Last Jedi Minute 70: Time for Flatcakes

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Date

May 7th, 2021

Summary

Guest commentator Tony Consiglio bids a fond farewell to the feral fanthiers of Canto Bight and their friends, Finn & Rose!

Guests

Tony Consiglio

Notes

Film

  • Starts with the CBMP (Canto Bight Mounted Police) chasing Rose and Finn through the fields, ends with what looks like Rose and Finn getting abducted by aliens.

Podcast

  • The shot that starts this minute is reminiscent of the original Planet of the Apes when they're chasing them through the fields. Mentioned: Field of Dreams.
  • The fathiers have no problem smashing through windows and buildings, but they stopped dead at the edge of a cliff. They should jump right off, lemming-style (but see below).
  • The 'zoom down the cliff' shot is an artifact of this movie being released in 3D. Referenced: the Hall of Memories from Harry Potter.
    • It feels a little like the famous Jaws shot (dolly-in zoom-out).
  • Alex assumed at this point the fathiers would have revealed themselves to be sentient and speaking. Or like the Frog Prince when Rose removes the saddle.
  • We have two years to figure out why the horse stampede on a spaceship from Rise of Skywalker was not fathiers.
  • Rose just sets them all free. It's very irresponsible to just set a bunch of captive animals loose and assume they're going to be okay.

Meta Minute

  • 38:23 podcast episode length.
  • The Toco-designed tee-shirt that Alex is wearing is available at Tony's Teepublic store.
  • The idea that lemmings commit mass suicide by leaping off cliffs is a very common misconception that is ridiculously untrue. Unfortunately, the footage of lemmings hurling themselves off a cliff captured for the 1958 documentary White Wilderness was staged, and was actually footage of truckloads of imported lemmings being thrown off the cliff by the film's producers.

Quotes

  • Pete: ...Analyze scrutinize and free rides.
  • Pete: [...] analyze scrutinize and "tie my tie".
  • Pete: You know what they say, "if it's Canto Bight, it's gotta be night."

Links

Audio only
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2021/05/07/last-jedi-minute-70-time-for-flatcakes
Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrRga9FayUo

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