ThunderPeel2001

Still nothing from Tim or Double Fine?

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It's true, everything points to suburbia in MI1. I noticed that during my replay. As soon as I started reading your list, I immediately thought of other things that point to it, too... but now I can't remember them (middle aged tired brain 🤦‍♂️). When they come back to me I'll edit.

A separate thread for each Part could be useful? [SPOILER FREE] [PART 1 DISCUSSION ONLY] etc.

I have to add that I'm appreciative of our monarch dying just to allow her loyal subjects September 19th off to play Return to Monkey Island. Thank ye, ma'am.

You never know, you might get lucky! Question: Will we ever learn why Elaine had a yak in her mansion?

Ha. I actually just took the bait as you posted that. (Previous page.)

Okay... just for you, here's a sample of things that make The Last Jedi the most interesting Star Wars movie™ (caveat: to me): Rey's devastating realisation that she's not special. She's a nobody. That was such a crushing and brilliant moment, and something we hadn't seen before: A hero without a manifest destiny. I was so looking forward to her reconciling this, and learning to accept herself for who she is... you know, actual emotional growth. And something that everyone in the audience can relate to. Luke being a tortured soul after creating a monster. Again, the whole sequence was brilliant: You could totally see how it could happen, even from someone well intentioned. And how it would be impossible to bridge that gap and ever make it right. (This one wasn't actually undone by ROTS, if memory serves?) The obliteration of the flyboy hero myth. Again, a fantastic sequence as Poe is brought down to earth by crushing reality: The real world doesn't need rogue cowboys. In the real world, you're a cog in a machine, especially in a military organisation. You're not privy to every plan, especially at this low level, and you're expected to do your duty. In the real world heroes are reliable and dependable, not ego maniacs. The complicating of the Light and the Dark side of the Force: The idea that to achieve true balance you actually need to accept both. An actually mature philosophy, rather than the basic one that the previous films espoused, and (if you think about it) led to the downfall of the Republic in the prequels. (And, arguably Luke Skywalker being lied and manipulated to by Obi Wan and Yoda into murdering his father(!).) It was all prepped for IX to take us somewhere really interesting. Instead they gave Chewbacca a medal... which means that the awards ceremony in the first movie actually contains a horribly racist snub by Princess Leia. I loved Knights of the Old Republic because it added depth and maturity to the Star Wars universe (admittedly I last played it 20 years ago, but that's what I remember about it -- it was the first time that I saw rational arguments made for use of the "Dark" side, which I thought was nice.). And I loved The Last Jedi for the same reasons. It's sad that Finn never got his day in either movie, though. He was so interesting in TFA, and then he just never reached his full potential

Wow. A legitimate bug that the CD-Rom version fixed. That's still a score for it. I know! I was literally laughing out loud. I wonder if I'd be laughing all through the rest of the game if I didn't know it so well.

Nope, not really. (Sorry, I just can't be bothered to engage in a debate right now. Long day.)

You know, when we've all finally completed ReMI, I'm going to miss the intense period of activity we've enjoyed since April 😥 I wonder if I could get Ron to delay the release... 🤔

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As I said, "every single interesting thing about TLJ was ignored or reversed". Besides, I exaggerate for effect, I just can't remember any of the interesting aspects of TLJ being carried over into ROTS.

I asked Drew a simple question... I can sort of see how it would be very annoying: You dedicate your entire life to doing great work, and at the end of it all anyone can say is they're disappointed in you for not doing more... 🤷‍♂️

Yep. I feel like before anyone had seen any footage of ROS, JJ Abrams must have sent a video to Rian Johnson labelled, "Sneak peek of Rise of Skywalker". When Johnson clicked PLAY JJ Abrams appeared on screen with a copy of TLJ, unzipped his pants, and then took a big dump on it. That's basically what ROS felt like to me. Every single interesting thing about TLJ was ignored or reversed When fan service goes too far. Anyway...

Great interview. Now if you could just meet up weekly it'll become my new favourite podcast.

Yes, you just need to jailbreak your Switch, hack whatever encryption they have on the game files, and then reverse engineer a working executable. Of course by the time you'd done that we'll all have completed the game, still..

Can someone confirm?? I actually discovered dialogue that I'd never seen before, last night! Keep asking the Storekeeper to visit Carla while you've got the sword and shovel in your pants, and then walk out the shop when he's gone... Sure, you'd tried that before, BUT KEEP DOING IT. The dialogue keeps changing for far longer than you'd expect. Actually made me lol. Can't believe there's anything new for me in this game after so long. Plus, I'd never tried to fight Carla before I was ready before. Going to put grog in the vase tonight.

Deep thought for the day: Do monkeys ever worry about getting too hot or sweaty?

I'm finally replaying MI1 in prep for next Monday (I mean I feel like I know the first three games off by heart)... and I'm sort of trying to break the game a little by NOT doing what it wants me to. Like I'm NOT talking to the Important Looking Pirates, etc. A nice little detail: You get slightly different dialogue if you talk to Otis before you talk to Shinetop (and you don't get the "pssst" scene, oddly). I love that stuff. Anyway, playing it again just reminded me of the sleeping poodles puzzle: Was this the "monkey wrench" of MI1? Apparently the flowers are called "Caniche Endormi" but you only get that hint* from Otis if you select one particular dialogue choice at one particular point. If you miss it, it's gone forever. * - Yes, apparently the flower's name is French for "sleeping poodle". So how was anyone supposed to know that the flowers has a drowsy effect on dogs? Or poodles in particular? There's no clues anywhere in the game to that effect... is there? Certain flowers have a poisonous effect on dogs, but is it widely known that they will get drowsy? Or is the idea that he was poisoning them, hence the "They're only sleeping!" message that pops up? Maybe I just missed the dogs + flowers piece of general knowledge?

Still determined to ruin his retirement?

Actually the wild and wooly years were before they hired someone to create these canons...

LucasFilm set very specific canon types, all officially recognised, that were then deleted when Disney took over. https://starwars.fandom.com/wiki/Canon#Canon_and_the_Expanded_Universe

Yep, aside from the weird snafu of Greedo shooting first, everyone was still very much pro-Lucas. The Phantom Menace became the biggest joke in the world after it was released. Everyone wanted to love it so much, but everyone was so disappointed... I think people were still hopeful that he'd course correct for Attack of the Clones (although the title, when it was announced, didn't inspire confidence). Really The Force Awakens was the film that all of us wanted in 1999 (at least in tone and direction -- less green screen, etc.). But for those who grew up with the prequels... maybe they wanted more of those?