but really though man, that red room fight
― Doctor Casϵϵno (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 25 August 2018 03:09 (five years ago) link
It was something.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 25 August 2018 04:40 (five years ago) link
So is this movie three acts or five? I’m actually interested in the structure because there are so many moving parts and almost all the ones that have soured, for me, come in the “beginning,” but I have a hard time figuring out when the beginning ends, scriptwise.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 25 August 2018 06:08 (five years ago) link
Particularly to casino’s mention of the fight with the praetorian guards - is that act 2? Or act 3? It seems like it matters because if this movie is supposed to be a three-act blockbuster tentpole then they really did fuck up, but if it’s a five-act epic like I suspect are director was going for, then some of the story choices make more sense, particularly regarding how useless Rey is for most of the film.
― El Tomboto, Saturday, 25 August 2018 06:21 (five years ago) link
Lately newer Star Wars have been disturbing to watch for me. Something about how they always take a handful of seconds to show an overly gung-ho group of good guy soldiers all chiming in with a "let's do this!" and a smirk, then a mere few seconds later they're each getting blown up so effortlessly... They're literally burning to death in horrifying space explosions because they've thrown themselves into yet another space fight that almost guarantees death. There's just such a big discrepancy between their willingness to jump into old rusty fighters and die for their cause in what they probably know is a pretty inconsequential battle VS. the amount of technology in the universe that implies driverless (or robot driven) fighters could do the same job. It gets to me. Now here's a ragtag cast of colorful-ALL DEAD! Gone! Sorry! Now charred corpses floating through endless space forever.
― Evan, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 05:17 (five years ago) link
it’s called Star Wars not Star Cuddlepuppies
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 06:25 (five years ago) link
it’s called Star and Wars, not Adam and Steve
― ▫◌▫ (sic), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 06:26 (five years ago) link
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― Mince Pramthwart (James Morrison), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 07:00 (five years ago) link
I'm not complaining I've just been creeped out in this specific way lately.
― Evan, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 10:48 (five years ago) link
That juxtaposition! Or it's just exploding in space. Or both.
― Evan, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 10:51 (five years ago) link
i think it's fair to expect that in a war movie (and a disney movie at that!) that death has meaning for the good characters. sometimes the new movies rise to that (and quite nicely) and sometimes they brush past incredible losses.
― got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 11:18 (five years ago) link
That’s where this one fell down on second viewing for me. The resistance gets reduced to platoon size over the course of about, what, 20 hours? And in the theater, when I didn’t know it was coming, I got distracted by the fun stuff; later, on a small screen, I just wanted to strangle every person in a leadership position.
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:08 (five years ago) link
I mean at least in this one it's clear people are upset about these deaths, but they oddly never seem to fully rebound on Poe, whose fault they pretty much all are, even though Johnson does seem to intend us to recognize this (via the whole Finn/Rose storyline). By rights he should have ended the film broken and wracked with guilt, going off to do penance or something.
― got the scuba tube blowin' like a snork (Doctor Casino), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:25 (five years ago) link
The Poe/Leia/Finn/Rose storylines are a mess. I only really enjoy the Rey/Luke/Kylo parts, and even that gets pretty shakey the more they intersect with the rest of team towards the end of the film.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 12:40 (five years ago) link
it says a lot that boyega, tran and lazy-cosplay laura dern keep that storyline watchable.
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 13:45 (five years ago) link
they could kill literally everyone in the resistance except rey/finn/poe and have poe be like "when it rains it pours huh buddy" and it still wouldn't be as bathetic as "starkiller base"
― difficult listening hour, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 22:17 (five years ago) link
The redlettermedia video complains it's too much like a madcap comedy but isn't the real problem that it's not madcap comedy enough?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 4 September 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
I forget where I posted my thoughts after my first attempt at a second viewing but I totally agreed with you
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 23:42 (five years ago) link
okay I said dark comedy but y'know
star wars 9 grim resignation thread
― Paleo Weltschmerz (El Tomboto), Tuesday, 4 September 2018 23:45 (five years ago) link
I like how in Luke’s fantasy oh himself at the end his hair is a lot less grey
― calstars, Saturday, December 16, 2017 12:49 PM bookmarkflaglink
yeah when he pulled off his hood at the end i was like ‘wtf I guess he stopped off for some grecian 2000 and a quick haircut on the way’
― dipso inferno (bizarro gazzara), Saturday, December 16, 2017 1:21 PM bookmarkflaglink
Can the Force be used for haircuts?
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:10 (four years ago) link
Once you start down that dark path, forever it will dominate your grooming regime
― Number None, Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:15 (four years ago) link
Lightsaber manscaping, hmm
― master of nuggets (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:16 (four years ago) link
don't make me post the jar jar lollipop again
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:18 (four years ago) link
Stop trying to implicate us in your sexual fetishes.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:24 (four years ago) link
implicating ilx in my sexual fetishes IS my sexual fetish
― Receive Your Simulated Fluids Before The End of The Year! (bizarro gazzara), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 13:26 (four years ago) link
It's just a slow slide into full-bore degradation once you've become inured to the pleasures of Jar Jar's sugary tongue.
― Masters of Engilsh Litera-ture (Old Lunch), Wednesday, 11 December 2019 14:03 (four years ago) link