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[Jobbs]

Holy shit.. Mind blown. The two shittiest jedi ever conceived got made into a little kid toy and packaged together

What do you guys think of Darth Snookums, the new emperor knockoff in tfa?

I'm not sure. I thought he was a big goofy cartoon head when I saw him in theaters, but he bothered me less on second viewing. Need more info. Wonder if he's Darth Plagueis

 

[zeemumu]

What do you guys think of Darth Snookums, the new emperor knockoff in tfa?

It's still my theory that it's fucked up Palpatine and that he either somehow survived RotJ or he succeeded in his body jumping thing from the EU and then THAT body got fucked up.

 

[CrudeDiatribe]

We need more Space Opera movies in theaters pls.

I really hope they turn at least one of the Culture novels into a film, though I'm probably setting myself up for disappointment.

Also TFA was awesome.

Yeah. Really tempted to buy it for the small screen (

Spoiler

96"

), which I almost never do.

 

[zeemumu]

Imagine getting that for christmas and being so excited about the awesome jedi that you have. then going to see the movie only to realize their entire role is to die

"Oh boy, a Sean Bean action figure!"

 

[Misha]

The food truck today is waffles. I'm excited

 

[Halcyon]

For lunch I have an apple.

 

[FloatOn]

That Star Wars trailer makes me feel things. The new female lead is a qt also.

Not better than daisy tho

 

[Jobbs]

That Star Wars trailer makes me feel things. The new female lead is a qt also.

Not better than daisy tho

I like Rey, but her character is inherently a bit dull because she's not flawed enough -- or at all, really. Interesting characters are underdogs, or ones who aren't quite so squeaky clean.

 

[Chuckie]

Phantom Menace was literally the worst movie that ever had the Star Wars name attached to it.

No that would be the Holiday Special. Unless that doesn't count.....then it's Attack of the Clones.

 

[zeemumu]

I get to write a paper on the history of governments spying on people. I can go as far back as I want. I'm going to attempt to incorporate Judas' betrayal into this paper just to see if I can make it work

 

[Jobbs]

Someone hand made me these pixel art metroid magnets and sent them to me.

 

[Misha]

I like Rey, but her character is inherently a bit dull because she's not flawed enough -- or at all, really. Interesting characters are underdogs, or ones who aren't quite so squeaky clean.

oh by the way, felicity jones is in amazing spiderman 2

 

[zeemumu]

oh by the way, felicity jones is in amazing spiderman 2

She only had a few lines though. She might have been a great Black Cat but we'll never know now

 

[Misha]

She only had a few lines though. She might have been a great Black Cat but we'll never know now

I was hoping he'd watch it and be disappointed. cat's out of the bag now

 

[zeemumu]

I was hoping he'd watch it and be disappointed. cat's out of the bag now

No no, he'll still watch it and be disappointed.

 

[Misha]

No no, he'll still watch it and be disappointed.

I don't think he'll watch it now though

 

[zeemumu]

I don't think he'll watch it now though

He might. Spider-Man is still pizza

 

[Nerdkiller]

No no, he'll still watch it and be disappointed.

To be honest, who wouldn't be disappointed when watching The Amazing Spiderman 2?

 

[Misha]

He might. Spider-Man is still pizza

I feel like i'm forgetting the context for this

To be honest, who wouldn't be disappointed when watching The Amazing Spiderman 2?

VVVV

I think the Amazing Spider-Man films (both of them) are better than the Raimi Spider-Man films

I also share that opinion I think.

I prefer Mark Webb Spiderman over Sam Raimi by a lot.

 

[zeemumu]

I liked Amazing's Peter Parker and use of web more but the villains and general spiderman of the Ramin films were better

 

[Jobbs]

What do they call Snow Speeders if there isn't any snow? "Speeder" is too general a term by itself

 

[Misha]

What do they call Snow Speeders if there isn't any snow? "Speeder" is too general a term by itself

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lavbyJJJIHE

 

[zeemumu]

What do they call Snow Speeders if there isn't any snow? "Speeder" is too general a term by itself

T47 Airspeeders

 

[Ceallach]

Amazing 1 is a good movie. 2 was a prequel to movies that are never going to be made now.

 

[Misha]

Amazing 1 is a good movie. 2 was a prequel to movies that are never going to be made now.

well theres still supposed to be that venom movie so thats something. no idea how thats supposed to work

 

[zeemumu]

well theres still supposed to be that venom movie so thats something. no idea how thats supposed to work

Which Venom? Big beefy Eddie Brock Venom, skinny Spider-Man 3 Venom, or agent venom?

 

[Misha]

Which Venom? Big beefy Eddie Brock Venom, skinny Spider-Man 3 Venom, or agent venom?

who knows but theres going to be a venom cinematic universe.

 

[Halcyon]

I just spent 25 minutes explaining how google documents works so that two of the dumb people here can work on the same document at the same time. It blew their fat little minds.

 

[Symphonia]

I just spent 25 minutes explaining how google documents works so that two of the dumb people here can work on the same document at the same time. It blew their fat little minds.

I had to spend half hour explaining to a customer how a nano SIM will not fit in an S7 as it requires a micro SIM, and that we'd have to cut the nano down. She was not having it, though, as she preferred the size of the nano. I explained that regardless of whether she likes it at that size or not, we need to cut it down. She threatened to get her husband in. She did. He came in, went to yell at me, I explained the situation, he laughed, and gave me the go ahead.

In short, people are stupid.

 

[FloatOn]

I like Rey, but her character is inherently a bit dull because she's not flawed enough -- or at all, really. Interesting characters are underdogs, or ones who aren't quite so squeaky clean.

Don't worry your sweet little head. I think Rey is going to get rekt in episode 8.

Also if you look at it a bit more deeply Rey did struggle a bit in episode 7. Wanting to run away, lashing out in anger, bumping and banging the falcon when she first flew, missing blaster shots etc.

The "Mary Sue" argument is very weak imo

 

[Nerdkiller]

who knows but theres going to be a venom cinematic universe.

I am honest to god shocked that they're still trying to make Venom a thing. He's like Roman Reigns for Sony. Keep him strong, even though he drags the rest of the product down in trying to do so.

And to those who somehow like Andrew Garfield's rendition of Parker...why? I'm not sure if there's a more unlikeable superhero. And I hate that people seem to give both of those movies a pass, seemingly because of him and Emma Stone. And even then, they brought very little of substance to both features. There's no stories being told throughout both movies, there's no development throughout (on in Parker's case, negative development), and shares much of the same problems I've had with Batman v Superman in terms of characterisation and general storytelling.

 

[Kevyt]

I had to spend half hour explaining to a customer how a nano SIM will not fit in an S7 as it requires a micro SIM, and that we'd have to cut the nano down. She was not having it, though, as she preferred the size of the nano. I explained that regardless of whether she likes it at that size or not, we need to cut it down. She threatened to get her husband in. She did. He came in, went to yell at me, I explained the situation, he laughed, and gave me the go ahead.

In short, people are stupid.

Wow...

 

[Nomadic Sparks]

Someone hand made me these pixel art metroid magnets and sent them to me.

Jobbs has some talented admirers lol

PAX East can't come soon enough

 

[friskykillface]

Someone hand made me these pixel art metroid magnets and sent them to me.

METROID

 

[Symphonia]

Wow...

Wow at me, or wow at her?

 

[Nomadic Sparks]

What is up, fellow kids and Windumb

 

[liliththepale]

I like Rey, but her character is inherently a bit dull because she's not flawed enough -- or at all, really. Interesting characters are underdogs, or ones who aren't quite so squeaky clean.

She's plenty flawed. She's unwilling to let go of the past and she's super judgmental.

Then on the flip side you have FN whose character just doesn't make any sense. He's trained his whole life to be a murder and he's grown up next to these other soldiers who he should think of as family. Then suddenly war is too much when he goes down to do what he's been indoctrinated to do? So then he wants to go AWOL and avoid the senseless killing, but in the process he's okay with murdering dozens of his compatriots or more? And why was he also a janitor in the past? And why would a janitor know so much about the new death star? And also what was up with him being stupid and trying to leave with those smugglers? That's just useless drama which doesn't add to the plot. You can find better in a CW show.

When are you going to be a Star Wars antagonist Tiddums?

Wait was someone else playing Admiral Hux?

 

[Misha]

I am honest to god shocked that they're still trying to make Venom a thing. He's like Roman Reigns for Sony. Keep him strong, even though he drags the rest of the product down in trying to do so.

And to those who somehow like Andrew Garfield's rendition of Parker...why? I'm not sure if there's a more unlikeable superhero. And I hate that people seem to give both of those movies a pass, seemingly because of him and Emma Stone. And even then, they brought very little of substance to both features. There's no stories being told throughout both movies, there's no development throughout (on in Parker's case, negative development), and shares much of the same problems I've had with Batman v Superman in terms of characterisation and general storytelling.

http://www.hypable.com/andrew-garfield-better-spider-man-tobey-maguire/

seriously though, I just didn't like most of the characters in the original trilogy and liked them in the amazing movies. which is weird cause I really dislike emma stone. It probably was set up more to be a tv show though but no chance they'd do that

She's plenty flawed. She's unwilling to let go of the past and she's super judgmental.

Then on the flip side you have FN whose character just doesn't make any sense. He's trained his whole life to be a murder and he's grown up next to these other soldiers who he should think of as family. Then suddenly war is too much when he goes down to do what he's been indoctrinated to do? So then he wants to go AWOL and avoid the senseless killing, but in the process he's okay with murdering dozens of his compatriots or more? And why was he also a janitor in the past? And why would a janitor know so much about the new death star? And also what was up with him being stupid and trying to leave with those smugglers? That's just useless drama which doesn't add to the plot. You can find better in a CW show.

parts of Finn really confused me. especially that he was randomly a janitor. like why would someone who was training their whole life to be a stormtrooper be a janitor? just strange

 

[Halcyon]

She's plenty flawed. She's unwilling to let go of the past and she's super judgmental.

Then on the flip side you have FN whose character just doesn't make any sense. He's trained his whole life to be a murder and he's grown up next to these other soldiers who he should think of as family. Then suddenly war is too much when he goes down to do what he's been indoctrinated to do? So then he wants to go AWOL and avoid the senseless killing, but in the process he's okay with murdering dozens of his compatriots or more? And why was he also a janitor in the past? And why would a janitor know so much about the new death star? And also what was up with him being stupid and trying to leave with those smugglers? That's just useless drama which doesn't add to the plot. You can find better in a CW show.]

Yes! I was screaming these issues with Finn when the movie came out. The ONLY thing I can come up with is that he was all about falling in line, but maybe some latent jedi ability popped up and he became his own person.

Otherwise it's not like they plucked him from a bus the week before. He's been doing that all his life, and he should have more issues with turning on his people.

 

[zeemumu]

Not sure on the stuff with Finn. The clone troopers treated each other as brothers.

As for Parker, he didn't go full nerd, while Raimi Parker did. He felt more like ultimate parker than amazing parker, as did the rest of the movie elements so it fit.

 

[Misha]

Not sure on the stuff with Finn. The clone troopers treated each other as brothers.

As for Parker, he didn't go full nerd, while Raimi Parker did. He felt more like ultimate parker than amazing parker, as did the rest of the movie elements so it fit.

that explains a lot. nerds are the worst

 

[zeemumu]

that explains a lot. nerds are the worst

Ultimate Parker always felt a bit closer to me. Full nerd Peter Parker doesn't come off as the snarky type that Spider-Man is. Ultimate felt like a smartass

 

[Funky Papa]

I'd think we'd be better off if we recognize that the latest film was just shoddily written.

It was enjoyable, it looked great and it had awesome action, but Star Wars films work better when they are more focused

Spoiler

and far away from JJ's ugly mitts.

Edit: of course a Rogue One trailer would come out while I was out of the country. Is it gud, fellow SW dorks?

 

[Nerdkiller]

http://www.hypable.com/andrew-garfield-better-spider-man-tobey-maguire/

Most of the reasons given in what you linked are pretty superficial. Why do they go about talking about the character's quips when Garfield's Parker is already sassy to begin with, rendering the whole "Spidey is Parker liberated" moot? Why the hell does the build of the character in costume matter? Why does the so called "believable nerd" need to view a YouTube video as to figure out how electronic magnetism works (I'll let that one slide, since it's before they viewed ASM2)? I won't put down Garfield doing a good job entertaining kids in costume in public events (he's a good man for that), but that's not tangibly movie related at all, and it just reeks of desperation from the article. As is that whole deal with Maguire's facial expressions. Deep down, Garfield's on screen portrayal of the Webslinger is just bad on a fundamental level, and if you only like him for what shallow qualities he brings, fine. Go ahead and root for the guy. Just don't think his portrayal will be that better received once the features will be more heavily analysed years from now?

And are we talking about heavy details about Episode VII now? Can we not wait until at least the 18th when I'll probably get my BD copy? I've held out for this long without seeing the movie.

 

[Misha]

Ultimate Parker always felt a bit closer to me. Full nerd Peter Parker doesn't come off as the snarky type that Spider-Man is. Ultimate felt like a smartass

When I see random panels of him saying something funny would that always be ultimate?

I'd think we'd be better off if we recognize that the latest film was just shoddily written.

It was enjoyable, it looked great and it had awesome action, but Star Wars films work better when they are more focused

Spoiler

and far away from JJ's ugly mitts.

Edit: of course a Rogue One trailer would come out while I was out of the country. Is it gud, fellow SW dorks?

The way I see it, it set us up with cool characters and the proper prop and special effects design and is primed to have some good movies in the future. At least I hope


I liked the trailer. It's mostly just introducing felicity Jones's character as a rabble rousing rebel and there's a couple of action scenes so not a ton going on but enough that it's looking nice

Most of the reasons given in what you linked are pretty superficial. Why do they go about talking about the character's quips when Garfield's Parker is already sassy to begin with, rendering the whole "Spidey is Parker liberated" moot? Why the hell does the build of the character in costume matter? Why does the so called "believable nerd" need to view a YouTube video as to figure out how electronic magnetism works (I'll let that one slide, since it's before they viewed ASM2)? I won't put down Garfield doing a good job entertaining kids in costume in public events (he's a good man for that), but that's not tangibly movie related at all, and it just reeks of desperation from the article. As is that whole deal with Maguire's facial expressions. Deep down, Garfield's on screen portrayal of the Webslinger is just bad on a fundamental level, and if you only like him for what shallow qualities he brings, fine. Go ahead and root for the guy. Just don't think his portrayal will be that better received once the features will be more heavily analysed years from now?

And are we talking about heavy details about Episode VII now? Can we not wait until at least the 18th when I'll probably get my BD copy? I've held out for this long without seeing the movie.

The link was a joke. I was looking up plot details for a refresher and found it funny that there was a random clickbait site that actually liked him more than mcguires. especially the because the actor interacts with kids more. that was a really dumb point.

It just comes down to that I found it more enjoyable and found the characters more likable. neither were much in terms of art but I found it more fun

 

[zeemumu]

When I see random panels of him saying something funny would that always be ultimate?

When I see raimi Peter Parker it's harder for me to believe that he could be a smartass like Spider-Man than it is for me to believe that Ultimate(Amazing) Peter Parker could be a smartass like Spider-Man.

 

[Nerdkiller]

The link was a joke. I was looking up plot details for a refresher and found it funny that there was a random clickbait site that actually liked him more than mcguires. especially the because the actor interacts with kids more. that was a really dumb point.

It just comes down to that I found it more enjoyable and found the characters more likable. neither were much in terms of art but I found it more fun

I knew there was something fishy about what you linked (hell, even the comments, all two of them, seem to disagree with the article), but I just wanted to argue with it and how stupid it was.

 

[SolVanderlyn]

That's fucked, but I like that you told the students the real deal. Sorry man. :/

I got in trouble for this today too

It's "unprofessional"

lol

 

[Misha]

When I see raimi Peter Parker it's harder for me to believe that he could be a smartass like Spider-Man than it is for me to believe that Ultimate(Amazing) Peter Parker could be a smartass like Spider-Man.

I mean would stuff like this be more often than not ultimate or is that just a personality thing of his?

I knew there was something fishy about what you linked (hell, even the comments, all two of them, seem to disagree with the article), but I just wanted to argue with it and how stupid it was.

I really need to start being more explicit about what I'm linking/saying for a joke because thats like the fourth time in a few days

some website needs to give me a job because I can find better troll reasons than those. ones that are moderately believable too

I got in trouble for this today too

It's "unprofessional"

lol

I mean it is a bad look to be complaining about your boss/coworkers to essentially customers but you're a lame duck rn and are completely switching professions so who cares

 

[Funky Papa]

I mean would stuff like this be more often than not ultimate or is that just a personality thing of

I wasn't aware of that comic. Let me howl for a moment.

Snarky Parker >>>> Dpool.