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Postby UrsusArctos » Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:05 pm

Hope that doesn't lead to another sugar-for-fat substitution scheme...
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Postby Dataprime » Fri Nov 08, 2013 10:34 am

With pre-production in full-swing, a confirmed release date has been set for Lucasfilm's highly anticipated Star Wars: Episode VII.

Star Wars Episode VII Hits Theaters December 18, 2015

[url]http://starwars.com/news/star-wars-episode-vii-to-open-december-18-2015.html[/url]

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Postby Nuclear Lunchbox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:00 pm

Even if this movie looks like it's going to suck, I'm going to go see it anyway so that I can complain about just how much it sucked. It will also have the upside of that if I go in expecting shit and it turns out to be amazing, I can fanboy over it later.
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Postby Mr. Tines » Fri Nov 08, 2013 1:42 pm

And we still don't have a date for FINAL...
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Postby Nuclear Lunchbox » Fri Nov 08, 2013 3:44 pm

Hopefully we'll get one within the month, even if it's just a general year. Stay strong!
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Postby UrsusArctos » Fri Nov 08, 2013 8:24 pm

The only remotely good thing about it is that Lawrence Kasdan is back on the project. Otherwise...I have a very poor impression of it.
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Postby Bagheera » Sat Nov 09, 2013 2:07 am

View Original PostUrsusArctos wrote:The only remotely good thing about it is that Lawrence Kasdan is back on the project. Otherwise...I have a very poor impression of it.


It's Abrams, so of course it will be vapid and empty. But it should at least sound nice, since Williams is back doing the score. And with Kasdan, who knows? Maybe we'll be surprised. I'm not holding my breath, since Abrams is both directing and producing, but I've been wrong before.
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Postby Stryker » Sat Nov 09, 2013 9:13 am

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Postby UrsusArctos » Sat Nov 09, 2013 10:45 am



Even "The Writer" would do a better job than the average Hollywood idiot! (That and the Turkish Chess Player are astounding. I never dreamt such things really existed!)
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Postby Ornette » Sat Nov 09, 2013 12:58 pm

View Original PostUrsusArctos wrote:(That and the Turkish Chess Player are astounding. I never dreamt such things really existed!)

You mean that there was some guy in the box controlling it all while all the gadgets in front just made it look like an automaton?
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Postby UrsusArctos » Sat Nov 09, 2013 1:13 pm

View Original PostOrnette wrote:You mean that there was some guy in the box controlling it all while all the gadgets in front just made it look like an automaton?


I found out about the Turkish Chess Player being a fraud only afterwards - the BBC program never explained how it worked, and no wonder why. To be fair, the mechanical arm at least was real.

There's the "Draftsman", which is like the Writer and capable of drawing 4 pre-programmed pictures. And unlike the Chess Player, it's completely genuine.
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Postby Monk Ed » Sun Nov 10, 2013 8:06 pm

Conservative white man wins election in heavily black neighborhood by pretending to be black.

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Postby drinian » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:30 pm



It does seem pretty trollish that he basically did the equivalent of a movie producer finding a random person named Roger Ebert to endorse their film.

What would be interesting would be seeing how his political views actually line up...
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Postby Bagheera » Sun Nov 10, 2013 9:47 pm

View Original Postdrinian wrote:It does seem pretty trollish that he basically did the equivalent of a movie producer finding a random person named Roger Ebert to endorse their film.

What would be interesting would be seeing how his political views actually line up...


If people are gonna vote without even getting a look at the guy I say they got what they deserve. I mean seriously . . .
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Postby UrsusArctos » Mon Nov 11, 2013 1:34 am

This is probably symptomatic of how low politics can get - but then again, I've seen plenty of stuff like this happening (upper-caste candidates pretending to be lower-caste to gain lower-caste votes). Nothing particularly new - except that in this case the candidate's ethnicity should've been obvious.
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Postby Tribblepoo » Mon Nov 11, 2013 9:43 am



Ladies and gentlemen, I submit The Distinguished Gentleman
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Postby Chuckman » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:23 pm

New Mexico can't stop shoving things up people's asses.
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Postby Omegagouki » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:41 pm



:facepalm: Way to go, state of my origin and residence. :irked:
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Postby Chuckman » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:43 pm

Use your goddamn blinker son.
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Postby Omegagouki » Mon Nov 11, 2013 6:48 pm

View Original PostChuckman wrote:Use your goddamn blinker son.


Thankfully, I can't dri-- ...wait, what's this?!

article wrote:They were then taken to Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City, New Mexico, where doctors performed a full battery of invasive medical procedures.


AND IN MY GODDAMN TOWN, TOO?! :fistshake:
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