sorry, best I can do is a Netflix series where they don't pop a lightsaber until the last shot of the season finale and it's cancelled after two 7-episode seasons.
What if we made one where we question if the notion of Jedi is really a thing, as a commentary on the nature of producing Star Wars stories in a heavily commodified production ecosystem, and our lead character is a street rat-esque young smuggler who rescues this one Padawan, and they’re guided by an older former Jedi whose connection to the force is burnt out from his experience in war?
Or maybe a melodrama about five teenage rebel Jedi landing on the imperial homeworld to destroy the Empire on their own
sorry, best I can do is a Netflix series where they don't pop a lightsaber until the last shot of the season finale and it's cancelled after two 7-episode seasons.
What if we made one where we question if the notion of Jedi is really a thing, and our lead character is a smuggler who rescues this one Padawan, and they’re guided by a former Jedi whose connection to the force is burnt out from his experience in war?
Or maybe a melodrama about five teenage rebel Jedi landing on the imperial homeworld to destroy the Empire on their own
sorry, best I can do is a Netflix series where they don't pop a lightsaber until the last shot of the season finale and it's cancelled after two 7-episode seasons.
What if we made one where we question if the notion of Jedi is really a thing, and our lead character is a smuggler who rescues this one Padawan, and they’re guided by a former Jedi whose connection to the force is burnt out from his experience in war?
Or maybe a melodrama about five teenage rebel Jedi landing on the imperial homeworld to destroy the Empire on their own
No that comes after we get George Lucas to come back for One Last Star Wars project that works as a capstone on all of the themes of Star Wars and seemingly unites all these other projects back under the umbrella of a single meta series.
It’s politics will be aggressively centrist and exceedingly confused, but it’ll be somehow the most popular fucking thing in the entire franchise.
We reboot the entire thing as into a franchise of otherwise unconnected AUs so filmmakers can create films and shows without having to be burdened by onerous canon, worrying only about theme and signifiers, allowing audiences to engage with each work on its own merits without the burden of over half a century of lore and Wikipedia entries governing everything.
We will begin this process by making the next Star Wars project a Hong Kong martial arts cinema style action drama.
Disney cant pull it off, Hong Kong martial arts movies were all heart, and Disney has none.
They don't have Walt's body frozen under the castle to get accused of not possessing a heart.
We reboot the entire thing as into a franchise of otherwise unconnected AUs so filmmakers can create films and shows without having to be burdened by onerous canon, worrying only about theme and signifiers, allowing audiences to engage with each work on its own merits without the burden of over half a century of lore and Wikipedia entries governing everything.
We will begin this process by making the next Star Wars project a Hong Kong martial arts cinema style action drama.
We reboot the entire thing as into a franchise of otherwise unconnected AUs so filmmakers can create films and shows without having to be burdened by onerous canon, worrying only about theme and signifiers, allowing audiences to engage with each work on its own merits without the burden of over half a century of lore and Wikipedia entries governing everything.
We will begin this process by making the next Star Wars project a Hong Kong martial arts cinema style action drama.
Had it on in the background yesterday and nearly got whiplash turning to stare at the screen when he gets told content of his book would be found in the backpack of an extremist.
What in the ever loving fuck.
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We reboot the entire thing as into a franchise of otherwise unconnected AUs so filmmakers can create films and shows without having to be burdened by onerous canon, worrying only about theme and signifiers, allowing audiences to engage with each work on its own merits without the burden of over half a century of lore and Wikipedia entries governing everything.
We will begin this process by making the next Star Wars project a Hong Kong martial arts cinema style action drama.
Had it on in the background yesterday and nearly got whiplash turning to stare at the screen when he gets told content of his book would be found in the backpack of an extremist.
It’s basically a light version of this lovely phenomenon of liberals, where support is entirely conditioned on steadfast group loyalty rather than actual values:
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have we talked about how biden said he isn't going to interfere in the dock worker strike because he doesn't believe in the taft-hartley act and how fucking insane that is?
The Dock strike also seems like they're asking for some pretty wild shit. Like No Automation ever, which is just dumb.
Get a contract to guaranteed payout from automation, you can't fight it directly you have to make sure you can adapt to it and get compensated correctly for it.
have we talked about how biden said he isn't going to interfere in the dock worker strike because he doesn't believe in the taft-hartley act and how fucking insane that is?
especially after he blocked the railworker strike
We have not
I suggest we test this dedication with a series of wildcats culminating in a general strike to protest our participation in genocide
It seems like it would be better for the electoral prospects to keep the ports open than to be "hands off" and let the whole eastern seaboard shut down, much like the bait and switch pulled over the railroad strike around the midterms, but I haven't run a thousand focus polls through my overpaid political consultants so what do I know?
The Dock strike also seems like they're asking for some pretty wild shit. Like No Automation ever, which is just dumb.
Get a contract to guaranteed payout from automation, you can't fight it directly you have to make sure you can adapt to it and get compensated correctly for it.
That seems like the kind of thing where they are making demands they know they won't get but they'll try to negotiate a little closer to what they want rather than give it up too easily
The Dock strike also seems like they're asking for some pretty wild shit. Like No Automation ever, which is just dumb.
Get a contract to guaranteed payout from automation, you can't fight it directly you have to make sure you can adapt to it and get compensated correctly for it.
That seems like the kind of thing where they are making demands they know they won't get but they'll try to negotiate a little closer to what they want rather than give it up too easily
Hopefully that is the case, but I also know a decent number of long shoreman...
Their ability to justify straight up dangerous working conditions because of the good pay can be baffling.
The Acolyte looked like it might have gone down that route in the first couple episodes with the whole fighting Jedi unarmed trick. Shame about the rest of the season though.
I do not know anything about Japanese political structure lanz could you give me the gist of the implications of that
american version:
next president says everyone has to leave the senate and house and go do elections to get in again
This basically
Also with the caveat that often times the LDP likes using snap elections like this to distract from scandals as kind of a big ol reset button slam, but aside from the continual slow burn of the unification church/LDP scandal which never quite went away fully, I’m not sure if there’s any at the moment (so it could be Ishiba wanting to clear the board and put a fresh start on the Diet for his tenure)
Japanese opposition lawmaker Oishi Akiko (Reiwa Shinsengumi) performed a "slow walk" to delay/protest a budget vote on Friday.
House Speaker Nukaga Fukushiro (LDP) cut her protest short by announcing an end to the roll call vote (disqualifying her vote).
Oishi Akiko of the left-wing populist Reiwa Shinsengumi party disrupted today's vote to elect Ishiba Shigeru as Prime Minister, holding a protest sign that saying "stop the dissolution aimed at covering up the slush fund scandal."
Her party is known for rule-breaking protests. One example: in 2023 party leader Yamamoto tried to use physical force to prevent the revision of an immigration law that made it easier for the govt to deport asylum seekers.
EDIT:
Beginning in November 2023,[1] a scandal involving the misuse of campaign funds by members of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan's conservative Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai and Shisuikai factions became public after it was revealed the faction had failed to report over ¥600 million in campaign funds and stored them in illegal slush funds. The scandal has led to discussions regarding the future of the LDP and its political dominance in Japan.[2]
On 18–19 January 2024, three factions of the Liberal Democratic Party (Seiwa Seisaku Kenkyūkai, Kōchikai, and Shisuikai) all announced their intention to dissolve to form a war cabinet.[3] Several Liberal Democratic Party lawmakers were indicted, including incumbent lawmakers Yasutada Ōno and Yaichi Tanigawa, who both resigned from the party following their indictments.[4]
On 8 December 2023 Kishida, as well as other members of the LDP, were questioned by opposition lawmakers during a meeting of the National Diet. According to initial public allegations, dozens of members of the Diet from the Seiwakai were suspected of collecting at least ¥100 million from fundraising and storing the money in slush funds, in violation of Japanese campaign finance and election law. Amidst questioning, Kishida stated that the scandal was being publicly investigated and ordered the LDP to stop fundraising. Hirokazu Matsuno, Chief Cabinet Secretary, was the first individual to be named in the scandal. According to the allegations, he diverted over ¥10 million from fundraising events to a slush fund over a timeline of five years. Matsuno refused to speak about the scandal, noting that it was under investigation by police and stating that the Seiwakai was investigating its accounts.[15]
On 13 December 2023,[16] amidst the growing size of the scandal, Kishida announced the removal of four ministers from his cabinet: Matsuno, Minister of Economy, Trade, and Industry Yasutoshi Nishimura, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications Junji Suzuki, and Minister of Agriculture Ichiro Miyashita. Deputy Minister of Defence Hiroshi Miyazawa was also removed from office.[8] All of the removed officials were members of the Seiwakai, while Matsuno's replacement, Yoshimasa Hayashi, was a member of the Kōchikai.[16]
The same day as the removal of the Seiwakai ministers, the opposition Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan filed a motion of no confidence in Kishida's cabinet, which was defeated due to LDP dominance in the Diet's chambers. CDPJ and Japanese Communist Party parliamentarians criticised the government's response to the scandal, with CDPJ leader Kenta Izumi saying that the LDP lacked "self-cleansing ability" and JCP leader Kazuo Shii calling it a "bottomless, serious problem." Miyazawa said following his removal that the Seiwakai faction leadership had told him "it's okay to not enter" kickbacks received between 2020 and 2022, and therefore assumed the practice was legal.[16]
The scandal continued to grow late into the month, as the National Police Agency (NPA) raided the Seiwakai and Shisuikai headquarters. The NPA said that five of six LDP factions, including Kishida's Kōchikai, were under investigation for improper usage of slush funds. Kishida, who was unrelated to the scandal, left the Kōchikai as information regarding their involvement in the scandal became public. He further promised legal reforms and anti-corruption measures, promising to act as a "ball of fire."[8]
On 7 January 2024 the first arrests in the scandal were made, with former deputy Minister of Education Yoshitaka Ikeda [ja] and his aide Kazuhiro Kakinuma being charged with covering up ¥48 million received by the Seiwakai between 2018 and 2022. The NPA cited the possibility of destruction of evidence as a reason for their arrest. After information about the arrests became public, Ikeda was expelled from the LDP.[17]
Referred to by American journalist Anthony Kuhn as "Japan's worst political corruption scandal in decades," the scandal has threatened the LDP's authority and led to public speculation that the party could lose power following the next Japanese general election. Hitoshi Tanaka, a Japanese diplomat, has speculated that it could result in a change of government in Japan, potentially affecting Japan–United States relations.[1] This notion has been disputed by University of Shizuoka professor Seijiro Takeshita, who has noted that the opposition to the LDP is fragmented and that the 2009–2012 Democratic Party of Japan government has continued to influence the unpopularity of the opposition. According to Takeshita, the scandal is likely to further increase political apathy and cynicism among the general population.[8] Political journalist Hiroshi Izumi has claimed without evidence that the scandal is part of a broader attempt by Kishida and the Japanese judiciary to get revenge on the Seiwakai following a series of corruption scandals under Abe's premiership that went uninvestigated.[1]
yeah kris kristofferson was the most recent one. there's a famous photo of him consoling sinead o'conner after the pope thing, plust generally pushing back against shitty country musicians
In addition to James Earl Jones, Maggie Smith, and Kris Kristofferson, Gavin Creel passed away yesterday at 48, from a rare form of cancer. He was a really great Broadway star, won an Emmy and a Tony, founded an LGBTQ group that got theater folks to work for marriage equality, just an all around decent guy.
Today we lost Ken Page, another Broadway star who was in the original run of The Wiz, the original Deuteronomy in Cats on Broadway, the voice of King Gator from All Dogs go to Heaven, and the voice of the Oogie Boogie man from the Nightmare Before Christmas.
I mean the whole "comes in threes" thing was back when there were fewer celebrities. There's simply more people now, and boomers are aging out so people are dying all the time.
I mean the whole "comes in threes" thing was back when there were fewer celebrities. There's simply more people now, and boomers are aging out so people are dying all the time.
It sucks, but it is what it is.
well there's that but also people just believe in "power number" shit so even if there was a time where it was more likely to be true, it's never actually been true. just more all-too-human fuzzy thinking
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What if we made one where we question if the notion of Jedi is really a thing, as a commentary on the nature of producing Star Wars stories in a heavily commodified production ecosystem, and our lead character is a street rat-esque young smuggler who rescues this one Padawan, and they’re guided by an older former Jedi whose connection to the force is burnt out from his experience in war?
Or maybe a melodrama about five teenage rebel Jedi landing on the imperial homeworld to destroy the Empire on their own
No that comes after we get George Lucas to come back for One Last Star Wars project that works as a capstone on all of the themes of Star Wars and seemingly unites all these other projects back under the umbrella of a single meta series.
It’s politics will be aggressively centrist and exceedingly confused, but it’ll be somehow the most popular fucking thing in the entire franchise.
They don't have Walt's body frozen under the castle to get accused of not possessing a heart.
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Put it way back in the timeline, give us a good story, give us a badass Sith and sweet action sequences.
Had it on in the background yesterday and nearly got whiplash turning to stare at the screen when he gets told content of his book would be found in the backpack of an extremist.
What in the ever loving fuck.
It’s basically a light version of this lovely phenomenon of liberals, where support is entirely conditioned on steadfast group loyalty rather than actual values:
Here’s Yuki
Fluffy Snow Girl waiting for Winter to arrive
especially after he blocked the railworker strike
FLUFF
Get a contract to guaranteed payout from automation, you can't fight it directly you have to make sure you can adapt to it and get compensated correctly for it.
We have not
I suggest we test this dedication with a series of wildcats culminating in a general strike to protest our participation in genocide
Hey now, he might also be tired and confused from being old as fuck
It's fun to imagine a government body or elected representative of some sort standing with labor and engaging in good faith
That seems like the kind of thing where they are making demands they know they won't get but they'll try to negotiate a little closer to what they want rather than give it up too easily
Hopefully that is the case, but I also know a decent number of long shoreman...
Their ability to justify straight up dangerous working conditions because of the good pay can be baffling.
I mean I'll take it honestly
Update:
It’s the LDP Slush Fund scandal:
EDIT:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023–2024_Japanese_slush_fund_scandal
I’d actually forgotten about that, hadn’t realized it had gotten to be so impactful in the political scene
Wait who’d we lose now?
I believe Kris Kristofferson just recently passed away.
https://variety.com/2024/film/obituaries-people-news/kris-kristofferson-dead-country-music-legend-actor-1236159472/
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Today we lost Ken Page, another Broadway star who was in the original run of The Wiz, the original Deuteronomy in Cats on Broadway, the voice of King Gator from All Dogs go to Heaven, and the voice of the Oogie Boogie man from the Nightmare Before Christmas.
It's been a rough few weeks, folks!
It sucks, but it is what it is.
well there's that but also people just believe in "power number" shit so even if there was a time where it was more likely to be true, it's never actually been true. just more all-too-human fuzzy thinking