Geez. It's gonna be one of these posts again, isn't it...
that's what most start as tho, you need to be a fan of in the first place, not necessarily a sane or "good" one (no, tlj is an objectively shit movie).
then you have to consider what kind of people rise through the ranks to moderators or even admins. that's above the average fanboi level and the higher you go the more engaged you have to be, one way or another, and a lot of moderates with common sense split along the way since that's not the shit they signed up for. so over time any community turns to shit unless they actively gatekeep or are aware enough of it to stem it from turning into an echochamber.
if you add money into the mix it's simply setting a timer of when it will go to shit.
One thing not to be underestimated that acts both as an incentive and an incendiary is purely and simply: Power.
Mods in those areas are usually people who desperately want to control others and force them to follow their orders.
That's why Null is smart not to hand out modships to people who want them.
Anyone who's overly interested in becoming a mod shouldn't be a mod. You'll end up with power abuse and bullshit like we see in the ever-more intensifying tribalism of subreddits.
I hope we get an NGE moment, just instead of naked Reis, it's going to be a shitton of Snokes, floating in a giant tank. Colors would match, too, given his golden bathrobe.
There's a few germans on /tv/ and reddit who claim they're planning to see and spoil the film on the 18th, so I'm sure we'll have no shortage of spoilers on the 18th.
I now finally know hat it feels like to be the russian conscript that only gets a pouch of ammo when the others get a rifle.
If that first line fails, it might be my mission to deliver.
Also is it just me or did Rey get flatter?
One of the most obnoxious things about Hollywood nowadays is how afraid -nay!- outright disgusted they are of the idea of showing off a female character in a way that would be seen as sexy or desirable. With that frame, the person on the right might as well be Matthew Lillard ffs.
Hollywood does not want to portray women with nice curves, cause it might anger ham-planets and western-style fujoshis or troons, I guess. And in their attempts to be super progressive, they pretty much create these artificial, unnatural, robotic beings that have no female shape and no female attributes whatsoever. To the contrary, if they look good, that's bad. If they embody positive traits traditionally affiliated with womanhood, that's bad.
Is it a sin for a woman to look good and be nice?
Doesn't help that Hollywoods current idea of a strong woman is "some bitter bitch that has to tell men how wrong they are at every turn and just be as unpleasant and hostile as possible".
The thing that fascinates me about this is, of all the nations that make popular media, it's the Japanese that got it down to a form of art.
Hellsing has Integra, GitS has the Major, Guardian of the Sacred Spirit has Balsa and pretty much every female character ever drawn by the guy who made Black Lagoon is a fucking badass that takes not even the tiniest shit from anyone . . . and none of these women come across as bitchy. They all are strong, independent and holy fucking shit, when someone gets them mad, you'll shit your pants at their wrath.
And then we have Disney, who's idea of a strong woman is one without flaws - and apparently without tits. A strong female character for Disney is just a dude without a dick. It's horrendeous writing.
He says D-O is found in Ochi's ship and that he belonged to Ochi and was heavily abused, but the official guide for IX along with all other sources say that D-O belongs to Crazy Frog and lives with him on the ice asteroid Kajimi/whatever. I even posted a page from said guide here. Is this bullshit or simply another victim of reshoot changes?
I guess D-O's backstory will be that of the book you posted. That "He was abused by Ochie" might have been in an earlier version... but then again, would be hilarious if they changed that detail and suddenly now one of their sourcebooks was fucked.
This is hilarious....either that's a cheap reshoot tactic, and those are "body doubles," or they personal-trainered Ridley so much that she lost body fat in unfortunate places! Poor thing.
Or they just taped her tits down, wouldn't surprise me tbh.
In an interview with ABC news, JJ Abrams revealed that the movie will have a kissing scene. Whether he means something shitastic like Reylo or the PoeZorry kiss is anyone's guess. But if Ren and Rey kiss you can expect a flood of godawful fanart to plague the internet for a month. However this kissing revelation is followed up by him talking about Rey and Ren's relationship being the heart of the story... Even if they kill Emo Ren, Reylos might still rejoice. Fuck.
So... why does the existence of a kissing scene matter?
I mean, really, what does that shit matter?
There's a scene of people kissing. So fucking what. Why does JarJar feel a need to talk about that crap?
Here's a crazy idea: Is there anything worthwhile to be said about the fucking plot?
Anyway according to this interviewer, JJ is nothing but grateful to Rian Johnson and that his decisions defined IX.
"Grateful" might be the wrong word, but indeed it is true, JarJar had to write 1.5 movies around TLJ's fuckups and pretend it's just one movie, so yeah... that part seems to be true.
Remember Shrek kissing Finn at the end of TLJ? yeah, but 20 times worse, that's going to be the end of the "Skywalker saga". Man, the reviewers are going to have a field day with this dumpster fire.
The "romance" (for lack of a better term) in this trilogy are all over the place. Finn and Rey sorta bond in TFA, then we get that utterly idiotic kissing scene in TLJ between Shrek and Finn and now Rey might end up playing tiddlywinks with Kylo? What a shitshow.
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Also getting this thread over 1k pages before Plan IX hatches seems like it's going great.
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