The Battle Bar, Our Wretched Hive of Scum and Villainy

Gideon
Moar.

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The rest had a tendency to occasionally devolve into heavy handed tedium. He absolutely swamped the latter portions of Storm with exaltation of Luke's potential and Palpatine frequently gets disturbingly enraptured in "his feral Jedi" [hatehatehate]. Luke's evolution is almost entirely believable until Darkness, when it's revealed he's acquired Vader's taste for habitual execution. There was never any indication his demeanor was turning explosive.

Not a whole lot of other issues stand out, but the later work just seems weaker in general.

I haven't decided how I feel about Darkness in yet. I'm only about a quarter of the way through.

Gideon
Characterization?

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Palpatine grew a little tiresome about halfway through Storm, but his interactions with Vader [lovelovelove] are consistent high points. Indeed, I'd have to say that of all preexisting characters Vader might be handled the best; Blank perfectly portrays him as simultaneously perplexed by his emotions and completely obstinate [lawl] in his worldview, and I particularly like how he struggles with the fact that - despite his obvious power and status - everyone has him pegged for what he is.

Vader is win. Han, Leia and the rest are properly handled, but save for the illustrations of Han's loyalty, not especially remarkable. I'm growing more and more interested in Mara Jade, though.

Veers made me lol.

Gideon
Dialogue?

Almost universally spectacular. Easily some of the best I've seen in anything Star Wars.

Gideon

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Hallin?

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Wes

i luv him.

I'd like to point out the attention blank pays to the setting is completely unrivaled by any SW author whose work I've read, period. The culture, the atmosphere... it's astoundingly fleshed out, and he tends to it like a living character. He's very good at handling the complexities associated with scale.

The man is a beast.

http://www.d2brigade.net/?p=196= Interesting little review here. It gets into a nifty argument on philosophy about half-way in that I found cool. Recommending to you dudez and dudette(s?).

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summary for those of us without 20 minutes to spend on something we've never heard of?

How could you have never heard of Evangelion? 🤨

If you watch from 10.30-13.00 and pause to read whats on the screen you can get the idea. Its basically an argument for and against post-modern existentialism, Evangelion proposing that truths are subjective and personal and that its more important to figure out your own truth than the worlds while she argues that you should still base yourself in reality and that its your beliefs that define you etcetera.

yeah yeah I'm watching it.

The whole attempt at philosophy sounds lame on both sides.

I do really like the lady's voice, esp after watching Juno last night. Indie Cred for the win.

yeah yeah I'm watching it.

The whole attempt at philosophy sounds lame on both sides.

You're lame. hoss uhuh

edit: Yeah, thats why I like her, she has a really expressive voice. Later episodes have her going into some bizzare vocals with it.

so what she said is that this is a total waste of time and no one should watch it evar. Because anime sux.

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Nuh-uh. She gave it 3 outta 4 stars, which makes it good. So there! Anime is too good! crackers

Originally posted by Nephthys
How could you have never heard of Evangelion? 🤨

If you watch from 10.30-13.00 and pause to read whats on the screen you can get the idea. Its basically an argument for and against post-modern existentialism, Evangelion proposing that truths are subjective and personal and that its more important to figure out your own truth than the worlds while she argues that you should still base yourself in reality and that its your beliefs that define you etcetera.

So... both sides are saying the same thing then. (Although that's not what Existentialism says.)

Just watch the damn thing. Don't ask me about it. disgust

Also, no.

Think they will start guarding Ray Allen soon?

Originally posted by truejedi
Think they will start guarding Ray Allen soon?

He's just automatic today. I had the Celtics win one of two in LA so hopefully they take care of things tonight. They're playing amazing defense and I would think they'd win 3 at home. Kobe is having his first off game in 2 months.

Btw, happy 66 year anniversary of D-Day. The Greatest Generation in this country's history.

I just watched Enemy at the Gates and I'm rather disappointed. Would it have killed an actor of Jude Law's caliber to at least try a Russian accent? The viewer could be forgiven for thinking one of USSR's most prolific snipers was an Englishman. And what was Khrushchev doing at Stalingrad? He wasn't there during the battle.

That being said, the opening scene where they cross the Volga was horrific and awesome at the same time.

Originally posted by Autokrat
I just watched Enemy at the Gates and I'm rather disappointed. Would it have killed an actor of Jude Law's caliber to at least try a Russian accent? The viewer could be forgiven for thinking one of USSR's most prolific snipers was an Englishman. And what was Khrushchev doing at Stalingrad? He wasn't there during the battle.

That being said, the opening scene where they cross the Volga was horrific and awesome at the same time.

It was loosely based on the true story of the Soviet Sniper. I don't like Mario playing Krushchev. I also don't like them staring at a picture of "the boss", and calling him "the boss". Ron Pearlman and Ed Harris were their usual amazing selves.

I was sad when Ron Pearlman's character got killed because Ron Pearlman is awesome and his lines about how he got screwed over by the NKVD were so horribly true for so many people.

Blank always says "All be it" Instead of Albeit. Makes me smile.

Somebody give Rondo a fat contract.

Rondo is ridiculous.