And cue car horns. Gonna be a noisy night.
Good luck sleeping Warb.
Don’t burn your city down.
Don’t listen to dahmage, warb. Do what you want to do. 😉
The trailer for the new Cloverfield looks like the newer Alien movies. 😕
I’m watchin’ tomorrow night though.
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HAHA! And a turnover at the end?? Wow!
I’m incapable of seeing Woody Harrelson without thinking of Woody Boyd.
+1 (that’s not to say I’m against seeing Boyd in space though 😉 )
So, do you thing there will be any controversy with the truck ad using MLK’s voice? I’m thinking some will think MLK shouldn’t be used for ads.
On a similar note, how do we feel about Timberlake using the Prince footage?
I really found it distasteful, but can’t put “why?” into words.
It was the best bit of the performance though. I found the whole thing unusually dull.
Yes. I’m excited.
Mark’s Down On Your Syntax said:
Here’s an article about a new episode of TNG written using a specially programmed predictive text. There’s a link in there to the entire thing too.
Fascinating and hilarious!
This is awesome! Hilarious! My favorite bit is
The holodeck becomes intensely Hawaiian. Security bears enter. They look good.
JEDIT- reading the whole episode now. It’s SO good!
Geordie- Computer, locate a big thing of chips.
Gross! And ALLOL!
My Lady had no idea about this. Just saw the ad and said "So they’re really making the Little Kid Han Solo movie?!?"
Made me laugh.
I don’t like the “suppress you emotions” thing either.
I’m referring to “Once you start down the dark path, consume you it will.” Not “Don’t you dare get mad”. (that’s probably not a direct PT quote).
Being scared or mad is ok. Using the force for personal gain is not.
I forget sometimes that these waters have gotten so muddy.
The title of this thread is pretty self explanatory. Personally I would love to see a Force wielder who practices the dark side but isn’t necessarily evil, whether it’s an individual or a group, I think it would be interesting to see that not all darksiders are interested in conquest and destruction.
You don’t play the Darkside, it pays you.
How much? I’m in if the money’s good.
(D’oh!) It pay’s you in hatred.
But Han is a ~ main character ~
Doesn’t matter. Lando did the right thing and could have saved Han if the other heroes woulda’ let him.
Even if Han died, Lando did the right thing.
If we get to Jedi and Han is complaining “Lando! You risked my life to save hundreds of others! HOW COULD YOU!?” Han would no longer a character I care for at all. Fortunately, that’s not the case.I know. I was being facetious.
Well, you are one a the good ones!
But it really is a pet peeve. And most people do seem to think Lando did the wrong thing and should have been punished in some way. Such a shallow reading of what was going on.
That had me laughin’! Good one!
^ Can’t argue with that.
ps. Ray_Afraid just go see the movie that we’ve all been discussing for the past 200 pages!! It wont change the world, but it’s a good time at the cinema.
I’m not against the movie at all, I just have no desire to see it.
I don’t like going to the movies. I don’t like being surrounded by strangers and their coughing (always coughing!) and, most importantly, I’m just not interested in the movie.
I find the conversations interesting because I’ve been a member of this site for nearly a decade and most of the regulars here are my buddies.
I might watch at home someday, but then, maybe I won’t.
The title of this thread is pretty self explanatory. Personally I would love to see a Force wielder who practices the dark side but isn’t necessarily evil, whether it’s an individual or a group, I think it would be interesting to see that not all darksiders are interested in conquest and destruction.
This would go against what we know about the nature of the Force. The dark path will lead you to doing things you didn’t originally intend. Conquest and destruction come with the package whether it’s wanted or not. You don’t play the Darkside, it pays you.
I wasn’t writing them off, I was trying to say the traditional movie critic who had a journalistic background or came out of the movie industry seems a rare breed these days.
There were plenty of critics I couldn’t stand back in the day. There was at least one who seemed to enjoy trashing Star Wars regularly. Probably pulling their hair out now if they’re still around. 😉
OOH! Have ya seen the video of Siskel & Ebert defending ROTJ against some fool? It’s great! 😄
Here it is
Mrebo, it’s a false equivalency.
There are those online who have declared The Last Jedi a box office turkey, and yes it has performed significantly worse than The Force Awakens did.
However - this false equivalency fails to note that The Force Awakens was the 3rd highest grossing movie of all time. The Last Jedi has in fact already earned a staggering $1.3 billion and is one of the top ten most successful movies of all time.
There are those who have declared that The Last Jedi is a bad SW movie, nowhere near as good as Empire Strikes Back.
However - this false equivalency fails to note that Empire Strikes Back was recently voted the best movie of all time by Empire magazine. Naturally, comparing any movie to the best movie of all time is always going to result in it appearing second rate.
Compare like for like. Compare The Last Jedi (2017) to the other films released for family audiences in 2017. That’s fair, that’s sensible, that’s equivalent. It doesn’t ‘skew’ the results to create a false narrative. It gives a genuine picture of the quality when measured against its peers (which are exactly the like of Pirates Of The Carribean, Justice League, and Transformers The Last Knight).
This is one of the reasons why we still need professional critics. People who can be trusted, unlike youtubers, to have seen a lot of films and possess an understanding of where the benchmark line is set.
Who are the prominent movie critics today? The rise of internet guy with blog and opinions seems to have eroded the power critics once had. It was pretty much Siskel & Ebert for me when I was younger, plus a local reviewer or two on tv.
The blurbs that adorn ads and video boxes these days tend to be people I’ve never heard of.
There are youtubers with the same qualifications as Siskel & Ebert. Just because the format and demeanor is different is no reason to write them off.
There are also many blow-hards, but that’s always been the case.
It’s all just opinions anyways. Critics should never hold any “power”.
It’s weird that Han doesn’t even mention it though, let’s be honest.
Totally disagree. It would take me right out of the movie, no matter where you put the scene. Tetris doesn’t belong in Star Wars.
Collipso are you the guy who has refused to watch The Last Jedi or is that ray_afraid? I thought I read somewhere back in the thread that one of you guys hasn’t even watched the film?
I haven’t seen it. I haven’t “refused” to see it, I just don’t care to.
Why you crack posting in this thread then?
I have no idea what that means.
Collipso are you the guy who has refused to watch The Last Jedi or is that ray_afraid? I thought I read somewhere back in the thread that one of you guys hasn’t even watched the film?
I haven’t seen it. I haven’t “refused” to see it, I just don’t care to.
But Han is a ~ main character ~
Doesn’t matter. Lando did the right thing and could have saved Han if the other heroes woulda’ let him.
Even if Han died, Lando did the right thing.
If we get to Jedi and Han is complaining “Lando! You risked my life to save hundreds of others! HOW COULD YOU!?” Han would no longer a character I care for at all. Fortunately, that’s not the case.I know. I was being facetious.
Well, you are one a the good ones!
But it really is a pet peeve. And most people do seem to think Lando did the wrong thing and should have been punished in some way. Such a shallow reading of what was going on.Just how the main characters misread it!
Right! But they eventually realized that he was a true hero. Still waiting for the fanbase to do that. 😉
Last thing I watched was a documentary about Tetris. it’s really great!
Much love to everyone in this thread.
I can only echo this.
I really do wish the best for all of you and I really do believe that we can all kill our demons eventually. Stay strong, friends. Stiff upper lip.
But Han is a ~ main character ~
Doesn’t matter. Lando did the right thing and could have saved Han if the other heroes woulda’ let him.
Even if Han died, Lando did the right thing.
If we get to Jedi and Han is complaining “Lando! You risked my life to save hundreds of others! HOW COULD YOU!?” Han would no longer a character I care for at all. Fortunately, that’s not the case.I know. I was being facetious.
Well, you are one a the good ones!
But it really is a pet peeve. And most people do seem to think Lando did the wrong thing and should have been punished in some way. Such a shallow reading of what was going on.
But Han is a ~ main character ~
Doesn’t matter. Lando did the right thing and could have saved Han if the other heroes woulda’ let him.
Even if Han died, Lando did the right thing.
If we get to Jedi and Han is complaining “Lando! You risked my life to save hundreds (thousands?) of others! HOW COULD YOU!?” Han would no longer a character I care for at all. Fortunately, that’s not the case.