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drat, hard to believe I'm the only one watching Episode 1 at noon on a Monday
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Enjoy how lovely Jar Jar is when you can’t look away
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May 6, 2024 18:24
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Okay but the podrace is about to start which is half of why I'm here
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May 6, 2024 18:37
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Reminder, Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom is in theaters in America this week only. Tuesday subbed, Wednesday dubbed. You will never get another chance!
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May 6, 2024 18:39
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seed freedom, hehe
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May 6, 2024 18:43
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Jimbot posted:I was always partial to this scene: Yeah good one also. Can feel the grief.
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May 6, 2024 18:46
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Man I should reinstall Episode 1 Racer...
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May 6, 2024 18:47
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Data Graham posted:(I think my favorite stunt multiball pastiche was "Professor Hawk" in Dexter's Lab who was a mashup of Jobs, Gates, Stephen Hawking, and Willy Wonka) Also Waldo, from Heinlein's short story, who decides to give up being an inventor (and being disabled...) to instead take up dancing.
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May 6, 2024 19:39
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I’ve been asked to do some consulting on the financing structure for the next Ruben Ostlund film. Which is pretty cool. His producer and the woman who puts the co-production structure in place are both great so I am looking forward to it. 
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May 6, 2024 22:48
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CelticPredator posted:Enjoy how lovely Jar Jar is when you can’t look away Daffy Duck, in my space wizard movie????
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May 6, 2024 23:06
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Data Graham posted:It seems like it's always a better idea to do a pastiche of two or more figures with your parody characters because a) you get to make fun of a concept rather than a specific person, and b) you have plausible deniability in case they get mad. Reminded of Mark Beaks in the DuckTales reboot, who started as a Zuckerberg riff but ends up a mix of a lot of tech bro traits treated with entirely appropriate contempt. Also he was a magical girl that one time for some reason.
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May 6, 2024 23:40
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Waffleman_ posted:drat, hard to believe I'm the only one watching Episode 1 at noon on a Monday It's a podcast, you listen to it?
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May 7, 2024 00:08
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Blood Boils posted:Daffy Duck, in my space wizard movie???? He’s not Daffy Duck.
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May 7, 2024 00:28
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Also how is that a gotcha? When did space wizard movie become synonymous with looby toons
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May 7, 2024 00:29
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Meaty Ore posted:Hell, one of the main villains is named after Pauline Kael. The bad guy in Galaxy Quest is named after Andrew Sarris.
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May 7, 2024 00:38
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First twitter reactions dropping for Furiosa https://twitter.com/davidehrlich/status/1787656184490541561
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May 7, 2024 03:06
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CelticPredator posted:He’s not Daffy Duck. True, they spell and pronounce their names differently. But there's enough similarities to suggest they are blood relatives. Distant cousins perhaps? And I apologize but I didn't intend that to be a gotcha, nor do I think slapstick cartoons are synonymous with live action Fantasy. I'm only pointing out that there is a shared sense of humour, in spite of nerds tendency to take it deeply serious. The star wars I've rewatched most recently is Empire, the quote - unquote Best One, and it's frequently deliberately goofy AF. And not just like Han & Leia's romance, there's so much burping & spitting up! Edit: on 2nd thought, Disney's Goofy is a better comparison for Jarjar than Daffy, at least in terms of their personalities and how they relate to the other characters. Pretend I said that instead! Blood Boils fucked around with this message at 03:27 on May 7, 2024 |
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May 7, 2024 03:23
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Goofy is a klutz but he’s a sweet guy. Jar Jar is shifty and knows what he’s doing is bad but does it anyway
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May 7, 2024 04:25
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Jar Jar obviously an analog for German politician Franz Von Papen who was instrumental in bringing the NSDAP to power when he tried to use them as pawns to further his own ambitions and also one time he got his tongue caught in the spokes of a horse drawn carriage and it made it numb which made him look quite silly.
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I think this was the first time in like 15 years I've seen Phantom Menace and the first time I like actually paid attention to the plot and God what a weird movie. Plot was kinda aimless while it set things about the new era up and drifted from admittedly cool setpiece to admittedly cool setpiece. Can't bring myself to hate it though.
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May 7, 2024 05:23
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The prequels are weird because they do have a near self-contained story but if they came out without the original Star Wars as a cultural cornerstone then they would absolutely be glossed over and people would wonder why they made a trilogy in the first place.
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Well, they probably wouldn't be made without the OT as the counterpoint, dripping with dramatic irony is their whole deal.CelticPredator posted:Goofy is a klutz but he’s a sweet guy. Jar Jar is shifty and knows what he’s doing is bad but does it anyway Yeah, the problem with Jar Jar is that ultimately he doesn't manage the right balance even as a cartoon character. Woody Woodpecker problem, probably. Too annoying and obnoxious in-universe and out without getting a satisfying comeuppance, even in a petty fashion.
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May 7, 2024 06:57
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I like the original films well enough but I really should like all the films and shows because low magic is my cinema fetish. Pulling things towards or pushing them away from you? Enhancing your reflexes? Having powerful persuasion? Communicating telepathically? My jam. My favourite wizard duel is Gabdalf versus Saruman and they're basically flinging each other around like ragdolls in a wind tunnel. There's even an Internal logic to it in that the force channeled by two wizard staves gets amplied like some sort of Ghostbusters equipment.
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May 7, 2024 07:00
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Just had an hour long dream where I was getting increasingly frustrated that I couldn't remember the name of Jack Nicholson's skiing-based neo-noir follow-up to Chinatown. There really aren't as many movies with a skiing setting as their could and arguably should be.
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May 7, 2024 11:01
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There's at least one James Bond movie that comes to mind. I had the same thing waking up fervently believing in a piece of forgotten media that on regaining clarity is absurd to imagine exists, though it's especially weird that I think I've dreamed about exactly the same thing before. Maybe it's one of those hints of media from the wrong dimension that 1900HOTDOG keeps writing about. And let's face it, it's hard to believe anything couldn't have gotten made in the 90s.
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May 7, 2024 11:20
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Thinking about it more, I wonder if dream-brain would have been satisfied if I'd come up with a movie set in Vail called Chinabowltown. E: The Two Snowflakes?
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May 7, 2024 11:39
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I tried to Google this and all I got was that "vail" is the act of lowering ones hat, taking it off, or holding it in your hands to show respect. Bright Bart fucked around with this message at 11:50 on May 7, 2024 |
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May 7, 2024 11:47
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Jar Jar is a war hero
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May 7, 2024 11:52
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He blundered into incidental victory and then got kicked upstairs into politics where he still managed to gently caress everything up, the most realistic character arc in Star Wars.
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josh04 posted:Jar Jar is a war hero So your saying he's Erich Ludendorff rather than Franz Von Papen?
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May 7, 2024 12:42
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Bright Bart posted:I tried to Google this and all I got was that "vail" is the act of lowering ones hat, taking it off, or holding it in your hands to show respect. Vail is, along with Aspen, one of the two most major / significant US ski resorts*. On the backside of Vail mountain are what are called bowls, one of which is named China Bowl. https://www.vail.com/blog/legendary-terrain-china-bowl.aspx *opinions vary etc
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Bright Bart posted:I tried to Google this and all I got was that "vail" is the act of lowering ones hat, taking it off, or holding it in your hands to show respect. Searched to no a-vail.
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Also listen I'm not immune to propaganda Darth Maul is cool as gently caress. Ray Park's physical acting is really fuckin good, especially when contrasted against Liam Neeson during the duel of the fates scene. When the laser walls go up and Qui-Gon just kneels down and meditates while Maul paces from side to side, staring him down like a mad dog behind a face, mwah
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May 7, 2024 15:19
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The reveal that his lightsaber has TWO blades... talk about a Stand Up And Cheer moment
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May 7, 2024 15:25
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Jay Rust posted:The reveal that his lightsaber has TWO blades... talk about a Stand Up And Cheer moment Okay but it's perfectly timed to when the choir begins in the song and like yeah that's the coolest poo poo in the world when you're 9 lmao
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May 7, 2024 15:27
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Honestly between podracing, that scene, and the rolling droids with shields there's a lot to be said for episode 1
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May 7, 2024 15:33
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It's a solid film with some odd choices and a so-so second act.
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May 7, 2024 15:36
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George has always been good at setpieces, and Episode I has a few real good ones. And the script, while not good, is mostly just bland enough to not actively detract from that.
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May 7, 2024 15:36
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There's a good case to be made, especially now, that Episode 1 isn't even in the bottom 5 Star Wars movies.
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A twelve-year-old girl fought in that raid. The Nabu forces were using child soldiers. Don't give me that about her being the princess or queen or whatever. Plenty regents and generals have said 'no, sorry' to underage monarchs irl and that is what should have happened here. Did she even hit anything during the fight?
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