Cappn
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OT on reddit is the perpetuation of Gen X myths, but OT on Facebook is like your Boomer/Joneser parents talking about pro-Trump Darth Vader memes.
November 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
OT on reddit is the perpetuation of Gen X myths, but OT on Facebook is like your Boomer/Joneser parents talking about pro-Trump Darth Vader memes.
seen that one! its a good one :)
November 10, 2025 at 9:54 PM
seen that one! its a good one :)
hey if the man likes the movies whats the harm in him batting for the art he appreciates?
legitimately, why does people defending the PT cause an uproar in people like "we dont need to do this" like its some cultural faux pas to want to defend a movie they like just because its kinda silly.
legitimately, why does people defending the PT cause an uproar in people like "we dont need to do this" like its some cultural faux pas to want to defend a movie they like just because its kinda silly.
November 10, 2025 at 9:45 PM
hey if the man likes the movies whats the harm in him batting for the art he appreciates?
legitimately, why does people defending the PT cause an uproar in people like "we dont need to do this" like its some cultural faux pas to want to defend a movie they like just because its kinda silly.
legitimately, why does people defending the PT cause an uproar in people like "we dont need to do this" like its some cultural faux pas to want to defend a movie they like just because its kinda silly.
Nobody is making you do it either, yet here we are!
I can see the merit in thinking Jar Jar feels racist, but I also see the merit in Best's defense of the character and the influences he put into his performance. It's all a bit beyond my purviews as a white guy.
I can see the merit in thinking Jar Jar feels racist, but I also see the merit in Best's defense of the character and the influences he put into his performance. It's all a bit beyond my purviews as a white guy.
November 10, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Nobody is making you do it either, yet here we are!
I can see the merit in thinking Jar Jar feels racist, but I also see the merit in Best's defense of the character and the influences he put into his performance. It's all a bit beyond my purviews as a white guy.
I can see the merit in thinking Jar Jar feels racist, but I also see the merit in Best's defense of the character and the influences he put into his performance. It's all a bit beyond my purviews as a white guy.
I'm trying to find the source of it (it might be a DVD featurette i dont quite recall) but yeah. Best regularly denies racist associations with Jar Jar and finds them uncouth. He's very outspoken about how black people are treated in the film industry especially in science fiction too.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I'm trying to find the source of it (it might be a DVD featurette i dont quite recall) but yeah. Best regularly denies racist associations with Jar Jar and finds them uncouth. He's very outspoken about how black people are treated in the film industry especially in science fiction too.
IIRC Jar Jar's behaviors and antics were contributions from Ahmed Best himself. He worked with George to create Jar Jar and based the voice off... I think a goofy voice he used to talk to kids with? Either way he being from the West Indies was upset people assumed Jar Jar was a racist riff.
November 10, 2025 at 8:53 PM
IIRC Jar Jar's behaviors and antics were contributions from Ahmed Best himself. He worked with George to create Jar Jar and based the voice off... I think a goofy voice he used to talk to kids with? Either way he being from the West Indies was upset people assumed Jar Jar was a racist riff.
High concept just means a work is easily summarized with a stated premise than relying on more subtle elements. there are wars, they are in the stars. there is a menace, it is a phantom. the Space East India Company is blockading Space Italy. there are chariot races and sword fights. High Concept.
November 10, 2025 at 8:23 PM
High concept just means a work is easily summarized with a stated premise than relying on more subtle elements. there are wars, they are in the stars. there is a menace, it is a phantom. the Space East India Company is blockading Space Italy. there are chariot races and sword fights. High Concept.
man there's no real accounting for taste but if you think swashbuckling sword fights against robots and high tech chariot races and space dogfights are bad maybe high concept science fantasy just isn't your thing.
November 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
man there's no real accounting for taste but if you think swashbuckling sword fights against robots and high tech chariot races and space dogfights are bad maybe high concept science fantasy just isn't your thing.
the clik-clak of their spooder legs and the deep pew pew of their guns are burned into my childhood psyche
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
the clik-clak of their spooder legs and the deep pew pew of their guns are burned into my childhood psyche
like, i get it to a point. the bad guys being an armed corpo group instead of the Space Nazi Empire isn't nearly as aesthetically interesting or provocative.... but armed trade companies holding cultures hostage for profit is every bit as real history as the Nazis were, and just as bit as evil.
November 10, 2025 at 7:18 PM
like, i get it to a point. the bad guys being an armed corpo group instead of the Space Nazi Empire isn't nearly as aesthetically interesting or provocative.... but armed trade companies holding cultures hostage for profit is every bit as real history as the Nazis were, and just as bit as evil.
Its both of these things? As a kid I enjoyed the action and silly antics and could still pick up on the basic ideas of authoritarian overreach. These are not mutually exclusive things.
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Its both of these things? As a kid I enjoyed the action and silly antics and could still pick up on the basic ideas of authoritarian overreach. These are not mutually exclusive things.
Well what you do with your social media time and what he does with his is between you and your living (or dead) god(s).
November 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Well what you do with your social media time and what he does with his is between you and your living (or dead) god(s).
the way people talk about TPM being about "trade problems" you would think the whole movie is about people sitting in a room discussing the *actual* trade demands of the federation and not yknow, a sovereign ruler being pissed off that these chodes are *holding her planet hostage*.
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
the way people talk about TPM being about "trade problems" you would think the whole movie is about people sitting in a room discussing the *actual* trade demands of the federation and not yknow, a sovereign ruler being pissed off that these chodes are *holding her planet hostage*.
I was there too and I thought it kicked ass so to each their own I guess!
November 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I was there too and I thought it kicked ass so to each their own I guess!
like yeah i get it guy not everything in TPM is exciting but neither is everything in any movie ever. Down time makes the uptime exciting.
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
like yeah i get it guy not everything in TPM is exciting but neither is everything in any movie ever. Down time makes the uptime exciting.
breaking nto a battleship bridge, avoiding deep sea kaiju in a submarine, fighting through an occupation army of robots, running a blockade, a hot rod chariot death race, a mysterious assassin attack, a huge ground battle, a complimentary dogfight, a palace break in and a 2v1 duel are boring?
November 10, 2025 at 6:38 PM
breaking nto a battleship bridge, avoiding deep sea kaiju in a submarine, fighting through an occupation army of robots, running a blockade, a hot rod chariot death race, a mysterious assassin attack, a huge ground battle, a complimentary dogfight, a palace break in and a 2v1 duel are boring?
And also this is literally only the plot of the first movie. The second movie is about a bunch of those armed corpo bastards colluding together to strongarm the republic to meet their demands, and the third movie is about the end of the intergalactic war that strongarming resulted in.
November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
And also this is literally only the plot of the first movie. The second movie is about a bunch of those armed corpo bastards colluding together to strongarm the republic to meet their demands, and the third movie is about the end of the intergalactic war that strongarming resulted in.
Rayman 2 on N64 is one of the most astounding games visually. It looks like it could be a PS2 game, which is just as well as it would later go on and get a PS2 update/remake/port. But yeah, Rayman 2 is a game that defines that dark, dinging, atmospheric, muddy Nintendo 64 aesthetic perfectly.
November 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Rayman 2 on N64 is one of the most astounding games visually. It looks like it could be a PS2 game, which is just as well as it would later go on and get a PS2 update/remake/port. But yeah, Rayman 2 is a game that defines that dark, dinging, atmospheric, muddy Nintendo 64 aesthetic perfectly.
true definition of unconditional compassion!
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
true definition of unconditional compassion!
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Then you realize that was the inspiration of Jar-Jar.
Do you care for someone who provides no value to you and is a hinderance? As Yoda was before Luke learned he could bring him to Yoda.
Qui-Gon, a good Jedi, does.
Do you care for someone who provides no value to you and is a hinderance? As Yoda was before Luke learned he could bring him to Yoda.
Qui-Gon, a good Jedi, does.
June 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Then you realize that was the inspiration of Jar-Jar.
Do you care for someone who provides no value to you and is a hinderance? As Yoda was before Luke learned he could bring him to Yoda.
Qui-Gon, a good Jedi, does.
Do you care for someone who provides no value to you and is a hinderance? As Yoda was before Luke learned he could bring him to Yoda.
Qui-Gon, a good Jedi, does.
I mean, Star Fox Zero IS all new levels. Story isn't (it has some new tweaks but basically goes the same place), the levels though are totally different. Some locations reappear, but they're not 64's levels. Some are more radically different than others, but they're all completely different layouts.
November 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I mean, Star Fox Zero IS all new levels. Story isn't (it has some new tweaks but basically goes the same place), the levels though are totally different. Some locations reappear, but they're not 64's levels. Some are more radically different than others, but they're all completely different layouts.
people really do talk without thinking dont they
padme was freakin' 14 in TPM!!!
padme was freakin' 14 in TPM!!!
November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
people really do talk without thinking dont they
padme was freakin' 14 in TPM!!!
padme was freakin' 14 in TPM!!!