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==Date== | ==Date== | ||
August 23rd, 2013. | |||
==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
Luke swings the lightsaber around blindly missing the seeker, which fires off a laserbolt and hits Luke square on the seat of the pants. | |||
==Guests== | ==Guests== | ||
[[Ryan Haupt]] | |||
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==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
===Film=== | ===Film=== | ||
*Minute 60 - the 1-hour mark! | |||
*Starts with Han calling The Force a lot of simple tricks and nonsense. | |||
*Ends with Han still dismissing The Force, even after a demonstration of its power by Ben and Luke (ie defending against the remote training device). Han - "Good against remotes - that's one thing; good against the living - that's something else.") | |||
===Podcast=== | ===Podcast=== | ||
*A discussion about luck and whether it exists in Star Wars. Pete suggests that there definitely is luck and Ben knows it; while Alex suggests that Force believers would probably say that everything that happens is the will of The Force. | |||
*Ben could have chosen a much better demonstration of the power of The Force. Luke blindly defending against a remote seems a bit tame (and lucky); why not levitate things around the Falcon. Ryan compares the approach of starting with a small demonstration and then building to something bigger with another famous example in the real world. | |||
*Jedis saving up The Force for later use. | |||
*Obi-Wan's voice constantly being in Luke's head in normal, day-to-day life. | |||
*The helmet that Luke uses and the purpose of a full-face blast shield. Is this even useful? Is it like a welder's mask or a novelty item (like a giant sombrero)? | |||
*Helmet laws in the Star Wars universe. | |||
*The concept and tone of The Force and the way that it is portrayed has a very 70s (in America) feel. | |||
*The quality of the special effects in the original version of the movie really stand up. | |||
*Is the training remote a droid? | |||
*The training remote shoots Luke in the foot. Poor Luke! | |||
*Is Ben controlling Luke to deflect the laser bolts as a way of impressing Han given their debate about the power of The Force? (Note - This is a classic Pete question.) | |||
*Luke's connection to The Force presumably being stronger than Obi-Wan's due to Annakin / Vader being Luke's father. | |||
*Jedi not breeding with each other and therefore The Force gene (midi-chlorians) having to be a dominant trait. | |||
*The Force being an inherited trait based on the movies. | |||
*Given this, is Luke inherently good at The Force at this point (Ryan's view) or is he just being controlled by Obi-Wan the whole time (Pete and Alex's view)? | |||
*What the Millennium Falcon [[Inside_References_and_Running_Jokes#What_does_it_smell_like.3F|smells like]]. A garage, a frat house, a rental van, pets, the humus that Han is eating, oil and electrical wires, a neutral odor, poop? | |||
*The composition of the interior of the Falcon. | |||
*The smell in the smuggling compartments must be overpowering. | |||
*The blasters do not seem at all accurate, regardless of who is using them. Also, Stormtroopers get hit by blaster bolts a lot without hitting much themselves. | |||
*Blaster vs lightsabers. How can a sword possibly be a better weapon than a gun? Maybe blasters are completely random. | |||
*Greedo surviving being shot by Han. | |||
===Meta Minute=== | |||
*20:54 podcast episode length. | |||
*Referenced: the smell of the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station. | |||
*How smell works, especially on space ships. | |||
*Pete refers to an earlier draft of the script in which, just after the lightsaber training scene and Han's "nothing like a good blaster" line, Obi-Wan uses The Force to make Han's blaster shoot while its still in the holster on its leg - thereby making Han do a little dance of surprise. Alex is glad that they didn't actually do that in the movie. | |||
*Ryan's first memories of Star Wars: | |||
**The VHS tapes were always in his house and he watched them over and over again. | |||
**He also remembers when the Special Editions were released and just barely recognizing that the changes weren't necessarily better. | |||
**The prequels were released when he was in the 7th or 8th grade and therefore in the target market. | |||
**He already liked Star Wars so he remembers being excited before their release and then slightly disappointed after seeing them. (Note - a common tale!) | |||
**He was a fan of the idea of the prequels and expected good movies. | |||
**He thought the lightsaber duel choreography in Episode 1 had definitely improved from the originals, and remembers actively disliking Episodes 2 and 3 in the cinema. | |||
*Pete raises the following: | |||
**He has a view that is potentially more controversial than simply not liking any of the prequels. | |||
**By this point of the podcast, he has been called out on his blanket dislike of the prequels. | |||
**Episode 1 is his favorite of the prequels. (Note - this is followed by a moment of - stunned - silence on the podcast.) | |||
*Alex counters with: | |||
**Revenge of the Sith (RotS) is has favorite movie of the prequels. | |||
**He may like RotS more than he likes Return of the Jedi. | |||
*Ryan talks about episode 26 of his podcast [http://sciencesortof.com/ Science... sort of] in which the cast: | |||
**Explores a number of Star Wars items from a scientific point of view, including R2-D2 flying (which doesn't work scientifically). | |||
**Discusses their general feelings about the prequels. | |||
*Pete reveals that they no longer ask guests which other minute/s they want to come back for as scheduling is a nightmare. However theoretically Ryan says that he would really like to come back for the first appearance of Yoda - in TESB - which is one of his favorite moments. | |||
==Quotes== | ==Quotes== | ||
*'''Ryan:''' In the intro - "I'm Ryan Haupt and I forgot to come up with something clever..." | |||
*'''Pete:''' I had a different idea of why that theory didn't work. '''Alex:''' Because midi-chlorians are stupid? '''Pete:''' Yeah. | |||
*'''Pete:''' ...when they go into those smuggling compartments, its just gotta be like all farts in there. '''Ryan:''' That's what those compartments actually are - the fart compartments. They're the compartments that store all the farts. '''Alex:''' Comfartments you mean. | |||
*'''Ryan:''' Wow - I feel like I'm uncovering some deep truths here. | |||
*'''Alex:''' Stretch out with your <i>feelings</i>. | |||
*'''Ryan:''' I assume that you guys are gonna do all the prequels minute-by-minute. '''Alex:''' Hmmm. '''Pete:''' <clears throat> I don't know what you just said. | |||
==Link== | ==Link== | ||
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/08/23/minute-60-simple-tricks-and-nonsense/ | |||
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Date
August 23rd, 2013.
Summary
Luke swings the lightsaber around blindly missing the seeker, which fires off a laserbolt and hits Luke square on the seat of the pants.
Guests
Notes
Film
- Minute 60 - the 1-hour mark!
- Starts with Han calling The Force a lot of simple tricks and nonsense.
- Ends with Han still dismissing The Force, even after a demonstration of its power by Ben and Luke (ie defending against the remote training device). Han - "Good against remotes - that's one thing; good against the living - that's something else.")
Podcast
- A discussion about luck and whether it exists in Star Wars. Pete suggests that there definitely is luck and Ben knows it; while Alex suggests that Force believers would probably say that everything that happens is the will of The Force.
- Ben could have chosen a much better demonstration of the power of The Force. Luke blindly defending against a remote seems a bit tame (and lucky); why not levitate things around the Falcon. Ryan compares the approach of starting with a small demonstration and then building to something bigger with another famous example in the real world.
- Jedis saving up The Force for later use.
- Obi-Wan's voice constantly being in Luke's head in normal, day-to-day life.
- The helmet that Luke uses and the purpose of a full-face blast shield. Is this even useful? Is it like a welder's mask or a novelty item (like a giant sombrero)?
- Helmet laws in the Star Wars universe.
- The concept and tone of The Force and the way that it is portrayed has a very 70s (in America) feel.
- The quality of the special effects in the original version of the movie really stand up.
- Is the training remote a droid?
- The training remote shoots Luke in the foot. Poor Luke!
- Is Ben controlling Luke to deflect the laser bolts as a way of impressing Han given their debate about the power of The Force? (Note - This is a classic Pete question.)
- Luke's connection to The Force presumably being stronger than Obi-Wan's due to Annakin / Vader being Luke's father.
- Jedi not breeding with each other and therefore The Force gene (midi-chlorians) having to be a dominant trait.
- The Force being an inherited trait based on the movies.
- Given this, is Luke inherently good at The Force at this point (Ryan's view) or is he just being controlled by Obi-Wan the whole time (Pete and Alex's view)?
- What the Millennium Falcon smells like. A garage, a frat house, a rental van, pets, the humus that Han is eating, oil and electrical wires, a neutral odor, poop?
- The composition of the interior of the Falcon.
- The smell in the smuggling compartments must be overpowering.
- The blasters do not seem at all accurate, regardless of who is using them. Also, Stormtroopers get hit by blaster bolts a lot without hitting much themselves.
- Blaster vs lightsabers. How can a sword possibly be a better weapon than a gun? Maybe blasters are completely random.
- Greedo surviving being shot by Han.
Meta Minute
- 20:54 podcast episode length.
- Referenced: the smell of the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station.
- How smell works, especially on space ships.
- Pete refers to an earlier draft of the script in which, just after the lightsaber training scene and Han's "nothing like a good blaster" line, Obi-Wan uses The Force to make Han's blaster shoot while its still in the holster on its leg - thereby making Han do a little dance of surprise. Alex is glad that they didn't actually do that in the movie.
- Ryan's first memories of Star Wars:
- The VHS tapes were always in his house and he watched them over and over again.
- He also remembers when the Special Editions were released and just barely recognizing that the changes weren't necessarily better.
- The prequels were released when he was in the 7th or 8th grade and therefore in the target market.
- He already liked Star Wars so he remembers being excited before their release and then slightly disappointed after seeing them. (Note - a common tale!)
- He was a fan of the idea of the prequels and expected good movies.
- He thought the lightsaber duel choreography in Episode 1 had definitely improved from the originals, and remembers actively disliking Episodes 2 and 3 in the cinema.
- Pete raises the following:
- He has a view that is potentially more controversial than simply not liking any of the prequels.
- By this point of the podcast, he has been called out on his blanket dislike of the prequels.
- Episode 1 is his favorite of the prequels. (Note - this is followed by a moment of - stunned - silence on the podcast.)
- Alex counters with:
- Revenge of the Sith (RotS) is has favorite movie of the prequels.
- He may like RotS more than he likes Return of the Jedi.
- Ryan talks about episode 26 of his podcast Science... sort of in which the cast:
- Explores a number of Star Wars items from a scientific point of view, including R2-D2 flying (which doesn't work scientifically).
- Discusses their general feelings about the prequels.
- Pete reveals that they no longer ask guests which other minute/s they want to come back for as scheduling is a nightmare. However theoretically Ryan says that he would really like to come back for the first appearance of Yoda - in TESB - which is one of his favorite moments.
Quotes
- Ryan: In the intro - "I'm Ryan Haupt and I forgot to come up with something clever..."
- Pete: I had a different idea of why that theory didn't work. Alex: Because midi-chlorians are stupid? Pete: Yeah.
- Pete: ...when they go into those smuggling compartments, its just gotta be like all farts in there. Ryan: That's what those compartments actually are - the fart compartments. They're the compartments that store all the farts. Alex: Comfartments you mean.
- Ryan: Wow - I feel like I'm uncovering some deep truths here.
- Alex: Stretch out with your feelings.
- Ryan: I assume that you guys are gonna do all the prequels minute-by-minute. Alex: Hmmm. Pete: <clears throat> I don't know what you just said.
Link
http://www.starwarsminute.com/2013/08/23/minute-60-simple-tricks-and-nonsense/
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