Public Address | Cafe | Field Theory: The Force will be with you, always. https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330193#post330193 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330193#post330193 We got scared and the reason we got scared is because we have kids now.

It's the same problem every generation seems to go through: How can I make sure that my children grow up with the same experiences I had?

Just re-reading the original blog again, more thoroughly -…

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 05:28:50 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330192#post330192 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330192#post330192 Nice. I tend to think Craig's comment....

It tanked in 1982, but everyone who saw it went off and drew comic books, directed music videos and made more movies

....could sorta be applied to 'Star Wars' as well, as that film shows. It inspired a lot of people to go…

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 04:53:40 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330191#post330191 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330191#post330191 Nice Rich, your post reminded me of Casey Pugh’s Star Wars Uncut which was a bit of fun and I see that Empire Uncut has just been released:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjsFAZWnA00#t=15

]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 01:15:12 +1300 Rich Lock https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330190#post330190 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=330190#post330190 She's always in the thick of it, you can't accuse her of not pulling her action weight. She's the last one to leave the rebel base when Hoth is invaded, still barking evacuation instructions. She's on board the fleeing ship custodian of the stolen plans, defiant in the face of… ]]> Tue, 21 Oct 2014 00:38:30 +1300 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277898#post277898 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277898#post277898 this. ]]> Fri, 14 Dec 2012 11:39:41 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277722#post277722 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277722#post277722 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 09:37:58 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277709#post277709 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277709#post277709 Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:08:26 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277708#post277708 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277708#post277708 But I totally agree on Blade Runner. It really stands the test of time. I saw it only last week and thought it hadn’t aged at all.

What happened to Blade Runner was a cinematic version of the old joke about the Velvet Underground and Nico. It tanked in 1982,…

]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 02:04:50 +1300 Biobbs https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277707#post277707 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277707#post277707 O, by Toutatis! It better be good.

I'd settle for just 'better than Prometheus'. Not holding my breath, though.

]]> Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:09:23 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277694#post277694 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277694#post277694 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 19:25:40 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277674#post277674 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277674#post277674 total absence of spin-offs

not for long

]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:19:39 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277673#post277673 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277673#post277673 But I totally agree on Blade Runner. It really stands the test of time. I saw it only last week and thought it hadn’t aged at all.

Another production that's aged well is Max Headroom. Many of the phenomena depicted in the show have since come to pass, so what's…

]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 15:18:34 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277667#post277667 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277667#post277667 Princess Leia is in there, but really, her big hero moment is when she strangles Jabba. Maybe she was actually an awesome politician and held the whole Rebel Alliance together – who knows?

She's always in the thick of it, you can't accuse her of not pulling her action weight.…

]]> Tue, 11 Dec 2012 14:16:46 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277662#post277662 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277662#post277662 Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:25:05 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277204#post277204 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277204#post277204 Capybaristas

zing

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:47:50 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277202#post277202 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277202#post277202 "Blog" by Iva Blog

Wrong place right time:

The funk is strong with this one


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ8dS-fcx7s

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 17:44:40 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277154#post277154 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277154#post277154 ...but a 1kg is a rat worthy of some respect.
Wait till you meet the Capybaristas...

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:18:49 +1300 Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277148#post277148 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277148#post277148 That's quite a sizeable rat, drinking your coffee, Ben.
Not sure what weight the 'average' rat would be, but 1kg is a rat worthy of some respect.

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:48:13 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277146#post277146 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277146#post277146 1000n mg of caffine could kill you.

1000mg? ie 1g? At somewhere around 150mg of caffeine in a cup of filter coffee, that's 6 cups. Can't be right, you'd be dead right now. Wiki suggests that 2g of caffeine has led to hospitalizations, though. I don't think going off the…

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:38:58 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277143#post277143 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277143#post277143 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 12:15:13 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277142#post277142 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277142#post277142 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:41:05 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277141#post277141 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277141#post277141 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 11:19:52 +1300 Stewart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277137#post277137 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277137#post277137 Wed, 05 Dec 2012 10:24:06 +1300 DexterX https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277129#post277129 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277129#post277129 Lucas in retelling the classical hero myth, I consider it is more than that, profoundly influenced the “lense” through which generation X & Y view their world and for some the world changed as a result.

Star Wars had a big influence on my two younger brothers, that and Blade Runner,…

]]> Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:43:27 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277107#post277107 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277107#post277107 but how many times do you need to see someone in a gorilla suit going "GARARAGH"?

He was talking! You can distinctly hear him saying "Goodbye Princess" at the end of Empire.

]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:51:13 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277106#post277106 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277106#post277106 The Matrix (the first) was waaaay better than any of the SW movies. Interesting premise – omg, someone had actually read modern cyberpunk – interesting plot, and some attractive characters (ok, the poker-face on everyone got a bit old). I didn't think the other two movies lived up… ]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:29:05 +1300 TracyMac https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277105#post277105 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=277105#post277105 Meh, I can't see why you would find it so important to show kids the movie. No-one sat me down with Citizen Kane at a formative age and said "You must watch this!" I was interested enough to do so when I was an adult.

As for Star Wars, I…

]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:22:56 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276835#post276835 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276835#post276835 @Amy Gale

Since this is my 6666th post, I have to put it here, so that I can execute Order 66 twice on the prequels. I read that entire link of yours. It came to unintentionally parody the prequels in a most ironic way.

1. It was about 3 times…

]]> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:37:08 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276610#post276610 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276610#post276610 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:35:28 +1300 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276590#post276590 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276590#post276590 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 16:14:52 +1300 Richard Irvine https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276576#post276576 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276576#post276576 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 14:34:35 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276548#post276548 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276548#post276548 remarkable foresight

brilliant link

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:32:29 +1300 Gareth Ward https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276536#post276536 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276536#post276536 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 10:01:23 +1300 mark taslov https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276516#post276516 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276516#post276516 That's abuse.

。。。or remarkable foresight:

http://www.cracked.com/article_19001_17-images-that-will-ruin-your-childhood.html

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 07:02:34 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276512#post276512 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276512#post276512 Nah, it meant I could develop my own tastes.

But you don't even know what the A-Team tastes like*. That's abuse.

*It tastes like shit. But I know that.

]]> Wed, 28 Nov 2012 01:54:31 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276491#post276491 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276491#post276491 ...that I saw Solaris well before Alien.
Hope it was the Russian Solaris
:- )
I hear there's an auction of Tarkovskyiana at Sotheby's tomorrow...

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 22:03:47 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276441#post276441 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276441#post276441 Wow, that's mean.

Nah, it meant I could develop my own tastes. I didn't have to be inflicted with all that is terrible. Though it also meant that I saw Solaris well before Alien. That's the machete order, right?

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 18:59:57 +1300 Martin Lindberg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276420#post276420 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276420#post276420 but lord. I think I've decided that I don't need that kind of emotional sucker-punch pretty much ever again

In that case I'd probably recommend that you stay away from Dancer in the Dark.
I totally agree that his films are...umm.. challenging. But nasty little misogynistic troll as Craig put…

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:37:42 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276419#post276419 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276419#post276419 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:34:37 +1300 Danielle https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276401#post276401 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276401#post276401 I’m not his biggest fan, but really?

I've only seen Breaking the Waves and that was quite enough. I mean, I... enjoyed?... it, and I still can't hear "Life on Mars" without thinking about it, so obviously there's artistic merit involved, but lord. I think I've decided that I don't…

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:29:12 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276306#post276306 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276306#post276306 a Dynamo for a Monday…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sb6AqhT9quA&feature=plcp
lowfi scifi...

and some rock music…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM80F_J-QHE&list=PLLdkjkOBv9VTHBWopHxok2ebzH9LcgGzS&index=1&feature=plcp
putting the Gee in geology!

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:00:56 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276305#post276305 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276305#post276305 I also had conservative parents who didn't like television or science fiction.

Wow, that's mean.

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:50:17 +1300 George Darroch https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276301#post276301 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276301#post276301 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:14:02 +1300 Louise https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276280#post276280 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276280#post276280 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:15:42 +1300 Kumara Republic https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276279#post276279 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276279#post276279 Heavens’ Gate and One From the Heart were just the knockout blows. The New Wave Cinema sensibility never seemed to die out in Europe or Asia though. ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:06:23 +1300 Martin Lindberg https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276275#post276275 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276275#post276275 my contention that Von Trier is a nasty little misogynistic troll

I'm not his biggest fan, but really?

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:36:00 +1300 Julian Melville https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276274#post276274 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276274#post276274 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 13:25:02 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276273#post276273 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276273#post276273 The Danish went the other way with Dogme and let the “stripped-down” concept influence their whole culture.

I still stand by my contention that Von Trier is a nasty little misogynistic troll whose shtick hit its expiry date well before Dogme came along. Like most artistic manifestos, it's interesting to…

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:57:28 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276268#post276268 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276268#post276268 what ended "the golden era of early-1970s personal filmmaking" was a metric fuckton of really shitty, self-indulgent film-making nobody wanted to see.

The Danish went the other way with Dogme and let the "stripped-down" concept influence their whole culture.

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 11:38:41 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276267#post276267 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276267#post276267 Excellent explanation as plot device, to have a lot of the plot of the film made up on the fly by a little girl who no one want to cry, including the entirety of the… ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:59:09 +1300 Kyle Matthews https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276266#post276266 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276266#post276266 My sole cultural exposure was to Paul Whitehouse or someone on R4 discussing (in the course of stand-up) why, when building the fully impregnable death star thingy, they had to leave a little entranceway to a tunnel that Luke Skyshafter or somebody could fly up and blow the fucker up,… ]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:22:18 +1300 Hadyn Green https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276265#post276265 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276265#post276265 But for a really detailed and humorous look at why they sucked, try Plinkett.
I discovered Plinkett a few years back and every time I think "Maybe I'll watch [insert any of the prequels]" instead I watch the corresponding Plinkett review. They really disect the films beyond the fanboyishness.

]]> Mon, 26 Nov 2012 10:11:09 +1300 Amy Gale https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276208#post276208 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276208#post276208 Darths and Droids. ]]> Sun, 25 Nov 2012 07:26:17 +1300 Craig Ranapia https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276205#post276205 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276205#post276205 Star Wars effectively brought to an end the golden era of early-1970s personal filmmaking and focused the industry on big-budget special-effects blockbusters

Oh, Mister Ebert... I know this is heresy in certain circles but what ended "the golden era of early-1970s personal filmmaking" was a metric fuckton of really shitty,…

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 23:02:26 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276195#post276195 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276195#post276195 Those "pre-historic" special effects were, at the time so advanced they were the subject of TV documentaries

They had to build the equipment themselves. This doco segment shows that team (up to 5 min mark):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIeq9EX8frw

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 17:54:49 +1300 FletcherB https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276193#post276193 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276193#post276193 Those "pre-historic" special effects were, at the time so advanced they were the subject of TV documentaries... people couldn't believe how "real" they looked.

Quite possibly the beginning of the whole "The making of XYZ" tv shows put out to tease/advertise the latest block-buster, and now obligatory "extra content" in…

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 16:45:09 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276190#post276190 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276190#post276190 My kids don't like any of them. I thought it was their age, and cinematic length film but no. They like LOTR. Extended edition.

They're very young, 3 and 6, and I think they simply don't like cluttered special effects that are all the way through all of the movies.…

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 15:21:23 +1300 Tim Michie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276183#post276183 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276183#post276183 The 10 Ways Star Wars Changed the Movie Industry opened my eyes to the films effects on the industry beyond ILM. ]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 13:02:45 +1300 Stephen Glaister https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276182#post276182 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276182#post276182 Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:29:42 +1300 Isabel Hitchings https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276181#post276181 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276181#post276181 I was a little older than many of my peers when I saw Star Wars, still a kid but beyond the truly impressionable stage, so these are films I enjoyed rather than defining experiences.

We showed the original trilogy to the kids a couple of years back and they loved…

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 10:29:21 +1300 Sacha https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276178#post276178 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276178#post276178 HUGE spaceship was awesome

indeed

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 00:24:04 +1300 Harry Musgrave https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276162#post276162 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276162#post276162 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 18:37:07 +1300 Bart Janssen https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276161#post276161 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276161#post276161 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 16:35:24 +1300 JacksonP https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276148#post276148 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276148#post276148 Recycled meme.

I really think someone should have paid you for this. It is brilliant.

We haven't started ours on Star Wars anything yet, but now I have some informed opinion on how to approach it.

Cheers.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:30:56 +1300 John Armstrong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276147#post276147 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276147#post276147 they had to leave a little entranceway to a tunnel that Luke Skyshafter or somebody could fly up and blow the fucker up, Really.

A metaphor for MSD kiosks, if ever there was one.

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:57:59 +1300 John Armstrong https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276146#post276146 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276146#post276146 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:57:08 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276143#post276143 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276143#post276143 I've never watched any of the films all the way through. Or the Lord of the Ringpieces, etc. Can't stand prolix epics.

My sole cultural exposure was to Paul Whitehouse or someone on R4 discussing (in the course of stand-up) why, when building the fully impregnable death star thingy, they…

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:45:54 +1300 Emma Hart https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276141#post276141 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276141#post276141 How can I make sure that my children grow up with the same experiences I had?

When my son was about 18 months old, he once got to stay up all evening because The Empire Strikes Back was on TV and we forgot he was there.

He's now seventeen, and…

]]> Fri, 23 Nov 2012 13:38:47 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276140#post276140 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/field-theory-the-force-will-be-with-you-always/?p=276140#post276140 Discussion from blog post.

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