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Porthos Global Phenomenon

Porthos

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6 minutes ago, Grand Moff Tele said:

 

I can't believe you want to rehash this, but:

 

A- she wasn't "a linguist", she had picked up the same basic couple of random languages that other SW characters have done through the course of their lives, including Luke (who seems to have lived a more sheltered life than Rey). Is Luke a linguist? He understands at least some basic droid languages in A NEW HOPE. 

B- she wasn't a particularly good duellist, but she managed to hold off an angry and and overconfident and wounded Dark Side-ish apprentice (who had limited formal training of his own) for a few moments and managed to strike a blow. Kylo Ren might have some Dark Side ability, but Rey clearly is Force-sensitive and also had some basic latent ability to explore it. Again, this is the same sort of case with Luke, not to mention Anakin, who (at the age of eight! or however old he was) had far, far more natural abilities.

C- see B. Luke's "training" at the beginning of TESB consists of five minutes with a training droid while Obi-Wan watched and a whispered "The Force is with You" during the Trench Run. It's about the same as what Rey had when she managed to unexpectedly do the same thing.

 

I've been a Star Wars fan for 35 years, roughly speaking. Not once did any of these concerns cross my mind until I wandered onto message boards and discovered a bunch of people suddenly bitching that a young woman -- who clearly is destined to be some sort of future Jedi or powerful Force-enabled person -- showed the few flashes of basic ability that had already been demonstrated by other major characters in previous Star Wars movies.

 

I also hesitate to use an appeal to authority, but in this particular case the movie was shepherded through production and co-written by someone who arguably has had as much creative power in the Star Wars universe as anyone not named George Lucas. If anyone (aside from Lucas) has the creative understanding and "right" chops to add a new character with the potential to become some great Force in the galaxy, it's Kasdan.

 

She was also shown to use a regular old staff quite effectively earlier in the film.   Foreshadowing one might say. :ph34r:

 

(my one and only comment in this silly debate)

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riczhang Global Phenomenon

riczhang

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1 minute ago, WrathOfHan said:

Arrival and Doctor Strange are ahead of them IMO

 

Arrivial will mostly likely win b/c of the nominee that also's nominated in BP always wins (with one exception I think ever). And we don't really have an Ex Machina in contention this year. 

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Ozymandias Global Phenomenon

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Just now, MrPink said:

 

All likes from the Presidential Election thread does not count.

 

 

 

I could've hoarded 1000s of likes in that thread over the past year by making fun of the all-too-easy-to-make-fun-of Orange Orangutan but I mostly chose instead to say Hillary Clinton is such a terrible candidate that no mount of money in the world or mass media support was enough to make her a shoe-in against our now toupee overlord.

 

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The Panda Global Phenomenon

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15 minutes ago, riczhang said:

 

Arrivial will mostly likely win b/c of the nominee that also's nominated in BP always wins (with one exception I think ever). And we don't really have an Ex Machina in contention this year. 

 

Not always.  However, they seem to rarely go with a blockbuster for the actual win.

 

Id still say Arrival is the frontrunner, though.

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