Or not build bottomless pits with precarious bridges and no handrails. On Sat, Dec 19, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Jay Weekley <par...@cyberbroadband.net> wrote:
> You would think they would learn how to protect their reactors better. > > Chuck McCown wrote: > >> Bigger, same weakness. >> >> -----Original Message----- From: Jay Weekley >> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2015 8:45 PM >> To: af@afmug.com >> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Movie Review >> >> I heard there is a new death star. >> >> Adam Moffett wrote: >> >>> Something about the pacing was weird.� >>> >>> I enjoyed the little insights into the lives of storm troopers. >>> >>> You are right about repeated themes though....Ray (sp?) is the new >>> Luke.� Luke is the new Yoda.� Old Han Solo is the new Han Solo.� The >>> story is all about "the resistance" against the new empire so that the good >>> guys can remain underdogs.� The Republic is talked about, but seen only >>> briefly. >>> >>> I would have liked them to have drawn upon on Timothy Zahn's Thrawn >>> Trilogy for inspiration. >>> >>> >>> Star Wars >>>> OK, I was there at the beginning, watching it with my girlfriend and >>>> her family.� So old and jaded for certain.� >>>> � >>>> If you saw that original one one, you also saw this new one.� Just >>>> retooled.� Same thematic elements, story arc, crisis etc etc.� >>>> Some of the scenes could have been shared.� Just no garbage >>>> compactor, but there is reference to it.� >>>> � >>>> Sorry but it sure as hell is not worth standing in line to see.� >>>> I got free tickets, and it was barely worth the price of admission.� >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >
