Lurker > CyricZ

As someone who likes the sound of their own voice, I will comment on various things in my solitary life. Games, writing, videos, cooking, whatever.

I once had someone I could talk to about anything. Not anymore though.

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CyricZ

Although it hasn't been established in the work or by any of the writers, I have my own take.

No he didn't.

From a pragmatic standpoint, it's because the work wasn't done until he used the Stones to destroy the Stones so his work could never be undone.

From a narrative standpoint, it's because he needs his "grateful universe". He needs to know he won. His arrogance is one of his extreme failings.

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CyricZ

*nod*

I get it.

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CyricZ

The rule of death in fiction is that anyone can come back as long someone writes it.

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CyricZ

I have a lot of cross generation friends so I'm getting weddings, births, kids off to school, kids off to college.

Meanwhile here I am posting about my car accident.

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CyricZ

Matcha that's filthy

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Zikten posted...

the cold never bothered her anyway

Y'know what?

Y'know what?

That's fair.

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CyricZ

I mean, is what I do writing?

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CyricZ

Lots of media pushed Phasma but obviously she didn't pan out in a narrative sense.

She even has her own novel, which I've read. Solid 6/10.

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CyricZ

Game is Astral Chain. Also I found him later. :)

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SSJGrimReaper posted...

kylo rens buddies only show up to for like 2 minutes to get rekt

I wish I saved the post when I said "Why does everyone want to see the Knights of Ren? They're never going to be characters. They're just going to be elite thugs that serve as video game bosses for the heroes."

And I was only slightly wrong.

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CyricZ

One of the great things about Star Wars is that whatever complaint you have, it can be explained away with either tech bullhonkey or Force bullhonkey. :)

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CyricZ

Baba is You

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I was considering posting this topic but it almost always leads to arguments over who was the worst and/or who was really responsible for the breakup.

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CyricZ

Joey fitting into the entertainment center.

Twice.

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CyricZ

They don't they know the questions.

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Tyranthraxus posted...

The reason is they fucked up their reviews of TLJ by saying shit they didn't believe because they were worried about what might happen career wise if they called it for the shit that it was, so they preemptively shit on TROS thinking it would be just as bad as TLJ hoping to gain back credibility but in truth the movie wasn't anywhere near as bad as TLJ and they are exposing themselves for the frauds they are.

Yeah funny thing about conspiracies.

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NeonOctopus posted...

Why didnt Rey just force heal Kylo after he died at the end? >__>

I mean, then they're going back and forth forever and it's even goofier.

NeonOctopus posted...

Rey can force pull a starship but cant force push some waves or the sinking sand? smh

Starship is one cohesive thing, dude. Sand is a bajillion particles.

NeonOctopus posted...

I LOVE the Rogue Squadron series and it was great to see Wedge in the movie but the motherfucker literally has less than a second of screentime and 1 line. You could realistically blink and miss it.

Can almost guarantee he had more stuff that was left on the cutting room floor. :-/

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CyricZ

I... no.

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Given the success Tt had with it, I think Disney/Lucasfilm would be foolish to unload the LEGO aspect of the franchise onto anyone else, and perhaps they thought the same.

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Also wanna point out that Rey's saber hilt was part of her staff, or at least the design is based on her staff.

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Comedy may be subjective, but damn am I loving this show.

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apolloooo posted...

You play as a creature named baba

Oh the lies.

(This is not a spoiler)

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CyricZ

All it takes is digging. The evidence is all there.

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CyricZ

Thank God for Streets of Rage.

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Jabodie posted...

Each episode will have five story missions each, a total of 45 levels.

Hoof this is gonna be a long guide.

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CyricZ

Clone Wars. It was three episodes of the TV show stitched together and released in theaters and it was it's first janky season.

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CyricZ

I get the weird feeling this is a shop job and we're all being taken for a ride.

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CyricZ

Nobody who consumes any kind of entertainment should "deserve" more respect, but neither do they deserve disrespect simply for their hobby. In the end, it's all about how that hobby shapes you as a person.

If it causes a person to become, for an example, an anti-social entitled whiner, then that's worth disrespecting.

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Cowthief posted...

How did they deal with the fact that <s>the remainder of the resistance was like 20 people</s>

They were about 100 or so for the majority of the film. Only near the end were they able to rally some support from the rest of the galaxy.

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PowerOats posted...

Is that Sakurai in bottom-row middle?

That's ya boy.

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CyricZ

Oh my God Sakurai looks so young and cute. :D

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CyricZ

I Accuse My Parents

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Akagami_Shanks posted...

i'd love to see an updated vision of the OT

Oh please no. Star Wars holds up enough. It doesn't need remakes.

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DevsBro posted...

Although, if you go back and watch ANH, he actually doesn't feel like the Vader we know and love at all. He throws a legit tantrum in the opening scene, for example. It wasn't until ESB that his cool-headed yet menacing feel really settled into place.

Han Solo is the same way, but honestly I prefer ANH Han.

Well we're not supposed to "love" Vader. He's a villain. We're supposed to be frightened of him, or at least be intimidated by him. Don't forget this is 70's cinema we're talking about. People weren't exactly in the headspace to look at a menacing figure dressed in black with a skull mask and go "wow how cool". We weren't even in the Dark Age of Comics yet.

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CyricZ

In 1977 there was nothing like Darth Vader in the world of film. His mere presence, his menacing costume, and JEJ's voice were far more than enough to sell his character.

Now he's old hat, so people demand he does "the cool thing" to try to recapture that feeling.

That's why he has his scene in Rogue One.

That's why Kanan and Ezra are nigh useless against him in Rebels.

That's why Cal Kestis can't fight him directly in Fallen Order.

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'We're using Y-Wings because of their greater firepower, but they move likeasleepyHuttso WATCH IT."

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Okay, my post saved, so to break it down a little further.

The movie is an action film starring Ryan Reynolds. The plot is that he leads a group of mercenaries united by a cause to do the things that governments are too cowardly or too bureaucratic to do, which in this case means deposing the dictator of "Turgistan", a fictional Middle-Eastern country, and install his democracy-oriented brother.

The whole deal behind each member of the team is that they're legally dead. In order for Ryan Reynolds ("One") to bring them on the team, they had to fake their own death, which according to One, means that they're now ghosts and have the freedom to do whatever they want without any kind of need for legal red tape or being identified. This doesn't seem to account for the fact that records or photographic evidence might exist of these people to identify them, but the movie hopes you're not thinking about that. One is a billionaire, so don't even worry your pretty little head about how they afford all this stuff, either.

Anyway, #6 dies on their first mission in the film and #1 goes to find a #7, who ends up being a sniper from the military, which is where we get Michael Bay's trademark "soldiers awesome, command/politicians bad" trope, because back in Afghanistan he was once ordered not to take a shot which ended up costing him his entire squad.

We also get the backstory for the other numbers seemingly randomly interspersed throughout the film. Like the plot will be going along and suddenly you'll get a big number "2" or whatever on the screen and we'll take ten or fifteen minutes on another character's backstory and you really have to pay close attention to make sure whether we're in the backstory or in the present.

And this is almost a movie where I shouldn't care about spoilers, because there almost isn't anything to spoil in the movie, but I'm not going to bother with too many story details as it is, because it's really not important. It's a Michael Bay film, and the important thing in a Michael Bay film is the action and the explosions and all the collateral damage.

And there's plenty of that. The movie's front-ended with the first mission which goes on for almost half an hour, there's action in the backstories, and the third act is one big long action setpiece on a yacht.

Of course, it's all in Bay style of confusing shaky-cam "who is where and what's the opposition and how much opposition is there". One thing I noticed from the very first mission is that it's a car chase, and the heroes are being chased by the bad guys. So there's a black car tailing them throughout Florence and they do some action thing whatever to bust the car, and the car flips and there's an explosion. Yay. Then they turn a corner and there's another black car behind them, so they get rid of that. Then there's another black car behind them, or a motorcycle. And so on, and so on, and it really feels like the heroes aren't even making a dent in the opposition, or any kind of progress, really. Later on, there are scenes where bad dudes with guns just keep appearing in scenes despite there not being any indication of them existing. Bad guys just spawn in where Bay wants there to be a shootout. There's a scene on a roof where the sniper character has four guys he needs to take down, and he does so handily, but then a few minutes later more guys show up and it was like what's the point? It's like a video game where you shoot the goons, but more goons keep coming in forever until you push a button or pick up the objective or just leave.

And of course, 90% of the comedy attempts fall flat, and the remaining 10% is entirely Ryan Reynolds with his signature brand of sass. There's an action scene in the middle where #3 is just spouting off movie quotes. He goes through about eight before #1 just tells him to shut up... and then he gets in another two.

So, I looked up some other reviews, and some people are like "Well, what do you expect from Michael Bay? Positive review." and boy is he so entrenched in the film world that he can just keep making these incoherent expensive messes.

So, yes, I watched a bad movie all the way through, but sometimes it helps if you're trying to remember what a good movie is. Like I look on Jojo Rabbit and Knives Out even more favorably now that I've seen this. Even Rise of Skywalker, for the faults that it had, I just feel better enjoying it as a Star Wars fan because it was a competently made movie.

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CyricZ

They are becoming braver and bolder and the worst of what they will do is yet to come.

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CyricZ

Yeah I'm visiting in Charleston SC area. No Confederate flags this close to the city.

But boy are they proud of their plantations.

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CyricZ

Visiting or living?

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CyricZ

Bendu is the enlightened centrist of Star Wars. :p

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CyricZ

I get a feeling there was a LOT of holding back from EU writers waiting for IX to be out so they don't contradict movie stuff.

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