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For some reason it reminds me of this Far Side panel
November 27, 2025 at 12:21 AM
For some reason it reminds me of this Far Side panel
Absolutely agree: terrible, terrible SW movie, the worst, but weirdly respectful of C-3PO: the whole structure of the plot is arguably based around him, makes him a valued member of the core “team”, he is amusing for the first time in years. Would have loved to see all that in a better movie…
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Absolutely agree: terrible, terrible SW movie, the worst, but weirdly respectful of C-3PO: the whole structure of the plot is arguably based around him, makes him a valued member of the core “team”, he is amusing for the first time in years. Would have loved to see all that in a better movie…
Strong contender for best Star Wars ranking this year
November 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Strong contender for best Star Wars ranking this year
This stuff has been going on for a while. You know Trump would dress the secret service up in Custodes armour if he could. (Although it would be made of cardboard sprayed gold).
November 26, 2025 at 12:08 PM
This stuff has been going on for a while. You know Trump would dress the secret service up in Custodes armour if he could. (Although it would be made of cardboard sprayed gold).
Go bigger: there’s never been an adaptation of The Honourable Schoolboy, probably because it ends on a downer and you have to have a big budget Vietnam War movie happening in the background. But if you have an infinite budget it’s perfect! Then do it as a massive TV series and cover ALL of Smiley!
November 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Go bigger: there’s never been an adaptation of The Honourable Schoolboy, probably because it ends on a downer and you have to have a big budget Vietnam War movie happening in the background. But if you have an infinite budget it’s perfect! Then do it as a massive TV series and cover ALL of Smiley!
A long form multi season series covering every John le Carre/Nick Harkaway book which features George Smiley, in chronological order. Starts with Call for the Dead set in the early 60s, has the definitive Smiley actor and ages with him, running for over 30 years, with a series every 4-5 years.
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
A long form multi season series covering every John le Carre/Nick Harkaway book which features George Smiley, in chronological order. Starts with Call for the Dead set in the early 60s, has the definitive Smiley actor and ages with him, running for over 30 years, with a series every 4-5 years.
With the obligatory 12 minute Force dream sequence where Luke is trapped in a red curtained room with dancing Ewoks and a floating disembodied Jar Jar Binks head that recites Delphic predictions about the future.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
With the obligatory 12 minute Force dream sequence where Luke is trapped in a red curtained room with dancing Ewoks and a floating disembodied Jar Jar Binks head that recites Delphic predictions about the future.
1987-1999 West End Games RPG Puritan
November 24, 2025 at 6:01 PM
1987-1999 West End Games RPG Puritan
Quite a few Wars, though, to be fair.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Quite a few Wars, though, to be fair.
I like it when people in tv shows call their siblings “bro” or “sis” at the start of every sentence, exactly like people in real life don’t.
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 AM
I like it when people in tv shows call their siblings “bro” or “sis” at the start of every sentence, exactly like people in real life don’t.
Absolutely true. I dislike horror movies, watched hereditary because my partner likes them, disliked hereditary (I know it’s good, but I disliked it) and now all horror movies are like drinking water after doing shots.
November 22, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Absolutely true. I dislike horror movies, watched hereditary because my partner likes them, disliked hereditary (I know it’s good, but I disliked it) and now all horror movies are like drinking water after doing shots.
Someone on here in advance of the meeting said that Trump is a sucker for charismatic people and would just spend the whole meeting nodding & agreeing with him, and holy shit they were right.
Trump essentially defers to powerful people. He’s still impressed to meet a mayor.
Trump essentially defers to powerful people. He’s still impressed to meet a mayor.
November 22, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Someone on here in advance of the meeting said that Trump is a sucker for charismatic people and would just spend the whole meeting nodding & agreeing with him, and holy shit they were right.
Trump essentially defers to powerful people. He’s still impressed to meet a mayor.
Trump essentially defers to powerful people. He’s still impressed to meet a mayor.
I just think “weak Jedi” ≠ “uninteresting Jedi”. I think the opposite is true.
A Jedi who can only block one third of incoming blaster bolts is going to come up with interesting ways to solve problems.
A Jedi who can only block one third of incoming blaster bolts is going to come up with interesting ways to solve problems.
November 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
I just think “weak Jedi” ≠ “uninteresting Jedi”. I think the opposite is true.
A Jedi who can only block one third of incoming blaster bolts is going to come up with interesting ways to solve problems.
A Jedi who can only block one third of incoming blaster bolts is going to come up with interesting ways to solve problems.
My point is it’s more interesting imho if she *doesn’t* get better, and has to learn to accept/deal with that.
It’s a character thing, about accepting who we are, growing as a person within our limits.
The standard SW story is rapid force power growth: doing something different is interesting.
It’s a character thing, about accepting who we are, growing as a person within our limits.
The standard SW story is rapid force power growth: doing something different is interesting.
November 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
My point is it’s more interesting imho if she *doesn’t* get better, and has to learn to accept/deal with that.
It’s a character thing, about accepting who we are, growing as a person within our limits.
The standard SW story is rapid force power growth: doing something different is interesting.
It’s a character thing, about accepting who we are, growing as a person within our limits.
The standard SW story is rapid force power growth: doing something different is interesting.
I liked the idea of her being a *bad* Jedi, one who is really weak in the force.
I kind of hope that (quite interesting) idea continues and is fully developed.
I don’t want to see her force powers blossom: I want to see her character journey in accepting her limitations and finding workarounds.
I kind of hope that (quite interesting) idea continues and is fully developed.
I don’t want to see her force powers blossom: I want to see her character journey in accepting her limitations and finding workarounds.
November 21, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I liked the idea of her being a *bad* Jedi, one who is really weak in the force.
I kind of hope that (quite interesting) idea continues and is fully developed.
I don’t want to see her force powers blossom: I want to see her character journey in accepting her limitations and finding workarounds.
I kind of hope that (quite interesting) idea continues and is fully developed.
I don’t want to see her force powers blossom: I want to see her character journey in accepting her limitations and finding workarounds.
Great miniatures, the Nightmare Legion, they still hold up today.
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Great miniatures, the Nightmare Legion, they still hold up today.
As a kid watching the theatrical edit I grasped that Luke & Biggs had some sort of history, but Biggs was such a fleeting character he really didn’t register. So these scenes don’t really feel like we missed much. Even viewing them doesn’t really make him or his loss particularly meaningful.
November 20, 2025 at 11:36 AM
As a kid watching the theatrical edit I grasped that Luke & Biggs had some sort of history, but Biggs was such a fleeting character he really didn’t register. So these scenes don’t really feel like we missed much. Even viewing them doesn’t really make him or his loss particularly meaningful.
I do think the original theatrical edit (the one that cut these scenes and which had Han shoot first) was a masterpiece of editing. I don’t think these scenes add very much, and they slow the pacing. The Biggs/Luke stuff is the main loss, but it doesn’t really amount to very much imho…
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I do think the original theatrical edit (the one that cut these scenes and which had Han shoot first) was a masterpiece of editing. I don’t think these scenes add very much, and they slow the pacing. The Biggs/Luke stuff is the main loss, but it doesn’t really amount to very much imho…
It’s an interesting idea that’s rather different from my headcanon. I saw the Sith as having made the ultimate Darwinian pact: the Master trains an apprentice to be more lethal than himself, in the expectation they’ll plot to assassinate each other.
This is Master as parasite, feeding on the other
This is Master as parasite, feeding on the other
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 PM
It’s an interesting idea that’s rather different from my headcanon. I saw the Sith as having made the ultimate Darwinian pact: the Master trains an apprentice to be more lethal than himself, in the expectation they’ll plot to assassinate each other.
This is Master as parasite, feeding on the other
This is Master as parasite, feeding on the other
He looks healthy to me
November 17, 2025 at 5:59 PM
He looks healthy to me
It’s harder in 40k because good reviewers don’t read all the books, those who read all the books aren’t good reviewers…
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 AM
It’s harder in 40k because good reviewers don’t read all the books, those who read all the books aren’t good reviewers…
I’m a big believer in the 5/10/70/10/5% rule:
Of any given content:
5% is excellent
10% is good
70% is mediocre
10% is bad
5% is abysmal
40k books are no different. The trick is finding that decent top 15%.
Of any given content:
5% is excellent
10% is good
70% is mediocre
10% is bad
5% is abysmal
40k books are no different. The trick is finding that decent top 15%.
November 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I’m a big believer in the 5/10/70/10/5% rule:
Of any given content:
5% is excellent
10% is good
70% is mediocre
10% is bad
5% is abysmal
40k books are no different. The trick is finding that decent top 15%.
Of any given content:
5% is excellent
10% is good
70% is mediocre
10% is bad
5% is abysmal
40k books are no different. The trick is finding that decent top 15%.
There’s a Gaunt’s Ghosts novel - I think it was “Only in Death” - where Gaunt reminisces with distaste about commissars with whips, and then later the novel describes a commissar whipping guardsmen into action against Daemon forces.
So it’s *probably* not just a kink thing. Probably.
So it’s *probably* not just a kink thing. Probably.
November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
There’s a Gaunt’s Ghosts novel - I think it was “Only in Death” - where Gaunt reminisces with distaste about commissars with whips, and then later the novel describes a commissar whipping guardsmen into action against Daemon forces.
So it’s *probably* not just a kink thing. Probably.
So it’s *probably* not just a kink thing. Probably.
I think there was a class of ancient craftspeople who painted life size statues to a degree of realism not seen until waxworks.
The fairground-bright modern reinterpretations are too simplistic and crude. Yes, those colours were on the statues, but they were base layers.
The fairground-bright modern reinterpretations are too simplistic and crude. Yes, those colours were on the statues, but they were base layers.
November 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I think there was a class of ancient craftspeople who painted life size statues to a degree of realism not seen until waxworks.
The fairground-bright modern reinterpretations are too simplistic and crude. Yes, those colours were on the statues, but they were base layers.
The fairground-bright modern reinterpretations are too simplistic and crude. Yes, those colours were on the statues, but they were base layers.