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Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

Seeing as how the creator of the thread has admitted they can't really articulate the comparison they're trying to make, and most of us have given up sussing it out, I'm gonna close this, with the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Per Rodent's suggestion, this thread has resulted...

Per Rodent's suggestion, this thread has resulted in the creation of a new smilie: the Dodgy ( :*dodgy*: ), sans asterisks:

:dodgy:
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
You can't really have a discussion about...

You can't really have a discussion about something you can't properly articulate. Which is why most of this thread is just you repeating your initial position over and over.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

If someone's willing to debase themselves intellectually, and it amuses us as much as them, then rock on.

Remember, kids: it's only trolling if we get legitimately upset about it. Otherwise, the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

If you can't articulate your position, why on earth would you start a thread about it?
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
And when someone asks you why, you list lots of...

And when someone asks you why, you list lots of things from Scream that are in lots of other films.

You also haven't explained why you chose Star Wars, as opposed to literally any other film, for...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

That's an assertion, not an answer. As I keep pointing out, whenever you elaborate on Scream's alleged depth, you list things found in many many films. Scream is not exceptional in juxtaposing...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

That in no way answers what I just said, and "surface" and "depth" are basically antonyms, but okay.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

See, that's not a question: that's more of a statement. And the reason it juxtaposes night and day is because night is scary and it's not supposed to be scary once everything is resolved.

Also,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

Yes, but not in the way you probably think.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

You literally just argued the opposite: "the events of Scream happen just before sunrise."
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
This is an odd thing to say after a dozen posts...

This is an odd thing to say after a dozen posts spent trying to analyze it.

Everything you're asking about has a simpler explanation: being in a remote area is scary, and being in the dark is...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Also: Star Wars has two suns! Between that and...

Also: Star Wars has two suns! Between that and all the sand, I think it's obvious it's just dripping with metaphor.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
And like a billion other horror films are. It's...

And like a billion other horror films are. It's extremely common, is the point, because isolation means you're on your own, and being on your own is scary.


Yes: because that's when it's dark....
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
If this whole thing is a troll, this is probably...

If this whole thing is a troll, this is probably the moment you went a bit too far and gave yourself away.


They absolutely do not.


Yes, the principal being killed is a metaphor for the...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

Enjoy it while it lasts, because we're like four posts away from this guy telling us that Matthew Lillard should be playing Freddie Mercury and complaining about Andy Serkis portraying the Ghostface...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Because it's set in the suburbs. Suburbs have...

Because it's set in the suburbs. Suburbs have lots of trees. Lots of other films have lots of trees, too. Is it your contention that any film set in the suburbs is inherently full of meaning and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

Woodsboro is fictional. And they probably chose a fictional town because it would've been pretty crappy to set their film about a serial killer in an actual small town.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Yeah, you can find this stuff in every film, even...

Yeah, you can find this stuff in every film, even terrible ones. Pootie Tang is about the emotional devastation of losing a loved one, if you want it to be.


They live in the suburbs. There are...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
My response is be different for each question,...

My response is be different for each question, naturally:


Star Wars. It deals in classic themes and takes itself seriously, whereas Scream is just fun genre deconstruction. It's amusing and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
THIS IS ALSO A DIFFERENT QUESTION. Every...

THIS IS ALSO A DIFFERENT QUESTION.

Every time someone asks you what you mean, you give a new definition. But okay, I'll answer all of them:

Star Wars.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-02-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
These are totally different questions.

These are totally different questions.
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-01-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
How? Why? How are they important?...

How?


Why?


How are they important?

I'm not trying to be pedantic: I'm just encouraging you to actually have whatever discussion you're trying to have. You've posted a few times now and I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-01-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

That's certainly not what I thought you were asking when you said "substance." But alright: greater in terms of "has a better message?" or in terms of "has a clearer message, regardless of whether or...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 11-01-16
Replies: 109
Scream or Star Wars?
Posted By Yoda
Re: Scream or Star Wars?

I'm not really sure what the question is; the two films don't have much in common.