Star Wars: The Force Awakens - Spoilertastic Thread

[Imrahil]

Also, I like the first 2 seasons of red dwarf.

[MartyS (Gromit)]

I didn't even know they made an animated series of Red Dwarf, guess I'll have to see if that is streaming anywhere...

OK, never mind, I assumed since the other shows being talked about were animated there was an animated Red Dwarf but I guess there isn't.  How can anyone not like the first 2 seasons of Red Dwarf?

[Edward J Grug III]

https://twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/676904272634728448

[MartyS (Gromit)]

https://twitter.com/pixelatedboat/status/676904272634728448

That is hilarious.

[Parker_Hylton]

So...I watch "Undercover boss" reruns all the time.  I also watch SNL on the rare occasion they have reruns early enough before I go to bed. I think this is a good a place as any to post this special edition of SNL's "Undercover boss":

[CJones]

Finally got around to seeing this today. Good movie, if maybe overly derivative of the original.

One thing I didn't understand though: Starkiller base draws it's power from a star, but they had already fired it once earlier in the movie. Why was there still a star there for it to fire a second time? Did they move the entire planet to another star? That seems highly impractical, plus it kinda defeats the purpose of having a hyperspace weapon.

[Darth Geek]

Finally got around to seeing this today. Good movie, if maybe overly derivative of the original.

One thing I didn't understand though: Starkiller base draws it's power from a star, but they had already fired it once earlier in the movie. Why was there still a star there for it to fire a second time? Did the move the entire planet to another star? That seems highly impractical, plus it kinda defeats the purpose of having a hyperspace weapon.

I figured that they did move it. Maybe there would be some of the power from the star left after it fired, and they would use that in order to move.

As for why they would turn a planet into a navigable starship?

[MartyS (Gromit)]

If they moved it Finn wouldn't have known where it was...

I had the same complaint about reloading after the first viewing, seems like ages ago but it's only been about a month.....

In the novel the weapon draws dark energy from the star, it didn't drain the star completely as it appears to in the movie.  I can't remember if the star went dark in the novel and if there was an explanation of that.

[Darth Geek]

If they moved it Finn wouldn't have known where it was...

Huh, hadn't thought of that. Good point. So maybe they can move it (since they'd have to after finishing draining the energy from that star), but it's not "one star, one shot".

Personally, I thought it was stupid that when the Starkiller imploded it then became another star the same size as the planet. But that's a reeeeally minor nitpick.

[SJP]

OK, never mind, I assumed since the other shows being talked about were animated there was an animated Red Dwarf but I guess there isn't.  How can anyone not like the first 2 seasons of Red Dwarf?

I'd heard good things about Red Dwarf before I saw it and had heard roughly the same thing about the first two seasons being not quite the quality of the later ones.  It's true, they are well-written, but looking back and knowing the rocky start of the show, it is missing the energy of the later seasons (as well as an audience that actually cared about and laughed at what was going on) and it was REALLY low budget.  It's one of those, "Oh, but they start doing much wackier stuff as it goes on" when the first two seasons are mostly grey interiors.  Also, Kryten.

And I'm not knocking low budget by itself.  Blackadder was higher budget in its first series than the other three put together, practically, but you'd find a lot of people who say the later series still got better.  That's one I tried to get people to watch for years, and there was a lot of reluctance...and then when they finally watched it, they asked me why it took them so long to actually see it.  I see Red Dwarf as similar circumstances, only harder because it IS harder to get into now that TV effects have come a long way.

On a related joke...
"What is it, Lord B?"
"Nothing, Baldrick.  It's just that these bloody First Order people want to build some new superweapon for their grand scheme, and someone's stuck me with having to design it.  If there's one thing that bothers me more than a fascist, it's a fascist who decides I should be in charge of their weapons design team as if I'm not already doing enough."
"Didn't they already run into problems with that march of theirs?"
"What march?"
"You know, that Death Slog."
*sigh*  "STAR, Baldrick.  Death STAR.  It was a bloody great ball that blew up everything it came in contact with.  Sort of like the Queen's last soiree, but with fewer casualties."
"So what do they want now?"
"I don't know.  Everything about them is big, grand, better than before.  Like the Empire, but with more fringes.  And better sharpshooters."
"Why not do another Death Slog, then, but just bigger?"
"...Bigger?"
"Yes.  Just make another ball that blows things up, but just bigger.  Look at it, all lovely and turnip-shaped..."
"Baldrick, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard since a giant, floppy-eared fish monster looked at Senator Palpatine and said, 'here's the keys, do keep her in good condition.'"
"Well, if you did this, you'd be done with your weapon design, wouldn't you?"
"Good point.  Draw some more pointy bits on that Post-It note and leave it on my desk.  Oh, and kick yourself on the way out, I haven't given you one today."

[Darth Geek]

  Well done. I love Blackadder.

[RVR II]

So noone posted this yet?

[MrTorso]

So noone posted this yet?

Yup. 7 posts above! Just wasn't embedded.

[RVR II]

Ah I missed it because it wasn't embedded.. Sorry bout that 

[Imrahil]

Well done. I love Blackadder.

Seconded, that was well-done.