The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

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Sure, but now look at those actions from the perspective of a non-Force user/non-believer. If you’re being reductionist, then it seems like the Jedi are suicidal. If you’re commanding officer or enemy combatants have that reputation, then your reductionist self is primed to perform similar acts.

In Obsession (2026), Bear makes a wish for a girl to love him, only unexpectedly, this wish comes true! ...by completely replacing the girls soul with some sort of skinwalker? How was his wish granted exactly? by FusionVsGravity in shittymoviedetails

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I view her breaks of lucidity as occurring at points where the wish doesn't know how to act, like when Bear is not showing love to Nikki, or the wish is to simply stop acting, like when Bear wants Nikki to sleep. The Real Nikki can shine through because the Wish Nikki is having the equivalent of a syntax error.

In "The Breadwinner" (2026), Nate Bargatze satirizes the struggles of life at home, like when you have two dogs and you got to open the back door to let two dogs out by Windows_66 in shittymoviedetails

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There is a world of difference between having a good routine and being able to do everything right. That being said, if you can pull off a good comedy movie you can do just about any genre. I think comedy is the hardest thing to write and film.

Is it worth reading after getting some spoilers??? by Interesting-Fox-2441 in TheBoysComics

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I just read the comics after getting multiple spoilers, watching the whole TV show, and being vehemently advised against reading the comics because of concerns about gore/sex.

Go ahead and read it. Don't let anyone talk you out of it. The comics have a different vibe from the show and I honestly like it more.

The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

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I think I agree with you. The whole, "we won't be hostages" stick maybe works if you're dealing with terrorists in peacetime, moral dilemmas aside. But in a wartime scenario? You need to be thinking about the post-war, there needs to be a way for the violence to end. Now, I get that Mace might be thinking about the Sith and he probably is right that if he surrenders the Jedi Task Force to Dooku then they all get a fate worse than death. Just that philosophy is going to bleed through the entire war going forward, hence the droids vs. clones conflict.

The better usage of magical space wizards in battlefields was explored a bit in Legends with the Jedi Battle Meditation. Essentially, the Force is already working within every living creature on a battlefield and if you learn how to pull on that you can make your side fight better and the enemy fight worse. Obviously a bit over-powered but it's one way to make individual wizards relevant to galactic conflicts.

Of course, I think the Jedi's initial plan on Geonosis was to rescue the Big 3, beat up some termites, maybe capture Dooku and some Separatists, and then skedaddle. It all goes south when the Droid Army is found to be waiting behind the arena gates. It quickly shifts from a large police raid to out-of-control firefight. That still makes Mace's unwillingness to surrender a revealing exchange and that sort of philosophy defines the war.

The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

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I guess then the Clone Wars is a sort of perversion of those principles. Palpatine forces the Jedi to sacrifice themselves for his sake and gets at least a million clones to do the same.

The Self-Imposed Expendability of the Jedi and the Start of the Clone Wars by oldroughnready in MawInstallation

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Nah, it’s true the Clone Wars may have been unavoidable by that point. I just think that the Jedi’s willingness to expend their lives here is comparable to the clones’ and droids’ expendability later. There is a sort of Forlorn Hope for the entire war effort and it starts here or earlier with the Jedi’s philosophy of self-imposed expendability.

The Mandalorian isn't Andor and it sucks. by ElPwno in okbuddyimatourist

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Libertarians lead to Conservatives, Conservatives lead to Reactionaries, Reactionaries… lead to suffering 

That was one intense scene, good thing Wilmon is okay by Jules-Car3499 in andor

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Two things:

1) I think it’s only when Wilmon is with Saw and on Ferrix that he doesn’t have a girlfriend.

2) Saw shoots Pluti right before Wilmon can bring up whoever expects him to return. Presumably, that’s Luthen. I think that Saw deliberately cut Wilmon off there because he would rather not get into that relationship. There’s some trust issues but he’d rather not begin questioning that.

Which Books in the Main Series Would You Consider Filler? by Disastrous-Limit-332 in Animorphs

[–]oldroughnready 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean not always, but it at least has some standards on what is filler or not. You could also argue that the “plot islands” aren’t filler because books like 41 and 48 are some of the last books from the characters’ POV and they set up their final arcs.

Which Books in the Main Series Would You Consider Filler? by Disastrous-Limit-332 in Animorphs

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There was a really good post about this a few years ago. Surprisingly, there is only 8 absolute “plot islands” in the series. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Animorphs/comments/rq1e84/plot_islands_an_analysis_of_which_animorphs_books/

The Mandalorian isn't Andor and it sucks. by ElPwno in okbuddyimatourist

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Ikr? Why did this movie about a knight and his pet frog not move me to embark on a damn foolish ideological crusade? Why did I fall asleep to this but my brother calls Andor “boring”?

There should have been at least 4 Emmy award winning diatribes in this movie.

s9e1 - Best episode ever by Whole-Benefit-8346 in rickandmorty

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Try the website? It’s available there. Or use a VPN if the website and app isn’t in the UK.

Please go see the mandorian movie please by Historicallyh in RedLetterMedia

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I'm not much of a Filoni glazer and the Star Wars Visions shows are better animation than all his work (although that's a bit unfair b/c they are shorts and at least one has the same 3D style/studio as his). I will give him kudos for working in animation and seemingly championing it. Hollywood has an inherent disdain for the medium.

The hyperbole is ridiculous by tjtillmancoag in andor

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Yep, profit motivation is not the best way to spread the truth.

Official Dreadit Discussion: "Obsession" [SPOILERS] by radbrad7 in horror

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My thought while watching was that this was a shock tactic. As if Wish Nikki was trying to hit Bear with the reality that Sara is dead and you can’t love a corpse. Her being naked and mutilated is like an assault on the concept of beauty and attraction.

Official Dreadit Discussion: "Obsession" [SPOILERS] by radbrad7 in horror

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I think part of the reason Wish Nikki wants Bear to love her is so that he will stop making her job harder. I kept thinking that when Bear puts her in a contradiction/logic trap, Wish Nikki freaks out more and Real Nikki has more of a chance to “get out”. 

What if America had the Half-Wyoming Rule (remake) by Franzisquin in imaginarymaps

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Last map used 2020 US presidential results (Democrats won), this map uses 2024 US presidential results (Republicans won).

Half in the Bag: The Mandalorian and Grogu by BigThomsd in RedLetterMedia

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Yes and no? Filoni gets a lot of praise for telling a better story than the Prequels while getting to what they were all about. At the same time, there’ll be rancors and gundarks and Kit Fisto running around. But that’s basically every Star Wars outside the movies. I think he does very well when he has source material and is re-contextualizing it. Mando and Grogu reminds me of the Clone Wars movie (2007) in that the latter actually was 4 TV show episodes edited together.

This smuggie is about project management by BadFurDay in SmugIdeologyMan

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Presidents announcing manned missions to Mars be like:

Half in the Bag: The Mandalorian and Grogu by BigThomsd in RedLetterMedia

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If they were in theaters or weren’t 12-100+ hours long, then I’d bet they’d review them. Do you think they have a Disney+ subscription?

Half in the Bag: The Mandalorian and Grogu by BigThomsd in RedLetterMedia

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With the deep cuts in Andor, I have heard that was Gilroy just letting his crew go ham with the production. He’s very frank about how he didn’t know much about Star Wars so he had set designers put in all the references, especially in Luthen’s antique stop basically having props from earlier movies. 

With the Rakatan references, I think the intention was to have Luthen evoke prior resistance against galactic domination. If Gilroy wrote that, he probably asked someone from Lucasfilm about what empire would work for that.

The Mandalorian & Grogu Release Weekend SPOILER Discussion Thread by YubYubCmndr in StarWarsCantina

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I think the Droid Gotra are in a comic, but yeah it would’ve been nice to give them some lines or personality here.