Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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I am ready for more Star Wars.

You might be waiting until the Reagan defense plan gets picked up again.
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GORDON wrote:That's the last second of the vid.

I meant 1:47. Sorry.




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Let me know when you watch it again Gordon. It specifically addresses something you were talking about in the trailer for the new film.
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Well, it looks like the game will have lots of battles from the original trilogy, according to the trailer, so there's no problem with Boba Fett appearing. I mean seriously, if he is going to be back for the new movies, will he still be badass at the age of 80? Wasn't he a little older than Han Solo? Maybe the cloning process extended his lifespan because he had to take lots of drugs to make his cells better.
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You know when Boba Fett appears? That's when I told you to watch, but not to see Fett...

Keep looking. It's really quick.
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Ahhhh, back there.
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No clue on how it comes down though.
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Hey, old people:
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So if there's no interest in trout, and no interest in snowspeeders, what the hell else is left?

Fortunately, my kid loves sci-fi even if Star Wars isn't his fave. I'm a good parent.
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GORDON wrote:So if there's no interest in trout, and no interest in snowspeeders, what the hell else is left?
Probably things you are not equipped to understand nor value. Parents never are. It's the necessary corollary to the comic.
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I remember all the crap about Teletubbies and at the time I had a toddler stepdaughter. So me and her mother decided we should sit down and watch it and see what all the fuss was about.

After about 10 minutes I looked at the wife and said, "I don't think they're trying to make our kids gay. I think they're trying to make them stupid."
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I fucking love star wars AND fishing.



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No kidding. I've heard the "your kid will never like the same stuff you do on principle" stuff before, and so far it's usually been wrong.

My dad liked rock music, I like rock music and still have some of the same albums he listened to on a thumb drive in my truck. I like scifi and gaming and nerd stuff, and my kid likes sci fi and gaming and nerd stuff.

I understand there can be a shift in the stylistic taste of things... compared to The Avengers, Star Wars Ep 4 actually is slower paced and a little more cerebral, relatively. SW broke the mold in 1977, but it is a little dated in 2015. I get that.

But not everybody hates their Dad and everything he stood for. It's unfortunate if one does, and a failure on his part.
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Some people are fueled by idolatry, others by contrarianism.
It's unfortunate if one does, and a failure on his part.

Bah. Bullshit. Some dads are assholes with nice kids, some asshole kids have nice dads.




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A good Dad doesn't kill the puppy because it shit on the floor, he corrects the puppy. If the puppy grows up and still shits on the floor, then you kill it.

That's just good parenting.
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