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by Jim Raynor
2012-11-06 11:58pm
Forum: Famous Threads
Topic: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION
Replies: 1432
Views: 448323

Re: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION

Mitt's campaign needs to save face. This was an embarrassingly bad performance. How do you lose almost every swing state, with so many people convinced that Obama's the Antichrist? You offer up a lousy candidate like Romney.
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-06 11:39pm
Forum: Famous Threads
Topic: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION
Replies: 1432
Views: 448323

Re: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION

Great to see all the pro-Obama swing state projections being confirmed tonight. Romney, enjoy being a footnote in the history books. :)

Hmm, maybe the GOP will finally wake up and realize their bullshit ain't working. Nah.
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-05 05:39pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Refuting Common Obama Myths
Replies: 1
Views: 1280

Refuting Common Obama Myths

Link I saw this article today which stood out to me. It's really nothing new if you're knowledgable about things, but I liked it for how neatly it refutes several common conservative talking points. #1-3 dealt with trivial things like golf and vacation time, which is pretty small even if it's annoy...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-04 12:26pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

Exactly. We criticized the West End Games sourcebooks for years. Without checking, can anyone even name a single WEG author? Three million clones was stupid but not out of he ordinary in the EU. It was about the author elevating things into a feud, before immaturely writing lousy stories with an eye...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-03 12:03pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

Were there aged 1950s cowboy movie fans (REAL horses and gunfights!) back in 1980 when Lucas made TESB? Did they complain about his use of "fake" looking technology to cartoonishly animate his AT-ATs? Because as I said before, they could've filmed the Battle of Hoth with the same exact sto...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-03 11:56am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

People don't have to take my word over his. I stated my opinion and if nobody agrees with it then fine. But I AM going to call bullshit on the idea that he couldn't have accomplished some of the more important story elements from those films back in the day. For instance, take the battle between th...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-02 06:25pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

CGI is not the problem. Not if it's done well. But you have to admit that the AATs rolling down Naboo looked fake as shit. Better than stop motion Taun-tauns and AT-ATs. Yeah, I said it. It seems as though Lucas abused CGI simply because it was simpler to film everything on a green-screen than to a...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-02 05:41pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

A lava planet in ROTS wasn't "required," but NOTHING is truly required if you want to act like that. Avengers didn't require armored space whales flying through New York. Inception didn't require an entire cityscape to flip over in front of the characters. Avatar didn't require an entire 3...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-01 06:21pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

There's going to be a Dark Side Force user involved; no SW movie has ever gone without a lightsaber duel. And even before the article stating that no previous EU would be used, there was no chance of the Vong being used. They're not just extreme BDSM and body mod freaks, they wear that on their slee...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-01 05:56pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
Replies: 512
Views: 94106

Re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm

I think people in general need to step back when talking about Star Wars and Lucas, because this topic always tends to turn into people loudly shouting about their subjective opinions and unsubstantiated "facts." Does box office equal quality? No. Is "quality" subjective? Hell ye...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-01 02:46pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

The Thrawn fanbase, such as it exists, is the SW fanbase. No SW fan is going to not watch this movie because Thrawn isn't in it. The EU is irrelevant. And I don't want them to pattern these movies after the Thrawn Trilogy. Thrawn might be considered a high point of the EU, but to be honest those boo...
by Jim Raynor
2012-11-01 12:32am
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Star Wars: 2015
Replies: 179
Views: 32727

Re: Star Wars: 2015

LadyTevar wrote:What happened to the proposed Rogue Squadron TV show?
Now that you mention it, I very vaguely remember seeing mention of that years and years ago. I don't think it ever rose above the level of fan rumor. The only TV shows are the animated ones, and the written but still unfilmed Underworld.
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-31 06:42pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
Replies: 512
Views: 94106

Re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm

I'm just glad that people will be able to approach these as their own movies (I hope). "I was 7 years old when my Dad took me to see ANH and it completely changed my life, I waited 20 years to get the same special feeling with Episode I but it just wasn't the same" is actually a common nar...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-31 06:15pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
Replies: 512
Views: 94106

Re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm

As for TPM 3D, it hardly did bad. It didn't light the box office on fire, but it did what any rerelease is expected to do (which seems to be 40-50 million, The Lion King being an extreme outlier). The movie was released on Blu-Ray just months before its theatrical rerelease. People have done the mat...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-31 06:07pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
Replies: 512
Views: 94106

Re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm

Exactly. Expanding on my previous example, I grew up with Batman: The Animated Series . I even liked reruns of the Adam West show when I was five years old. I don't care to watch the Schumacher movies. I freaking loved he Nolan films. I hear that a lot of the comics are crap, so I haven't touched th...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-31 05:51pm
Forum: Pure Star Wars
Topic: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm
Replies: 512
Views: 94106

Re: Disney to acquire Lucasfilm

I'm really surprised as well that Lucas decided to sell. Everything I've read about him has suggested that he's a very private person whose protective of his films and wants to do things his way, apart from the Hollywood system. Also really surprised that they're already aiming for Episode VII. I ha...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-26 11:55pm
Forum: Famous Threads
Topic: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION
Replies: 1432
Views: 448323

Re: [Official Thread] 2012 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

If you think the Republicans are bitching hard now, then brace yourself if they win the popular vote but lose the electoral vote. They already perceive Obama as a fascist commie dictator. That idea would be greatly reinforced if they could actually say with certainty that the majority of the America...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-26 12:02am
Forum: Famous Threads
Topic: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION
Replies: 1432
Views: 448323

Re: [Official Thread] 2012 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

While I'd like to see a more moderate GOP, I don't know if they would lean back toward the middle if they lose to Obama again. This will be a tight presidential election, and their much bigger loss in 2008 actually convinced them to become more conservative. FOX News, Rush Limbaugh, Glen Beck, and o...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-25 08:52pm
Forum: Famous Threads
Topic: [Official Thread] OBAMA WINS RE-ELECTION
Replies: 1432
Views: 448323

Re: [Official Thread] 2012 US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

The exaggerations about Obama that the GOP has been allowed to get away with truly are amazing. The guy who surged troops into Afghanistan, pivoted US military forces against China, kicked Gadhafi's ass, and is continuing with plans to build an uber all-stealth fighter fleet "hates the military...
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-22 10:33pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round
Replies: 128
Views: 12120

Re: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round

CNN's test audience says that Obama ended with a bang, while Romney ended with a whimper.
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-22 10:28pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round
Replies: 128
Views: 12120

Re: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round

Obama just cast investments in education and technology as competitive moves to stay ahead of China. Smart move.
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-22 10:13pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round
Replies: 128
Views: 12120

Re: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round

I'd be shocked if Obama "loses" this debate according to the polls. Mitt can't mount any real argument, or more importantly, any real disagreement against him.
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-22 10:09pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round
Replies: 128
Views: 12120

Re: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round

Damn, Obama's owning both the male and female viewers with this Afghanistan talk. Good stuff.
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-22 10:03pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round
Replies: 128
Views: 12120

Re: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round

Obama just got a huge bump when the conversation turned to Bin Laden.
by Jim Raynor
2012-10-22 09:58pm
Forum: News and Politics
Topic: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round
Replies: 128
Views: 12120

Re: Presidential Debate Obama VS Romney Final Round

"When I went to Israel, as a candidate, I didn't take donors. I didn't go to fundraisers."

Oh shit! :lol: