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5 hours ago, Jose said:

 

What were they wrong about in 1940?

They were wrong about waiting until Pearl Harbor happened to get into the war. 

I can believe that Disney dug into this movie far too much, not wanting a repeat of the Last Jedi backlash. Disney certainly has a history of it. The movie definitely seems to have some connective tissue cut out of it. I also believe this was originally a much longer film, and Abrams and Terrio wanted to split in two.  But there is absolutely no doubt that this is JJ's movie, and he's the one responsible for it in the end. 

We'll definitely find out more about it in a year or so. 

Just now, johnny said:

Go to bed apoc

 

Ahhhh, so you can't articulate an argument.... figures. 

6 hours ago, johnny said:

Going through the visual dictionary, Dominic Monaghan’s character has two whole pages dedicated to him. Rose has barely half a page lol. 

I mean, she was never that great of a character (though neither was Monaghan's character), and very few actually care that she was barely used for this movie. 

I really don't get why a  mostly poorly written character who was completely extraneous to the plot, aside from one good line, is such a sore spot for you. She certainly didn't deserve the hate she got, but the most memorable part of her character is that her whole side plot with Finn should have never existed. She is one of the few parts of TLJ that really didn't need to exist. She adds nothing to the plot, and has one line that could have been delivered by any number of characters, especially Luke to Leia before he faced down Kylo. 

On top of that, her and Finn had no chemistry and the whole kiss even seemed forced and one sided. In fact, the whole suicide run seems to have been created to give her that one line? It doesn't serve any part of the plot, much like the whole Canto Blight side quest, it felt unneeded. Most of the people who seem to want her the most, seem to want her to just directly spite everyone who hated her. Thats really not a good reason to shoehorn in a bad character. 

And im willing to listen to why you want more of her, but you haven't given a reason other than trying to claim, contrary to evidence that she was cut to appease haters, so the opposite should have happened?

2 hours ago, 2user1cup said:

99% of military are "good people" is ridiculous imo

You're correct. It's probably closer to 99.8% are good people who just want to serve their country. 

On 12/28/2019 at 11:41 AM, 2user1cup said:

There are many like him. 

No, there really aren't/ 99% of soldiers are good people. 

On 12/29/2019 at 2:24 AM, XxEvil AshxX said:

But do you really want to pay $60 for Mario Sunshine?

yes. I enjoyed it, personally. 

48 minutes ago, sblfilms said:

I paused it the other day and compared it with the scene in TLJ, that shot over Endor looks the same to my eyes. I actually didn’t notice it until @Anzo mentioned it after their second viewing. 

I never denied that this film has problems, so you guys could definitely be right. And you had the ability to pause, so you would see more. It's pretty much just a flash in motion. So you could be right as well. I just didn't see that during my viewings. 

I wonder if the visual dictionary will have more on it. 

3 hours ago, sblfilms said:

The effect they used on the ship over Endor looks like only one thing we’ve ever seen: the Holdo. Could just be more crap filmmaking on JJ’s part, but it certainly looks like the Holdo.

I thought it was a ship breaking up as it fell into a gravity well. I could be wrong though. 

2 hours ago, elbobo said:

this was a dumb movie, star wars has always been kind of stupid and silly but this cranked it up a notch or two

 

"yeah lets use the holdo maneuver to take out the imperial ships, it is super effective"

 

"we can't do that, it is an impossible 1 in a million shot that can never be replicated because plot"

 

2 hours later there is a shot of the aftermath of it being done.

There was no Holdo manoeuvre done in this movie. I've seen it twice, that was not what was happening. 

The movie is no masterpiece. It has problems with flow, it desperately needed to be slowed down for the first hour, and it's obvious there was no plan going into this. But it was still fun. I liked the redemption of Ben. I even liked seeing the emperor again, even though he was shoehorned in there. It was cool to see Rey bury Luke and Leia's sabers together on tattooine. It was nice to see Chewy get his medal. I liked Finn and Poe. I liked the Rey/Kylo stuff. 

The people claiming this is better then TLJ are absolutely ridiculous, that was probably the second best movie in the saga. But as I said the first time, it's fun if you can just sit back and enjoy it for what it is, a Star Wars movie. 

4 hours ago, MarSolo said:

How did this movie not have Force Ghost Luke following Kylo Ren around tormenting him?

 

Also, wasn’t there a report that Hayden Christensen filmed scenes in this?

His voice is in with the rest when the dead Jedi lend Rey their force strength.

I'm just not disappointed with Rise of Skywalker. I understand the problems from a film making standpoint, but I enjoyed how they wrapped the Saga up. And I look forward to new SW, far away from the fan toxicity of the Skywalker Saga. 

I really didn't hate this movie. It has pacing problems, but it was still fun. Thats all I want out of a Star Wars movie, and it did that. I had fun, twice. 

I know there are still problems and plot holes, but that is the case with every Star Wars movie. I won't ever hold it up as one of the greats, but I enjoyed it, and I liked the ending, that was enough for me. 

Those Shun knives are awesome!

8 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Rail for long distances (over land) and electric for relatively local trips.

 

Moving to zero emissions is going to require a complete rethink of every single supply chain

We aren't moving to zero emissions though, at least not in our lifetime. We might reduce emissions a bit, but it's ridiculous to believe we are even trying to get to zero. 

7 hours ago, mclumber1 said:

A few hours ago Boeing performed an unmanned test launch of their first capsule that was supposed to rendezvous with the Space Station.  However, soon after reaching orbit it started experiencing control issues.  Boeing and NASA are determining if the capsule will be able to make to the Space Station, or if the capsule will return to Earth. 

 

This could be a huge setback for human spaceflight in the US.  With SpaceX's capsule blowing up earlier this year on the test pad, and now this, America may have to continue on relying on the Russian Soyuz to get to/from the ISS for even longer.  

They had a successful test after that, I believe. I don't think it set SpaceX back very much. 

Gaming Historian is the best gaming channel on youtube, by far. 

I just don't see the big deal. All she said is a woman should not have been fired for her beliefs. 

I just have no outrage to give for this stuff. It seems like everyone wants to be offended, and that's just weird to me. 

JK Rowling didn't insult anyone, she said a woman was wrongfully fired. That' her opinion. She didn't say trans people should die, she didn't denigrate anyone, and still the outrage police are at it. She just disagreed with a decision to fire a woman for her belief that men can't be women, and vice versa. 

This is why the Right seems to be winning, because there' so many teams on the left that are happy to fight each other over every progressive belief, many of which the center just does not care about, and are getting annoyed with. It's like the democrats are two parties, fighting each other more than the other side. 

1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said:

Fuck, I'm just so mad and disappointed how this movie shat all over the character development in TLJ. In the last Jedi, each of the main three had to face their biggest flaw/trait and realize they were wrong:

• Rey had to face the fact that she was no one, and had to make her own place in the story, even though she craved belonging.
• Finn had to face the fact that you can't run from the bad guys, but you also can't take the easy way out and sacrifice yourself, you need to stay alive to save the things that matter.
• Poe had to face the fact that  you can't blast your way out of every situation, that there is a time for retreat to live another day, and to set an example for others.
• Ben had to face the fact that you can't be something you are not, no matter how hard you want it to be true, just because you are born into it.
• Luke had to face the fact that you can't throw away everything just because some of it was bad, and that it's okay to fail as long as you keep trying.

Fuck all of the "fans" who said that TLJ 'did nothing to move the plot forward' or 'left no where for the story to go.' It moved the characters forward in amazing ways and set up amazing arcs for conclusion by a competent writer. Unfortunately TROS got Batman v Superman, Into Darkness, and Monster Trucks writers to finish 42 years of work.

Mark spoilers plz thx - GB

1 hour ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

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I don't mind him being redeemed in the sense that he can die at peace. But Vader wasn't immediately kissed by someone. His saving Luke was the first step, but it wasn't final. Actually, my gf made a joke that it seems the force is like space catholicism - as long as you accept space jesus into your heart in your final moment, you are saved. lol.

 

I enjoyed it. I didn't love it. I had fun, though. It wasn't as good as TFA of TLJ, but otherwise, it wasn't horrible. There are some problems, but there are always problems in a Star Wars movie. 

6 minutes ago, CitizenVectron said:

 

Yeah, it was weird.

 

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I thought the actual sequence was very well-done, thanks to Driver, but it made zero sense. Your own mind just said "don't worry about the billions you've killed, you are a good guy now." It's also why the kiss was just horrible. I heard someone say something after like "why would she kiss him when he's done so much evil?"

 

Like, I totally am 100% behind the idea of him doing something good to save Rey. But doing something good doesn't make someone good, right? He should have done something to save her but with the knowledge that he was still not redeemable. 

 

Afterwards when my friends and I were discussing it, I used a horrible analogy. Imagine if, at the end of WWII, Goebbels had turned on Hitler and stopped him...and Churchill's daughter kissed him. It's like, yeah, cool, you're a complex person maybe and you just stopped a bad guy...but you've already committed atrocities, so I can't forgive you.

 

3 hours ago, MarSolo said:

It’s almost amazing how Trump found someone WORSE than Sessions.

That was the whole point of firing sessions.

Jesus, just the idea of a school hiding a video like that should be enough to have everyone involved fired AND sued, and there must be some criminal charges that could be laid in this case?