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Palpatine wasn't a developed character as the sith lord until episode 3. You are being overly critical.
I personally think the R2D2 & CP30/Duke and Wake comparison was most accurate.
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# | OT: Star Wars Episode VII (SPOILERS. SO. MANY. SPOILERS.) SPOILERS AS WELL, THOUGH I'LL TRY TO BE VAGUE
I actually thought the characterization of Kylo was kind of refreshing. It showed that he's a flawed villain, who is still trying to find his place/split between his two sides. And I think it's nicely shown in what I consider to be part of the climax of the film, is that he's trying to figure out who he really can be. (And I think that was some of the best cinematography in the film at that moment) Some of the actions he's taken in the movie might push him now towards one end of the light/dark spectrum, and I'm curious to see how his actions affect his personality/state in the coming films.
seems like a #douchecanoe
I did not think LOLuva had a campus?
How glad is bud that he stayed at tech rather than leaving for this cluster
Good point. A lot of younger fans probably don't remember JB. I liked your "=/=" comment so I thought I'd run with it. No knock to Jeff G, but JB is the O.G.
(Original Grimes)
Just like people anointing Lawson as the starter last year- until we see a player at full speed against other DI players, it is a crap shoot. For Clark, I have seen five plays (all of which were pass pro against walk-on defensive ends.) It isn't enough for me to have any idea. He was not a player we saw clips of in the VT snapchats from fall camp.
We do. We will have an extended series of Fuente's offense this spring. Fuente uses more formations than Loeffler, but less pre-snap motion. The series where pre-snap motion is utilized, it is simplistic. His system isn't looking to trick you into an alignment error. Rather, his system forces a defense to defend multiple plays off the same backfield action. That is as much as I can say without spoiling the big series.
Yeah, that was a real shot to the crotch.
I can't believe Han is gone though. Still sitting in theator through the credits. Only about 50-75 people here this morning.
Bonus Beamer/Obi-Wan analogy: both stepped down at the perfect moment, to enable the next generation to be more powerful.
It could be argued that Vader was the next generation after Obi-wan. ;)
Yessir, that's how it was intended to read (In response to GuitarMan's =/= comment). He may not have known that JB is also a former VT OL coach based on his post so I was going along with his "not equal to" comment haha
YES, THERE ARE SPOILERS HERE TOO
Overall, I was pretty darn happy I went to see it last night. There were a couple things that bothered me - they seemed a little too preocupied with "revealing" old characters instead of just letting them subtly work their way into the plot, for example - but for the most part I really enjoyed it.
I for one love that there's another Death Star, but they just made it huge and more terrifying and harder to blow up - although I thought the force they sent to accomplish that was pretty puny all things considered. Also, as much as part of me was annoyed that this planet just sucks up a star with no real repercussions, I love that about Star Wars - astrophysics be damned, it looks cool!
Is it just me, or is Kylo Ren just kind of a wuss with zero emotional control? It made for some easy comedic relief at times, but dude, you just got owned by 2 people with zero lightsaber or force training. Even with an injury, you should be strong/skilled enough to take out a couple n00bs (not to mention a teenage girl who isnt' exactly physically imposing and tends to forget that the Force is a thing) with relative ease. Sucks to suck, bro. I would have liked to see him be a bit more of the badass Sith apprentice type that we've seen before. Maybe a couple scenes where he just really messes things up for the Resistance or something - just give me a reason to be nervous when Rey and Fin go to fight him, other than his cool lightsaber (with did finally fix one of the major design flaws of the originals with, y'know, a guard) and his ability to force-choke like a mofo.
All that aside, I liked how the story progressed as well as the bits they left open for some creative question-answering in the next films. Here's hoping VIII is even better!
I knew that, but I've seen the mistake made on these forums before, so I posted as an FYI for anyone reading that. Just saying "Grimes" is ambiguous.
I don't check TKP for a day or two and I miss out on all the fun....I feel like a third wheel.
Always late to the party....
Also, as much as I like a good joke at UNC's expense, the "Kessel Run in 12 parsecs" makes sense; it's not wrong. Han was bragging about how he could shortcut near black holes in a way that no one else dared to. So he has the shortest end-to-end distance of the route.
and ACC refs
They got the UVA part right...
VT should be Obi-Wan, not Clemson (which somehow gets two characters?) Clemson can be Luke, I could see that. But VT is Obi-Wan for sure, just by analogy with Beamer. Old and wise, perhaps past his prime, but always even-keeled and capable of teaching the tactics that once made him/the team great.
Bonus Beamer/Obi-Wan analogy: both stepped down at the perfect moment, to enable the next generation to be more powerful.
Fair enough, thanks for answer.
Not necessarily. On 247 the rankings and ratings of JUCO players are current, i.e. JUCO rankings & ratings. And those ratings are still potential/skill based. A 2-star HS prospect who goes to JUCO may grow into a 4-star JUCO prospect by developing and demonstrating improvement on the field, but it's not automatic.
Also plenty of JUCO prospects aren't even rated as HS players because they are un-recruitable due to academics.
I remember tailgating outside the stadium, watching inside the stadium, and even going wild when we had them on 4th and long to ice the game. There must not have been anything after that worth remembering, or I would remember it.
I think the lack of emotional control is part of what sets him up as a villain whose motivation is something other than "be evil" like Darth Sidious. He's a kid who thinks he's stronger than he is because of his bloodline, and doesn't want to accept that he's just being used. And the bowcaster bolt in his side probably didn't do him any favors fighting against Finn and Rey.