I bow to your data-based wisdom (which is the opposite of the Star Wars ethos).Originally Posted by Kirby101
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05-29-2020, 03:54 PM #3286Boisterously Confused
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05-29-2020, 04:22 PM #3287Invincible Member
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There's all sorts of anti-intellectual art that goes back at least a couple of generations before then. Heck, Stan Lee has said more than once stuff to the effect of, "I don't know anything about science, I just wrote down words that sounded good." Originally Posted by DrNewGod
Even the "trust your feelings" stuff from Star Wars is fake Buddism/Hindu-ism that hipster westerners dabbled with a generation before.Last edited by ed2962; 05-29-2020 at 04:25 PM.
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05-29-2020, 04:50 PM #3288Boisterously Confused
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I cede. Not the earliest. Perhaps the most culturally influential in the past 50 years? Originally Posted by ed2962
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05-29-2020, 05:55 PM #3289Retired
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I was a full grown adult when STAR WARS came out in 1977. And I fell asleep the first time I saw it in the theatre. I did see it again and I bought the comics from Marvel. I even went to see CORVETTE SUMMER on the strength of liking Mark Hamill in STAR WARS. But I always felt it was a juvenile franchise and it had certain features that bugged me and continue to bug me. One of these is the joke that aliens and robots speak in gibberish and people understand them as if what they're saying is perfectly coherent (yet you don't see Han speaking in roars back to Chewie, or Luke speaking in whistles and clicks to R2-D2). I'm sure there are people who find this hilarious, but to me it's a joke that might work once in a movie but can't be sustained over an entire franchise. And other overly cute stuff in the movies that clashes with the supposedly serious messaging and the creation of an immersive fantasy world. I can never totally fall into the Star Wars world, because these goofy bits keep pulling me out of the fictive dream.
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05-31-2020, 06:50 AM #3290BANNED
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Speaking of Star Wars and controversial opinions, i like Revenge of the Sith better than Empire Strikes Back.
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05-31-2020, 06:55 AM #3291Invincible Member
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Originally Posted by Starter Set
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
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05-31-2020, 07:03 AM #3292Ultimate Member
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What! ESB had Lando and Cloud City. Wampas! How can anything get better then that? Originally Posted by Starter Set
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05-31-2020, 07:06 AM #3293BANNED
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It doesn't have the high ground though. Originally Posted by babyblob
RotS does.
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05-31-2020, 07:08 AM #3294Ultimate Member
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I get that. ROTS was more serious and had darker tones. ESB was a bit more fun to watch as it was lighter. Originally Posted by Starter Set
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05-31-2020, 07:16 AM #3295Ultimate Member
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In the movie theme I think Ted 2 was way better the Ted and may have been some of Seth's best wirk.
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05-31-2020, 07:30 AM #3296Invincible Member
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I liked Ted I better. Except for the Convention Cosplay fight, that was a scream. Originally Posted by babyblob
There came a time when the Old Gods died! The Brave died with the Cunning! The Noble perished locked in battle with unleashed Evil! It was the last day for them! An ancient era was passing in fiery holocaust!
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06-02-2020, 05:42 PM #3297You guessed it
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Meanwhile on reservations Native Americans are saying, "Discrimination? Ha! We wish we were discriminated like you are."
The Gypsies had no home. The Doors had no bass.
Does our reality determine our fiction or does our fiction determine our reality?
Whenever the question comes up about who some mysterious person is or who is behind something the answer will always be Frank Stallone.
"This isn't a locking the barn doors after the horses ran way situation this is a burn the barn down after the horses ran away situation."
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06-02-2020, 06:00 PM #3298Boisterously Confused
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While you are correct, this is not the time. Let's not use the injustices against one to parry thrusts at the injustices against another. Originally Posted by mr_crisp
Unless that's your goal.
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06-02-2020, 07:32 PM #3299Old school comic book fan
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RotS would’ve been more fun if we had gotten just one “************” out of Mace Windu. Originally Posted by Starter Set
Avatar: Here's to the late, great Steve Dillon. Best. Punisher. Artist. EVER!
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06-05-2020, 01:32 AM #3300Junior Member
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You are not owed escapism by fiction. Too many people treat writers like their own personal breaks from reality. If a work isn't providing you with escapism, seek out another one (there's plenty to choose from despite all their whining there isn't) or just do something else to take your mind off the crappiness of life.
Liking escapist work doesn't make you any more moral than those that don't.
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