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    I reeaaalllly hated the comedy. It's bad enough because it's out of step with Star Wars, but it's also just so... same-y. There's too much Guardians of the Galaxy in it. It's the same criticism I have of Thor: Ragnarok and a bunch of other recent Marvel films. I remember that scene being confusing at first, too, because she suddenly starts narrating it, but eventually it becomes apparent that the narration is her talking to Kylo Ren at a later time. The scene is clearly taking inspiration from ESB's equally-confusing "only what you take with you" sequence. Rey goes to the island searching for her place in all this. She wants the Jedi to help her, the Sith, the Rebels, even Kylo Ren. When she asks the mirror who her parents are, she's not asking for JUST her parents; she wants some sort of sign that there is someone to support her. The mirror shows her instead her greatest fear - that she has no such support system; she is the only thing she can rely on. ...which is a partial truth, if you want to get philosophical about it. But it's also an exaggeration because that place is strong in the dark side of the Force. Of course it would only show her the bleakest truths about herself. So she's "seduced" by it, she believes that it's the truth, and she seeks out Kylo Ren. When he offers her companionship - "you're not alone" - she's in too compromised a mental state to deny it. But I mean, that's a sympathetic and reaching interpretation of that scene. On its face, it's more than a bit obtuse. I was similarly confused by the similar ESB scene, but that one is a bit more blunt in its symbolism, and dare I say it it's more poetic. Apparently there was a scene cut from the final edit of the movie where he teaches her the last of the three lessons.
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    Brother started bingeing FMA:Brotherhood. Seems pretty good, all things considered. Definitely better than I suspected, and definitely better than the original FMA when I watched it, but a bit too long for me to invest right now. I still haven't washed out the stink of seasons-long anime from The Trio of Shounen Anime. EDIT: Has anyone seen Miss Hokusai? I bought the collector's box during the All the Anime sale, and I'll be checking it out soon as it comes in. I'm fairly certain I'll enjoy it.
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    Man, someone is super super salty about Star Wars.
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    No, unfortunately. They've released weapons sets and photo-etch parts for both the 1/72 and 1/48 VF-1, a photo-etch set for the 1/48 YF-19, and various (discontinued) weapons sets for their real-world aircraft models (organized into US and Russian sets, I think).
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    I'll be getting this on PS4, but it's still great to see it coming out.
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    I've had USPS move a package back and forth between Madison, WI, and its Chicago facility for about two weeks before finally finding its way to the local post office and to me. The reason? Simple human error. The people working in the Madison sorting facility just couldn't read the shipping label correctly, consistently mistaking the origin address for the destination and vice versa. So... It could be that. Maybe contact the USPS, see if they could help with any info about it at all.
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    Following up on this... ...I bring you this. Short version:
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    I didn't, mainly because of the constantly reused animation. (It's comparable to Seed in that respect... and others...) My sister liked it, but I quickly stopped paying attention somewhere around the time the pilots left Earth.
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    I gotta say, these last few pages have been cathartic.
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    Finished a couple days ago. Some thoughts (in spoilers just in case people still haven't seen it):
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    Realizing this made me giggle.
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    Include Super parts so she can go broken-hearted crazy on the cockroaches roaming around your house.
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    The whole movie is pretty meta. Almost obnoxiously so.
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    "Let the past die. Kill it if you have to." is only spoken by Kylo Ren. And it's intentionally ironic, because he's the one following most closely in his forebears' footsteps. He starts the trilogy out trying so hard to be just like Darth Vader, and by the end of this movie, he's choking and screaming at everyone same as the grandfather whom he wants nothing to do with anymore.
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    Considering the movie's pretty overt political undertones... but yes, maybe best not to wade into that territory. I do think it's interesting and important, though, to contrast "kill the past" - espoused by a single character - against what else the movie has to say about generational dissonance, legacies, and inheritance. It's kind of telling that the only one who waxes poetic about killing the past is the one who clung most strongly to it. The movie never sympathizes with Kylo Ren in this regard; explores it as a foil to Rey, sure, but never embraces it. Contrast that with Yoda and Luke, and Luke and Rey, and Leia and Holdo and Poe, and so on and so forth: "Pass on what you have learned. Strength, mastery. But weakness, folly, failure also. Yes, failure most of all. The greatest teacher, failure is. Luke, we are what they grow beyond. That is the true burden of all masters." Little bit of column A, little bit of column B, maybe? I wouldn't go so far as to say that everything sucks, but the movie definitely doesn't shy away from turning RotJ's happily ever after on its head. Force ghosts operate on the rule of dramatic tension. That's why Obi-Wan never spoke to Darth Vader, why Yoda didn't lightning bolt Palpatine... They're dramatic devices. It's really unhealthy, then, to dwell on it like this. You really should avoid talking about it for a while if it's eliciting such strong negative emotions.
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    1950X or 1920X? No Core i9 7980XE build? I'm really interested in seeing AMD's APUs next year, both desktop and laptop varieties. The gaming reviews of the mobile Ryzen 5 2500u in the HP Envy X360 are really impressive given the minuscule thermal profile it has to work with. I foresee some small ITX builds over the course of this year for the kids, and maybe some affordable light gaming laptops as well. This is definitely an exciting time.
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    Magical Force tomfoolery. The strength of Sidious's hatred or evilness or control of the Force or what-have-you prevents them from manipulating the Force around him or some such. The same reason Gandalf didn't just summon the eagles.
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    In fairness, IBO had its share of "War is hell" fetishization as well, but that was mostly kept to the first half-dozen episodes or so, and after that it started to really hone in on how fraked up the characters are for not thinking anything of the things they do and how screwed up the world is for letting things be that way. Untz, untz, untz, untz.
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    Just as I saw this post, I also came across this video from Gamers Nexus:
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    What is different about Spectre as compared to Meltdown? I thought Meltdown and Spectre both were referencing the same Intel-specific memory leak issue. Apparently ARM CPUs also suffer from the Spectre vulnerability?
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    Checking in to see if any updates?
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    A lone BBC article said that the issue also plagued AMD chips, but I'm 99% sure it's a misunderstanding on a probably non-techy journo's part. That said, maybe wait a couple months if you can for at least the refresh lineup before switching. The Ryzen refresh will almost assuredly offer slightly better performance, maybe better IPC/clocks as well. I'm debating whether to switch on that "Ryzen+" or wait for Ryzen 2 next year.
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    ^ That gif gets a Like. Operation Yashima, ho!
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    Yeah, it comes off more as that than anything else. Or not even have the laser fire, have the walkers fire at him, each one not killing but seriously hindering his progress. Something so that it's more obvious that he's in a no-win scenario. Maybe even have someone reach the laser before him and fail.
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    Saw it again. My predictions was... mostly correct. I can see why people had a problem with the military strategy, but the emotional arcs of the key characters are still really well-told and well-paced. It made me interested in them in a way that TFA failed to do. Some observations from this second go:
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