Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Just two and a half weeks until shit REALLY hits the fan, dime.

Strat wrote:I can't wait till McP, chud and LV tear me down after TFA

Spoiler: show

dimejinky99 wrote:Ed and Jeff have Seen the force awakens.

And yes that's a fanny pack

Strat wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:Ed and Jeff have Seen the force awakens.

And yes that's a fanny pack

I think thats red underwear over his cargo shorts

LoathedVermin72 wrote:ROTJ is my favorite SW movie (by a very narrow margin).

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:they dont even know how to teleport in star warts

Well, it was a long time ago, Burt. If we don't have the technology now, they sure as shit didn't have it back then.

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:they dont even know how to teleport in star warts

Well, it was a long time ago, Burt. If we don't have the technology now, they sure as shit didn't have it back then.

when my brother was in six grade he did a book report on one of the star wars EU books. They had to talk about setting, and he said since it has all this technology it must be in the future.

I was never so proud.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

stip wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:The prequels managed to highlight the things that were bad about the OT. Things people were willing to let go or overlook or maybe didn't even notice in the way the movies were plotted and written became ugly and obvious. People began to rewatch the OT through the lens of the PT. Those movies were so bad, they made the flaws in other movies obvious to those how had never seen or cared about them before.

pretty much. The power of those movies is really in what they awakened in people (no pun intended), as much if not more than their value as films. Though they're still on point in that regard, their legacy and impact transcends the filmmaking. And the prequels damaged the idea of star wars by showing that they are just movies, and could be bad movies, and made me reevaluate the OT as movies in a way I would not have done before.

We really could not be more diametrically opposed in the way we approach seemingly everything, stip.

what do you take issue with here?

We've touched on it earlier in this thread, but this whole notion of SW "transcending" being "just films" I find to be total nonsense. I hate that kind of thinking. It's the same kind of thought process that places classic films above any kind of reproach in the minds of many. SW, and all other films, are just that, and should be viewed, criticized, and discussed as just that. Everything else is distraction. Saying that the prequels being made you suddenly engage with the OT in a critical way only says something about you and nothing about the films themselves.

I hope this doesn't sound harsh or insulting, because I don't mean it to. Just being honest. As someone who values film and art culture, I think this kind of stuff is important.

CopperTom wrote:

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:they dont even know how to teleport in star warts

Well, it was a long time ago, Burt. If we don't have the technology now, they sure as shit didn't have it back then.

when my brother was in six grade he did a book report on one of the star wars EU books. They had to talk about setting, and he said since it has all this technology it must be in the future.

I was never so proud.

Proud that your bro was unaware of the "long time ago" bit?

stip wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:ROTJ is my favorite SW movie (by a very narrow margin).

Mine, too!

I recently watched all 3 and A New Hope is definitely way better than I credited it for.