meeple

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mean doppelganger? Yeah I've got one

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Same, so x3? True story… I’ve had five unrelated people tell me I look like him. I don’t get it but apparently it’s a thing.

Following

Sean Payton in The Gap store in Mandeville, early in his first season as coach of the Saints. Was in there with his wife, and several other people in there said nothing to him as he patiently stood alone and waited. No cell phones yet to scroll, just standing looking around. They got in line behind us at the checkout counter, and as we left I turned, shook his hand and told him he’s doing a good job. Before pics, before cell phone cameras were a thing, I would have had to go to my car to get our pocket camera as wife and I were passing through from sightseeing across the lake.

The level of anonymity he had right then was interesting to me.

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but the sheer retardation of the sequence beginning with the space quicksand and ending with Rey standing in exactly the right spot to hold up the dagger to find yet another McGuffin - puts it over the top. That is easily the dumbest shite I've ever seen in a major, $300 mil. tentpole film.

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I can find a stupid scene in many movies, even good ones. But TLJ set this in motion.

I’ll add:

John Carter
Avatar The Last Airbender

Is it too late to get in?

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1-5 Days of Thunder

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That Hans Zimmer score :bow:

I’ve never read any. Only after watching Nausicaa that I saw that the film was only 1/4 of the manga it was based on (also written by Miyazaki). So thought I’d check it out.

Just watched the Miyazaki film Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and thinking of grabbing the Manga. Anyone read it, or Manga in general?

Also considering TMNT

Indeed!

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Give me Top Gun but with X-Wings. It’s not hard Disney.

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They even have canon source material they can use. Lost Stars, a newer canon novel, is a very good read. Gives a very different side and view of the Empire, moreso from the lower ranks within and how they view what's going on, as well as some worldbuilding in the outer rim in parallel with events from the original trilogy. It follows two friends and pilots that enroll in the Imperial Academy to become Tie fighter pilots. One defects and is recruited by Wedge to join the rebels, and the other rises through the ranks on a Star Destroyer. There is a romance element to it, while not overdone nor the primary focus.