News:

And we're back!

Main Menu

Star Wars Megathread

Started by Barrister, November 13, 2019, 12:54:52 AM

Previous topic - Next topic
Print
Go Down Pages 1 ... 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168
User actions

Syt

#2445
May 02, 2025, 01:31:14 AM
I did like that there were comments akin to "if only the Tsar/Führer" knew.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_only_the_tsar_knew#English
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

crazy canuck

#2446
May 03, 2025, 08:52:27 AM
The next series of episodes were much better than the first three.  Oex was probably right about what happened

Savonarola

#2447
May 04, 2025, 05:11:02 PM
I saw an advertisement for a bar in Titusville which has a space theme (and a deck to watch rocket launches.)  Today they're celebrating May the Fourth, tomorrow is El Cinco de Mayo, and Tuesday will be Revenge of the Sixth.  Revenge of the Sixth amused me.   :)
In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love, they had five hundred years of democracy and peace—and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock

viper37

#2448
May 04, 2025, 08:11:40 PM
Quote from: Syt on May 02, 2025, 01:31:14 AMI did like that there were comments akin to "if only the Tsar/Führer" knew.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/if_only_the_tsar_knew#English
I don't know if they were doing that to manipulate Syril or they were really thinking that.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Crazy_Ivan80

#2449
May 05, 2025, 11:37:27 AM
Quote from: Savonarola on May 04, 2025, 05:11:02 PMI saw an advertisement for a bar in Titusville which has a space theme (and a deck to watch rocket launches.)  Today they're celebrating May the Fourth, tomorrow is El Cinco de Mayo, and Tuesday will be Revenge of the Sixth.  Revenge of the Sixth amused me.   :)

that sounds like a well played line-up

viper37

#2450
May 05, 2025, 05:20:40 PM
Tales of the Underworld:

The Asajj Ventress ark is quite well done, over all.  Not gonna discuss it further to avoid spoilers, I only have reservations about one part of this arc.
 
Haven't watched the part about Cad Bane.


I think I'd like a series about Ventress.
I liked her arc in Clone Wars, Dark Disciple (book) and the Bad Batch episode.

I'm open for more animated series that includes her. :)
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

viper37

#2451
May 05, 2025, 10:19:41 PM
Finished the 2nd arc.

I had heard it was totally boring, so I went in not expecting anything.

It's not Andor, it does not even reach the level of Ventress' arc, bit it has abitter end conclusion once you realize what is really happening.

But ultimately, that story feels pointless.  for now, anyway.

We now know where Cad bane came from and how came to be, but I'm still not very excited about him.

If this had been released before the Book of Boba Fett and some changes had been made to the show then, it could have tied in nicely.

But as it is... it feels wasted.  as per the other series, Bane is dead. There's nothing more coming from him.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Syt

#2452
May 06, 2025, 12:48:05 AM
I thought the Tales this year were fine. The Ventress stuff was fine and quite fun at times, but felt more like a pilot for a series. Though I agree with Alex Damon that maybe they should cool it on the resurrecting characters a little bit. :P

The opening scene of the first episode gave me flashbacks to Dark Souls II's Shrine of Amana (which has some enemies lurking in the water).



I was looking forward to the Cad Bane story. I really liked the 1930s New York vibe and the changes to the neighborhood. I'm ok with jazz age gangsta Star Wars. But episode 2 left me bewildered. At the start Cad is clearly considered a junior hothead in the gang, not allowed to go on the job. But then he just goes and basically takes the lead (and Lazlo's outfit and mannerisms) in a quest for revenge.

And episode 3 was pretty much a High Noon remake. When his associates were gathering, and it said he was released early I chuckled. When they said he would arrive on the noon shuttle I actually groaned a little bit, and the parallels didn't stop there (though with some shifts). :D

I guess we learned that Cad has a son? And that after being betrayed by his girlfriend he was still mad that she was dead (I would have thought that he would take it as a hint to never trust anyone)? Also, a bit weird how he just gets to walk away when in previous episodes cop cars were at the scene pretty quick each time (especially since in Ep. 3 the neighborhood seems to be quite well together).
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

viper37

#2453
May 06, 2025, 08:47:30 AM
Quote from: Syt on May 06, 2025, 12:48:05 AMI thought the Tales this year were fine. The Ventress stuff was fine and quite fun at times, but felt more like a pilot for a series. Though I agree with Alex Damon that maybe they should cool it on the resurrecting characters a little bit. :P

The opening scene of the first episode gave me flashbacks to Dark Souls II's Shrine of Amana (which has some enemies lurking in the water).



I was looking forward to the Cad Bane story. I really liked the 1930s New York vibe and the changes to the neighborhood. I'm ok with jazz age gangsta Star Wars. But episode 2 left me bewildered. At the start Cad is clearly considered a junior hothead in the gang, not allowed to go on the job. But then he just goes and basically takes the lead (and Lazlo's outfit and mannerisms) in a quest for revenge.

And episode 3 was pretty much a High Noon remake. When his associates were gathering, and it said he was released early I chuckled. When they said he would arrive on the noon shuttle I actually groaned a little bit, and the parallels didn't stop there (though with some shifts). :D

I guess we learned that Cad has a son? And that after being betrayed by his girlfriend he was still mad that she was dead (I would have thought that he would take it as a hint to never trust anyone)? Also, a bit weird how he just gets to walk away when in previous episodes cop cars were at the scene pretty quick each time (especially since in Ep. 3 the neighborhood seems to be quite well together).
Yeah.

Spoilers*










All his deputies left, he was supposed to have ample droids to fight Bane, which turned out to be only 3 (1 with the kid). 

And yes, that was his kid and he didn't care.

Asajj, resurection aside, because, everyone keeps coming back anyway, it was a nice arc.  Cad Bane, I didn't like it much.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Syt

#2454
May 07, 2025, 11:54:46 AM Last Edit: May 07, 2025, 11:56:24 AM by Syt
Last year we had a work event for three days at the science museum in Valencia. At the time I commented to colleagues that the place looked like it would be a great set for a sci-fi movie (was thinking something like Gattaca or Logan's Run).

Turns out it's part of the Coruscant senate complex. :hmm: :D

Was a bit surreal to see the locations and parts of the building we were at not even a year ago show up especially in the third episode. :lol:

So, now I have been in 1 (one) real life location from Star Wars. :P







(not my photos)

We had less CGI skyline/senate building, though.



On the episodes: intense. And a whole lot of a lot going on.
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

Crazy_Ivan80

#2455
May 07, 2025, 12:06:59 PM
the coincidence. nice to know I've been on coruscant :p It also explains why the Empire wastes so much money: Calatrava is the house architect...

Syt

#2456
May 07, 2025, 12:47:21 PM
From the behind the scenes video. The complex is in the middle(-ish). :D



https://youtu.be/mMpuXaJgD7Y
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

viper37

#2457
May 07, 2025, 08:58:27 PM
Nice architecture. :)


Well, these were some charged episodes. 

Crazy.  Such a good show.  I'll need to rewatch Rogue One after this.  I think I'll take time to rewatch the entire series, then Rogue One.

I'm not sure I've ever seen a tv series so good episode after episode.  There's not a lot of action scenes compared to what I'm used to watch, but the scripts and all the actors are so good.

They often manage to surprise me, something rare in television these days.  Even when you know something is coming, like the Gorham massacre that has been talked about since before the 2nd season aired, so well executed.
I don't do meditation.  I drink alcohol to relax, like normal people.

If Microsoft Excel decided to stop working overnight, the world would practically end.

Syt

#2458
May 08, 2025, 12:42:59 AM
Yeah, it's regrettable (but understandable) that they didn't go with 5 seasons. There's so much implied in the time skips that leave me wanting more.

Apparently the budget for the show was 290 million - and you can see that money on screen in both quality of the production and the performances/writing.

I thought Ghorman was an interesting inversion of Ferrix. It's like the Empire looked at that debacle and learned how to manufacture it for their advantage. The news reporters were chilling in how much they sounded like any newscast you would watch today.
We are born dying, but we are compelled to fancy our chances.
- hbomberguy

I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.
Print
Go Up Pages 1 ... 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168
User actions