The Swamp

Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 7:30 pm

rass wrote: ↑Sun Dec 22, 2019 3:14 pm

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Baby Yoda did a wound heal via The Force in the last episode, so I guess that’s a thing.

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"Thanks for nothing, asshole." —everyone who died in the vicinity of a Jedi in all previous movies

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Well palpating did say that hadn’t been seen in generations or something like that. Which means palpating doesn’t know about baby yoda.

I just saw it last night and thought it was great. I'm not really sure why folks are hating on it. I guess some people feel it didn't properly follow the fake rules for the Force or something? I've even seen people rank the various SW films on Twitter with this one below some of the prequels, which is just insane to me. The only explanation for that would be if you were 8 when the prequels came out and you hadn't seen any of the other Star Wars movies earlier.

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:20 am I just saw it last night and thought it was great. I'm not really sure why folks are hating on it. I guess some people feel it didn't properly follow the fake rules for the Force or something? I've even seen people rank the various SW films on Twitter with this one below some of the prequels, which is just insane to me. The only explanation for that would be if you were 8 when the prequels came out and you hadn't seen any of the other Star Wars movies earlier.

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For me, the 'lets bring back the Emperor, and make him Rey's grandfather!' put it in a huge hole that they couldn't dig their way out of.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 12:48 pm

Shirley wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 10:20 am I just saw it last night and thought it was great. I'm not really sure why folks are hating on it. I guess some people feel it didn't properly follow the fake rules for the Force or something? I've even seen people rank the various SW films on Twitter with this one below some of the prequels, which is just insane to me. The only explanation for that would be if you were 8 when the prequels came out and you hadn't seen any of the other Star Wars movies earlier.

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For me, the 'lets bring back the Emperor, and make him Rey's grandfather!' put it in a huge hole that they couldn't dig their way out of.

With a bit of marinAting, I think it was just ok. The last half hour or so is why I had such a bad taste for it.

I'm steering clear of this thread, for the most part, until I see it.

But anyone putting ANY of the franchise after PM is fucking INSANE. I went back on Disney+ and just popped that on while I was doing chores the other day.

Holy fuck is that a bad movie. That's a bad movie on just any old movie scale, let alone the SW franchise.

Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 2:18 pm I'm steering clear of this thread, for the most part, until I see it.

But anyone putting ANY of the franchise after PM is fucking INSANE. I went back on Disney+ and just popped that on while I was doing chores the other day.

Holy fuck is that a bad movie. That's a bad movie on just any old movie scale, let alone the SW franchise.

PM is awful....but the pod race part is fun.

But the kid sucks, so it's almost a wash.

The final Mando episode was great. What a fun series.

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:01 pm Total lack of planning that killed Star Wars.

I agree with this piece.

rass wrote: ↑Sat Dec 28, 2019 1:21 pm

Rush2112 wrote: ↑Fri Dec 27, 2019 5:01 pm Total lack of planning that killed Star Wars.

I agree with this piece.

Me too. Almost to the letter.

FWIW, I don’t think the Marvel movies were much better except for at least trying to tie a bunch of disparate threads together into a single (more or less) narrative but the issue is when a huge company geared solely and soullessly on making money realizes they can put any kind of crap on the screen and fans will lap it up because of FOMO they don’t really have to try any more.

(And to be further fair it describes any number of other IP franchises in film and TV not just Disney/Marvel/Star Wars.)

Ultimately the American consumer is to blame. People don’t want new stories from auteur filmmakers they want safe, comfortable characters they know. I don’t know how many of the top 20 grossing movies of 2019 were original stories (ie not sequels or prequels or remakes) but I’d bet it wasn’t more than 5. The consumers have trained the bean counters to give them more Soylent Green.

I just looked. It’s TWO. Us and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood. That’s it.

Just in case you were wondering, lets get The Virgin Ben's opinion:

That I completely disagree brings me much joy.

A_B wrote: ↑Tue Dec 31, 2019 3:45 pm That I completely disagree brings me much joy.

'Everyone is wrong but me' should be on The Virgin Ben's business card.

This works for me.

“We farmed moisture together”

The nickname I've acquired while deployed here to Tatooine is "The Mondellorian."

(This makes sense if you know my last name via Facebook or whatever.)

So, I rather successfully avoided a bunch of spoilers and saw the movie on Sunday. I totally understand the disjointed comments. But I strongly disagree with the comments saying this movie was overly corny and sentimental. I thoroughly enjoyed the movie, precisely because it seemed very similar in style to the first trilogy.

A lot of people forget and have mythologized those movies. Go back and watch them again. Corny as fuck. And I loved them. People saw movies as children/young adults and can't seem to fathom that seeing that as an adult is going to strike them a different way.

And to that I say.........FART.

Literally, can't argue with that.

Finally saw it. Pretty sure all Lando's dialogue was lifted from porn.

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Watched tRoS for the second time this evening on Disney+. Underestimated how upset my youngest would be by Chewie’s apparent death, all 5 minutes of it.

Didn’t notice the first time in the theater that KR’s scar disappears after the big visit.

I’ve also decided the only cool part of the movie is the saber transfer, and even the lead up to that feels a bit like a takeoff on the throne room scene from TLJ.

Not a great movie!

rass wrote: ↑Mon May 04, 2020 9:15 pm Watched tRoS for the second time this evening on Disney+. Underestimated how upset my youngest would be by Chewie’s apparent death, all 5 minutes of it.

Didn’t notice the first time in the theater that KR’s scar disappears after the big visit.

I’ve also decided the only cool part of the movie is the saber transfer, and even the lead up to that feels a bit like a takeoff on the throne room scene from TLJ.

Not a great movie!

I still haven't seen it, but I abandoned trying to stay spoiler free a long while ago. Your review is common among SW nuts I know. No one really liked the movie. The guys on Puck Soup were saying that they went opening night and you had people who had bought tickets months in advance in cosplay openly laughing at the plot and flow of the movie.

I guess it's to be expected. It's a franchise and not every one is going to be a home run. Maybe I'm just too old now. The only ones that still hit me are the original 3 and even some of that (Jedi specifically) are just super campy now.

Generally speaking episode nine blows holes. Or maybe fucks the dicks. But the storming a destroyer in atmosphere via ground forces is one of the better ideas.

"Say something nice about a movie (or band, or...) you otherwise dislike" would be another good thread idea. Need to write down some notes for a slow Friday.

And you're not wrong. If only there had been just one of them and not thousands...

But I'll play along and on top of the previously mentioned saber transfer, I thought the way that the look and the way that they shot the Emperor was really effectively creepy.

So, since The Child isn't being raised by his own species...will it talk like yoda?

So, apparently chatter that Disney is considering hemming off or ignoring the recent trilogy and that Kathleen Kennedy will be our when her contract runs in 2021.

tennbengal wrote: ↑Tue Jul 14, 2020 10:05 am So, apparently chatter that Disney is considering hemming off or ignoring the recent trilogy and that Kathleen Kennedy will be our when her contract runs in 2021.

Yeah, my son who is way into the universe was saying that they may no longer be canon.

No idea on Kennedy. As to the other, sometimes there is fire, but...

Way late to this...but we finally watched the Mandolorian.

What is the timing of this show? Pre-episode 4? Post episode 6?

And is that really Yoda? Or just the same alien race?

It was weird seeing Bill Burr show up on an episode.

Cool to finally see how a Tie Fighter lands.

And boy, is that baby yoda cute.

DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Sun Aug 16, 2020 12:26 pm Way late to this...but we finally watched the Mandolorian.

What is the timing of this show? Pre-episode 4? Post episode 6?

And is that really Yoda? Or just the same alien race?

It was weird seeing Bill Burr show up on an episode.

Cool to finally see how a Tie Fighter lands.

And boy, is that baby yoda cute.

5 years after return of the Jedi....so same race as Yoda but not Yoda..but who knows...the force...strange writing...could be some reincarnation stuff.

What I like is the Mandolorian being basically a western. Even after each episode you can see the art direction stuff they show has that feel.

Also seems like season 2 has a big Ashoka story line. So start watching the clone wars and rebels may help get ramped up on that character.

Season 2 tomorrow.

Shit yeah that was fucking great