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2021.06.28 13:52 GilletoOfficial daughterdoge
Daughter Doge was born on Billionaire Entrepreneur Elon Musk's 50th Birthday. Her low self esteem stems from her Father's unfaithfulness to Mama Doge with a Kishu Inu stripper, her mother's death, as well as the absence and rejection from her parents. However Daughter Doge doesn't give up. In a search for meaning in her life she has been looking for her brother in a try to build herself up
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2023.03.25 04:55 hillo538 Jerry dates Alanis Morrisette, Kramer tries to get Jerry a Wikipedia article but slowly takes it over for himself, Elaine loses her sunglasses and then her boss shows up with the same kind, George wants the grocery delivery driver to bring some of the free samples
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2023.03.25 04:55 posteamarch2 If I could lose you, I would
I miss my mom tonight. That's pretty rare these days. I don't think about her much anymore, except occassionally when a memory is triggered, and the emotional response is usually fear and anger. If my thoughts do wander in her direction, the only thing I typically feel is a vague sort of... echo. But tonight I'm sad. It's almost my birthday. I'm going to be 35. I haven't spoken to her in nearly six years. I wonder if she even thinks about my birthday, ever remembers my birth. Does she miss me? Does she ever regret how she treated me? Does she wish she had done better? Does she feel anything except anger and resentment for me? Probably not. If I had to guess, she probably makes herself busy around my birthday so she doesn't think about me at all. I wonder if my name is banned in their house, like my aunt’s was all those years. Did she take down pictures of me? I'm just really sad about it tonight. I don't regret cutting her out- I feel very firmly that I did everything I could to try to salvage our relationship. And I accepted the mother I had a long time ago. I'm thinking about that poem, about learning to lose. Bits and pieces of it. Lose something every day. The art of losing isn't hard to master. Even the loss of you cannot spell disaster.
I miss her sometimes. That's really fucking hard to admit. But there are pieces of her I miss. Her laughter. The way she smelled at night, after showering, in her flannel nightgown, when she would listen to me read. When she would play her old records and dance with us. The good days I clung to, sprinkled amongst the violence that defined my childhood.
Mostly I miss her notes. She used to leave them for me in my lunchbox, or tucked into a folder, or I'd find one on my pillow after school. I don't ever remember her writing me something cruel. Everything she wrote... it made me feel loved in a way she never did in person. I kept a few of them. They're in the bin with my journals. I saw them when I was reading through my journals, but I didn't reread her notes. I never do. It's impossible to know whether anything she wrote was genuine, whether she ever really loved me, whether she can feel love at all.
I was thinking about her while I was tucking in my daughters tonight. I was holding them, feeling their warmth, smelling their scents, listening to their voices as we sang and they chattered. I cannot even fathom choosing not to have them in my life. The loss would be unbearable. Since I felt them growing inside me, since the first time I saw them and smelled them and felt them, my love for them is a part of me, an internal organ it would kill me to have carved out.
How can a mother not love her daughter. It's so easy to let that anger bloom. It's the sadness, the missing you, the grief that reminds me that I love you, that is so unbearable. The original unrequited love of my life. You started teaching me how to lose from the start. You'd think I'd have it mastered by now. If I could carve out the part of me that loves you I would. I'd leave that organ bleeding out to die and rot. And if it killed me along with it, it might be worth it. For one moment free. To finally lose you.
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I miss her sometimes. That's really fucking hard to admit. But there are pieces of her I miss. Her laughter. The way she smelled at night, after showering, in her flannel nightgown, when she would listen to me read. When she would play her old records and dance with us. The good days I clung to, sprinkled amongst the violence that defined my childhood.
Mostly I miss her notes. She used to leave them for me in my lunchbox, or tucked into a folder, or I'd find one on my pillow after school. I don't ever remember her writing me something cruel. Everything she wrote... it made me feel loved in a way she never did in person. I kept a few of them. They're in the bin with my journals. I saw them when I was reading through my journals, but I didn't reread her notes. I never do. It's impossible to know whether anything she wrote was genuine, whether she ever really loved me, whether she can feel love at all.
I was thinking about her while I was tucking in my daughters tonight. I was holding them, feeling their warmth, smelling their scents, listening to their voices as we sang and they chattered. I cannot even fathom choosing not to have them in my life. The loss would be unbearable. Since I felt them growing inside me, since the first time I saw them and smelled them and felt them, my love for them is a part of me, an internal organ it would kill me to have carved out.
How can a mother not love her daughter. It's so easy to let that anger bloom. It's the sadness, the missing you, the grief that reminds me that I love you, that is so unbearable. The original unrequited love of my life. You started teaching me how to lose from the start. You'd think I'd have it mastered by now. If I could carve out the part of me that loves you I would. I'd leave that organ bleeding out to die and rot. And if it killed me along with it, it might be worth it. For one moment free. To finally lose you.
2023.03.25 04:55 tonnie_taller Utah rues late missed FTs after ‘hard’ loss to LSU
LSU’s Alexis Morris made all four of her late free throws but Utah’s Jenna Johnson — a 72.8% free throw shooter — missed both of hers, and the Tigers reached the Elite Eight for the first time since 2008 after beating the Utes 66-63 on Friday night.
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2023.03.25 04:55 doer_of_debauchery 32 inch ID?
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2023.03.25 04:55 jdtinsley The Ultimate Sacrifice
A seriously teed off reality warper just got dumped by his girlfriend and has decided to destroy the planet. The only way he will spare mankind is if you take on a really inconvenient curse for the rest of your life. Which do you choose?
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- LOW BATTERY Any device that you own or operate will now be restricted to 20% battery life maximum. No matter how long you charge your phone or portable speaker it will never pass 20% and as soon as you use a device you don’t own it will immediately be reduced to 20% battery unless already lower than 20%. This also applies to any battery powered devices such as tv remotes, the battery life will be reduced to 20%.
- GAS LIGHT Any vehicle you own or operate will be restricted to 1/4 tank of gas. Anytime you refuel a vehicle it will never pass 1/4 and any vehicle you don’t own will immediately be reduced to 1/4 if you drive it.
- LOW FUNDS No matter how much money you make or what your living situation you will find that you are always living exactly in your means. You will find that you never have extra money after paying for bills and random expenses, you will always have exactly what you need to live comfortably but never take a vacation. Anytime you come upon extra funds an unavoidable expense will immediately arise costing that exact amount.
- NO REST For the rest of your life you will always be restricted to 5 hours of sleep every night with no naps during the day. You will either find yourself working late every night or needing to wake up early the next day. If you somehow have a free day or take the day off an unexpected emergency will require you to get out of bed after 5 hours.
- OPEN FRIDGE SYNDROME Every time you bring groceries home you will find that you only have the correct ingredients for one cohesive meal. The other groceries will always be random produce and foods that don’t really work together and no meal will come to mind to cook with them. No matter how much preparation goes into your grocery list you will always run into this predicament.
- DELAYED COMMUTE Anytime you travel anywhere your commute will be hindered by Murphy Law in full effect. You will be stopped by every red light, will always run into traffic and will always be stopped by a train when passing tracks. This applies to ALL forms of travel so walking boating and biking etc. are also hindered.
- BURN IT ALL DOWN Do nothing and let the world burn
2023.03.25 04:55 thiswasnttheplanchan Even though I, 27-F, ended things with 32-M, I am very distraught by how things unfolded and would like opinions on the matter
so i met a guy we unexpectedly hit it off things felt very natural + i was taken aback by his interest in me he had confessed noticing me from a year prior, noted things about me that showed how attentive he was from a distance and how he had been looking for a way to initiate conversation for some time when we began talking, he was quick to talk about me to his friends and family he seemed to be a fairly private, introverted person that was selective about who he let into his life him going on a date with me turned out to be a big deal, unusual for him things moved very quickly not so much sexually, but just in the sense of spending a lot of time together to be honest i hadn’t experienced anything like this in previous relationships and found it all to be really refreshing he was very chivalrous and thoughtful i felt really happy and safe emotionally until i didn’t then i ultimately chose to walk away even though it was a hard decision to make i know that i’m being kind of vague, but boundaries were crossed and we couldn’t see eye-to-eye on the issues at hand anyway, according to him, i left him feeling very hurt by “running away” and “not being able to handle a rough week” even though there was a lot more to it than just that AND we talked about things thoroughly before i eventually got fed up with not feeling heard i tried to be friends with him, but time apart left me ruminating and i told him that i I wanted to go no-contact and why and again, i wasn’t heard and was made to feel like an asshole for my decision that i had hurt his vulnerability as a man and while i’m not discounting his feelings he was making himself out to be a victim
now i knew i was the first girl he had dated outside of his long on again off again relationship with his ex (who was supposedly very toxic per him and the people he’s closest to) and i can empathize with how that experience will leave you with some baggage but uh, don’t take it out on me and despite him claiming to be “over her” i saw them out together two months after our break-up
so naturally… now i’m questioning everything and yes, i’m rambling and i’m not exactly sure what i’m hoping to get out of creating this post other than to vent? it really hurts to have been replaced so quickly by someone that claimed to have deep feelings for you and with someone they have a history with/was so toxic?
*i’m not taking the time read this over and correct any mistakes lol it felt cringey enough just writing this
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now i knew i was the first girl he had dated outside of his long on again off again relationship with his ex (who was supposedly very toxic per him and the people he’s closest to) and i can empathize with how that experience will leave you with some baggage but uh, don’t take it out on me and despite him claiming to be “over her” i saw them out together two months after our break-up
so naturally… now i’m questioning everything and yes, i’m rambling and i’m not exactly sure what i’m hoping to get out of creating this post other than to vent? it really hurts to have been replaced so quickly by someone that claimed to have deep feelings for you and with someone they have a history with/was so toxic?
*i’m not taking the time read this over and correct any mistakes lol it felt cringey enough just writing this
2023.03.25 04:54 justouttoday What’s it like working and or shopping at a GameStop in a remote part of the US?
Some great examples include (and the rules probably have to be a town between 20-30k in population) a GameStop in Fairbanks Alaska (6 hour drive from any city/town), a GameStop in Barstow California (middle of the Mojave Desert), a GameStop in Elko Nevada (most populous county where prostitution is legal), a GameStop in Rock Springs Wyoming (only city in a 3 hour drive) so on and so forth
I wonder if working for these GameStops would be less stressful, since there is probably increased demand for physical game sales due to being in rural areas, people would want to preorder as it might be harder to get packages and Walmart might be missing their favorite game, you would only have regular customers… but feel free to prove me wrong, especially if anyone has any familiarity working or shopping at these locations or similar ones
I am very very familiar with the pestering stress of retail but is this the only sneaky alternative to working in the company? Longshot I would look into it more than thjs Reddit post
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I wonder if working for these GameStops would be less stressful, since there is probably increased demand for physical game sales due to being in rural areas, people would want to preorder as it might be harder to get packages and Walmart might be missing their favorite game, you would only have regular customers… but feel free to prove me wrong, especially if anyone has any familiarity working or shopping at these locations or similar ones
I am very very familiar with the pestering stress of retail but is this the only sneaky alternative to working in the company? Longshot I would look into it more than thjs Reddit post
2023.03.25 04:54 pegasus_snow [WTS] Random accessories
Fab Defense 5.56 mags (10 rounders) - $35
Aero charging handle -$20
Holosun 509T Adapter for RMR / 507C Footprint - $35
AR-15 mag release and ambi safety (unsure of the brands) - $35 for both
free AR-15 handstop for the first person who buys something (unsure of brand)
CNC Warrior M92/M85 Muzzle Nut Thread Protector - $15
Paypal only (add 3% for Goods and Services)
https://imgur.com/a/TQiivzS
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Aero charging handle -$20
Holosun 509T Adapter for RMR / 507C Footprint - $35
AR-15 mag release and ambi safety (unsure of the brands) - $35 for both
free AR-15 handstop for the first person who buys something (unsure of brand)
CNC Warrior M92/M85 Muzzle Nut Thread Protector - $15
Paypal only (add 3% for Goods and Services)
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2023.03.25 04:54 Shorty_Clubland123 I came out and it went well!
Hey! I officially came out from being bi to queer pubically on social media to my immediate family and friends. It all went well, positive and all accepted. I did look up LGBT meanings and I prefer and resonate with the term queer. I know it's a bit outdated, however, I feel it suits me better as a definition than lesbian. Is that a bad thing with it being outdated as a definition? 😑
Other than that it feels like a weight has been lifted and I'm feeling more positive towards the future. Also in the mindset of if I meet someone I do and if not I'll vetok with feeling a bit lonely for a while. I am on the Her app and am chatting to one or two people. Taking it steady in general.
Hope you are all alright 🏳️🌈💜
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Other than that it feels like a weight has been lifted and I'm feeling more positive towards the future. Also in the mindset of if I meet someone I do and if not I'll vetok with feeling a bit lonely for a while. I am on the Her app and am chatting to one or two people. Taking it steady in general.
Hope you are all alright 🏳️🌈💜
2023.03.25 04:54 Available_Meeting332 First poem of mine (archaic free verse lipogram. Looking for feedback)
Draconic dissimulator ov th’ fictitious light!
Fain, thou art still amidst our mankind
Cast thy conjuration ov conflagration
Snuff th’ phosphor ov th’ world
How could this planit b’ so blind?!
I giv’ to thou all my adoration
Thou art th’ Laviathan
In form ov th’ Aspic
Dismiss th’ city ov Jah
No pinion vital for thou to fly
Put th’ mortals abov’, so drastic!
Your coming, anon, show not raw
Abaddon, conduct th’ locusts just as yor’
Apollyon, bind to this soul ov mortal
Avail th’ void only fit for sin
Ruination is compulsory
Open up th’ ruinous portal
Bring with all thy kin
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Fain, thou art still amidst our mankind
Cast thy conjuration ov conflagration
Snuff th’ phosphor ov th’ world
How could this planit b’ so blind?!
I giv’ to thou all my adoration
Thou art th’ Laviathan
In form ov th’ Aspic
Dismiss th’ city ov Jah
No pinion vital for thou to fly
Put th’ mortals abov’, so drastic!
Your coming, anon, show not raw
Abaddon, conduct th’ locusts just as yor’
Apollyon, bind to this soul ov mortal
Avail th’ void only fit for sin
Ruination is compulsory
Open up th’ ruinous portal
Bring with all thy kin
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2023.03.25 04:54 1poiu7 Beautiful 19 year old has sensual sex with older experienced man oiled up and ready for the biggest cock of her life (Kendra Spade) - Passion HD
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2023.03.25 04:54 WreckageHothHead Flaws/insufficiencies in RLM's spacewar commentary: thread 2
The previous thread revolved around Plinkett's logic/realism comparison between the Death Star's interior and the "Theed power room", and the much more reasonable Bespin comparison that was left out of the picture and compromised the point.
https://old.reddit.com/RedLetterMedia/comments/11yn4jh/flawsinsufficiencies_in_rlms_spacewar_commentary/
This post is going to be about the high/low stakes of the Ep1/Ep4 plotlines and the way those are analyzed by RLM:
In one quote, he says "they save the day (at the end of Ep1), and then in another he says they don't save the day - in contrast to the heroes at the end of EP4 who do save the day.
This is of course a direct self-contradiction;
and between two excerpts that are both talking about Anakin on Tatooine, in the context of the podrace, no less.
quickly and easily fixing his pod in an undramatic low-stakes fashion, reflecting the undramatic low-stakes nature of said tax dispute where they don't save the day, that is contrasted with the dramatic high-stakes Ep4 ending where they do save the day, and then forgets to return to pick his mom up after saving the day with the tax dispute?
Plinkett audio commentary: SW Ep4
invasion tax dispute again?
the fact that it isn't shown is presented as a reason for doubting that it's happening (although it could also be referring to presentation - implying that not showing it leads to indifference:
"why" is literally inquiring about the reasons and causes behind it, but really it also kinda means "why am I supposed to believe that it's happening".
Clearly along with lines like this:
A more proper look at this, one that the review probably should've taken, potentially reveals the source of this uncertainty and confusion:
of course Panaka already thinks they're capable of murder - and seconds earlier, Qui-Gon's retort was probably meant to be understood as "they tried to kills us instead":
The stakes of fending these invaders off vs. succumbing to them already seem quite high - and Plinkett is obviously going out of his way to downplay it (if he's remembering it at all, at that moment):
a) "Forcing her to sign the treaty right then and there" - this is of course in the very scene where they're expressing the threat against her population if she doesn't sign it.
While it's possible to speculate about what other more direct forms of force or coercion they could've applied there to accomplish it "right then and there", these pseudo-euphemistic threats against the population are the method of coercion they're going with here, and it's not clear whether Plinkett is even aware of this at all.
b) "Keeping her locked up in the Palace instead of sending them away, where the 2 Jedi could jump in."
This is correct - however his focus on just this one aspect of this scene causes him to talk over the part where Gunray is verbalizing his threat, and only turn on the sound right after, when Nute moves to the "Camp 4" part:
And, this of course also facilitates the massive downplaying of this situation later in the review:
Now they escape the planet instead of "cooperating", so the possibility arises that the Trade Federation might repeat their threats a bit more emphatically, or even start making them real in order to exact pressure:
Going a step further however, instead of merely exacting that pressure, they're also trying to trace them in case they merely decide to just reply at first - even if they refused to "bow to their wishes" at first, they'd already betray their location.
The "bait" conclusion is stated with a high level of certainty here - and is in fact immediately confirmed to be real, even if the details of it seem inconsistent and confusing (since the ship didn't reply, but Darth Maul still has a trace?):
That is until they've left Tatooine for Coruscant, where it's then also confirmed as true:
1) Technically the only thing that's confirmed here is that Bibble hadn't been made to lie, and in fact does believe that "the people are starving" (or at least isn't shown doubting it)- however he's shown to be alone with Gunray and some of his droids in what looks like an empty part of the palace; if this is representative of his general situation, and he's being kept here isolated while being told about mass starvation, how is it a certainty that he's not being lied to as well?
Perhaps the movie isn't thinking that far, and considers the confirmation that he was being honest and hadn't been performing under pressure or threats, as an automatic confirmation that it's all true - however it's not clear.
2) "The people have decided"? This makes it sound as if the pressure is being applied to the population itself, to presumably accept the Trade Federation as their new rulers - as opposed to the Queen or even him or any of the other remaining officials to "sign the treaty".
So some kind of different thing seems to be going on here, and this casts doubts on whether this scene even takes place in the same continuity, or might be from a different script version.
However, the very next scene it cuts back to the ship, and Padme is replaying a recording of his message (not having seen it herself while on Tatooine) - and, with no thoughts given to it having been a confirmed trick, and possibly untrue, seems to believe it without question:
could the Jedi have been used as witnesses, given how they had been sent in "secret" to begin with?
Then, after all the preceding interruptions, Amidala finally brings up the deathtolls - stating it as fact (even though she has no reason to be certain, unlike the invasion and "attack on sovereignty" itself):
where the Neimoidians haven't yet started claiming to be already causing death tolls, but are rather threatening that they'll genocide them all if their demands aren't met - and that Amidala doesn't really know if that's gonna happen or not, if they'll manage to prevent it or not.
Apparently the talk is about them threatening her directly, which she responds with "my fate won't be different than the people's.
However this line here:
Before that it was all about drastic life-and-death issues - however these lines, esp. in a vacuum, rather make it sound like the Federation is just eroding their culture/projects/values/sovereignty/spirit/etc. which is worth fighting for, but isn't blotted out by the even a lot worse CATASTROPHIC DEATH TOLLS.
Back here on Naboo, however, things seemingly undergo another shift - after the somber tone of the Coruscant stay, where one might say depressing notions about death tolls matched the general mood, here in this new chapter the tone is upbeat and optimistic, and perhaps for this reason nothing more about any deaths is brought up again:
No one cares to find out whether
However at the very least, at this point they're already firmly planning to end this occupation, and now have the means to do it (more on the confused unclarities regarding this aspect at some later point) - they're no longer faced with the decision to either contact Sio Bibble and potentially expose themselves, or accept further death tolls; and no longer powerlessly stuck on Coruscant hoping the government does something; now there's just one way forward.
So does that somewhat account for all of this? Well, somewhat, sure, appears so.
Earlier, they checked on the Gungan city - and there, Panaka did voice speculations about what might've happened to them:
Ultimately, between its different "chapter", this movie has a noticeable cognitive dissonance about how high these particular stakes are:
at first a threat is made;
then the villains claim to have started making the threat real, however they're using that as a trap in order to trace them - creating a sense of creeping uncertainty about it all, as Darth Maul is closing in on them;
then once "the audience is shown", everyone starts treating it as a fact, in the context of the somber tone of the Coruscant stay;
and finally it all gives way to an upbeat tone during which this notion softly disappears from the narrative, and the lines that are used to refer to the nature of the occupation are now much more compatible with the notion that this is a:
The selective memory of these lines seems to be the basis for this "non-violent invasion" comment - without the realization that they are effectively refuted by all the other (much more emphasized and explicit) parts that indicate a violent one (or, at the very least, one in which a mass starvation is induced);
an equivalent, albeit a very disproportionate one, would be if someone selectively remembered these lines from Ep4's black roundtable here:
"fear of this battle station" or "attacks" or "
obviously the answer to the first question is that "she's believing the governor's hologram message", and the answer to the second question is "because Gunray is trying to pressure her into agreeing to that treaty".
His uncertainty seems to primarily stem from ignoring and forgetting the information in the movie instead of going through it properly - however if he had gone through it, he would've also found a degree of uncertainty surrounding this: first as a direct part of the plot,
later in the form of residual doubts about how much of a "confirmation" the Bibble/Gunray scene is supposed to be (followed by Padme's sudden acceptance of his claims without learning anything new since it had been determined as dubious),
and eventually by the seeming dissonance created by lines that convey a milder version of the events and cast doubts on this plotline's internal continuity.
It's possible that this actual uncertainty created by the film subconsciously contributed to his uncertainty in some ways as well, in addition to him just not remembering stuff.
and, once again, may have been subconsciously influenced by that angle, but isn't directly based on any precise analysis or recollection of those elements.
Aside from all this, his indifferent and semi-dismissive tone is also incongruent with, and unrepresentative of the dramatic intensity that those scenes are presented with - even if going farther with it (say, for starters, by showing any "Naboo citizens" before the very last scene) could have increased this intensity further.
Jumping to the preceding step of the Neimoidian's master plan -
While seemingly intent on downplaying/doubting/denying the "death tolls" and high stakes of the invasion (or, more specifically, Gunray's methods of trying to force the treaty agreement) way beyond the residual amount of uncertainty left by the information in the film,
the effects of the blockade are instead being vastly overblown here not based on anything in the script.
Somehow during those segments of the audio commentary, Plinkett seems to have forgotten all about this, and apparently thinks that the "tax dispute" is still the full extent of what's at stake at any point after the 1st paragraph of the opening crawl:
However while leaving out all the most dramatic scenes revolving around this, he also imagines a mass death crisis on Naboo caused by the pre-invasion blockade;
it's possible that this is him misattributing Padme's "people are dying" lines to the blockade and the resulting lack of space supplies - perhaps even forgetting that a subsequent invasion occurred at all, in those excerpts that is.
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This post is going to be about the high/low stakes of the Ep1/Ep4 plotlines and the way those are analyzed by RLM:
Plinkett audio commentary: SW Ep1
And he has one last chance, and he puts that part in the pod - and finally, the pod starts working, and he can enter the big race - you know, to win the big prize at the end which will save.. the whole.. family.
And then he says "it's woorrrkiiing.." and you know, then you swell the dramatic music... - and that's when that scene works?
That scene doesn't work.. 20 minutes into a movie that's not about podracing.
I'm sorry to get all bitchy on you, but-.. but-... d'you ever watch this movie and, and be like... why did that happen, or, or-.. "I don't feel anything inside".... you know, I'm- like "I'm dead inside"?
Well.. - I'm.. just trying to explain why you feel dead inside when you watch this movie, or you don't feel excited - even at the end when they have the, big.. celebration? You know, [impression]- [...]
But even at the end when they have the big, like, festival - like-... you're just like.. "So?" So what, there's a midget there now with an eyepatch on, and-... some boring-ass bitch.. gives a frog a glowing ball. Wwhy the fuck do I care?
It's not like the end of the original Star Wars when Luke, Han, and.. Chewbacca, get medals from Princess Leia - it's like, those guys saved the fucking day; what did these guys do? Oh, they resolved a tax dispute...
Plinkett: Ep1So - what's going on here?
Number 10: Anakin Skywalker
[...]
Oh we're still on this planet are we?
So Qui-Gon manages to pull off the most convoluted bet ever, and somehow wins everything except for Anakin's mother.
Even at the end of the movie when they save the day and probably could get the cash to buy the mom from Watto - they don't go back for ten years.
In one quote, he says "they save the day (at the end of Ep1), and then in another he says they don't save the day - in contrast to the heroes at the end of EP4 who do save the day.
This is of course a direct self-contradiction;
and between two excerpts that are both talking about Anakin on Tatooine, in the context of the podrace, no less.
Plinkett audio commentary: Ep1So instead of joining the dramatic high-stakes cause of freeing the slaves, Anakin instead joins the undramatic low-stakes cause of settling a tax dispute,
Oh.. - that's a good question, are you here to free the slaves Qui-Gon? No, actually we're.. we're in the process of settling a tax dispute... ohhh.
Yeah I guess freeing slaves would've made a better movie...
it's good we went with something boring, we wouldn't want to excite the audience too much...
quickly and easily fixing his pod in an undramatic low-stakes fashion, reflecting the undramatic low-stakes nature of said tax dispute where they don't save the day, that is contrasted with the dramatic high-stakes Ep4 ending where they do save the day, and then forgets to return to pick his mom up after saving the day with the tax dispute?
Plinkett audio commentary: SW Ep4
But the real thrust of this scene is, this is when the stakes are really raised - insteada just a giant floating ball in space, we are now shown that the Death Star is capable of blowing up whole planets; and our ragtag group o' heroes are the only ones that can stop it...Now it's an "invasion" instead of a "tax dispute", however a "non-violent" one - hence still low-stakes.
Tension, stakes, a ticking clock!; heroism, and adventure - it's what makes Star Wars great.
Much like the Phantom Menace - when the Gungans fight the Robots to help Queen Amidala find the Viceroy, so that she doesn't have to sign a treaty to make the non-violent invasion legal in the courts...
[crickets...] Uhmm.. [..........]
Number 6: Invasion! Of Boring…Now there's talk of "people dying" all of a sudden - how "non-violent" was this
Plinkett: Ep1
Number 10: On to Planet Number 3. Is it time for death yet?
Welcome to Coruscant - home of the mid-air collision; and BORING SCENES.
So the Queen waits around for some kind of approval, o-.. for something, to stop her people from dying- Why are they dying? I guess they're dying though...
But I didn't see anyone die?
In fact I haven't even seen any Naboo citizen at all - as far as I know it's a city with 20 or so pilots, a couple of bureaucrats and officials.
Why are they dying? I guess they're dying though... But I didn't see anyone die?"I guess x is happening" = treating it as an uncertainty (although arguably also some indifference);
the fact that it isn't shown is presented as a reason for doubting that it's happening (although it could also be referring to presentation - implying that not showing it leads to indifference:
Plinkett: ST Generations*);
"He was trying to save a pre-industrial civilization that we never see... - or care anything about.
"why" is literally inquiring about the reasons and causes behind it, but really it also kinda means "why am I supposed to believe that it's happening".
Clearly along with lines like this:
So the Queen waits around for some kind of approval, o-.. for something,, Plinkett isn't making any moves to go through the movie and analyze the information - instead he's just comically trying to piece together his foggy memories of the plot, while channeling confusion and indifference.
A more proper look at this, one that the review probably should've taken, potentially reveals the source of this uncertainty and confusion:
"How will you explain this invasion to the Senate?"Makes what can be called a "credible threat" about doing something to the people.
"The Queen and I will sign a treaty that will legitimize our occupation here - I have assurances it will be ratified by the Senate."
"I will not cooperate."
"Now, now, Your Highness - in time, the suffering of your people will persuade you to see our point of view.
Commander." "Yes, sir." "Process them." "Captain - take them to Camp 4."
"Your Highness, under the circumstances, I suggest you come to Coruscant with us."Here the psychic Jedi senses some lethal intentions on their part, probably making the earlier threats even more credible;
"Thank you, Ambassador - but my place is with my people."
"They will kill you if you stay."
Sio Bibble: "They wouldn't dare!"
Panaka: "They need her to sign a treaty to make this invasion of theirs legal, they can't afford to kill her!"
"There is something else behind all this, your Highness - there's no logic in the Federation's move here. My feelings tell me they will destroy you."
of course Panaka already thinks they're capable of murder - and seconds earlier, Qui-Gon's retort was probably meant to be understood as "they tried to kills us instead":
"Your negotiations seem to have failed, Ambassador."Either way, now there's a credible threat of "suffering" against the population, and a credible danger of them killing the Queen.
"The negotiations never took place. It's urgent that we make contact with the Republic."
Number 8: I'm gonna slit my wristsWhat is the treaty supposed to do again?
[Sigh...] It's hard to stomach any more of this shit - I still don't know who the main character is and why we should care about any of this.
At around this point in the original Star Wars movie, we've been with Luke almost the whole time getting to know him.
We see his plight;
his hopes and dreams...
we feel his frustration...
and then his sadness...
The slow build-up added depth, and emotion; and anticipation for the story to expand.
In the Phantom Menace we have nothing - we've a monotone queen, who's hiding from signing a treaty that's supposed to do something.
Why in fuck's name should we care at all.. I don't care about any of these characters?
Number 6: Invasion! Of Boring…The guys that want this treaty signed (whatever it's about) threaten her with making the people "suffer" - and the content of this treaty is that this faction that threatens the population with suffering while invading, arresting and keeping them as hostages, will get to "legally" stay there with no one doing anything about it.
So what exactly is the purpose of this invasion?
It's almost like after Lucas wrote the invasion scenes, he didn't.. really know what to do next? - so he thought he'd make the Queen have to sign a treaty, to make the invasion legal; I mean, why not?
The stakes of fending these invaders off vs. succumbing to them already seem quite high - and Plinkett is obviously going out of his way to downplay it (if he's remembering it at all, at that moment):
In the Phantom Menace we have nothing - we've a monotone queen, who's hiding from signing a treaty that's supposed to do something.One might wonder how he managed to miss or forget this; a look at the part where he covers the threat scene, reveals a few things:
Invasion! Of Boring...So there are 2 alternative options that Plinkett is suggesting the green guys should've gone with, instead of "sending them to Camp 4":
Inside the city, Queen Aminalan has been captured by the green guys; but instead of forcing her to sign the treaty right then and there - or keeping her locked up inside the big capital building under heavy guard - they inexplicably send her away from them. ["I will not cooperate." "Now, now, Your Highness - in time, the suffering of your people will persuade you to see our point of view."]
"Commander." "Yes, sir?" "Process them..."
Remember - this is the most important person in their whole plan - and they send her to be... "processed"?, in some place called "Camp 4".
Droid: "Captain - take them to Camp 4."
Ohh; but at least they remember to send her with a whopping 8 battle droids to protect her from the 2 Jedis that they just discussed they had not found yet.
"You didn't tell him about the missing Jedi..." "No need to report that to him, until we have something to report."
But don't worry - these battle droids have proven very effective against Jedi Knights.
a) "Forcing her to sign the treaty right then and there" - this is of course in the very scene where they're expressing the threat against her population if she doesn't sign it.
While it's possible to speculate about what other more direct forms of force or coercion they could've applied there to accomplish it "right then and there", these pseudo-euphemistic threats against the population are the method of coercion they're going with here, and it's not clear whether Plinkett is even aware of this at all.
b) "Keeping her locked up in the Palace instead of sending them away, where the 2 Jedi could jump in."
This is correct - however his focus on just this one aspect of this scene causes him to talk over the part where Gunray is verbalizing his threat, and only turn on the sound right after, when Nute moves to the "Camp 4" part:
they inexplicably send her away from them. ["I will not cooperate." "Now, now, Your Highness - in time, the suffering of your people will persuade you to see our point of view."]So now as a result, Plinkett is talking over the part where Nute is issuing his threat to the Queen, saying how they should force the Queen to sign the treaty "right then and there"...
"Commander." "Yes, sir?" "Process them..."
And, this of course also facilitates the massive downplaying of this situation later in the review:
Number 8: I'm gonna slit my wristsIn the Phantom Menace we have nothing - we've a monotone queen, who's hiding from signing a treaty that's supposed to do something.
Why in fuck's name should we care at all..
"The death toll is catastrophic... We must bow to their wishes! You must contact me!"So now it sounds like they're making it real - "catastrophic death tolls".
"It's a trick. Send no reply - send no transmissions of any kind."
"It sounds like bait to establish a connection trace."
"What if it is true - and the people are dying?"
"Either way, we're running out of time."
Going a step further however, instead of merely exacting that pressure, they're also trying to trace them in case they merely decide to just reply at first - even if they refused to "bow to their wishes" at first, they'd already betray their location.
The "bait" conclusion is stated with a high level of certainty here - and is in fact immediately confirmed to be real, even if the details of it seem inconsistent and confusing (since the ship didn't reply, but Darth Maul still has a trace?):
"Tatooine is sparsely populated - if the trace was correct, I will find them quickly, Master."However the possibility that the assertion about the "death tolls" might still be true, is left up in the air - the Jedi / Queen don't know, and the audience isn't clued in either.
That is until they've left Tatooine for Coruscant, where it's then also confirmed as true:
"Your Queen is lost, your people are starving... and you, Governor, are going to die much sooner than your people I'm afraid..."However upon a closer look, 2 factors still cause a certain amount of doubt, or uncertainty:
"This invasion will gain you nothing! We're a democracy - the people have decided!"
"Take him away."
1) Technically the only thing that's confirmed here is that Bibble hadn't been made to lie, and in fact does believe that "the people are starving" (or at least isn't shown doubting it)- however he's shown to be alone with Gunray and some of his droids in what looks like an empty part of the palace; if this is representative of his general situation, and he's being kept here isolated while being told about mass starvation, how is it a certainty that he's not being lied to as well?
Perhaps the movie isn't thinking that far, and considers the confirmation that he was being honest and hadn't been performing under pressure or threats, as an automatic confirmation that it's all true - however it's not clear.
2) "The people have decided"? This makes it sound as if the pressure is being applied to the population itself, to presumably accept the Trade Federation as their new rulers - as opposed to the Queen or even him or any of the other remaining officials to "sign the treaty".
So some kind of different thing seems to be going on here, and this casts doubts on whether this scene even takes place in the same continuity, or might be from a different script version.
"The death toll is catastrophic! We must bow to their wishes! You must contact me!"It seems like the moment it's "confimed" to the audience via a villain cut-away, the protagonists now automatically start treating it as true as well.
"You all right?"
"It's very cold."
"You come from a warm planet, Ani - a little too warm for my taste. Space is cold."
"You seem sad..."
"The Queen is worried - her people are suffering, dying...
She must convince the Senate to intervene, or... I'm not sure what'll happen."
Plinkett audio commentary: Ep1This continues into this later scene:
the audience knows - but he doesn't know.
"The Courts take even longer to decide things than the Senate! Our people are dying, Senator - we must do something quickly to stop the Federation!"Later in the Senate session, even before anyone mentions anything about death tolls, the very notion of the invasion is already placed under doubt:
"To be realistic, Your Majesty... I think we're going to have to accept Federation control for the time being."
"That is something I cannot do."
"Honourable representatives of the Republic - I come to you under the gravest of circumstances. The Naboo system has been invaded by the droid armies of the Trade-"Initially by bad actors, of course - and Valorum seems to be under pressure to act like he's sharing or at least respecting these doubts:
"I object! There is no proof! This is incredible... We recommend a commission be sent to Naboo to ascertain the truth!"
"The Congress of Malastare concurs with the honourable delegate from the Trade Federation - a commission must be appointed!"
"The point..."
Mas Amedda: "Excuse me, Chancellor."
"Enter the bureaucrats - the true rulers of the Republic; and on the payroll of the Trade Federation, I might add. This is where Chancellor Valorum's strength will disappear."
"The point is conceded. Will you defer your motion to allow a commission to explore the validity of your accusations?"
Number 3: Death and Space TaxesHowever the Malastare speaker may or may not be genuine, and generally the Senate is not presented with any additional proof for these allegations;
At the end of the movie, Amidalen goes back to the planet to solve the problem herself - cause the Senate wanted to send an independent team to investigate whether or not the invasion was real.
"Will you defer your motion to allow a commission to explore the validity of your accusations?"
I guess the testimony of two Jedi Knights wasn't good enough; [Qui-Gon talking to Valorum on the Coruscant platform] those were the guys that Valorum trusted enough to settle the whole dispute in the first place? That don't make sense?..
could the Jedi have been used as witnesses, given how they had been sent in "secret" to begin with?
"the Supreme Chancellor has secretly dispatched two Jedi Knights, the guardians of peace and justice in the galaxy, to settle the conflict...."Given how backed into the corner the Valorum is,
"Chancellor Valorum seems to think there is hope?" "If I may say so, Your Majesty, the Chancellor has little real power - he is mired by baseless accusations of corruption; the bureaucrats are in charge now."probably not.
Then, after all the preceding interruptions, Amidala finally brings up the deathtolls - stating it as fact (even though she has no reason to be certain, unlike the invasion and "attack on sovereignty" itself):
"I will not defer - I've come before you to resolve this attack on our sovereignty NOW. I was not elected to watch my people suffer and die, while you discuss this invasion in a committee!"Proof or reason aside, the room is instantly won over and apparently has no doubts left.
"Yousa tinking yousa people ganna die?"In this scene it's not clear whether Jar Jar is just getting things wrong and she's merely humoring him, or whether this talk about "gonna die" (as opposed to already dying in the present - does this mean he's asking if they're all gonna eventually die?) and her uncertain response ("don't know whether they'll all die before they can intervene"?) are rather, again, from yet another alternate continuity / script version,
"I don't know..."
"Gungans get pasted too, eh?"
"I hope not."
where the Neimoidians haven't yet started claiming to be already causing death tolls, but are rather threatening that they'll genocide them all if their demands aren't met - and that Amidala doesn't really know if that's gonna happen or not, if they'll manage to prevent it or not.
"I fear by the time you have control of the bureaucrats, Senator - there'll be nothing left of our people, our way of life."Apparently Palpatine agrees with Plinkett that they could potentially apply some more direct and successful form of "force" here - since otherwise the pressure they're applying now (causing those "death tolls") isn't going to fundamentally change if she returns.
"I understand your concern, Your Majesty - unfortunately, the Federation has possession of our planet."
"Senator - this is your arena; I feel I must return to mine.
I've decided to go back to Naboo."
"Go back? But your Majesty, be realistic, th-they'll force you to sign the treaty!"
"I will sign no treaty, Senator. My fate will be no different than that of our people."
Apparently the talk is about them threatening her directly, which she responds with "my fate won't be different than the people's.
However this line here:
"I fear by the time you have control of the bureaucrats, Senator - there'll be nothing left of our people, our way of life."once again casts doubts on what is being referred to, or which script version continuity is currently on display - especially if compared to this:
"The Trade Federation has destroyed all that we have worked so hard to build - if we do not act quickly, all will be lost forever."What have they "worked hard to build"? And what "way of life"?
Before that it was all about drastic life-and-death issues - however these lines, esp. in a vacuum, rather make it sound like the Federation is just eroding their culture/projects/values/sovereignty/spirit/etc. which is worth fighting for, but isn't blotted out by the even a lot worse CATASTROPHIC DEATH TOLLS.
Back here on Naboo, however, things seemingly undergo another shift - after the somber tone of the Coruscant stay, where one might say depressing notions about death tolls matched the general mood, here in this new chapter the tone is upbeat and optimistic, and perhaps for this reason nothing more about any deaths is brought up again:
"What is the situation?""Almost everyone's in camps", but that's all he says.
Panaka: "Almost everyone's in camps.
A few hundred police and guards formed an underground resistance movement. I brought back as many of the leaders as I could.
The Federation army's also much larger than we thought - and much stronger. Your Highness, this is a battle I do not think that we can win."
No one cares to find out whether
"What if it is true - and the people are dying?"It's never confirmed, nor refuted, nor ruled out - just no longer mentioned.
However at the very least, at this point they're already firmly planning to end this occupation, and now have the means to do it (more on the confused unclarities regarding this aspect at some later point) - they're no longer faced with the decision to either contact Sio Bibble and potentially expose themselves, or accept further death tolls; and no longer powerlessly stuck on Coruscant hoping the government does something; now there's just one way forward.
So does that somewhat account for all of this? Well, somewhat, sure, appears so.
Obi-Wan: "Do you think they have been taken to the camps?"However that was of course instantly resolved.
Panaka: "More likely they were wiped out."
"Mesa no tink so."
Qui-Gon: "Do you know where they are, Jar Jar?"
at first a threat is made;
then the villains claim to have started making the threat real, however they're using that as a trap in order to trace them - creating a sense of creeping uncertainty about it all, as Darth Maul is closing in on them;
then once "the audience is shown", everyone starts treating it as a fact, in the context of the somber tone of the Coruscant stay;
and finally it all gives way to an upbeat tone during which this notion softly disappears from the narrative, and the lines that are used to refer to the nature of the occupation are now much more compatible with the notion that this is a:
Tension, stakes, a ticking clock!; heroism, and adventure - it's what makes Star Wars great.However while it's possible to view this all as a fragmented combination of several mutually continuities, it also remains true that Gunray had expressed a violent threat, the protagonists were shortly after given the impression that he may very well have started putting it into practice, this was then "all but confirmed" by the cut to Sio Bibble on Naboo (though only to the viewers, not the protagonists), and then none of this was ever explicitly contradicted, or ruled out - even not by all the lines that, in isolation, would make a very different impression.
Much like the Phantom Menace - when the Gungans fight the Robots to help Queen Amidala find the Viceroy, so that she doesn't have to sign a treaty to make the non-violent invasion legal in the courts...
The selective memory of these lines seems to be the basis for this "non-violent invasion" comment - without the realization that they are effectively refuted by all the other (much more emphasized and explicit) parts that indicate a violent one (or, at the very least, one in which a mass starvation is induced);
an equivalent, albeit a very disproportionate one, would be if someone selectively remembered these lines from Ep4's black roundtable here:
"The Imperial Senate will no longer be of any concern to us; I have just received word that the Emperor has dissolved the council permanently. The last remnants of the old Republic have been swept away."Never mind the
"That's impossible! How will the Emperor maintain control without the bureaucracy?"
"The regional governors now have direct control over their territories.Fear will keep the local systems in line - fear of this battle station."
"And what of the Rebellion? If the Rebels have obtained a complete technical readout of this station, it is possible, however unlikely, that they might find a weakness and exploit it."
"The plans you refer to will soon be back in our hands."
"Any attack made by the rebels against this station"
This scene is pretty important to the plot, but it's really just there to engage an element they call the "ticking clock" - it's a basic function used to create tension in a story. They almost have the Death Star ready; it's ready to shoot giant lasers, and they plan to use it to crush the Rebellion - by destroying their hidden base.; the plot of this movie is about governors non-violently controlling their local territories while non-violent rebels want to exploit the technical readouts of a station.
So the Queen waits around for some kind of approval, o-.. for something, to stop her people from dying- Why are they dying? I guess they're dying though...While obviously some "citizens" are eventually shown in the celebration at the end, the closest the movie ever gets to "showing anyone die", or confirming that it's taking place, is by showing Nute Gunray bringing it up to Sio Bibble who's acting like he accepts it as true (with the possibility that he's seen it not ruled out, but not confirmed either), and otherwise by having Padme believe his hologram transmission after that palace scene (although before that, the very same message was explicitly doubted).
But I didn't see anyone die?
In fact I haven't even seen any Naboo citizen at all - as far as I know it's a city with 20 or so pilots, a couple of bureaucrats and officials.
Why are they dying? I guess they're dying though...It looks like Plinkett is remembering the Padme lines, but not why she believes it's taking place, or what the cause of it is supposed to be in the first place;
obviously the answer to the first question is that "she's believing the governor's hologram message", and the answer to the second question is "because Gunray is trying to pressure her into agreeing to that treaty".
His uncertainty seems to primarily stem from ignoring and forgetting the information in the movie instead of going through it properly - however if he had gone through it, he would've also found a degree of uncertainty surrounding this: first as a direct part of the plot,
later in the form of residual doubts about how much of a "confirmation" the Bibble/Gunray scene is supposed to be (followed by Padme's sudden acceptance of his claims without learning anything new since it had been determined as dubious),
and eventually by the seeming dissonance created by lines that convey a milder version of the events and cast doubts on this plotline's internal continuity.
It's possible that this actual uncertainty created by the film subconsciously contributed to his uncertainty in some ways as well, in addition to him just not remembering stuff.
I guess they're dying though...This seems like a casual acceptance of her claims - which coincides both with Padme's (unjustified, by rational metrics) acceptance of Sio's "death tolls" claim in the message, and the film's largely overwhelming (but not full) confirmation that it it was in fact true,
and, once again, may have been subconsciously influenced by that angle, but isn't directly based on any precise analysis or recollection of those elements.
Aside from all this, his indifferent and semi-dismissive tone is also incongruent with, and unrepresentative of the dramatic intensity that those scenes are presented with - even if going farther with it (say, for starters, by showing any "Naboo citizens" before the very last scene) could have increased this intensity further.
But the conflict from the blockade and the subsequent invasion:
Number 11: Please, God - make it stop. Make it end.Both when discussing the invasion as well as the preceding blockade, Plinkett consistently doesn't bother with going through the available information (while already not remembering it properly to begin with, naturally) - however for some reason the two instances are given the polar opposite treatment:
I mean I know George wanted the Jedis to fight in a cool place that's really Star Warsy? - so.. so what this is like a power generator? What does it power, the Universe??
So you're expecting me to believe that the people that built this technological wonder were dying without space supplies for 2 days??
Number 3: Death and Space Taxes
So the Trade Federation have set up a blockade around... Naboo, in order to stop them from getting space supplies - which instantly causes some kinda... crisis? - that we never see.
[...]
Anyways, so I realize that Senator Palpatine was using the Trade Federation to create a crisis to advance himself politically; like that was the plot I think? But the conflict from the blockade and the subsequent invasion is the entire movie! Understanding what role the Trade Federation played in this, is important...
You know what the blockade was about, who was getting taxed, what kinda supplies were so crucial to the Naboo - what was it, like medical supplies? Just some kinda plague? Did they not have the capacity to survive on such a lush planet with a huge power reactor for one day without space trade?
You see I would've accepted the idea of some kinda mystery villain if the basics were at least clear...
While seemingly intent on downplaying/doubting/denying the "death tolls" and high stakes of the invasion (or, more specifically, Gunray's methods of trying to force the treaty agreement) way beyond the residual amount of uncertainty left by the information in the film,
the effects of the blockade are instead being vastly overblown here not based on anything in the script.
"Hoping to resolve the matter with a blockade of deadly battleships, the greedy Trade Federation has stopped all shipping to the small planet of Naboo."Deadly battleships" implies potential danger, and "alarming" just means that everyone is "alarmed" by this (easily explainable by it being perceived as a "bold move", or something people hadn't been sure was legal to begin with - judging by Gunray's emphatic insistence that it is "perfectly legal", and Sidious' ability to "make things legal" that weren't so before) - no resulting high-stakes crisis is implied by this at all; let alone one emerging after just a few days.
While the Congress of the Republic endlessly debates this alarming chain of events,"
So the Trade Federation have set up a blockade around... Naboo, in order to stop them from getting space supplies - which instantly causes some kinda... crisis? - that we never see.The bolded part is invented; "we never see it", nor does anyone imply it's taking place at all, or behave as if it does.
"Turmoil has engulfed the Galactic Republic. The taxation of trade routes to outlying star systems is in dispute."The "trade/taxation dispute" has long escalated into the blockade before the movie even begins - which then escalates into the invasion a few minutes into said movie; the threats against the population start shortly after, eventually followed by the Governor's distress message.
"Supreme Chancellor, delegates of the Senate - a tragedy has occurred, which started right here with the taxation of trade routes, and has now engulfed our entire planet in the oppression of the Trade Federation."
Somehow during those segments of the audio commentary, Plinkett seems to have forgotten all about this, and apparently thinks that the "tax dispute" is still the full extent of what's at stake at any point after the 1st paragraph of the opening crawl:
Plinkett audio commentary: SW Ep1All in all, on a general dementia--accuracy spectrum, Plinkett's commentary on this aspect of the plot keeps oscillating between these cases of sincere amnesia on the one side, and this bit on the other side:
And he has one last chance, and he puts that part in the pod - and finally, the pod starts working, and he can enter the big race - you know, to win the big prize at the end which will save.. the whole.. family.
And then he says "it's woorrrkiiing.." and you know, then you swell the dramatic music... - and that's when that scene works?
That scene doesn't work.. 20 minutes into a movie that's not about podracing.
I'm sorry to get all bitchy on you, but-.. but-... d'you ever watch this movie and, and be like... why did that happen, or, or-.. "I don't feel anything inside".... you know, I'm- like "I'm dead inside"?
Well.. - I'm.. just trying to explain why you feel dead inside when you watch this movie, or you don't feel excited - even at the end when they have the, big.. celebration? You know, []- [...]
But even at the end when they have the big, like, festival - like-... you're just like.. "So?" So what, there's a midget there now with an eyepatch on, and-... some boring-ass bitch.. gives a frog a glowing ball. Wwhy the fuck do I care?
It's not like the end of the original Star Wars when Luke, Han, and.. Chewbacca, get medals from Princess Leia - it's like, those guys saved the fucking day; what did these guys do? Oh, they resolved a tax dispute...
Oh.. - that's a good question, are you here to free the slaves Qui-Gon? No, actually we're.. we're in the process of settling a tax dispute... ohhh.
Yeah I guess freeing slaves would've made a better movie...
it's good we went with something boring, we wouldn't want to excite the audience too much...
So the Queen waits around for some kind of approval, o-.. for something, to stop her people from dying- Why are they dying? I guess they're dying though...This is the closest he ever comes to being "accurate", and it's still very far.
But I didn't see anyone die?
In fact I haven't even seen any Naboo citizen at all - as far as I know it's a city with 20 or so pilots, a couple of bureaucrats and officials.
However while leaving out all the most dramatic scenes revolving around this, he also imagines a mass death crisis on Naboo caused by the pre-invasion blockade;
it's possible that this is him misattributing Padme's "people are dying" lines to the blockade and the resulting lack of space supplies - perhaps even forgetting that a subsequent invasion occurred at all, in those excerpts that is.
Number 8: I'm gonna slit my wristsPlinkett audio commentary: Ep4
[Sigh...] It's hard to stomach any more of this shit - I still don't know who the main character is and why we should care about any of this.
At around this point in the original Star Wars movie, we've been with Luke almost the whole time getting to know him.
We see his plight;
his hopes and dreams...
we feel his frustration...
and then his sadness...
The slow build-up added depth, and emotion; and anticipation for the story to expand.
In the Phantom Menace we have nothing - we've a monotone queen, who's hiding from signing a treaty that's supposed to do something.
Why in fuck's name should we care at all.. I don't care about any of these characters?
Plinkett audio commentary: Ep1
But even at the end when they have the big, like, festival - like-... you're just like.. "So?" So what, there's a midget there now with an eyepatch on, and-... some boring-ass bitch.. gives a frog a glowing ball. Wwhy the fuck do I care?
It's not like the end of the original Star Wars when Luke, Han, and.. Chewbacca, get medals from Princess Leia - it's like, those guys saved the fucking day; what did these guys do? Oh, they resolved a tax dispute...
But the real thrust of this scene is, this is when the stakes are really raised - insteada just a giant floating ball in space, we are now shown that the Death Star is capable of blowing up whole planets; and our ragtag group o' heroes are the only ones that can stop it...Since all the segments with the direct Ep4 comparisons happen to be the amnesia ones, this causes the Ep1-Ep4 stakes comparisons to completely fall apart - as opposed to partially/overwhelmingly fall apart, if the less amnesia segments had been used instead.
Tension, stakes, a ticking clock!; heroism, and adventure - it's what makes Star Wars great.
Much like the Phantom Menace - when the Gungans fight the Robots to help Queen Amidala find the Viceroy, so that she doesn't have to sign a treaty to make the non-violent invasion legal in the courts...
[crickets...] Uhmm.. [..........]
2023.03.25 04:54 jadenwu39x Banggood Promo Code of 2023
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Are you looking for the best deals on your favorite products? Do you want to save money on your online purchases? If so, you should check out Banggood Promo Codes.
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2023.03.25 04:54 Dheeraj_PG Learn Midjourney from Basics to Advance
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2023.03.25 04:54 itstacotuesday-bitch Why Fansly shits all over the competition - an honest but admittedly biased review
Fansly has long been the standout contender in the adult subscription game, quickly gaining popularity after OnlyFans (temporarily) banned porn back in 2021.
But while OnlyFans still dominates the market traffic-wise, Fansly's impressive features, flexibility, creator support, and kink-friendly TOS are sure to leave them in the dust. You mark my word.
I've been on Fansly long enough to know they're all about continuous improvement, and host an impressive suite of features that keep on growing.
My personal favorite feature has to be the For You discoverability feature (FYP) - think TikTok but spicier. Fansly's algorithm recommends content based on activity and hashtags, making it easier than ever for your perverts to find you. They're already on the platform for christ's sake!
My second favourite thing about Fansly is their relaxed restrictions on content types. With far more kink-friendly TOS, creators can post just about almost anything (so long as it's legal in their country) without having their epic banana split birthday video removed for "foreign object insertion". Or rude violation notices popping up when using seemingly innocuous words in messages (you know who I'm talking about). Yes I'm still salty about it.
Monetisation options on Fansly are by far the most flexible, allowing creators to have both free and paid subscriptions on the same account. Multiple subscription tiers can be added to suit fans' budgets and deepest desires.
Viewing restrictions are applied at individual post level and although it's confusing and hard to get used to, you'll be glad it works the way it does. Plus you can set default permissions so you don't have to do it manually every time.
Here are some examples of how permissions work: Post thirst traps without restrictions so they appear in the FYP section, or restrict to followers to keep enticing them to subscribe. Post other content as PPV or for subscriber access only (and then specify which tier levels have access). Fansly have also recently introduced an exciting new feature where you can reward fans for leaving their rebill on, with exclusive content (or how I like to call it - rebill bait). Additionally, creators have the option to set multiple concurrent permissions for even greater flexibility.
You can set the same kind of permissions to access your DMs and set prices on locked media or text in messages. You can even revoke/edit permissions after posting. So they're not still jacking off to your shit long after they stopped paying you.
It sounds like a lot, I know, but I've written an easy to follow, comprehensive guide, to help newbies understand and use permissions correctly. I promise it'll all make sense when you see it.
Fansly's biggest downfall is that it does take some getting used to. The features, the flexibility, the customisation options, are both a blessing and a curse. It is definitely tricky to strike the right balance of promoting and monetising your content, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be glad to have options.
Another major downfall, for me and for other Australian creators, is right now bank transfers are not available in AUD. I've been using Skrill in the meantime. They promised me they're working on fixing it ASAP though, so I'll come back and edit this out when they do.
It's no wonder Fansly won the Best Platform for Newbies award last year. Even though it takes a bit of getting used to, the dedicated support team are always there to quickly respond to any issues. Especially if you hollar at them on Twitter. Be sure to follow them, even if only for the memes.
In conclusion, whether you're new to the game, running multiple platforms, or simply done with OnlyFan's shit, Fansly is the breath of fresh air we all needed.
I'm giving it 5 stars.
Thank you for reading my review. I'm sorry about the language (I'm Australian, so) If you've used Fansly I'd love to hear your review, good or bad, I wanna know.
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But while OnlyFans still dominates the market traffic-wise, Fansly's impressive features, flexibility, creator support, and kink-friendly TOS are sure to leave them in the dust. You mark my word.
I've been on Fansly long enough to know they're all about continuous improvement, and host an impressive suite of features that keep on growing.
My personal favorite feature has to be the For You discoverability feature (FYP) - think TikTok but spicier. Fansly's algorithm recommends content based on activity and hashtags, making it easier than ever for your perverts to find you. They're already on the platform for christ's sake!
My second favourite thing about Fansly is their relaxed restrictions on content types. With far more kink-friendly TOS, creators can post just about almost anything (so long as it's legal in their country) without having their epic banana split birthday video removed for "foreign object insertion". Or rude violation notices popping up when using seemingly innocuous words in messages (you know who I'm talking about). Yes I'm still salty about it.
Monetisation options on Fansly are by far the most flexible, allowing creators to have both free and paid subscriptions on the same account. Multiple subscription tiers can be added to suit fans' budgets and deepest desires.
Viewing restrictions are applied at individual post level and although it's confusing and hard to get used to, you'll be glad it works the way it does. Plus you can set default permissions so you don't have to do it manually every time.
Here are some examples of how permissions work: Post thirst traps without restrictions so they appear in the FYP section, or restrict to followers to keep enticing them to subscribe. Post other content as PPV or for subscriber access only (and then specify which tier levels have access). Fansly have also recently introduced an exciting new feature where you can reward fans for leaving their rebill on, with exclusive content (or how I like to call it - rebill bait). Additionally, creators have the option to set multiple concurrent permissions for even greater flexibility.
You can set the same kind of permissions to access your DMs and set prices on locked media or text in messages. You can even revoke/edit permissions after posting. So they're not still jacking off to your shit long after they stopped paying you.
It sounds like a lot, I know, but I've written an easy to follow, comprehensive guide, to help newbies understand and use permissions correctly. I promise it'll all make sense when you see it.
Fansly's biggest downfall is that it does take some getting used to. The features, the flexibility, the customisation options, are both a blessing and a curse. It is definitely tricky to strike the right balance of promoting and monetising your content, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be glad to have options.
Another major downfall, for me and for other Australian creators, is right now bank transfers are not available in AUD. I've been using Skrill in the meantime. They promised me they're working on fixing it ASAP though, so I'll come back and edit this out when they do.
It's no wonder Fansly won the Best Platform for Newbies award last year. Even though it takes a bit of getting used to, the dedicated support team are always there to quickly respond to any issues. Especially if you hollar at them on Twitter. Be sure to follow them, even if only for the memes.
In conclusion, whether you're new to the game, running multiple platforms, or simply done with OnlyFan's shit, Fansly is the breath of fresh air we all needed.
I'm giving it 5 stars.
Thank you for reading my review. I'm sorry about the language (I'm Australian, so) If you've used Fansly I'd love to hear your review, good or bad, I wanna know.
2023.03.25 04:54 jawsjawwad Looking for a roommate from April - August (Off Campus Apartment!)
Hey all!
Anyone looking for a room in West Philly right next to saunders park/UC townhomes/40th and Market on the L starting from April - Aug? (perf for SummeFall non-coop students!) It's also right next to a community garden! (Sloan Community Garden)
It's a really nice big (biggest in the apartment) L shaped room that can fit a queen size bed, a drawer, a desk w a bunch of walking space and has a double door closet that turns on a light when you open the door inside of it. (fancy schmancy)
It's in a 3 bed 2 bath apartment w me and my roommate (we are both bangladeshi so brown girlies- where my fems of color at!) so you get your own bathroom WOOT WOOT! There's also a balcony in the back where we could set up a table to drink at and bask in sunlight. My terfy racist white roommate (she/her) vacated the premises (W landlord) and the other roommate (she/her) is an ally (she's cishet but I'm def not lol trans bi), so qtpoc welcome and encouraged!
All we ask is that you aren't racist, toxic masculinist, or center yourself - we can go over our shared weekly house duties/roommate rules as well since our old roommate was simply abysmal about respecting either. (We call it the Commonwealth of Urgirlypops) We love to cook things and have a crazy cool spice and pan set up and the living room is huge if you like to cook, do pillow forts / sprawl out and draw, etc.
We'd love to meet you prior and show the house off too.
FINANCES:
The cost would be 665 for that room, electric ranges from 50-65/person (entire house is running on electric and landlord does, and wifi is 30/person (~745-760 tops total so bigger, cheaper, and more livable than Drexel housing). First month, last month, and security deposit are due at time of signing lease w us so that would be 1995.
Please dm me if you're interested! I'll leave my cell as well because more likely to see that than reddit cuz... not much on there tbh: (347)-837-7677
I'll show photos and videos when we speak! - Momo (they/she)
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Anyone looking for a room in West Philly right next to saunders park/UC townhomes/40th and Market on the L starting from April - Aug? (perf for SummeFall non-coop students!) It's also right next to a community garden! (Sloan Community Garden)
It's a really nice big (biggest in the apartment) L shaped room that can fit a queen size bed, a drawer, a desk w a bunch of walking space and has a double door closet that turns on a light when you open the door inside of it. (fancy schmancy)
It's in a 3 bed 2 bath apartment w me and my roommate (we are both bangladeshi so brown girlies- where my fems of color at!) so you get your own bathroom WOOT WOOT! There's also a balcony in the back where we could set up a table to drink at and bask in sunlight. My terfy racist white roommate (she/her) vacated the premises (W landlord) and the other roommate (she/her) is an ally (she's cishet but I'm def not lol trans bi), so qtpoc welcome and encouraged!
All we ask is that you aren't racist, toxic masculinist, or center yourself - we can go over our shared weekly house duties/roommate rules as well since our old roommate was simply abysmal about respecting either. (We call it the Commonwealth of Urgirlypops) We love to cook things and have a crazy cool spice and pan set up and the living room is huge if you like to cook, do pillow forts / sprawl out and draw, etc.
We'd love to meet you prior and show the house off too.
FINANCES:
The cost would be 665 for that room, electric ranges from 50-65/person (entire house is running on electric and landlord does, and wifi is 30/person (~745-760 tops total so bigger, cheaper, and more livable than Drexel housing). First month, last month, and security deposit are due at time of signing lease w us so that would be 1995.
Please dm me if you're interested! I'll leave my cell as well because more likely to see that than reddit cuz... not much on there tbh: (347)-837-7677
I'll show photos and videos when we speak! - Momo (they/she)
2023.03.25 04:54 miketgeman101 In last month my Dad was diagnosed terminally ill only 67 and my spouse under 50 has been diagnosed with colon cancer with possible tumours in liver.
What the hell world ,I live about 10 hours from my dad so I can’t just stop in, he’s got his spouse to help but wish I was closer. My spouse is playing the stupid wait game and still could be 2 months before she gets in to see a cancer DR. Mean while she’s got a mass in her liver . Some medical system Canada, she’s so scared and I am too trying to be strong, her stomach pains are bad with no help. I just can’t believe this is happening all at once. I feel guilty for complaining as I can take a walk and a break while my DAd and spouse just have to deal. This sucks
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2023.03.25 04:54 ALuckyKO My mother’s favorite picture. 1st day of school. She just had a stroke. Can we clean it up so I can frame it for her bed side. I got $10 on it!
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2023.03.25 04:54 said_thee_liar My employer gave a copy of my resume to another candidate
Hi!
Seeking some support in labor law- I had applied for a promotion within my company. For the second round interview, I had received an invite from our HR partner with a copy of my resume and an external email added.
I quickly confirmed that the external email was an outside candidate with the hiring manager and alerted her to the situation. This is all documented and written down.
I have come to find out that this candidate is the one who was hired.
Was the disclosure of my qualifications something I can take any sort of legal recourse upon? I am looking to leave the company.
I am located in Colorado. Company HQ is in Arizona. This is a fully remote position.
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Seeking some support in labor law- I had applied for a promotion within my company. For the second round interview, I had received an invite from our HR partner with a copy of my resume and an external email added.
I quickly confirmed that the external email was an outside candidate with the hiring manager and alerted her to the situation. This is all documented and written down.
I have come to find out that this candidate is the one who was hired.
Was the disclosure of my qualifications something I can take any sort of legal recourse upon? I am looking to leave the company.
I am located in Colorado. Company HQ is in Arizona. This is a fully remote position.
2023.03.25 04:53 Significant_Bad_7727 To go LC or not…
Hello everyone. This is my first time ever posting on Reddit so apologies if my formatting or story telling is weird.
Basically, I need to vent about a situation with my (maybe?) justno stepmom. Im afraid that I am doing my unborn child a disservice by continuing a relationship with her. I’m open to suggestions or advice.
Background: - My birth mother was an alcoholic, had zero custody of me, and I was raised by my father.
Thanks for reading all this if you did!
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Basically, I need to vent about a situation with my (maybe?) justno stepmom. Im afraid that I am doing my unborn child a disservice by continuing a relationship with her. I’m open to suggestions or advice.
Background: - My birth mother was an alcoholic, had zero custody of me, and I was raised by my father.
- When I was 7-8, my father and now stepmother were introduced. She didn’t like him very much and hadn’t planned on dating him but according to her, I asked if she was going to be my new mom and “she couldn’t say no”.
- They married when I was 12.
- My parents fought daily when I was a kid. Not just bickering but full on screaming and yelling matches, with slamming doors and crying. She would frequently tell me how miserable she was with my dad, right after bringing up the fact that she was only with him because I needed a mom. I took this to mean “I’m miserable because of you”.
- She cannot have children of her own and her biggest criticism of me (there were plenty) was that I didn’t fit her idea of a perfect child. She never said this directly, of course. She would say “I always thought my kid would love to cuddle me” (I dislike being hugged or cuddled), or, “I always wanted a kid to do arts and crafts with” (I do not have the patience for arts and crafts, I preferred to run around or fix things in my dads garage) I’ve always felt like I never quite fit the mold.
- As I got older (12+), her favorite thing to discuss with other people was my mistakes. I was generally a good kid but a bad grade, the time (Yes, TIME.. as in, once) I got caught lying, anything that was negative about me… everyone got to hear. Not just privately but at birthday parties, family get togethers, etc. I would sit in the same room and hear about my failures and feel ashamed while they all sat and looked at me and tsk’d. (Note that this is with her side of the family. They are all just like this, love the drama. My dad’s side is great)
- She would get sad sometimes and mention how scared she was that I’d reunite with my birth mother and not care about her anymore. I won’t get into it but my birth mother had me kidnapped and allowed me to be molested. I’m not sure if she really thought I would ever “reunite” with her or not but I always felt the need to reassure her that she was the best mom and I’d never abandon her.
- Nothing I have ever done in my life has been good enough for her. Just one example.. In school, I was required to get Bs or above, or else she would confiscate (and read through entirely) my phone until the next report card. However, she would not assist me with homework when I asked, therefore making it very hard for me to get higher than a C, especially in math which I am not good at. So there were times where I would go months and months without a phone. I had zero way to communicate with anyone outside of school. I was very isolated because of this. Eventually, I started doing better, getting a B- in math instead of a C, and suddenly, I was still being punished because “Why do you insist on being at the verge of succeeding?”
- Currently, she makes everything about her. When my husband and I visit, she expects that I will spend the few days I am there, with her, doing… who knows what. Leaving my husband alone at their house, to…? Go fuck himself I guess. However, she does not make any plans. She will wait until.. around 3PM of a certain day, and come to me very hurt and ask “So, are you just not going to spend any time with me today?” When it’s really too late to go do anything fun before we come back for dinner. As my due date is approaching, the topic of visiting us and our newborn has come up. She makes comments like “I’ve just never heard of grandparents not being present at the birth” (I chose not to ask her to be there because we just don’t have that kind of relationship, but.. can you blame me?) and that she and my dad will only stay one day, “So as not to bother you”.
Thanks for reading all this if you did!
2023.03.25 04:53 JewishHippyJesus [FO] Birthday gift for my wonderful wife!
![[FO] Birthday gift for my wonderful wife!](https://preview.redd.it/0s3kvx7g5tpa1.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=1839a219dbf9b444d67b3410a4256871742da144 "[FO] Birthday gift for my wonderful wife!") | submitted by JewishHippyJesus to CrossStitch [link] [comments] |