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Topic: Star Wars VIII: The Last Jedi (Read 249596 times)
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jgsugden
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They're ancient papers. I'm ok with Ancient Jedi writing on paper rather than using some ancient technology.
We've seen drawings as well in various places.
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eldaec
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Not drawings on paper we haven't.
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TheWalrus
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Christ, that's some nitpicky bullshit, man.
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jgsugden
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Not drawings on paper we haven't.
So, you're concerned that they should never have had paper technology? Too advanced or something? Just because it was so rare as to never make screen time in the moves/shows does not mean it is gone. Using paper here, and only here, makes the texts feel more ancient. There is some discussion of paper in various Star Wars projects, btw, even if not a movie or animated series: [urlhttp://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Paper]Paper trail[/url] One must ask, though, how they wipe their asses.
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Rendakor
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"i can't be a star citizen. they won't even give me a star green card"
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Threash
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One must ask, though, how they wipe their asses.
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Threash
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Damn you.
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Rendakor
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Too slow.
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jgsugden
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This hits Netflix tonight, apparently.
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Ironwood
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Do we also get it in the Uk or hahahahah, no I don't care, fuck this film.
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TheWalrus
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It doesn't like you, either!
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RhyssaFireheart
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This hits Netflix tonight, apparently.
Oh good! I missed it in the theaters and the husband already feels guilty about that, so I can take over the big TV one of these evenings to watch it.
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Ironwood
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It doesn't like you, either!
You'd better watch yourself; I have the death sentence on 12 systems ! (but, like, seriously, how was this a boast ?)
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eldaec
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Do we also get it in the Uk or hahahahah, no I don't care, fuck this film.
Fwiw I think the answer is yes, which is kind of interesting because Disney are usually locked into Sky. Admittedly sky has had it on ppv for a while. It looks like Thor 3 is showing up on Netflix at the same time as sky as well. Which is a surprise.
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Ironwood
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But at least a pleasant one.
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jgsugden
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Come on, admit that you're glad it is on Netflix. It gave you another excuse to bash it.
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MediumHigh
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Cant wait for episode 9 hits netflix because thats the only place im going to watch it.
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« Last Edit: June 27, 2018, 04:55:42 AM by MediumHigh »
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jgsugden
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Cant wait for episode 9 hits netflix because thats the only place im goong to watch it.
Is it going to be as fun to read the threads about how JJ undid everything Rian established if you have not seen the movie? Rey Kenobi... Seriously: We all know we shouldn't rubberneck when we pas an accident... but it is sometimes hard not to look.
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Sir T
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Hey, I haven't sat in a Theater Star Wars movie since the Fandom Penance, and I find these threads fun to read.
It's called Sadism.
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« Last Edit: June 26, 2018, 03:31:10 PM by Sir T »
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HaemishM
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Yeah, I've started watching this on Netflix to see if my original feelings are justified. I had to quit about an hour into it because... uggggh.
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Sky
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Conversely, I just watched it while drawing last night and I liked it just as much as I did in the theater. Solid movie, firmly tucked in behind the OT (I'm roughly RO, ESB, ANH, RotJ, TLJ, TFA).
The toxicity of the fanbase over these movies is almost laugh, but really a cry.
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Draegan
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Cant wait for episode 9 hits netflix because thats the only place im goong to watch it.
Is it going to be as fun to read the threads about how JJ undid everything Rian established if you have not seen the movie? Rey Kenobi... Seriously: We all know we shouldn't rubberneck when we pas an accident... but it is sometimes hard not to look. Luke falls in love with Leia. Oops their brother and sister. From a certain point of view.
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Khaldun
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It seems to me JJ can undo the parentage thing easily enough without actually undoing the emotional impact of TLJ's take on it. e.g., her parents can still be nobodies, but her grandpa could be Kenobi (e.g., Obi-Wan had a courtly romance with someone in the middle of his Tatooine exile but then maybe some kind of near-miss exposure of Luke's presence on the planet makes him knuckle down and return to being a loner; his lover goes off somewhere and has a child who is just some ordinary schlub. Which is still a pretty dark kind of story. But I still prefer a return to the idea that the Force isn't genetic for the most part).
One or two things in the film on a rewatch annoy me more than they did on first viewing; but the stuff that annoys fanboys of a certain point of view the most is still the stuff that I love absolutely the best.
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HaemishM
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The casino scenes in particular are just SO MUCH WORSE when you realize they have almost no impact on the story and are so heavy-handed as to be almost blatant political propaganda. And I say this as someone who would pretty much agree with the message.
Conversely, I like the back and forth between Rey and Kylo a lot more now, and it's a shame they wasted so much time on sidetrack failures like Poe's mutiny and the casino tripe.
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eldaec
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It seems to me JJ can undo the parentage thing easily enough without actually undoing the emotional impact of TLJ's take on it. e.g., her parents can still be nobodies, but her grandpa could be Kenobi (e.g., Obi-Wan had a courtly romance with someone in the middle of his Tatooine exile but then maybe some kind of near-miss exposure of Luke's presence on the planet makes him knuckle down and return to being a loner; his lover goes off somewhere and has a child who is just some ordinary schlub. Which is still a pretty dark kind of story. But I still prefer a return to the idea that the Force isn't genetic for the most part).
I don't understand why Rey has to be the child of a main character. Or grandchild. I don't get the fascination.
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01101010
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You call it an accident. I call it justice.
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It seems to me JJ can undo the parentage thing easily enough without actually undoing the emotional impact of TLJ's take on it. e.g., her parents can still be nobodies, but her grandpa could be Kenobi (e.g., Obi-Wan had a courtly romance with someone in the middle of his Tatooine exile but then maybe some kind of near-miss exposure of Luke's presence on the planet makes him knuckle down and return to being a loner; his lover goes off somewhere and has a child who is just some ordinary schlub. Which is still a pretty dark kind of story. But I still prefer a return to the idea that the Force isn't genetic for the most part).
I don't understand why Rey has to be the child of a main character. Or grandchild. I don't get the fascination. Sticks with the theme
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Paelos
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The casino scenes in particular are just SO MUCH WORSE when you realize they have almost no impact on the story and are so heavy-handed as to be almost blatant political propaganda. And I say this as someone who would pretty much agree with the message.
Conversely, I like the back and forth between Rey and Kylo a lot more now, and it's a shame they wasted so much time on sidetrack failures like Poe's mutiny and the casino tripe.
The casino scenes are bad enough when you factor they left the White Ford Bronco of spaceship chases to go find a guy they never actually found.
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Khaldun
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I love that Rey is related to no one of importance. I desperately hope they leave it that way. Just pointing out that JJ can shoehorn in a lineage for her without shitting actively on TLJ's other narrative moves.
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Speedy Cerviche
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The casino scenes in particular are just SO MUCH WORSE when you realize they have almost no impact on the story and are so heavy-handed as to be almost blatant political propaganda. And I say this as someone who would pretty much agree with the message.
Conversely, I like the back and forth between Rey and Kylo a lot more now, and it's a shame they wasted so much time on sidetrack failures like Poe's mutiny and the casino tripe.
The Chocobo chase scene in this movie was the dumbest thing I'd seen in this kind of movie since the barrel chase in the Hobbit. Just brutal. I get that they wanted the climactic act to tie together the resistance escape with Luke & Rey coming back together with the group. The problem was the opening scene was the start of that same escape, so half the movie, the whole Resistance plot time was a long boring slow speed chase. They could've had Finn and Poe doing something more interesting, maybe some espionage mission or something in the first half then started the evacuation+chase halfway through.
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jgsugden
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....I don't understand why Rey has to be the child of a main character. Or grandchild.
I don't get the fascination. Sticks with the theme Also, JJ was clearly setting it up in TFA, and Rian threw his ideas away... leaving things set up in TFA, such as Rey hearing Ben's voice, in the WTF zone.
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MahrinSkel
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When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was bullshit!
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Lakov_Sanite
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"Kylo Ren lied to confuse you and sway you towards the Dark Side." There, retconned, next?
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The joke is that you can retcon anything to make TLJ work. Except you are making the joke in spite of that being exactly what TLJ did, retcon everything.
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MediumHigh
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The only thing that would make TLJ work is if it was considered non-cannon to the star wars universe
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Soln
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TLJ or Jedi the Retconning
Of all the things, burning the Jedi books and how Luke was portrayed made me the most sad. I don't care about Rey's parentage. I do care about flushing all the SW backstory forever away.
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Goumindong
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TLJ or Jedi the Retconning
Of all the things, burning the Jedi books and how Luke was portrayed made me the most sad. I don't care about Rey's parentage. I do care about flushing all the SW backstory forever away.
The Jedi books weren't burned... Luke is the best part of the movie
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