Star Wars: High Republic
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The usual post-count padding and a 'helpful link' in the Other Topics section. Spammer.
And very happy about that too. Even though I knew it was BS when they were saying it.
What's the problem? Why are you "shaking your ****ing head" ? Some things fit in Star Wars and some don't. A straightned side-cut afro doesn't fit, the same way a 50s Don Draper cut wouldn't fit on a Jedi. Look at Ms. Speshul MC:
She looks like every other smug female MC of recent years. Does she wake up every morning and before embarking on her duties as a Magical Space Warrior Monk, sit down to buzz her head and straighten half her hair?
And then look at this guy here:
This guy looks like a Warrior Monk. He doesn't have a smug look of superiorty and looks like a decent guy who could have some fun adventures. But nope, this guy isn't even shown anywhere. We've got Ram Jamoram advertised though! Because that's what we need, fat Jedi! **** standards, we've got to get some body inclusion in the Magical Space Warrior Monk Order!
Tell me which haircut and look fits the Jedi aesthetic more. Jedi are Space Warrior Sorcerer Monk Templars. The whole look has to gel together. Longer hair, braids and the such fits. Random cuts do not. Which is why Windu had a shaved head instead of SLJ showing up with his Pulp Fiction look, or why Liam Neeson's Qui-Gon didn't have just a standard, everyday cut.
I don't even know who this is or where she appears, but she looks more like a Jedi than Ms MC, which is my point:
We already had a Jedi with dreads in Quinlan Vos and he didn't look out of place:
Every Universe has some internal rules and they must maintain consistency. You can't just do whatever you want because it looks "kewl" and it's your self-insert. It's how we got "muh Grey Jedi" ********. And yes Filoni, your ****** waifu is guilty too. Star Wars has a dumb system of "philosophy"; who cares, just look at the lightsabers go "woosh". KotOR II did that better anyhow.
Just because it's [current year] doesn't mean it's good and should be applauded.
If this is what irks you then man, I wish I was you and only had this stuff to worry about. Is THR going to be ****, most likely yes. Is that because not all the black characters have dreads? No. Nobody complained about Leia spending 4 hours braiding her hair in the middle of a Rebellion. "We've just rescused Han and we're on our way to blow up a shield generator, but hang on while I do 3 rows of braids before we leave." Or Ki-Adi Mundi or Obi-Wan. The guys have beards. Do they waste time trimming it so it looks just right all the time. Or Luke or Han. They must shave everyday before killing the next lot of Imperials.
It's a hair cut set 300 years before ANH. Does SW always have to look the same? Fashions change, societies change. This is what Disney went with. Don't like it? Fine. I'm not going to bother with it either, but this self entitled outrage because it doesn't match your vision is pathetic. Nobody is forcing you to buy into it. It's not like TLJ where they took a dump on well established characters. Stop acting like Disney owes you, move on and soak in the Star Wars that you do like instead. You'll be much happier.
It's a hair cut set 300 years before ANH. Does SW always have to look the same? Fashions change, societies change. This is what Disney went with. Don't like it? Fine. I'm not going to bother with it either, but this self entitled outrage because it doesn't match your vision is pathetic. Nobody is forcing you to buy into it. It's not like TLJ where they took a dump on well established characters. Stop acting like Disney owes you, move on and soak in the Star Wars that you do like instead. You'll be much happier.
You're on a board where 50 year olds and teens with too much disposable income come to discuss 200 to 800 dollar figures and statues based on children's properties and classic Hollywood films. What complaints were you expecting to come across? A dissertation on the immigration crisis and its impact? There are forums for that. There are forums for everything.
Star Wars is a Space Opera. It's Space Fantasy and thus has the aesthetics of a quasi-Medieval Society transported into the future. The Prequels had a quasi-GrecoRoman look. The early Sith had an Egyptian/Sumerian/Mycanean look. Every Era has its own aesthetic variant but some things remain constant. There has to be an internal logic to it all. Having Qui-Gon running around with long hair, Anakin with an Undercut, Windu with a 70s Afro and Obi-Wan with a Perm would ruin the established rules. Braids and Buns are done and that's that. A beard doesn't grow a foot in a day. Braids last from a month to even two. Sidecuts and straightened hair need constant maintenance.
Sidecuts, in this fashion, not to be confused with Undercuts, represent a very specific brand and type of character that just doesn't fit in an Era 200 years before the Prequels. Societies and Fashions may change, but we're talking about Warrior Monks here. Magical Warrior Monks who dedicate their lives to an Order and an Ideal. Priests look more or less the same as they looked a millenia ago. It's not a fashion statement, it's a way of life.
I'm not complaining about Glover's Lando having a larger hairdo than Billy Dee's. Because Lando is a regular guy, a Dandy; he's not a Warrior Monk. He's not living by a strict Code. He's a guy and can have whatever haircut he wants.
As for TLJ, I can just as easily tell you that it's all make believe and it's pathetic to care about the fate of some characters from, and the events that are unfolding in, a series of children's films, and that Disney has free reign to do whatever it wants, so stick to your own Headcanon, or don't, but ultimately it doesn't matter. I mean, this response would be apt considering the rest of your post:
And here it comes. "Company X can do whatever it wants, stop being entitled!" I'm voicing an opinion. My opinion. On a board about 300$ dollies. I know exactly how much it's worth and I don't lose any sleep over it. But I'll voice it. Because I want to. Because I've poured money and time into all these things, and nobody can come and say "lmao tone it down it doesn't matter just consume or don't haha". Because when the "audience" they're trying to chase didn't know who Iron Man was, I was hunting figures from overseas. But the current character has little in common with the one I got to know through the decades. So I'll voice my displeasure. Yes, on a board about cape**** with 40 members. I am entitled, very much so, to my opinion. Regardless of reception or impact.
I've said my piece, and there's really nothing more to discuss.
So, let me get this straight. I write some rather extensive posts, and present my arguments, as to why I don't like a single haircut appearing in a particular IP. And, a reminder here, we're not in the CyberPunk thread. I'm not seeing any set pics of Batman Beyond where Max has a sidecut and I'm venting. No, we're in a Star Wars thread. Anyhow. All the while I'm proclaiming my dismay of a certain kind of character. Something that, I should add, extends to all people; I don't like smarmy teens. Never have, never will. I didn't like them when I was a toddler, I didn't like them when I was a teen, I don't like them now. I hate the trope no matter where, or how, it manifests. Beyond that though. I go through all that trouble and your rebuttal is... "you're racist and sexist"... Brilliant. Just brilliant.
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Relax man....."ism"s and "ist"s is all they know. It's their programming. Arguing with them is a complete waste of time.
PS....if you don't LOVE Ramjoram and think xe's the greatest science-fiction fantasy character of all TIME then you're just a NAZI and you and your family and everything you've ever held dear needs to die in a fire. I am, after all, on the right side of history.
PS....if you don't LOVE Ramjoram and think xe's the greatest science-fiction fantasy character of all TIME then you're just a NAZI and you and your family and everything you've ever held dear needs to die in a fire. I am, after all, on the right side of history.
So, let me get this straight. I write some rather extensive posts, and present my arguments, as to why I don't like a single haircut appearing in a particular IP. And, a reminder here, we're not in the CyberPunk thread. I'm not seeing any set pics of Batman Beyond where Max has a sidecut and I'm venting. No, we're in a Star Wars thread. Anyhow. All the while I'm proclaiming my dismay of a certain kind of character. Something that, I should add, extends to all people; I don't like smarmy teens. Never have, never will. I didn't like them when I was a toddler, I didn't like them when I was a teen, I don't like them now. I hate the trope no matter where, or how, it manifests. Beyond that though. I go through all that trouble and your rebuttal is... "you're racist and sexist"... Brilliant. Just brilliant.
Let?s review my post.....did I mention your post at all?
Maybe you should think about that.......
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I know. It's still annoying when you go through all the trouble of explaining your position and get hit with "-isms". It's... boring. Unimaginative.
Ah, yes, the vague deflection. Classy...
I don't need to think about anything. I know exactly where I stand, what I like, and what I don't. Which I've already gone in depth about, but, well...
Has anyone read the novel that Charles Soule wrote that was just released? I’m intrigued by all the info about the Jedi that has come out so far. Feels like we’re getting the Jedi we had initially imagined them to be in their prime. Very excited to see if the new show based on this era will take off.
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So is everybody excited for the new pilot rock?
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So is everybody excited for the new pilot rock?
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Here's the only example of a talking Rock that I'll find cool:
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I just can't believe it. This what the creative geniuses responsible for the dismissal of action star Cara Dune were able to come up with.
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