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Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by psbp »

SuoDuanDao wrote: post #44
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of that which would have been awesome and retconned Jar Jar from embarrassing into a great story of our times… We instead got the first movie redone, and two pretty poor follow ups with grrrrrr fake teeth being the series rock bottom. Ugh, that plot hole of a light speed weapon, the force can’t bring someone back to life but let’s do it like three times, whatever. I’ve forgotten more about the last trilogy th…

In my headcanon, the light speed weapon explains why even though we're obviously descended from one of the races in the setting, we don't have spaceships or force powers - once one person got the idea they could use a ship as a suicide nuke, everyone did it, until the only survivors literally had to flee the galaxy and stop using advanced technology. If one views the entire nine-series arc as the story of the fall of…

My headcanon is that the maneuver was just a lot harder to accomplish than it's depicted. Distance from other ships, residual shield levels, etc. allow it to be possible but unlikely. They threw in a line in episode 9 that it was 1/million (kind of like the Death Star kill shot). I think it makes the Holdo character more interesting if she has some sort of force intuition or just advanced analytical/risk-taking skills to actually pull it off.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by SketchySeaBeast »

darkerside wrote: post #40
fho wrote: post #34

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To be fair that "light speed weapon" scene was incredibly awesome to watch (and "hear"). If I remember anything from that trilogy ... it is that scene.

Ridiculous that the entire movie was basically a setup for one scene that admittedly looked cool, but also made no sense in the context of the universe. Can't believe they let someone like that steer an American cultural icon into the ground.

> Can't believe they let someone like that

I assume you're referring to Rian Johnson - I wouldn't lay the blame all on him - he's clearly capable of making great fun movies. I think the fact that the new trilogy is an incohesive mess is entirely the fault of Disney as a whole not knowing what they wanted to do with it. I'd also lay a ton of the blame at JJ Abraham's feet - the man loves to set up a mystery but seemingly doesn't ever know the answer himself. Rian certainly made some interesting choices, but I can't help but think that it's because he had no roadmap for what was supposed to happen and no one was there to tell him no.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by [deleted] »

mlang23 wrote: post #19
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of that which would have been awesome and retconned Jar Jar from embarrassing into a great story of our times… We instead got the first movie redone, and two pretty poor follow ups with grrrrrr fake teeth being the series rock bottom. Ugh, that plot hole of a light speed weapon, the force can’t bring someone back to life but let’s do it like three times, whatever. I’ve forgotten more about the last trilogy th…

Star Wars has lost me. I loved 4,5,6, and I found 1,2,3 at least exciting to see the story arc closed up. But what came afterwards was pretty much unwatchable. I went to the cinema for Rogue One even, but dont remember a single plot-line. Thats pretty unusual for me, since I uslally remember storylines from movies I watched many years ago. But this stuff just didnt leave any impression at all.

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Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by RegBarclay »

LinuxBender wrote: post #6

Sorry I know this is off topic, but I must post the obligatory Pinky and the Brain from Postmodern Jukebox with the original voice actors in the background. [1] [1] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqMs9WsJg2k

I see Pinky and the Brain. I upvote. I see Postmodern Jukebox. I upvote.

Thanks for the smile to start off my Monday.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by josephg »

eyelidlessness wrote: post #8
pram wrote: post #5

Brain’s plans fail because of his hubris and confidence. They’re always very grandiose, and he cannot accept that they’re flawed. He is delusional to a ridiculous degree. Pinky is a willing and suportive participant, even if he knows failure is assured. He is directly enabling the delusion. Ignoring how intelligent they may or may not be individually, they’re both pretty insane or bored!

This is probably a good format for “intelligence is an imaginary construct, not a quantifiable fact”.

I’ve always thought about it as: every tool you have, your shadow has that tool also. If you’re convincing, you can convince yourself. If you’re cynical, you’ll be quietly cynical about your own capacity in the world too.

Any reality distortion fields we project outwards have ourselves at the epicentre.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by ceejayoz »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #33
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of that which would have been awesome and retconned Jar Jar from embarrassing into a great story of our times… We instead got the first movie redone, and two pretty poor follow ups with grrrrrr fake teeth being the series rock bottom. Ugh, that plot hole of a light speed weapon, the force can’t bring someone back to life but let’s do it like three times, whatever. I’ve forgotten more about the last trilogy th…

It takes away from the other films as well by cheapening the force and the ability to wield it. Luke barely manages to lift some rocks after a lot of training montage, Rei lifts heaps of rocks without formal training. I don't think there's many people that liked the sequels. I can't believe they went in with those gung-ho, without the story fleshed out already. I mean the stakes were incredibly high, billions in reve…

> Luke barely manages to lift some rocks after a lot of training montage...

He also manages to guide a proton torpedo into the Death Star after just a couple hours chat with Obi-Wan.

Rey is also on an island that hosted the first Jedi Temple and where Yoda's Force ghost can physically manifest. Much in Star Wars requires suspension of disbelief; is it insane to think maybe the Jedi originally trained somewhere where the Force is naturally stronger?

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by imbnwa »

Warner Bros hit animation out of the park in the 90s. Animaniacs is a classic with writing that I still get in my 30s, and we got Pinky and The Brain spun-off from there, but Freakazoid for me was the underrated pinnacle, the writing team's habits given steroids and methamphetamine.

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by robochat »

imbnwa wrote: post #58

Warner Bros hit animation out of the park in the 90s. Animaniacs is a classic with writing that I still get in my 30s, and we got Pinky and The Brain spun-off from there, but Freakazoid for me was the underrated pinnacle, the writing team's habits given steroids and methamphetamine.

Ricardo Montalbán excellently sent himself up in Freakazoid.

"Because he tasks me! He tasks me! 'round the moons of Snivia, I chuckle at thee. Beyond the Corpian clouds I chuckle more at thee. Revenge is a dish best served with pinto beans and muffins! Kirk, old friend, I... Oh, sorry. [He fixes his tie.] Good-bye."

Re: Pinky and the Brain

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Post by stonemetal12 »

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #33
SV_BubbleTime wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instead of that which would have been awesome and retconned Jar Jar from embarrassing into a great story of our times… We instead got the first movie redone, and two pretty poor follow ups with grrrrrr fake teeth being the series rock bottom. Ugh, that plot hole of a light speed weapon, the force can’t bring someone back to life but let’s do it like three times, whatever. I’ve forgotten more about the last trilogy th…

It takes away from the other films as well by cheapening the force and the ability to wield it. Luke barely manages to lift some rocks after a lot of training montage, Rei lifts heaps of rocks without formal training. I don't think there's many people that liked the sequels. I can't believe they went in with those gung-ho, without the story fleshed out already. I mean the stakes were incredibly high, billions in reve…

For the Rey vs Luke thing I took it to mean they had different strengths. Rey is physically strong, while Luke is more foresight strong. We never see Rey pull off finesse moves like the Death Star shot.
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