Enjoyed the article, Marc. Thank you.
Was Twitter that reminded me it was the 9th April though (Lee’s surrender); is the holidays still, so have my hands full.
Star Wars Lives!
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The stormtrooper marksmanship stereotype has been around for a while, I just never connected it to what Obi-wan said in Ep IV. The irony is tremendous. Maybe he was thinking back on the clones, who seemed to have far better marksmanship. They were the good guys at the time.
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The stormtrooper marksmanship stereotype has been around for a while, I just never connected it to what Obi-wan said in Ep IV. The irony is tremendous. Maybe he was thinking back on the clones, who seemed to have far better marksmanship. They were the good guys at the time.
In fairness, Obi-wan in Episode IV gives what could be called a balanced review. On the one hand, he tells Luke about the accuracy and Stormtrooper-like precision of the blast points left on the Jawa sandcrawler. On the other hand, just a short while earlier, he had told Luke that lightsabers were not as clumsy and random as blasters. Perhaps the single explanation that fits all the seemingly-contradictory evidence has to do with who a blaster is pointed at, not who’s holding it: blasters are accurate and precise when they’re fired at a particular movie’s bad guys and secondary characters, but clumsy and random when they’re fired at the film’s heroes.
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couldn’t this talk of blaster inaccuracy be used in any movie ever where bad guys shoot (and miss) at good guys? it’s certainly not only a Star Wars thing…
I thought the new movie was pretty good, the final 30’ish minute battle was awesome and the movie did a good job capturing the fact that this was a war where the Empire had a huge advantage…the only choice the Rebels had was to launch this crazy assault to steal the plans…and that’s what happens in war, people often do heroic crazy stuff, and then they die
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Thank you :-)
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You welcome! :-)
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as I have said elsewhere, I have a feeling I have seen this before
After moon-sized super weapon destroyed, retaliate with monstrous attack machines on 4 legs
Meanwhile, new Jedi is trained, with some apparent reluctance by master
Falcon gets chased by Ties in a sort of cave (ok, Falcon chased is a staple)
Bad guy offers hand to good guy, asking to lord it together over the universe (ok, this one could be misleading on purpose in the trailer)na, I must be mistaken ;)
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ok about these jedi–do they have lightsabers?
a superweapon? Has the universe seen one of this magnitude and power before?
also, the walkers–do they seem super cool until you invent 70 kinds of them then they look like rube Goldberg inventions and ridiculous toys?
then somehow, these characters are related? Like brother sister, father son? wow! That’s novel.
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Looks like they might kill Carrie Fisher…
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you mean when Kylo hesitates to pull the trigger?
if yes, I dont think so, they wont destroy the Raddus in the same movie they introduce it. pride of the resistance, no? well, if yes, I guess the Home One will plough on until all eternity. -
@alexgreat:
as I have said elsewhere, I have a feeling I have seen this before
After moon-sized super weapon destroyed, retaliate with monstrous attack machines on 4 legs
Meanwhile, new Jedi is trained, with some apparent reluctance by master
Falcon gets chased by Ties in a sort of cave (ok, Falcon chased is a staple)
Bad guy offers hand to good guy, asking to lord it together over the universe (ok, this one could be misleading on purpose in the trailer)na, I must be mistaken ;)
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lol, many thx
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Yes, I loved it too :-)
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Knew they’d pay homage to Rich’s most memorable moment. :-D
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Glad you guys liked it. They have a lot more if you haven’t already watched. Very funny stuff, but also intelligent.
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Have fun!
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So It’s the Rebel alliance that has super weapons now. They can hyperspace 1 ship through 13 enemy ships and destroy them all. But the empire can’t hyperspace forward 1 kilometre so as to get its ships into range…
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OK, let’s take your therapy one step at a time. :-D
Watch this enlightening self-help video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CzbXA53I24
When you’ve done that, venture out of your mothers’ basements and touch some real grass…. then go back inside and work your way up to shows for older kids. I understand Hanna Montana is great for tweens. Soon, soon my little ones, you will be watching movies for teenagers, and before you know it, adulthood will be just a few short years away.
Now if you’ll excuse me I have to go sit in my library all night and play an online board game while life passes me by. :-P
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