Why the Jedi would have been evil in any sane movie

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22 Apr 2015 17:17 #189280 by
Why the Jedi would have been evil in any sane movie was created by
http://www.cracked.com/article_22320_6-weird-ways-star-wars-had-us-rooting-psychopaths.html

Why yes, the prequel Jedi were psychopathic, most likely. ;)

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22 Apr 2015 17:36 #189283 by Locksley
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Bahahaha, that was funny. :P

I think the majority of their points came from the simple fact that the prequel movies were just plain horribly written though. :whistle:
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22 Apr 2015 17:40 #189284 by OB1Shinobi
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i think the author is more interested in churning out something that people will read than legitimate social or philosophical discourse
People are complicated.

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22 Apr 2015 17:51 #189286 by
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Hence why I posted it in the humor forum. No need for social or philosophical discourse. :P

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22 Apr 2015 23:53 #189320 by Adder
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Blasphemy!!!
Though;
It's explained to viewers that The Force gives "power over the weak-minded." Apparently, being stupid in the Star Wars universe is a serious enough crime that your free will can be taken from you by some dick wizard.

I'd say 'weak' minded did not mean stupid, it meant acting against the current, the flow of the Force. This could then weaken a persons resolve to continued action, and the Jedi being Force folk can just splash the Force stream on them a bit which temporarily blinds them to their own stationary little whirlpool and for a minute flow 'with' the Force..... which of course happens to coincide with the Jedi's decision making. In the movies.
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23 Apr 2015 15:14 #189364 by
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I tend to ignore the prequels so most of what they said was irrelevant to me. I have always kind of agreed with the bit about the mind trick though.

It was a funny read though. :cheer:

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23 Apr 2015 15:17 - 23 Apr 2015 15:18 #189367 by OB1Shinobi
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if i could do the jedi mind trick i would bring back parachute pants and mullets

theres nothing more awesome than a mullet and a set of parachute pant
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23 Apr 2015 15:20 #189369 by
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Star Wars is also pretty racist... :laugh:

https://youtu.be/8US63NSCfnk

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23 Apr 2015 16:05 #189375 by Breeze el Tierno
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Senan wrote: Star Wars is also pretty racist... :laugh:


Truth. And sexist.

On the bright side, the racism and sexism reminds me that the movies shouldn't be the be all and end all.

Also, and I know this was already covered, the casual removal of limbs is real messed up.
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23 Apr 2015 16:21 #189380 by OB1Shinobi
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the limb removal was my favorite part

not the removal actually but the casualness of it :-)
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23 Apr 2015 16:38 #189382 by Jestor
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I said early in my time here, that they were called 'rebels', just like we refer to the 'rebels' in South America or any other country...

The majority of people in the fiction are living their day-to-day lives...

Just as we are, but they are critical of their government, but not enough to join the 'rebel alliance'...

Here in the US, we have many 'rebel alliances'...

Animal Cruelty, Gay rights, non-Traditional religions, Atheists, Anti-TV people, anti fast food people....

Anyone going against the governmental ideas or stances, could be seen in this light...

Ive maintained that the Empire was not evil, only 'the machine' of government...

Although, being at odds with the views and policies, one could easily surmise they were evil, lol...
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23 Apr 2015 19:02 #189404 by
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Jestor wrote: The majority of people in the fiction are living their day-to-day lives...


Another Kevin Smith movie clip that makes this point perfectly...

https://youtu.be/iQdDRrcAOjA

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23 Apr 2015 20:07 #189415 by
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Ah, lol!

that first one had me dyin' hahaha

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04 May 2015 13:27 #190685 by
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It is funny if taken completely out of context but the article doesn't seem like it's written by someone with much knowledge of that universe or much ability to reason.

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