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Ghost Leviathan posted:Even in the original books there is a bit where Frodo comes across a dead Easterling and has an internal monologue on how they aren't so different from his human allies and friends, and wonders what lies and threats caused them to ally with Sauron. But yeah, still comes across as pretty iffy at best. I've read The Last Ringbearer and it basically just flips who was good and who was evil making the elves just as bad as Sauron. It isn't quite as interesting as it seems from just reading a description.
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BiggerBoat posted:I'll cross post this here since I'm not sure why it bugs me I didn't pick up for YEARS that in Batman 89, Nicholson's Joker appearing without the white face was actually the character's makeup and not the other way around. Not even sure when I finally picked up on the fact that he was applying flesh colored makeup over his bleached skin and I bet I'm not alone since I don't remember the film clearly showing Napier doing this although I bet it did. After he electrocutes the mobster, he starts wiping at his forehead, and the flesh color comes off revealing the white skin beneath
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Len posted:Watching Fellowship of the Ring with my fiancee because she's never seen these movies. There were "half-goblin" spies in Bree. Frodo notices a man who "looks more like a goblin than a man". Saruman sent these guys out to every country he could. 
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Schubalts posted:There were "half-goblin" spies in Bree. Frodo notices a man who "looks more like a goblin than a man". Saruman sent these guys out to every country he could. That would make sense. Also I'm fairly certain the Fellowship of the Rings that's on Netflix isn't the extended edition which infuriates me a little.
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In the extended edition of Return of the King Aragorn murders a man under a flag of truce and everyone acts like it was totally a noble thing to do.
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BiggerBoat posted:I'll cross post this here since I'm not sure why it bugs me I didn't pick up for YEARS that in Batman 89, Nicholson's Joker appearing without the white face was actually the character's makeup and not the other way around. Not even sure when I finally picked up on the fact that he was applying flesh colored makeup over his bleached skin and I bet I'm not alone since I don't remember the film clearly showing Napier doing this although I bet it did. That's not that bad since you can see the prosthetic smile etched on his face when Napier wears flesh makup. Inspector Gesicht posted:How long did it take people to realise C-3PO has a silver leg? This on the other hand is not an easy spot, mostly due to bright lighting on tatooine masking the leg in far shots and shooting up close or having his knees cropped out of a shot. It wasn't actually obvious until Empire when he's found in pieces.
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Is there a lore reason for it like there is for the red arm in the new movies? Because otherwise it makes Darth Vader of all people look incompetant
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They did it to sell a comic that shows how he got a red arm. I didn't know people gave a shot about C3PO.
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BiggerBoat posted:I'll cross post this here since I'm not sure why it bugs me I didn't pick up for YEARS that in Batman 89, Nicholson's Joker appearing without the white face was actually the character's makeup and not the other way around. Not even sure when I finally picked up on the fact that he was applying flesh colored makeup over his bleached skin and I bet I'm not alone since I don't remember the film clearly showing Napier doing this although I bet it did. I also used to try and watch it with the mindset of someone who didn't know absolute poo poo about Batman and see at what point you'd definitely figure out he was Bruce Wayne. I did have other tapes than 1989 Batman, but not many.
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Makes me wonder if they shot the actor wiping the white makeup onto his face and reversed it?
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Nope. There's a link in the subtle movie moments thread where the make up guys from the movie explain it. Basically they painted his face white, added a silicone oil top layer, and very carefully applied the flesh coloring on top.
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Aug 14, 2018 11:00
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Wow, they deserve an award for that.
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rydiafan posted:In the extended edition of Return of the King Aragorn murders a man under a flag of truce and everyone acts like it was totally a noble thing to do. To be fair Bruce Spence is Australian.
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BiggerBoat posted:I'll cross post this here since I'm not sure why it bugs me I didn't pick up for YEARS that in Batman 89, Nicholson's Joker appearing without the white face was actually the character's makeup and not the other way around. Not even sure when I finally picked up on the fact that he was applying flesh colored makeup over his bleached skin and I bet I'm not alone since I don't remember the film clearly showing Napier doing this although I bet it did. Doesn't Vicki Vale throw a drink at him at one point and his makeup runs?
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Randalor posted:Doesn't Vicki Vale throw a drink at him at one point and his makeup runs? Yep! In the art gallery. "I'm melting, I'm melting! BOO!"
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HOOLY BOOLY posted:Is there a lore reason for it like there is for the red arm in the new movies? Because otherwise it makes Darth Vader of all people look incompetant Internet says this was in EU stuff so it's not Disney canon anymore, but in a comic some bad guy replaced his leg with one that had like a bomb and some reprogramming stuff in it to make him do something.
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I recently watched The Long Kiss Goodnight, a Geena Davis action movie in the 90s. The bad guy is some CIA honcho that's angry about the budget cuts to his department. Inspired by the World Trade Center bombing of 1993, his plan is to do a fake terrorist attack that kills 4,000 people and then blame it on the muslims. Is this where the 9/11 inside job people got their idea?
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Confirmed that Shane Black is 9/11 truther.
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The X-Files spinoff Lone Gunmen had an episode where they thwart an attempt o hijack a plane and fly it into the World Trade Center. Which is of course part of a government conspiracy to blame it on some dictator to justify a war. Aired in March of 2001.
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Aphrodite posted:Internet says this was in EU stuff so it's not Disney canon anymore, but in a comic some bad guy replaced his leg with one that had like a bomb and some reprogramming stuff in it to make him do something. God drat that is dumb. Luckily the new "Canon" is making sure to produce just as much poo poo.
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JediTalentAgent posted:Something I never knew I wanted until I typed this post: A Mad Max/Conan crossover. https://youtu.be/4M5KE44xluo
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Pook Good Mook posted:Luckily the new "Canon" is making sure to produce just as much poo poo. quote:SPACEPORT DUDE
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Peeny Cheez posted:Don't be a grumpus. The new stuff is some top-shelf writing. I didn't watch the solo movie, is that real? Why the hell wouldn't they just say something about like, "no family, guess you're solo". You don't need a dumb pun his name already means something...
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Zaphod42 posted:I didn't watch the solo movie, is that real? No, that's mocking it. Your second line is what actually happens.
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Zaphod42 posted:I didn't watch the solo movie, is that real? Congratulations, here's 13 billion dollars and a contract to write the Chewbacca movie
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Aphrodite posted:No, that's mocking it. Your second line is what actually happens. It didn't need any explanation at all. It's a surname. If someone is named Linda Baker does that mean they like to make bread? It's just a loving name and nerds suck. Edit: Boba Fett is a distant relative of the people who started this franchise: https://itsbobatime.com/
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I mean that's how Baker became a last name. Someone was named John and he was a smith so he became John Smith when last name were introduced. Same with Carpenter, Kramer, Taylor, Fletcher, Bauer, etc. etc. So obviously Han is descended from a long line of guitarists. Wan Kenobi is probably like those "From/of [someplace]" lastnames like Van Halen, Da Vinci, Von Hayek, etc. etc FreudianSlippers has a new favorite as of 22:40 on Aug 14, 2018 |
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FreudianSlippers posted:Wan Kenobi is probably like those "From/of [someplace]" lastnames like Van Halen, Da Vinci, Von Hayek, etc. etc
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I guess this isn't irrational but I hate how everything is getting a subscription streaming service. Netflix worked because it had a lot of variety but I'll be damned if I pay $5.99 a month for a CBS only streaming service.
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This is going to be an IIMM that I'm going to have to break down into pieces to explain why it's an IIMM. The Transformers films, when they first came out, I think they declared the reason for the redesigns was so that they could more realistically transform and move in a way that sort of had a reasonable conservation of mass and range of motion. Okay. Here's where my IIMM. I can't tell who any of these robots are. I get it, that you can't transform them to look like their cartoon or toy versions 1:1. They're also obviously locked into these predetermined altforms, so the final forms has to match that pretty well... But wait, the movies even screw that up in every film. All any of these robots have to do is morph their altform by scanning some other car with a laser and suddenly it's T-1000 time on their auto body design. If we're having this heavy duty morphing going on, and we accept it, in almost all these films... Can't we just also accept that when they finish going into robot form there's a light-duty morphing to smooth out the the edges, give them heads and faces, etc. to at least make them look a bit more recognizable?
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JediTalentAgent posted:This is going to be an IIMM...
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What's stupid about the Solo thing is - alright, so he's an orphan, grew up on the streets, doesn't have a last name, gets assigned one by the government. It's stupid over-explaining things that don't need explanations, but it at least makes sense. Then, later in the movie, he just causally mentions his father was an engineer who helped build spaceships. So... he did know his family?! Or is he just pointlessly lying later on about his dad?
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The answer is the movie had massive reshoots, like 80%.
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Seems like an awkward joke. It would have worked better if at each check point they would read your name and group size, like "Weevel: party of four.". Since Han was always alone, they would say "Han: solo". So that would stick with him, or maybe later on he realizes that was his party size and not his last name.
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Shnag posted:Seems like an awkward joke. It would have worked better if at each check point they would read your name and group size, like "Weevel: party of four.". Since Han was always alone, they would say "Han: solo". So that would stick with him, or maybe later on he realizes that was his party size and not his last name. It would’ve worked even better if they hadn’t tried to make an awkward unnecessary explanation out of it
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That han solo is so hot right now...
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JediTalentAgent posted:This is going to be an IIMM that I'm going to have to break down into pieces to explain why it's an IIMM. Its probably not irrational, by why is Jazz the only autobot to die in the first movie? Edit: Derped hard Jobbo_Fett has a new favorite as of 13:21 on Aug 15, 2018 |
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Angry Salami posted:What's stupid about the Solo thing is - alright, so he's an orphan, grew up on the streets, doesn't have a last name, gets assigned one by the government. It's stupid over-explaining things that don't need explanations, but it at least makes sense. Someone orphaned young can still know who their parents were. I think the intent was that Corellia just has a low class with no last names, not a unique situation for Han because he's an orphan. But the officer's surprise still doesn't mesh with that. He's a recruiter down in the slums, it had to have come up before.
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