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I just started the new episode of Mandalorian. It starts out in a fighting arena filled with all sorts of aliens. There's a stark difference between the classic alien and the Disney originals. The Disney ones are so dull.
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Also like the oversized gamorrean masks on "fit" ones rather than the fat guards at a pleasure palace who get no exercise Probably could've made them a little smaller, but it's not really focused on and you need to pause the episode to really see it, so I don't much mind
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Nov 2, 2020 00:29
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Detective No. 27 posted:I just started the new episode of Mandalorian. It starts out in a fighting arena filled with all sorts of aliens. There's a stark difference between the classic alien and the Disney originals. The Disney ones are so dull. I can't even remember what any of the 'new' aliens from the ST look like other than, Maz. The post pointless character in the entire franchise.
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Nov 2, 2020 02:31
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Detective No. 27 posted:I just started the new episode of Mandalorian. It starts out in a fighting arena filled with all sorts of aliens. There's a stark difference between the classic alien and the Disney originals. The Disney ones are so dull. I liked resistance slug man.
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Nov 2, 2020 02:44
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Please be nice to babu frik
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Nov 2, 2020 03:07
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Every time I think of babu frik popping up in that spaceship I just remember that they slapped an eyepatch on John Williams and blew him up
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Nov 2, 2020 03:14
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There’s a few that were at the “oh hmm that’s neat” level but compare to Chewie, Yoda, Jabba, the Rancor, Tauntauns, the Sarlack, etc etc
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Nov 2, 2020 03:15
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It's funny that the cantina scene was this huge pop culture thing was parodied and emulated for decades, and every disney era movie has a cantina scene (with the exception of maybe R1 unless I'm forgetting) but they are never as effective. Guys like Thurm Scissorpunch suggest that the filmmakers kind of understand how much it rules to sit a 7 foot praying mantis at a bar with a glass but they never really land as anything but "it's star wars we have to have a cantina sequence"
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Nov 2, 2020 03:25
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I don't understand the complaint that Mandalorian aliens are boring. Its aliens are almost entirely OT nostalgia, which is fine.
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Nov 2, 2020 04:07
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What the gently caress is maz kanata, and why
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Nov 2, 2020 04:19
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Halloween Jack posted:I don't understand the complaint that Mandalorian aliens are boring. Its aliens are almost entirely OT nostalgia, which is fine. He was saying that the Mandalorian is filled with interesting aliens, but that it makes the contrast when a new Disney one stands right next to them all the more apparent. To be fair though The Mandolorian actually does have some good new alien designs. Notably the Krayt Dragon. In Legends the Krayt was pretty lame as it was just a larger than normal Komodo. Mandalorian has re-canonized them as these giant monsters made of rock that melt people with acid. Plus it actually matches the Skeleton from ANH. Say what you will about Dune and Tremors but Star Wars has always been about taking from what works in other things.
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Nov 2, 2020 04:36
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AdmiralViscen posted:What the gently caress is maz kanata, and why She’s a alien with butthole eyes And because she’s kinda like a teacher JJ Abrams had
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Nov 2, 2020 06:45
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Disney loves blobfish.
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AdmiralViscen posted:What the gently caress is maz kanata, and why Maz Kanata is Maximum Cantina, hth.
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Nov 2, 2020 11:06
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"Kanata" is an anagram of "katana", and they get a sword from her. I don't know what "maz" means, but I'm sure it's similarly on the nose.
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Nov 2, 2020 13:50
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Emrikol posted:"Kanata" is an anagram of "katana", and they get a sword from her. Space-piratized version of "Miss" I guess. Miss Katana.
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Nov 2, 2020 14:51
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Miss Katana sighed as she drew her laser sword.
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Nov 2, 2020 23:40
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Más que nada.
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Nov 2, 2020 23:54
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Ingmar terdman posted:It's funny that the cantina scene was this huge pop culture thing was parodied and emulated for decades, and every disney era movie has a cantina scene (with the exception of maybe R1 unless I'm forgetting) but they are never as effective. Guys like Thurm Scissorpunch suggest that the filmmakers kind of understand how much it rules to sit a 7 foot praying mantis at a bar with a glass but they never really land as anything but "it's star wars we have to have a cantina sequence" I remember an early bit of promotional material hyping up "Lin Manuel Miranda's new Cantina Theme."
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Nov 3, 2020 02:00
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Emrikol posted:"Kanata" is an anagram of "katana", and they get a sword from her. Bib For Tuna
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Nov 3, 2020 13:24
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Fantastic hair
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Nov 3, 2020 19:26
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WRONG EARS!!
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Nov 3, 2020 21:19
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That is fairly obviously Easy Andy from Taxi Driver.
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Nov 3, 2020 23:42
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So are death sticks made of spice? Or does he sell spice and death sticks?
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Nov 3, 2020 23:44
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Be like Elan Go home and rethink your life
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Nov 3, 2020 23:45
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It gets better, he's got antennae... and a gun
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Nov 4, 2020 00:15
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That's really the worst character name in the history of character names, jesus george
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Nov 4, 2020 00:21
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Today on esoteric Star Wars names, there's Orr'UrRuuR'R, one of the Tuskens who shot at pod-racers in Episode One, and yes, that name is canon due to appearing in a mobile game And Reirin, a female Tusken from A Certain Point of View, where she snuck into the sandcrawler in A New Hope to get back a crystal, which she resonated with, so she's likely force sensitive to boot
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Nov 4, 2020 00:29
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McCloud posted:That's really the worst character name in the history of character names, jesus george It's the best. There's also a monster called 'the Rancor' why are you even watching star wars?
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Nov 4, 2020 00:50
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Snowman_McK posted:It's the best. There's also a monster called 'the Rancor' why are you even watching star wars? There's a world of difference between names like Rancor or Solo, and elan the sleazebaggano. It's just too much.sometimes less is more. It'd be like naming Luke Dec Hosen the first
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Nov 4, 2020 01:11
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Elan Sleazebaggano is just a name on a toy. Who cares?
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Nov 4, 2020 01:21
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One of the major character names is Chewie. Lmao.
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Nov 4, 2020 01:26
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cargohills posted:Elan Sleazebaggano is just a name on a toy. Who cares? Yeah he's in one scene and has three lines, and his name is never said onscreen. Lucas probably just thought "his name is uhh Fartknocker Drugmann, on to the next scene"
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Nov 4, 2020 01:30
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Man Lucas really loses his touch with names when it comes to churning out toys that only dumbass speculator collectors will even buy
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Nov 4, 2020 01:39
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I had forgotten how they made basically any character into a toy. I wonder who is the most obscure character who still got their own action figure.
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Nov 4, 2020 01:43
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moosecow333 posted:I had forgotten how they made basically any character into a toy. I wonder who is the most obscure character who still got their own action figure. For about $70, you can have it!
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Nov 4, 2020 01:50
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teagone posted:One of the major character names is Chewie. Lmao. That’s a common nickname in Latino communities tho. It’s been my uncle’s nickname since the 60s.
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Nov 4, 2020 02:19
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He's become such a meme that I don't think he counts anymore. The ice cream maker is even the universes default safe storage device come The Mandalorian. They'd have to go for for one of the less famous Cantina aliens. Or that Sheriff of Jakku character from TFA who had all his scenes cut at the last minute but they had already made all the toys of him, so stores were stuck with stacks of a character that wasn't even in the movie.
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ruddiger posted:That’s a common nickname in Latino communities tho. It’s been my uncle’s nickname since the 60s. TIL! [edit] I can't believe this is a real tweet from Rian Johnson. What a loving legend, I love him so much. https://twitter.com/rianjohnson/status/1323656040135548928 teagone fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Nov 4, 2020 |
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