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I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

We know. But they're all dead!

Why cap it at five when there are so many wonderful members here? Anyways, with help from the lovely JW Fan social extension that is the the Discord I've become good friends with a number of folks. Here we go: Bespin SteveMc Ii2 John Cerebral Cortex Holko mstrox Bilbo Richard Kasey Disco Stu Incanus Karol Chen G. Crumbs Will TGP Loert KK Shark, of the Jurassic Period

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Nobody hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans

I dunno, with the OT, you at least had a sense of time passing. We never felt that Luke didn't earn it or that the force was handed to him on a silver platter.

Which one is Neutral Good?

The Ten Commandments is on ABC, like it is every Saturday night before Easter. Someone needs to do a supercut of every time Charlton Heston says the word "bondage."

This has probably been done before, but I wanted to re-create the Original Trilogy's vinyl covers.

I imagine it and Avatar will get UHD releases when Avatar 2 comes out next year.

Paging Williams for the appropriate and neccesary concert suite: Jey's Theme.

I'd say they are!

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Holko Incanus Crumbs Jay The Illustrious Jerry

Well, S2 was certainly better than S1. At least it had an engaging (if confusing) plot and more characters among the crew, even if they often were only fleshed out quickly before the plot needed them to be (i.e. not long enough in the case of , which as a result felt rather gimmicky). The visuals and effects are still all over the place, with the camera flying around upside down and constantly tilting every way, just because it can. Tilly is still likeable and amusing (in small doses) and still way too over the top and thus often just annoying. The writing is still all over the place, to the extent that by the time the finale came along I could barely remember half of it and couldn't tell if many things were just poorly handled plot strains or gaping plot holes (although I suspect it's the latter in many cases). I was especially confused by Po at the beginning of the first part of the finale, but apparently that refers to Short Treks which I was completely unaware of until just now. The pacing and (deliberately?) clunky plotting confuses because characters constantly show up out of nowhere without explanation, sometimes wth no apparent way of getting there at the time (e.g. Sarek and Amanda near the end of the season - I don't think they were holograms). The ultimate solution to the TOS timeline problem caused by the Discovery's existence seems superficially epic, but also highly implausible. The Discovery is still and ugly ship, although the Enterprise is gorgeous. The show's main draw is perhaps Anson Mount, who makes a phenomenal Pike. I have no idea how a third season is supposed to continue from here. Going along with the Discovery seems a bit like a cop out, and also would remove one of the more engaging aspects of S2 (i.e. its close relation to elements directly connected with established canon), although I suppose it has to happen. Personally, I'd be much more interested in another Enterprise/Pike season. Oh, and S2 actually had some good music.

It was of course Lucas' plan all along. Really, when everything else does?

Two distinctions: one, it was in his second film: Rey pulled off a similar thing in her first film. Two, unlike The Last Jedi which starts in medias res right after The Force Awakens, in The Empire Strikes Back its been a few years and I believe the text crawl states quite clearly that Luke served with the Rebels throughout. Without trying to write the films for the filmmakers, you naturally expect him to pick up a few things between entries. Besides, even if that were true, two wrongs don't make a right.

There's no doubt Rey is overpowered for a heroine. I don't think anyone would disagree there. The question of how much one is bothered by it depends on the individual.

Well Luke barely had any training.

Yeah, sometimes it's better to just read the textbooks rather than following some boring lectures. I'm surprised she didn't just get the ebooks, though.

Hey! That’s my line!

I understood that reference!

Ah, Hagrid the Phoenix!

Corrected: I mixed up the bird and the big guy

Ben-Hur (Tadlow re-recording) by Miklós Rózsa Quo Vadis (Tadlow re-recording) by Miklós Rózsa

The immersion would be much greater if nobody was walking around in modern Muggle clothes in HPLand. Put robes over everyone who enters and take it back when they exit or something! Maybe they could even purchase it to keep. People who bring their own get 10% off the ticket. Same with SWLand, give everyone an immersive poncho!

I missed the mstrox! Richard! And you!

Wow. And these are hard to make. They look professional and top quality. nice work!

This will suffice, for now.

This is a perfect song. I completely forgot how much I loved this song 10 years ago. It blindsided me in a random shuffle. At 2:14 the world melts away.

Five? Amadeus (Milos Forman, 1984) Citizen Kane (Orson Welles, 1941) Midnight Run (Martin Brest, 1988) Oh, Mr Porter! (Marcel Varnel, 1937) 2001: A Space Odyssey (Stanley Kubrick, 1968)

How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World and Solo: A Star Wars Story Karol

Chen, if you're gonna tell a dude to lighten up, don't get engaged with them in a debate on the nuances of multi-part narrative fifteen minutes later.

Definitely this season, and whilst I didn't like the skynet plot, I thought their mission and sacrifice to protect the sphere data by sending it into the future was a little nod to thinking about more than warships and and phaser fights. In TNG each episode was a little parable where both the crew and the people they encounter are run through moral dilemmas and questions of ethics whereas Discovery is this long season arc that works in it's own way. I feel like the end of this season should allow the next one to allow Discovery to explore the future, and kind of adopt that familiar Trek vibe of entering a new scenario or focusing on each of the characters. So, in time I think it can shape up to become a good Trek series although I should add that everyone's going to take away different aspects of the show that they associate with Trek and won't accept some of Discovery's questionable antics.

He's just surviving, Mr. Justin, just surviving.

Listened to Dragonslayer by Alex North for the first time in a while. Of course a score this robust and layered was bound to cut up in a 1980's movie ,of all places, but thankfully we have the whole musical story preserved on album. Alex North often used dissonance as a natural part of his vocabulary rather than a simplistic way of saying "Something evil is afoot!" (see Leonard Bernstein's Symphony in C, I think it was), and the dissonance here, while in its more extreme weavings spells out danger and intensity in the way only an old-school dude like him could, often speaks to a certain level of journey and adventure. There are a lot of times where the music slowly lurches forward, sitting on a particular mood for an astonishingly long period of time for a film score. This score to me is a great musical analogy to a hiking trip, filled with moments of uneventful walking, occasional moments of fear and adrenaline (ever see a mountain cougar stare at you from 100m away?), and the occasional blissful explosion that comes from stumbling upon a beautiful sight. Just when a track starts to lose interest, he'll throw in some bizarre, funky figure with very different orchestration, the result being a score that deftly juggles your ear between fatigue, complacency, and satisfaction when North provides your craving ear a different flavor, very astonishingly balanced. Definitely not album for track highlights, and I highly recommend listening to this one start to finish as a compelling, jagged mood album.

Its dumb!

Oh man, this is really good! Thanks!

Good lord, these are good. You really should show your work to the studios (or whoever they hire); this is truly stellar stuff.

I've changed the original post above for the updated covers with the original poster logos And, here's another fun cover for Return/Revenge of the Jedi:

Its easy to be disenchanted with the Star Wars franchise because Star Wars is beyond great. ESB is also great. Half of Jedi is good, there are interesting parts in the mostly bad Phantom Menace, aotc is a recipe for garbage and rots is film diarrhea. TFA is a nostalgic love song and TLJ is half terrific and half aotc/rots bad. Rian (its Ryan you tard) Johnson surprises no one in his mediocrity as a filmmaker. I will give him props for a great ending bleak and somber. People commit suicide for less.

Gary quit.

I think it could've been told better, for sure, but there are more problems with Return of the Jedi than that.

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow! Saving all these!

And they were much more interested in the '73/'77 period. A podcast/book/article on Williams and/or Spielberg's early years by Thor Joachim Haga would be greatly welcome and appreciated! BTW, the first episode is now available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify. Give it a listen!

I can honestly say there is not a single Star Wars concert arrangement that I don't care for. I guess I'm easy

He did the theme to Galaxy Quest so he is A-OK in my book.