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2016/01/22 00:00:51
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Fixture of Dakka
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Well, it'll need a new story to riff off of since they've already done 'Dances with Wolves.'
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2016/01/22 02:03:03
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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 hotsauceman1 wrote:Except that is a known movie release strategy.
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Again so, I have like tens more artillery
I realize that no one can tell you anything, but the point is about a much smaller number of moviegoers in January as there are during the summer months. SW is an ace card that's virtually competition-proof...so typically you'd want to play that during the summer when you have the largest potential pool of customers. The goal is to dominate the large pond, not the small one.
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2016/01/22 02:11:16
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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 Compel wrote:
Well, it'll need a new story to riff off of since they've already done 'Dances with Wolves.'
Waterworld is crying out for a furry blue remake.
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2016/01/22 02:37:21
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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 gorgon wrote: hotsauceman1 wrote:Except that is a known movie release strategy.
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Again so, I have like tens more artillery
I realize that no one can tell you anything, but the point is about a much smaller number of moviegoers in January as there are during the summer months. SW is an ace card that's virtually competition-proof...so typically you'd want to play that during the summer when you have the largest potential pool of customers. The goal is to dominate the large pond, not the small one.
While I realize that the summer is generally speaking, the "money making" season for hollywood.... It's undeniable with the literal record setting performance of SW in December, that you could probably release Episode 8 in any damn month you please, and it will still rake in the dough like raking in dough is going out of style.
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2016/01/22 09:05:29
Subject: Re:Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2016/01/23 14:19:50
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Assassin with Black Lotus Poison
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
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2016/01/23 15:51:37
Subject: Re:Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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You hear that?
Its the sound of me not caring 
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! |
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2016/01/23 16:33:21
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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I can't say I am particularly disappointed either. I'm not gagging for any more Avatar.
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2016/01/24 02:44:49
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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I've...not heard that one before.
Is that a 'British saying'?!?
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2016/01/24 04:18:55
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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I saw Avatar once and while the FX were good the rest was, well, not very good...even in comparison to Star Wars VII... so I'm not really worried about seeing the next one anytime soon.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2016/01/24 07:48:16
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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 Alpharius wrote:
I've...not heard that one before.
Is that a 'British saying'?!?
Yes. It means to be enthusiastic at the prospect of something.
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2016/01/24 12:04:23
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Mighty Vampire Count
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 Kilkrazy wrote:I can't say I am particularly disappointed either. I'm not gagging for any more Avatar.
I 'd rather watch another Avatar than another Star Wars tbh. Then again its only a five min film as they nuke the site from orbit 
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I AM A MARINE PLAYER
"Unimaginably ancient xenos artefact somewhere on the planet, hive fleet poised above our heads, hidden 'stealer broods making an early start....and now a bloody Chaos cult crawling out of the woodwork just in case we were bored. Welcome to my world, Ciaphas."
Inquisitor Amberley Vail, Ordo Xenos 
"I will admit that some Primachs like Russ or Horus could have a chance against an unarmed 12 year old novice but, a full Battle Sister??!! One to one? In close combat? Perhaps three Primarchs fighting together... but just one Primarch?" da001
www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/list/528517.page
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2016/01/25 03:22:20
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Kilkrazy wrote: Alpharius wrote:
I've...not heard that one before.
Is that a 'British saying'?!?
Yes. It means to be enthusiastic at the prospect of something.
I figured as much.
It is a rather...interesting way of expressing that sentiment! 
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2016/01/25 05:31:25
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Fixture of Dakka
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Alpharius wrote:
I've...not heard that one before.
Is that a 'British saying'?!?
Isn't that a quote from the upcumming "This Ain't Avatar XXX 2" ? 
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2016/01/25 08:12:10
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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Script by George Shakespeare.
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2016/01/31 10:38:42
Subject: Re:Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2016/01/31 11:10:29
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Is 'Eavy Metal Calling?
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Rebels especially this series has been re-canonising stuff left right and centre, so it is definitely plausible. The villains have also been pretty strong throughout, though particularly in the first series (the original Inquisitor was excellent) so a competent Imperial commander would definitely fit.
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2016/01/31 11:42:22
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Fixture of Dakka
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I started watching Rebels at Christmas.
To be honest, I wasn't too enamoured with the early episodes. - It seemed like the typical kiddy cartoon (which is fine for kids, but I'm not a kid ) along with your joke comedy relief villains.
Then about halfway through the first season, the Joke comedy relief villains get called into... I think it's actually Tarkin's office, if my memory is right... Then they get a lightsaber through the back as The Inquisitor is introduced.
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2016/02/01 09:18:14
Subject: Re:Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[DCM]
Et In Arcadia Ego
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The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
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2016/02/01 09:29:05
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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The character was wasted in the film, in my view, and it's difficult to see realistically how she would have managed to escape from the exploding planet, though of course the script can do anything.
My point is that having covered herself with ordure rather than twisted glory, I do not think she will make a worthy villain in the future.
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2016/02/01 10:06:21
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Growlin' Guntrukk Driver with Killacannon
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Am I the only one who thinks Phasma might be another dissident like Finn... or maybe a Republic agent in deep cover?
Her actions in the movie don't inmediately brand her as a villiain. She oversees the murder of the civilians on Jakku, but these were Kylo Ren's orders. She gives the shield codes without alerting security or putting up a fight, and her previous relationship to Finn is ambiguous at best (Does she lie to Ren and Hux about having sent him to re-conditioning?)
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War does not determine who is right - only who is left. |
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2016/02/01 10:37:59
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Dwarf High King with New Book of Grudges
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I did get a "Stern, but caring, commander." read from her. Assuming she survived and isn't just in flashbacks, she could easily turn out to be a bit like Davin Felth. Someone who wasn't originally a traitor but got first hand experience with how her superiors throw those loyal to them under the bus and subsequently had second thoughts.
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Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh. |
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2016/02/02 06:09:53
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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The Conquerer
Waiting for my shill money from Spiral Arm Studios
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They definitely wasted Phasma in Force Awakens. Glad they're gonna have a chance to redeem that, at least there needs to be a fight with Phasma of some kind.
Really what they should have done is have the gang beat her in a fight, then stuff her in the garbage after stealing a key card or something off her. She escapes and vows revenge on the heroes for humiliating her and becomes a recurring villain.
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Self-proclaimed evil Cat-person. Dues Ex Felines
Cato Sicarius, after force feeding Captain Ventris a copy of the Codex Astartes for having the audacity to play Deathwatch, chokes to death on his own D-baggery after finding Calgar assembling his new Eldar army.
MURICA!!! IN SPESS!!! |
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2016/02/02 08:48:42
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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[MOD]
Anti-piracy Officer
Somewhere in south-central England.
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The opportunity for that has been lost.
It makes me wonder if Phasma shot more scenes that ended up on the cutting room floor, perhaps just because the film was already getting too long.
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2016/02/02 09:09:17
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Fixture of Dakka
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If I remember reading things correctly, it's kind of the opposite.
Phasma, as a character, was added pretty late in the process and she was cast even later. Therefore, she only ended up in a handful of simple scenes.
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2016/02/02 09:13:09
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Hangin' with Gork & Mork
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As I understood it Disney was hoping to make a Boba Fett out of Phasma ie a popular character that isn't there much. Instead people seem to have latched onto the Stormtrooper with the baton that fights Finn.
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Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
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2016/02/02 09:17:22
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Fixture of Dakka
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I don't think people have latched on to that stormtrooper.
4chan and other elements of the internet might have. But not the greater populace, I think.
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2016/02/02 14:29:49
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Pragmatic Primus Commanding Cult Forces
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Well, one could definitely argue that the greater populace wasn't NEARLY as obsessed with Boba Fett or Wedge Antilles as the uberdorks.
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2016/02/02 17:36:02
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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Decrepit Dakkanaut
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gorgon wrote:Well, one could definitely argue that the greater populace wasn't NEARLY as obsessed with Boba Fett or Wedge Antilles as the uberdorks.
This.
I think that when you look at SW fandom as a whole, it is very wide ranging and diverse who the "favorite" character is. I think the majority of people's favorite characters are gonna be one of the big 4 or 5 (Han, Luke, Leia, Chewie, Vader)....As a Fett fan myself (as I think I've been pretty vocal about in previous threads), I know that I'm in the minority, but I think that those who like Fett are just more vocal about it.... Then you have people like one of my buddies who's "obsessed" with Storm Troopers. But I definitely wouldn't call Fett/Trooper fans "uberdorks"... though I think we can agree on the Wedge front
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2016/02/02 19:09:29
Subject: Star Wars The Force Awakens -- full of spoilers so beware !
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 Ahtman wrote:As I understood it Disney was hoping to make a Boba Fett out of Phasma ie a popular character that isn't there much. Instead people seem to have latched onto the Stormtrooper with the baton that fights Finn.
It might be because each of Phasma's appearances was lamer than the previous. It was almost like one of those writers' running jokes where they try to run a character into the ground as quickly as possible. There is literally nothing exciting about her character...unless you like chrome.
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