movies are cool. here is a place to talk about how cool they are. or maybe how much they suck, sometimes. like that fucking piece of shit 'mac and me'. worst fucking movie ever, a two-hour ad for fucking coca-cola.
Ran wrote:It looked like construction debris, but metal and insulation doesn't smell. And being on a space station, you'd think they would want to recycle the water.
I actually just watched the second half of ANH tonight after writing my last post here and thought about this. I just assume there's nasty shit and whatnot in there, perhaps under the construction/machinery stuff.
Slicker wrote:I've always wondered about the dianoga. If it's that big of a creature where does it go and why don't our "heroes" follow it instead of just waiting to die?!
I think the EU made the dianoga too large. Don't you think they would have felt much more than just one of the tentacles, given how big it's supposed to be?
I kind of don't think the filmmakers meant for this scene to be scrutinized too closely and likely didn't do it themselves.
knowing that anthony daniels was inside that metal suit is enough to put off even a seasoned gayboy.
I have never read any of your posts, but from what I can learn I should say that for people who like the kind of posts you deliver, they are just the kind of posts such people like. Whatevah! Osculum mihi asinum!
I thought Anthony Daniels could get off a... never mind.
I just read at another site the word on why suddenly Hasbro's not allowed to make a Wookiee Jedi figure, and why certain species have had Jedi characters shot down, and why Sharad and A'sharad Hett had to be retconned into being humans who dressed like Tuskens.
Are you ready for this?
Some sentient species are simply not smart enough to be Jedi.
Doesn't that seem to fly right in the face of all the touchy-feely happy jolly stuff that's supposed to be one of the major themes of Star Wars? Wasn't the Emperor a racist so we could see how evil it is, and to compare the Empire to the Third Reich?
"Everyone is equal. But some of you are stupid." Great message there.
I wish they'd somehow do a real-life equivalent of that shitty story where they brought teenage Tony Stark into the present and he took over being Iron Man because the grown-up Iron Man had become a dick. George Lucas used to be a visionary and a genius. Now, I just get this mental image of him trying to figure out why everyone calls him a gay fish.
*--For behavior unbecoming anyone, perpetrated in real time over an extended--AH, FUCK IT! MORE MALIBU, BITCHES!!
Oh that's rich, reminiscent of the flagrant-yet-stealth racism in all star trek since the original series, where whole races had defining "traits", the most obvious being the Ferengi- their whole culture was about ripping people off, cos, well, some species/races are like that
Good thing Chewie was smart enough to fix hyperdrives eh?? That is stupid, overall- I thought the force was there for anyone who wanted to "feel" it, how could someone so stupid as Jake Lloyd be intrinsically smarter than Chewie?? IF you take the force as presented in the OT, it would make more sense that lower tech (yet still intelligent) species would almost have a stronger connection to it without formal training
Man now I just remembered the time I wasted readin the first half of "heir to the empire".. did them ysalamiri (sp) eat midiclorians?? I am so glad I put that book (and the rest of the EU) down when I did- I had been tricked into thinking it was supposed to be the next SW film in story form, but after several dozen pages I came to the conclusion that if SW was gonna get THAT bad I didn't care to know about it anymore. One of my better decisions, I must say
Yeah, Wookiees always seemed to be to be at least as smart as people, only physically unable to speak and choosing to live in a seemingly more primitive fashion. The guy also mentioned Ewoks, since, obviously, they're not smart since they'd have spaceships. It's not that their civilization is just newer and hasn't progressed as far as other species or anything silly like that. Just like those ignorant Injuns who superior white folks rightly kicked off the land they were taking up with their stupid boozing.
*--For behavior unbecoming anyone, perpetrated in real time over an extended--AH, FUCK IT! MORE MALIBU, BITCHES!!
anarky wrote:Yeah, Wookiees always seemed to be to be at least as smart as people, only physically unable to speak and choosing to live in a seemingly more primitive fashion. The guy also mentioned Ewoks, since, obviously, they're not smart since they'd have spaceships. It's not that their civilization is just newer and hasn't progressed as far as other species or anything silly like that. Just like those ignorant Injuns who superior white folks rightly kicked off the land they were taking up with their stupid boozing.
Wookiees speak Shyriiwook, which is indeed a language, despite sounding like (and obviously being in reality) a bunch of grunts and animal sounds. There are still Wookiee senators, anyway, if not Jedi. I just think you might be reading too much into this whole thing, but read away.
I know you don't like JT, but he brought up the fact that some species just wouldn't be believable as Jedi. I mean, really . . . can anyone take this picture seriously?
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Aw, c'mon, you think I didn't know the Wookiees could speak their own language? I meant they can't speak English.
And stating an entire race of sentient humanoid creatures is either "too dumb" or "lacks the discipline" to master the Force not only goes totally against the entire nature of the Force as described in the original trilogy, but it's the opposite of the message that George Lucas claims to be sending. All kidding and exaggerating aside, I honestly wonder if he's so full of himself now that he doesn't think things through the way he did when he was a 20-ish filmmaker and had to prove himself.
*--For behavior unbecoming anyone, perpetrated in real time over an extended--AH, FUCK IT! MORE MALIBU, BITCHES!!
What I find laughable is that they turned a race of people that worship a Magic 8-ball into Jedi (the Weequay) yet a race of people that can fix a hyperdrive (the Wookiees) aren't smart enough for it. I think it's more a case of Wookiees not looking "cool enough" to be Jedi.
