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ChiltonGains t1_jadps9d wrote

Reply to comment by Butch_Beth in At what point is a spoiler no longer required to be kept under wraps? by microwavedhottakes

It’s the extreme spoilerphobes who need moderation.

I’m very sorry, but once something becomes part of the shared pop culture it’s fair game. Nobody gets to be mad about knowing that Bruce Willis was dead at the end of Sixth Sense or that Soylent Green is people.

The kind of deference that they’re asking for is unreasonable.

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Hillan t1_jadpaav wrote

Reply to comment by edrenfro in Movies without a main character? by Ok-Impress-2222

I know the internet likes to poke fun at EpI for pretty much every reason and "not having a main character" is one of them, but I'd say in this case it actually works out in the movie's favor.

Qui Gon is most certainly the main character in Ep1, representing the last that remains of the wise old jedi ways, everything that the order should have stood for, but didn't. He finds the one who will bring balance to the force, and has to be a maverick to have his way, because the beaurocratic jedi order won't hear him out. The clear indication being here that if Qui-Gon had lived, Anakin wouldn't have turned to the darkside, because Qui-Gon understood the repressed feelings a jedi has and would have guided him far better in that regard than Obi-Wan/Yoda. That's why his death sequence is called "the duel of the fates" because the galaxy literally rests upon whether Qui-Gon lives or dies.

He was a maverick and no fool, unlike many of the other beaurocratic jedi, he chose to be doubtful and emphasised that the force would be utilized best by being in the moment.

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faceintheblue t1_jadp8ai wrote

Reply to Chant in Gladiator (2000) is identical to Zulu (1964) by oogybear1

It is the same. I guess the editor thought a real recording of thousands of men doing war chants was worth using, even if they were speaking the wrong language? The only people who would catch it are Zulu speakers and people who have a very clear recollection of one of the 20-30 songs in that movie. I spotted it because I'm a big Zulu history nerd. No one else who saw the movie with me noticed or cared when I mentioned it.

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