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bromeo said:

Harloff has been mentioning / speculating Kenobi as the “next-in-line” for a stand-alone movie for quite some time. Now he better start mentioning a Netflix series about the Old Republic every week and we’ll get one in no time!

Haven’t most people been mentioning it as next in line? I’ve not heard anyone seriously mention anything other than an Obi-Wan movie, except for the madmen that are clamoring for Boba Fett movie.

Also, why a Netflix series?

Tobar said:

Yikes. Between that notorious poster, and now this, poor Spidey’s had it pretty rough.

SilverWook said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

I just watched TNG S7E13 “Homeward” and Worf dealing with his human brother was more interesting to me than anything he’s ever done with the rest of the Klingons.

Is that the one with a planet whose atmosphere is dissipating and Picard won’t do crap to save the inhabitants because Prime Directive? Kirk would have found a way. 😉

Yes it is, and yes he would have.

I just watched TNG S7E13 “Homeward” and Worf dealing with his human brother was more interesting to me than anything he’s ever done with the rest of the Klingons.

doubleofive said:

I never imagined Isaacs would hold back, this is great. He’s not wrong, people are complaining about the stitching on the uniforms before ever seeing an episode. And calling “Orville” the true successor to Trek? Let’s see how many dick jokes MacFarlane can fit into the pilot first.

I’ve done my fair share of complaining and nitpicking, but I agree with the general sentiment here, at least with the latter part.

darthrush said:

Hiya there my fellow millennials. Oh wait, where’s my Ipad?

Fake millenial! A real millenial would know it’s spelled iPad, not Ipad!

I tend to stay out of this thread, and political discussion in general. Not that I’m apathetic, I’m just not very comfortable in my opinions and am often genuinely scared of being wrong. Not today though. The president says that “some” people who are/ally themselves with white supremacists are “fine people.” I don’t say things like this often, but this is utter bullshit.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Dare I admit that I just saw “Captain Underpants” (?)

That depends, did you like it?

Having enjoyed some of the comic books in the past, I am even more embarrassed to admit that I did enjoy it. Some parts were overdone, but some parts were laugh out loud funny.

I’ll allow it.

Puggo - Jar Jar’s Yoda said:

Dare I admit that I just saw “Captain Underpants” (?)

That depends, did you like it?

Warbler said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

Warbler said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

*Some activities, such as homecoming court voting, are still bafflingly segregated.

at a public school? I can’t believe that is allowed. If it was, someone would sued it out of existence a long time ago.

No one has tried to sue.

Why? Where is the NAACP on this? This sounds like it would be an open and shut of case of discrimination.

Last I heard, local NAACP chapter is too busy trying to to get a street renamed after MLK (it already has an “honorary name” but I think they want a real name change? idk). Anyway, they don’t seem too worried about it right now.

Has school district made any argument as to how this is not a violation of the Constitution?

Current policy is to have everyone vote on both a Minority ballot and Majority ballot, alternating years between which winner is actually the homecoming queen regardless of who actually got more votes. There’s been no mention of the constitution, but this is the defense the board secretary offered last year:

"Either we do it how we’re doing it and that ensures that everybody is happy or we go to the student body electing whomever they want to be the queen and that could be a white girl every year,”

which shows a complete lack of faith in us students, who have been calling for change for years, so it seems that probably wouldn’t be the case.

Warbler said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

*Some activities, such as homecoming court voting, are still bafflingly segregated.

at a public school? I can’t believe that is allowed. If it was, someone would sued it out of existence a long time ago.

No one has tried to sue. A petition was brought to the school board last year, but I don’t think it went anywhere. If nothing’s changed this year, I’ll try to organize a boycott of the vote. I’d link to some articles about it, but I don’t feel like giving away my exact location.

Powaqqatsi (1988)

Interesting, if not as impactful as its predecessor.

yhwx said:

CatBus said:

(many southern schools are still segregated, for the most part – the white kids just switched to private schools).

Interesting. I thought the consensus was that northern, more urban schools were actually more segregated than the southern ones.

I live in the south and I’d say that the schools are fairly well integrated. But I’m just one dummy on the Internet.

I’m a southerner currently in high school (my senior year begins tomorrow) and my school is pretty integrated*, but I have friends all over the state whose schools have very few minorities at all. Then again, my town might just have more minorities than theirs, idk.

*Some activities, such as homecoming court voting, are still bafflingly segregated.

Koyaanisqatsi (1983) dir. Godfrey Reggio

Why yes, I did just watch this less than two months ago. Difference is then was in an auditorium full of 400 loud teenagers in incredibly sqeaky chairs watching a DVD, and this time was in the solitude of my bedroom watching Criterion’s Blu Ray. Needless to say, these were vastly different viewing experiences.

This film is hypnotic, beautiful, and a bit unnerving. I love it.

Another point for the Nazi thing, marchers were reported as chanting things like “Jews will not replace us,” and, of course:

yhwx said:

darthrush said:

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DominicCobb said:

darthrush said:

DominicCobb said:

This is the kind of thing I always talk about. No one wants to admit they’re wrong, no one likes to be less than perfect.

Everybody has biases. This is just true. The sooner we can all recognize that the sooner we can move forward. Everybody does or says things that could be considered racist. Whether that makes them a “racist” or not is just semantics. Personally, I’d say no, but getting caught up on the word is just missing the point.

The left saying that everybody can be racist doesn’t make them assholes, it just means they’re willing to put aside pride to expose a deeper, challenging truth. It doesn’t make them self righteous, it just makes them people who want to try to be better.

The left doesn’t claim that everyone can be racist. That is not even disputable. Of course a human can be racist.

The issue is when the left condemns all white people of a collective predujice based upon their race. That is racism. And white people who “admit” to their sins are not trying to improve. It’s pointless virtue signaling. And that’s the foundation of so many leftists counter arguments. “You just don’t care about poor people!” “You just don’t care about black people!”

It’s all a competition to see who can be more “accepting” and “culturally sensitive”.

Only the loud, stupidest voices are doing that (the real goal is much more nuanced and much more pervasive. We are all capable of racism, and, whether we’d like to admit it or not, we are all racist to some extent at some point or another).

To say that this is what the left is doing is to essentially commit the same sin of oversimplification, generalization, and vilification that you are accusing them of.

That’s why I make a distinction between classical liberals and the left. The loud stupid ones are of the left. I appreciate people like you who are reasonable about their ideas and don’t want to repress speech.

I’m sorry if you thought I was associating you with the left, it was not my intention.

So… what am I?

I guess your nothing according to your post concerning labels.

That’s the goal.

Lord Haseo said:

Fandom on the Internet [Star Wars]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6BmVIFRdoA

The ad that I had to watch before this video was for antidepressants, and that somehow just feels so right.

DuracellEnergizer said:

So, plans are underway to make another film adaptation of Dune.

Yep, from Arrival director Denis Villeneuve, so I love the movie automatically.

Jeebus said:

This might be in poor taste. Very poor taste, actually. Who thought this was a good idea?

Isn’t Sheen a 9/11 truther? I seem to remember hearing his name tied to conspiracy theory nonsense.

^But is that his title or his species?

Had a dream where myself and a friend of mine were ensigns on the Enterprise-D and discovered that Worf was trying to kidnap gay people and send them to the Klingon Empire for some reason. There’s more to it, but I’m not sure to to explain the rest.

Also, Luke has definitely eaten a porg, unless he went vegetarian/vegan or is a Level 12 Force® User™ and doesn’t need food. They might not show that on screen, but if they get too cute in the movie, I’ll just think of Luke eating one.

SilverWook said:

suspiciouscoffee said:

These Snoke guards look kinda goofy…

…I love it.

Reminds me of this.

The circle is now complete?

Batman and Wonder Woman also got costume-related rewards, but I don’t remember exactly what those were. I think Diana started in the new movie costume. Maybe she got stars put on the skirt? Idk.