The "What Are You Thinking About Right Now?" PIP

[Stromboli1]

Australia just ended Djokovic's career there by deporting him, can't go back for 3 years.

[SympathysSilhouette]

27 minutes ago, Stromboli1 said:

 

I think the show is just bad.

 

Also Boba Fett isn't some nice and honorable guy either which is a betrayal to the character.

 

Rumor is that they're creating these shows where they're all connected with one big bad (Thrawn). It'll basically be a cheap rip off of the Thrawn trilogy from the Expanded Universe.

 

Crap version of Thrawn = Thrawn, Ahsoka = Luke, Ezra = Jorrus, Boba = good guy crime lord.

 

But we know next to nothing about Boba based on the original trilogy. Other than being a bounty hunter occasionally used by Darth Vader.

So I don't know how people can claim they KNOW how he would act in this or that situation.

Also, this is the problem with turning a cipher into a real character. He's no longer a faceless man in an armor.

[SympathysSilhouette]

27 minutes ago, Stromboli1 said:

Australia just ended Djokovic's career there by deporting him, can't go back for 3 years.

 

It's just one Grand Slam tournament, it's hardly the end of his career.

 

Also, he could have just gotten vaccinated if he cared that much about competing there.

 

[Stromboli1]

1 hour ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

But we know next to nothing about Boba based on the original trilogy. Other than being a bounty hunter occasionally used by Darth Vader.

So I don't know how people can claim they KNOW how he would act in this or that situation.

Also, this is the problem with turning a cipher into a real character. He's no longer a faceless man in an armor.

 

He had a detailed backstory in the Expanded Universe that was trashed.

[Stromboli1]

1 hour ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

It's just one Grand Slam tournament, it's hardly the end of his career.

 

Also, he could have just gotten vaccinated if he cared that much about competing there.

 

 

I said they ended his career there in Australia at the Open.

[SympathysSilhouette]

3 minutes ago, Stromboli1 said:

 

He had a detailed backstory in the Expanded Universe that was trashed.

 

Disney has said from the start that they do not consider any of the EU as canon!

[SympathysSilhouette]

1 minute ago, Stromboli1 said:

 

I said they ended his career there in Australia at the Open.

 

Right. Well my sympathy for him is still limited. Could have easily competed at the tournament.

[Stromboli1]

Just now, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

Disney has said from the start that they do not consider any of the EU as canon!

 

I know, but they continue to pick bits and pieces from it though.

[SympathysSilhouette]

Just now, Stromboli1 said:

 

I know, but they continue to pick bits and pieces from it though.

 

I think Filoni and Favreau are happy to mine from that stuff when it suits them.

 

There are as many opinions about SW as there are fans.

As an older one, I was of the belief when the prequels were released that Lucas should have instead shot the Thrawn Trilogy.

Still don't think I'm wrong about that.

But the franchise still seems to be doing alright.

[SympathysSilhouette]

Whilst far from perfect, the Thrawn trilogy's writing is honestly better than anything SW related that has been released since the original trilogy (and probably since Empire).

The only thing I might deem an exception is Rogue One (by far the best Disney Star Wars film and this isn't even close).

[Stromboli1]

2 minutes ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

 

I think Filoni and Favreau are happy to mine from that stuff when it suits them.

 

There are as many opinions about SW as there are fans.

As an older one, I was of the belief when the prequels were released that Lucas should have instead shot the Thrawn Trilogy.

Still don't think I'm wrong about that.

But the franchise still seems to be doing alright.

 

I think we could've gotten both in the PT & Thrawn Trilogy if others had directed the PT movies, but no one wanted to. Which in turn burned him out again and ultimately led him to sell it to Disney.

 

I think the franchise has fallen on very hard times.

 

They can't create anything new worth a crap, all the new stuff we're getting is set from PT to the ST. They tried the High Republic stuff which fell flat with most fans.

[Cult Icon]

6 hours ago, Stromboli1 said:

 

She's been in a lot of movies through the years and has those Asian genes where she still looks relatively young.

 

It's so bad it's good.

 

Raul Julia is awesome!

 

Yea, she still looks pretty young for her age.  Raul Julia is a shakespearan actor (did Othello with James Earl Jones/Darth Vader even), and he straight up played the role like he was Richard III.

 

The film got 1 star reviews in the mid-1990s but it looks like those reviewers lacked a sense of humor.  The film ends up being more like a parody, like Austin Powers or Hot Shots.  

[Stromboli1]

This dog looks so happy when it gets its wheels.

 

 

 

[Stromboli1]

If these truly work, no option should be off the table for treatments and especially with people who can't get vaccinated.......... this is bigger than politics, should be other options on the table for everyone.

 

 

 

[SympathysSilhouette]

"People who cannot get vaccinated" are a tiny, tiny group.

 

Also, I don't tend to get my medical advice from the UFC guy and a podcaster.

 

[Stromboli1]

13 minutes ago, SympathysSilhouette said:

"People who cannot get vaccinated" are a tiny, tiny group.

 

 

Let me rephrase my issue cause I should've read my post better.

 

All I'm saying is that no safe option should off the table for EVERYONE, so sick of the politics on both sides of the issue. Give people more options and we're further along through all this stuff.

[SympathysSilhouette]

Well monoclonal antibodies are a very expensive option that will not be attainable for a lot of people, depending on your their insurance status (talking specifically about the U.S.).

[Matt!]

 

[SympathysSilhouette]

Quote

One of the oldest questions in liberal politics is: When are we obliged to follow laws that we believe to be unjust? That’s a relatively easy question for Djokovic — he need not submit himself to Australia’s laws at all. He can play in the Serbia Open, where the prize money is $800,000, rather than in the Australian Open, where the prize money is $55 million. Foreigners should look to obey the laws of the places they visit

 

https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/01/so-long-djoker

 

I mean I can't believe there is a great bit of discussion ongoing about who is in the wrong here. There were ways in which Djokovic could be competing in the Aussie open with no problem whatsoever. The core of the problem is that he thought that the rules which apply to everyone else - including his tennis pro peers - should not apply to him.

[Cult Icon]

 

 

Just get vaccinated.  It's obscene that it was made political.

 

While it doesn't prevent everyone from getting it, at least it prevents serious illness for the majority.  It turns the symptoms to that of a common malady rather than anything that needs hospitalization.

 

People got too relaxed in the fall.  They thought that once they got two shots, that they never had to wear a KN-95 mask or better unless they needed to.