Or you can simplify that whole thing by simply believing the Earth is flat, it is covered by some kind of impenetrable dome and that any and all attempts to leave the atmosphere have either failed or been part of a massive hoax to make you believe the Earth is round because... reasons.
Yep, and Sigourney Weaver paved the way for Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa. Not to mention Harry Dean Stanton. I met him once backstage after he'd played a set at a Dallas club [actor AND musician], where several wanted to get autographs; he complied. Then I said "I don't want your autograph. I just want to thank you for being Travis "[ in Paris, Texas]. First time I saw him smile.
I was so bummed, my mom in Canada, too far away for me to go for a movie, my 90 year old mom who never saw any of the other movies, decided she was going to see it. Without me. Because she heard all the Mormons really dig it, and she is Mormon.
That's one reason for the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The amount of life support equipment that goes into a jet just to keep the person(s) aboard alive is daunting.
And it is much more so in space. As you noted, people don't respond well to hard landings.
I'm not usually a fan of people chanting USA! USA! but the joy and pride of a roomful of scientists doing something really hard really well is pretty infectious.
Haven't seen it yet, but Kid Zoom's review is almost identical to what I thought about the original movie when I saw it the 2nd time. The first time I saw it (the week it came out) I was too busy thinking OMGOMGOMG to do words.
The other thing that made the first movie so amazing was the way it looked. It's easy to forget now, because even with CGI touchups it has been superseded by many lightyears.
But in 1977 It was beautiful the way only 2001 had been before it. Or some art movies. It was a simple scifi adventure/WW II hero movie that looked like a cross between Fantasia, The Wizard of Oz, Mad Max, Red Desert, and Lawrence of Arabia, shot by Storaro, with a soundtrack by Beethoven. I still remember how I felt seeing that early scene of young Luke on a planet with two suns. I don't even really like scifi much, but I love movies that look like art. Star Wars looked like art. Those star fields!
The use of muppets was also a revelation. And Lucas's love of old movies shone through in every frame. It had noir, it had Saturday-afternoon TV Superman. It had William Holden in the cockpit, going after the Krauts.
Sadly, when I saw it again a few years later, everything else about the movie became evident, and from then on it was just a movie. Whereas 2001, Fantasia, The Wizard of Oz, Mad Max, Red Desert, and Lawrence of Arabia really hold up.
Also, too, the toys to come.
Apparently you didn't see the last three ...or the three before that?
Maybe that's just what passes as "being fashionable" on a third world desert junk scavenger planet?
Oh, the last three were just crap, this one was simply a commercial for the next, so yeah, I felt ripped off.
Or you can simplify that whole thing by simply believing the Earth is flat, it is covered by some kind of impenetrable dome and that any and all attempts to leave the atmosphere have either failed or been part of a massive hoax to make you believe the Earth is round because... reasons.
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Yep, and Sigourney Weaver paved the way for Charlize Theron as Imperator Furiosa. Not to mention Harry Dean Stanton. I met him once backstage after he'd played a set at a Dallas club [actor AND musician], where several wanted to get autographs; he complied. Then I said "I don't want your autograph. I just want to thank you for being Travis "[ in Paris, Texas]. First time I saw him smile.
I was so bummed, my mom in Canada, too far away for me to go for a movie, my 90 year old mom who never saw any of the other movies, decided she was going to see it. Without me. Because she heard all the Mormons really dig it, and she is Mormon.
The best Stars War story I will ever read.
That's one reason for the increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles. The amount of life support equipment that goes into a jet just to keep the person(s) aboard alive is daunting.
And it is much more so in space. As you noted, people don't respond well to hard landings.
To add to my comment yesterday, didn't look for it but did find this:
I'm not usually a fan of people chanting USA! USA! but the joy and pride of a roomful of scientists doing something really hard really well is pretty infectious.
Alsotoo,Lindsey Graham whingeing that even a Democrat in the WH would be better than Trump. Uh, yeah, Senator, what we've been sayin'.
Haven't seen it yet, but Kid Zoom's review is almost identical to what I thought about the original movie when I saw it the 2nd time. The first time I saw it (the week it came out) I was too busy thinking OMGOMGOMG to do words.
I'm posting this here a couple days late, but its still really funny.
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The other thing that made the first movie so amazing was the way it looked. It's easy to forget now, because even with CGI touchups it has been superseded by many lightyears.
But in 1977 It was beautiful the way only 2001 had been before it. Or some art movies. It was a simple scifi adventure/WW II hero movie that looked like a cross between Fantasia, The Wizard of Oz, Mad Max, Red Desert, and Lawrence of Arabia, shot by Storaro, with a soundtrack by Beethoven. I still remember how I felt seeing that early scene of young Luke on a planet with two suns. I don't even really like scifi much, but I love movies that look like art. Star Wars looked like art. Those star fields!
The use of muppets was also a revelation. And Lucas's love of old movies shone through in every frame. It had noir, it had Saturday-afternoon TV Superman. It had William Holden in the cockpit, going after the Krauts.
Sadly, when I saw it again a few years later, everything else about the movie became evident, and from then on it was just a movie. Whereas 2001, Fantasia, The Wizard of Oz, Mad Max, Red Desert, and Lawrence of Arabia really hold up.
Kylo wasn't born of the Dark Side of the Force so much as the Dork Side of the Force.