Revenge of the Sith

[JP Dogberry]

Religion is the only optional question.

Name isn't. This is what gets me.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I don't understand this current trend of "I'm offended that you said things, instead of saying you believe something."

That's total crap. People are smart enough to recognize opinion. The fact that you are challenging it as an opinion shows that you recognize an opinion. I don't have to put <opinion></opinion> around something that is obviously opinion. Getting offended by that is useless and a waste.

[Spriggan]

*yawn* Back to something intresting, IMDB has this listed in the EP3 trivia section.

Francis Ford Coppola suggested Christopher Neil to George Lucas to be the dialogue coach. Lucas said that given the emotional intensity of Revenge of the Sith, and the fact that he rarely has time to converse with the actors, it would be ideal for someone else to be there to get the strongest performances possible.

Which will be a nice change since I thought some of the actors were a little flat in the first two, and who's going to argue about a guy not being qualified when he's recomended by Coppola.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

oo! yeah. Line delivery was a problem in the last two. If we have someone teaching the actors how to act, maybe that will improve.

[Spriggan]

Ya, that made me happy too, I'm not worried about many of the people, but Portman and Christanson need some help.

Also on the good news side, March 22nd is the release of the Clone Wars cartoon DVD and the new season starts this week.

[Entsuropi]

Yeah, its almost as much of a waste as getting offended by the abbreviation of 'what the patootie'. </cheapshot>

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

no, it would be a much bigger waste than that.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

I just watched the trailer again. Wow. This movie will rock.

[Entsuropi]

Ahh, right. I'm so glad I have you here to tell me these things Saint.

If you would pay attention...

you felt the need to put it in a, 'This is correct, and to think otherwise shows this deficiency'.

Is not...

I don't understand this current trend of "I'm offended that you said things, instead of saying you believe something."

I did not say your saying 'it was stupid' was wrong, it was you 'and people who think that are stupid'. It's a fairly large difference, one even an english major could pick up I would think. To take the cheap line, an equivalent is to say that people who support G Bush must be gullible sheep. Not a critism of the thing itself, but of its adherents.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Yes, people are stupid when they say things about a person's thoughts and ideas that are patently untrue and directly contradict things they have heard from that person about how he feels and thinks differently.

I kind of think that's dictionary definition stupid.

Now, what are you pissed about? Did I ever say that fit you? No, I specifically said it was not in response to something you said.

Are you done being pissy now? (oh, and I'll DELETE the post if you change it back. It's the exact same thing)

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Yup, I deleted it. That had nothing to do with the discussion and didn't even make sense.
NOW are you done?

[Skar]

But when I hear people talking about how Lucas spoiled his own dream, I get bored and lose attention, since i think it's too exaggerated a comment for the context and doesn't show a grasp on what's going on.

Translation:  When I hear people who disagree with me I get bored and lose attention because it's obvious they haven't given the topic much thought and don't understand the nuances that I do.

Translation Translation: People who disagree with me are dumb and don't think.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

NOt at all. Sorry, but that's just completely wrong. You must not have read, or else chose to ignore, everything else I've said since.

[Skar]

I want to make it clear that I am in no way claiming to smell like roses in this department.  I am fully aware that I tend to sound belittling and condescending when I argue/discuss things.  I don't (often) mean to and I'm working on it.

I posted my translations because that's how they came across to me, and, it sounds like anyway, to Entropy.

I did read and did not ignore what you have written since.  It doesn't change how your initial statement came across to me.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

That's why I clarified later. You're saying that a person can't clarify what they mean?

note: I also said that the complaint was dumb. I didn't say any people were dumb.

Yes, there's a distinction.

To be clear, I also very specifically never said that "people who disagree with me (in general) are dumb" I was very specific about one idea.

And if you don't like that I think that idea is stupid, well, I can't change that. Saying different won't change the reality. But I didn't attack anybody, and yet I *was* attacked, and have been accused, several times over, of saying things I didn't.