Star Wars Episode IX

[TordelBack]

Your theory is definitely growing on me, Prof.

[Frank]

"Terrible what those trolls are doing - when I sign up for Disney Plus, that'll show them!"

PC/ LEFT WING                 l    NON-PC/ RIGHT WING
                           
Marvel                                  Batman (but not all DC)
Star Wars                             John Wick (but not Keanu Reeves)
The Matrix (reality)                The Matrix (fictional universe)
Judge Dredd (reality)             Judge Dredd (fictional universe)
Creed (Rocky)                       Rambo
Handmaid's Tale                    Game Of Thrones
All late-night US chat             South Park
Harvey Weinstein                  Donald Trump
Better Call Saul                     Breaking Bad
cheese                                  bacon
Dr Who (current)                   Dr Who (past)
beards                                  trainers
old Star Trek                         old Star Trek
anecdotes about growth         comedy
Pacific Rim                            Transformers
Brexit                                   Brexit
face tattoos                           hip hop
Vin Diesel                             The Rock


All members should sign up for one side of the culture war or the other by next Tuesday and adjust their Netflix preferences accordingly.

[TordelBack]

But... but.. but.. I like all those things!  Well, not Transformers, or Harvey Weinstein, but I did like Bumblebee and John Peel.

[Frank]

John Peel

You're doing this deliberately because it's endearing!


Although, coincidentally, John Peel (rather than John Wick) is a lot less PC nowadays than he was just 10 years ago

[TordelBack]

John Peel

You're doing this deliberately because it's endearing!


Although, coincidentally, John Peel (rather than John Wick) is a lot less PC nowadays than he was just 10 years ago

Not a predicata-typo, in this instance.  Sadly.

[Frank]

Ah, right. Not much that happened before 2008 (particularly in music) passes that test.

Paddington 2                 l               Ted

[Tjm86]

Cheese ........ left wing???????   

[Tiplodocus]

Yeah. Cheese is as bad as bacon. Tempeh, Seitan, Quinoa; that's left wing.

[Frank]

Cheese ........ left wing???????

I don't make the rules, mate.


The Incredibles 2                 l               Suicide Squad

[Professor Bear]

Do you mean Rambo the 2008 film or Rambo the franchise?  Only Rambos 1-3 are critiques of Western imperialism and toxic masculinity.

[Frank]

Do you mean Rambo the 2008 film or Rambo the franchise?

The cartoon.


Call Me By Your Name                 l               The Fast & The Furious


https://youtu.be/OMdPj3HXMgQ

[Apestrife]

2000AD                 l               Judge Dredd Megazine
Donald Duck          l               Mickey Mouse

[Link Prime]

Dafuq youse on about?

[radiator]

Extended scenes featuring bit part/non-speaking characters? Racking my feeble brain, but not coming up with anything... and certainly nothing that goes further than R2 trundling through the desert, the expanded musical sequence in Jabba's palace, the battle of Geonosis, Order 66, or most of the Ewok battle.

I'm thinking mainly of the opening scene with the bomber crew and the ending scene with the little kid. Something about them just seemed really 'off' to me, and it's hard to put my finger on exactly why. I think its because Star Wars films tend to very tightly follow the principal characters and have very few scenes where they are absent? (Also mainly referring to the OT - I think I'm right in saying a lot of the examples you cite are from the Special Editions/prequels?)

I've only seen TLJ the once (and could be misremembering), but I also seem to remember there being a distinct lack of the signature transition wipes between scenes? It's a small thing, but does add to the overall Warsy-ness.

The flashbacks were certainly very odd given that the storytelling in SW has always been very linear - and it's weird that Johnson couldn't come up with a better solution to convey that information.

[shaolin_monkey]

The flashbacks were certainly very odd given that the storytelling in SW has always been very linear - and it's weird that Johnson couldn't come up with a better solution to convey that information.

I actually really liked that part - very Rashomon-esque, and harks back to Lucas's own Kurosawa influence.