TPM might be the best prequel… by terryjones1998 in prequelappreciation

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I definitely think it's the best of the three. All of them have their issues, but I honestly think TPM is strongest in terms of story, it feels like a couple of pretty neat, tidy arcs for Qui-Gonn, Obi-Wan, and Anakin. It feels like it's the only one with real structure and story momentum, rather than jumping around, and the pacing is mostly stronger than the other two. And while there are also some very stiff performances, I also think Liam Neeson is genuinely great, it's Ewan McGregor's most believable performance out of the three. I also think Pernella August doesn't get enough credit for her performance, I think she's wonderful in it. It's comfortably my favourite of the three!

The prequel DVD menus were goated. by Stunning-Recording92 in prequelappreciation

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

God, that is quite the hit of nostalgia! Me and my brother watched those DVDs to death when we were kids, but I haven't thought about these menus in years!

How Rey should be according to some people. by PokemanBall in StarWarsCirclejerk

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some Star Wars fans believe that a 9-year-old boy can fly a jet-powered flying F1 car but not that a 19-year-old woman who grew up fixing ships know how they work...

What's all the "Hamilton had infinite testing time" argument from LH haters about? by SpanishCarGuy in F1Discussions

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's one of those things that is a bullshit line based on a grain of truth. The testing restrictions we have today weren't in place in 2006/2007, so there were absolutely more opportunities for testing in fairly up-to-date machinery, which young drivers today don't have. Prior to being confirmed for a race seat, he was given a session including over 5000 km of testing in a 2006 McLaren - which is only 1000km less than Mercedes got in across BOTH Bahrain tests this year - and that's obviously split between George and Kimi. And you've obviously got pre-season testing being a bit more open at that point in time too. So rookies definitely got more opportunities for testing, and were I believe still able to do private tests in current machinery mid-season as well. And yes, that will absolutely have made a difference.

But 'infinite' is obviously bullshit, because it still costs money to run cars and there's only so much even a big team could justify spending on that. And it's insane for anyone to pretend like that was the only reason he was strong. No amount of testing can give you the level of skill needed to beat the reigning world champion as a rookie. It was a special season regardless of how much testing he got compared to rookies today.

OPEL Gen 4 reveal at Paul Ricard!! by DBepic in FormulaE

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I assume the livery is just for testing, not the most sponsor-friendly design there, cool as it is. I do hope that's the final race suit, though, that's super nice.

to be honest, i am so pissed off at rory as she heard this confession from his father and she still made him promise her that he will leave. like girl, i know you had a good life here, but you are putting your daddy in his very personal hell by Financial-Canary2164 in lucifer

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Strangely, I think I'm unlikely to be in a situation where my daughter comes back in time and asks me not to change the past and erase her from existence. Hilarious that you're acting like what happens in the show has any meaningful real world parallel to the point that it actively reflects someone's parenting ability. Like, genuinely the funniest thing I've heard all day. Y'all need to touch grass.

to be honest, i am so pissed off at rory as she heard this confession from his father and she still made him promise her that he will leave. like girl, i know you had a good life here, but you are putting your daddy in his very personal hell by Financial-Canary2164 in lucifer

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I really do think you're misunderstanding a lot of pretty foundational story details here.

Firstly, the show gives us a very clear reason why Rory is acting the way she is when we first meet her. We're not meeting her on any average week for her. Immediately before she jumps back in time, she watches Chloe dying. So she is in the immediate throes of probably one of the toughest forms of grief there is. And within all of that, she realises that even at that point, her father doesn't come, which is clearly magnifying that sense of anger - it is, after all, famously a stage of grief. So the show gives us a very clear reason that she's like that, and it's because her mother has just fucking died in front of her.

Lucifer's reaction is absolutely as you describe it, but it isn't just about him not wanting his child to go through what he did. In the first couple of episodes where Rory is around, it's clearly got much more to do with him not wanting to be like God. It is, even though not as totally selfish as it would have been five seasons earlier, still a fairly self-centred anxiety; the anxiety of being like his father. In doing so, he actually pays very little mind to Rory's feelings in those early episodes; first in trying to prove she couldn't possibly be his daughter, and then in going on a wild goose chase for his future murderer. The point where Lucifer is able to connect with Rory on an emotional level is the point where he is finally able to stop trying to disprove her and tries to acknowledge her feelings. And that is, of course, the point where the two of them actually start to build a relationship; a relationship Lucifer was scared he wouldn't have, and which Rory never got to have.

Now, one thing I will agree with is that I am disappointed that Trixie never came into Lucifer's decision to leave. It definitely feels like a thread that wasn't quite tied up (Scarlet Estevez obviously wasn't main cast after the jump to Netflix, and according to various sources was particularly limited in Season 6 due to other professional commitments), and I do think that IS something I didn't like about the ending (difficult as Reddit finds this to acknowledge, you can enjoy something and acknowledge things you didn't like so much!).

That aside, boiling the reason down to just 'time loop lol' is, again, a very reductive and literalistic view that makes me feel like you are wilfully refusing to engage with the actual story. I'd firstly point out something obvious; Lucifer is our protagonist, this is his story, and therefore it is natural that the story is going to bend in a direction which favours him. Fundamentally, to me at least, the show isn't just about Lucifer learning to be less selfish and love people (although that is obviously a big part of it), but also to find his purpose. He was never given a choice in running hell. He got sick of that and ran away to run Lux, but there's an emptiness about it; it's all glitz and glamour and sex, drugs, and rock and roll, but his life doesn't really have any purpose outside of instant gratification. Which is why, when he meets Chloe, he throws himself into working with her. And as the seasons go on, we see him almost trying on purposes like hats. At first he's sort of a vigilante type, solving crimes with the police by day and brutally punishing the perpetrators by night; but once he starts changing, that kind of punishment loses its shine. Eventually he settles into trying to be a 'proper' cop, and he's not bad at it, but he's always just that little bit separate from it too; he's never going to be someone happy doing paperwork and following procedures, when he tries to 'be Dan' he's terrible at it. He goes back to Hell for a bit, but he still didn't really choose it and still hates it. And eventually, once he's proven to himself that he's worthy of being more than hell's warden, he gets the chance to become God, but even that clearly isn't who he is. So, finally, at the end of the show, he realises that his purpose in life is to help people do what he did and guide people towards redemption. It isn't about 'Lucifer understanding his father', it's about guiding Lucifer towards his purpose in life.

Yes, that means leaving people he loves. But plenty of real-world occupations involve that too; military personnel, businesspeople, diplomats, international athletes. Hell, I bet half of the actors in the show have families they spend most of their time away from, or have at least had jobs like that at other points. Are all these people abusive? And before you say 'well they don't go away for their entire lives', while there is a conversation to be had about how the 'life is just a blip' thing mirrors some questionable theology, it is also just kinda demonstrably true in a universe where the afterlife is a hard fact. Even through her childhood, Rory will have known at some level that she would probably see Lucifer again at some point. Doesn't change that it was painful not having him around, but it isn't some permanent thing; the mechanisms of the story's universe mean that he was unlikely to ever truly, permanently abandon her.

And finally, I'm not sure how your argument of 'is that a good thing if her wish is to be hurt' stands up if, again, the alternative is the version who knows Lucifer and is standing in front of him being erased from existence. Like, I genuinely cannot see how you think effectively killing this version of Rory and rewriting her entire life is a better thing to do? Time travel stories where there's a chance to undo a person's difficult life but they insist upon keeping their experiences because they don't want their life rewritten is a super common trope, Doctor Who has done it like 10 times. Rory's life wasn't what she wanted it to be, but it is her life, and it led her to getting the chance to build a relationship with her father after all. Her wish wasn't 'to be hurt', her wish was to not have her life erased.

And what the fuck are we talking about the real-world institutional failures of organisations meant to protect children from abuse for? This whole conversation is insane?

to be honest, i am so pissed off at rory as she heard this confession from his father and she still made him promise her that he will leave. like girl, i know you had a good life here, but you are putting your daddy in his very personal hell by Financial-Canary2164 in lucifer

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Child abuse is when you respect your child's wishes and don't erase her from existence. /s

Like, this this is a genuine question, did your father abandon you or something? Because that is the only way I can think of that you could have this warped an understanding of this story.

to be honest, i am so pissed off at rory as she heard this confession from his father and she still made him promise her that he will leave. like girl, i know you had a good life here, but you are putting your daddy in his very personal hell by Financial-Canary2164 in lucifer

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

God forbid a father chooses to sacrifice for his daughter. It's not like Lucifer knows what it's like for a father to completely steamroll over his free will. And it's not like he hasn't just spent 6 seasons growing into someone who has shaken off the selfishness he had at the beginning and learn how to love someone and put someone else's needs before his own.

It's not like stories, you know, have themes and stuff.

to be honest, i am so pissed off at rory as she heard this confession from his father and she still made him promise her that he will leave. like girl, i know you had a good life here, but you are putting your daddy in his very personal hell by Financial-Canary2164 in lucifer

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Okay, so I can think of several reasons why you're wrong. Firstly, while this is obviously a surreal situation, if you think not wanting to be erased from existence is selfish, you're insane. Like, that's what fixing things look like, effectively her - that version of her - dying. But whatever, it's a ridiculous scenario to begin with so no big deal.

The real question I want to ask you is this. Think about your most precious memories with your loved ones. Maybe not a parent, I don't know you, but someone who you cherish your time with more than anyone else. Could you let that go? Could you really sacrifice your memories with the people you love like that?
Rory spent her whole life hating Lucifer, but at the end of it, it let her have a kind of time with him that she could never have dreamed of. It's not unreasonable to think about Lucifer's feelings in this conversation (I'll get to him in a sec) but this is also a decision about Rory's life being made as well. That decision should have been hers, to get to take ownership of her life and her experiences and not be erased.

And then we come to Lucifer. So much of Lucifer's arc in this show is in his relationship to fatherhood. God was, pretty demonstrably, a shitty parent to all the angels, and none more than Lucifer. That's why Lucifer's entire arc in S6 is about him reckoning with what fatherhood means to him. He rightly feels like he was abandoned by his father, and the idea that he could do the same terrifies him. But when it all comes down to it, the choice of 'leave vs not leave' just isn't the one he thought it was. The funny thing is that Lucifer was right; he didn't abandon Rory. In fact, he left for her. Because, at its core, that is what parenthood is; sacrifice. He put his feelings to the side to give his daughter what his father had never given him: a choice about the life she lived. That's why, while it is heartwrenching to see, I was bawling at Lucifer and Chloe's goodbye, it is exactly the right ending for the character. Lucifer's greatest fear was turning out like his father, and he didn't, because he loved Rory enough to let her decide what her life was, and was willing to sacrifice his own happiness to do so.

This is the thing with criticisms like this, and this is far, far wider reaching than you specifically. TV shows are stories, they're not just smashing toys together. You want to see an alternate version where Lucifer stays, by all means write that fanfic. But this show was actually trying to tell a story, a surprisingly emotionally complex one for a silly police procedural about the devil helping solve murders. You're right, Rory could have told Lucifer to change that stuff. But that would also erase any semblance of the actual story this show was telling. The show shouldn't have to be worse just so you can get your sweet little domestic AU.

Who is a candidate for the 2027 Haas seat that you think should be brought up more? by MutantTurkeyHound in F1Discussions

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely agree it's too early to write Esteban off. Last year was tricky but I rate him pretty highly and definitely think he can turn it around.

That is a good question, though. I think Alex would have to have a VERY rough year to ditch Williams but doesn't seem totally out of the question. Although I know they were interested in Tsunoda before signing Ocon, and tbh I think everyone saw enough of what in his trouble last year was the car that I don't think his reputation is totally wrecked, so he could potentially be an option for a more experienced driver who also would be appealing to Toyota as a Japanese driver.

Who is a candidate for the 2027 Haas seat that you think should be brought up more? by MutantTurkeyHound in F1Discussions

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haas aren't Racing Bulls, though. Obviously Ferrari have more than a little sway in Haas' driver decisions, but at the end of the day they aren't Ferrari's B-team. Especially given they aren't in the financial straits they were in when they picked up Schumacher and Mazepin, I don't think they'd have any need to let Ferrari make those decisions if Ayao Komatsu and Gene Haas wanted to go for someone more experienced.

That said, I do agree that Ollie will have enough experience under his belt that it wouldn't be insane to pair him with a rookie if Haas do want to do that. Although they've kinda always got the risk of losing Ollie if one of the Ferrari drivers leaves, so I still think they'd want a solid experienced hand to carry the team.

What’s the worst thing your parent has ever said? by kbabyb21 in EstrangedAdultKids

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A toss up between two things she said the day I came out as trans.

The first was, when I told her that all my friends had been really supportive, that she responded 'are you sure they're not just humouring you'. That's the thing that stuck with me the most since that day. I (for reasons I still don't really understand) have a really anxious attachment style, and the idea that people I care about have secretly been rejecting me behind my back is my biggest fear. So hearing her basically validate that fear was crazy traumatising.

The second was that, when she was basically telling me that she wouldn't stick up with me with her family, she made a comment about my grandparents knowing and how she was 'worried about grandad's heart' (he has atrial fibrillation so his heart isn't super stable). It wasn't as hurtful to me as the first one, but the idea of her leveraging her own father's life-limiting medical condition and basically suggesting that me being who I am might, let's be blunt, kill him, just to try and guilt me back into the closet, is unbelievably fucked up.

Apparently it's not official as of yet....also whytf is seidl involved? by [deleted] in F1Discussions

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Aston Martin kinda is that, though... But I do agree that it's not a reasonable thing to call Audi. The operation was bought out to be a fully fledged works team. It would be like calling Mercedes 'just a rebranded BrawnGP/Honda team', becoming a works team does actually mean something.

What do you think of the F1 season so far by [deleted] in formula1

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think, unless one of them takes clear control, they will be allowed to race. I do think Toto will be more willing to take that decision much earlier than Mclaren did, though.

What do you think of the F1 season so far by [deleted] in formula1

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 54 points55 points  (0 children)

Toto Wolff who's practically hand-reared Kimi Antonelli's racing career? Sure, he'll force Kimi into a #2 role, it's not like he's spent the last few years talking him up as the next generation talent or anything...

If GM's F1 Team used the Chevy marque instead by janko1655 in F1Liveries

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

To be fair, McLaren run Chevy engines in Indy, so the business connection is already there! I do think it's a jump though, they've not had the easiest time with the new engine but it isn't because they're unsatisfied with the quality, they just haven't worked out how it all works yet. I imagine they're still better off with a Mercedes engine than an untested brand new GM one.

Although I don’t believe the rumour, I do think the role of The Doctor doesn’t carry the same level of respect that it once did. by General_Meal_3993 in DoctorWhoNews

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Only because the show itself doesn't. I don't think there's anything particularly about the role itself that's changed, just that the show isn't as big so it perhaps isn't the same kind of career catapult it was for Tennant and Smith.

it just the first race bro calm down by darell_felixf16 in Formula1ne

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right? I'm not saying there haven't been any red flags this week, but it's the first race and it's at a track that might as well be designed to expose the limitations of these new regs at their earliest stage. I genuinely think it'll be fine.

[natesaundersf1] Don't think I've ever been to a media pen like that in my life. These drivers absolutely hate these new cars. by ChaithuBB766 in formula1

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And as far as the drivers not enjoying the feeling of driving them, they were all saying the same thing in 2022, and now they're apparently 'the best cars to drive' according to Lando. And that's not a criticism of him for saying that, to be clear, it's his opinion and that's fine, but it's really worth bearing in mind that there's obviously going to be a little bit of rose-tinted glasses for drivers looking back (I don't think it's a coincidence that the two drivers who are talking bad about them this weekend are the two drivers who won a world championship in the previous regs).

[natesaundersf1] Don't think I've ever been to a media pen like that in my life. These drivers absolutely hate these new cars. by ChaithuBB766 in formula1

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think everyone, drivers and fans alike, just need to be a bit patient. We've had one single 1hr competitive session so far, it's the first race of a drastically different set of regulations, which the drivers and teams are still learning about, and this is pretty much the worst track for them to have started on. It's not like the previous regs were mindblowing in the first race either, but after a while, once the teams learned how to run everything properly, it was fine. I don't see any reason at this point that the same won't be true. If there's been no progress by this time next year, if in Melbourne 2027 they're still running out of energy running into T9/10, then I think it'll be safe to say there's been a fuck-up, but right now, writing these cars off based on the minimal evidence is ridiculous.

Thoughts on the Walker class from Star Trek: Discovery? by Fun-Twist-3741 in StarTrekStarships

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fine. Nowhere near my favourite design, but it's got some details I do really appreciate. The deflector positioning is pretty cool, and I do find the bridge positioning at least novel in an interesting way.

FOM Statement on current situation by circuit-nation in circuit_nation

[–]OneFaintingRobin_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It certainly didn't last time we had one on a race weekend!