all but The Bazaar of Bad Dreams), but haven’t read many of the “required” novels. There’s something about the way he can build a whole world you can understand in just a few pages, but sometimes I find his novel output to be too much of a good thing.

I guess I’ve read

  • The Stand (extended)
  • The Dark Tower (1-4)
  • Cycle of the Werewolf
  • The Talisman
  • The Eyes of the Dragon
  • The Tommyknockers
  • The Dark Half
  • Needful Things
  • Dolores Claiborne
  • Insomnia
  • The Green Mile
  • Desperation
  • The Regulators
  • Bag of Bones
  • The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
  • Lisey’s Story (didn’t finish)
  • Duma Key
  • Under the Dome (didn’t finish)

Looking at the bibliography, I guess I ended up reading almost all of his 90’s output. That’s probably because my mom would read the books then let me read them. As a homeschooled Christian high schooler, I was always shocked by that.