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Jan 10, 2016 19:45
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The Ape of Naples posted: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 19:55
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His lightsaber isn't made right and he needs them to vent extra energy too, or something like that.
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Jan 10, 2016 19:59
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Nemesis Of Moles posted:The man really does not like star wars Supposedly he gave a really nice speech on the last day of shooting about how much Star Wars means to him.
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Jan 10, 2016 20:20
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synthetik posted:There's two scenes earlier in the movie where they offhandedly mention how powerful the bowcaster is. Three. And there only needed to be one. As far as sanitation/janitor - it was only there for a stupid throw-away line "does this thing have a trash compactor?" because ha ha ha remember that from the first one? The movie was rather dumb w/re to fan service.
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Jan 10, 2016 20:33
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Aphrodite posted:His lightsaber isn't made right and he needs them to vent extra energy too, or something like that. Yeah they through a bone to KotOR fans with that, suggesting that his Lightsaber has a cracked Kyber crystal and that the design in and of itself is something that they were able to crudely assemble based off a design from Malachor V, which is a planet from KotOR 2. But they also mostly probably thought it looked cool.
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Jan 10, 2016 20:34
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Pilchenstein posted:I was really surprised to see those two side bits actually served a purpose though when he pokes Finn in the shoulder. Given how many lightsaber fights end up in a pushing contest with the blades locked together, just turning yours a bit to stab the other guy is kind of genius. Yup, that moment completely redeemed the design for me. It wasn't a stupid gimmicky thing any more that tried too hard, but actually did something, which made it cool again.
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Jan 10, 2016 20:46
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Xenoletum posted:Yeah they through a bone to KotOR fans with that, suggesting that his Lightsaber has a cracked Kyber crystal and that the design in and of itself is something that they were able to crudely assemble based off a design from Malachor V, which is a planet from KotOR 2. I'm glad they didn't explain all of this in the movie, though. One of the problems in the prequels is the desire to explain every single little thing, and it just gets stupid and wastes time. No one knew what the Clone Wars were after watching the original movie, and that was ok. All we knew was that Anakin and Obi-Wan fought, and Obi-Wan was a general who served Leia's father. We didn't need a scene explaining everything.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:19
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Ferrule posted:Three. And there only needed to be one. I thought it made perfect sense that he was in sanitation. Who else has total access to everything in a facility? Somebody's gotta tidy up the floors in that high-security area.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:20
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Xenoletum posted:Yeah they through a bone to KotOR fans with that, suggesting that his Lightsaber has a cracked Kyber crystal and that the design in and of itself is something that they were able to crudely assemble based off a design from Malachor V, which is a planet from KotOR 2. That's always the case. 90% of Star Wars technical lore is to justify something they thought looked cool, or was inconsistent because of 70s technology.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:36
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I thought it made perfect sense that he was in sanitation. Who else has total access to everything in a facility? Somebody's gotta tidy up the floors in that high-security area. He could've been an engineer or in security or IT and have the same access.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:37
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The beam being jagged and kinda sputtering compared to Anakin/Luke/Fin/Rey's adds to Ren as a 'wannabe bad rear end' as somebody in this thread put it.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:38
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Ferrule posted:He could've been an engineer or in security or IT and have the same access. Yes but that's not as funny when Han asks him what he did.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:39
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Aphrodite posted:Yes but that's not as funny when Han asks him what he did. Correct. Also, being in sanitation doesn't mean he was literally a janitor slinging a mop, people.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:42
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rydiafan posted:Correct. Also, being in sanitation doesn't mean he was literally a janitor slinging a mop, people. Yes. I know. Aphrodite posted:Yes but that's not as funny when Han asks him what he did. Or when he asks if there's a trash compactor on the Starkiller because tee hee hee remember that from the first one? OMG! Which is the only reason he's in "sanitation" - another dumb call-back to the first film.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:46
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They can make that joke with any job. Everyone knows where to put the trash. He's in sanitation because it's the lowest job in the world.
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Jan 10, 2016 21:57
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rydiafan posted:Correct. Also, being in sanitation doesn't mean he was literally a janitor slinging a mop, people. Finn was a member of the First Order Mafia! 
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Jan 10, 2016 21:58
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muscles like this? posted:Supposedly he gave a really nice speech on the last day of shooting about how much money Star Wars means to him.
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Jan 11, 2016 02:09
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Aphrodite posted:They can make that joke with any job. Everyone knows where to put the trash. Star Wars needs lots of jokes. half the script should have been in the trash
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Jan 11, 2016 04:09
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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 don't remember him telling them all that he was actually storm trooper, just that he worked for the Empire. I figured it was continuing his theme of basically lying his rear end off to everyone in the movie, constantly, in order to get out of a jam. He lies to the other storm troopers in the beginning about transferring a prisoner, then lies that he was a bigshot rebel to escape, and now he's lying to Han he wasn't one of the really bad guys, honest, I just did busywork and certainly was never part of any massacres. The dude managed to bullshit his way across the entire movie to all parties involved. I could be wrong though, I watched it once and the audio in the theater was pretty bad so I may have missed a line.
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Jan 11, 2016 06:07
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In Phantasm 2 theres a scene in a crematorium where the camera focuses for a while on this guy sweeping up ashes and bits of bone before funneling it all into a plastic bag. Just barely visible in the corner of the screen is the name of the deceased: Sam Raimi. Also not really a little thing but after finally watching the Phantasm sequels I really liked how consistent the characters and story line were between each movie. I don't think I've seen any other horror series that kept up the quality so well with out going into "Villain X in SPACE" territory.
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Jan 11, 2016 06:56
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deoju posted:The beam being jagged and kinda sputtering compared to Anakin/Luke/Fin/Rey's adds to Ren as a 'wannabe bad rear end' as somebody in this thread put it. See, that's what I liked about it. Because the beam was unstable, just like Kylo. It looked cool, sure, but that was pretty much entirely a cover for being a sad mess on the inside. It was kind of a nice touch, I thought.
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Jan 11, 2016 08:18
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Rare Collectable posted:In Phantasm 2 theres a scene in a crematorium where the camera focuses for a while on this guy sweeping up ashes and bits of bone before funneling it all into a plastic bag. Just barely visible in the corner of the screen is the name of the deceased: Sam Raimi. I figure that this is probably why you're watching them right now, but on the chance that you didn't already know I've got bad news about Angus Scrimm. The Phantasm series is great in that it starts in this very dreamy, nightmarish setting that gets progressively weirder as the series goes on. Continuity starts going out the window but there are certain constants that always pop up no matter what. I'd almost compare it to Mad Max in that Coscarelli seems to know the big points to hit but is willing to fudge the details of everything else to make it work. Phantasm V is supposedly looking for a distributor, but it's also the first one not directed by Coscarelli so I don't know how I feel about that. The special effects looked awful in the trailer (lots of bad, John Dies At The End style CGI that looks like something that debuted on the SyFy channel) but if it's got Reggie, Mike and the Tall Man's last show I'll probably give it a watch anyway.
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Jan 11, 2016 08:56
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Wild T posted:I don't remember him telling them all that he was actually storm trooper, just that he worked for the Empire. I figured it was continuing his theme of basically lying his rear end off to everyone in the movie, constantly, in order to get out of a jam. He lies to the other storm troopers in the beginning about transferring a prisoner, then lies that he was a bigshot rebel to escape, and now he's lying to Han he wasn't one of the really bad guys, honest, I just did busywork and certainly was never part of any massacres. The dude managed to bullshit his way across the entire movie to all parties involved. Poe knew, and he told Rey in that confession scene.
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Jan 11, 2016 10:26
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Wild T posted:I don't remember him telling them all that he was actually storm trooper, just that he worked for the Empire. I figured it was continuing his theme of basically lying his rear end off to everyone in the movie, constantly, in order to get out of a jam. He lies to the other storm troopers in the beginning about transferring a prisoner, then lies that he was a bigshot rebel to escape, and now he's lying to Han he wasn't one of the really bad guys, honest, I just did busywork and certainly was never part of any massacres. The dude managed to bullshit his way across the entire movie to all parties involved.
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Jan 11, 2016 10:51
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Finn basically gets the Han Solo treatment from ANH, in that he's a rouge/scoundrel or in this case deserter/liar/coward who in the end finds redemption and a sense of purpose. Him lying all the time and running away constantly and then coming clean/sticking around/running to the fight is his character arc following the same path as Solo's in the first film.
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Jan 11, 2016 16:05
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Ferrule posted:Three. And there only needed to be one. I feel like TFA is better for people who have never seen a Star Wars movie before, because they don't have to be annoyed at the callbacks which otherwise are thematically consistent and make sense. I'm sure any private in the military would love to throw part of their chain of command into the garbage.
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Jan 13, 2016 00:50
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Heres Hank posted:I feel like TFA is better for people who have never seen a Star Wars movie before, because they don't have to be annoyed at the callbacks which otherwise are thematically consistent and make sense. He also guns down his former compatriots with gleeful abandon and doesn't bother to mention the superweapon until after it gets used. His character is all over the place.
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Jan 13, 2016 03:51
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Unoriginal Name posted:He also guns down his former compatriots with gleeful abandon and doesn't bother to mention the superweapon until after it gets used. His character is all over the place. He literally just got there.
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Jan 14, 2016 00:44
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Nice to know that The Lion King got its art inspiration from such varied sources: http://youtubedoubler.com/?video1=h...=10&authorName=  
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Jan 16, 2016 02:30
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Plucky Brit posted:Nice to know that The Lion King got its art inspiration from such varied sources: This was part of the promotion when it came out in Denmark. Like, literally every critic was all fawning over the Triumph des Willens quotes. On a film techincal level, naturally. Not a nazi level. There were interviews with whoever lead animators getting into details about the lighting and the camera angles and poo poo. I'm saying even if it was supposed to be subtle, it wasn't.
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Jan 16, 2016 04:17
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That was because the sequence was designed by dane Jørgen Klubien. And we love to wank our little patriotic wiener every chance we get. Jørgen is a cool and talented guy though.
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Jan 16, 2016 05:45
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Trump posted:That was because the sequence was designed by dane Jørgen Klubien. And we love to wank our little patriotic wiener every chance we get. I wouldn't be too proud of the guy who designed shots in Triumph of the Will. I know, I know. Denmark and the Danes are super awesome.
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Jan 16, 2016 06:03
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It's not particularly subtle, but because I am a dumbarse I only just saw it. In 'A Matter of Loaf and Death', when Gromit goes to the womans house to give her purse back and discovers her murderous scheme, as he is walking up to the front door there is a shot of a tree with "F+G" in a heart carved intro it. The womans dog, and Gromit's love interest is called Fluffy. Also, Fluffy's bed is made out of the same cardboard box that Gromit cuts eyes out of to hide from the penguin in 'The Wrong Trousers'. In other Aardman not-really-subtle-stuff I liked, in Flushed Away, the World Cup final is between England and Germany, we miss most of the game due to plot shenanigans, but during the credits there is a shot of a newspaper saying "England lose on penalties". Which is always funny.
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Jan 16, 2016 06:07
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I just want to take this opportunity to mention that Flushed Away is super underrated.
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Jan 16, 2016 14:18
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Unmature posted:I just want to take this opportunity to mention that Flushed Away is super underrated. Seconded.
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Jan 16, 2016 19:21
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Despite the show's name, the opening to It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia takes place entirely at night.
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Jan 22, 2016 02:18
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In the mighty morphin power rangers, the leader is named Zordon and their machines are called Zords
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Jan 23, 2016 21:35
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In Jurassic World, both Owen and Hoskins wear a knife at the back of their respective belts. Hoskins has a large combat bowie knife(significantly blade heavy) that hangs perpendicular to his belt. It practically yells "Hey! look at my big swinging Owen, on the other hand, uses a smaller, more evenly balanced knife that is kept in a scout sheath for quick and easy use. I also like that even when his shirt is untucked, he keeps it clear of the knife
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Jan 23, 2016 23:06
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In Hellboy, Kroenen's nifty little mechanical hand is the replacement for the one that he got blown off in the beginning of the movie.
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Jan 24, 2016 02:58
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