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Pththya-lyi posted:Probably because Lucas thought children would enjoy it if they saw their favorite Star Wars badass as a kid like them - that's also why we saw Anakin as a boy in Episode One. I'm not sure what kids actually think of L'il Boba, but I feel like most adults didn't appreciate that artistic choice. It's a pretty superficial and idiotic way to get kids invested. The OT had zero children. I was a friggin' BABY when that poo poo came out and I was still stoked to pretend to be Luke Skywalker with my lightsaber or play with my Han Solo action figure or whatever. "I can't identify with Luke Sykwalker/Han Solo/Superman/My GI Joe Guys/Maverick/Indiana Jones/Danny Larusso/Batman/Princess Ariel etc etc etc and do toys/costume play as those characters, because they are all teens/20s/middle aged, and I am a young child." -How kids think, apparently
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Pththya-lyi posted:Probably because Lucas thought children would enjoy it if they saw their favorite Star Wars badass as a kid like them - that's also why we saw Anakin as a boy in Episode One. I'm not sure what kids actually think of L'il Boba, but I feel like most adults didn't appreciate that artistic choice. Lil' Boba was kinda cool in the clone wars cartoon v0v
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Nov 10, 2015 07:31
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Otisburg posted:It's a pretty superficial and idiotic way to get kids invested. That's probably true for most kids - they tend to identify with cool adult characters because they want to be cool adults. That's why most little kids who get into Peter Pan really like Captain Hook - yes, he's a bad guy, but he's a grown-up with an exciting job who bosses around other grown-ups. What could be cooler to a little kid? Certainly not a boy who chooses not to grow up. Only adults who are tired of their responsibilities fantasize about being children, and only an adult who doesn't understand kids would assume that a child would have that fantasy. That's not to say that kids can't relate to child characters, but it's also pretty easy for them to relate to interesting adults.
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Nov 10, 2015 07:34
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Plus there's all Anakin's friends, including L'il Greedo. I think filmmakers do that stuff more for themselves/their kids. Lucas' idea to appeal to kids was Jarjar Binks. You'd be walking through a Border's and BAM big cutout of jarjar waving his flopsy web hand at you while Darth Maul glowered from the main display. Never made sense to me how anyone would like the dopey comic relief more than the maximum-ham villain. What I'm saying is kids are supposed to be in the audience, not the movie.
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Nov 10, 2015 08:52
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Well we can all rest childfree knowing none of the promo material shows our new star wars polluted with ugly sprog.
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Nov 10, 2015 08:57
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No one here actually has hope that this new movie is going to actually be good, or even decent. Right?
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Nov 10, 2015 10:20
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Pththya-lyi posted:That's probably true for most kids - they tend to identify with cool adult characters because they want to be cool adults. That's why most little kids who get into Peter Pan really like Captain Hook - yes, he's a bad guy, but he's a grown-up with an exciting job who bosses around other grown-ups. What could be cooler to a little kid? Certainly not a boy who chooses not to grow up. Only adults who are tired of their responsibilities fantasize about being children, and only an adult who doesn't understand kids would assume that a child would have that fantasy. That's not to say that kids can't relate to child characters, but it's also pretty easy for them to relate to interesting adults. After reading Peter and Wendy, seeing people idolise Peter Pan will never stop being funny to me. He's a quite clearly not human monster in the books; the reason nobody ever grows up in Neverneverland is because Peter kills them before they can. Back to Star Wars, there's a guy at the cantina in A New Hope who says he has multiple death sentences. I'm assuming there's some stupid overblown description of each crime he did?
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Nov 10, 2015 12:23
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Plucky Brit posted:Back to Star Wars, there's a guy at the cantina in A New Hope who says he has multiple death sentences. I'm assuming there's some stupid overblown description of each crime he did? practicing evil medicine without a liscence basically: http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Cornelius_Evazan sort of a mash up dr nick from simpsons with dr mengele's pretense towards doing "experiments" on his budget-conscious patients from the sounds of it
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Nov 10, 2015 12:34
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Otisburg posted:practicing evil medicine without a liscence basically: quote:Soon after the Battle of Yavin, Evazan went to work for Borborygmus Gog, hoping to gain information from Project Starscream on bringing life to the dead. Evazan moved to Necropolis to work on bringing corpses to life as part of the project. However, during this time, Evazan was being pursued by Boba Fett himself. The bounty hunter caught up to Evazan on the planet Necropolis and executed the mad doctor while he was holding Zak Arranda hostage.
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Nov 10, 2015 13:16
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Lewellyns death in No Country must infuriate EU writers.
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Nov 10, 2015 13:31
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I really like the fact that the article includes an image captioned "Boba Fett blasting away Evazan's zombies". It just tells you everything you need to know. Savor the EU.
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Nov 10, 2015 13:37
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Plucky Brit posted:After reading Peter and Wendy, seeing people idolise Peter Pan will never stop being funny to me. He's a quite clearly not human monster in the books; the reason nobody ever grows up in Neverneverland is because Peter kills them before they can. At the end of the original novel, Peter shows up and takes Wendy's daughter away. Which is fairly horrible. Also this is on wikipedia: "J.M. Barrie created his character based on his older brother, David, who died in an ice-skating accident the day before his 14th birthday. His mother and brother thought of him as forever a boy." So you know, that's fun.
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Nov 10, 2015 13:52
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Elukka posted:I really like the fact that the article includes an image captioned "Boba Fett blasting away Evazan's zombies". It just tells you everything you need to know. Why does no one in Star Wars aim down their sights except the Republic Commandos
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Nov 10, 2015 14:26
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Booblord Zagats posted:Why does no one in Star Wars aim down their sights except the Republic Commandos Supposedly the stormtrooper helmets have HUDs in them. Why the rebels don't I have no answer.
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Nov 10, 2015 14:33
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TK-42-1 posted:Supposedly the stormtrooper helmets have HUDs in them. Why the rebels don't I have no answer. But Luke said "I can't see a thing in this helmet" in Star Wars. EU gone wild again. The Bible posted:No one here actually has hope that this new movie is going to actually be good, or even decent. Right
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Nov 10, 2015 15:43
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I expect the JJ Abrams Star Trek experience. Flashy and enjoyable while watching, but ultimately hollow.
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Nov 10, 2015 16:14
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Booblord Zagats posted:Why does no one in Star Wars aim down their sights except the Republic Commandos   
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Nov 10, 2015 16:35
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Cardboard Box A posted:Because they keep mounting them backwards Haha, I never noticed that before
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Nov 10, 2015 16:38
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Hello, I'm Borborygmus Gog.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:21
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Cardboard Box A posted:Because they keep mounting them backwards I've always like that the weapons in the original trilogy were just WW2 guns with some stuff glued onto them to make them look more sci-fi. If I recall correctly the even fired blanks with them during filming and you can see it in behind the scenes footage. I wonder where they got all the German stuff. Weapons in North Africa after the Afrika Korps surrendered? Judging by Syria there's tons of German WW2 junk floating around the Middle East at least.
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Nov 10, 2015 18:56
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Randarkman posted:I've always like that the weapons in the original trilogy were just ww2 guns with some stuff glued onto them to make them look more sci-fi. If I recall correctly the even fired blanks with them during filming and you can see it in behind the scenes footage. Up until the 80s WW2 weapons were pretty easy and cheap to come across
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Nov 10, 2015 18:57
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Nov 10, 2015 19:17
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In another stunning development, a character is named by homonym. A guy with the death sentence in twelve systems, living on the fringe to escape justice? Christened "Evazan".
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Nov 10, 2015 19:45
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Cardboard Box A posted:Because they keep mounting them backwards  Now I'm never going to un-see this.
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Nov 10, 2015 20:41
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Booblord Zagats posted:Up until the 80s WW2 weapons were pretty easy and cheap to come across It used to be that you could find Sturmgewehr 44s more easily than AKs. There was even a few movies that use them as replacements for AKs. Supposedly, the armorers and propmasters for The Force Awakens went to Tapco and added a bunch of tacticlol poo poo to their guns now. If you're ever interested in the prop guns used in Star Wars films, IMFDB has a whole section on them... http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Star_Wars
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Nov 10, 2015 22:02
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Young Freud posted:It used to be that you could find Sturmgewehr 44s more easily than AKs. There was even a few movies that use them as replacements for AKs. Yeah, hell, a buddy of mine who deployed to Afghanistan in 02 said the sheer amount of WW1/2 bolt action rifles they were destroying was staggering
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Nov 10, 2015 22:45
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Booblord Zagats posted:Yeah, hell, a buddy of mine who deployed to Afghanistan in 02 said the sheer amount of WW1/2 bolt action rifles they were destroying was staggering Haha. Imagine what those AlQaeda dopes probably paid for an M1. "Here's your 2 lbs of opium, Mr. Bush." Lol. Fuckin' dumbasses.
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Nov 10, 2015 22:50
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How about Brienne of Tarth's gun with a backwards scope and two stocks?
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Nov 10, 2015 23:23
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Cthulu Carl posted:How about Brienne of Tarth's gun with a backwards scope and two stocks? I'm surprised the kept Magpul and EOTech poo poo off of it, at least
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Nov 10, 2015 23:25
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Cthulu Carl posted:How about Brienne of Tarth's gun with a backwards scope and two stocks? Two stocks? I can only see one because of chrome. Who though a chrome Stormtrooper was good design?
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Nov 11, 2015 03:11
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sleepy.eyes posted:Two stocks? I can only see one because of chrome. Who though a chrome Stormtrooper was good design? Remember this is brought to us by the same director who brought the iPhone Bridge in Star Trek.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:13
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sleepy.eyes posted:Two stocks? I can only see one because of chrome. Who though a chrome Stormtrooper was good design? Look at the underside of the barrel, where her left hand is:  I don't think any Stormtrooper used the stock in the movies, but it's always been there.
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Nov 11, 2015 03:30
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Cthulu Carl posted:Look at the underside of the barrel, where her left hand is: I never realized that they left the folding stock on, I just knew they added an aftermarket AR stock to the butt of the gun.
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The Bible posted:No one here actually has hope that this new movie is going to actually be good, or even decent. star trek was the best star wars movie since return of the jedi until guardians of the galaxy came out so i have a feeling it'll be at least mediocre. they don't have a high bar to jump with the prequels.
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Nov 13, 2015 10:15
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imo the new star wars movie is going to change my life
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Nov 13, 2015 10:18
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Groovelord Neato posted:star trek was the best star wars movie since return of the jedi until guardians of the galaxy came out so i have a feeling it'll be at least mediocre. they don't have a high bar to jump with the prequels. Look at this guy not knowing about The Last Starfighter, the bestest Star Wars film after return of the jedi.
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Nov 13, 2015 14:23
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ultrabindu posted:Look at this guy not knowing about The Last Starfighter, the bestest Star Wars film after return of the jedi. Yeah For a clown to watch At the circus IDIOT
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Nov 13, 2015 15:03
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The best Star Wars movie post RotJ was Top Gun
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Booblord Zagats posted:The best Star Wars movie post RotJ was Top Gun top gun is a great loving movie actually
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