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Off the Record / Re: Star Wars Megathread

Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 11:50:49 AM

Glorious 

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by viper37 - Today at 11:27:42 AM

By elections on April 13th.

The Libs will get their majority there with their 2 safe ridings in Toronto.
Terrebonne can go one way or the other, imho.

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Off the Record / Re: Star Wars Megathread

Last post by Syt - Today at 11:08:43 AM

 

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:46:43 AM

Anora? CODA? Everything Everywhere All At Once? vs The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, Patton? Which three movies will people still be watching five years from now?

That is some high-grade cherry picking.  I think five years from now, lots more people will be watching Everything Everywhere All At Once then Mrs. Miniver or The Great Ziegfield.

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Off the Record / Re: Star Wars Megathread

Last post by The Minsky Moment - Today at 10:35:48 AM

Nobody told me in the 80s/90s that becoming a Star Wars/WW1/Video Games historian was a career option, and I feel betrayed.

It takes a very specialized skill set because of the dangers of mixing it up. One aspiring WWI-Star Wars dual historian derailed his career when his dissertation discussed how the Somme offensive stalled when British reconnaissance planes were shot down by the newly deployed German Tie Defenders.  Of course, there is also the notorious example of how the historical advisor to Rian Johnson accidentally transposed the 1918 bombing of Kaiserslautern into the opening space battle of The Last Jedi, to the outrage of physicists everywhere.

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Off the Record / Re: TV/Movies Megathread

Last post by viper37 - Today at 10:29:45 AM

Pete Hammond's Oscar Predictions: What The Academy Voted For (And Who Didn't Cast A Ballot At All)

There's an interesting bit:

"Hi, Pete, I enjoy your articles.
I thought you might be interested to hear a take from an Academy member about this year's rules. I haven't seen even half of the nominated films, nor do I care to, because my time is far too valuable to spend watching movies I know I'd never vote for (much less be able to sit through). I found most of the films I did see to be mediocre, and nothing that I nominated made the final cut. Therefore, since I don't want to lie, I decided I simply would not vote at all this year. Yes, I'd like to vote for K-Pop Demon Hunters, but not at the price of watching four other movies I know won't be as good. But really, the Oscars have become pretty irrelevant. Anora? CODA? Everything Everywhere All At Once? vs The Godfather, Lawrence of Arabia, Patton? Which three movies will people still be watching five years from now? It's all about the film, not the award. Rather than watch the Awards, I'll probably watch Singin' In The Rain or North By Northwest or The Searchers – REAL best pictures which weren't even nominated.

Feel free to quote me, but please don't use my name."

Prior to this year, voters weren't legally required to watch the movies they were voting for in a category.

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Off the Record / Re: Star Wars Megathread

Last post by garbon - Today at 10:28:09 AM

Heh, this touches so many of my nerd kinks that I think I'll get it. Is the Empire history book any good?

I enjoyed it but I think it is important to go into knowing it is a fictional history written by a historian. So it has much more of an academic sort of bent to it than say GRR Martin's fake history.

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Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 10:22:16 AM

Yep

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Off the Record / Re: Star Wars Megathread

Last post by Syt - Today at 10:19:52 AM

Heh, this touches so many of my nerd kinks that I think I'll get it. Is the Empire history book any good?

I started it and liked it, but I didn't finish. Saying more about my reading discipline than the book, tbf. Kindle edition is not too expensive; not sure what Amazon's return policy is, though.

#10

Off the Record / Re: [Canada] Canadian Politics...

Last post by Richard Hakluyt - Today at 09:49:09 AM

That always seems to be the way in modern politics, completely partisan. In truth most left-of-centre parties would support something like the National Energy Program and the right would go for the free market route. But modern politicians will pretend otherwise for short term electoral advantage. This leads to the rising contempt for politicians amongst the electorate and the temptation to give an outsider a chance; unfortunately the outsider is usually someone absolutely ghastly like Trump or Farage.