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I really love the name Sheev. In a way its the most Star Wars name now.
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Tender Bender posted:I can't get over what an incredible parting shot "His first name is Sheev" was. Lucas is a brilliant master troll. "They died."
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Oct 26, 2015 20:14
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"Hey Episode I was poo poo but at least we got a cool lightsaber fight out of it, right?!" About that... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0mUVY9fLlw
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Oct 27, 2015 10:04
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Xenomrph posted:It's vague and poorly defined (hence the debates) but it exists. FOX has a "canon bible" and fact-checks most things when authors write new books/comics/games, but they allow just enough mildly contradictory poo poo through the cracks that hypernerds on messageboards argue about it because source A says one thing and then source B mixes up how many bullets a particular gun fires or what a certain character's profession is or some other retarded minutiae. Not to mention the fans who get into interminable 'eggmorphing vs queen' arguments, or a poster "windebieste" on the alien:Isolation forum who went on a multiple-page shitposting spree about how the creature in Alien (the only true xenomorph film, btw, because CAMERON RUINED EVERYTHING WITH ALIENS) was literally indestructible. Like, it didn't die when it was fried in the engines, it quite literally is impervious to harm, and cannot die ever ever ever. Seriously, he starts posting midway through page 1 and is impervious to logic.
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Oct 27, 2015 11:33
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if you are hung up on canon and continuity to the point where you would let it get in the way of a legitimately good story well told, you are truly lost, friend.
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Oct 27, 2015 11:38
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I started reading the Darth Vader comic and it seems to start doing the bad EU stuff again. Grand General Tagge apparently survived the Death Star explosion and is now the strategic mastermind behind the imperial fleet. At least they have him using charts and graphs and battle models instead of ~art~ so they could hopefully make him fallible with the wrong models. I dread reading the next issue when they introduce the waifu you see in all the later issues.
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Oct 27, 2015 18:07
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Tender Bender posted:I don't think fandom is why the prequels had those things though, it's because Lucas is insane and had tons of bad ideas no one shot down. Unless your argument is that fans shouldn't have paid money to see episode I and then Lucas would've learned his lesson and rethought his approach to episode II which is pretty doubtful. but i mean people applauded that garbage in theatres. it can't all be thrown at the feet of lucas. he made it but the nerds gobbled it up. Xenomrph posted:What is the handmaid's tale? man i like you xenomrph even with you gobbling up and defending the utter poo poo of multiple universes ruined by EU and even mainline films (aliens, predators, star wars) but how can you devour all this nonsense and not know one of the most famous pieces of speculative literature. Groovelord Neato fucked around with this message at 23:59 on Oct 27, 2015 |
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Oct 27, 2015 23:56
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It's kind of bad EU stuff, but it's still better told than most if not all of the old poo poo.
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Oct 27, 2015 23:57
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Otisburg posted:"Hey Episode I was poo poo but at least we got a cool lightsaber fight out of it, right?!" Groovelord Neato posted:man i like you xenomrph even with you gobbling up and defending the utter poo poo of multiple universes ruined by EU and even mainline films (aliens, predators, star wars) but how can you devour all this nonsense and not know one of the most famous pieces of speculative literature.
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Oct 29, 2015 06:40
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Xenomrph posted:To be entirely fair, that's basically "fight choreography 101" - make the fight *look* entertaining, while in fact being 100% safe for the actors/stunt people 100% of the time. The fact that it look the author of that video literally over a decade to catch on that the fight is choreographed and make a video about it just means the choreography was working as intended. Counterpoint: The Death Star duel was framed and shot in a way so it looks like most of the strikes were actually directed at the other guy's body, and the blocks weren't just both guys reaching out to tap the other guy's saber. And I get that safety is a thing, but by the PT Lucas wasn't at all above turning actors into digital marionettes, to the point where rather than do another take of a scene where Annikan is courting Padme to have him touch her a different way-- he just digitally altered it in post. If he'd really wanted, he could have taken what was shot and made the swings look more directed to kill. And yeah the complete post mortem is coming late, but plenty of people felt the PT dance-fight choreography felt weightless and inconsequential even at the time. Having someone slow it down and manipulate it so you can see how it wasn't even framed or angled to look close just gives you a bit more insight into why you noticed it without noticing the how, even though "your brain did..."
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Oct 29, 2015 07:22
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The duels in the OT were like choreographed dancing, while the duels in the PT were like drunk dancing. I'd say both had their good points.
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Oct 29, 2015 07:35
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The fight choreography in the prequels is no more inspired than anything else going on, what with Lucas filming it like a soap and having no further blocking ideas than "Everyone is sitting at the Oprah Winfrey Show" or "Everyone is walking to nowhere." For the fights, you are generally getting this in a nutshell: Faster, more intense. That, and because the drama is a wet fart, the fights are utterly meaningless. Like the rest of the films, nothing about them express character, intent, or a binding logic.
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Oct 29, 2015 07:58
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watch the ep 1 lightsaber fight and then watch empire's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-DeI3ohVbY like, obviously its a better movie and all, but still, the strikes are either parries, moves to disarm (lmao), or attempted straight up killshots. it's a god drat honest to god swordfight to the death. that's choreography, at least for the movies. prequel saber fights would be good for live theater, where everything has to be exaggerated to make up for the audience not being able to see anything remotely subtle.
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Oct 29, 2015 08:36
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Didn't they have some serious business swords guy do the lightsabre choreography for the OT?
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Oct 29, 2015 09:53
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Jesus christ this thread is still happening. I remember posting here in January about Greedo eating a sandwich. This is some real good stuff.
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Oct 29, 2015 09:58
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How and what do Greedos eat anyway
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Oct 29, 2015 10:07
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Improbable Lobster posted:How and what do Greedos eat anyway They eat Han Solo's blaster, via a quick hip shot
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Oct 29, 2015 10:08
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gnarlyhotep posted:They eat Han Solo's blaster, via a quick hip shot All of them. Ever.
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Oct 29, 2015 10:14
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I just love myself an in-depth analysis of movie posters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdshFSse-OA
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Oct 29, 2015 10:15
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crying mountain
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Oct 29, 2015 10:23
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Oct 29, 2015 10:31
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What happened with Leia, did she become a jedi or learn to use the force or what?
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Oct 29, 2015 12:31
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Force-sensitive crying mountain.
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Oct 29, 2015 15:51
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Syncopated posted:What happened with Leia, did she become a jedi or learn to use the force or what? You'll have to pay Di$ney 15 bucks in December to find out the new canon!
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Oct 29, 2015 15:57
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I look forward to this geriatric Star Wars. Han still in his old outfit makes me excited for Leia to be dragging around her slave outfit
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Oct 29, 2015 16:14
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Syncopated posted:What happened with Leia, did she become a jedi or learn to use the force or what? She reclaims the Naboo throne as her rightful bloodline.
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Oct 29, 2015 16:23
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Fojar38 posted:remember when star wars episode I: the phantom menace was re-released in 3d lol The Phantom Menace scored $22.5 million in its first three days, enough for a fourth-place finish behind The Vow, Safe House, and Journey 2: The Mysterious Island. It then plummeted 65 percent in its second weekend (a holiday weekend no less!) to $8 million – which put the film in sixth place. All told, the re-release has brought in $35.8 million in its first 11 days.
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Oct 29, 2015 16:32
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/10/29/the-destruction-of-alderaan-was-completely-justified/
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Oct 30, 2015 03:03
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Tarkin did nothing wrong
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Asgerd posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/10/29/the-destruction-of-alderaan-was-completely-justified/ how_americans_see_the_world.html
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Oct 30, 2015 03:09
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Xenomrph posted:What is the handmaid's tale? beautiful
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Asgerd posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/10/29/the-destruction-of-alderaan-was-completely-justified/ Is anyone surprised? Should anyone give a poo poo?
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These fuckin guys...quote:
You get the feeling that at some point in the EU, authors just made species via mad libs. "The [TWO SYLLABLE NONSENSE WORD] were the indigenous sentient species of the planet [OTHER TWO SYLLABLE NONSENSE WORD WITH SUPERFLOUS APOSTROPHE]. They were best known for their natural [SUBJECT IN SCHOOL] ability which made them expert [ROLE IN THE STAR WARS UNIVERSE THEY WILL BE STEREOTYPED INTO]. Other notable features of this race were their [EXOTIC FEATURE OF APPEARANCE], and their ability to survive [THING HUMANS CAN'T SURVIVE]." William Bear fucked around with this message at 06:54 on Oct 30, 2015 |
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Oct 30, 2015 06:43
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William Bear posted:You get the feeling that at some point in the EU, authors just made species via mad libs. well yeah, but with any extended universe this big that's just a givin 
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Oct 30, 2015 06:57
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THIS HALLOWEEN, FEEL THE TERROR OF.... MATH SKELETONS FROM SPACE
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Oct 30, 2015 07:00
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Math Skeletons gave my kid this "common core" worksheet. I tried to help him with it, but it don't make no sense to me.
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Oct 30, 2015 07:05
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Asgerd posted:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2015/10/29/the-destruction-of-alderaan-was-completely-justified/ Some of his other headlines "Biff Tannen: The Real Hero of the ‘Back to the Future’ Movies" "Racists Got a Star Wars Boycott Trending on Twitter–And That’s a Good Thing" "American Imperialism FTW" it has to be depressing to churn out clickbait for a living
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Oct 30, 2015 07:08
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William Bear posted:These fuckin guys... There was a race of Cartilage Heads from Achewood in the Star Wars EU?
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Oct 30, 2015 07:13
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http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Duinuogwuin The Duinuogwuin, colloquially called Star Dragons, were among the galaxy's more secretive and mysterious species. Common Star Dragon names
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Shalebridge Cradle posted:Some of his other headlines Man, you guys hate fun. It's not like the dude was dragging EU bullshit into the article(except for the 'Tarkin Doctrine' I guess, but the main gist of that is in the movie). I laughed pretty heartily at it.  Next you'll be telling me the Endor Holocaust is dumb. Which it isn't, because all Ewoks not named Kettch deserve death.
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