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    Agreed, which is actually part of the reason why I like TLJ more than TFA, now that I think about it. TFA and Rogue One were unabashed nostalgia trips, whereas TLJ isn't as concerned about restarting the Rebels vs Empire... thing. It just uses that as a necessary backdrop to explore other interesting subjects. What are the editing and effects changes? I'll be honest, I looked up a couple clips of this show just because I wanted to see what they did with Maul, and his brother(?)'s lackluster lightsaber handling made me dismiss the show then and there. Impossible? Only a Sith deals in absolutes... Oh, I dunno, I've heard the KOTOR games praised to high heaven, and they're now non-canon. And I remember the old Young Jedi Knights series and having a major crush on... who was it? Tenel Ka? Something like that? Isn't it the case that the "new canon" literally only consists of the movies and the Clone Wars show? So any tech that gets explained in supplementary materials, even if it's produced after Disney bought the rights, is only "pseudo-canon" at best? I dunno, the ins and outs of Star Wars canon is arcane and dumb.
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    Hasegawa VF-31

    kajnrig replied to seti88's topic in Model kits

    Oh cool, I thought only Bandai was coming out with an anniversary -31. I'm glad I didn't bother forking out for that version.
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    Speaking of RotJ, what has the general impression of RotJ been like since it released? Speaking only for myself, I remember liking it just a little bit less than ESB, but I haven't watched any of the OT more than... probably three times? Which is sadly less than I can say for Phantom Menace, which I have to have seen over a dozen times now. A rough tally would go something like: Episode 1: 10+ Episode 4/6: 3 Episode 5/8: 2 Episode 2/3/7: 1
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    This showed up in my feed today. I've said before I'm not a big fan of Moviebob, but I know some people here are, and sharing his videos seems to have made Google think I'm among them. Oh well, here's food for thought. Also there's this guy, Folding Ideas, whose higher-production videos I like quite a bit. "So what did you think? ...doesn't matter. I liked it." *snort*
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    On the other hand, if you're going to not bother entertaining anyone anyway - so you've just X'ed out the story checkmark whole - you may as well look at the rest of what you've got and knock some of those off, no? If diversity has to be forced - assuming that it isn't and doesn't have to be - it may as well be done so in order to make the industry healthier than not. It's not like diversity can't apply to the cardboard cutout roles, too. I mean, I happen to think the casting was fine and that TLJ was entertaining and that TFA was actually the disappointing one, so... eh. Either way, I don't think anyone's going to argue that diversity is BAD for the industry.
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    I hate BoJack Horseman, but I also love it. It doesn't get enough credit for how clever its jokes are, and its poignant moments are also a bit too real. There's an episode that takes place completely underwater, and at the emotional climax of the episode there's a crowd of angler fish photographers, and what are they using for camera flashes? Their glowing fishing rods. I finally caught up on Black Mirror last night. All around great series, the comparisons to Twilight Zone are totally apt. That said, I went in expecting each episode to be completely standalone, and yet it's clear that there's the show takes place in a single cohesive universe, with each episode being separate stories from separate times within that universe. I dig it quite a lot.
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    This would be a godsend as, knowing my skill or lack thereof, I'd end up messing up and spending like four of these on a single kit.
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    Whoops, my fault. If it didn't even touch Australian soil, then that is a cause for concern. Has there been a status update since? I've had some packages list when it goes into customs (Inbound Into Customs), though not all the time. Sometimes there won't be a scan at all until the package gets into the sorting facility. This is using the USPS tracking system, of course. If I'm tracking the same package on Japan Post, it does as you say.
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    Ewok tartare sounds awful. I'm imagining it as just ground squirrel, with chunks of bone and other bits mixed in because they just threw the whole thing into the grinder, didn't bother butchering it properly...
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    Woops, knew I'd get that one wrong as I wrote it. Even better.
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    By TWINE do you mean The World Ends With You (TWEWY)? The Switch library easily looks strongest out of all of the three consoles, and it's only a couple years old.
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    THANK YOU. SO MUCH.
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    I reeaaalllly hated the comedy. It's bad enough because it's out of step with Star Wars, but it's also just so... same-y. There's too much Guardians of the Galaxy in it. It's the same criticism I have of Thor: Ragnarok and a bunch of other recent Marvel films. I remember that scene being confusing at first, too, because she suddenly starts narrating it, but eventually it becomes apparent that the narration is her talking to Kylo Ren at a later time. The scene is clearly taking inspiration from ESB's equally-confusing "only what you take with you" sequence. Rey goes to the island searching for her place in all this. She wants the Jedi to help her, the Sith, the Rebels, even Kylo Ren. When she asks the mirror who her parents are, she's not asking for JUST her parents; she wants some sort of sign that there is someone to support her. The mirror shows her instead her greatest fear - that she has no such support system; she is the only thing she can rely on. ...which is a partial truth, if you want to get philosophical about it. But it's also an exaggeration because that place is strong in the dark side of the Force. Of course it would only show her the bleakest truths about herself. So she's "seduced" by it, she believes that it's the truth, and she seeks out Kylo Ren. When he offers her companionship - "you're not alone" - she's in too compromised a mental state to deny it. But I mean, that's a sympathetic and reaching interpretation of that scene. On its face, it's more than a bit obtuse. I was similarly confused by the similar ESB scene, but that one is a bit more blunt in its symbolism, and dare I say it it's more poetic. Apparently there was a scene cut from the final edit of the movie where he teaches her the last of the three lessons.
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    Brother started bingeing FMA:Brotherhood. Seems pretty good, all things considered. Definitely better than I suspected, and definitely better than the original FMA when I watched it, but a bit too long for me to invest right now. I still haven't washed out the stink of seasons-long anime from The Trio of Shounen Anime. EDIT: Has anyone seen Miss Hokusai? I bought the collector's box during the All the Anime sale, and I'll be checking it out soon as it comes in. I'm fairly certain I'll enjoy it.
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    Man, someone is super super salty about Star Wars.
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    No, unfortunately. They've released weapons sets and photo-etch parts for both the 1/72 and 1/48 VF-1, a photo-etch set for the 1/48 YF-19, and various (discontinued) weapons sets for their real-world aircraft models (organized into US and Russian sets, I think).
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    I'll be getting this on PS4, but it's still great to see it coming out.
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    I've had USPS move a package back and forth between Madison, WI, and its Chicago facility for about two weeks before finally finding its way to the local post office and to me. The reason? Simple human error. The people working in the Madison sorting facility just couldn't read the shipping label correctly, consistently mistaking the origin address for the destination and vice versa. So... It could be that. Maybe contact the USPS, see if they could help with any info about it at all.
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    Following up on this... ...I bring you this. Short version:
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    I didn't, mainly because of the constantly reused animation. (It's comparable to Seed in that respect... and others...) My sister liked it, but I quickly stopped paying attention somewhere around the time the pilots left Earth.
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    I gotta say, these last few pages have been cathartic.
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    Finished a couple days ago. Some thoughts (in spoilers just in case people still haven't seen it):
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    Realizing this made me giggle.
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    Include Super parts so she can go broken-hearted crazy on the cockroaches roaming around your house.
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    The whole movie is pretty meta. Almost obnoxiously so.
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