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- 2020-01-11 01:37am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
Iran has stated that the plane was indeed brought down by anti-aircraft missiles due to "human error". According to the statements, the pilots of the Ukrainian plane turned towards an IRGC base when it was fired upon. President Rouhani has expressed his regrets and apologies on Twitter.
- 2020-01-09 04:10pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
If the photos in this twitter thread are authentic, it appears the Iranians scored an own goal. https://mobile.twitter.com/HeshmatAlavi/status/1215025244374806530 I wonder what bullshit explanation Iran will come out with on this. And I wonder if anyone will actually believe it. I think they're goi...
- 2020-01-08 11:59am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
Sorry for the DP, but there was no second wave (seems to have been bluster). There were fortunately no casualties and if Trump has some sense he won't retaliate. Your hypothetical is not possible. If Trump had some sense he wouldn't have engaged in assassination of a government official of Iran. No...
- 2020-01-08 12:20am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
The IGRC has announced that "The revenge has begun" and the U.S. military has confirmed that three American bases, including the main base at Ain Al Assad, are under sustained rocket/missile attack from Iranian territory. No word on casualties yet. EDIT: ABC News is breaking the story: AB...
- 2020-01-07 07:19pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
The IGRC has announced that "The revenge has begun" and the U.S. military has confirmed that three American bases, including the main base at Ain Al Assad, are under sustained rocket/missile attack from Iranian territory. No word on casualties yet. EDIT: ABC News is breaking the story: AB...
- 2020-01-07 06:39pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
The IGRC has announced that "The revenge has begun" and the U.S. military has confirmed that three American bases, including the main base at Ain Al Assad, are under sustained rocket/missile attack from Iranian territory. No word on casualties yet. EDIT: ABC News is breaking the story: ABC...
- 2020-01-05 04:59pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
It comes down to taste and personally I felt last Jedi was dogshit. I don’t mind the idea of a Luke who succumbed to despair but I think they went TOO far in how broken he was If he's not broken then why is he in exile? Unless you can square that circle nothing in the movie is going to work. But ye...
- 2020-01-04 06:57pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently.... ....hundreds of Ir...
- 2020-01-04 03:48pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
Oh really? In the script? I haven't managed to find the script anywhere online, so perhaps you'll cite the passage. Oh, we have Luke saying that it was "pure instinct", but he lied earlier (or "from a certain point of view") and we're also shown Kylo's point of view. And the ver...
- 2020-01-04 02:45am
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
A U.S. official claims to the Associated Press that tonight’s airstrike was “not a U.S. military attack.” - Fox News LIVE Breaking News LIVE Breaking News (@NewsBreaking) January 4, 2020 The PMU itself apparently doesn't deny the incident, but says that the U.S. wasn't involved. The Iraqi army says...
- 2020-01-03 05:59pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
Chatter on Twitter indicates that there have been more strikes in Baghdad tonight. A convoy carrying the senior leadership of the PMU (which was declared a terrorist organization just a few hours ago) was apparently targeted.
- 2020-01-02 10:24pm
- Forum: News and Politics
- Topic: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
- Replies: 145
- Views: 65947
Re: Qasem Soleimani (IRGC Commander) killed in Baghdad
This could very well lead to war. The price of oil has jumped $2/barrel.
- 2020-01-02 03:56pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
Bullshit, it wasn't instinct. I forced myself to sit through the horrendously bad, boring and bland TLJ the other day and that scene was one of those I took especially note of. Luke didn't draw the sword from instinct. He drew the sword and actively considered murdering his nephew, which he had kno...
- 2020-01-01 04:19pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
Why did Kylo Ren kill the aforementioned Lor San Tekka when he later brought Poe onboard his ship for "enhanced interrogation"? Because he knew Poe had the map last and wanted to find it? What would he need Tekka for? Because he didn't know that. Kylo wasn't made aware of Poe until after ...
- 2020-01-01 01:20pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
Oh, the arrogance of that man! A character which even isn't his own creation... Aaand you just showed that Johnson has no grasp of the character whatsoever. I sure don't want to see Luke as some sort of divinity (heck I'm not a fan of the character as is), but Luke is a hero who overcame "woun...
- 2020-01-01 10:19am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
No, it doesn't answer that. Very little is said and what was said was by Han Solo: "He was training a new generation of Jedi. One boy, an apprentice, turned against him, destroyed it all. Luke felt responsible. He just walked away from everything." That's literally all we needed to know. ...
- 2020-01-01 08:15am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
It still remains to be seen what sort of drama went down between Luke and Snoke before the events in the flashbacks from TLJ happened. He may have been in a heightened state of anxiety over the discovery that a powerful dark side user was trying to corrupt his nephew after so many years of relative...
- 2020-01-01 04:58am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
It still remains to be seen what sort of drama went down between Luke and Snoke before the events in the flashbacks from TLJ happened. He may have been in a heightened state of anxiety over the discovery that a powerful dark side user was trying to corrupt his nephew after so many years of relative...
- 2019-12-30 07:12am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
- Replies: 168
- Views: 131292
Re: Kathleen Kennedy's management of the franchise
"Minimalist"? You have seen the Sequel Trilogy movies, right? You can't get much more minimalist than that...
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- 2019-12-26 10:35am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
- Replies: 321
- Views: 181626
Re: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
Two questions: - Why are we believing Palpatine when he says that Rey is his granddaughter ? I agree, Palpatine's claim is questionable... Because it wasn't only Palpatine who knew. Ghost Luke says that he and Leia knew as well. A clear retcon by Abrams just for this kind of situation. So, the clai...
- 2019-12-26 03:30am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
- Replies: 321
- Views: 181626
Re: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
Two questions: - Why are we believing Palpatine when he says that Rey is his granddaughter ? I agree, Palpatine's claim is questionable... Because it wasn't only Palpatine who knew. Ghost Luke says that he and Leia knew as well. A clear retcon by Abrams just for this kind of situation. So, the clai...
- 2019-12-24 09:47pm
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
- Replies: 321
- Views: 181626
Re: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
Also, OT ISD's with huge belly guns? This is why we can't have nice things anymore. I'm not opposed to giant guns but don't fucking ruin my ISD's. They were just fine. You want giant belly guns, make you're own damn ships... oh wait you did. Use them. I feel like they were there just for a ID4 mome...
- 2019-12-24 02:59am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
- Replies: 321
- Views: 181626
Re: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
A bit off topic but special effects like putting an old and young Leia in the movie are getting so good it's getting difficult to realize it's all CGI. Pretty scary to realize where a moving to a world where this kind of technology can be used for less benevolent things like fake news or propaganda...
- 2019-12-23 03:01am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
- Replies: 321
- Views: 181626
Re: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
I just posted on the official Star Wars Facebook page that I am unliking the page in protest of the marginalization of Rose and romanticization of abuse with Reylo. I encourage others to do likewise. Rose was a secondary character who had quite a large role in TLJ. Why wasn't that enough? Aren't yo...
- 2019-12-23 01:51am
- Forum: Pure Star Wars
- Topic: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
- Replies: 321
- Views: 181626
Re: Rise of Skywalkers reviews (Spoilers in this thread)
I just posted on the official Star Wars Facebook page that I am unliking the page in protest of the marginalization of Rose and romanticization of abuse with Reylo. I encourage others to do likewise. Rose was a secondary character who had quite a large role in TLJ. Why wasn't that enough? Aren't yo...