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I liked Pulp Fiction and Dusk Til Dawn, but that's about it. I watched Reservoir Dogs for the first time a week ago and I think it's one of the most disappointing movies I've seen based on people saying "You have to see this!" The other bummer would be Kill Bill. I only watched the first movie, but it has the worst fight choreography of any martial arts movie I've ever seen.
RD is even more of a case of "you had to be there" than PF. It definitely felt more fresh & clever when it came out than it feels now. I give it props for being a solid movie, and it felt WAY bigger than its budget. But the rough edges have only gotten rougher with time.
As for KB, I seem to be the only person on the planet who liked #1 better. I thought it was a mixed bag, but #2 seemed even farther into Tarantino-land and less of a functioning movie. I think the KB project is where Tarantino turned a corner in his career and was never the same. I basically find all his pre-KB stuff watchable and none of the post-KB stuff.
I wanted to like 'Death Proof' as much as anyone. My DVD collection looks like the list of old car movies that Tarantino was inspired by. But DP ended up being just another trip to Tarantino-land without a functioning story. It looked like they had a lot of fun making it but I didn't have as much fun watching it.
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Dude I use to watch dumbos circus every morning… still have the theme song stuck in my head
CB2001
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So, here's a question I'd like to ask y'all, in relation to the OT. So, the Imperial Walker of TESB: Is it's name pronounced A-T-A-T or AT-AT? I ask because I recalled on the old Comic Book Men TV series, this discussion came up, and Kevin Smith called it an AT-AT, instead of A-T-A-T, and saying that it's a topic that is still widely discussed. Well, for me, I pronounce it as A-T-A-T, mostly because of the Chicken Walker (AT-ST) featured in the next film. I've heard people pronounce it like A-T-S-T, and have never heard anyone call it an AT-SST. So, if you pronounce the AT-ST as A-T-S-T, logic would deduce that the Imperial Walker's name is pronounced as A-T-A-T, not AT-AT. Plus, since the Empire's military, it also fits with military acronyms, such as APC (Armored Personal Carrier), which is pronounced as A-P-C, not A-PIC.
So, was Smith right and this being a widely debated topic? And what is the consensus on the pronunciation?
So, was Smith right and this being a widely debated topic? And what is the consensus on the pronunciation?
Joek3rr
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I seem to recall that the old Kenner commercial called it AT-AT. Not A-T-A-T. But I think it's one of those things that can go both ways.
jts1031
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I've always pronounced it at-at. Two syllables are better than four. But I've always then called it an A-T S-T. It just doesn't lend itself to the shortening of the other. I've noticed the same thing in the real world too. Most retail organizations call they're check out software P-O-S, but within the postal service they say it like pause. Different strokes for different folks.
We also called it "Tortuga imperial" or imperial turtle
Jaitea
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When ESB came out in 80 I just called AT-AT’s ‘Walkers’ & the wee one was called a ‘Chicken Walker’, still called it that when the bigger AT-ST’s appeared in ROTJ
Everyone in SW(77) pronounces Leia as Lee-ah, (3PO, Tarkin & General Dodonna), In interviews George pronounces her name as Lay-ah, ESB forward its Lay-ah
Everyone in SW pronounces the Falcon as UK pronunciation, including Han & Vader
Han pronounces the Falcon US pronunciation once in TFA, all other times he says it correctly
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Everyone in SW(77) pronounces Leia as Lee-ah, (3PO, Tarkin & General Dodonna), In interviews George pronounces her name as Lay-ah, ESB forward its Lay-ah
Everyone in SW pronounces the Falcon as UK pronunciation, including Han & Vader
Han pronounces the Falcon US pronunciation once in TFA, all other times he says it correctly
FALCON | Pronunciation in English
FALCON pronunciation. How to say FALCON. Listen to the audio pronunciation in English. Learn more.
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I love it!!!
I always called it that too as a kid because AT-AT was never said in any of the movies. Imperial walker sounds cooler too.
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HeartBlade
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Are they actually called at-ats? Ive always assumed Aye-Tee Aye-Tee because its an acronym or serial for what the vehicle is. I wouldnt call an AK47 an Ack 47 for example.
Seriously? So when going out to fly, jedi would stick their lightsabers into their starships like a dongle or key so they can then turn on and fly the ship?
Could have just said that better battery technology was being improved in the Star Wars-verse so jedi sabers were "fatter" in the past because the batteries were still large to fit in enough energy to power their lightsabers. The fact that lightsabers are very sleek and intricate during PT arguably reflects the time period where the jedi are politically dominant with access to advanced tech with the sabers being more decorative because they were used more ceremoniously rather than being used as tools of war. In Episode 3 to 6, sabers become more modular because while they retain the advanced tech, they need to be modular so jedi can replace broken or faulty parts while on the field (and maybe explain where Luke got the parts to build his own saber thanks to extra parts in OWK's hut that were backups for his own saber). The changes in weaponry could reflect the technological advancement in the Star Wars verse over time.
Seriously? So when going out to fly, jedi would stick their lightsabers into their starships like a dongle or key so they can then turn on and fly the ship?
Could have just said that better battery technology was being improved in the Star Wars-verse so jedi sabers were "fatter" in the past because the batteries were still large to fit in enough energy to power their lightsabers. The fact that lightsabers are very sleek and intricate during PT arguably reflects the time period where the jedi are politically dominant with access to advanced tech with the sabers being more decorative because they were used more ceremoniously rather than being used as tools of war. In Episode 3 to 6, sabers become more modular because while they retain the advanced tech, they need to be modular so jedi can replace broken or faulty parts while on the field (and maybe explain where Luke got the parts to build his own saber thanks to extra parts in OWK's hut that were backups for his own saber). The changes in weaponry could reflect the technological advancement in the Star Wars verse over time.
I remember when I was a teenager, a friend of mine who is deep into Star Wars magazines and reading all the other books in the Expanded Universe…he said that Jedi flew their ships using the force (for navigating, targeting). So when Obi-Wan Kenobi told Luke not to use his targeting system and use the force instead he was teaching him to fly his X-Wing like a Jedi would…
Was this ever a thing? A lot of his other stuff checked out on an EU level… but never heard anything close to this again til the lightsaber control bit
Was this ever a thing? A lot of his other stuff checked out on an EU level… but never heard anything close to this again til the lightsaber control bit
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