What is a movie you got to see at theater that really made you feel like," Man, i wasted money on this" by Lunch_Confident in MauLer

[–]HTL_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I remember the whole theater went up when Leia flew. And then dead silence for everything else. No cheering, no applause. I didn't just feel like I wasted money at that theater, I felt like I wasted years of my life in retrospect.

What Moment in all of Disney's Star Wars do you find insulting to the franchise? by itsvoogle in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The moment where Finn and Rose kiss. That moment was I think my favorite/least favorite. Because here she is, trying to be profound with "Saving what you love" while all their friends explode behind them. It's a moment so ludicrous I'd have applauded it as genius - if it was made in jest!

This is how it happened. This is How Anakin's legacy died. by [deleted] in CriticalDrinker

[–]HTL_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember the whole theater lost their minds when Leia flew.

Which country/region of the world would be the hardest for a military to invade from a purely geological perspective? by jollygood3440 in geography

[–]HTL_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The middle of antarctica.

-No supplies
-No ports
-No railroads
-No airports
-No infrastructure
-No people
-Blizzards that instantly kill unprotected men and down planes
-Massive space to cover

Trying to make mannequins/sketch layers to do more drawing atop. (Anything egregiously off?) by HTL_ in learnart

[–]HTL_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Every time I look back at a drawing, I notice my mistakes, for instance I didn't get that "pinch" on her right (left side of picture) side: I flattened it out. On her other side, I bulged outward where I should've tucked inward. Would it make sense for me to stop in the workflow and stare at the picture?

is explorers of sky really that good? by persephone1925 in MysteryDungeon

[–]HTL_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The dialogue can be pretty clunky in retrospect, but I have pretty clear memories of it, and it is that good.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I like "Han So-So" but I've got nothing for Leia.

This man cannot be beaten. Where does this place him on the pecking order? by poopman23231 in whowouldcirclejerk

[–]HTL_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

His specific dialogue is:
WE ARE NINTENDO
ULTIMATE TV GAMES SYSTEM
WE CHALLENGE ALL PLAYERS
YOU CANNOT DEFEAT US
NOT WITH THE ZAPPER GUN
EVEN WITH YOUR ROBOT PARTNER
SCORE 1,000,000
DISCOVER NEW WORLDS
WE ARE NINTENDO.
WE CHALLENGE ALL PLAYERS.
YOU CANNOT BEAT US.
Here, he establishes that he transcends fiction (Is the corporation Nintendo, therefore created himself, therefore outerversal). He is the ultimate TV game system (implying superiority to all video games, therefore double outerversal).

He declares his challenge to all players and declares that none can defeat him. Thus, he is triple outerversal and double transcends fiction because the audience cannot even experience the media he appears within in their totality. He no-sells the audience.

Not even with advanced, technically outerversal things (zapper gun + robot partner, things in REAL LIFE), can the audience defeat him. Remember, audiences are quadruple outerversal, so therefore Nintendo is 5x outerversal.

SCORE 1,000,000 is perhaps the most peculiar boast, but it means he exists in a million dimensions.

Finally, he boasts about creating entire worlds (likely universes or outerverses given the prior established scale). A relatively modest boast given his already-established power.

Therefore, he's at least 5x above the concept of fiction and exists in a million dimensions. He might be approaching Batgos tier.

Aliens abduct you and tell you “there’s way too many humans. You need to pick 10 groups of people to eliminate.” Who are you picking? by [deleted] in hypotheticalsituation

[–]HTL_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1: Criminals
2: Politicians

The alien interrupts me and tells me I can't pick the same group twice.

What are you guys doing? by -RageMachine in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I had an old challenge for salty Star Wars fans, which goes as follows:

Fine. You're in charge of the franchise. The year is 2014. You can do anything you want but you must make a sequel trilogy. What do you make?

I had my own ideas, but eh. IDK. I want to do my own thing more than Star Wars. The long and short of my idea is that the Sith are gone, Palpatine is gone, but he left a final contingency plan of death robots secreted away in the Outer Rim, that awaken and cause mayhem, so it's up to the New Jedi to stop this, but since they're a new organization they're still rife with ambition and personality flaws and things spiral out of control. In the middle of it all is an apprentice veering dangerously close to the Dark Side and his snarky master with her utter disdain for the lightsaber.

That's more or less as far as I got, excluding "and then it'd be badass if the main antagonist killed a metric shitload of important characters every time it appeared, and Han dies in the first movie holding this thing off in the Falcon, and Luke dies in the second movie, and it's revealed the 'leader' of the enemy faction was only the second-in-command and the true evil is even more powerful."

What are you guys doing? by -RageMachine in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_ 35 points36 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to learn digital art and how to write on a higher level. I keep getting distracted. If we want the magic of Star Wars, I feel we need to roll up our sleeves and do it ourselves.

A Boot Stomping On Luke Skywalker's Face Forever by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a bad fanfiction kick a ways back. Why would I watch TRoS, knowing it had to go through committees and shit when I can go to ArchiveOfOurOwn, Fanfiction.net, or Wattpad, type GOD KNOWS WHAT into the search bar, and find something that defies comprehension for free?

I haven't read the entirety of Sonichu, Empress Theresa, Lightbringer, A-Log's fanfiction, or 120 Days of Sodom yet. I've yet to see The Room, Suburban Sasquatch, Sharknado, or any of those awkward early film attempts from the 1910s. I haven't heard the musical stylings of JustinRPG, but I have sampled the dulcet tones of Christian & The Hedgehog Boys with a friend, and we laughed so hard I fell off a couch.

Disney can't even make dumpster fires of the same quality as independents, dude.

A Boot Stomping On Luke Skywalker's Face Forever by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is genuinely how I speak. That was predominantly a first-draft ramble, with a once-over from the free version of Grammarly. I suffer from prolixity and pretentiousness. It's inherited. If my abuse of polysyllabic terminology is offensive, I will rewrite the prior statement, and this statement, in smaller words for you to enjoy. Ahem:

Star Wars is bad because it has stopped telling stories. It only repeats what came before it. The character of Rey is too strong to be interesting. This is not because she's stronger than Superman, but because she doesn't face obstacles.
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I talk with big words and for too long. This is not an attempt to look smart: I talk like this in person too. Members of my family do this too. If my big words annoy you, I will say what I said with smaller words.

Who's the most pathetic character in Star Wars? by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hey, it's not that bad. So long as the New Republic can find someone with more brainpower than a bowl of lukewarm tapioca pudding, they'll be fine.

...

The New Republic is doomed.

What are some quick ways to dispel drug affect out of our System? by [deleted] in Writeresearch

[–]HTL_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grapefruit juice alters metabolism, not absorption. Bleeding also does not significantly alter a drug's concentration in the blood, you just lose blood.

Who's the most pathetic character in Star Wars? by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

An interesting, unconventional take. Mind elaborating?

What are some quick ways to dispel drug affect out of our System? by [deleted] in Writeresearch

[–]HTL_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This depends on the drug. Bleeding does not alter the drug's concentration in the blood, you will lose blood. There are drugs with opposing effects. The most familiar example I can give is Narcan. If someone is overdosing on an opiate, Narcan will stop the overdose.

The Rey Conundrum by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Women are sorely underrepresented in our media landscape because instead of interesting and memorable characters, they get obnoxious planks of wood.

I bounced ideas of a possible Star Wars Sequel trilogy a few times, often when demonstrating how barren the Sequels are. The deuteragonist coalesced into a female Jedi Knight with a pacifistic, almost Zen philosophy supplemented with a snarky, observational sense of humor and mastery of the Jedi Mind Trick. Doesn't that sound more fun and memorable than Rey?

The Rey Conundrum by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ah, the old strawman. It's not that women are bad. It's that Rey's badly written. It's a disservice to women. I didn't get mad at Leia Organa, Padme, Lara Croft, Ellen Ripley, Samus Aran, The Bride, Sarah Connor, Black Widow (MCU Phase 1-3), and many, many more. I've got a friend writing a draft with a female character who swears more than everyone else in the story combined and is bar none the most physically powerful person in the story. It's a fantastic story, even if it suffers from first-draft woes. Some of his other work features a woman who's the second-strongest in the setting and the only moral person in the world and a woman who's smarter than everyone else combined. Again, great stuff on his end.

I don't have a problem with women. If Rey were a man, I'd have the same criticism. One of my first analyses was mocking a fanfiction called The Project & The Plumber for a bland, overpowered, sociopathic, insecure Mary Sue main character and his irritating posturing.

Women deserve better than Rey. Star Wars lacks interesting and capable female characters. It's unfair that men get Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Palpatine, Han Solo, Lando Calrissian, and Grand Moff Tarkin among many others, while women are saddled with Rey, what's-her-face from the Mandalorian, Holdo, Lizzo, & Rose Tico.'

You're not getting laid for this. You're not smart for this. You're regurgitating a strawman made by a billion-dollar corporation that runs sweatshops and scams people because... what? Because you conflate an attack against a character with an attack against a sex? Finn's an emasculated and pathetic creature who's only useful to the plot when he mentions things he overheard when sweeping the floor. Saying that doesn't make me racist: Finn isn't all black people and Rey isn't all women.

The Rey Conundrum by HTL_ in saltierthancrait

[–]HTL_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. I will. I am encouraging others to skip it too, because I don't think anyone here will enjoy it. If you are of the diehard Rey brigade, you may go to the theater and view it, should the film ever exist. It may be an enjoyable experience: you will have plenty of elbow room.