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General Dog posted:This show's alright. He hangs upside down and pours soup or stew up his neck so it pools inside his helmet. Hoping to see this at some point this season.
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Weedle posted:The Mandalorian claims he doesn't eat pussy because he can't take off his helmet, but really it's because he's just a selfish lover. That poo poo wouldn't have flown when Satine was in charge
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Nov 18, 2019 21:40
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Of course Ludwig Göransson did the soundtrack. He will go down as the greatest composer of our time.
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Nov 18, 2019 21:41
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General Dog posted:That poo poo wouldn't have flown when Satine was in charge Considering her dislike for being penetrated. Budum bum. Ah too soon?
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Nov 18, 2019 21:44
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I assume his helmet can provide a heads up display that shows what the scope sees and other tactical data.
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Nov 18, 2019 21:57
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This is a really great history of the Mandalorians from the beginning for those interested. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awoqOq-n6CQ
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Nov 18, 2019 22:00
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It's hard to articulate why but this is the Star Warsiest anything has felt to me in a long time. It's not just the obvious callbacks like the speeder shot, the Boba Fett weapons, or the cantina scene, it's something more fundamental.
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Nov 18, 2019 22:11
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It's the chip-on-its-shoulderness of it all. Star Wars is fundamentally about low status people faking it until they make it. Luke is a farmboy that fronts as an ace pilot before stumbling into something way bigger than he ever imagined. Han Solo is a broke-rear end son of a bitch in a beaten up relic starship who fronts as the biggest hotshot smuggler in the galaxy. Princess Leia is a princess with no planet and a general with no army trying to take on the literal evil empire. That's why so many Star Wars ripoffs (and the prequel trilogy, and some of the other movies) fail; they buy into the hype. They try to run a knock-off Han Solo who is as cool as Han Solo pretends to be, without realizing that the pretense is the part that makes it work.
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Nov 18, 2019 22:17
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:It's the chip-on-its-shoulderness of it all. Star Wars is fundamentally about low status people faking it until they make it. Luke is a farmboy that fronts as an ace pilot before stumbling into something way bigger than he ever imagined. Han Solo is a broke-rear end son of a bitch in a beaten up relic starship who fronts as the biggest hotshot smuggler in the galaxy. Princess Leia is a princess with no planet and a general with no army trying to take on the literal evil empire. Who are you referring to, Captain Tanaka?
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I said come in! posted:Please shower me in Baby Yoda memes.  
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Nov 18, 2019 22:26
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Too many blankets, the force can't protect you from crib death yody.
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Nov 18, 2019 22:34
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AlternateAccount posted:Imagine a rifle scope mount that somehow is so good you can pull the scope off and put it back on without having to re-zero. Quick-detach scope mounts that maintain zero exist IRL and are really common nowadays. I have one on my rifle. You don’t even need tools to detach/reattach it.
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Nov 18, 2019 22:38
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Hakkesshu posted:I like this show so far, but I really wish they would have more confidence in it being able to stand on its own two feet instead of having basically everything be "it's that thing from the movies but with a slight twist!" and hell they don't even do the twist half the time.  See also: the landspeeder in the first episode on the ice loving planet. Because of course you want to ride in the open air when it's freezing outside. It's fine that it's basically TFA / nostalgia themepark right now, but maybe they will try to tread some new ground sometime later in the season or even in season 2.
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Nov 18, 2019 22:41
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I guess Jawas are analogous to Gypsies in the SW universe now.
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Padme comforting Anikan as he shrieks that the Roma people are animals.
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:It's the chip-on-its-shoulderness of it all. Star Wars is fundamentally about low status people faking it until they make it. Luke is a farmboy that fronts as an ace pilot before stumbling into something way bigger than he ever imagined. Han Solo is a broke-rear end son of a bitch in a beaten up relic starship who fronts as the biggest hotshot smuggler in the galaxy. Princess Leia is a princess with no planet and a general with no army trying to take on the literal evil empire. That's.. Actually pretty on the nose. TLJ tried to correct this a bit with knock off Han Solo getting shut down and Finn trying to escape because he knows he's not really a hero. I'm sure Abrams will completely whiff it though. I think the PT actually did this well, Qui Gon is a complete dickhead to everyone and utterly selfish but he's never questioned because he's the Jedi in charge, and the audience kinda missed it. People love qui gon, despite literally looking Anakin's mom in the face and saying "I'm not here to free slaves." You probably could've avoided this whole thing if he wasn't so focused on the bureaucracy of the Jedi. Obi wan also fails as a teacher, he fronts like he's wise but he's got lovely training because his master was a lovely old man. Donovan Trip fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Nov 18, 2019 |
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Nov 18, 2019 23:09
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The score and the end credits montage make it feel like some old school western serial. There's nice little details here and there, like how our Mando is constantly repairing his armor since he seems to frequently get his rear end kicked, and actually loading the rifle to fire it (a lot of SW costumes show bandoliers of what I assume is ammunition but nobody actually uses it.)
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Nov 18, 2019 23:14
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Do we know for sure this isn't set on Tatooine?? Moisture farms, desert planet, Jawas, sand crawlers. The shows thumbnail image shows twin suns.
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Popete posted:Do we know for sure this isn't set on Tatooine?? Moisture farms, desert planet, Jawas, sand crawlers. The shows thumbnail image shows twin suns. I had the same thought, my understanding is Jawas are native to Tatooine and exclusively live there, and no where else. I don't recall either episode outright stateing the planet.
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Nov 18, 2019 23:32
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Spotted in my Facebook feed: Don't have an artist source. 
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I said come in! posted:I had the same thought, my understanding is Jawas are native to Tatooine and exclusively live there, and no where else. I don't recall either episode outright stateing the planet. Ok I just looked it up and apparently it's a different planet, which is weird... The Star Wars data-bank says the Ugnaught guy Kuiil lives on Arvala-7. Perhaps that is a different name for Tatooine? https://www.starwars.com/databank/kuiil
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Westy543 posted:Spotted in my Facebook feed: Oh I love it!! Ok this is my favorite meme so far: 
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Koalas March posted:Oh I love it!! I love the implication that Yoda speaks normally when he loses it.
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Nov 18, 2019 23:49
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Little poo poo, listen here you will
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Old Kentucky Shark posted:It's the chip-on-its-shoulderness of it all. Star Wars is fundamentally about low status people faking it until they make it. Luke is a farmboy that fronts as an ace pilot before stumbling into something way bigger than he ever imagined. Han Solo is a broke-rear end son of a bitch in a beaten up relic starship who fronts as the biggest hotshot smuggler in the galaxy. Princess Leia is a princess with no planet and a general with no army trying to take on the literal evil empire. I do think that's part of it but not all of it. Maybe it's the setting and how they give it so much time to develop and breathe. Or maybe it just resonates with me because I'm a man and it's so masculine. Who knows
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Joke Miriam posted:Edit: And how the hell is the tiny brick of beskar going to sponsor so many kids if apparently most of it just went into his shoulderpad? I assumed it was meant to be used to make an alloy which is what would be used to craft the helmets and armour but I'm not 100%. Maybe some more knowledgeable could correct me.
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Hamelekim posted:This is a really great history of the Mandalorians from the beginning for those interested. This seems kind of non-canon. There's mention of Exar Kun and Ulic Qel-Droma and I'm feeling like a gigantic nerd now
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BigglesSWE posted:I love the implication that Yoda speaks normally when he loses it. I was picturing Frank Oz shifting from Yoda to Miss Piggy.
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Donovan Trip posted:I think the PT actually did this well, Qui Gon is a complete dickhead to everyone and utterly selfish but he's never questioned because he's the Jedi in charge, and the audience kinda missed it. People love qui gon, despite literally looking Anakin's mom in the face and saying "I'm not here to free slaves." You probably could've avoided this whole thing if he wasn't so focused on the bureaucracy of the Jedi. Obi wan also fails as a teacher, he fronts like he's wise but he's got lovely training because his master was a lovely old man. Do people love Qui-gon, though? It’s hard to imagine such a vaguely-sketched character eliciting any kind of emotional reaction.
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Weedle posted:Do people love Qui-gon, though? It’s hard to imagine such a vaguely-sketched character eliciting any kind of emotional reaction. You're talking in a thread about a TV series based loosely on a character that LOOKS like a character with 3 minutes of screen time that people have been obsessed with for nearly 50 years
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Weedle posted:Do people love Qui-gon, though? It’s hard to imagine such a vaguely-sketched character eliciting any kind of emotional reaction. people seemed to have liked liam neeson at the time and that may have been enough
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Weedle posted:Do people love Qui-gon, though? It’s hard to imagine such a vaguely-sketched character eliciting any kind of emotional reaction. Much more after the last arc of Clone Wars. The arc with him communicating with Yoda through the Force and telling him how to do the same made me like him a lot more. Also he has a cool lightsaber.
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Laterite posted:Rogue One (2016) dir. Sam Peckinpah I saw someone say that the machine laser gun attack was an homage to the machine gun in Django but it reminded me a lot more of The Wild Bunch Also, I cannot believe how nuts everyone is going for baby Yoda, even the most cynical everything hating people I follow on twitter are like "We Stan the Baby King". It's quite an accomplishment, if I told you a month ago that the macguffin in TM was going to be a, not the, but a baby Yoda, you'd've groaned and rightfully thought it would suck. But it works great. It reminds me of X-23 (ooh an edgy teenage clone of Wolverine with feet claws) but throughout the years she's been a well-served and popular character. zoux fucked around with this message at 01:40 on Nov 19, 2019 |
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its a eweb u bakka jaigin
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Marginally related, but Disney+ got hacked. Change your password. https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/
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Lone Wolf and Yub-Nub
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Westy543 posted:Marginally related, but Disney+ got hacked. Change your password. https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/
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Westy543 posted:Marginally related, but Disney+ got hacked. Change your password. https://www.zdnet.com/article/thousands-of-hacked-disney-accounts-are-already-for-sale-on-hacking-forums/ I use last pass to generate random passwords. If they aren't encrypting my password in their system then they have bigger issues.
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zoux posted:I saw someone say that the machine laser gun attack was an homage to the machine gun in Django but it reminded me a lot more of The Wild Bunch Speaking of X-23, her creator, Christopher Yost, is writing episode six.
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mystes posted:This is good because Star Wars is just space Indiana Jones that subsequently got extremely confused and forgot what it was. Now I'm imagining a Star Wars style Indiana Jones/Tomb Raider where every temple is just loving wild. The whole first scene of the first Indiana movie would be easy to translate to scifi, right down to the escape by plane from angry native peoples at the end. Thinking about it, it would be so easy to just move the entire Indiana Jone setting to space. We have ruined temples, like on Yavin 4, we've got space nazis, we have shady dives and gilded palaces. Everything we need. Someone said earlier that The Mandalorian was made to scratch the Space Cowboy itch that Firefly left and that makes a kind of sense. I want a show to scratch the itch left by Indiana Jones.
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