It's the joke in question.
It's on the level of Mr Freeze saying ICE TO MEET YOU as he freezes ppl.
Vader had dry humor but it mostly reflected on how grim he was as opposed to him trying to be actively corny.
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It's the joke in question.
It's on the level of Mr Freeze saying ICE TO MEET YOU as he freezes ppl.
Vader had dry humor but it mostly reflected on how grim he was as opposed to him trying to be actively corny.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Correct.
This is honestly one of the sweetest things anyone's said to me here
Bornstellar
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Mine:
The Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi
Rogue One
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
The Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope
The Force Awakens
Return of the Jedi
Rogue One
The Phantom Menace
Attack of the Clones
Revenge of the Sith
Yeah, no.
Bobby Roberts
Banned
Like, if I had to put together at Top 20 list of bad Vader lines, I don't think that one makes it.
"Alert my Star Destroyer, to prepare for my arrival" stays #1 with a bullet.
Narrowly beating out "Noo." and "Noooooooooo" to round out the top 3.
Killer Queen
Banned
He's choking him as he tells him not to choke on his aspirations because he's irritated with him.
That's pretty grim despite it also being corny. Doesn't have to be one or the other and after rewatching ANH earlier I can totally see him saying such a thing.
I get why people didn't like it I guess but I thought it was very Vadery personally.
Yeah I thought it was a fun line. Got a chuckle out of me when he said it.
Obviously Noooooooo.
Edit: Dammit I quoted you right as you added the Nooooo to your post.
Trigonometrize.
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He did a lot of telling troopers to killing the Erso family, that's about it
brandonh83
Banned
Line didn't bother me. I thought it was darkly funny.
George Oscar Bluth II
Banned
Y'all gotta be careful to not choke on your nitpicks
Okay Edwards, I forgive you for Godzilla.
I had a great time with this. I can't say it resonated with me as much as TFA did, but there's still so much to enjoy here. The visuals, set-pieces, and performances were all top-notch, and I found the humor to work almost every time. Donnie Yen's first scene of action was both perfect and unique.
Vader going full Jason Voorhees was something I've wanted to see since I kid, and even though the scene was brief, it fucking delivered
Ranking for me would be
ESB>TFA>Rogue>SW>ROTJ>ROTS
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I had a great time with this. I can't say it resonated with me as much as TFA did, but there's still so much to enjoy here. The visuals, set-pieces, and performances were all top-notch, and I found the humor to work almost every time. Donnie Yen's first scene of action was both perfect and unique.
Vader going full Jason Voorhees was something I've wanted to see since I kid, and even though the scene was brief, it fucking delivered
Ranking for me would be
ESB>TFA>Rogue>SW>ROTJ>ROTS
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Killer Queen
Banned
Agreed.
Nooo is clearly the worst Vader moment ever IMO.
It didn't bother me since the main goal of the movie was "complete the mission" but looking back...yeah I wish he could've done something cool. Make him be the dude that shoots K2 to death, I dunno.
Still a great movie though. There's a couple of good things about this movie that I can't even put into words.
Escape Goat
Member
What was Vader's pun?
bigwinnerx
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Empire
New Hope
Jedi
Force Awakens
Rogue One
Sith
Menace
Getting kicked in the groin
Clones
And I really like Rogue One. I will probably watch that last 30-40 minutes a lot and it might be some of my favorite Star Wars ever. But, it's a lot of movie I'm ambivalent about yet that you have to get through.
New Hope
Jedi
Force Awakens
Rogue One
Sith
Menace
Getting kicked in the groin
Clones
And I really like Rogue One. I will probably watch that last 30-40 minutes a lot and it might be some of my favorite Star Wars ever. But, it's a lot of movie I'm ambivalent about yet that you have to get through.
Killer Queen
Banned
"Careful not to choke on your aspirations"
As he force chokes Krennic
brandonh83
Banned
I would have liked it more if he killed off some of the main cast.
Count Dookkake
Member
The Vader pun is probably the single best thing about this movie's characterization of the guy. (Well, that or the inclusion of his Mustafar castle.)
For the fans, force-choking is teh awesome. For the great Vader, it was Tuesday.
For the fans, force-choking is teh awesome. For the great Vader, it was Tuesday.
Same here.
Aztechnology
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I thought it was a superior film to Force Awakens by a marked amount. Enjoyed it.
Escape Goat
Member
Oh, yeah. It didn't bother me. Darth Vader is still a human (brain).
Maybe the people who had an issue with it need a deep, think-piece YouTube video to EXPLAIN it all.
Or it's just a fun line.
I want it as a gif, now that I think about it.
Or it's just a fun line.
I want it as a gif, now that I think about it.
Our lists are pretty much the same, also, lol at getting kicked in the groin over Clones.
ViewtifulJC
Banned
in my head canon Kyle Katern stole the Death Star plans, and this movie changes NOTHING
Killer Queen
Banned
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Yeah pretty much this.
It might have already been discussed but I was a lot more surprised by saw effectively committing suicide and (less so) not fully apologizing to jin. I mean for the sake of the plot I understand it but if he had this sudden belief in the rebellion dream why would he just give up like that?
Maybe I missed something
That's kind of how I feel and it feels like a huge missed opportunity. It basically has the ingredients of everything I was looking for, but instead of making something great they just tossed it in the microwave and called it a day.
No I get the joke. It was also oversold with the hand gesture and him turning around personally.
Since Vader is corny now, he should've made a joke at the end. Imagine some rebel dude said the room is dark. Then you hear Vader's breathing and then: "I'll turn a light on." And his saber activities.
Yes, that's how stupid the choke line was. My eyes rolled of of my head.
bonesmccoy
Banned
Vader 'Don't Choke' is basically the same as 'Apology accepted'.
I mean, this is a dude who murders people he finds annoying and wears a skull helmet and a shiny cod-piece.
I mean, this is a dude who murders people he finds annoying and wears a skull helmet and a shiny cod-piece.
Aztechnology
Member
I just want the Old Republic back... Those sons of bitches.
Rawr Its Ry
Member
For those that don't like the Vader dad joke, how do they feel about the "apology accepted" line? Their both very similar. That's part of him, he tells fucked up dad jokes from time to time.
Dat sweet hyperbole
Its classic and seen for 100x and its part of the OT, so it gets a pass.
He force choked Krennic and said "Don't choke on your aspirations."
I thought it worked because force choking him is like an ultimate power display, and the cheesy pun was pretty much Vader putting him right in his proper spot like "This shit is such a small deal to me that I can make a bad joke about it, mother fucker."
Also, that shot of the door opening up and the GIANT shadow on the wall behind Krennic was Spielberg as hell. Really good.
Katarn wasn't even the only one who stole the plans in the old continuity.
Killer Queen
Banned
And then he proceeds to murder them all? Yeah I'd find that hilarious and totally Vader.
brandonh83
Banned
People need to keep in mind that this is what's under that helmet.
Sorry. But it is what it is.
Lifejumper
Member
Id rather forget.
It's the first time Vader has made a pun in the films, IIRC, which seemed to cross a line for some. I thought it was right in line with his other dark jokes ("Apology accepted", "I find your lack of faith disturbing") so it didn't bother me. But I get why it might for others.
I see we're on to rankings. I will caveat that I've sen it once, and will see it a few more times in theaters, so subject to change and all that. Now a couple days after seeing it, I thought it was....good. Best space battle in the series, best ground battle in the series. But the climax is also excessively drawn out in ways that really bother me (too much hinging on pressing buttons, tossing levers, connecting cables, dangling on ladders, etc.), and several plot elements are left hanging (the necklace, the pilot's sense of identity/memory). It's a pretty layered and ambitious story but it doesn't land everything.
But it's pretty clearly in the top echelon of Star Wars films now.
The Empire Strikes Back
The Force Awakens (rough tie with Empire)
A New Hope
really small gap
Rogue One
big gap
Jedi
epic gaping chasm
static on old CRT tv
sitting alone on the couch feeling lonely
Prequels
Yeah, because disliking the Prequels is a thing only NeoGAF pulls of.
Sounds like a yearly tradition.
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