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Started by AFK, February 10, 2012, 05:52:04 PM

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Elder Iptuous

#45
February 14, 2012, 03:25:23 PM
google searched for 'original star wars dvd'
top amazon result delivers

if you don't want to pay the big bucks, rip them off of TPB.  you can assuage yourself by railing against lucas's evil ways.

I like the new ones myself.  i like most of the effects he added.  except the jabba's palace song/dance number.  that sucked.  and Han shooting first shouldn't have changed.

i liked the ewoks when i was a kid.  i can imagine that most adults thought they were stupid.
when i saw ep I, i railed against the gungans just like all the other grown ass children in the audience.
then when i had my kiddos and recently indoctrinated them into starwars, i realize that the gungans are just as cool to them as the ewoks were to us.  and really.... i kinda like Jar Jar, too.
fuckit.  it is what it is.
i like Jar Jar.

Nephew Twiddleton

#46
February 14, 2012, 04:01:31 PM
I would be all kill the heretic right now, but I can't muster anything beyond sputtering "but" over and over.
Strange and Terrible Organ Laminator of Yesterday's Heavy Scene
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Elder Iptuous

#47
February 14, 2012, 04:10:00 PM

Nephew Twiddleton

#48
February 14, 2012, 04:15:16 PM
NO!
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Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#49
February 14, 2012, 04:17:42 PM
I FUCKING HATE JAR JAR.

It's mostly the obsequious behavior and the annoying voice. It's a creature with no pride, and is clearly meant to be eaten.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Nephew Twiddleton

#50
February 14, 2012, 04:20:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 14, 2012, 04:17:42 PM
I FUCKING HATE JAR JAR.

It's mostly the obsequious behavior and the annoying voice. It's a creature with no pride, and is clearly meant to be eaten.

This. At least ewoks could fight.
Strange and Terrible Organ Laminator of Yesterday's Heavy Scene
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Soy El Vaquero Peludo de Oro

TIM AM I, PRIMARY OF THE EXTRA-ATMOSPHERIC SIMIANS

Triple Zero

#51
February 14, 2012, 04:21:03 PM
Ex-Soviet Bloc Sexual Attack Swede of Tomorrow™
e-prime disclaimer: let it seem fairly unclear I understand the apparent subjectivity of the above statements. maybe.

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Elder Iptuous

#52
February 14, 2012, 04:24:12 PM
Yes.
that is exactly what the evil empire thinks...


seriously.  that's his character though.  he's comic relief.  how is he really any different than say, Shaggy from scooby-doo?  or any other well meaning but bumbling comic relief character?
so, if you've shown it to your kids, do your daughters like to hate him? and did you let it be known that you hate him before or during when they watched it?  i guess that's when i changed my mind is when i watched it with my kids and they ate it up.

Elder Iptuous

#53
February 14, 2012, 04:27:30 PM
Quote from: Billy the Twid on February 14, 2012, 04:20:22 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 14, 2012, 04:17:42 PM
I FUCKING HATE JAR JAR.

It's mostly the obsequious behavior and the annoying voice. It's a creature with no pride, and is clearly meant to be eaten.

This. At least ewoks could fight.

what?! the gungans fought off a big ass droid army.  and they had real weapons with some kind of fucking....plasma jelly or some shit.
not a damned hang glider made out of some twigs and a worn leather headwrap.  oh wait, the ewoks had their secret weapon too.  a log tied to a rope.
YUB YUB!

The Good Reverend Roger

#54
February 14, 2012, 04:28:04 PM
Quote from: Nigel on February 14, 2012, 04:17:42 PM
I FUCKING HATE JAR JAR.

It's mostly the obsequious behavior and the annoying voice. It's a creature with no pride, and is clearly meant to be eaten.

It is also an insanely mean-spirited take on Jamaicans.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Elder Iptuous

#55
February 14, 2012, 04:31:12 PM
yeah. i'd probably be pissed if i was a Jamaican.  :lol:
it is probably pretty hard to come up with a ridiculous accent for a comic relief race without relying on an actual human accent or that wouldn't fall flat.  hmm. dunno.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#56
February 14, 2012, 04:52:11 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on February 14, 2012, 04:24:12 PM
Yes.
that is exactly what the evil empire thinks...


seriously.  that's his character though.  he's comic relief.  how is he really any different than say, Shaggy from scooby-doo?  or any other well meaning but bumbling comic relief character?
so, if you've shown it to your kids, do your daughters like to hate him? and did you let it be known that you hate him before or during when they watched it?  i guess that's when i changed my mind is when i watched it with my kids and they ate it up.

They watched it before I did, so I may have been influenced by their hatred. Also the older two kids both told me that the portrayal of the character was "racist", and I was like "but isn't it just a big lizard?" and then I saw it and was all "Ohhhhhhhh..."

Not racist per se, but they were about 6 and 8 at the time, and they didn't have a better word for it.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

The Good Reverend Roger

#57
February 14, 2012, 04:56:15 PM
I just noticed something.

If you post in a troll thread, or make a thread about Star Wars, or technical discussions about music or computers, you go straight to 50 pages.

If you make a GASM thread, or a rant, or a well thought-out piece of political analysis, you can possibly hope to get bumped in 5-6 years.

I've been doing it wrong all this time.  Cain, let's you and I do an in-depth analysis on that flying bug guy that's immune to the Force, and contains no less than two stereotypes.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Elder Iptuous

#58
February 14, 2012, 05:10:46 PM
I can only get away with saying that one of your pieces is awesome once.  maybe twice if i think of another thing that i like about it.
but blathering about something pointless is without end...

Most of your pieces are a message.  BAM! Punch of Truth!  we come to, and then say we liked it, can we have another.  there isn't usually a big debate regarding your holy Truths.  it is self evident wisdom.

Cain's pieces are usually an elevating analysis of some geopolitical slice of the world.  He's a giant on this board when it comes to that.  Most of the responses are, 'wow. that's really interesting! thanks!'  (and, can we have another?)  people will engage a little bit more with those stories, but it is fairly evident that we're not going to add a helluva lot.  certainly not much that he doesn't already know.

So, i guess what i'm saying is... i dunno.  it's lonely at the top?  meh. that doesn't really capture what i'm saying.
but you shouldn't get bent that your pieces don't get the thread length that the tripe does.

The Good Reverend Roger

#59
February 14, 2012, 05:11:50 PM
Quote from: Iptuous on February 14, 2012, 05:10:46 PM
I can only get away with saying that one of your pieces is awesome once.  maybe twice if i think of another thing that i like about it.
but blathering about something pointless is without end...

Most of your pieces are a message.  BAM! Punch of Truth!  we come to, and then say we liked it, can we have another.  there isn't usually a big debate regarding your holy Truths.  it is self evident wisdom.

Cain's pieces are usually an elevating analysis of some geopolitical slice of the world.  He's a giant on this board when it comes to that.  Most of the responses are, 'wow. that's really interesting! thanks!'  (and, can we have another?)  people will engage a little bit more with those stories, but it is fairly evident that we're not going to add a helluva lot.  certainly not much that he doesn't already know.

So, i guess what i'm saying is... i dunno.  it's lonely at the top?  meh. that doesn't really capture what i'm saying.
but you shouldn't get bent that your pieces don't get the thread length that the tripe does.

I'm just bored and taking the piss.  :lulz:

See my "Perfect Apple Talk Thread" for further clarification.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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