[cascadecombo]

(12-03-2014 01:51 PM)Hannibal Wrote:  

(11-29-2014 07:36 AM)Aros Wrote:  

I light saber could just cut right through at the base of the grib, I can't see how the guard have a practical. The vikings had it right the first time around, guards just get in the way of fighting.

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I'm confused, but I haven't studied much history so you might know more than I do on the subject.

What's that image you tried to post? It's the same link as that pop-up that I got when I opened this page, along with other posters.

[The Beast1]

How much you all want to bet that the "light side" of the force becomes dark and the dark side becomes light? Completing the cyclical nature of rebellions and the like.

[eljeffster]

The original Star Wars was like some kind of meat an potatoes country restaurant. Always satisfying. With the "new" star wars episodes 1-3 it was like the cook started taking shits in the gravy, so I stopped eating and never returned. Now the restaurant says "under new management." Do I really want to go back?

[RoastBeefCurtains4Me]

(05-17-2015 06:49 AM)UroboricForms Wrote:  

I hated what JJ Abrams did to Star Trek. He took all the depth and substance out of it and turned it into just another flashy action flick full of one liners.

I hated it too. I was surprised, because it had over 90% on rotten tomatoes at the time it was released. The thing I hated most was that they had the planet Vulcan destroyed, and had Spock see his mother plunge into a crevice in the ground, which are horrific things, but at the end of the movie, they all stand around with funny quips. All's well that ends well? Not when a whole freakin' planet was destroyed! Everybody ought to be horribly shell shocked and grief stricken.

I've seen Dr. Who do this, where the Tardis pops into a remote inn on earth, he discovers an ancient alien being lives under the inn, and is about to destroy the earth, but he manages to kill the alien and save the earth. Everybody in the inn is killed one by one, so when he pops out in his Tardis at the end of the show, it leaves a mystery for Earth authorities who find what appears to be a mass murder. Still, Dr. Who is campy, and can pull this off. Acting like everything's fine when Vulcan was destroyed does not work.

</overly geeky rant>

[PainPositive]

What about "BoycottStarWarsVII: People Boycott The Force Awakens Because It Promotes “White Genocide” ?

What do you guys think?

[kbell]

Funny and stupid. Its hard to believe so many people take it seriously. And the SJW jokes aren't anywhere as funny as the trolls. https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottStarWarsVII?src=hash




I wouldn't be surprised if this is some sort of new advertising campaign. Create outrage, news cover it, get more people to see movie than before.

[Paracelsus]

I'd say it's about time to checking back through 4chan to see who came up with this one.

[Hannibal]

(05-18-2015 01:47 AM)cascadecombo Wrote:  

(12-03-2014 01:51 PM)Hannibal Wrote:  

(11-29-2014 07:36 AM)Aros Wrote:  

I light saber could just cut right through at the base of the grib, I can't see how the guard have a practical. The vikings had it right the first time around, guards just get in the way of fighting.

[img ]http://www.a-work-of-art.net/pages/page04c.jpg [ / img]


I'm confused, but I haven't studied much history so you might know more than I do on the subject.

What's that image you tried to post? It's the same link as that pop-up that I got when I opened this page, along with other posters.

It's a picture with three viking swords, all of them with guards.

[Eskhander]

If the quote about JJ Abrams being "dissatisfied" with a room full of white people turns out to be true then I am also annoyed with the diverse casting choices.

[Agastya]

(10-19-2015 09:34 PM)kbell Wrote:  

Funny and stupid. Its hard to believe so many people take it seriously. And the SJW jokes aren't anywhere as funny as the trolls. https://twitter.com/hashtag/BoycottStarWarsVII?src=hash




I wouldn't be surprised if this is some sort of new advertising campaign. Create outrage, news cover it, get more people to see movie than before.

I think these memes are fucking retarded, they look like the creation of some fat 14 year old on 4chan. Why would you even post these?

The black guy might be a good actor, I'll him and the movie a shot. The original Star Wars casts were pretty diverse anyway...not to mention that half of the characters were fucking aliens. As a previous poster said, getting butthurt over race in a universe that includes thousands of alien species is nonsensical.

[AnonymousBosch]

(10-20-2015 12:14 AM)Eskhander Wrote:  

If the quote about JJ Abrams being "dissatisfied" with a room full of white people turns out to be true then I am also annoyed with the diverse casting choices.

I checked his IMDB profile out of curiousity. Is he speaking about 'Lost'?

Cloverfield:



Star Trek:



Super 8:



Fringe:



Two other shows - Alcatraz and Person of Interest - look about the same.

Three other shows, where the diversity ratio increases:

'Revolution' - 1/4 minority - 2 seasons, cancelled.

'Believe' - 1/3 minority - cancelled in 6 episodes.

'Almost Human' - almost 1/2 minority - cancelled after 13 episodes.

If the Chans really think this is some kind of forced genocide, they should try watching English or Canadian TV sometime:

[monster]

I think JJ is one of the few directors who can toe the line pretty effectively between hollywood big FX & sci-fi/nerd topics. On the FX side you have Michael Bay movies, which all blow and have no substance, on the other side you have movies that you usually never hear of. Then you have JJ who blends them both pretty well.

[Krivo]

WB

[Simeon_Strangelight]

Hollywood and the media complex is doing it all the time now:



I guess we should be grateful they don't turn Jedi Master Luke black.

And it's not racism to make blacks a minority in Star Wars. The SJWs miss the fact that the overwhelming money spent will be by Whites and not blacks. African movies are predominantly led by blacks and Asian movies are predominantly cast with Asians. It's a simple adjustment to the demographic.


Nigerian cinema - where the whites?

Also the additional PC-crap of the tech-savvy tinkering woman:


There will certainly be other points. The empire looks ever more like Nazi Germany:



Yeah - the Social Justice Wars will bring certainly more such "surprises".

Probably they will also kill Harrison Ford, since he is the father of the female lead. And we all know that Disney movies always kill off the parents as soon as reunited with their children. Fuck them all and their psych-crap.

[Paracelsus]

(10-21-2015 02:34 AM)Zelcorpion Wrote:  

There will certainly be other points. The empire looks ever more like Nazi Germany:



Yeah - the Social Justice Wars will bring certainly more such "surprises".

Probably they will also kill Harrison Ford, since he is the father of the female lead. And we all know that Disney movies always kill off the parents as soon as reunited with their children. Fuck them all and their psych-crap.

Well, the Empire has always looked a lot like Nazi Germany:





And Return of the Jedi featured Anakin Skywalker carking it right after he got to see his son with his own eyes, which sort of qualifies as well.

[Sourcecode]

@Zel
Are you actually offended that there is a black lead in star wars?

Yes. Whites spend the largest amount of money on film...But currently movies like Straight Out Of Compton are breaking records.

Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Will Smith, Samuel Jackson have been leading roles forever. It's not just black people watching their movies.
Clearly, black leads aren't the reason for non blacks to not go to the movies.
This isn't Nigeria..America has a more diverse population.

Star Wars has asked broken presales ticket records by millions.
I don't think the black lead actor is discouraging people from going to see the movie.

Star Wars isn't a black or white franchise...
They are aliens..

[Simeon_Strangelight]

(10-21-2015 06:24 AM)Sourcecode Wrote:  

@Zel
Are you actually offended that there is a black lead in star wars?

....

Heh - I am not offended by anything.

Couldn't care less frankly. Mace Windu as one of the most powerful Jedi in the previous series fit perfectly.

This time around it has a different feel - also I don't like that actor John Boyega, but hey that's casting.

Also - there is a marked difference between a lead that the core demographic of kids and adults identify with and another character. For a top-tier movie franchise for children it is a massive change. They could have made everyone Filippino and then said "What? Any problems? You all racists?" at the press conference. That would have been a good joke. In addition the main lead will hook up with the girl, so that sends a clear message to the young for the next years.

Denzel Washington, Morgan Freeman, Will Smith, Samuel Jackson all are favorite actors of mine (Will Smith less as an actor - but he is exceedingly cool) - also Dave Chappelle my favorite comedian (shame he stopped his show which was the best).

Still - with all we know about the stupid elite, especially the Jewish elite, is it any wonder that we are sick of that crap? This enforced diversity pushing is great, while in reality the very elite is whiter than Wonderbread. Maybe they will add the fact that the lead is from a planet where they have a Muslim-like religion. Then they will have all SJW-points ticked off.

No - I am not offended. Nowadays I only wonder why they haven't picked a trans-black transgender physically-and-mentally disabled Jedi in Hot-Pants and high-heels as the main lead.

I can dislike a choice of casting and subliminal message of a movie without being a racist. On the other hand - who am I kidding? Most of it is propaganda and was so for a long time. It's just pushing the narrative one step further of what the public and their children are supposed to see and like.

Also Source I might add - whoever anyone fucks or manages to fuck fair and square is all fine with me. Me women et su women - heh. I expect the same for everyone and have no phobias about "white genocide" or the like. I don't think it will happen despite the plans of some elites.

[Phoenix]

(10-21-2015 06:24 AM)Sourcecode Wrote:  

Are you actually offended that there is a black lead in star wars?

I think his issue is the changing of the demography of the leads. Its a different effect to a new movie being produced. White guys can obviously associate with a movie like the first star wars movie more personally, because the lead was a young ambitious white guy, solo was a badass youthful middle-age guy, obiwan was an old wise uncle-like white guy etc. Western whites who grow up with these things associate these things to themselves almost like "emotional memory possessions". I.e. "it was one of their stories". It is something they can relate themselves to during their childhood development, i.e. "aspire to be heroic like Luke or Solo" etc. People, especially children, do this naturally: he speaks like me, looks like me, wants the same things as me etc. We already know about this in the same way black kids look up to black rap artists etc.

When demography of the leads is then changed, these whites feel dispossessed of something. And for obvious 21st century reasons, whites feel quite sensitive to and aggrieved by (further) dispossession. It feels like the world is alienating them.

It would be like the Wire suddenly changing to a cast of Bulgarian street gangs, instead of black Baltimore gangs. Or like changing the lead of Men in Black from Will Smith to Benicio Del Toro.

Why would they need to do such a thing, instead of just keeping the same basic 'star wars' formula of white center characters? The only explanation can be political motives on the part of the producers. Same deal as Mad Max. The star wars formula, the mad max formula, must be torn down and rebuilt in their 'politically acceptable' image.

Whites have no problem with non-white leads at all. They never watch Jackie Chan or Will Smith and say "this movie is great but the lead isn't white so I hate it". Being constantly dispossessed of everything up to and including your cultural heritage... little bit.

[the high]

(10-21-2015 07:20 AM)Zelcorpion Wrote:  

...
Nowadays I only wonder why they haven't picked a trans-black transgender physically-and-mentally disabled Jedi in Hot-Pants and high-heels as the main lead.
...

And that would still be better than the prequels.

[Seth_Rose]

Here's my beef:

-The black dude above is wearing a stormtrooper uniform.
-The stormtroopers came from the clone army in the 1-3 trilogy, hence Star Wars 2: Attack of the Clones.
-The clones were based off the genetic template of Jango Fett, father of Boba Fett (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wars_...the_Clones)
-Therefore all clones must look the exact same, and be white because Jango Fett is white! Therefore you can't have diversity among the stormtroopers.

(Yes, I like Star Wars...)

That said, I haven't seen the movie obviously, I'm just going off the trailer. But if that basic piece of the storyline is not adhered to then it's completely ridiculous and off the original script.

[Repo]

I mentioned this in the other star wars thread. Only the initial stormtroopers were clones. Look up the star wars wikia if you want to read about their full history. But the bottom line is that by the time even the original series takes place, many of the stormtroppers are regular conscripts. Hell, not even all of the stormtroopers at that time were even human.

[WestIndianArchie]

Mandalorian is white now?

http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Mandalorian

Lol

WIA

[8ball]

(10-19-2015 09:34 PM)kbell Wrote:  

I wouldn't be surprised if this is some sort of new advertising campaign. Create outrage, news cover it, get more people to see movie than before.

The more traction it gets, the more money Disney makes. The more "outrage" over race change in characters the more they win. Mad MAX got a good boost after that "anti men" article.

[AnonymousBosch]

(10-21-2015 09:38 AM)Seth_Rose Wrote:  

-Therefore all clones must look the exact same, and be white because Jango Fett is white! Therefore you can't have diversity among the stormtroopers.

Jango Fett was played by Temuera Morrison, a New Zealand Maori.

You know, these guys:



This means Luke, Han and Leia are slaughtering a marginalised people. This means that even the Ewoks are racists.

Morrison was wasted in 'Star Wars'. Check out the earlier "Once Were Warriors" and its lesser-sequel "What Becomes Of The Broken-Hearted?" His performance is legendary.

[Simeon_Strangelight]

Yup - Samoans are a special warrior breed. I read somewhere they have something like 2000% higher chance of making it to as a NFL pro than a white guy.