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Berkut

#29940
October 20, 2015, 02:48:00 PM
That would just be stupid - as if "being evil" is something that someone innately good can just choose to become...
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garbon

#29941
October 20, 2015, 02:52:36 PM
Quote from: Berkut on October 20, 2015, 02:48:00 PM
That would just be stupid - as if "being evil" is something that someone innately good can just choose to become...

Someone innately good? :hmm:
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Barrister

#29942
October 20, 2015, 02:53:49 PM
Quote from: Liep on October 20, 2015, 02:42:47 PM
So is Luke the new evil guy?

Well not officially a spoiler, but the informed speculation...

[spoiler]Apparently one of the plot devices in the movie is that someone "finds" Luke's lightsaber - the one he lost when his hand was chopped off on cloud city.  The thinking is that part of the movie is trying to find Luke, who hasn't been seen in a long time.  We do know he's in the movie because he's said so, and there are a few pictures of him running around in costume looking a lot like Ben Kenobi.  It was speculated he's likely to have a bigger role in the next movie.[/spoiler]
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Baron von Schtinkenbutt

#29943
October 20, 2015, 03:08:12 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 20, 2015, 02:53:49 PM
Well not officially a spoiler, but the informed speculation...

[spoiler]Apparently one of the plot devices in the movie is that someone "finds" Luke's lightsaber - the one he lost when his hand was chopped off on cloud city.  The thinking is that part of the movie is trying to find Luke, who hasn't been seen in a long time.  We do know he's in the movie because he's said so, and there are a few pictures of him running around in costume looking a lot like Ben Kenobi.  It was speculated he's likely to have a bigger role in the next movie.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]Well, the latest trailer showed John Boyega's character (has his character name ever surfaced?) using a blue-bladed lightsaber, which is the color of the one Luke lost.  I'm guessing the green one Rey was wielding is Luke's second one.[/spoiler]

Admiral Yi

#29944
October 20, 2015, 03:14:29 PM
The chick is cute.  :)

Savonarola

#29945
October 20, 2015, 04:15:02 PM
Proving once again that you can't spell "Twitter" without "Twit":

Quote'Star Wars' boycott hashtag calls film 'anti-white'

There has been an awakening of "racist" outcry, as the third and final trailer of Star Wars: The Force Awakens sparked a movement to boycott the J.J. Abrams-helmed film.

A social media movement using the hashtag #BoycottStarWarsVII, is accusing the film of pushing a multicultural agenda and engaging in "white genocide," according to one of the tweets using the hashtag.


The hashtag, which appeared on Twitter Sunday and Monday night, objected to the fact that none of the main protagonists are white males -- Daisy Ridley is a woman, John Boyega is black and Oscar Isaac is Guatemalan American -- and that the film is pushing a multicultural agenda.

While the hashtag originated with a small but vocal group, part of the reason it trended was due to others tweeting it out of curiosity or defending the films. Defenders of The Force Awakens included prominent African-American figures such as Selma director Ava Duvernay, who is encouraging Twitter to #CelebrateStarWarsVII instead.

The previous Star Wars films have included African-American actors in prominent roles, with Billy Dee Williams starring as Lando Calrissian, Samuel L. Jackson as Jedi Master Mace Windu and James Earl Jones voicing Darth Vader throughout the original trilogy.

Well, that certainly will be different than "The Phantom Menace."  Maybe they could get Dave Chappelle to do his whiteface Chuck Taylor bit as one of the aliens in order to make up for Jar Jar.
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Valmy

#29946
October 20, 2015, 04:18:39 PM
 :wacko:

I am not even sure what to say.
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lustindarkness

#29947
October 20, 2015, 04:20:49 PM
Dafuq? LOL
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Malthus

#29948
October 20, 2015, 04:21:10 PM
Quote from: Valmy on October 20, 2015, 04:18:39 PM
:wacko:

I am not even sure what to say.

Sometimes, "pointing and laughing" is really the only response.  :D
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Eddie Teach

#29949
October 20, 2015, 04:22:26 PM
I suspect it's a troll rather than a serious complaint.
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Habbaku

#29950
October 20, 2015, 04:24:45 PM
"A social media movement" that I suspect consists of five bored people.
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Josephus

#29951
October 20, 2015, 04:38:50 PM
Quote from: Barrister on October 20, 2015, 02:53:49 PM
Quote from: Liep on October 20, 2015, 02:42:47 PM
So is Luke the new evil guy?

Well not officially a spoiler, but the informed speculation...

[spoiler]Apparently one of the plot devices in the movie is that someone "finds" Luke's lightsaber - the one he lost when his hand was chopped off on cloud city.  The thinking is that part of the movie is trying to find Luke, who hasn't been seen in a long time.  We do know he's in the movie because he's said so, and there are a few pictures of him running around in costume looking a lot like Ben Kenobi.  It was speculated he's likely to have a bigger role in the next movie.[/spoiler]

:) Sounds promising
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Habbaku

#29952
October 20, 2015, 04:49:16 PM
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on October 20, 2015, 02:47:33 PM
Quote from: Liep on October 20, 2015, 02:42:47 PM
So is Luke the new evil guy?

No, because that would be cool.

No it wouldn't.  It'd be the dumbest thing since Midiclorians.  I'd boycott every movie Jar Jar Abrams touched for the rest of his life if that was what they came up with.
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Baron von Schtinkenbutt

#29953
October 20, 2015, 05:53:56 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on October 20, 2015, 04:49:16 PM
No it wouldn't.  It'd be the dumbest thing since Midiclorians.  I'd boycott every movie Jar Jar Abrams touched for the rest of his life if that was what they came up with.

Adding some to Beeb's speculation:

[spoiler]I stumbled across a theory that the Big Bad is one of the Solo twins,  That could play into the balance thing: one of Leia's kids goes light, the other goes dark.  Plus, it seems Luke has already been seen in Jedi robes in some behind-the-scenes shots.  I doubt he would be the Big Bad in that case.[/spoiler]

Habbaku

#29954
October 20, 2015, 05:59:48 PM
Quote from: Baron von Schtinkenbutt on October 20, 2015, 05:53:56 PM
Quote from: Habbaku on October 20, 2015, 04:49:16 PM
No it wouldn't.  It'd be the dumbest thing since Midiclorians.  I'd boycott every movie Jar Jar Abrams touched for the rest of his life if that was what they came up with.

Adding some to Beeb's speculation:

[spoiler]I stumbled across a theory that the Big Bad is one of the Solo twins,  That could play into the balance thing: one of Leia's kids goes light, the other goes dark.  Plus, it seems Luke has already been seen in Jedi robes in some behind-the-scenes shots.  I doubt he would be the Big Bad in that case.[/spoiler]

[spoiler]I'd be fine with that as it wouldn't be the complete, off-screen destruction of previous plot points and characterization for a cheap thrill.[/spoiler]
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Government is an abstract noun meaning the art and process of governing and it should be an offence to write it with a capital G or so as to refer to people.
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