The Last Jedi

[codetocontra]

I want Kylo and Rey to make out and then find out they're siblings, because that's how you make a star wars movie.

[jrfox92]

After reading up, it's interesting to learn that each episode of the trilogy is supposed to kill off each character (Han first, then Luke, and finally Leia). So now, I guess Disney's been freaking out because they have no idea what to do with Ep. IX.

[MechaGodzilla]

Another thought: with Snoke gone, the bad guys don't really have a proper evil dude leading them. Kylo and Hux have been portrayed as immature/goofy far too many times, even after Kylo was supposed to have taken charge. Vader/Palpatine/Snoke were never the butt of a joke AFAIK.

Did the EU have any instances of hyperspace kamikaze?

Don’t think so. I don’t remember any, and I read everything except ep the last third of he New Jedi Order. I think I stopped reading Star Wars novels right about the time I discovered vaginas, and never the twain shall meet.

They use Interdictor cruisers, which use gravity well generators to pull ships out of lightspeed. It would effectively stop the hyperspace kamikaze runs before they started.

Why do I know this? Why do I know that the prime export of Bespin (planet home to Cloud City) is tibanna gas? Or that Kuat Drive Yards manufactures Star Destroyers? Or that Han’s blaster is a DL-44?

I know these things because I was young and free from the tyranny of the vagina.

I'm pretty sure lando mentions the tibanna gas in ESB. But then, I spent a LOT of time around tibanna in Rogue Leader.

[Invisible Man]

It’s fumes have muddled your thinking.

[Snufkino]

Another thing that is definitely affecting my opinion of this film at least a little bit is Canadians. Why do they clap during the film at the cinema? Multiple points in the film were rendered twice as bizarre by questionable audience response, and it was almost entirely adults responsible. There's a certain lightsaber that goes through a face which was met with laughter. A space kamikaze was met with thunderous applause, every tone murdering "joke" which I assumed were aimed at the 12 year olds in attendance were greeted with belly laughs from grown men. Who are you clapping at? Why are you clapping at them? Do you think if you all clap together, the cheese-pleaser himself will hear? Maybe I'm just being a miserable bastard that doesn't know how to have fun, but this type of shit is stupider than clapping when the pilot lands a plane and needs to be aggressively stopped.

I don't want to sound racist, but it's definitely an American/Canadian thing. I've never in my life experienced it first hand. At worst you get people laughing at humour that's meant more for smiling. Like it's not made to elicit a belly laugh, but some people feel the urge to force it like they're showing how smart they are that they got the joke or something.

I used to work as a projectionist and I think if I ever saw a crowd of people applauding I'd have to open the porthole and shout "You're welcome! I couldn't have done it without Christie bulbs and Dolby surround sound! Shout out to Strong for making such reliable projectors!"

[Snufkino]

After reading up, it's interesting to learn that each episode of the trilogy is supposed to kill off each character (Han first, then Luke, and finally Leia). So now, I guess Disney's been freaking out because they have no idea what to do with Ep. IX.

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[Ghost Hip]

Another thing that is definitely affecting my opinion of this film at least a little bit is Canadians. Why do they clap during the film at the cinema? Multiple points in the film were rendered twice as bizarre by questionable audience response, and it was almost entirely adults responsible. There's a certain lightsaber that goes through a face which was met with laughter. A space kamikaze was met with thunderous applause, every tone murdering "joke" which I assumed were aimed at the 12 year olds in attendance were greeted with belly laughs from grown men. Who are you clapping at? Why are you clapping at them? Do you think if you all clap together, the cheese-pleaser himself will hear? Maybe I'm just being a miserable bastard that doesn't know how to have fun, but this type of shit is stupider than clapping when the pilot lands a plane and needs to be aggressively stopped.

I don't want to sound racist, but it's definitely an American/Canadian thing. I've never in my life experienced it first hand. At worst you get people laughing at humour that's meant more for smiling. Like it's not made to elicit a belly laugh, but some people feel the urge to force it like they're showing how smart they are that they got the joke or something.

I used to work as a projectionist and I think if I ever saw a crowd of people applauding I'd have to open the porthole and shout "You're welcome! I couldn't have done it without Christie bulbs and Dolby surround sound! Shout out to Strong for making such reliable projectors!"

I don't think its racist since I was in a theater in Michigan and its a pretty mixed bag racially and everyone clapped during a part... I forgot which part it was. I could go either way, but I think people enjoy being part of something bigger than themselves. And its sort of a communal way of saying "that was pretty exciting, did you like that? I liked that. Shit was dope." Clapping is cheesey but when the kamikaze part happened and the ship exploded, so many people in the crowd went "ooooooooH!!!" like "ooooo damn" and it definitely made me enjoy that part a lot more.

[weebles]

Man that part was absolutely silent in the theatre I went to. Granted, I always go to Alamo Drafthouse in Austin and they’ll throw you out if you talk or have your phone out. Also you reserve a seat with your ticket. It’s really the best. But I digress.

I was trying to find a way to walk through my cultural experiences living in the south, realistic if not systematic segregation, and certain movie theatres’ more boisterous crowds as a way of addressing the above comment regarding ethnocentrism labeled as racism, but that’s a landmine I probably stepped in anyway by just typing this out.

All that to say, there’s definitely cultural differences and expectations in experiencing entertainment.

If you’re going to a midnight showing of something like Star Wars on an opening night, I would expect to have some Woooooo’s and clapping. Also, there’s some really interesting studies about laughter in chimps as a way of making other chimps in a community know they are accepted as part of the community. Not sure it’s a one for one with people, but it’s interesting to think about, especially considering how seldom people laugh when alone. Also the overuse of lol.

Man that was rambly.

[Ghost Hip]

Man that part was absolutely silent in the theatre I went to. Granted, I always go to Alamo Drafthouse in Austin and they’ll throw you out if you talk or have your phone out. Also you reserve a seat with your ticket. It’s really the best. But I digress.

IM SO MAD THEY CLOSED THE ONE IN KALAMAZOO MI. I ditched a friends wedding to go see The Force Awakens there and it was tha bes.

[jrfox92]

IM SO MAD THEY CLOSED THE ONE IN KALAMAZOO MI. I ditched a friends wedding to go see The Force Awakens there and it was tha bes.

So...did the marriage end up being as good as TFA or?

[reckon luck]

So what's everyone thinking about Rey's mystery parents now? I think there's a good chance Kylo was lying.

[weebles]

Some interesting comments by Rian Johnson who said, essentially, that the next movie could undo the revelation by Kyle Ren. I really hope JJ Abrams doesn’t Damon Lindelhof it into oblivion, though. On reflection, I really appreciate the point of “f whoever your parents are you’re a hero because you are” much, much more than the destiny of your lineage nonsense.

[Invisible Man]

She’s Ackbar’s daughter.

Please imagine what Mon Calamari sex must be like.

[popvulture]

Please imagine what Mon Calamari sex must be like.

I dunno, but I immediately thought of marinara sauce

Also, finally saw it last night. I give it two big thumbs sideways.

[SPACERITUAL]

God damn the fucking tittygenitals milking scene. also the your mother joke. Its like rick flair and the crew from troma directed this piece of shit while on a multimillion dollar coke binge.