New Star Wars films from Disney: SPOILERS WELCOME

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Far better death for an old father-figure pilot:

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I can't tell if you're joking or not...
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Speaking of joking, check out the delightful Twitter account of Emo Kylo Ren.

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If you've ever had (or been) a surly teenager, you'll laugh.

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Alatar wrote:I can't tell if you're joking or not...
I wasn't...
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Wow. I find it incredible that anyone could think that scene is anything more than deliberate jingoistic schlock. No accounting for taste I guess.
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Loved that! :D :love:
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Alatar wrote:Wow. I find it incredible that anyone could think that scene is anything more than deliberate jingoistic schlock. No accounting for taste I guess.
No need to be mean about it...even if that scene is really dumb. :P
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I was trying NOT to be mean!
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Maybe the differences here are in what catches your emotions—how much you care about the characters. While Independence Day is a guilty pleasure of mine, the scene Anduril posted never has moved me. I don't particularly like this character, and the scene strikes me as action-movie boilerplate. If I felt differently about the character, I'd probably feel differently about the scene.

I do know and like the character Han Solo, and in my one viewing (so far), I found his death scene quite powerful, even shocking, though I'd been spoiled for the fact that he dies months ago.
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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The ending of Independence Day was total jingoistic schlock from start to finish. Break out the Stars and Stripes, folks, and start waving it around... bleeeeeahhh! :nono:

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Aren't we? :scratch:
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In other news, Very Lonely Luke is now on Twitter as well

http://distractify.com/entertainment/20 ... er-account
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I love the fact that Hot Topic tweeted back to Emo Kylo Ren.
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Alatar wrote:In other news, Very Lonely Luke is now on Twitter as well

http://distractify.com/entertainment/20 ... er-account

That account is hilarious! :D :D :D
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Note: this is a possible spoiler for the next film:
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Apparently images of a Finn puzzle that identify him as "Finn Calrissian" appeared on Amazon.
http://screenrant.com/star-wwars-force- ... alrissian/
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That would be disappointing. Like there's only one black family in the Galaxy...
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I agree. There are clearly two (Samuel L. Jackson's character).
“There, peeping among the cloud-wrack above a dark tor high up in the mountains, Sam saw a white star twinkle for a while. The beauty of it smote his heart, as he looked up out of the forsaken land, and hope returned to him. For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.”
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Probably Lando's Grandad.
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His first name is "adopted," maybe his last name is too? But it does look to me like it's shaping up that Finn, Kylo Ren, and Rey are all going to be related to the original heroes. Maybe it will turn out that Poe is too. :)
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