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#1224495
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Episode IX: The Rise Of Skywalker - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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TVā€™s Frink said:

SilverWook said:

We have a forum for such things.
https://originaltrilogy.com/discussion/Feedback-Forum/id/5

Iā€™m pretty sure, based on past responses, it would be a waste of time.

Because there have been no updates & improvements of late, right?

Though I seem to recall Jay has seemingly addressed a lot of issues in there, yes?
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It still doesnā€™t mean this is the new Feedback thread - take any suggestions, grumblings, and ermā€¦ feedback to where SilverWook linked to.

Stay on topic please folks - thank you šŸ˜ƒ

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#1224492
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Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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DominicCobb said:

NFBisms said:

In a movie where Luke Skywalker of all people is presented as a jaded cynic - I donā€™t think Holdo is supposed to be perceived as in the right over Poe, fwiw.

Poe is a brash hotshot, sure, but donā€™t overthink it - Holdo as a leader definitely made huge mistakes. Everyone is at fault for what happens, but thatā€™s partly why TLJ is so good to me. Itā€™s been said to death, but the movie proposes this question specifically about what defines a hero, and Holdo isnā€™t exempt from that scrutiny imo.

Exactly. This is a film about failure. At no point are we supposed to believe that Holdo is a perfect, immaculate leader - in fact we purposefully spend most of the movie being lead to believe the opposite. Whatā€™s important when they flip the script is that Holdoā€™s heart was in the right place in regards to ā€œsavingā€ not ā€œfighting.ā€

Seems pretty much spot on to me.

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#1224337
Topic
Facepalms, Fist pumps, Whatever Faces, Don't Care Meters, Angry Faces, Crotch Kicks, Crying Faces, STFU, Deal With It, Derps, Oh Snap, Double Takes, and So On...(NSFW Language Advisory)
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Mrebo said:

Ah, man - thatā€™s now the voice and style of delivery when Iā€™ll be reading your posts in the future šŸ˜ƒ

(with an ā€˜Ice Ice Babyā€™ at the end of every post. Word to your mother.)

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#1224332
Topic
The Jolly Death Star Herald (post positive news articles in here)
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https://twitter.com/WeLoveDogsUSA/status/1016407864720674816

https://twitter.com/nowthisnews/status/1004834885519806464 (with a 2 minute video)

ā€˜Studies show dogs prevent more burglaries than guns ā€” so this campaign wants you to swap your gun for a shelter dogā€™

^ from the ever-brilliant Mark Hamillā€™s twitter page - https://twitter.com/HamillHimself

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#1224269
Topic
Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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Collipso said:

iā€™m only one minute in and heā€™s already bashing everyone that doesnā€™t like the movie and saying that we donā€™t like it simply because our theories were wrong. thatā€™s simply not true, i liked rey being a nobody, but i wish we had more information on Snoke to help bridge the 30 year gap and how we went from ā€˜RIP the empireā€™ to ā€˜RIP the rebelsā€™ with a new extremely powerful emperor. weā€™re two movies in already and we have no idea why the galaxy is in the state itā€™s in, and Snokeā€™s ā€œbackstoryā€ could help with that.

Yeah, youā€™re not going to get an explanation and info you seek from a video like that above, or likely many other fan opinion videos.

Even for more in-depth info for the Original Trilogy we had to wait years until the Prequels - or read books and comics sometime after the release of the OT. The same will likely happen for Snoke too - book and comics filling his backstory - though may be the new animated series or perhaps the new live action action tv series will give you the answers / more info.

I think HelloGreedo made some good points about that, in this video, here (3 and bit mins long):-

ā€˜Missing Links, Star Wars Minutiae, and the Sequel Trilogy - [MORNING COFFEE]ā€™ā€¦

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzZzyOejH34

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As to ā€˜iā€™m only one minute in and heā€™s already bashing everyone that doesnā€™t like the movieā€™ā€¦ I did say the title of the video was likely referring to those those (somewhat over-emotionally) criticising it - mainly vloggers & youtubers etc, and contains a guyā€™s opinion in addressing some of their complaints.

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#1224252
Topic
World Cup 2018
Time

ā€˜The Best of the Quarter-Finals!ā€™ video, from FIFAā€¦

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXuP661DSCo

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Iā€™d like to compliment the camera operators at the World Cup so far - some great shots of the crowd enjoying themselves - thankfully usually shown when the ball is not in play! šŸ˜ƒ

Not just of ermā€¦ attractive women, but also images like thisā€¦


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#1224240
Topic
Episode VIII : The Last Jedi - Discussion * <strong><em>SPOILER THREAD</em></strong> *
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ā€˜The Last Jedi is amazing and you are all insane.ā€™

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXCLJp541Pw

^ Someoneā€™s opinion on the film (Maj0r Lee) - has some decent insights and viewpoints that havenā€™t really been delved into much before (which is somewhat surprising - given the endless repetitive nature of debate on TLJ).

It also addresses some of the criticisms of the film - which is a strange surreal watch (and humourous), given the claims and emotions by some of those criticising it (mainly vloggers & youtubers etc - whom seem to be the people being referred to in the title of his video).

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#1224217
Topic
Memorial Day here in the U.S.
Time

dclarkg said:

I salute the 27 million Soviets that died in WWII and defeated the Nazi War Machine!

Raboche-krestā€™yanskaya Krasnaya armiya

WAIT! WRONG COUNTRY!

Sorry folks

Victory Day! (9th May?)

Jedit: Yes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Day_(9_May)

Respect and remembrance to all those who fought (not just on the battlefield) to defeat the Nazis & Axis Powers in World War Two.
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#1224216
Topic
College Football
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A question re college football (and probably a wider American football discussion) - what happens to those that donā€™t progress to the pro-leagues? Are there amateur leagues, or local leagues in which teams play? (people who may not be ā€˜goodā€™ at it - though just enjoy playing), Social games even?

Or do people just stop playing? Take up another sport or do something else?

There seems to be many courts around for basketball, and you only really need a patch of grass and some ā€˜jumpers for goalpostsā€™ for soccer - yet what of Amercian football?

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#1224215
Topic
Nostalgia Thread
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Saw a packet of these for sale yesterdayā€¦

Used to love these as a kid - most kids around us did too. The corner shop would often sell out (handily located around the corner from the school - doing a cracking trade of sugary goodness).

I mistakenly thought jawbreakers had been banned selling them 25+ years ago - man, those fireballs were hot - probably the reason why I thought they stopped selling them - or were banned - plus all the sugar, artificial colouring and flavourings etc šŸ˜ƒ

Fireball, sour, original and fruit flavoursā€¦ mouthā€¦ youā€™re about to go on a nostalgia trip šŸ˜ƒ
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#1224214
Topic
Religion
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ā€˜The church brutalised Ireland. People have a right to protest the popeā€™s visitā€™ā€¦

Irelandā€™s political leaders are calling protests against Pope Francisā€™s visit ā€˜pettyā€™. Have they forgotten the decades of abuse?

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/09/catholic-church-ireland-pope-francis-visit-abuse

^ as ever with The Guardian - sources, events and information are linked to in the article itself.

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On the topic of the Catholic Church blaming the victims for abuse:-

ā€˜The Catholic church must stop blaming victims: children cannot consent to sexā€™ā€¦

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/24/catholic-church-victim-blaming-children-consent-sex-abuse

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ā€˜Catholic Church claimed child sex abuse victims ā€˜consentedā€™ā€™ā€¦

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/catholic-church-sex-abuse-paedophile-criminal-injuries-compensation-scheme-victim-support-sexual-a7903396.html

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#1224123
Topic
Retro Gaming - a general discussion thread
Time

Beholdā€¦

The C64 Mini!

https://thec64.com/ & https://thec64.com/games/ (there are 64 built-in games - though you can add more)
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A review by ā€˜TheRealCatGoneCrazyā€™ - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWfuO6LYRfY

IGNā€™s review - http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/03/30/the-c64-mini-review

Guardian review - https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/mar/28/c64-commodore-64-mini-review-everyones-a-wally-boulder-dash-speedball
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Ā£64 seems a bit steep - may wait a little until it comes down in price. One for the core nostalgia buffs maybe?

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#1224085
Topic
Taking a stand against toxic fandom (and other )
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SilverWook said:

oojason said:

Star Wars fandom hits new depths - a couple of days ago someone posted up ā€˜Rian Johnson had diedā€™ online - with the text of ā€˜Rian Johnson has been found dead this morning in his L.A home, details are still arising but suicide has yet to be ruled outā€™.

I donā€™t evenā€¦this is getting beyond sick. Whatever happened to Donā€™t give into hate?

As dysfunctional as it gets around here, itā€™s telling that projects are underway to preserve the theatrical TPM and even the 1997 Special Edition.

The lad who posted about Rian Johnson dying even knocked up an obituary picture with RIP and other text on it to go with his sick claim.
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Iā€™m somewhat surprised the 2/3 people in here whoā€™ve made inappropriate comments havenā€™t started their own ā€˜Continuing with The Toxic Fandom - Our Standā€™ type of threadā€¦ instead they try and derail and/or negate this thread, or give feeble hypocritical remarks or explanations as to why itā€™s okay to do - that itā€™s fun - thatā€™s itā€™s actually pathetic someone is actually hurt or affected by them (ā€˜victim blamingā€™?)ā€¦ almost like they didnā€™t think much at all.

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#1224084
Topic
Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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yoda-sama said:

oojason said:

BrightestDayFan2814 said:

Harmy said:

It seems heā€™s just a kid and English may not be his first language. Iā€™m sure he meant well but he kept commenting on every single one of the pictures in my ESB comparison albums saying variations of:
ā€œThis Shot Needs To Replace With 35mm Print Scan (Team-1) or Poitaā€™s 35mm 4k scan For The Empire Strikes Back Despecialized v2.5ā€

and he kept at it even after I replied a few times with:

ā€œI know youā€™re probably trying to be helpful here but all youā€™re doing is spamming my email (I get a notification every time someone comments) because I know very well which shots need to be replaced using 35mm sources - all of them. Thereā€™s no reason to use old standard definition sources in the new versions any more and all shots need to be redone, since the next versions will be 1080p.ā€

So, I ended up blocking him from commenting.

Ok, Ok, Fine, I Will Stop

Could you explain you posting this as a reply to what Harmy wrote? I donā€™t get it.

Are you implying anything he said around it made sense to you?

Hopefully, heā€™ll start making sense soon, mate. Very soon.

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#1224060
Topic
Harmy's STAR WARS Despecialized Edition HD - V2.7 - MKV (Released)
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BrightestDayFan2814 said:

Harmy said:

It seems heā€™s just a kid and English may not be his first language. Iā€™m sure he meant well but he kept commenting on every single one of the pictures in my ESB comparison albums saying variations of:
ā€œThis Shot Needs To Replace With 35mm Print Scan (Team-1) or Poitaā€™s 35mm 4k scan For The Empire Strikes Back Despecialized v2.5ā€

and he kept at it even after I replied a few times with:

ā€œI know youā€™re probably trying to be helpful here but all youā€™re doing is spamming my email (I get a notification every time someone comments) because I know very well which shots need to be replaced using 35mm sources - all of them. Thereā€™s no reason to use old standard definition sources in the new versions any more and all shots need to be redone, since the next versions will be 1080p.ā€

So, I ended up blocking him from commenting.

Ok, Ok, Fine, I Will Stop

Could you explain you posting this as a reply to what Harmy wrote? I donā€™t get it.