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‘Star Wars’ and the Crisis of Masculinity
Acculturated ^ | 12.31.2015

Posted on 12/31/2015 7:01:09 PM PST by Perdogg

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To: Sirius Lee

Could be worse, could be called death Uranus.


81 posted on 12/31/2015 11:34:23 PM PST by going hot (Happiness is a Momma Deuce)
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To: Sirius Lee
Why isn’t it called the Death...Supernova? Or Death Globular Cluster? Something bigger?

Death Hillary Ankle... or

Death Moochelle Butt

Are those more appropriate?

82 posted on 12/31/2015 11:55:42 PM PST by Bernard (The Road To Hell Is Not Paved With Good Results)
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To: Perdogg

I call her an affirmative action hero.


83 posted on 01/01/2016 12:25:18 AM PST by Crucial (At the heart all leftistshttps://terri0729.fil is the fear that the truth is bigger than themselves.)
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To: dfwgator

The kids love the flamethrower.


84 posted on 01/01/2016 3:58:55 AM PST by Moonman62 (The US has become a government with a country, rather than a country with a government.)
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To: Moonman62

That is what I suspected. May be a good watch; I certainly won’t buy a theater ticket to find out. It’ll be on TV soon enough (for me).


85 posted on 01/01/2016 4:04:41 AM PST by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: tbw2

An argument for priestly celibacy.


86 posted on 01/01/2016 4:35:27 AM PST by I-ambush (Don't let it bring you down, it's only castles burning.)
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To: plain talk
That part of the movie reminded me of Space Balls as it seemed like they were spoofing Darth Vader's voice

That's exactly what I thought - when he took his helmet off I was expecting to see Rick Moranis. :)

Weak, weak villain - even compared to Darth Maul or Count Dooku. Movie was OK, though. Just not a lot of plot development.

87 posted on 01/01/2016 5:48:11 AM PST by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: I-ambush

The irony being his anti-Christian sci-fi opus still posits celibate religious leaders on BOTH sides.


88 posted on 01/01/2016 7:34:31 AM PST by tbw2
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To: ButThreeLeftsDo

I don’t envy you that.


89 posted on 01/01/2016 7:46:28 AM PST by FamiliarFace
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To: Perdogg

It’s not an unanswered question. At least not if you know anything about SW. Skywalkers have always had a lot of dark side in them. They’re a bit over emotional and not too good at following the rules. And they even said in the movie he got pushed over the edge when Han and Leia sent him away to study with Luke.

So the crisis here seems to be with the author not actually doing his due diligence.


90 posted on 01/01/2016 7:49:08 AM PST by discostu (Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right B, A, Start)
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To: BenLurkin

Interesting comparison and definitely a possibility. I liked the character Rey, and the actress who played her. She hasn’t had many roles, but she did a great job in this movie. They allowed her to say a lot without dialog, just using her eyes, the physicality of her body and movements that made her believably fit into her environment. And people who have seen the movie know she has begun a journey that will change her character significantly, and so far the actress seems up to it.


91 posted on 01/01/2016 12:25:31 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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