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Rent-A-Cop posted:WWI had a more satisfying ending. 
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I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of being offended by a mild unspecific World War I joke of all loving things. *Makes a 'Star Spangled Banner' pun* "GUYS CAN WE PLEASE NOT MAKE JOKES ABOUT THE WAR OF 1812?! THAT IS VERY HURTFUL"
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Dec 2, 2019 18:13
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Many bothans died to bring us this dad joke
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Dec 2, 2019 18:18
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Too soon I guess
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Dec 2, 2019 19:07
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Big Beef City posted:I'm still trying to wrap my head around the concept of being offended by a mild unspecific World War I joke of all loving things. Am I the only one who recognized that WWI comment as classic SA sarcasm/irony? That's pretty much all we used to do around here...
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Dec 2, 2019 19:15
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WWI definitely subverted expectations.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:16
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I thought the reboot with the assault rifles and heavy bombers and nukes was a bit much. And the villain they got to replace the Kaiser was trying WAY too hard. It was transparently just more of the same with a healthy dollop of trying to one up the last thing. "Oh, you liked tanks? Well now they're bigger and have huge guns and they're everywhere." Like they forgot what made the original special.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:24
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Owlbear Camus posted:I thought the reboot with the assault rifles and heavy bombers and nukes was a bit much. And the villain they got to replace the Kaiser was trying WAY too hard. It was transparently just more of the same with a healthy dollop of trying to one up the last thing. "Oh, you liked tanks? Well now they're bigger and have huge guns and they're everywhere." Like they forgot what made the original special. I love you.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:25
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Owlbear Camus posted:I thought the reboot with the assault rifles and heavy bombers and nukes was a bit much. And the villain they got to replace the Kaiser was trying WAY too hard. It was transparently just more of the same with a healthy dollop of trying to one up the last thing. "Oh, you liked tanks? Well now they're bigger and have huge guns and they're everywhere." Like they forgot what made the original special. 'oh great another superweapon'
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Dec 2, 2019 19:26
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When viewed in tandem, the World Wars conform to the ancient storytelling technique known as Ring Theory. In other words,
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Dec 2, 2019 19:28
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Based on prior experiences everybody thought it would be quick and easy. But then it turned out to be a brutal slog that went on even past the most out-their projections. Every time it seemed like this had to be when it was finally over, it just kept shambling on. When it finally ended the vast majority of those who walked away were left embittered and exhausted. Those few who argued that it was actually a good thing if you thought about it were scorned. And while we wouldn't know it until it was over, it would give rise to providing right-wing extremists with a large public platform with which to argue their views. And to think that was just TLJ. They're making another one of these things!
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Dec 2, 2019 19:29
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Sydin posted:Based on prior experiences everybody thought it would be quick and easy. But then it turned out to be a brutal slog that went on even past the most out-their projections. Every time it seemed like this had to be when it was finally over, it just kept shambling on. When it finally ended the vast majority of those who walked away were left embittered and exhausted. Those few who argued that it was actually a good thing if you thought about it were scorned. And while we wouldn't know it until it was over, it would give rise to providing right-wing extremists with a large public platform with which to argue their views.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:30
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It's wild that this, out of all, turned out to be the best star wars thread
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Dec 2, 2019 19:31
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The Walrus posted:'oh great another superweapon' It's clear they didn't even have a coherent plan to make a sequel. Like, they set up dirigibles as this whole thing where you think there's going to be payoff and just drop them between films.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:35
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Ww1 at least left room for a sequel. And side stories.
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Dec 2, 2019 19:39
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Dec 2, 2019 19:39
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Fartbox posted:Can we not joke around about WW1? A lot of people died in that war, a huge amount Imaging registering an account on the Something Awful forums only to wind up making posts like this one. In GBS of all places
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Dec 2, 2019 19:46
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Having Hitler survive at the end of WW2 was a weird decision, were they going for a sequel or something?
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Dec 2, 2019 19:51
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It was pretty obvious that they had plans to continue the Pacific theater for at least another two or three years. I've seen some behind the scenes stuff on how far along they were with prep for it (it was even going to be called "Operation Downfall", a pretty sick name imo), they had millions of Purple Heart medals readied. It was going to make Overlord look like a playground fistfight, since they had free reign to focus all of their budget and attention on it. But I guess they thought the audience would lose interest after the European war arc got resolved so quickly, and just asspulled those superweapons to have Japan just up and quit. Lazy writing. 
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Dec 2, 2019 20:04
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Looking at some of the background material for the origin of "Germany" and man this stuff is more convoluted than the Similarian.
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Dec 2, 2019 20:06
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General Patton was such a Mary Sue, it makes me sick
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Dec 2, 2019 20:06
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They were building up that superweapon forever but in the end the Slavic hordes just beaten down all the stormtroopers? Way to subvert my expectations.
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Dec 2, 2019 20:14
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When the first one came around, everyone was pretty excited because we hadn't had one of these in so long. So everyone rushed off to join in and there was a lot of initial enthusiasm. But then it was kind of just the same old thing, when we were hoping for something special and new. Still, a lot of people believed in the potential, so we were kind of waiting for the next one to really sell us on it. Maybe they could still recapture the magic. We were willing to give it a try. That first entry, it left a lot of things unresolved. So people were curious to see where this setup would lead. But the second one was just totally off the rails. The old Good Guy Ally was wiped out basically offscreen before the fight even started, even though they just won the war not long ago, and the bad guys had built this huge army from who knows where. I mean when the last one ended it seemed like they had nothing left! Anyway it ended up finagled into just redrawing the same old battle lines from the first one even though it didn't make any sense. The bad guy's motivations were nonsensical, and the old hero just pouted about how he was tired of this poo poo and didn't want to get involved. Then after the bad guys are mostly falling apart anyway, he finally jumps in at the final act and steals the credit like he did all the work. And don't even get me started on that spaniard or italian or whatever. He just mumbled a bunch of nonsense, talked a big game but contributed nothing, and then switched sides. I'm not sure if he was insane or just a jerk who was bored. All these characters were so unbelievable. Anyway the whole thing was a disaster and even though a lot of people ended up turning out for the second one, it just really dampened the public's appetite for more. Most of us are just tired of this poo poo. The people in charge though, they don't get it. They keep trying to make these spin offs of side shows, but it's just not the same. Some people show up, sure. But the reception is usually lukewarm at best and they end up costing so much money to make it doesn't seem worth it. The whole thing has really gone down hill. My opinion: if it weren't for the video games I don't think there would be any value left to it. At least some of those are good. Meme Poker Party fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Dec 2, 2019 |
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Dec 2, 2019 20:15
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QuarkJets posted:General Patton was such a Mary Sue, it makes me sick MacArthur's the key to all this, if we get MacArthur working... 'cause he's a funnier general than we've ever had in the wars...
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Dec 2, 2019 20:19
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So there's this great far eastern empire that won't surrender and continues to fight fanatically because they hold their emperor as some kind of godhead? Seems like a pretty on-the nose orientalist trope smdh.
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Dec 2, 2019 20:24
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Yeah right, like a bunch of uppity Russian T-34 tanks could defeat the mighty German Panzerkampfwagen Schnauzerfocker and its 5.5 inch Mittelschwanzkanone, this poo poo is so unrealistic
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Dec 2, 2019 20:54
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If you watch the prequel closely you can see a cameo appearance by Hitler as a trench guy who gets mustard gassed
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Dec 2, 2019 21:16
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TheIncredulousHulk posted:If you watch the prequel closely you can see a cameo appearance by Hitler as a trench guy who gets mustard gassed His mustache doesn't even match the sequel though! Fuckin hacks can't even keep their lore straight.
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Dec 2, 2019 21:24
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The best part of the prequel was that thing that could dice the operator, and landed on balls.
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Dec 2, 2019 21:46
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dont kinkshame
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Dec 2, 2019 21:52
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SelenicMartian posted:The best part of the prequel was that thing that could dice the operator, and landed on balls. Oh sure, the ball-dicers. But you really need to read the EU comics to understand their importance
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Dec 2, 2019 21:53
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You're telling me they named the guy who's death set the plot into motion after an Indie Rock band? That's some George Lucas level naming.
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Dec 2, 2019 21:59
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You expect me to believe there was a second world war in the works when the first world war was barely over?
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Dec 2, 2019 22:06
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You are not having a stroke or a weird vivid post-thanksgiving dream, they really are doing a Star Wars take on of Legends of the Hidden Temple hosted by Jar Jar's actor. https://news.avclub.com/jar-jar-act...source=Facebook
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Dec 3, 2019 23:12
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those reddit spoiler pages are down, are they available somewhere else?
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Dec 3, 2019 23:13
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Kazak posted:You expect me to believe there was a second world war in the works when the first world war was barely over? If cinema taught me anything, its that trilogies are all the rage nowadays.
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Dec 4, 2019 10:06
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Sydin posted:MacArthur's the key to all this, if we get MacArthur working... 'cause he's a funnier general than we've ever had in the wars... when MacArthur's not there, people should be asking: 'where's MacArthur?'
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Dec 4, 2019 10:58
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I saw this and I thought of you guys
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Dec 4, 2019 13:09
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Creamed Cormp posted:I saw this and I thought of you guys 
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Who needs a girlfriend when you have The Force.
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