Girls in Action Movies / Bad SW Spaceships

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  1. purr1n

    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    You guys are thinking too hard. The story became rather convoluted after this discussion:

    STUDIO EXEC

    How do we make a lot money and make it super accessible to younger movie-goers? I don't want to take risks. We paid a shit ton to George and we need to make it back.

    JJ

    We can reboot Star Wars. I rebooted Star Trek. Dumbed it down and increased lasers and explosions. I gave Spock Jungle Fever and even made Khan into a white British guy since I know you studios hate casting Asians, or Mexicans playing Asians, as anything more than sub-human. First two Trek movies did great you know.

    STUDIO EXEC

    True. That reboot idea was pure genius. You left at the right time too since that script from Sean of the Dead was craptastic. Poor Justin Lin, that's gonna sideline his career for a while.

    KK

    Let's do a soft reboot. Same story as what drew all the initial audiences. Throw in a few things from the other movies.

    M NIGHT

    Yeah, we can add a twist

    KK

    Shut the f**k up M Night.

    JJ

    No no, M Night in on to something. But maybe the twist is that we can have a girl as Luke. We can retell A New Hope, but set it as a part 7. Newer audiences will think it's fresh. We can add flourishes of the originals to bamboozle those older than 40, at least the ones who have IQs lower than 105. Memba berries are very effective.

    STUDIO EXEC

    Fantastic idea. I like the girl thing. The merchandising opportunities are tremendous! We can sell this to both girls and boys! Only problem is the script.

    KK

    Just add -ine after hero in the script.

    JJ

    That works for me.
     
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    We need more money for spaceships. Every new Star Wars introduced new spaceships. The audience really liked this stuff. Part of the Star Wars experience was being wow'd buy the new spaceships and groundbreaking special effects. This gets the creative types all geeked too. Makes the work environment more fun - gets our creative juices flowing.

    STUDIO EXEC

    We already spent a ton of money on Harrison Ford. Do you how much money he f'ing cost us? And dammit. Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill weren't cheap either. Besides, half of the budget has been allocated for marketing. And you already asked me for money on physical models yesterday.

    KK

    Can't you use the same designs from the earlier movies? Maybe update them, like what you did for Star Trek.

    JJ

    Let me talk to the models guy.

    MODELS GUY

    Well, we can make new awesome designs, but that would blow the budget for the other minor ships like the trooper carrier and Adam Driver's command shuttle.

    JJ

    What? Can't we do everything?

    MODELS GUY

    Well, we could add a few panels, and move the greebles around existing spaceships. Changing the color scheme works wonders too. With what's left over, we can outsource the modelling of the minor vehicles to that foreign outfit in Transylvania.

    JJ

    Great idea. If most of the spaceships were the same from the prior movies, it would still be logical since this takes place after ROTJ. Nobody would question it.
     
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    I actually agree that Disney is basically butchering the SW franchise, but it's entirely expected. Also, strong female characters in action films? Look elsewhere... this genre intentionally appeals to people who don't want to see a strong female lead. Hollywood caters to the lowest common denominator, and there are plenty of people who fit this bill in North America.
     
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    I'll admit to the "band-over-backward fanboy retcon." That is a fair point.

    The rest of your post sucks. I wasn't around in the old days of CS, but this is probably the fifth time I've seen you come into a thread, throw the word "faggot" around and do this tired "unpolitically correct" thing. Just write a bot to do it for you and save yourself some time. It's not edgy or transgressive. It is shitty regurgitation.

    It's also not the first time that I've heard @MuppetFace try to make the case for a more inclusive atmosphere, which at the very least should include not using homophobic slurs as a community corrective. It's also not the first time I've seen @Marvey publicly reassure everyone that you are really a great guy in spite of it all.

    There is a line between being irreverent and being an asshole. The Friends that know you well seem to know you're just stirring things up. In case you didn't know, to a relative newcomer like me, you appear to be consistently over that line, and don't give me much of a reason to want to get to know you better.
     
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    The "lady" doth protest too much.
     
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    Because this thread needs it here is some Xena the Warrior Princess.

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    You didn't tell them about the dragon dildos I borrowed from @takato14 did you?!?!?!
     
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    @OJneg , you are embarrassing yourself and SBAF.
     
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    But if I decide to kill myself you'll be the big hero that swoops in to talk me off the edge, right?

    Do you have a Cuck Crisis Hotline?
     
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    I've been telling people you post on Cucklife as ThePersianRug(eater)






    Re: Race/gender/genetics, may I send you a book or two on the topic? Serious offer. I think it's super interesting and worth learning about. Let me know, Merry Christmas!
     
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    Let's quit while we are behind. Locking thread.
     
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    This matter is privately being taken care of. Rest assured that complaints are not resting on deaf ears.
     
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    purr1n Desire for betterer is endless.

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    Also I'd like to apologise. I do like to make things edgy sometimes, but being an older fart than most of you, I was unaware of the extreme volatility of gender role discussions in 2016. Heck, I did not even know this was considered politics. My understanding of these issues is limited to discussions with my wife who was a feminist in the 80s and the ERA movement with Walter Mondale and Geraldine Ferrarro. Apologies for my ignorance on these matters.
     
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    not an argument
    but I'll make sure to ping you whenever I need self status reports in the future

    That wasn't even meant as an insult or anything. Most of these SW novels are full of them. I actually really enjoy reading these cheesy, poorly written SW expanded universe stuff, if only for extra lore insight.

    wtf are you talking about? where did I say faggot in this thread? I had to check all my posts in this thread, but this is an outright LIE meant to poison the well. I didn't even say cuck (which is now the PC version of "faggot", until the goalposts are moved yet again) until one of the cucks brought it up

    wtf? is calling out shitty diversity quota sci-fi movies now a thought crime? I get along fine with Asians, trannies, frenchmen, homos, faggots (which are different than homos), and all the rest of them. wtf is this about inclusive atmospheres? This isn't some Bay Area tech company dude. This is the audio forum where all the rejects who wizened up AGAINST the status quo went.

    Would you mind pointing out where I "transgressed" against any individuals in this thread? Did I single out any gay individuals and refuse to bake them a cake? Any ad hominems or racist remarks that I glossed over in my testosterone filled posting?

    Something seems to have been lost in translation. IIRC, when we originally had problems with Nathan acting up I decided to be the one to approach him in good faith. I don't remember what exactly we talked about. I think that Skype conversation was filled mostly with meaningless platitudes and we decided to "agree to disagree" (which may be the biggest BS statement ever uttered by moral cowards), which ultimately resulted in him requesting a (temp?) ban. That ban was overriden when he requested to be added back into the fold, but the rest is history. Point being, I approached him in good faith, but he quickly squandered that faith with continued pity posting that just wasn't serving the purposes of any parties involved.

    But really, you guys should be more focused on Marv. He's the real bad one here. I remember one of the old pirates used to call him "further to the right than Genghis Khan". I have no doubt if Marv lived a millennium ago, he would be putting villages to the sword and twirling his evil mustache. He just blends in with California Marxists better than I do because he went to UCSC (pothead paradise) and works in Hollywood (center of cultural enrichment). But really, he's the evil conservative here, so hate him not me.

    Relocking this thread until Marv decides to reopen. d
     
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