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[–] [email protected] 53 points 9 months ago (4 children)

For those who aren't in the loop, the full video of his speech is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BBhNkywMJY

It was cut for time in the episode but it's glorious.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

That's literally in the article, along with a clip of the Libingston County one: https://twitter.com/LaurenMGibbons/status/1100419006803128321

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago

IIRC, Patton improv’d that whole speech in the moment.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So has this movie been released yet or is it still in production? (I'm assuming any pitch that involved robot Chewy would get approved instantly)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They still have to work out the rights to include the X-Men. Then they'll get on to filming.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The new Deadpool & Wolverine movie did just drop a trailer today...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

Marvel better have something special up their sleeve for the xman. Cuz so far whooboy they are dropping the superball.

They're in danger of peaking in highschool right now.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They left highschool already. Peak confirmed. It's been downhill for a while now. The occasional spike isn't enough to reverse that trend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I hope it's just a sophomore flop. Like how a lot of bands struggle with thier second album.

Because ultimately thier first album/story arc was iron man thru infinity war.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing this! I had seen the episode, but had no idea that they had made the full speech available, nor that it was so long!

[–] [email protected] 32 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Board chairman Donald Parker said the move to end broadcasts was more to address the question of whether $8,000 spent on the taping was worth the low viewership than it was a transparency issue.

How the fuck are you spending that much? Just get a shitty camera pointed at the stage or whatever with one shitty mic and a shitty camera/mic pointed at wherever you have citizens comment, plug it into a shitty laptop, and send to YouTube.

No one needs 4K with professionally mastered audio.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (1 children)

From the video footage shown, they don't appear to have spent it well.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 9 months ago (2 children)

What I find most peculiar about his filibuster was how much of it actually came true.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the Star Wars-Marvel-Greek Pantheon shared universe has yet to come to pass.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

That'll be the next MCU phase!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

I mean, Eternals, Avengers, Guardians, you've got the elements.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I might have missed the movie with Chewy's severed head. Though I haven't seen them all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Chewie's head on a robot spider-body would be bitchin', but didn't they already do that with Darth Maul in Clone Wars? or did I dream that up?

Now, Chewie's head floating in an armored bacta tank on top of a massive Gort-like body would be pretty cool.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I'm thinking we do the ol' floating Zordon head projection thing the Power Rangers have going on.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Or like "The Face of Bo" in Dr. Who

[–] [email protected] 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Michigan is a silly place. You all should try it sometime

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very cheap and plentiful weed too. Sadly, I am far closer to the Illinois border than I am to the Michigan border here in Indiana.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

My condolences

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago

Been there. No thanks.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I'm gonna stick to Ohio with our non-pothole riddled roads, premier walleye fishing, and superior amusement parks, thank you very much.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago

Please do. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

Yeah but you have to deal with the Ohioans and we all suck

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for sharing this haha Didn't know it was even a thing