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So in Tripping the Rift season 1 there's an episode where two characters are fighting over one gun on a teleporter stage. The gun gets dropped and the ship teleports it out saying "This one's for you, Michael Moore".
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Jan 9, 2016 14:12
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Professor Shark posted:I think this all started because I called Star Wars a children's movie It all started when you got all holier than thou about people discussing the movie because it's a 'children's movie'. Nobody cares about people pointing out that the movie isn't high art, it was just the way you went all  about other people caring to discuss it.
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Jan 9, 2016 19:21
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Talk away, but save the aspergers smile for when it actually applies
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Jan 9, 2016 19:23
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If you guys would like, I can take my Aspergers self and leave you guys to talk in depth about Star Wars in peace
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Jan 9, 2016 19:31
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Professor Shark posted:If you guys would like, I can take my Aspergers self and leave you guys to talk in depth about Star Wars in peace Or you can stay and stop being a sanctimonious twat.
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Jan 9, 2016 19:41
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Jesus Christ you guys are sensitive, are we on the same forum? 
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Jan 9, 2016 19:47
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Professor Shark posted:If you guys would like, I can take my Aspergers self and leave you guys to talk in depth about Star Wars in peace Please do, and if you didn't keep coming back to get the last word in we would've moved on by now, god drat.
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Jan 9, 2016 19:51
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lol you can have the last word following this post if you want, god drat 
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Jan 9, 2016 19:55
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I liked having an antagonist who is driven by his emotions. It shows us that the Dark Side is, ultimately, petty. E: Kind of a snype? I don't know. I just wanted to talk about the Star War.
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Jan 9, 2016 20:00
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Professor Shark posted:lol you can have the last word following this post if you want, god drat ok thanks, it's mine now.
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Jan 9, 2016 20:01
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movies are bad ,imo
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Jan 9, 2016 20:04
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You're wrong, and furthermore
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Jan 9, 2016 20:05
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Captain Monkey posted:ok thanks, it's mine now. oldpainless swoops in and steals the glory
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Jan 9, 2016 20:12
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oldpainless posted:oldpainless swoops in and steals the glory 
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Jan 9, 2016 20:32
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You guys are terrible. Thanks
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Jan 9, 2016 23:52
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Taeke posted:True, he only had to pull the trigger at the right time when Rey lined up the shot, but wasn't that because the turret malfunctioned? Maybe I'm not remembering that part right. Anyway, didn't he do much better than could be expected with Poe? It's natural he needed to be coached with regards to the controls and stuff, but (again, unless I'm not recalling correctly) he made a lot of really tricky shots that would be difficult for even an experienced gunner. he wasn't doing a very good job of shooting before getting his turret damaged. (maybe i'm misremembering and it gets damaged sooner than i think.) but even with poe a stormtrooper needed to be taught how to fight in a tie fighter by a rebel that doesn't scream competence to me even if he isn't a jar-jaresque bafoon.
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Jan 10, 2016 00:17
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What kind of struck me about Finn is that he was able to wound a loving Skywalker in a lightsaber battle. Like people use that to complain about Kylo Ren being a chump but seriously it was like Finn's second time holding a lightsaber gently caress.
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Jan 10, 2016 04:40
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Elfgames posted:he wasn't doing a very good job of shooting before getting his turret damaged. (maybe i'm misremembering and it gets damaged sooner than i think.) but even with poe a stormtrooper needed to be taught how to fight in a tie fighter by a rebel that doesn't scream competence to me even if he isn't a jar-jaresque bafoon. He was a janitor, not a pilot. He'd never been in a tie before and in all likelyhood wouldn't have been trained in space combat. Anyway, being unfamiliar with a complex military machine is not incompetence. Competence is getting minimal instructions "here's the shoot things button, here's what I need you to shoot" and then actually doing it. Pretty sure he also like, never misses when using a regular old blaster on the ground. Maz's advice to him was lovely.
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Jan 10, 2016 05:08
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and to be fair He did shoot down one of the TIE F/O fighters pursuing them before the gun got jammed into the forwards position
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Jan 10, 2016 05:26
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Marines aren't exactly going to be hopping into jets and knowing how to fire missiles and poo poo right off the bat. Why would he be any different?
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Jan 10, 2016 05:29
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In fact if the F35 has taught us anything marines don't know anything about planes at all.
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Jan 10, 2016 05:47
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Aphrodite posted:In fact if the F35 has taught us anything marines don't know anything about planes at all. Now I'm convinced some important marine meatball watched the re-releases in 1997, pointed to a X-Wing, and told LM to make it happen.
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Jan 10, 2016 06:48
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Baron von Eevl posted:What kind of struck me about Finn is that he was able to wound a loving Skywalker in a lightsaber battle. Like people use that to complain about Kylo Ren being a chump but seriously it was like Finn's second time holding a lightsaber gently caress. Well, Kylo did get himself shot by Chewie's bowcaster, which has been shown to be powerful enough to literally send dudes flying. Plus the earlier fight against the trooper with the shock baton implies that troopers probably get at least rudimentary instruction in using melee weapons. Last but not least, throw in a bit of good old-fashioned hubris and carelessness on Ren's part.
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Jan 10, 2016 12:09
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Perestroika posted:Well, Kylo did get himself shot by Chewie's bowcaster, which has been shown to be powerful enough to literally send dudes flying. Plus the earlier fight against the trooper with the shock baton implies that troopers probably get at least rudimentary instruction in using melee weapons. Last but not least, throw in a bit of good old-fashioned hubris and carelessness on Ren's part. I cannot loving believe people are still having this conversation. I swear I've seen this explained on the Internet a hundred times.
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Jan 10, 2016 14:17
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Were people so distracted by han's death that they didn't notice Ren get shot or something? Do they somehow think being shot shouldn't have affected his performance when he holds his side throughout the fight and even hits the wound a few times in frustration over the distraction?. People are getting real hung up over this easy to explain thing.
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Jan 10, 2016 15:04
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There's two scenes earlier in the movie where they offhandedly mention how powerful the bowcaster is.
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Jan 10, 2016 15:38
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Goons are only good at seeing subtle things. The obvious? Waaaay over everyone's head
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Jan 10, 2016 16:15
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Tyrannosaurus posted:Goons are only good at seeing subtle things. The obvious? Waaaay over everyone's head I clicked the link in your sig, and that led me to the current prompt, which led me to this: https://twitter.com/thestrangelog I can never thank you enough.
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Jan 10, 2016 16:35
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Mazerunner posted:He was a janitor, not a pilot. He'd never been in a tie before and in all likelyhood wouldn't have been trained in space combat. Was he really supposed to be a sanitation worker, though? I thought he was just bullshitting the other characters, who only knew that he worked there but not that he was a former storm trooper. I took it as him telling them whatever they wanted to hear as long as it gave him a better chance of getting inside. Why would they bring a trash man to go burn down and massacre a village? Do they tidy up afterwards?
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Jan 10, 2016 17:00
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Wild T posted:Was he really supposed to be a sanitation worker, though? I thought he was just bullshitting the other characters, who only knew that he worked there but not that he was a former storm trooper. I took it as him telling them whatever they wanted to hear as long as it gave him a better chance of getting inside. Why would they bring a trash man to go burn down and massacre a village? Do they tidy up afterwards? He flat out stated that it was his first combat situation and he was still a stormtrooper. Han asks him what he was doing when he was stationed at Starkiller base and Finn replies "Sanitation". In other words, he was completely green and got stuck with the bitch job because of it.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:07
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Wild T posted:Was he really supposed to be a sanitation worker, though? I thought he was just bullshitting the other characters, who only knew that he worked there but not that he was a former storm trooper. I took it as him telling them whatever they wanted to hear as long as it gave him a better chance of getting inside. Why would they bring a trash man to go burn down and massacre a village? Do they tidy up afterwards? AFAIR at that point everyone knew who he was (which is why he's there, his knowledge of the shield system) and what we see in the beginning was his first combat mission. I just assumed the sanitation work was part of his military duties during training..
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Jan 10, 2016 17:10
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Andohz posted:AFAIR at that point everyone knew who he was (which is why he's there, his knowledge of the shield system) and what we see in the beginning was his first combat mission. I just assumed the sanitation work was part of his military duties during training.. I honestly felt it was a reference to this SA article. http://www.somethingawful.com/news/sanitation-death-star/1/
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Jan 10, 2016 17:13
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Han's response of "That's not how The Force works!" is possibly the best part of the film. He is just so cross!
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Jan 10, 2016 17:19
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Captain McStabbin posted:He flat out stated that it was his first combat situation and he was still a stormtrooper. Han asks him what he was doing when he was stationed at Starkiller base and Finn replies "Sanitation". In other words, he was completely green and got stuck with the bitch job because of it. I assumed that "sanitation" could also have a different meaning. They were pretty clearly sanitizing that village at the beginning of the movie.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:24
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Lotish posted:Were people so distracted by han's death that they didn't notice Ren get shot or something? Do they somehow think being shot shouldn't have affected his performance when he holds his side throughout the fight and even hits the wound a few times in frustration over the distraction?. People are getting real hung up over this easy to explain thing. I heard somewhere that him hitting the wound was supposed to be him revving up his dark side power, because pain and suffering leads to the dark side as well. If he's hitting it, he's causing more pain, which will help to strengthen his power. I thought that was an interesting take on it. When I watched it, I saw anger and frustration as well.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:24
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MichiganCubbie posted:I heard somewhere that him hitting the wound was supposed to be him revving up his dark side power, because pain and suffering leads to the dark side as well. If he's hitting it, he's causing more pain, which will help to strengthen his power. I thought that was an interesting take on it. When I watched it, I saw anger and frustration as well. The same thing can work in real life, because it increases adrenaline. I've even heard the actor suggested it, because he knew about it from his military experience.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:38
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rydiafan posted:The same thing can work in real life, because it increases adrenaline. I've even heard the actor suggested it, because he knew about it from his military experience. It's also an unwise and desperate move to prevent yourself from going into shock for a little bit. A gut shot with a bowcaster is no loving joke.
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Jan 10, 2016 17:49
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You know my one gripe leading up to TFA was Kylo's lightsaber. But looking back on his character it's kinda the kind of lightsaber he'd have.
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Jan 10, 2016 19:01
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MichiganCubbie posted:I heard somewhere that him hitting the wound was supposed to be him revving up his dark side power, because pain and suffering leads to the dark side as well. If he's hitting it, he's causing more pain, which will help to strengthen his power. I thought that was an interesting take on it. When I watched it, I saw anger and frustration as well. You're over analyzing it. He was just trying to psych himself and ignore his pretty bad injury which wasnt really working but he is "badass wannabee" afterall.
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EmmyOk posted:Han's response of "That's not how The Force works!" is possibly the best part of the film. He is just so cross! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5XRsHh6vU Cranky Ford is best Ford. edit: bonus crank https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IpP7GfxGkCM Grey Fox has a new favorite as of 19:22 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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