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Grandpas were out there risking their lives to kill nazis and that's as cool as it gets. Hmm. Time is making it the Great Grandpas at this point.... Grandpas invented Cool Jazz.
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Grandpas like hard candies and fishing both of which are boring and both I can imagine Sheev doing!
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Sep 20, 2017 22:12
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*Sheev digs around a bag of jolly ranchers and pulls out green apple.* Hello, my little green friend.
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Sep 20, 2017 22:19
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Sheev is literally Space Satan. Of course he's cool.
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Sep 20, 2017 22:22
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Happy Noodle Boy posted:Should have been Brad Bird
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Sep 20, 2017 22:48
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Detective No. 27 posted:Grandpas were out there risking their lives to kill nazis and that's as cool as it gets. Was just about to post: My (great) grandpa had bullet wound scars from fighting nazis at the battle of the bulge and he helped build the fastest and coolest jets ever built (SR-71s) plus he's the one who took me to the drive-in to see ESB for the first time back in '81. Some o y'all may have busted rear end low rent grandpas, but you can straight miss me with that sentiment.
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*in very Palpatine voice* Is this the Home Shopping Channel? I would like to order the HomeSuite 400TC Cotton Floral Jacquard Reversible Duvet Cover. Yes, for my apprentice. He's-- Queen. He'll love it. Green, yes. It's his color. He hasn't been-- No, AmEx. He hasn'-- Oh yes, then Visa. Yes. It's on file. Yes. You had the most lovely little crystal figurine-- No. 216, but my eyes aren't what they used to-- It does look comfortable, and may-- Yes. That's the mailing address. No, I will save my points. Oh yes, he'll have to visit when I tell him there's a package for him. Thank you. And your na--? Thank you, Linda. You're very swee-- You have a nice da-- Oh, she hung up. Oh well.
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Grendels Dad posted:Vader may have been her father. But he was never her daddy.
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rian johnson seems ok, but id oubt there will be anything half as cool as the podrace in star wars 8. thats my hot take thanks bye
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To this day I'm still conflicted on the podrace. The race itself goes on so long (especially the current cut of it) and it kinda kills the pacing of the story; especially since it's only intercut with spectators and not a B plot. But dammit, it's so cool and has some of the coolest visual designs and sound design of the saga.
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Sep 20, 2017 23:24
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More movies should have chariot races.
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Schwarzwald posted:I can't believe Lucas wrote a love story between an uplifted slave and a Queen of paradise and their interactions were accidentally awkward. George Lucas posted:This one does have a love story which is quite a bit different. It's, you know, a necessary part of the plot that's being told, in Anakin's journey. That was challenging in its own way because Star Wars films have a tendency to be very action-oriented, and to be able to slow down a little bit and tell a love story in the middle of it, uhh... was uhh... a challenge to be able to make that happen. But I think we pulled it off pretty well. Intentionality isn't a big deal if you think those scenes land anyway, but it's pretty silly to suggest that Lucas couldn't have messed something up when even he admits that what he was trying to do with Episode 2 was different and more challenging.
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Sep 20, 2017 23:50
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jivjov posted:
Seems like an excellent thing to put in a movie imho.
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Detective No. 27 posted:More movies should have chariot races. Not empty quoting Was episode 1 the last great cinematic chariot race? I didn't see the new Ben-Hur, I'd assumed they did some speed-ramping on some horses biting the dust but that's it
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Sep 20, 2017 23:53
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jivjov posted:To this day I'm still conflicted on the podrace. The race itself goes on so long (especially the current cut of it) and it kinda kills the pacing of the story; especially since it's only intercut with spectators and not a B plot. I think thats really the Prequels in a nutshell. Everything they do in their scope and span is fantastic, but the actual nitty gritty pacing and interconnection leaves a lot of people cold. Pod Race rules and its especially staggering when you think about how much "new" stuff Episode 1 adds versus Episode 7
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Sep 20, 2017 23:55
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jivjov posted:But dammit, it's so cool and has some of the coolest visual designs and sound design of the saga. See also: the TIE fighter attack in ANH, the asteroid chase in ESB, the speeder bike chase in ROTJ, the Coruscant chase in AOTC, and the Grievous chase in ROTS, to name a few.
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It is also Greg Proops greatest film role which counts for something .
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Sheev would be cool if he was a podracer, but only then.
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Penpal posted:Not empty quoting The new Ben-Hur movie constructed an actual replica hippodrome and had stuntmen race actual horse chariots.
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The MSJ posted:The new Ben-Hur movie constructed an actual replica hippodrome and had stuntmen race actual horse chariots. How many died?
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sassassin posted:How many died? Out of the 22 stuntmen, only Ben Hurt
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Snooze Cruise posted:Out of the 22 stuntmen, only Ben Hurt Jfc
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JC was still in the movie, but does not F.
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The MSJ posted:JC was still in the movie, but does not F. Now in Ben Girth...
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Milky Moor posted:There's a lot of stupidity in this thread but thinking Sheev "The Senate" Palpatine isn't a cool dude might just take the cake. you know at first I wanted all new villains for this trilogy but after seeing the garbage characters they created in TFA I would absolutely love if they somehow brought Palpatine back. Either as a force ghost, as Snokes true identity, or as someone who has been in the background pulling the strings the whole time. It would be so satisfying.
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euphronius posted:It is also Greg Proops greatest film role which counts for something . Incidentally, he did not like TPM
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Super Fan posted:Incidentally, he did not like TPM It's ok I love his podcast anyway
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https://twitter.com/RealRonHoward/status/910629203665702912
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Is that the Kessel that Han runs through?
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Mr President posted:you know at first I wanted all new villains for this trilogy but after seeing the garbage characters they created in TFA I would absolutely love if they somehow brought Palpatine back. Either as a force ghost, as Snokes true identity, or as someone who has been in the background pulling the strings the whole time. It would be so satisfying. Ghost Palpatine played by Ian McDiarmid would unironically be awesome. He began as a figurative phantom menace, then literally becomes one.
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Yeah I don't know that I want Palpatine for plot reasons, but goddamn if I wouldn't be psyched to see a giant hologram McDiarmid chewing the scenery one more time.
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Sci-fi original set quality right there.
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I've not seen too much of it here on SA, but elsewhere on the Internet. I've seen complaints that TLJ marketing has been "slower" than TFA. Someone took the time to map the two against each other: https://twitter.com/nafroberts/status/910660351208943617
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jivjov posted:Someone took the time to map the two against each other: why
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[quote="“well why not”" post="“476610550”"] why [/quote] To prove the naysayers wrong, I guess? I dunno, I didn't make it, just thought I'd share it.
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But the marketing for The Last Jedi started the night The Force Awakens premired.
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Detective No. 27 posted:More movies should have chariot races. Agreed. I get confused when people criticize the pod race so harshly. I think it's mostly from being a bit long, and people get wrapped up in bashing the movie as a whole so much that they attack everything in it, because nothing in the movie could possibly be good. "And then that pod race..." *makes hand jerk off motion* "...am I right?" On rewatches, it's probably my favorite sequence of the movie, more so than the lightsaber fight at the end, which I've grown a bit more cold on. The race is so well shot, making what's going on pretty clear, when it could have been confusing. Lot's of interesting aliens all over the place, great design on the pods themselves, and god drat did Ben Burtt bring his A game with the sound design. I could do without the cuts to the audience so much, and Jabba being there for pure fan service (along with Warwick Davis watching with Watto) was entirely unnecessary, but other than that, I love it. thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 14:07 on Sep 21, 2017 |
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How are you using "pure fan service" there . I don't know what you mean .
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euphronius posted:How are you using "pure fan service" there . I don't know what you mean . Having Jabba and Warwick Davis make cameos here doesn't really add anything to the scene other than, "Oh hey, I know them!" The scene wouldn't be any lesser if Jabba was cut out of it. He's there so they could include Jabba in the trailers, which they did. Mainly I'm talking about Jabba. Warwick Davis is there as a side character cameo, which is fine.
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He was the stand in for the Roman magistrate or emperor in a chariot or gladiator scene. Who else could it have been . Another Hutt I guess. Traditionally a high level magistrate or the emperor would start chariot races and so did Jabba.
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