Recent content by pukunui

Meanwhile, Hux's fall from grace across the trilogy is an epic tragedy. ;) In TFA, he is a zealous, jack-booted space Nazi who is Kylo Ren's equal in every way. His spittle-flecked speech as the New Republic government is destroyed is deliciously evil. In TLJ, he is immediately reduced to...

You can't tell me what you meant by that comment? What does "it doesn't feel like Discovery at all" mean to you? Do you like it better than Discovery? Less? Can't compare because apples vs oranges?

I wasn't asking you to! Is that a good thing? I liked Discovery and thought it was very Star Trek. I know a lot of people don't share that opinion, though.

I love how snarky you are! I'm following along in this thread to enjoy the show vicariously since I can't watch it myself yet. I've done that with a number of others as well. Y'all know I don't care about spoilers. My children are always complaining about how I like to spoil things for myself...

When The Thunderbolts trailers had the bad guy as just a black shape, I thought they were disguising his identity. I didn't realize until I was watching the movie that that was what actually he looked like in those moments!

I don't subscribe to Paramount+ so I can't watch this yet. Hoping it will be available on our free TVNZ On Demand service like Discovery and Strange New Worlds are (although I note those are down to the most recent seasons of each only, so I guess if I wanted to go back and watch them from the...

I mean, Rian Johnson kinda set up a Rey heel turn in The Last Jedi, when Luke admonishes her for not even hesitating to dive right into the dark side cave. He also tells her how her sheer power scares him and that he's only felt that way around one other person (presumably Palpatine). That said...

Filoni is fire when it comes to animated Star Wars, but his forays into live action have been mixed at best, so I am not sure how to feel about him taking over as head honcho for all of Star Wars. Only time will tell. A lot of it will depend on the quality of the Mando movie. Season 3 of the...

I gave it a go but got rejected straight away because I'm not a US resident.

I've got it too. I don't play M:tG, so if it's mainly about that, I'll pass.

In my last Eberron campaign session, we kicked off my conversion of Grasp of the Emerald Claw. I have not only converted it to 5e but have also upscaled it to account for the PCs being level 8 rather than level 6. The PCs successfully rescued Lady Elaydren d'Cannith from the Karrnathi undead...

Yeah, I'd be fine with a bit of flirting but having Sue cheat on Reed would be a step too far for me. That doesn't feel like it would be in keeping with her portrayal in the most recent FF movie. (I haven't watched the older FF movies nor have I read any of the comics.)

Yeah, that's the one! Agreed. I just went and checked this scene in my copy. I have to admit that it supports the "Palps giving Anakin permission" interpretation. However, I prefer my interpretation for the movie scene. There's a reason Palpatine switches to his gravelly Sidious voice when he...

Yes, one based on Palpatine's body language and tone of voice in that moment. He's all congratulatory when Anakin defeats Dooku. Then he turns serious and tells him to kill Dooku. Then when Anakin hesitates, he pulls out his Sith voice and orders him to "do it". I'm sure there was even a name...

*Anakin has Dooku at his mercy Palpatine (friendly): "Good, Anakin. Good!" Palpatine (serious): "Kill him. Kill him now." Anakin: "I shouldn't." Palpatine (Sith voice): "Do it." *Anakin does it then feels bad about it. I'm not arguing that Palpatine forced Anakin to do something he didn't want...