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PaperclipPerfector  4d ago (text post)   2717 thread views

Friday Fun Thread for July 25, 2025

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I saw it and enjoyed it. It was clearly Ford's film from start to finish, he was never "outdone" by Waller-Bridge [whose relative beauty I might also disagree with you on], they brought back the very welcome Karen Allen--and John Rhys-Davies--from the first film, and generally Dial of Destiny was one of the best in the series apart from the first. As well, the vast majority of any action done by "80-year old" Ford was when he was young. The de-aging was the best on this film of any I've ever seen. Having said this, you are of course free to dislike the film as much as you like.)

I did not watch the movie, so I may be incorrect, still, she is somehow being shoehorned into a successor spot, which I am against. This is a male role.

I am not familiar with The Despot of Antrim that you mention in your last paragraph, but that's just because i'm pretty out-of-touch.

Found him due to jim, he has a good breakdown of what I listed, whilst being a proper reactionary, others like the critical drinker and nerdrotic are slightly less aware but still good. Them telling younger folks about this stuff is a good thing.

I do feel for older fans, Lucasfilm lost the plot badly.

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