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hiddenriverninja posted:The part where Hamill is like, "You're my nephew, I probably bounced you on my knee. We're both Skywalkers. Let's get lunch some time." It would be kinda cool if Driver did go to lunch with Hamil and ended up betraying him somehow to get in character. Like he keys his car or ditches him in the bad part of town to get mugged.
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May 30, 2017 02:53
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Yaws posted:It would be kinda cool if Driver did go to lunch with Hamil and ended up betraying him somehow to get in character. Like he keys his car or ditches him in the bad part of town to get mugged. No, that wouldn't be cool.
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May 30, 2017 03:06
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Yaws posted:It would be kinda cool if Driver did go to lunch with Hamil and ended up betraying him somehow to get in character. Like he keys his car or ditches him in the bad part of town to get mugged. Lawrence Kasdan: "Driver, we already killed off Han Solo and now Carrie Fisher is dead. If something happens to Mark, so help me God, your ears are not going to be sticking out that far after I'm done with them." edit: MonsieurChoc posted:Laurence Olivier was right about how dumb the Method is. Given what we know about Obi Wan now, maybe Alec Guiness was method acting when he told that kid to never watch Star Wars again. The MSJ fucked around with this message at 03:11 on May 30, 2017 |
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May 30, 2017 03:08
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The_Doctor posted:You know what it's like when you're in a hurry in the morning. You just grab clothes off the floor that fit. Yours, his, it's all good. I'm gonna assume this is a spaceman pilot standard issue outfit.
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May 30, 2017 09:15
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Rough Lobster posted:I'm gonna assume this is a spaceman pilot standard issue outfit. Nah they're banging. In the morning it's just a "pick up whoever's clothes you find on the floor" type of situation
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May 30, 2017 12:49
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I liked the part where Jar Jar impregnated princess leia and they had jar jar babies
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May 30, 2017 12:59
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Wrong princess, friend, Jar Jar's love triangle is with Leia's mother.
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May 30, 2017 13:22
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ungulateman posted:Wrong princess, friend, Jar Jar's love triangle is with Leia's mother. As in Twilight, Jar Jar (the loser in the triangle) soul-bonded with the unborn Leia. Read your EU, idiot.
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May 30, 2017 14:19
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Rough Lobster posted:I'm gonna assume this is a spaceman pilot standard issue outfit. even if that's true in-universe the filmmaker's still made it a choice for finn to wear poe's outfit whether that's because they're banging or because the former stormtrooper feels comfortable wearing the same thing as someone he wants to emulate is up in the air until TLJ though
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May 30, 2017 14:40
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We are not going to get onscreen confirmation that Poe and Finn banging, but the viewer is free to assume this if it enriches his or her viewing experience.
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May 30, 2017 15:23
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sassassin posted:As in Twilight, Jar Jar (the loser in the triangle) soul-bonded with the unborn Leia. more like as in Being John Malkovich
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May 30, 2017 15:52
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The MSJ posted:Given what we know about Obi Wan now, maybe Alec Guiness was method acting when he told that kid to never watch Star Wars again. I enjoyed this comment and it made me laugh.
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May 31, 2017 03:17
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I was watching A New Hope the other day and started wondering if Luke is the only character who refers to droids as robots. And if robot is a slur.
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May 31, 2017 03:37
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The latest Vanity Fair photos, and the bit about Lucas revealing the Phantom Menace, inspired me to dig up the prequel era ones. If someone could find the Attack of the Clones one, it'd be much appreciated. Choice quotes from 1999 and 2005, nothing too revelatory at this point but still interesting: TPM http://www.vanityfair.com/news/1999/02/star-wars quote:“Palpatine is a wonderful guy in this movie,” Lucas says. quote:“You see the government at work, you see the Senate,” says Lucas, adding cryptically, “You also see the demise of the Old Republic. It happens in this film, but you don’t know it.” quote:“It’s a good movie,” he says. “Reminiscent of the old films, but very different.” ROTS http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2005/02/star-wars-george-lucas-story quote:“The interesting thing about Star Wars—and I didn’t ever really push this very far, because it’s not really that important—but there’s a lot going on there that most people haven’t come to grips with yet. But when they do, they will find it’s a much more intricately made clock than most people would imagine.” It certainly isn’t far-fetched to think that people will still be grappling with even the least-well-received film in the series, which is probably The Phantom Menace, long after something more obviously tasteful and character-driven, such as Anthony Minghella’s The English Patient, is forgotten. quote:The original trilogy (the Luke and Leia movies) seems like a comedic folk story, while the second (the Anakin movies) has a feeling closer to that of a 19th-century novel, with its overlapping, ambitious characters jostling for space in a narrative rife with duels, political intrigue, and young people falling in forbidden love.
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May 31, 2017 03:43
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‘Star Wars’ may be good fun, but leave your brains home George Lucas’ “Star Wars,” his first movie since “American Graffiti,” is obviously the film phenomenon of the year, judging by the crowds it’s attracting at the St. Louis Park theater. It even packed them in at 11 a.m. last Sunday, which is an ungodly hour to see a movie. Clearly it’s the “Jaws” and “Exorcist” of 1977. But is it also the best film of the year? Time magazine has already awarded it that accolade without bothering to check out the competition. If Time’s editors are so confident of premature judgments, why don’t they also select their Man of the Year now, instead of waiting till December? I certainly don’t think it’s the best film of the year, or the month, for that matter (it ranks well behind “Annie Hall” and “Jonah” in my May rankings). It does have some gorgeous special effects and an amusing plot, if you like comic strips. There’s also a certain fun in spotting all the sources from which the eclectic Lucas has drawn his material. It’s got some Flash Gordon, of course, but there’s also a good hunk of “The Wizard of Oz,” with a gold, English-speaking version of the Tin Woodsman and an apish version of the Cowardly Lion looking for that Yellow Brick Road in the sky, and a tribe of Sand People that sounds suspiciously like Munchkins. [Editor's Note: Yes, Jawas.] Not to mention the Arthurian legends—the golden-haired, untested squire tilting lances with the Black Knight, who turns out to be a heavy-breathing warrior who sounds like the wrong end of an obscene phone call. Most of Lucas’ dialogue sounds as if he’d lifted it unaltered from World War II John Wayne movies. “This is it, boys!” says the squadron commander as he prepares to attack the space station, followed by “Cover me!” (Sorry about all of those exclamation points, but this is a comic strip, so every sentence, no matter how innocuous, must end with an exclamation!) The film also contains an ear-splitting amount of gunfire, none of which hits the outnumbered good guys. There’s a cornball story interred somewhere in the mish-mash—something about an interplanetary rebellion, a kidnapped princess (more of a take-charge type than we’re accustomed to in costumed epics) and the attempt to recover some secret plans. Your kids will love it, and you may too. But leave your brains at home.
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May 31, 2017 18:57
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Dude just turn your brain off and have fun.
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May 31, 2017 19:10
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I can't find any record of a "Jonah" movie from 1977.
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May 31, 2017 19:53
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Best movie of 1977.
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May 31, 2017 19:55
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UmOk posted:Best movie of 1977. 
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May 31, 2017 20:00
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A good pick. Eraserhead is my own for 1977.
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May 31, 2017 20:42
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The correct answer is actually Suspiria.
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May 31, 2017 20:43
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Raxivace posted:A good pick. Eraserhead is my own for 1977. for sure no doubt
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May 31, 2017 21:01
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it was stanley kubricks too
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May 31, 2017 21:02
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and george lucas must've liked it given that he wanted lynch on rotj
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May 31, 2017 21:02
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Damnation Alley was better
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May 31, 2017 21:04
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Basebf555 posted:The correct answer is actually Suspiria. Best soundtrack for sure.
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May 31, 2017 21:15
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The attempt to rescue Han from Jabba makes no sense at all. Why does Luke send C-3PO and R2D2 in as the first wave, knowing that they're likely to fail anyway (hence his giving R2 his lightsaber)? Also if he was willing to be aggressive enough to force pull a blaster to himself right before falling into the rancor pit, he probably would've been better off just keeping the lightsaber on him. I don't want to turn this into a dumb tactical realism thing but that whole plan just seemed hairbrained and dumb.
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May 31, 2017 23:20
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Jewmanji posted:The attempt to rescue Han from Jabba makes no sense at all. Why does Luke send C-3PO and R2D2 in as the first wave, knowing that they're likely to fail anyway (hence his giving R2 his lightsaber)? Also if he was willing to be aggressive enough to force pull a blaster to himself right before falling into the rancor pit, he probably would've been better off just keeping the lightsaber on him. Star Warls is full of dumb plans.
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May 31, 2017 23:31
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Jewmanji posted:The attempt to rescue Han from Jabba makes no sense at all. Why does Luke send C-3PO and R2D2 in as the first wave, knowing that they're likely to fail anyway (hence his giving R2 his lightsaber)? Also if he was willing to be aggressive enough to force pull a blaster to himself right before falling into the rancor pit, he probably would've been better off just keeping the lightsaber on him. Skywalkers are inherently drama queens.
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May 31, 2017 23:32
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Instant Sunrise posted:Skywalkers are inherently drama queens. i believe the phrase is "force sensitive"
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May 31, 2017 23:38
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I know I'm late to the 'weird criticisms of the prequels' discussion, but does anyone remember Maddox? It's fine if you don't. He only had a brief flirtation with the cultural zeitgeist, but he had a really dedicated following for quite some time. I used to read his site, and I distinctly remember his review of Episode 3. In it, he cites the fact that Anakin turns to the Dark Side to protect Padme only to lose her as a result of it as a plot hole, as opposed to a quite deliberate piece of dramatic irony.
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May 31, 2017 23:49
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Snowman_McK posted:I know I'm late to the 'weird criticisms of the prequels' discussion, but does anyone remember Maddox? It's fine if you don't. He only had a brief flirtation with the cultural zeitgeist, but he had a really dedicated following for quite some time. I used to read his site, and I distinctly remember his review of Episode 3. In it, he cites the fact that Anakin turns to the Dark Side to protect Padme only to lose her as a result of it as a plot hole, as opposed to a quite deliberate piece of dramatic irony. He's still around on Youtube apparently. He's very nasally.
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Jun 1, 2017 00:24
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RBA Starblade posted:He's still around on Youtube apparently. He's very nasally. I was surprised by his voice, but then his hyper-masculine bullshit writing persona made a lot more sense.
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Jun 1, 2017 00:39
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I am very upset that I just read this: http://thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=hire_women I am also very upset that you have retrieved this man from the deepest recesses of my memory, and now I have to examine how lovely and dumb I was in my teenage years. On topic here's his Episode III review (sorry): http://www.thebestpageintheuniverse.net/c.cgi?u=episode3 Jewmanji fucked around with this message at 00:47 on Jun 1, 2017 |
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Jun 1, 2017 00:43
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Jewmanji posted:I am very upset that I just read this: Oh, no.
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Jun 1, 2017 00:48
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you ever just see part of a URL and know not to click it
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Jun 1, 2017 01:00
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I was definitely a dweeb yelling internet jokes and printing out Maddox pages in high school. If we can't forgive ourselves how can we forgive each other? -- Oh! Star Wars thread. Here is my new watching order: E1 E2 E3 Rogue One E4 E5 E6 E7 All in a row and sync up the viewing time so as soon as E7 ends on my phone+earphones I'll look up from my cinema seat to see E8
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Jun 1, 2017 01:49
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Even the prequel trilogy is amazing compared to Maddox.
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I remember Chefelf sort of being a definitive figure in prequel criticism in the early 2000s, he came up with these bulleted lists of like 90 complaints about each prequel, covered a lot of the same ground RLM did later on
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