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ungulateman: Apr 18, 2012; pretentious fuckwit who isn't half as literate or insightful or clever as he thinks he is

ah, the Mass Effect effect. (Mass effect?)

# ? Jan 22, 2021 04:24

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# ? Jun 4, 2024 16:35

The Bee: Nov 25, 2012; Making his way to the ring . . .
from Deep in the Jungle . . .

The Big Monkey!

Being stuck in the same trilogy made all three sequel movies worse, and its honestly heartbreaking.

# ? Jan 22, 2021 04:32

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

Schwarzwald posted:

I really don't think TFA was ever that great. It just had a dynamism that suggested it could be a part of a more enjoyable (and comprehensible) whole.

Now that the trilogy is complete, there's no hope of that.

Agreed, but I have to imagine all the empty mystery box stuff in TFA like snoke, knights of ren, rey's parents would make it especially hard to rewatch now

# ? Jan 22, 2021 04:57

ungulateman: Apr 18, 2012; pretentious fuckwit who isn't half as literate or insightful or clever as he thinks he is

it's very funny watching AMVs of star wars made by very passionate fans because they've managed to claw together the three minutes of footage from each film that is in alignment with their perspective (sometimes, not even that much, and they have to edit the footage to make it function) and turn it into something meaningful

# ? Jan 22, 2021 05:21

Vintersorg: Mar 3, 2004; President of
the Brendan Fraser
Fan Club

It was A New Hope for a good trilogy.

# ? Jan 22, 2021 06:33

Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

ungulateman posted:

it's very funny watching AMVs of star wars made by very passionate fans because they've managed to claw together the three minutes of footage from each film that is in alignment with their perspective (sometimes, not even that much, and they have to edit the footage to make it function) and turn it into something meaningful

The ones that try to make Reylo romantic are absolutely hysterical though

# ? Jan 22, 2021 06:57

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

They still make AMVs?

Are there still Linkin Park ones?

# ? Jan 22, 2021 07:39

Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

Ghost Leviathan posted:

They still make AMVs?

Are there still Linkin Park ones?

Primarily set to Numb, New Divide, and several to In The End

# ? Jan 22, 2021 08:50

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

Ghost Leviathan posted:

They still make AMVs?

Obligatory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC9oxYggxNA

# ? Jan 22, 2021 09:35

Larryb: Oct 5, 2010

Ghost Leviathan posted:

They still make AMVs?

Are there still Linkin Park ones?

Almost daily in fact.

# ? Jan 22, 2021 13:38

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

I assume that the macguffin in Episode X will by the lost flash drive of Kylo's AMVs (homemade and collected)

# ? Jan 22, 2021 17:59

Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

Ingmar terdman posted:

I assume that the macguffin in Episode X will by the lost flash drive of Kylo's AMVs (homemade and collected)

Kylo's mixtape has the power of the Suncrusher in music form

# ? Jan 22, 2021 18:12

Schwarzwald: Jul 27, 2004; Don't Blink

Vinylshadow posted:

The ones that try to make Reylo romantic are absolutely hysterical though

I have respect for the effort. Disney sure didn't make it easy for them.

# ? Jan 22, 2021 19:57

Roth: Jul 9, 2016

In honor of SMG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TomiJPtVL4w

# ? Jan 23, 2021 11:39

galagazombie: Oct 31, 2011; A silly little mouse!

ungulateman posted:

ah, the Mass Effect effect. (Mass effect?)

The first Mass Effect was actually a good game that works entirely as a self contained story though. All the unresolved plot hooks/promises of things for the sequels didn't subtract or interfere with the narrative. You can understand 100% of what is going on without ever even knowing there more Mass Effect games (and you'd be better off if you didn't). By the time the credits roll you know who everyone and everything is and what they're doing. It's entirely possible (had no sequels been made) that the ending had essentially ended the Reaper threat. All of these traits are shared by ANH.
The unanswered plot threads in TFA on the other hand are all necessary to understand what anything means. It's a story that only exists in relation to as yet non-existing sequels.

Schwarzwald posted:

I really don't think TFA was ever that great. It just had a dynamism that suggested it could be a part of a more enjoyable (and comprehensible) whole.

Now that the trilogy is complete, there's no hope of that.

I think a good way of looking at it is that TFA isn't actually a movie. TFA is a trailer. It is a 2 hour commercial for a new Star Wars trilogy.

# ? Jan 23, 2021 11:51

Ghost Leviathan: Mar 2, 2017; Exploration is ill-advised.

galagazombie posted:

The first Mass Effect was actually a good game that works entirely as a self contained story though. All the unresolved plot hooks/promises of things for the sequels didn't subtract or interfere with the narrative. You can understand 100% of what is going on without ever even knowing there more Mass Effect games (and you'd be better off if you didn't). By the time the credits roll you know who everyone and everything is and what they're doing. It's entirely possible (had no sequels been made) that the ending had essentially ended the Reaper threat. All of these traits are shared by ANH.
The unanswered plot threads in TFA on the other hand are all necessary to understand what anything means. It's a story that only exists in relation to as yet non-existing sequels.

I think a good way of looking at it is that TFA isn't actually a movie. TFA is a trailer. It is a 2 hour commercial for a new Star Wars trilogy.

This was the whole deal with TLJ too, honestly. These movies were supposed to exist, from day one, as the three parts of a trilogy, and a failure at that renders their failure almost total.

# ? Jan 23, 2021 13:25

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

What's an AMV?

# ? Jan 24, 2021 20:12

The Cameo: Jan 20, 2005

Anime Music Video, in which someone opens a video editing program, puts down a single song on the audio track, and proceeds to slice up episodes/scenes of an anime/movie/tv show/spots of a wrestling match and puts it to the music, usually trying to convey some story, either a subplot they got attached to, or trying to do a whole arc in a few minutes.

Here�s Community making a joke out of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5Wtvj2Ivg

(Note: this joke was based off an actual video someone uploaded to YouTube about Annie and Jeff)

# ? Jan 24, 2021 20:21

Davros1: Jul 19, 2007; You've got to admit, you are kind of implausible

The Cameo posted:

Anime Music Video, in which someone opens a video editing program, puts down a single song on the audio track, and proceeds to slice up episodes/scenes of an anime/movie/tv show/spots of a wrestling match and puts it to the music, usually trying to convey some story, either a subplot they got attached to, or trying to do a whole arc in a few minutes.

Here�s Community making a joke out of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW5Wtvj2Ivg

(Note: this joke was based off an actual video someone uploaded to YouTube about Annie and Jeff)

Thanks! (I'm old)

# ? Jan 24, 2021 20:46

ungulateman: Apr 18, 2012; pretentious fuckwit who isn't half as literate or insightful or clever as he thinks he is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btp1BoGbuiM

i'm becoming increasingly sure this channel is made by a cined goon. bongo bill is this you.

# ? Jan 26, 2021 04:08

Bongo Bill: Jan 17, 2012

You flatter me, but I barely have the time to watch video essays about movies, let alone try to make them.

# ? Jan 26, 2021 05:30

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

ungulateman posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btp1BoGbuiM

i'm becoming increasingly sure this channel is made by a cined goon. bongo bill is this you.

Kershner spells out the upside down luke moments in the intro of this in the ESB commentary track (a really good commentary track)

# ? Jan 26, 2021 06:20

Grandpa Palpatine: Dec 13, 2019; by vyelkin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW0b_OzXwk8

# ? Jan 28, 2021 18:30

Robot Style: Jul 5, 2009

Doesn't that guy run an alternate channel where he's literally just a nazi?

# ? Jan 28, 2021 19:59

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

Who, Overlord/Doomcock? Yeah probably.

https://wordforge.net/index.php?threads/doomcock-is-probably-a-nazi-probably.120508/

# ? Jan 28, 2021 20:23

Roth: Jul 9, 2016

Robot Style posted:

Doesn't that guy run an alternate channel where he's literally just a nazi?

Just the kind of guy Palpatine would watch on Youtube if he were my grandpa.

# ? Jan 28, 2021 20:52

Grendels Dad: Mar 5, 2011; Popular culture has passed you by.

Also, and don't get me wrong here, when I saw what kind of video this was, I was really annoyed that I even clicked on the link. For the benefit of those who don't have show video inline activated, it would be nice if people wrote a little disclaimer when they post worthless clickbait garbage.

# ? Jan 28, 2021 20:54

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

Yeah don't blind-link us to that poo poo, it's gonna mess up my recs for sure.

# ? Jan 28, 2021 20:57

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

Almost a decade since the buyout and an entire sequel trilogy on home video, and people still think getting the original three leads together is the skeleton key. Truly some Q style thinking here

When I think of people who really want to see a star wars trilogy done right in the 2020s, I naturally arrive at Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, and Mark Hamill.

# ? Jan 28, 2021 20:59

No Mods No Masters: Oct 3, 2004

Definitely put in more of carrie fisher's acting. The main problem was not having enough of it

# ? Jan 28, 2021 21:01

CelticPredator: Oct 11, 2013; 🍀👽🆚🪖🏋

Grendels Dad posted:

Also, and don't get me wrong here, when I saw what kind of video this was, I was really annoyed that I even clicked on the link. For the benefit of those who don't have show video inline activated, it would be nice if people wrote a little disclaimer when they post worthless clickbait garbage.

pretty much all videos about how bad they are, are nazi poo poo.

Even if you personally hate them for real reasons. Just don�t ever click em

# ? Jan 28, 2021 22:13

Zoran: Aug 19, 2008; I lost to you once, monster. I shall not lose again! Die now, that our future can live!

Thank you, blessed Algorithm

# ? Jan 28, 2021 22:16

Assepoester: Jul 18, 2004; Can't post for 10 years!; Melman v2

"Hi Youtuber SirDapperArcadia1488 here bringing you BREAKING news about how my favorite corporate overlords at Disney are going to FIRE the SJW Kathleen Kennedy and REPLACE her with Dave Filoni and redo the entire Star Wars sequel trilogy"

# ? Jan 28, 2021 22:19

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

Episodes X, XI, XII to star ORIGINAL CAST by way of Conan O'Brien's old gag where he'd have a picture of someone famous on screen with a talking mouth superimposed over the real mouth. We have the tech; trust the plan

# ? Jan 28, 2021 22:26

HookedOnChthonics: Dec 5, 2015; Profoundly dull

goferchan posted:

just because i had to know, i went and looked it up...

code:

   E            X
B     R     Q      A
   T            G

# ? Jan 29, 2021 23:25

Ingmar terdman: Jul 24, 2006

Looks like it's four feet tall and in a museum lmao

# ? Jan 30, 2021 04:38

McCloud: Oct 27, 2005

ungulateman posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btp1BoGbuiM

i'm becoming increasingly sure this channel is made by a cined goon. bongo bill is this you.

Huh, this video led to me reading up on the star wars ring theory again

http://www.starwarsringtheory.com/

I recall skimming that theory way back when the RLM star wars videos were freshly released, and just sort of dismissed it out of hand because I was convinced Lucas was a hack, but rereading it now it makes a lot of sense. I didn't appreciate just how much of Lucas storytelling was told visually and through the "rythm" of the poetry, as it were.

# ? Jan 30, 2021 15:12