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Paladinus posted:In that scene Ray is not Mary Sue. Hm... Every loving Bond film up until Daniel Craig he's a Mary Sue. It's an evolutionary phase. Don't let it ruin your chill.
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I don't really get the intense hatred for Josh. People's objections seem to be that he's trying to be funny (they all are and so are you) and that he's a big gross nerd (they all are and so are you). Fair enough if his jokes don't make you laugh but these are not capital crimes.
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Clawtopsy posted:when will we get a movie about darth vader's tie figher advanced design I want a movie explaining exactly why Vader selected those 2 pilots to back him up while going to spank his son in space.
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The star wars universe is huge I think it's a whole galaxy. But everywhere we see has the same look to it. It all looks like a set from the hit show fire fly. And also everyone uses the same money and speaks the same language. It is weird.
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Wicker Man posted:I want a movie explaining exactly why Vader selected those 2 pilots to back him up while going to spank his son in space. We'll find out Vader had a Force prophecy about the Death Star blowing up and caused the accident that made him spin out. With the Force.
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Wicker Man posted:I want a movie explaining exactly why Vader selected those 2 pilots to back him up while going to spank his son in space. I think you mean "Backstabber" and "Mauler" Mithel 
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MikeCrotch posted:I think you mean "Backstabber" and "Mauler" Mithel The X-Wing miniature game is pretty cool. You can actually do quite alot with the Star Wars universe, it's just that most of those things aren't movies.
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I watched a game of X-Wing miniature game, the Y-wings with ion cannons seem broken and neither players seem to want to shoot each other or even getting in position. I am not sure it is a good game.
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oohhboy posted:I watched a game of X-Wing miniature game, the Y-wings with ion cannons seem broken and neither players seem to want to shoot each other or even getting in position. I am not sure it is a good game. Like everything it has balance issues. I've only played it casually though. On the whole I would say that the Imperials require a bit more skill, as the thing you need is to be good at anticipating your opponents maneuvers and making the most out of superior numbers and piloting skill (maneuver last, shoot first). This probably is not the thread for that though.
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Trunko posted:The star wars universe is huge I think it's a whole galaxy. But everywhere we see has the same look to it. It all looks like a set from the hit show fire fly. And also everyone uses the same money and speaks the same language. It is weird. In the first Star Wars the Jewish lizard bug refuses to take Republic Credits, which means that there are multiple currencies in the Star Wars universe
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Guy Goodbody posted:In the first Star Wars Never post in this thread again.
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Trunko posted:The star wars universe is huge I think it's a whole galaxy. But everywhere we see has the same look to it. It all looks like a set from the hit show fire fly. And also everyone uses the same money and speaks the same language. It is weird. lol how is C3P0 fluent in 6 million forms of communication if there's only 1 language. Boy are you ignorant.
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Osric posted:Fair enough if his jokes don't make you laugh but these are not capital crimes. They're capital internet crimes, the worst in all of cyberspace.
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thoughts and prayers posted:Every loving Bond film up until Daniel Craig he's a Mary Sue. Eh. Except like Never Say Never Again where (for Bond anyway) he's aging and screws up a decent portion of the time, although that's an extraordinary case. And the Lazenby one with the end. Having Bond get shown up at something is sometimes used for dramatic effect, because pretty much everyone in the Bond universe is the best in the world at that thing they do. Also when he becomes literally a ninja he has to spend a while in Japan training and put on yellowface, he doesn't just look at ninjas and all of a sudden becomes one. a bone to pick posted:Shin Godzilla was extremely loving good. Goddamn is it good. It is everything good about a kaiju movie yet it is somehow also modern. Fantastic.
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I read film magazines for years, went to film school and never before the internet decided it was a thing did I ever hear the term Mary Sue
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MikeCrotch posted:I think you mean "Backstabber" and "Mauler" Mithel I only had to search my feelings to know that this was actually real 
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I read film magazines for years, went to film school and never before the internet decided it was a thing did I ever hear the term Mary Sue There's nothing wrong with the term itself, just the application of it. It should be used for characters who are obvious self-inserts that everyone loves and can do no wrong, but now people are just using it to describe any character who accomplishes things.
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What the gently caress is so hard about term definitions? "A Mary Sue is an idealized and seemingly perfect fictional character, a young or low-rank person who saves the day through unrealistic abilities. Often this character is recognized as an author insert or wish-fulfillment." how does this thread get this term wrong so loving consistently? A Mary Sue isn't always a self-insert.
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I got a question. What emotions were Rey and Luke experiencing at the end of TFA? Because that scene baffles me. Rey starts crying and I don't know why, and Luke just stares at her, and I think that's because some weird lady showed up on his island with his lightsaber and he's like "what", but that seems like an odd emotion to end the movie on
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I read film magazines for years, went to film school and never before the internet decided it was a thing did I ever hear the term Mary Sue You probably didn't hear about it because it wasn't a movie term. It started on the internet, like ancient Usenet internet.
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Quantum of Phallus posted:I read film magazines for years, went to film school and never before the internet decided it was a thing did I ever hear the term Mary Sue Because it started in internet fan fiction, and has only recently crossed over to other genres. To be a true Mary Sue it needs to be the author inserting his girlfriend who is the best at everything and liked by everyone. People are extending that to say any character who is way too good at everything for no reason, which is such a common thing that many people find utility in this new term. It's not just that a character is written as being good at things, just because James Bond is good at things doesn't make him a Mary Sue. It's when he can beat the guy at the videogame despite only ever having played it once and nobody actually went over the rules at all, that's when it gets Mary Sue. So the new definition ^ accounts for the modern retelling. Your daily reminder that dictionaries are an attempt to reflect the common usages of a word. Dictionaries do not invent the meaning of words nor are they absolute sources for usage, especially in fast-moving modern cultures.
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Guy Goodbody posted:I got a question. What emotions were Rey and Luke experiencing at the end of TFA? Because that scene baffles me. Rey starts crying and I don't know why, and Luke just stares at her, and I think that's because some weird lady showed up on his island with his lightsaber and he's like "what", but that seems like an odd emotion to end the movie on (lovely South Park reference) Rey: "'Member Luke Skywalker?" Luke: "Yeah I 'member. 'Member Chewbacca?" Rey: "I 'member! I just saw Chewbacca! 'Member Han Solo?" Luke: "I 'member!" Rey: "'Yeah! Member when Han Solo died?" Luke: (sad look) Rey: (crying) Mike: "What is that in the background blowing around on the cliffs... is that the loose pages of the script? Did somebody leave the script laying around and now it's just blowing around all over the screen? How embarrasing."
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Guy Goodbody posted:I got a question. What emotions were Rey and Luke experiencing at the end of TFA? Because that scene baffles me. Rey starts crying and I don't know why, and Luke just stares at her, and I think that's because some weird lady showed up on his island with his lightsaber and he's like "what", but that seems like an odd emotion to end the movie on For Luke? If the theory that she's his daughter is true, I imagine he's feeling guilty as gently caress. If she's not his daughter, then I imagine he's feeling obligated to train her, despite his failings with Kylo Ren. Rey's entire identity has been called into question due to recent events, and now she's meeting basically the most famous man in the galaxy and is asking him to train her to become a Jedi. She's feeling overwhelmed, excited, nervous, etc. E: Mary Sue was named after a character in classic Star Trek fan fiction, it was not a term the Internet invented.
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Guy Goodbody posted:I got a question. What emotions were Rey and Luke experiencing at the end of TFA? Because that scene baffles me. Rey starts crying and I don't know why, and Luke just stares at her, and I think that's because some weird lady showed up on his island with his lightsaber and he's like "what", but that seems like an odd emotion to end the movie on Luke "Hey, now that DNA test never came back positive."
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Trunko posted:The star wars universe is huge I think it's a whole galaxy. But everywhere we see has the same look to it. It all looks like a set from the hit show fire fly. And also everyone uses the same money and speaks the same language. It is weird. Allow me to link you to this 100 page essay on globalisation in the Star Wars universe. I won't actually do this, but I'm sure it exists.
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WampaLord posted:For Luke? If the theory that she's his daughter is true, I imagine he's feeling guilty as gently caress. If she's not his daughter, then I imagine he's feeling obligated to train her, despite his failings with Kylo Ren. Fanfic from 1970s I think. Now it's used as a catch-all for under developed protagonists. Which Rey is, regardless of everything else.
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revdrkevind posted:Because it started in internet fan fiction, and has only recently crossed over to other genres. Would an RLM example of a Mary Sue be the main characters in Geteven, Double Down, and to a lesser extent Bloodebts?
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King Vidiot posted:You probably didn't hear about it because it wasn't a movie term. It started on the internet, like ancient Usenet internet. revdrkevind posted:Because it started in internet fan fiction, and has only recently crossed over to other genres. Makes sense, thanks
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The Archaic posted:Would an RLM example of a Mary Sue be the main characters in Geteven, Double Down, and to a lesser extent Bloodebts? I forget Geteven, but Double Down is a perfect example. Neil Breen is the best at everything and is obviously a self insert. Bloodebts is just a generic action dude who succeeds because action dudes usually succeed.
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Guy Goodbody posted:I got a question. What emotions were Rey and Luke experiencing at the end of TFA? Because that scene baffles me. Rey starts crying and I don't know why, and Luke just stares at her, and I think that's because some weird lady showed up on his island with his lightsaber and he's like "what", but that seems like an odd emotion to end the movie on "Hey uh, you didn't happen to find a hand with that, did you?"
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Luke and Rey is gonna end up some weirdass Frank-Charlie thing on that small island
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All I want is for Luke to start talking like the joker in the next movie
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I parsed Luke's expression, when presented with yet another goddamn lightsaber, as "I'm just so sick of all these Star Wars." Dunno what Rey was so upset about. She's only been in one.
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suburban virgin posted:I parsed Luke's expression, when presented with yet another goddamn lightsaber, as "I'm just so sick of all these Star Wars." This is also a perfectly valid interpretation.
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WampaLord posted:For Luke? If the theory that she's his daughter is true, I imagine he's feeling guilty as gently caress. If she's not his daughter, then I imagine he's feeling obligated to train her, despite his failings with Kylo Ren. Right, so for Luke the answer to what he was feeling is "we don't know, check back in two years for the answer in a different movie" and Rey is basically about to yell "please fix my life, strange old man!" I can't help but think that this was better 
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Guy Goodbody posted:Right, so for Luke the answer to what he was feeling is "we don't know, check back in two years for the answer in a different movie" and Rey is basically about to yell "please fix my life, strange old man!" those two dudes behind R2 look like grown up munchkins from the wizard of oz.
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Guy Goodbody posted:Right, so for Luke the answer to what he was feeling is "we don't know, check back in two years for the answer in a different movie" and Rey is basically about to yell "please fix my life, strange old man!" I mean, you're comparing apples and oranges here. Lucas wasn't sure when he made A New Hope that he was gonna get to make sequels, so he wrapped up the story. They loving knew that episodes 8 and 9 were coming, so they end on a cliffhanger. Obviously a cliffhanger is less satisfying.
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WampaLord posted:I mean, you're comparing apples and oranges here. Lucas wasn't sure when he made A New Hope that he was gonna get to make sequels, so he wrapped up the story. Oranges are better than apples
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