Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Freelancin': The Death of the Star Wars Expanded Universe

I'm late again by a day.  I'm thinking I'll just have to make this Wednesday series in order to give myself more of a buffer.  Anyway, this is about Disney's announcement that the Star Wars Expanded Universe has been declared non-canon.  What have we lost?  Why was it necessary?  And really, should we mourn?

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  1. I ... well I didn't understand any of that. But I'm quite sure the main point is we lost an encyclopedia worth of star wars Canon. I'm a big fan of the blog but I missed most of the last 3 ish months so I'll skim over that. Looking forward to next weeks freelancing, if you can think of anything by then anyway. M.R.

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  2. Meh. I'm not really that big fan of Star Wars. Oh sure for it's time it was a well made movie, but for the most part it hasn't aged very well. I only read one of the books and that was because I needed something crazy enough to write a book report and my teacher would be too intimidated to research if what I wrote was true or not. I got a 85%! But yeah I'm not losing any sleep if the whole sideverse is retcon. It's not like Disney can do anything right with a live action movie. I dare anyone to name 10 REALLY good live action Disney movies. And a update on Conception II: That game is bad. I thought it was going to break the mold on Harem games/visual novels, but it only enforces it.

    Also did you play Child of Light yet, Blue? I'm playing and I'm really enjoying it so far. I think you're really enjoy it. Especially the artwork for it. If this was on the 3DS it would put the towns in Bravely Default to shame.

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    1. 10 Really Good Live Action Disney Movies (in no order):

      1. Mary Poppins
      2. TRON
      3. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
      4. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
      5. John Carter
      6. Old Yeller
      7. Return to Oz
      8. The Muppets (2011)
      9. The Muppets Christmas Carol
      10. National Treasure

      Honorable Mentions: The Black Hole, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Cool Runnings, Homeward Bound, Remember the Titans, Tron Legacy, the other two Pirates movies, and The Mighty Ducks

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    2. .............

      Goddammit......

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