Mos Eisley Cantina

SSumner

18:05

@randal'thor - many a question limited to "we should keep it" vs "we should Chan it"

rand al'thor

Chan? You mean @alexwlchan?

SSumner

Oops I just repeated a previous message

Himarm

@steelerfan i didnt drink more then 3 beers last night, it was a dam shame. Ibe been hiding out from chat till this all blows over though haha

SSumner

@randal'thor lol sure

ThePopMachine

18:23

@All, whoa, where have I been?

rand al'thor

@ThePopMachine You missed all the 'fun'?

Better go and check meta. Hopefully it should tell you all you need to know.

Obie

0

Q: Are Nerdanel,Maedhros, Amrod and Amras the only Redheaded Elves?

Are the they the only Elves or at least Noldor that bear Red hair?

Mike Edenfield

@randal'thor the problem is that we're never going to agree on any other name because there's not enough of a majority of any one fandom.

having said that I'd go with The Ta'veren just because.

I also love how more people upvoted Shog's meta answer than actually use chat

rand al'thor

@MikeEdenfield YES!!!

Now why didn't I think of that

Ixrec

because it's silly and perfect

@MikeEdenfield what measure are you using for people that actually use chat?

rand al'thor

18:31

@MikeEdenfield TARS/Napoleon said we should come up with a name that's not fandom-specific, but nobody's managed so far (aside from the boring "SFF chat")

@MikeEdenfield Probably a whole bunch of foreign mods.

Ixrec

I think The Nexus, The Dark Tower and The Ta'veren are all non-fandom-specific

unless I'm missing references

rand al'thor

@Ixrec Yes, you are.

Ta'veren is WoT

And I think the Dark Tower is a specific work too (Stephen King?)

Ixrec

there are a lot of works that have a Dark Tower in them

that's like saying The Nexus must be a Starcraft reference

rand al'thor

True (including LotR)

The word ta'veren was invented by Robert Jordan though

Ixrec

I concede that one is not as generic as it initially looked to me

Obie

18:34

0

Q: What language does Neri from "Ocean Girl" speak?

In the 1994 Australian sci-fi series "Ocean Girl", the main character Neri comes from a different planet, along with her sister Mera and possibly other characters (I don't remember exactly). Were there any scenes where Neri, Mera or other characters from the Ocean Planet speak in their native la...

tv

rand al'thor

A Mortarboard badge on meta? I'm surprised that's even possible.

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor I did that on MSE the other day.

rand al'thor

@ArtOfCode Yes, but MSE has rep. Per-site metas don't. If you can't earn rep, how can you hit the repcap?

Ixrec

virtual repcap?

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor OK, it wasn't MSE. I know I got a Mortarboard on a meta

There is virtual rep, yeah.

Ixrec

18:37

it certainly tracks how many votes you get on your meta posts

rand al'thor

Is there any way of tracking how much virtual rep we have?

[drools]

</rep-whore>

Ixrec

wow, someone flagged a picture of Hitler in another chat room

rand al'thor

and said it portrayed another user's personality

Ixrec

yeah that bit was bad

it hadn't happened yet when I first said that

rand al'thor

Aaaaaand they got their room shut down.

Ixrec

18:46

I don't think "they" did, nobody knows who flagged 90% of those messages just now

rand al'thor

Someone is STILL flagging.

Maybe the Mos Eisley flag-troll moved over to GameDev?

Ixrec

which just shows the flagging system very badly needs a way to remove people's ability to flag

anyway, we are mushrooms, let's go back to talking about sci-fi

rand al'thor

What's the best sci-fi book about mushrooms?

Mushrooms from outer space?

Sounds vaguely Wyndham-esque...

Mike Edenfield

@Ixrec just that I've never seen more than ~30 people in chat at once and that included a lot of outside mods, yet 41 people upvoted.

Ixrec

oh it's at 41 now

yeah you're right, that's gotta be way more people

Mike Edenfield

18:49

even if you account for the people that move in and out during the day I'm struggling to come up with 41 regular chat users

user132126

:/

Ixrec

@randal'thor I'm trying to think of an ST or DW episode involving mushrooms but coming up empty

rand al'thor

Googling "Doctor Who mushrooms" just gives this: tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Halitosis_Mushroom

Memory Alpha is funny: memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Mushroom

user132126

stargate.wikia.com/wiki/One_False_Step

user132126

19:04

Sorry, didn't mean to kill chat by linking to one of the most hated episodes of Stargate ever

Ixrec

my Stargate experience is very piecemeal so I must've missed that one

user132126

It's dreadfully slow, but an interesting concept.

user132126

They didn't try anything quite like it again, though.

user132126

Too sci-fi, not enough action

SSumner

Can you see flags in any chat room?

ArtOfCode

19:14

@SSumner 10k+ users and mods can see offensive flags anywhere.

Ixrec

yes?

ArtOfCode

Mods can see offensive and mod flags anywhere.

Room owners can see offensive flags in their room.

Ixrec

this feels like the first time in quite a while I saw more than 2 flags in a single day

ArtOfCode

Today is a busy day for flags.

Obie

0

Q: A Book I Read as a Teen

So around 20 years ago I read a book and hope to find it again. I have very slight memory of what happened except one scene. This will be paraphrased. A young boy is at a relatives house. The house goes dark and he gets a flashlight from on top of the fridge. He finds a pull on the table and tak...

story-identification

user132126

19:19

@ArtOfCode Is that 10K chat rep you mean?

ArtOfCode

@CreationEdge 10k network wide rep, yeah

Ixrec

@CreationEdge yes, chat/network rep

user132126

What other chat privileges are there?

Ixrec

none, afaik

flag validator, room owner, mod about covers it

ArtOfCode

Sounds about right

Ixrec

19:21

and you can be any combination of those three

rand al'thor

There's also the ability to make 'gallery' chatrooms

I think that's a per-site 10k ability rather than overall 10k

plus of course the ability to chat (20?)

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor 1000 network rep

Ixrec

@randal'thor yeah, 20

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor aye, 20 network

rand al'thor

@ArtOfCode Are you sure? It's listed as an ability on each site.

Pureferret

19:28

@Obie interesting question

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor Um. shrug - it might be per-site. Chat can certainly do per-site privileges. But it's definitely 1000.

Pureferret

We had a lot of Aussie kids TV in England

rand al'thor

@ArtOfCode Tempted to change my parent site to Worldbuilding and test it...

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor Try it.

Pureferret

This is the printer one I remember

6

A: Live action Australian/New Zealand superhero kids show from mid-2000s

The show is Legacy of the Silver Shadow. Josh, Alex, Campbell and Gretel are thrown together when they discover the underground headquarters of the Silver Shadow, a long-forgotten dead superhero. Although defeated in the 1950s by his arch enemy, the Crab, the Silver Shadow lives on as a digi...

rand al'thor

19:36

@ArtOfCode I changed it, but I can't remember how to set up a room...

ArtOfCode

@randal'thor I've just refreshed your profile, so now it's definitely on WB. On chat.stackexchange.com/rooms, scroll to the bottom and find create a new room.

Pureferret

@Obie is this two questions?

rand al'thor

@ArtOfCode Thanks!

♦ Room for Rand al'Thor and Capy Stench…

Mainly for testing RO powers

It's been just me and blues in here for the last while

@Ixrec Just to check, can you talk in that room?

Ixrec

I cannot

I have humbly requested permission to talk in your glorious room

ArtOfCode

hammers accesses

user132126

19:44

ugh

user132126

The awful, noisy, partying neighbor across the hall was evicted.

user132126

And since then our upstairs neighbor has seemingly decided to be a lot more noisy.

Ixrec

that's a bad thing?

oh more

not sure how I misread that

user132126

Yeah. It almost seems intentional, too. They knew the person who got evicted (although he technically wasn't on the lease, and shouldn't have been there at all), and I feel like they're being noisier almost as a revenge thing?

user132126

I dunno. I'm just paranoid. But the upstairs person had like 2 parties this whole semester before that, and has one each weekend since then.

SSumner

20:07

I have 5 votes left today on meta. All I've voted on is the renaming chat room question -__-

user132126

How do you see remaining votes ?

Ixrec

I think it's on your profile somewhere?

SSumner

It will just give you a notification when you vote when you only have a few remaining

rand al'thor

@CreationEdge You get auto-messages when you have 5 or less votes remaining

user132126

Ah.

SSumner

20:08

I don't think it's on the profile unless you wanted to manually count them

Ixrec

right, I'm thinking of flags and other stats

SSumner

Here's a question: do you get more votes if a post you voted on is deleted?

user132126

I don't like the new name question as it stands. People upvote the question, which means "Yes, we need a new name", but then there's an answer that's "No, we don't", and then a bunch of answers that get a split of the "Yes, we do"

SSumner

@ixrec - yeah, and flags are weird cause you get more of them the more you flagged. So if you flag a lot in one day, you could conceivably get extras on that same day

user132126

Right now the question itself is tied with the "No, leave it alone" answer. What does that mean, then?

SSumner

20:10

@CreationEdge yeah It's weird

Ixrec

I'd still be in favor of deleting the "leave it alone" answer and moving the yes/no aspect to a separate question

then you still have the existing unambiguous votes on which alternative name would be best

user132126

That's what I think needs to be done, too.

Ixrec

@randal'thor You appear to have been outvoted

user132126

Of course, we can't do that now

user132126

Because people who want it to stay Mos Eisley have also been downvoting everything else to oblivion.

user132126

20:15

Since it was all coupled together.

b_jonas

If I want to find specific information from J. K. Rowling interviews, it's easier to search Sci Fi SE than to search interviews. I declare this site a success.

user132126

You can't uncouple it and keep the same results.

user132126

@b_jonas That's good! Interview databases can be hard to search.

user132126

Theoryland has a decent one for Wheel of Time, but it's still pretty clunky and returns too many results

b_jonas

This is specifically for JKR interviews. I don't know about any other author.

Also, I like how we now have questions about Dexter's Laboratory and Powerpuff Girls.

rand al'thor

20:19

@b_jonas Thanks to @Himarm.

user132126

I'm trying to come up with a Power Rangers one that doesn't seem like I'm just too lazy to get the info myself

Himarm

@b_jonas ive got more coming up!

user132126

Even though I'm just too lazy to get the info myself.

b_jonas

@Himarm great

ThePopMachine

20:32

@randal'thor Yes, I missed all the fun. What is up with people?

rand al'thor

@ThePopMachine Read the pinned messages over there ---------->

and the recent posts on meta

and check the list of users ranked by total reputation (I know you're not interested in rep, but believe me, do it)

user132126

@randal'thor That doesn't really work on the main site.

rand al'thor

@CreationEdge It has Thaddeus on the top.

That's enough to say a good deal that we shouldn't really talk about.

b_jonas

@randal'thor scary, yes

I hope this won't last too long

rand al'thor

Only a week.

I may have to start posting again, if Richard is going to keep on repcapping.

I suspect his fans may be upvoting lots of his stuff to keep him 'in the black'.

Anyway ... moving swiftly along ...

b_jonas

20:48

I see at least two high-rep users are temporarily suspended

Mac Cooper

hi everyone :)

rand al'thor

@b_jonas Three 20k+ users. Only for a week though. And we shouldn't be talking about it :-)

user132126

Howdy Mac

b_jonas

@randal'thor Sure. Ok, now I'll spend the time wondering who the third one is.

Mac Cooper

hows it goin'?

rand al'thor

20:51

@MacCooper We're surviving.

Trying to talk about SF&F, for the most part.

b_jonas

I know one high-rep user had left the site, but that was way before this problem.

Mac Cooper

hah :D i popped in the other day, was planning on showing up in chat more regularly, and then stuff happened. figured if i didnt jump into chat soon i never would xD

b_jonas

If I see someone unfamiliar with high rep, is there a way to check what their previous usernames and/or avatars were?

Thaddeus

Greetings and well met, gentle sentients.

b_jonas

I think I'm mostly familiar with the people who post about Harry Potter.

Mac Cooper

20:55

@b_jonas, news to me that one can even change on'es username xD hey there thaddeus

b_jonas

@MacCooper You can. And many people do.

ThePopMachine

@randal'thor, okay, I have gleaned two.

Thaddeus

The suspensions are neither an issue to be discussed, nor are they for very long.

2

Let us dwell on more interesting and less scandal-laden ones.

Mac Cooper

such as whether Keen suspended himself for science or not? :P

rand al'thor

@b_jonas In chat you can, because old usernames stay visible there: you can find years-old chat posts by "a Slytherin" instead of Slytherincess, for instance.

On the main site, your best hope is to look for comments notifying them, since those will say "@[old-username]".

@Thaddeus Sure, let's get on-topic :-) Has anyone read the 5th wave series?

If so, would they recommend it?

b_jonas

20:59

@randal'thor Ok, I'll try that.

Thaddeus

5th Wave. Sorry, can't say that I have.

Should I?

b_jonas

Ok, now I'm ashamed. That user has a chat reply to me from 2013, yet I don't remember him.

A chat reply about Harry Potter.

Thaddeus

Looking at the plot synopsis from Wikipedia, I would probably pass.

It is favorably linked to books like Twilight or the Hunger Games, series I did not personally enjoy.

rand al'thor

@Thaddeus I don't know. I answered a question about it on the site recently, and wondered whether it's good.

b_jonas

(Under the same username as now.)

Ixrec

21:03

hmm, should I watch more Parasyte or more DW...

rand al'thor

@Thaddeus I enjoyed both of those (only read Twilight some years ago, admittedly). As Slytherincess would say, YMMV :-)

Mac Cooper

@randal'thor i love when that happens. Answered a question about a book you've never read xD i did the same with a LOTR question and felt guilty for the rep haha

Thaddeus

If I have to read about one more dystopian, apocalyptic future where a teenager saves the world, while adults stand around wondering what to do, I might have to cut somebody.

Mac Cooper

@Thaddeus have u tried Un Lun Dun?

Thaddeus

No. Is it more of what I just described?

rand al'thor

21:04

@MacCooper That's my speciality :-D

Ixrec

@Thaddeus I totally feel you on this

Mac Cooper

no, its quite the opposite. sure, i mean a teenager does do MOST the big stuff on account of it being a YA, i mean we follow through her eyes, BUT the adults are incredibly active and do a lot.

Thaddeus

Then I may consider it. The clueless adult meme is just about done in my book.

Mac Cooper

and without the adults the protagonist would be utterly utterly useless and dead haha. yeah i just had to read it these last couple weeks for uni, was pleasantly surprised

Thaddeus

<mutters to himself> Hundred year old vampire chasing a teenage girl. Ugh. Disgusting AND disturbing...

Obie

21:07

0

Q: What has happened to intelligent dethclaws?

Fallout 2 introduced an unexpected twist: the dangerous deathclaws after exposure to FEV were becoming intelligent,with average intelligence level of human 8 year old (but i.e. Goris seems to be smarter than average human). Fallout Tactics were extending this idea, introducing those deathclaws as...

fallout

user132126

@Thaddeus That's the best thing I've read all day.

Jack B Nimble

@Thaddeus sometimes I watch you while you sleep, in secret. - Bella - you are so romantic!

Mac Cooper

@Thaddeus we had a terryfing lecture about Twilight at beginning of the year, tangentially. was terryfing because the lecturer was Will Self. One does not argue with Will Self

user132126

Although, I do enjoy the YA genre. The point is that the adults are clueless, from the youth's perspective, and that's why it's appealing to them.

Thaddeus

I am writing a YA serial and the adults are NOT clueless. They are terrifying and without their help, the young protagonist would not survive the night.

Jack B Nimble

21:15

The only criteria to call something YA is the main character is 11-18 years old.

Ixrec

@CreationEdge I've always assumed this is why that trope is omnipresent, but it really makes me worry whether there's some truth to that perspective or if most young adults really are that biased against their elders

Thaddeus

Equinox: The Last Scion - hubcityblues.com/2012/02/23/equinox-the-last-scion

Jack B Nimble

But it helps if the adults are also clueless idiots.

Thaddeus

Hey @JackBNimble, I have an essay I want to put on the Blog...would you like to look at it?

user132126

@Ixrec I think it also represents the idea that our children, or youth, will surpass us, and in such books they do what we can't. Their the culmination of us.

Mac Cooper

21:17

this is an interesting place to hang around, considering I have coursework due in soon :P

user132126

So from the YA's perspective, we're meant to do things that our parents couldn't. To be better, or take action.

Mac Cooper

keep talking, pretend im not taking notes ;)

Ixrec

that I can totally get behind

Thaddeus

It is lazy writing, @CreationEdge.

Jack B Nimble

@Thaddeus yes.

Ixrec

21:17

but that doesn't require the adults to be totally useless

imo Star Wars is an example of the young guy surpassing the old guy, with the old guy not being useless

Thaddeus

As a writer and a parent, I can freely admit, my goal is to make my son as awesome or even more so than I am.

But such ability does not happen on its own.

It has to be guided, trained, and prepared for.

user132126

@Ixrec Old guy was pretty much useless, and died right away.

Thaddeus

Clueless adults produce clueless children.

Ixrec

@CreationEdge he saved Luke and the other characters multiple times before dying to Vader

Jack B Nimble

Harry potter adults are neither clueless nor worthless.

Except in book five ( harrys opinion)

Thaddeus

21:19

No they are not. Which is why I did not include it in my list of offenders.

The adults in Potter are stellar.

Jack B Nimble

Oh I didn't see the lid, and I'm on mobile

List.

user132126

Yeah, I dunno where the adults are clueless. I haven't read much YA lately, but generally the adults seemed to have purposefully created the situation where the children have to take center stage. That was the plan.

Jack B Nimble

I hope a series of unfortunate events made your list. Almost unreadable for an adult

Mac Cooper

I think what makes Un Lun Dun so good in this regard, is that the kids go into this sorta otherworld (ala Alice in Wonderland). So they're utterly dependant on the local adults on being somewhat useful. Their own parents do utter bugger all (tho they know nothing of the situation and are around for maybe 4 pages)

Thaddeus

@JackBNimble - here you go: quora.com/Superman-creative-franchise/…

The Wikipedia notation for Un Lun Dun made it seem interesting enough for me to seek it out.

Mac Cooper

21:26

might be back later guys gonna go shower. cyas

Thaddeus

Take care.

Mac Cooper

and yah i would recommend it. 66pence at waterstones market :D tata

Obie

1

Q: What was wrong with the Millennium Falcon in Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back?

For large parts of Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, the Millennium Falcon in in pretty poor condition. Han and Chewie are desperately trying to fix it in Hoth while the Empire is attacking the Rebel base, and throughout the rest of the film it struggles to go into Hyper Drive. But w...

star-wars the-empire-strikes-back

Mooz

Update on my Star Wars viewing: We've finished all of the Originals (Eps 4-6) and have now finished Ep 1 as well...

Not bad...

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz I watched the OT last night. Was much better than I expected it tobe!

Ixrec

21:34

=D

Kerr Avon

@Obie Chewie's just welding a damaged lifter isn't he?

Ahhh..the smell of Arc welder and singed Wookie hair...

Mooz

@DrRDizzle Yah, I didn't fall in love with it, and now I wish that I had watched it when I was younger... I could totally see myself loving it becoming a huge fan. [Not this type]

Jack B Nimble

@Thaddeus that looks like a great article, I think I would be great on this site as well

user132126

@Mooz You're ahead of us! Only had my wife watch 4 and 5 so far.

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz Shame about the prequels though. Still, I'm pretty pumped for December 17th now!

Mooz

21:37

@CreationEdge "They" say you should watch it in Machete order. Now I wish I had...

user132126

Machete order?

Obie

0

Q: Reading order of Warhammer Fantasy Time of Legends Books?

Anyone have a reading order for the time of legends books?

fantasy-genre warhammer-fantasy

Mooz

112

A: In what order should the Star Wars movies be watched?

I just read a very good blog post arguing that Machete Order is the best way to watch them: Next time you want to introduce someone to Star Wars for the first time, watch the films with them in this order: IV, V, II, III, VI. Notice something? Yeah, Episode I is gone. The blog post its...

Thaddeus

Glad you like it @JackBNimble

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz I'd just recommend not watching the prequels. They add literally nothing to the story.

Jack B Nimble

21:40

Answer to all order questions, by length longest to shortest

Mooz

@DrRDizzle Lol. We've watched Ep 1 so far. I'm not dissatisfied so far. Although, I was expecting it to be horribly horrible.

@JackBNimble Alphabetical, duh!

user132126

@Mooz "No pod racing." But that was a fun game!

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz I've said it before and I'll say it again - the majority of ideas that Lucas had for the prequels and the overarching concept for them isn't bad. But he is a bad director and a worse writer, and as such the execution of the prequels... leaves something to be desired.

Mooz

@DrRDizzle I see. It helps that I'm expecting something shockingly-bad. Lower expectations and all...

b_jonas

@DrRDizzle I do fine the pod race in Ep 1 fun.

And young Anakin in general.

Dr R Dizzle

21:43

@Mooz I don't think you can actually lower your expectation enough to make Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith an enjoyable experience, but I wish you the best of luck.

Mooz

@DrRDizzle The Darth Maul v. Obie Wan and Qui-Gon was fun to watch.

b_jonas

@DrRDizzle But... we see Anakin fall into lava in a fight with

how can that be bad?

user132126

I enjoy the original trilogy, but I don't by any means think that they're great, or even great stories.

Mooz

We were astounded at how good the graphics and stuff seemed in the originals... 1977 was Ep 4.

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz So badass. But it isn't Star Wars.

user132126

21:44

I think my enjoyment of them was bolstered by the EU, if anything.

b_jonas

Do you have plans for episode 7 yet? I'm going to watch it after Christmas.

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz £10 says you watched the digital remasters.

@b_jonas Released day for me. I want to review it ASAP

b_jonas

@DrRDizzle The one with Obi Wan's force ghost appearing in the celebrations?

Mooz

@DrRDizzle I think so...

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz Was there a scene between Han and Jabba, with Boba Fett nearby in Mos Eisley?

b_jonas

21:46

@DrRDizzle I want to watch it together with my brother, and that's when he visits. (He visists for Christmas, but we can't go to the cinemas during Christmas, so it's after.

Dr R Dizzle

@b_jonas I can't remember. I watched the theatrical releases last night, for the most part.

Mooz

@DrRDizzle In Ep 1?

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz In A New Hope.

Kerr Avon

The jabba and HAn scene was cut in original theatrical release...

b_jonas

Who shot first?

Dr R Dizzle

21:46

@KerrAvon Yup.

Pureferret

@b_jonas Lucas

Mooz

@DrRDizzle In some ---aeroplane spaceship hangar?

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz Yup.

Mooz

@DrRDizzle Yes there was.

Pureferret

And then Kirshner

Dr R Dizzle

21:48

@Mooz It's just - - - without the spaces either side.

@Mooz Yup, digital remasters

Mooz

@b_jonas Totes looked like the other guy (alien)

Kerr Avon

Dr R Dizzle

@Mooz In the original, Greedo didn't even shoot. Han just murders him. It's badass.

Pureferret

And then marquand

Mooz

@DrRDizzle Now I don't know what to believe. I feel like I've been tricked or something.

Dr R Dizzle

21:50

@Mooz You have. By George Lucas.

2

b_jonas

Aren't there three different versions of ep4 though?

Mooz

Is Ep 7 by George Lucas as well?

Pureferret

@Mooz not in the slightest

He sold off the rights and company

Reportedly he's refusing to see any of it until it's released

Dr R Dizzle

@b_jonas Loads more. The theatrical release was tweaked as time went on, never mind the countless additions and subtractions and remasters and rereleases since.

Mooz

@Pureferret Ha! Interesting... Interesting...

b_jonas

21:54

@DrRDizzle I see.

Kerr Avon

@DrRDizzle Keep in mind that some tweeks where for the better....

Dr R Dizzle

@KerrAvon Like?

b_jonas

As for episode 7, is it known whether R2D2 and C3PO has significant roles in it (as opposed to only a cameo)?

Kerr Avon

...blacker space scenes in composite shots.

Dr R Dizzle

@KerrAvon I cannot imagine that mattering either way.

Kerr Avon

21:55

..gave depth to space in cockpit scenes.

...hmmm...s'pose so - but when you see before and after, I for one appreciated the re-master.

b_jonas

I hope they will. That would make it feel connected to the series.

Dr R Dizzle

@KerrAvon I'll happily take slightly poorer special effects in areas if it means the story isn't butchered, and important shots altered to include things that no one asked for. As for this monstrosity, the less said the better.

Kerr Avon

@DrRDizzle Amen, brother.

b_jonas

It's a win-win situation though. Where the film is good, you enjoy the film, where it's bad, you enjoy Darths & Droids parodying it.

Oh! Now I know who the third suspended user is.

With very high rep, that is.

Mooz

@b_jonas Yupp, and remember, it's best not to talk about it (at least until they're back).

b_jonas

22:05

Sorry, you're right.

phantom42

most of the changes that were for the better (excluding effects cleanups) were restorations of scenes

like biggs

the addition of more aliens and bustle around mos eisley were generally good too. it made it feel like the spaceport it was supposed to be.

Mooz

@b_jonas Nah, all good. I'd hate to see you (or anyone) fall into [easily avoided] controversy.

@phantom42 I'd love to see the "real" versions for comparison.

phantom42

dvdactive.com/editorial/articles/…

Obie

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Q: Name of a show about kids in simulation - samurai and cat dude

It's about these kids who go in a simulation and have to fight monsters and stuff. One of them is a samurai and another is a cat dude and the last is a guy who is not in the sim and is helping them. If you know what I am talking about, please help me.

story-identification tv

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Q: Left handed wizards in HP

If I recall the scene in which Harry Potter buys his wand correctly, he is asked if he is right or left handed and this makes me wonder: Are there left handed wizards in Harry Potter? (Either described in the books or seen in the movies.)

harry-potter

phantom42

the jabba restoration was a good idea but jabba 2.0 was terrible.

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Dr R Dizzle

22:18

@phantom42 Disagree. It was noise, nothing more.

@phantom42 Also disagree. The scene isn't required in any way.

phantom42

very few scenes are ever "required". it's a matter of what/if they bring to the table

Dr R Dizzle

@phantom42 And I don't think it brings anything to the table.

phantom42

the han/jabba scene builds up han's smooth talking. jabba is here pretty much to have him killed. han smooth talks his way out of it

is it "required", of course not, but it helps flesh him out a bit more.

Dr R Dizzle

@phantom42 Did you not understand that Han Solo was a smooth-talker from the original film?

phantom42

@DrRDizzle did you not understand when i said "a bit more"?

Dr R Dizzle

22:22

@phantom42 But that's my point. It's a waste of time in an otherwise really focused and tight film.

Mooz

@phantom42 So much fun to read!

phantom42

like i said, not required. slightly helpful, and it doesnt hurt or contradict anything except my eyes from the terrible CG.

the one scene that should have been restored/reinserted for the SE, wasn't: when 3po removes the warning sign from the door in echo base on hoth, and the snowtroopers are killed by wampas.

Ixrec

@phantom42 I kinda want to see this now

phantom42

Never seen: C3PO tricked Snowtrooper

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CandiedMango

22:41

We're talking about sci-fi? Am I in the right room?

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Ixrec

that scene makes no sense, but I love how Vader just looks at the door then walks away

@CandiedMango I also answered a question today, so nothing makes sense right now

CandiedMango

@Ixrec So, when are the Horsemen showing up?

Ixrec

probably when I repcap here

Thaddeus

Looks like everyone is playing nice this evening.

Then I shall take my leave. My Playstation has taken almost two hours to load Destiny.

This game better knock me out of my socks.

phantom42

@Thaddeus the wifi on my ps3 is crap. somethings always been wrong with it. it took me over a day to download okami hd

CandiedMango

22:45

Ha!

Thaddeus

I see.

CandiedMango

@Thaddeus If you really want story from it, go find the grimoire cards online (there's a huge list somewhere) They have the main amount of story for the game.

Thaddeus

I thought that's why I bought a disk from the store.

I won't need it for the story, I am crazy creative enough already.

CandiedMango

Good thing you got destiny then!

Ixrec

"or herself, a couple of times"
wait, the possibility of time lords regenerating into females was canon as early as S6? no one told me this!

CandiedMango

22:47

I really enjoyed the game up until I need to sink more time into finding people to play with than playing the game.

user132126

If I ever get freetime again I'll probably go back to D3

user132126

Patch 2.4 is sounding pretty fun

CandiedMango

The game is pretty good now!

It's no D2, but it's really fun now that you can find your own items...

"Every Ancient item you have equipped increases your damage by 800 per cent and reduces your damage taken by four per cent." It further said, "These are bound to spur an untold number of never explored builds, especially for those of you who'd like to explore the boundaries beyond six-piece class sets."

@Himarm ^

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