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The Kickstarter has ended with $14,815 raised by 708 backers, meaning every stretch goal for the permanent edition of the book has been reached! Thanks so much to those of you who contributed, and happy reading!

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I know my audience. wink

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A.) Nicely done.
B.) Haven't been keeping up with GoT lately, so it's incredibly refreshing to see them holding on a shot longer than a third of a second during a fight scene.

Nah, AotC is genuinely worse. Its central plot is a mystery that is never even remotely resolved, and unlike TPM which at least had Neeson to carry it there's not a single character who's entertaining or engaging to watch. It has none of the visual appeal of TPM due to its flat quality, its pacing is utterly dire. And as the romance was billed as the centerpiece it's a pretty big problem for it to fail so spectacularly.

I'd say it is incoherent. Anakin claims Obi is like his father, but we never, ever see that in any meaningful sense besides Obi lecturing Anakin pedantically. And "not true to Guinness but consistent within itself" (which, again, I don't agree with) is still a problem, as these are supposed to be prequels to the movies he was in and depicting a relationship that's faithful to the one he described.

I totally buy the friendship in RotS. It's one of the better parts of the film. But in AotC it's nonexistent.

^I'd say the romance is indicative of lots of things about AotC--namely, how horrid the other relationships in it are.

Anakin and Obi-Wan's relationship may be the single most disappointing aspect of that movie for me. Every bloody time we see them on screen together it's just cringe inducing how utterly awful it is. It's painful to watch how George takes something that was supposed to be a great friendship and reduces it to petty sniping. Any other relationships are...basically nonexistent, really, besides Anakin and his mom, who gets all of one scene.

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The Witch is the best film of the year that I've seen thus far, followed by 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Zootopia was surprisingly good.

The Revenant and Hail, Caesar! were both good fun. Well, that's the wrong word for The Revenant.

Still really looking forward to Voyage of Time, which now has an October release date!!! Also Passengers, Lights Out, Knight of Cups, Weightless, and The Neon Demon. Also also, need to see Green Room.

What is this country coming to, I ask you, when a man can't express himself at the proper metaphorical volume on an internet forum? This is how the Roman empire fell.

FUCK YES AUDIOBOOK



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Apologies for the several minutes of dead air, Faldor. Next time I'll check and make sure Audacity is functioning properly throughout. tongue

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So exciting! Sent in a question, can't wait to hear your guys' dulcet tones again. big_smile

Yeah, I was a little surprised at how breakneck the pacing was because J.J. actually said he was taking inspiration from Terrence Malick in how he directed the film. If there's one thing Malick films aren't it's a race to the finish line. You can see glimpses of what J.J. is talking about in certain shots and moments, but I would've loved to see him try to go outside his (mystery, whackity-schmackity-doo) box and stretch more things out.