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Post subject: Re: Star Wars  Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:03 pm |
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For the record I was actually talking about my meat and two veg. I have no idea what Roland is talking about.
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Post subject: Re: J.J. Abrams set to direct Star Wars Episode VII? Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:28 pm |
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Me? As a diehard Christian, I'm not one for the pure humanism side. I'm actually with you there. That warm, happy universe that Trek portrays will never happen, and it's arrogance to think otherwise. But at least these shows tried to be about something. TNG had a lot of great episodes that managed to explore the human condition without being preachy. They tried to think. Yeah, X, IX, V, they all sucked, but they tried to say something. Identity and destiny in "Nemesis", conscience and integrity in "Insurrection", the search for God in "V"...big ideas, if perhaps badly executed.
Being a Trek fan who saw the pilot episode when it first aired as a little kid, I can forgive you for missing the premise behind the "warm, happy universe". The premise is that once we take to the stars, all the resources of the universe become available for dirt cheap. Gold? Common. Food? You've seen the replicators. The point being, without life suddenly being a zero sum game and with the ability to relieve over population by colonization, the factors that inevitably lead to mans cruelty to man have been eliminated for the most part. So yes, this was envisioned as an idealist utopia.
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Post subject: Re: J.J. Abrams set to direct Star Wars Episode VII? Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:24 am |
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I know the idea quite well, thanks. It was scattered all through the franchise.
Your argument relies on the idea that justifies humanism in the first place, that our flaws are generated by the conflicting need for material. I reject that theory.
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Post subject: Re: J.J. Abrams set to direct Star Wars Episode VII? Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:07 pm |
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I bought like 3 Star Wars shirts last week. I own exactly 0 Star Trek shirts.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:58 pm |
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There needs to be more Chinese Jedi. ......I got nuthin, just wanted to participate. You guys seem to be having fun here.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:43 pm |
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I'm a Star Wars nerd, but you "EU is canon" nerds blow me out of the water. Is there gonna be World War III if the new movie doesn't even keep Leia's twins names (or what if she only has one kid)?
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:10 pm |
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12evanf wrote: I'm a Star Wars nerd, but you "EU is canon" nerds blow me out of the water. Is there gonna be World War III if the new movie doesn't even keep Leia's twins names (or what if she only has one kid)? Hey, if you didn't get mad when there was no Ant Man in the Avengers movie, than this shouldn't even register on the nerd richter scale. As long as lightsabers still make that cool "wroom wroom" noise and there's no Jar Jar Binkses, I'll be totally geeked to go watch another Star Wars movie. Hopefully it'll be out right around the time my oldest kid is old enough to "get it".
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 2:52 pm |
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12evanf wrote: I'm a Star Wars nerd, but you "EU is canon" nerds blow me out of the water. Is there gonna be World War III if the new movie doesn't even keep Leia's twins names (or what if she only has one kid)? Dude, minor changes are fine. I'm talking about major stuff. As in people that are alive who should be dead, or vice versa.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:00 pm |
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I'd actually be pissed if they changed the twins names. Unless they were awesome names like Ralnar and Thornak or something.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:21 pm |
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RolandDeschain wrote: 12evanf wrote: I'm a Star Wars nerd, but you "EU is canon" nerds blow me out of the water. Is there gonna be World War III if the new movie doesn't even keep Leia's twins names (or what if she only has one kid)? Dude, minor changes are fine. I'm talking about major stuff. As in people that are alive who should be dead, or vice versa. Wait, is Boba Fett living canon?
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:22 pm |
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Zebulon Dak wrote: I'd actually be pissed if they changed the twins names. Unless they were awesome names like Ralnar and Thornak or something. What if they were like Chris and Stephenie? That'd be cool, right?
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:23 pm |
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CANHawk wrote: Zebulon Dak wrote: I'd actually be pissed if they changed the twins names. Unless they were awesome names like Ralnar and Thornak or something. What if they were like Chris and Stephenie? That'd be cool, right? Is that how Canadians spell Stephanie? _________________ Tanzania¹²
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:25 pm |
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Zebulon Dak wrote: I'd actually be pissed if they changed the twins names. Unless they were awesome names like Ralnar and Thornak or something. Or Jesus and Banjo.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:42 pm |
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Jesus and Banjo would be awesome names for the twins. And no Jar-Jar Binks would be a major change. For the better.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:56 pm |
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12evanf wrote: Wait, is Boba Fett living canon? Do you really want to know? If so, then... GIGANTIC SPOILER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes, Fett is alive. He's still alive when Luke Skywalker's in his 60s, and Fett is like mid-70s if I recall correctly, as far forward as the Luke Skywalker era goes.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 3:57 pm |
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RolandDeschain wrote: 12evanf wrote: Wait, is Boba Fett living canon? Do you really want to know? If so, then... GIGANTIC SPOILER AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Yes, Fett is alive. He's still alive when Luke Skywalker's in his 60s, and Fett is like mid-70s if I recall correctly, as far forward as the Luke Skywalker era goes.SPOILER Yeah I know, but that is stupid, because he's totally dead.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 4:16 pm |
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Nope, Fett lived.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:07 pm |
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Jango's dead. Sam Jackson chopped his head right the eff off his shoulders.
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:15 pm |
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Zebulon Dak wrote: CANHawk wrote: Zebulon Dak wrote: I'd actually be pissed if they changed the twins names. Unless they were awesome names like Ralnar and Thornak or something. What if they were like Chris and Stephenie? That'd be cool, right? Is that how Canadians spell Stephanie? It is when we're all liquored up...
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Post subject: Re: Star Wars Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:48 pm |
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Zebulon Dak wrote: Jango's dead. Sam Jackson chopped his head right the eff off his shoulders. What's this got to do with Boba? Besides the fact that it shaped Boba's entire life and made him what he was, basically.
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