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47 minutes ago, jvmacross said:

Just finished watching Tales of Morgan and Barriss.....meh

Once again, Disney/Lucasfilm seem to think we need to have the background story for every character....this time it was for characters we arguably did not need any background story for.

I won't bother to go any further with the series, then. 

I watched the first episode of Tales of the Empire and am not sure I'll watch anymore. I have no idea who this character is, the story was pretty thin, and I'm just not interested in what happens next.

23 minutes ago, azrael said:

Yeah, still not feelin' it.

And still not diggin' the time period. Would have preferred 200...300...500 years before the Skywalker-saga. 100 years just doesn't feel far back enough.

I have to agree. I'd actually prefer that they went back to the Old Republic era.

I'll watch this show, but I had greater interest after seeing the first trailer than I did after this new one. My expectations just got lowered.

2 minutes ago, jenius said:

Did Mospeada ever get an HD or better remaster?

In Japan

Just checked the DVDs and this issue doesn't exist there. Also, I've noticed subtitle timing issues on the Crunchyroll stream as well.

Their presentation is pretty shoddy.

I need to check my DVDs, but I definitely think there's something wrong with the video in the Crunchyroll stream. There's a regular video glitch at the bottom of the frame that I noticed in the first episode last week that is still occurring. I don't recall it being an issue with the DVDs.

6 hours ago, mikeszekely said:

That's probably the only good news I've heard since this film was announced.

It definitely moves the needle on my opinion of it.

Watched the first episode and I'm pretty sure this is from the same transfer we've had for years. It's rough.

I wonder what the quality is like? I still have the old DVD set. I'll have to check this out.

50 minutes ago, roboemo said:

Yeah, I think this more had to do with Clavell not actually familiar with Feudal Japanese warfare. Like most just used textual examples like him at military meeting or lecturing with battle plans rather than specifics.

To the best of my recollection, Clavell doesn't depict warfare in any of his novels. That's simply not what they're about.

As someone who has read the book twice and has seen the original miniseries probably 10 times over the past 30 years, I'm glad it ended the way it did. They did a really excellent job with the new miniseries, with my only quibble being that  Blackthorne doesn't come across as inquisitive (or perhaps intelligent) as the character should be. But, maybe I'm wrong on this and I just need to do a rewatch.

This show is a home run. Critically acclaimed and popular with viewers. It was a hit with me and some of my friends who have never played the games. Male and female. I look forward to season 2.

Just now, Chronocidal said:

Probably a dumb thought, but the DYRL issue can't still be related to the "Clash of the Bionoids" release, can it?

Partially, yeah

5 hours ago, ScrambledValkyrie said:

As of Wednesday, Hulu is now (at least partially) absorbed into Disney+. My bet is that this hub is where Macross will appear in the app.

https://www.techradar.com/streaming/hulu-is-now-officially-part-of-disney-plus-heres-what-you-need-to-know

That's been in preview for two months, I think. Not sure if it was available to everyone with a sub, or just some of us.

edit: read the article, was in beta for four months.

I'm debating going to see this, or waiting for it to hit streaming. I'll watch it at some point, just a question of where.

20 minutes ago, sh9000 said:

Exclusive look at The Acolyte after the screening of Star Wars Episode I.

No thank you.

4 hours ago, roboemo said:

I am wondering if somone wanted to change KOTOR.

Like I think exploring Light vs Dark conflict was done in KOTOR 2...and it was one of divisive works.

It was only divisive because it was released unfinished and buggy with a lot of content cut. Obsidian was forced to rush it out the door by LucasArts and Microsoft. Thankfully, the cut content remained on the disc, and years later a fan project was able to fix many of the bugs and restore much of what was incomplete.
 

The story itself is well-loved by the fans.

They're not joking about that being a teaser. Barely a hint of things.

7 minutes ago, azrael said:

House of the Dragon's channel combined the Green and Black trailers. HBO Max's channel split the trailer into "Green"and the "Black" trailers.

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Part of me suspects they'll end the season on the Battle Above Gods Eye. Seems like a good spot to end the season.

 

3 minutes ago, Mog said:

Even though I read what happens in the books. . . Eff the Greens!

😬

Yeah, I chose not to post the Green trailer. Up with the Blacks, down with the Greens.

4 hours ago, azrael said:

No one said this Dark Side-user was, specifically, a Sith.

Totally might not be. But I'm ok if it is. 

Oh, this is good news: apparently, The Acolyte was mostly shot "on location" and not in the Volume. They also are doing a lot of practical effects and puppet work.

I don't really give a good gosh darn what was established in the prequels. And I'd rather Star Wars productions ignored them instead of embraced then.

They want to retcon when Sith were last encountered, more power to them, I say. 👍