What are you thinking? (Part 2)

[KManX89]

Blasphemy! I love the sequel trilogy... well we shall see how the last movie plays out still. But not gonna lie, I’m slightly disappointed with certain things if they are true (which they seem very likely).

There's a thread and poll on GameFAQs that says they prefer the Prequel Trilogy, now THAT to me is blasphemy. And madness.

I don't know if this is the norm, but calling E1 better than the ST films with the annoying Jar Jar, bland characters with no personality, a 12-year-old girl as the ruler of a nation, 45 minutes of boring political talk, a kid Anakin blowing up the Federation Control Ship, a villain who's in the movie for all of 6 minutes and a sh!t ton of other problems is laughable. I still remember the site JarJarMustDie.com like it was yesterday. :biggrin:

 

[KennedyKiller]

There's a thread and poll on GameFAQs that says they prefer the Prequel Trilogy, now THAT to me is blasphemy. And madness.

I don't know if this is the norm, but calling E1 better than the ST films with the annoying Jar Jar, bland characters with no personality, a 12-year-old girl as the ruler of a nation, 45 minutes of boring political talk, a kid Anakin blowing up the Federation Control Ship, a villain who's in the movie for all of 6 minutes and a sh!t ton of other problems is laughable. I still remember the site JarJarMustDie.com like it was yesterday. :biggrin:

As it currently stands, I actually prefer the prequel trilogy honestly. Now, I hate TLJ and Attack of the Clones. But I've found more redeeming qualities in the prequels overall so far (Since it's finished. This is subject to change), and there's also nostalgia. Something bad can still be remembered fondly, so it has an extra thing going for it.

 

[bSTAR_182]

I'm so mad at everyone. I got a text this morning from my brother telling me that he's sorry he didn't tell me my cousin committed suicide Tuesday night and he's currently at her funeral. Apparently nobody wanted to tell me. And people wonder why I have trust issues.

I am so sorry for your loss, Rain. That is very tragic. Stay strong, girl.

There's a thread and poll on GameFAQs that says they prefer the Prequel Trilogy, now THAT to me is blasphemy. And madness.

I don't know if this is the norm, but calling E1 better than the ST films with the annoying Jar Jar, bland characters with no personality, a 12-year-old girl as the ruler of a nation, 45 minutes of boring political talk, a kid Anakin blowing up the Federation Control Ship, a villain who's in the movie for all of 6 minutes and a sh!t ton of other problems is laughable. I still remember the site JarJarMustDie.com like it was yesterday. :biggrin:

Bahaha! Yeah, I mean I get that they are nostalgic and do have moments of cool fight scenes and likeable actors... but they drag on for me and it is really hard to sit through them and watch them in entirety.

I was too little when E1 came out in theaters, but I remember watching on TV about how fans were severely disappointed with that movie. lol

E3 is the stronger one out of PT for me.

 

[KennedyKiller]

I am so sorry for your loss, Rain. That is very tragic. Stay strong, girl.






Bahaha! Yeah, I mean I get that they are nostalgic and do have moments of cool fight scenes and likeable actors... but they drag on for me and it is really hard to sit through them and watch them in entirety.

I was too little when E1 came out in theaters, but I remember watching on TV about how fans were severely disappointed with that movie. lol

E3 is the stronger one out of PT for me.

E3 is without a doubt the best. It's honestly one of my favorite Star Wars movies overall, not just in the PT. But I also, unashamedly, like E1. People can say what they want about the constant political talk, but I love that. Does Jar Jar suck? Yeah, of course, but ONE character isn't gonna ruin a movie for me. That's like hating on all of The Fifth Element because of Chris Tucker's annoying ass character. Still a great film even if there's one element (See what I did there) I don't like.

 

[Romero]

I'm so mad at everyone. I got a text this morning from my brother telling me that he's sorry he didn't tell me my cousin committed suicide Tuesday night and he's currently at her funeral. Apparently nobody wanted to tell me. And people wonder why I have trust issues.

I'm so terribly sorry to hear abou this, it must be a big shock. Maybe he assumed someone else told you, but if he's supposed to be a responsible adult that's bad. I guess he's been in a state of shock, but still.

 

[Rain611]

I'm so terribly sorry to hear abou this, it must be a big shock. Maybe he assumed someone else told you, but if he's supposed to be a responsible adult that's bad. I guess he's been in a state of shock, but still.

Well he's my big brother, 31 with two kids and works hard. He is responsible. I feel like someone didn't want him to tell me because I don't get along with my uncle. I spoke to my mom and she said she assumed my brother would tell me. I don't care how bad our relationship is, I would think the death of a family member would transcend any bad blood.

Thanks for the kind words guys.

 

[KManX89]

As it currently stands, I actually prefer the prequel trilogy honestly. Now, I hate TLJ and Attack of the Clones. But I've found more redeeming qualities in the prequels overall so far (Since it's finished. This is subject to change), and there's also nostalgia. Something bad can still be remembered fondly, so it has an extra thing going for it.

TLJ was a low point, but TFA was far superior to ANY of the PT films. As for how TLJ stacks up to the PT, that's debatable, but TFA outweighs any difference gap IMO. We'll see how it plays out with Rise of Skywalker.

Bahaha! Yeah, I mean I get that they are nostalgic and do have moments of cool fight scenes and likeable actors... but they drag on for me and it is really hard to sit through them and watch them in entirety.

I wouldn't even say they're nostalgic. They only have one reason for existing: to show how Anakin becomes Darth Vader, the rest is all filler, and no killer. The only one you could argue is nostalgic to any degree is E3 for that exact same reason, and even that wasn't without its issues, mainly Anakin's robotic, wooden performance. I guess it's only fitting he got put in a robotic suit, it reflects his personality, Hayden Christensen can't act his way out of a wet paper bag.

GameFAQs has a hate boner for the ST trilogy and Disney in general. I know there's a lot of sh!tposting on those boards, but there's people there who actually think TLJ is the worst movie ever, which is one of several reasons why I can't take that board seriously. TLJ is quite flawed and disappointing to be sure, but worse than Battlefield Earth, House of the Dead, Alone in the Dark, Bloodrayne, Transformers 2, 4, and/or 5, Seltzer/Friedberg's movies, Fant4sh!t, Catwoman, Elektra, Glitter, Gigli, Birdemic, The Last Airbender, the Human Centipede movies, RoboCop 3, Prom Night remake, either Ghost Rider movie, After Earth, Hellboy 2019, Batman & Robin? No friggin' way.

Say what you will about TLJ, but no way is it the worst movie ever, not even close. It can even be argued that E1 and/or E2 is/are worse. TLJ got what it had to get right, that movie doesn't get anything right (except the pod races).

 

[KennedyKiller]

TLJ was a low point, but TFA was far superior to ANY of the PT films. As for how TLJ stacks up to the PT, that's debatable, but TFA outweighs any difference gap IMO. We'll see how it plays out with Rise of Skywalker.

I totally get why you would feel this way, however, I disagree. I actually think Revenge of the Sith was better than TFA. Not that TFA is bad. I REALLY liked it. But as a film, I like RotS better, and think I could make an argument as to why it's the better film over all as well.

 

[Angel]

The last few pages of this thread have meant I now don't need to see The Last Jedi...ah well.

CT: just when you think autumn is finally here at last, the forecast for the rest of the week is disappointingly sunny.

 

[UniqTeas]

Sorry Angel!

To be fair, you've had almost two years to see it. What is the rule on when spoilers are not an issue any longer? 1 year? 2 years? A decade?

SPOILER: The Colonies are planning on rebelling against England.

 

[Romero]

I wanted to play the arcade games on this site but they are not here. Is it long since they were removed? It's been a very long time since I played them, I remember I had some pretty high scores.

 

[Angel]

Sorry Angel!

To be fair, you've had almost two years to see it. What is the rule on when spoilers are not an issue any longer? 1 year? 2 years? A decade?

SPOILER: The Colonies are planning on rebelling against England.

:lol: I honestly have not been able to keep track of the films anyway...my sense of time has never been good. I still think Michael Jackson died a couple of years ago, such is my comprehension of how time flies. But I didn't know about Luke Skywalker kicking the bucket, so to be fair, that's the only real spoiler. I also rarely keep up to date with entertainment news so if something is shared, I'm the last to know.

Curse of age, I guess. I'm still not entirely sure how the internet became a thing...

 

[UniqTeas]

Now - we cannot be 100% sure Luke Skywalker is dead. The scene is left a little bit ambiguous. It is worth watching to see what I mean.

 

[Angel]

And now @Steve tells me I have seen it.

Do not remember this at all - apparently I wasn't asleep either. He's literally sitting here telling me scenes from the film and I am drawing a complete blank.

Nope, refuse to accept. Gonna have to watch it now.

 

[Jen]

I wanted to play the arcade games on this site but they are not here. Is it long since they were removed? It's been a very long time since I played them, I remember I had some pretty high scores.

I remember you used to kick my butt at those. :lol:

But yeah, they went a couple of years ago now. I think because they created a risk of malware or viruses or something.

EDIT: Here's the explanation:

https://residentevil.org/forums/threads/weve-had-to-disable-the-arcade-deets-within.9541/

 

[Romero]

I remember you used to kick my butt at those. :lol:

But yeah, they went a couple of years ago now. I think because they created a risk of malware or viruses or something.

EDIT: Here's the explanation:

https://residentevil.org/forums/threads/weve-had-to-disable-the-arcade-deets-within.9541/

Thank you Jen. Oh gosh it's 3 years ago it was removed.
Haha yes I remember kicking butt in some of them, or at least one. Bejeweled was my best game I don't remember the others.

 

[KManX89]

This has been on my mind for the last few days, a guy who plotted a major swatting incident that took another man's life (Casey Viner) only gets 15 months and a 2 year ban on gaming. He basically gets a slap on the wrist for murdering a guy, WTF? And he's not allowed to game for 2 years, yeah HTF are they gonna enforce that?

Utter BS, especially when the guy who made the call (Tyler Barris) got 20 years. And BTW, federal swatting resulting in death can carry up to a life sentence, so 15 months is letting him off way too lightly. Hell, I'm pretty sure he can be charged with 1st degree murder under the felony murder rule, since federal swatting IS a felony. In any event, he deserves a lot more than 15 months. He should get AT LEAST as much time as the guy who made the call (Barris).

 

[KennedyKiller]

Well, I've finished Part 5 of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and...my favorite character survived. That's a plus. I'd say part 5 is probably my second favorite part at this point, but IDK if it's because it was just that good, or because I'm biased towards mobster/gangster stories. Either way, I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it'll be too long to wait for part 6.

 

[KManX89]

Well, things just got interesting, the Aurora theater where the infamous James Holmes TDKR shooting occurred won't show Joker.

Oh and it gets worse: parents of the shooting victims issued a letter blaming WB for inciting violence with the movie. So now we have people telling us grown ass men what we can and can't watch, great.

Look, I get it, they're sensitive to movies that feature mass murderers because of what happened, but blaming violent movies and video games for causing violence (where have I heard THAT before?) is exactly why this issue will not be remedied, and it's already been proven they DO NOT cause violence.

Phoenix said it best in his response, it's not the filmmaker's job to teach morality. They're there to tell stories, nothing more, nothing less. If movies (which are works of FICTION, last I checked) were meant to illustrate moral lessons, then they couldn't show people cheating on their spouses, people cheating on their taxes, teachers having inappropriate relations with students (there actually WAS a movie about a female teacher having a relationship with an underaged boy IIRC, where was the outrage by the moral police then, huh?), people running red lights, people jaywalking, the list goes on.

I have my boundaries when it comes to movies, I don't like gross-out/torture porn movies; movies that are gross just for the sake of grossing out (Hostel, Human Centipede, Captivity, A Serbian Film, etc.), but even I don't go around pretending like THC encourages doctors to perform sick medical experiments on patients or Hostel encourages sick death games or A Serbian Film encourages rape, pedophilia, necrophilia, torture and sh!t-eating, and these plot points literally serve NO other purpose than to be nauseating. It's just people desperately looking for something to be outraged by and a simple scapegoat.

 

[KennedyKiller]

Well, things just got interesting, the Aurora theater where the infamous James Holmes TDKR shooting occurred won't show Joker.

Oh and it gets worse: parents of the shooting victims issued a letter blaming WB for inciting violence with the movie. So now we have people telling us grown ass men what we can and can't watch, great.

Look, I get it, they're sensitive to movies that feature mass murderers because of what happened, but blaming violent movies and video games for causing violence (where have I heard THAT before?) is exactly why this issue will not be remedied, and it's already been proven they DO NOT cause violence.

Phoenix said it best in his response, it's not the filmmaker's job to teach morality. They're there to tell stories, nothing more, nothing less. If movies (which are works of FICTION, last I checked) were meant to illustrate moral lessons, then they couldn't show people cheating on their spouses, people cheating on their taxes, teachers having inappropriate relations with students (there actually WAS a movie about a female teacher having a relationship with an underaged boy IIRC, where was the outrage by the moral police then, huh?), people running red lights, people jaywalking, the list goes on.

I have my boundaries when it comes to movies, I don't like gross-out/torture porn movies; movies that are gross just for the sake of grossing out (Hostel, Human Centipede, Captivity, A Serbian Film, etc.), but even I don't go around pretending like THC encourages doctors to perform sick medical experiments on patients or Hostel encourages sick death games or A Serbian Film encourages rape, pedophilia, necrophilia, torture and sh!t-eating, and these plot points literally serve NO other purpose than to be nauseating. It's just people desperately looking for something to be outraged by and a simple scapegoat.

To quote Chris Ray Gun, "I'm pretty sure the 2010's will go down in history as the year that all the jokes actually happened." And this is no exception. The idea that you're going to ban a work of fiction, because of 1 individual in a world of 7 billion, is not only moronic, but full on manufactured outrage. We have life so good and so simple, that we now can b*tch about violent works of fiction that you have the free will to choose whether or not you'd like to see. What a strange time to be alive.

CT: I saw BABYMETAL live on Monday with a couple of friends and they kicked ASS live!