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« on: December 24, 2017, 04:59:22 AM »
I didn't say I wanted flawless EU Luke, I wanted OT Luke. Luke sure as shit wasn't flawless in the OT. He's 30 years older, and had failed as a jedi, leading to disaster; it's almost exactly the same character arc as Obi Wan. Why would you want to see a flawless character with nothing to overcome? That's all he ever was in the EU, and it's good TLJ changed that.
1502
« on: December 24, 2017, 04:12:11 AM »
Luke Skywalker does not appear in this movie, instead we get a grumpy old nut that just looks like an old Luke.
It's not that I wanted some badass EU Luke with a hot Jedi wife and lots of Jedi buddies, I just wanted the same Luke that I saw in the OT. A Luke that developed more, not regressed and threw away everything he learned. He was a role model in the OT; he never gave up, never abandoned his friends, always brought out the best in people and always had a solution to a problem. Even after everyone else had given up on his father, Luke was able to bring him back. He threw away his lightsaber, his only weapon in front of the most powerful Sith Lord in the galaxy because he still thought he could turn Vader back to the light.
In here he immediately goes straight to thinking about killing Ben because he had a premonition that he MIGHT become evil. This leads to a hilariously bad awkward situation where what Kylo does is completely justifiable in self defense, and instead of trying to mend his mistakes he becomes a grumpy old man who completely gives up without even trying. "You think I came to the most hidden planet in the galaxy to be found?" well yeah, you kinda left a map you asshole.
1503
« on: December 22, 2017, 11:44:32 AM »
I always give my pets names that are obscure/niche, keeps things interesting. I have Mordred now, but I also had a bird in middle school named Hraesvelgr. You could try names like that.
1504
« on: December 21, 2017, 12:21:03 PM »
>There are people that don’t like the older Battlefront games
Castrate yourselves.
1505
« on: December 17, 2017, 11:08:32 AM »
Permission to use this meme please. To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Rian Johnson’s writing. The humour is extremely blunt, and without a solid grasp of genre tropes and basic story telling most of his subversion of expectations will go over a typical movie goers head. There’s also Luke’s nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his characterisation- his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The true fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these choices and dialog, to realize that they’re not just funny- they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Star Wars: The Last Jedi truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn’t appreciate, for instance, the humour in the critical plot line on Canto Bite which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev’s Russian epic Fathers and Sons & Peter Singer’s Animal Liberation. I’m smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Rian Johnson’s genius wit unfolds itself on their movie screens. What fools.. how I pity them. 
And yes, by the way, i DO have a Star Wars: The Last Jedi tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It’s for the ladies’ eyes only- and even then they have to demonstrate that they’re within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand. Nothin personnel kid 
1506
« on: December 16, 2017, 01:45:16 AM »
Spoiler Who was Supreme Leader Snoke? Who knows! The filmmakers sure don't.
Was he Plageuis? Sure, who cares? Not Disney.
1507
« on: December 16, 2017, 01:37:07 AM »
Spoiler I haven't been this conflicted on a movie since Evangelion 3.0, that's really saying something. There were parts in the movie that were absolutely good and made for a great story, but there were other parts that were the shittiest thing Disney could possibly throw out and really bogs it down. I don't really know where to start. The interaction between Kylo and Rey was flawless, really well executed, I feel Kylo's character has been mostly redeemed from his shitty whiny brat version in TFA. And their scenes were plenty to keep the movie going. But then there's shit like Snoke dying like a fucking nobody, Space Casino monster chase, Captain three minutes of screen time getting even LESS screen time and still treated like she's somehow fucking important. It's really fucking noticeable when half the movie's run time is devoted to one situation the rebels are in. Every Star Wars movie has been a series of smaller adventures that encompass the bigger picture, but instead we get this bland huge problem in which most of the cast revolves around; I started to groan every time it cut away from Rey/Luke/Kylo because I legitimately have zero fucking interest in Fin and that literal who that joined the main cast of the film. TFA even got that right. We go from escaping Jakku, to running into Han and Chewie, to trying to find the Resistance, to infiltrating Starkiller Base, to finding Luke. All situation they need to resolve but none of them overstayed their welcome like the cruiser chase plot did in this movie. The movie is just so jarring, and I think the worst thing is that I can tell they were trying to do something different and unexpected (probably because TFA got a lot of shit for being too much like ANH) but they didn't want to fully commit so they half-assed it and it came out noticeably impacted by it. All of the different moments where they could have committed to something that pulls the rug out from under you but didn't are very obvious and I would've applauded them had they fully gone through with each and everyone but they don't, they copped out every time. Rey venturing to the dark side, KILLING fucking Leia, Rey going with Kylo's plan, killing Finn (that would've made the movie an instant 10/10), Kylo turning back to Ben, they could've done any of these things but chose not too. I hope they're lack of action on these was more caused by spending too much fucking time with the damn cruiser chase. It's not as bad as Rogue One
Rogue One's only flaws were the overdone fan service and the disgustingly horrible casting choices. It still felt like a Star Wars movie whereas this only felt like Star Wars half the time.
1508
« on: December 15, 2017, 01:26:45 PM »
You bet, it has nothing to do with which holiday it is, it’s just their behavior. Is thanksgiving the same?
1509
« on: December 15, 2017, 12:25:51 AM »
You can do both. I'm not really close to any of my family yet I at least enjoy the company of my mom's side. My father's side is just a headache. I'm not sure whether to ouch or lol
1510
« on: December 14, 2017, 04:51:10 PM »
I'm gonna try and pick up a morning shift on Christmas day so I can get holiday pay and avoid having to go see my dad's side of the family.
1511
« on: December 14, 2017, 09:54:50 AM »
Seeing it tomorrow after work, the theater I bought the tickets from oddly didn't let me choose seats like other showings did, I swear to fucking Christ I'm not sitting right up in the fucking front.
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« on: December 14, 2017, 12:24:52 AM »
Many GOP members and establishment Republican voters were glad he lost. Of course whoever made these points isn't going to mention that. >GOP and Rep voters would rather have a child raping pro-slavery sexist over a Democrat purely because he's a Democrat
1513
« on: December 13, 2017, 12:25:31 AM »
I don't think I was around for this. Story time? >Ywn bully someone like Felica bullied deci
Years later and it's still the subject of his retarded outbursts
1514
« on: December 11, 2017, 12:05:59 PM »
One can only hope it stays this way.
1515
« on: December 10, 2017, 07:29:16 PM »
That's unfortunate, it's really catchy. Probably custom made for the commercial. No hits for the lyrics and Shazam doesn't recognize it either.
1516
« on: December 10, 2017, 01:14:27 PM »
I watch streams of CNN on Youtube when doing other stuff because I like having some sort of live background noise. This commercial occasionally pops up but after several searches of the lyrics I can not find the name of the song anywhere. Would anyone know what it is or who the artist is?
1517
« on: December 07, 2017, 09:14:54 PM »
I thought America was the late one to the party?
1518
« on: December 07, 2017, 05:40:07 PM »
Don't know what FFXV is doing in Best RPG considering it came out last year.
1519
« on: December 06, 2017, 06:00:11 PM »
What kind of question is that? I'd definitely rather die of old age.
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« on: December 06, 2017, 01:31:31 PM »
No one appreciates a good underdog story anymore.... Ian gets to be in a group with all his friends.
1521
« on: December 05, 2017, 06:41:55 PM »
Plato's got a point, I've never heard of a statue-sexual before.
1522
« on: December 04, 2017, 11:31:49 PM »
Crash Bash if you're playing with friends.
1523
« on: December 01, 2017, 11:03:21 PM »
Not going to lie, that was pretty fucking cringey. I thought the shit on /v/ was just a meme.
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« on: December 01, 2017, 10:56:12 PM »
>These days This just comes down to culture. Civilized people are a pleasure to be around, uncivilized people aren't. The problem is that being uncivilized is "cool" these days, particularly in the black community.
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« on: November 29, 2017, 10:03:46 AM »
I'm not very knowledgeable on Warhammer, does everyone wear fuck huge giant golden armor and rule some sort of religious empire?
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« on: November 29, 2017, 10:00:05 AM »
Lets see how many super heroes we can cram into one movie without it feeling bloated.
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« on: November 28, 2017, 07:27:32 AM »
Find out which anime she likes and give her merch based on that. Hello all. I am really stuck for ideas. What would you give to someone who likes anime, plays Dota 2 is a female and goes to college?
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« on: November 27, 2017, 01:11:52 PM »
Learned that the hard way. Dating within the team always leads to disaster
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« on: November 25, 2017, 09:36:40 AM »
I complain a lot about Reddit, but I never make fun of it. How many of you here make fun of Reddit but actually go to it anyways? You fucking queers make me sick.
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« on: November 25, 2017, 05:54:34 AM »
This is such a huge fucking problem on the FFXIV subreddit. I distinctly remember two parody threads were made a while back and it caused so much fucking discord, it was hilarious seeing so much butthurt. Check out my shitty drawing that my girlfriend did!
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