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Since the topic came up again anyway, I definitely find the starwars prequels to be the bad movies that are hardest to defend and every time I hear somebody say 'I like the star wars prequels' I begin to question literally every other opinion they have. For a PYF subtle movie moment: the entire movie Super. E: actually Super isn't very subtle but gently caress it, it's a great god drat movie. Agent355 has a new favorite as of 18:28 on Oct 2, 2017 |
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I liked Phantom Menace but I was in fourth grade when it came out and I don't know when I saw it last.You can't take my rose tinted glasses from me
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Oct 2, 2017 18:28
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Len posted:I liked Phantom Menace but I was in fourth grade when it came out and I don't know when I saw it last.You can't take my rose tinted glasses from me we can't, but another viewing can
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Oct 2, 2017 18:57
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Original Trilogy = Something Awful 1999-2017 Prequels = Something Awful New Font™
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Oct 2, 2017 19:13
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:we can't, but another viewing can And that's why I won't rewatch it
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Oct 2, 2017 22:36
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Not all that subtle, but awesome everytime I see it: Ewan McGregor trying to stifle laughter as he says "killing younglings". Like, that was the best, least-interrupted take. I like to think every other attempt was interrupted by hysterical giggles.
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Oct 3, 2017 01:05
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Len posted:I liked Phantom Menace but I was in fourth grade when it came out and I don't know when I saw it last.You can't take my rose tinted glasses from me I think Phantom Menace is a solid AF movie until Jar Jar is introduced, after that it is a pure, literal shower of poo poo through and through (until the duel of fates, which is solid until it ends. Mostly because of the music.) Something subtle I guess is... When Supes fights general Zod in whatever movie it is (the first new superman?) and there's a sign that says x days since last accident. The fight knocks the sign down, restarting the count. Rev. Bleech_ posted:Not all that subtle, but awesome everytime I see it: Ewan McGregor trying to stifle laughter as he says "killing younglings". Like, that was the best, least-interrupted take. I like to think every other attempt was interrupted by hysterical giggles. I had to look this up, and... Oh Lord. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SqTR0DorSw
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Oct 3, 2017 01:45
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Not all that subtle, but awesome everytime I see it: Ewan McGregor trying to stifle laughter as he says "killing younglings". Like, that was the best, least-interrupted take. I like to think every other attempt was interrupted by hysterical giggles. I mean, either that or a deep, remorseful sigh. Our maybe eye rolling.
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Oct 3, 2017 01:48
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Rev. Bleech_ posted:Not all that subtle, but awesome everytime I see it: Ewan McGregor trying to stifle laughter as he says "killing younglings". Like, that was the best, least-interrupted take. I like to think every other attempt was interrupted by hysterical giggles. 
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Oct 3, 2017 02:07
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Agent355 posted:Since the topic came up again anyway, I definitely find the starwars prequels to be the bad movies that are hardest to defend and every time I hear somebody say 'I like the star wars prequels' I begin to question literally every other opinion they have. I have an acquaintance who loves the prequel movies. He's never seen the original trilogy He's in his late 20's You may notice I did not call him a friend
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Oct 3, 2017 17:23
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A few days ago I saw a book called the "Phantom Menace Scrapbook" in a shop positioned with the S obscured.
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Oct 3, 2017 23:15
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Marmaduke! posted:A few days ago I saw a book called the "Phantom Menace Scrapbook" in a shop positioned with the S obscured. What the hell is a hop?
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Oct 3, 2017 23:22
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Aphrodite posted:What the hell is a hop? Not quite a jump, I'd say closer to a skip.
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Oct 3, 2017 23:40
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Aphrodite posted:What the hell is a hop? 12 parsecs. No wait, that's a 'run'.
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Oct 3, 2017 23:46
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Aphrodite posted:What the hell is a hop? About tree fiddy
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Oct 3, 2017 23:59
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It's not exactly subtle, but a moment I liked from Suicide Squad was when Enchantress shows all the characters their deepest desire... and Deadshot sees himself killing Batman. I like it because he's been set up as a relatively sympathetic character who keeps talking about getting his daughter back, but it turns out what he actually wants most is revenge. Either he's kidding himself about how deeply he cares about his daughter, or he really is the 'textbook sociopath' Harley accuses him of being.
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Oct 4, 2017 00:09
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In Stephen King's "Gerald's Game" Netflix film there's a stray dog that is referred to as "Cujo over there" at one point. I though it was a cool nod.
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Cinema Discusso has collectively decided that the Star Wars prequels, along with the Transformers films, are actually genius works of art.
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Greggster posted:I think Phantom Menace is a solid AF movie until Jar Jar is introduced, after that it is a pure, literal shower of poo poo through and through (until the duel of fates, which is solid until it ends. Mostly because of the music.) THat reminds me, I really like the fight between (Season 2 spoilers for Supergirl) Supergirl and Superman towards the end of the latest season, because of what it admitted about this version of the characters. Superman has been tricked with unusual kryptonite, which makes him see his sister as General Zod, so everything she says gets twisted into something Zod would say, so Superman is going all out trying to kill him, so of course Kara has to fight back and eventually manages to subdue him. Later she tries to give him an out by saying things like "Oh, you were brainwashed so you weren't fighting at your best." but Superman refuses to take it because he was fighting as hard as it was possible to fight. It just so happens that due to being trained in how to fight in kryptonite-laced rooms which bring Kara down to normal human strength by the DEO, Kara is just better at fighting. I like that they weren't afraid to go there.
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There's a good bit like that towards the end of the comic Preacher Jesse Custer is just a regular human being but has spent his entire life fighting, and was taught how to fight by his uncle Jody, enormous redneck sadist. So in the fight between him and Cassidy, a vampire with superhuman strength, Jesse gets the better of his much-stronger opponent because Cassidy always just took his strength for granted and never learned how to fight. Jesse's advantage doesn't last long, but it's a good take on how a lot of superhuman and hero fighters never actually learn any technique and just get past on brute strength
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Oct 4, 2017 05:04
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BiggerBoat posted:In Stephen King's "Gerald's Game" Netflix film there's a stray dog that is referred to as "Cujo over there" at one point. I though it was a cool nod. At one point during Carla Gugino's hallucinations, Bruce Greenwood whispers into her ear that "all things serve The Beam"
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Oct 4, 2017 07:22
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jabby posted:It's not exactly subtle, but a moment I liked from Suicide Squad was when Enchantress shows all the characters their deepest desire... and Deadshot sees himself killing Batman. It's especially great because his daughter is nowhere to be found in that sequence.
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Oct 4, 2017 09:06
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To be fair, killing Batman is like, the Nobel Prize of assassination.
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The worst thing about the word 'younglings' is Yoda is the first to say it, so you can easily convince yourself it's just another artifact of his already weird speech, or that maybe it's what his species called their young or something. It's not until shortly after that you go "oh I guess they're all gonna say it" and the entire world around you becomes slightly greyer.
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Oct 4, 2017 11:47
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I still like the idea that Yoda's actually a 900 year old human.
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Oct 4, 2017 12:19
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Inescapable Duck posted:I still like the idea that Yoda's actually a 900 year old human. Yoda started calling them younglings 300 years ago for a laugh but now everyone says it and he doesn't know how to make them stop
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Oct 4, 2017 12:41
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Yoda, over the past 900 years, engineered events so that Anakin would kill all the younglings.
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MariusLecter posted:Yoda, over the past 900 years, engineered events so that Anakin would kill all the younglings. An inside job, it was!
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Oct 4, 2017 16:36
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God Hole posted:At one point during Carla Gugino's hallucinations, Bruce Greenwood whispers into her ear that "all things serve The Beam" My wife and I turned to each other, jaws agape at this point. It was such a perfect Dark Tower reference in the way Stephen King likes to do them in his books, with no explanation, so that if you dont read them you wouldn't even know the line meant anything. Really cool.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:00
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Other than being cool to hate on the prequels I don't get the level of hate for "younglings" It's not really different from recently common and normal word "youngsters" I mean, it's dumb and pointless since they are already speaking English, and it's a clumsy alienese word that doesn't really add anything, so I agree that including it was a bad choice, but it seems like a super tiny quibble blown up into a galaxy-sized problem. I know, I know, the internet
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Oct 4, 2017 17:05
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It was already cheesy and unsubtle enough for the bad guy to literally murder children but then the dweebish understatement was, as if saying "killed children" is too racy for a movie but actually killing children isn't, enough to make my eyes roll out of my head. It's funny that forums poster Tezzor is super annoying in any conversation about anything serious but when talking to prequel-liking nerds he's hilarious.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:11
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Any other word than children would be stupid. "Youngsters" would be just as bad as younglings. Anakin killed all the babbys who coudlnt frigth back
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Oct 4, 2017 17:15
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Youngling is a silly word and sounds ridiculous in a big dramatic child murder reveal.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:26
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It's fine when Yoda says it, but when it's coming out of Natalie Portman's mouth it annihilates any shred of drama the scene hoped to have.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:36
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The squeamishness under those circumstances is sort of eye-rolling in its own right, but honestly, if it has to be done you could just substitute 'students' or 'apprentices,' or something.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:38
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Rangpur posted:honestly, if it has to be done you could just substitute 'students' or 'apprentices,' or something. "Padawans" is already an in universe unique term. Use that, even.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:42
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Padawans can be teens, or probably even adults. They wanted to sell that he killed the kindergarteners.
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Oct 4, 2017 17:52
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Arcsquad12 posted:It's fine when Yoda says it, but when it's coming out of Natalie Portman's mouth it annihilates any shred of drama the scene hoped to have. Tbf that's every line out of Natalie Portman's mouth
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Oct 4, 2017 18:20
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He killed kiddos, Padme
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Harriet, I killed a youngling
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