It has always seemed to me like the Star Wars universe was fairly stagnant technologically. So X wings don't bug me. I kind of like that it doesn't seem like the rebels immediately won and took over everything after RotJ - the Emperor had built enough of a governmental system that clearly others would step in after his death.
Mmm. Wife soup. I must've done good.
Wash ,'War Stories'
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Gris - Apr 18, 2015 12:30:09 pm PDT #28737 of 30000
Hey. New board.
Connie Neil - Apr 18, 2015 2:06:19 pm PDT #28738 of 30000
brillig
People out on the borderlands would hack out empires for themselves. Typical behavior after a major change of government.
Jessica - Apr 18, 2015 2:21:46 pm PDT #28739 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I'm reminded of a far-future sci-fi series I read most of (the plot eventually went too far up its own ass for even me to care how it ended), where technology is deliberately kept stagnant because everyone knows there are thousands of years missing from historical records (i.e. our present) where technology was advancing so fast that the records became obsolete and unreadable before anyone realized it would be a problem.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 20, 2015 5:31:55 am PDT #28740 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I saw Woman in Gold yesterday - excellent film. Helen Mirren was just wonderful in it, as was Tatiana Maslany playing a younger version of her in Nazi-occupied Vienna.
Ryan Reynolds is out of his depth acting alongside the likes of Mirren and Daniel Brühl, but he gives it a good try and might be able to rebuild some credibility as an actor based on this role. As long as he doesn't follow it up with a comic book movie that keeps anyone from taking him seriously. Uh oh.
Gris - Apr 20, 2015 2:41:00 pm PDT #28741 of 30000
Hey. New board.
If that is Ryan Reynolds destroying his chance at being a serious actor, I am totally cool with that. DEADPOOL.
Dana - Apr 20, 2015 2:53:38 pm PDT #28742 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
This is also my reaction.
Connie Neil - Apr 20, 2015 4:33:16 pm PDT #28743 of 30000
brillig
Finally watched the Jurassic World trailer. Yup, I'm going to the movies.
Tom Scola - Apr 22, 2015 12:04:34 pm PDT #28744 of 30000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 22, 2015 1:01:12 pm PDT #28745 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, it sounds like taking some time away from doing high pressure media franchise work (or just work in general) is a really good idea for him right now. I don't get the sense that Spielberg's process puts him through the ringer like Joss' does.
Juliebird - Apr 22, 2015 3:49:26 pm PDT #28746 of 30000
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
Saw Child 44. Fairly faithful to the book, and the changes I liked, as I thought certain parts of the book were a bit silly. Tom Hardy was great. Distracting nonsense were Noomi Rapace's contacts, Gary Oldman's accent (wtf, Oldman?!) and GO's disappearing appearing disappearing headwound.
I thought the pathos revealed made so much more sense for the impetus for the protagonist than what the novel gave us.
I'm still annoyed at both book and movie for potting itself as a serial killer thriller, when it is so far from that. Its just a little bit of the story that helps propel everything else.