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Yes.

When you've fucked up as spectacularly as they have, there's no moving on. They're much better off to hit the reset button. Make Han a Black man and Luke a woman. Redesign Palpatine to look like Trump.

But put some fucking effort into it. Star Wars was not only imaginative, it was well-paced. It's stories reached logical conclusions. It's characters were memorable and fun.

Above all else, they should remember that Star Wars is a fantasy story with a science fiction paintjob. Just having a bunch of people in helmets shooting lasers is missing the point. Star Wars's nearest comparison isn't Star Trek; it's Lord of the Rings.

Rest in peace.

It's unlikely that the other three will be found alive.

That's what happens when you alter the past - your girlfriend changes in appearance.

boobs more distracting than ass confirmed

That's tragic.

HagenEx posted...

It was good.

McKenna Grace will be a force to be reckoned with in the industry.

I have no complaints about Phoebe or the way she was depicted.

I'm still waiting for the sequel where he comes back from the grave to kill the people he once saved.

The first Highlander was legit.

I liked Highlander III, but I haven't seen it since I was 12.

It makes literally the same mistake as Ghostbusters II: "Our heroes have done nothing since 1984 but sit in the mud and feel sorry for themselves because there are no more ghosts and most people don't believe they ever existed."



Ghostbusters is one of the all-time feelgood movies. Winston, covered in marshmallow, raising his hands in the air and shouting "I love this town!" is on a even higher cloud than Rocky's iconic "Adrian, I did it!" (I will die on that hill.) Now you're telling me that few people believed them, nothing has happened since 1984, and Egon became a deadbeat dad who abandoned his friends and family alike to go on a personal multi-decade mission to stop Gozer? Bullshit!

Bullshit.

The mini Mr. Stay Puff scene was brilliant. All of the other highlights were beat for beat retreads of the original movie. The Key Master growls, chases, and possesses a cornered victim. The Gatekeeper possesses a woman and says, "There is no (name/title), only Zuul!" Gozer pets the Terror Dogs and asks, "Are you a god?" They capture a voracious but mostly harmless ghost which escapes by film's end. I don't feel like I'm watching a sequel which closely follows the original. I feel like I'm watching a clip show which repeats literally the same footage.

It's unavoidable that Egon had to die between films. They didn't have to say though that he spent the last decades of his life in isolation and ridicule. And there's no real reason for the lack of new content. If you lack imagination, steal from another source. A scene lifted from Jurassic Park or Alien is going to feel more fresh in the Ghostbusters universe than a scene lifted from Ghostbuster 1.

This should be the go-to replacement for "hey guys."

SauI_Goodman posted...

I tend to toss those out. Look at blanka.

Hispanic people can be green.

Or blue. Or gray. Or whatever color Blanka feels like being this week. Look, the dude studied electric eels to be able to shock opponents. I'm not going to ask questions about how his complexion works.

<_<

He was played by Raul Julia in the movie and his Japanese name is Vega. To avoid a lawsuit over Mike Bison, they swapped around the names of three of the bad guys. Balrog became Vega, Mike Bison became Balrog, and Vega became M. Bison. M not specified but typically translated as a military title of Major Bison.

Because his stage is set in Thailand, I tend to them of him being of a Thai ethnic background. But it makes sense that be would be a Latino if his "true" name is Vega. It's just something that never really clicked with me until just now. I'm watching a review of X-Men vs. Street Fighter and, apparently, Vega's (M. Bison's) name was left unchanged in all regions.

Fawks

ToadallyAwesome posted...

Good thing there isnt a color wheel and everything is set in stone.

I'm not seeing it.

He's probably meant to be Okinawan.

Nobody ever makes a story about someone from another ethnic group.

This wouldn't have happened if they'd made Dr. Who a ginger.

Trigun

The last time I played Super Mario 64, the joystick on my controller was so bad that I couldn't do a proper spin. Bowser won the first fight.

When I went back later in the day, I figured out I could build momentum in the swing by holding the joystick in one direction and changing camera angles. I used that to build momentum and threw Bowser into the bomb.

"So long, a-Bowser!"

Gaww! I can't believe this forced race change. I, for one, will not be watching this children's movie. This children's movie that I, as a thirty-something white guy, otherwise would have watched if they hadn't made Annie black.

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Why were people bothered by this?

Racism cannot be solved because it is constantly nourished. It acts as the right hand of capitalism. And even in non-capitalist societies, setting the majority against the minority is still an effective strategy for controlling the population as a whole.

Racism stems from hatred, misunderstanding, and a desperate need for consolation. It can only be defeated through friendship, equality, understanding, and a removal of the need for the false-consolation of imagined superiority.

That's why the media chooses methods of subtle antagonism. They know it encourages and perpetuates bigotry. White society doesn't mind they're getting shortchanged so long their treatment is still preferential to that of Black society -- at least so believe those who profit from bigotry.

BeyondWalls posted...

Amazing Spider-Man is better.

It has lower production quality but I think it's a more accurate retelling of the character.

Gamerguymass posted...

Sooo is one of you British?

The title was meant to say British boyfriend.

Somehow, that got cut off. I must have deleted the wrong word trying to fit the character limit.

KneeOnBest posted...

Is your sister hot?

She certainly got the better genetics of the two siblings.

Camp? I thought the film took itself a might too seriously.

hawt

I mean, if CW Ivy were super hot, I'd just begrudge the fact that she wasn't in a movie.

He's always the first one to say it, and I politely return the gesture, but it's still a bit awkward. Happy "Freedom from the Brits" Day to you as well.

I don't know how he feels saying it, but I think I'd feel even more awkward if I were on the other end.

me: "Happy Kick the Americans Out Day."
Vietnamese or Afghani friend: "Happy Kick the Americans Out Day to you as well."

AlmightyCheeks posted...

He "betrayed " gotham and ran away after killing joker

Ooh, now that's cool.

I'm glad they had an adaptation where Batman finally went through with putting the Joker down. I could be wrong, but I think that's only the second time the Joker has ever been killed in a live action adaptation.

I'd be interested in seeing a female Batman Begins like scenario where Joker killed Bats.

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I'm curious about the omission of "All references to Arabs."

Is it because management didn't want the performers singling out Arabs and maligning them? Or is it because Arab jokes would have included sexual content such allusions to rape or women being sold at market? (Note: These were stereotypes found in films of the 1920s. The Sheik, The Sea Hawk, etc.)

"Mother and father are fighting." "Who is your father?"
"That's what they are fighting about."

Okay, I laughed at that one.

<_<

This woman is cute. She certainly looks better in the role than Uma Thurman did. I have no real opinion on this casting decision though because a CW series isn't something I was going to watch anyway.

ham, fam

Her character's name is Mary? So this isn't Pamela Isley anyway.

Whisper of the Heart 2: The Search for Louise

Maybe I should have posted this back in October, but I there's something I realized about this movie. David mentions The Wolf Man starring Lon Chaney and Claude Rains. It occurs to me that this is a 1981 movie referencing a 1941 movie. There's as much temporal distance between now and when An American Werewolf came out as there was between An American Werewolf and the Wolf Man.

being unrecognizable to God is still a worse take than a mini-tentacle monster inside you

Union

I had an ancestor who was enlisted too.

I think it was a bad idea to release the movie in October. Who wants to watch a medieval duel in Halloween month? I would have liked to have seen it, but I was busy with witches and werewolves.

Yeah, that one's the grand champion.

Ysmir posted...

Funny, considering the people "cancelling him" aren't the ones trying to push a fascist agenda. I see you've stopped pretending to be a centrist though.

I'm more center left. But I like how everyone who disagrees with you is a fascist. That doesn't smack of extremism or anything.

"When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty."

No surprise the powers that be would want to cancel the man who said that.

Mistere Man posted...

See you naked Space Samurai!

This is where the live action version of the show could've gone.

Right now, I'd be less embarrassed of Big Titty Catgirl Squad than I would wrestling.

Tyranthraxus posted...

They actually have a lot of gay sex during those lines.

hawt

The two strongest men in the world
are about to fight each other
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gunplagirl posted...

Honestly I like it when I can tease my girlfriends over the size of their penis.

Nice.

NoxObscuras posted...

You're right. I'm not sure why I Love Lucy is officially recognized as the first tv series to do reruns (1955). IMDB says that The Lone Ranger reruns started on Saturday mornings in 1953. I guess there's some sort of distinction that I'm missing?

But I've always heard of how much influence Lucy had on television. Didn't know that extended to Star Trek. That's pretty cool.

Could it be that I Love Lucy appeared on the same channel while Lone Ranger appeared in syndication on other channels?