On December 12 2019 07:51 Erasme wrote: Maybe they weren't old/secure enough to say w/e they really thought at the time. So "if they were silent at the time (even tho they shouldn't) they should be silent now" ? Amazing logic.
Silent? LOL. You can really get into it with your customers about the abortion issue or any other contentious political issue if you like. You are risking something like this though...
i don't share my libertarian views with my customers. they give me money and i sell them my report writer add-on tool. deal done. i wish more of my competitors would start to yap about politics with their customers though... maybe call a few of their customers pieces of shit for whatever their views are kinda like Rian Johnson did.... i could use the extra cash.
On December 11 2019 04:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i think its dumb when the Star Wars actors/creative-team-members yap away about Trump. Were George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher yapping away about Reagan or Carter or the US hostages in Iran? What was Carrie Fisher's view on stag-flation?
It's simply: nothing as remotely insane as the Trump presidency has ever happened in the US history and it's even rare in the history of the western world as a whole (barring obvious outliers such as the Nazis). I think it is dumb for people with a public voice not to "yap away" about it.
You are obviously free to not like it, especially if you actually support Trump (I have honestly no idea if that's the case) and you are also free to not consume their products (in the vein of your later post where you posit yourself as their customer) abut they are also free to not give a shit, especially since they are already rich enough not to care about your money at all.
if you record yourself reading these spoilers (warning: clicking that link will take you to an alleged screenshot of one of the spoilers) out loud, you can get a free Whopper. Burger King has also released a commercial featuring the alleged spoilers embedded in the restaurant’s menu and showing customers freaking out over said spoilers:
if these spoilers and the ones going around youtube turn out to be true what a laugh it will be. It turns out Star Wars is doing a cross promotion with Mcdonald's. I am not sure of Burger King's standing in the world when it comes to fast food. In Canada and the north eastern USA BK was the clear #2 behind Mcdonald's a few decades ago. In the last 20 years though I think Burger King has fallen way behind.
If Burger King//Mcdonald's are in a Coke/Pepsi type of marketing war where its between #1 and #2 in Germany then this promo is pure genius. If BK is something like the 10th best fast food chain in Germany then this marketing stunt isn't as much fun.
On December 11 2019 04:38 JimmyJRaynor wrote: i think its dumb when the Star Wars actors/creative-team-members yap away about Trump. Were George Lucas, Mark Hamill and Carrie Fisher yapping away about Reagan or Carter or the US hostages in Iran? What was Carrie Fisher's view on stag-flation?
It's simply: nothing as remotely insane as the Trump presidency has ever happened in the US history and it's even rare in the history of the western world as a whole
you can just label anything an "outlier". You are a prisoner of the moment. Vietnam featured 1.3 million casualties. The average age of the American combat soldier was 19. The teenagers who lived through the war arrived home to the USA a shell of a human being. That's what happens when teenagers are placed in combat roles that includes hundreds of consecutive days of enemy fire in house-to-house battles. 19... just wow.
In 1990, NYC featured 3000 murders. In 2018 NYC had a lower murder rate than Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Droves of ambitious, hard working Canadians continue to move to the USA for better work and a better life. That's been happening for decades and it hasn't slowed down with Trump in power. Same shit... different decade.
I wonder if there will be any spoilers from Japan. AFAIK they're airing it there a week before anywhere else? In any case, 2-3 more days and it's here. Have some friends who are going to see it and will ask them how it was (I won't be seeing it).
Wait, so Snoke isn't coming back? He was just a discount Dooku with no plot twists or interesting backstory?
Palpatine's return is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I hope they won't explain that by saying he cloned himself or anything like that, that would be weak.
On December 16 2019 20:25 Manit0u wrote: I wonder if there will be any spoilers from Japan. AFAIK they're airing it there a week before anywhere else? In any case, 2-3 more days and it's here. Have some friends who are going to see it and will ask them how it was (I won't be seeing it).
China gets their first public screenings on the 18th. I think the rest of the world gets theirs on the 20th.
The world premier is happening right now, and leaked pics are already popping up from that.
On December 17 2019 07:43 Sent. wrote: Wait, so Snoke isn't coming back? He was just a discount Dooku with no plot twists or interesting backstory?
Palpatine's return is a surprise, to be sure, but a welcome one. I hope they won't explain that by saying he cloned himself or anything like that, that would be weak.
Palpatine's last minute return confirms to me they put nearly zero planning into making this a trilogy- that RJ suddenly cutting down Snoke, left a Snoke-sized hole in the series. Really, really bad planning.
On December 16 2019 20:25 Manit0u wrote: I wonder if there will be any spoilers from Japan. AFAIK they're airing it there a week before anywhere else? In any case, 2-3 more days and it's here. Have some friends who are going to see it and will ask them how it was (I won't be seeing it).
China gets their first public screenings on the 18th. I think the rest of the world gets theirs on the 20th.
The world premier is happening right now, and leaked pics are already popping up from that.
Nah it's out on the 18th in large parts of europe, etc, usa is behind
Apparently the leaks are true which isn't too surprising, god i am already excited to see the next wave of adults who'll cry about the film destroying star wars, bla bla bla while the target audience will enjoy it. The level of obsessiveness just humors me a lot, will be fun!
On December 17 2019 19:30 The_Red_Viper wrote: Why are you guys even in this thread when you haven't read the leaks? :D
where can I read them? I dont care about spoiling myself. Star wars only exists in 1-6 for me
There's a massive document making the rounds called The Rise of Skywalker Spoilerboard that's been posted on reddit, and it includes tons of alleged leaks all the way from spring. There's also a bunch of recent second-hand leaks, some purported screencaps from post production, and some absolutely obviously fake spoilers that some people still buy into (*sigh*). Also apparently some pictures from yesterday's premiere.
In any case, the movie is coming out tomorrow in many countries around the world, and the review embargo should lift around the same time, so you should start seeing plot synopses within the next 24 hours.
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