TV/Movies Megathread

[grumbler]

Started on Phantom Menace.  My God this movie is a trainwreck.  Just cut every Jar Jar scene and it automatically becomes a mediocre movie.

If Lucas had just pulled the trigger on Jar Jar being the Big Bad as he'd ben set up to be, we'd be calling the Jar Jar stuff in TPM genius.

[Admiral Yi]

It also becomes a 30 minute movie. He's like every-fucking-where.

Love child of Daffy Duck and a Rastafarian.  That's some racist shit.

[garbon]

It also becomes a 30 minute movie. He's like every-fucking-where.

Love child of Daffy Duck and a Rastafarian.  That's some racist shit.

It is odd in light of how the black actor felt.

https://people.com/star-wars-actor-who-played-jar-jar-binks-reflects-on-phantom-menace-exclusive-8640440

[Sophie Scholl]

At the time I didn't care for the character. I don't know if I ever hated him, though. I saw that Jar Jar was the next generation's Ewoks that I loved so much and others despised. I kept that more or less indifferent attitude to him for years as it gradually softened. There was a Jar Jar appearance in a more recent book that has now made me really appreciate and even like the character.

[The Brain]

The lazy use of race stereotypes was one of the many problems with the movie.

[Admiral Yi]

It is odd in light of how the black actor felt.

https://people.com/star-wars-actor-who-played-jar-jar-binks-reflects-on-phantom-menace-exclusive-8640440

Boo fucking hoo.

Cast a Caribbean dude if you want to insulate yourself from criticism.

[Josquius]

Started on Phantom Menace.  My God this movie is a trainwreck.  Just cut every Jar Jar scene and it automatically becomes a mediocre movie.

If Lucas had just pulled the trigger on Jar Jar being the Big Bad as he'd ben set up to be, we'd be calling the Jar Jar stuff in TPM genius.

I've heard this theory before. It is very interesting. Has it been confirmed?

[Darth Wagtaros]

The lazy use of race stereotypes was one of the many problems with the movie.

Yeah.  The prequels' overall plot line was garbage for one.

[Duque de Bragança]

Started on Phantom Menace.  My God this movie is a trainwreck.  Just cut every Jar Jar scene and it automatically becomes a mediocre movie.

It also becomes a 30 minute movie. He's like every-fucking-where.

And yet still better then the sequels.

Wrong. Not even Episode II or III were as bad the first one. 

[HVC]

Started on Phantom Menace.  My God this movie is a trainwreck.  Just cut every Jar Jar scene and it automatically becomes a mediocre movie.

It also becomes a 30 minute movie. He's like every-fucking-where.

And yet still better then the sequels.

Wrong. Not even Episode II or III were as bad the first one. 

Meant 7 though 9

[Duque de Bragança]

And yet still better then the sequels.

Wrong. Not even Episode II or III were as bad the first one. 

Meant 7 though 9

I know, but I could not pass on the opportunity.
I can't say, however, that episodes VII to IX were more painful to watch than the Jar-Jar Binks episode. Mediocre and derivative certainly cf. let's redo A New Hope but Han dies first! (good enough for Top Gun Maverick at the end though), except for the failed experiments of Episode VIII.

[viper37]

15 best train films

I wonder why they omitted Under Siege 2?

[HVC]

15 best train films

I wonder why they omitted Under Siege 2?

Car movies are better

[The Brain]

15 best train films

Not NSFW?

[viper37]

15 best train films

I wonder why they omitted Under Siege 2?

Car movies are better

All Hollywood movies are car movies