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#1047172
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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TV’s Frink said:

I’m curious what one of the few sane pro-gun people I know (Tyr) thinks about this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2017/02/15/republicans-in-congress-just-made-it-easier-for-mentally-ill-people-to-get-guns/?utm_term=.7ba74facde16

I’ve been (stupidly) assuming that this was part of some larger bill that was actually sensical, but no, the gun lobbies are just worried about old mentally ill people who can legally not handle their own finances being able to buy guns.

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#1046940
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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Mocata said:

It’s … tinny? For lack of a better word. The brass isn’t deep enough and the lighter percussion is too loud. The SW logo is too big as well grumble grumble. It all just looks bold or a similar but wider typeface. Maybe I am just insane though.

Edit: or maybe not … https://medium.com/@FixTheCrawl/the-force-awakens-misses-the-mark-on-the-oldest-star-wars-tradition-ccb37f727872#.t5e8vhqrt

That’s just someone complaining about them changing the font back to ANH/ESB.

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#1046911
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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Ignore this is Cosmo for some reason:

http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8878322/trum-racism-question-electoral-college/

Reporter: Since your election campaign, and even after your victory, we’ve seen a sharp rise in anti-semitic incidents across the United States. And I wonder what do you say to those among the Jewish community in the States and in Israel, and maybe around the world, who believe and feel that your administration is playing with xenophobia and maybe racist tones?

Trump: I just want to say that we are very honored by the victory that we had. 306 electoral college votes. We were not supposed to crack 220. [to Netanyahu] You know that, right? There was no way to 221. But then they said there’s no way to 270. And there’s tremendous enthusiasm out there. I will say that we are going to have peace in this country.

He then goes on to babble about how all violence is bad and he knows Jewish people.

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#1046906
Topic
The Unofficial Complete REVISITED SAGA Ideas and Random Discussion Thread
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Canon Editor said:

Does anyone have any idea on how Adywan and his team will treat the “a lightsaber… a Jedi weapon” dialogue phrase for the Prequels? Is there any way Palpatine will not use a lightsaber but only the Force in his duel against Mace Windu?

I believe neither Yoda nor Palpatine will have lightsabers. Especially not fight one another.

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#1046846
Topic
Politics 2: Electric Boogaloo
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The fake news media is going crazy with their conspiracy theories and blind hatred. @MSNBC & @CNN are unwatchable. @foxandfriends is great!

This Russian connection non-sense is merely an attempt to cover-up the many mistakes made in Hillary Clinton’s losing campaign.

Information is being illegally given to the failing @nytimes & @washingtonpost by the intelligence community (NSA and FBI?).Just like Russia

Thank you to Eli Lake of The Bloomberg View - “The NSA & FBI…should not interfere in our politics…and is” Very serious situation for USA

Crimea was TAKEN by Russia during the Obama Administration. Was Obama too soft on Russia?

The real scandal here is that classified information is illegally given out by “intelligence” like candy. Very un-American!

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#1046833
Topic
General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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ATMachine said:

Probably a stupid question whose answer is already known, but humor me:

In Harmy’s Despecialized Edition of SW 1977, it’s clear that Luke and Obi-Wan’s lightsabers are the same shade of blue. However, for some reason in the GOUT transfer Luke’s blade appears white in the scene on the Millennium Falcon.

Is it possible that some elements from the original in-camera white lightsaber effects (also seen in the 1976 trailer) snuck into the Falcon training scene on the 1990s laserdisc release?

The in-camera effect was just a reflection, like safety vests on construction workers. The outer glow would have been a post-production effect, which the training scene has.

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#1046578
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Star Wars &quot;Official&quot; Canon Content Thread
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LuckyGungan2001 said:

I can’t find any Legends novels at my library except for a couple of Legacy of the Force, Fate of the Jedi and The Old Republic books, and the Darth Bane trilogy. Also, the Legends stuff I’ve read so far I’ve mostly liked.

The Thrawn trilogy is ok, but I’m not sure you need to read the Legends books before you read the new one. Though it is entirely possible that the new book fits into both canons, judging by its place in the timeline (pre-Rebels). Cause I’m sure Zahn can’t be arsed to care about there being a new canon.

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#1046275
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General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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DominicCobb said:

doubleofive said:

Mocata said:

The TFA Crawl colours and sound still feel weird to me. Maybe the typeface is slightly wrong?

TFA uses the same title font as A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. Return of the Jedi used a different font that they used throughout the prequels. The R’s are the biggest clues.

The color is fine. The theme recording does sound different.

As it should because it is a new recording unlike 2/3 of the PT crawls.

I haven’t caught this.

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#1046272
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Last movie seen
Time

John Wick

I know, I’m late the party, but here I am. The story was just deep enough for me to care, while having smooth-shot action that’s been lacking for years now.

7/10

LuckyGungan2001 said:

I watched both Wayne’s World films on TV. They’re both good, but I prefer the second one, as it takes more advantage of the fourth wall breaking and general silliness that populates the universe. I’d give them both a seven out of ten.

The second one also has Ralph Brown. I used to have his speech about getting Ozzy brown M&M’s memorized.

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#1046244
Topic
General Star Wars <strong>Random Thoughts</strong> Thread
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Mocata said:

The TFA Crawl colours and sound still feel weird to me. Maybe the typeface is slightly wrong?

TFA uses the same title font as A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. Return of the Jedi used a different font that they used throughout the prequels. The R’s are the biggest clues.

The color is fine. The theme recording does sound different.